This change is for performance optimization.
Fixed the performance schema instrumentation interface as follows:
- simplified mysql_unlock_mutex()
- simplified mysql_unlock_rwlock()
- simplified mysql_cond_signal()
- simplified mysql_cond_broadcast()
Changed the get_thread_XXX_locker apis to have one extra parameter,
to provide memory to the instrumentation implementation.
This API change allows to use memory provided by the caller,
to avoid having to use thread local storage.
Using this extra parameter will be done in a separate fix,
this change is for the interface only.
Adjusted all the code and unit tests accordingly.
Essentially, the problem is that safemalloc is excruciatingly
slow as it checks all allocated blocks for overrun at each
memory management primitive, yielding a almost exponential
slowdown for the memory management functions (malloc, realloc,
free). The overrun check basically consists of verifying some
bytes of a block for certain magic keys, which catches some
simple forms of overrun. Another minor problem is violation
of aliasing rules and that its own internal list of blocks
is prone to corruption.
Another issue with safemalloc is rather the maintenance cost
as the tool has a significant impact on the server code.
Given the magnitude of memory debuggers available nowadays,
especially those that are provided with the platform malloc
implementation, maintenance of a in-house and largely obsolete
memory debugger becomes a burden that is not worth the effort
due to its slowness and lack of support for detecting more
common forms of heap corruption.
Since there are third-party tools that can provide the same
functionality at a lower or comparable performance cost, the
solution is to simply remove safemalloc. Third-party tools
can provide the same functionality at a lower or comparable
performance cost.
The removal of safemalloc also allows a simplification of the
malloc wrappers, removing quite a bit of kludge: redefinition
of my_malloc, my_free and the removal of the unused second
argument of my_free. Since free() always check whether the
supplied pointer is null, redudant checks are also removed.
Also, this patch adds unit testing for my_malloc and moves
my_realloc implementation into the same file as the other
memory allocation primitives.
This patch:
- Moves all definitions from the mysql_priv.h file into
header files for the component where the variable is
defined
- Creates header files if the component lacks one
- Eliminates all include directives from mysql_priv.h
- Eliminates all circular include cycles
- Rename time.cc to sql_time.cc
- Rename mysql_priv.h to sql_priv.h
This is a fix specific for HPUX,
for which the compiler does not resolve properly dependencies
involving unused inline functions.
(See existing comments in mysql_thread.h)
In include/mysql/psi/mysql_thread.h,
the instrumentation helpers for mysql_prlock_*
uses the pr lock apis.
These apis are implemented in mysys/thr_rwlock.c,
which is not linked to client code.
As a result, the code does not link in libmysql_r, on HPUX.
The fix is to cut dependencies explicitely,
by introducing -DDISABLE_MYSQL_RWLOCK_H,
when building client code.
Before this fix, the performance schema instrumentation
in mdl.h / mdl.cc was incomplete, causing:
- build warnings,
- no data collection for the performance schema
This fix:
- added instrumentation helpers for the new preferred
reader read write lock, mysql_prlock_*
- implemented completely the performance schema
instrumentation of mdl.h / mdl.cc
