Analysis:
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Certain queries using intrinsic temporary tables may fail due to
name clashes in the file name for the temporary table when the
'temp-pool' enabled.
'temp-pool' tries to reduce the number of different filenames used for
temp tables by allocating them from small pool in order to avoid
problems in the Linux kernel by using a three part filename:
<tmp_file_prefix>_<pid>_<temp_pool_slot_num>.
The bit corresponding to the temp_pool_slot_num is set in the bit
map maintained for the temp-pool when it used for the file name.
It is cleared after the temp table is deleted for re-use.
The 'create_tmp_table()' function call under error condition
tries to clear the same bit twice by calling 'free_tmp_table()'
and 'bitmap_lock_clear_bit()'. 'free_tmp_table()' does a delete
of the table/file and clears the bit by calling the same function
'bitmap_lock_clear_bit()'.
The issue reported can be triggered under the timing window mentioned
below for an error condition while creating the temp table:
a) THD1: Due to an error clears the temp pool slot number used by it
by calling 'free_tmp_table'.
b) THD2: In the process of creating the temp table by using an unused
slot number in the bit map.
c) THD1: Clears the slot number used THD2 by calling
'bitmap_lock_clear_bit()' after completing the call 'free_tmp_table'.
d) THD3: Uses the slot number used the THD2 since it is freed by THD1.
When it tries to create the temp file using that slot number,
an error is reported since it is currently in use by THD2.
[The error: Error 'Can't create/write to file
'/tmp/#sql_277e_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17)']
Another issue which may occur in 5.6 and trunk is that:
When the open temporary table fails after its creation(due to ulimit
or OOM error), the file is not deleted. Thus further attempts to use
the same slot number in the 'temp-pool' results in failure.
Fix:
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a) Under the error condition calling the 'bitmap_lock_clear_bit()'
function to clear the bit is unnecessary since 'free_tmp_table()'
deletes the table/file and clears the bit. Hence removed the
redundant call 'bitmap_lock_clear_bit()' in 'create_tmp_table()'
This prevents the timing window under which the issue reported
can be seen.
b) If open of the temporary table fails, then the file is deleted
thus allowing the temp-pool slot number to be utilized for the
subsequent temporary table creation.
c) Also if the attempt to create temp table fails since it already
exists, the temp-pool slot for it is marked as used, to avoid
the problem from re-appearing.
a temporary table has grown out of heap memory reserved for it and
the remaining disk space is not big enough to store the table as
a MyISAM table.
The crash happens because the function create_myisam_from_heap
does not handle safely the mem_root structure associated
with the converted table in the case when an error has occurred.
