diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/tmpdir.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/tmpdir.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9475c1b7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/tmpdir.result
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#
+# Bug #19183565 CREATE DYNAMIC INNODB_TMPDIR VARIABLE TO CONTROL
+#		WHERE INNODB WRITES TEMP FILES
+#
+# If innodb_tmpdir is NULL or "", temporary file will be created in
+# server configuration variable location(--tmpdir)
+create table t1(a int primary key)engine=innodb;
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_tmpdir	
+alter table t1 add column b int not null;
+set global innodb_tmpdir=NULL;
+# Connection con1
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_tmpdir	
+alter table t1 add key(b);
+drop table t1;
+# innodb_tmpdir with invalid path.
+create table t1(a int primary key)engine=innodb;
+set global innodb_tmpdir='wrong_value';
+ERROR 42000: Variable 'innodb_tmpdir' can't be set to the value of 'wrong_value'
+show warnings;
+Level	Code	Message
+Warning	1210	InnoDB: Path doesn't exist.
+Error	1231	Variable 'innodb_tmpdir' can't be set to the value of 'wrong_value'
+drop table t1;
+# innodb_tmpdir with mysql data directory path.
+create table t1(a text, b text, fulltext(a,b))engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values('test1', 'test2');
+insert into t1 values('text1', 'text2');
+set global innodb_tmpdir = @@global.datadir;
+ERROR 42000: Variable 'innodb_tmpdir' can't be set to the value of 'MYSQL_DATADIR'
+show warnings;
+Level	Code	Message
+Warning	1210	InnoDB: Path Location should not be same as mysql data directory location.
+Error	1231	DATADIR/data/'
+drop table t1;
+# innodb_tmpdir with valid location.
+create table t1(a text, b text, fulltext(a,b))engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values('test1', 'test2');
+insert into t1 values('text1', 'text2');
+set @tmpdir = @@global.tmpdir;
+set global innodb_tmpdir = @tmpdir;
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_tmpdir	
+# Connection con3
+alter table t1 add fulltext(b);
+set global innodb_tmpdir=NULL;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/tmpdir.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/tmpdir.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76ec83e5af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/tmpdir.test
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+--source include/count_sessions.inc
+
+if (`select plugin_auth_version <= "5.6.26-MariaDB-76.0" from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='innodb'`)
+{
+  --skip Not fixed in XtraDB as of 5.6.26-MariaDB-76.0 or earlier
+}
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug #19183565 CREATE DYNAMIC INNODB_TMPDIR VARIABLE TO CONTROL
+--echo #		WHERE INNODB WRITES TEMP FILES
+--echo #
+
+--echo # If innodb_tmpdir is NULL or "", temporary file will be created in
+--echo # server configuration variable location(--tmpdir)
+
+create table t1(a int primary key)engine=innodb;
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+alter table t1 add column b int not null;
+set global innodb_tmpdir=NULL;
+--echo # Connection con1
+connect (con1,localhost,root);
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+alter table t1 add key(b);
+connection default;
+disconnect con1;
+drop table t1;
+
+--echo # innodb_tmpdir with invalid path.
+
+create table t1(a int primary key)engine=innodb;
+--error ER_WRONG_VALUE_FOR_VAR
+set global innodb_tmpdir='wrong_value';
+show warnings;
+drop table t1;
+
+
+--echo # innodb_tmpdir with mysql data directory path.
+
+let $MYSQLD_DATADIR= `select @@datadir`;
+create table t1(a text, b text, fulltext(a,b))engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values('test1', 'test2');
+insert into t1 values('text1', 'text2');
+--replace_result $MYSQLD_DATADIR MYSQL_DATADIR
+--error ER_WRONG_VALUE_FOR_VAR
+set global innodb_tmpdir = @@global.datadir;
+--replace_regex /.*mysqld.1/DATADIR/
+show warnings;
+drop table t1;
+
+--echo # innodb_tmpdir with valid location.
+let $MYSQL_TMP_DIR= `select @@tmpdir`;
+create table t1(a text, b text, fulltext(a,b))engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values('test1', 'test2');
+insert into t1 values('text1', 'text2');
+set @tmpdir = @@global.tmpdir;
+set global innodb_tmpdir = @tmpdir;
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+--echo # Connection con3
+connect (con3,localhost,root);
+# Following alter using innodb_tmpdir as a path to create temporary files
+alter table t1 add fulltext(b);
+disconnect con3;
+connection default;
+set global innodb_tmpdir=NULL;
+drop table t1;
+
+--source include/wait_until_count_sessions.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/innodb_tmpdir_basic.result b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/innodb_tmpdir_basic.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be10c93b56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/innodb_tmpdir_basic.result
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+SET @start_global_value = @@global.innodb_tmpdir;
+SELECT @start_global_value;
+@start_global_value
+NULL
+select @@session.innodb_tmpdir;
+@@session.innodb_tmpdir
+NULL
+show global variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_tmpdir	
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_tmpdir	
+select * from information_schema.global_variables where variable_name='innodb_tmpdir';
+VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+INNODB_TMPDIR	
+select * from information_schema.session_variables where variable_name='innodb_tmpdir';
+VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+INNODB_TMPDIR	
+set global innodb_tmpdir=@@global.tmpdir;
+set session innodb_tmpdir=@@global.tmpdir;
+set global innodb_tmpdir=1.1;
+ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'innodb_tmpdir'
+set global innodb_tmpdir=1e1;
+ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'innodb_tmpdir'
+set global innodb_tmpdir=repeat('a',1000);
+ERROR 42000: Variable 'innodb_tmpdir' can't be set to the value of 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
+show warnings;
+Level	Code	Message
+Warning	1210	Path length should not exceed 512 bytes
+Error	1231	Variable 'innodb_tmpdir' can't be set to the value of 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
+SET @@global.innodb_tmpdir = @start_global_value;
+SELECT @@global.innodb_tmpdir;
+@@global.innodb_tmpdir
+NULL
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/innodb_tmpdir_basic.test b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/innodb_tmpdir_basic.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c643c0e849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/innodb_tmpdir_basic.test
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+
+if (`select plugin_auth_version <= "5.6.26-MariaDB-76.0" from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='innodb'`)
+{
+  --skip Not fixed in XtraDB as of 5.6.26-MariaDB-76.0 or earlier
+}
+
+SET @start_global_value = @@global.innodb_tmpdir;
+SELECT @start_global_value;
+
+#
+# exists as global and session
+#
+select @@session.innodb_tmpdir;
+
+show global variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+show session variables like 'innodb_tmpdir';
+
+select * from information_schema.global_variables where variable_name='innodb_tmpdir';
+select * from information_schema.session_variables where variable_name='innodb_tmpdir';
+#
+# Show that it is writable
+#
+
+set global innodb_tmpdir=@@global.tmpdir;
+set session innodb_tmpdir=@@global.tmpdir;
+
+#
+# incorrect types
+#
+--error ER_WRONG_TYPE_FOR_VAR
+set global innodb_tmpdir=1.1;
+--error ER_WRONG_TYPE_FOR_VAR
+set global innodb_tmpdir=1e1;
+
+#
+# path len more than 512
+#
+--error ER_WRONG_VALUE_FOR_VAR
+set global innodb_tmpdir=repeat('a',1000);
+show warnings;
+
+#
+# Cleanup
+#
+
+SET @@global.innodb_tmpdir = @start_global_value;
+SELECT @@global.innodb_tmpdir;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
index bf757dc5d89..249761b23c0 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2011, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -167,6 +167,25 @@ buf_load_status(
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
+/** Returns the directory path where the buffer pool dump file will be created.
+@return directory path */
+static
+const char*
+get_buf_dump_dir()
+{
+	const char*	dump_dir;
+
+	/* The dump file should be created in the default data directory if
+	innodb_data_home_dir is set as an empty string. */
+	if (strcmp(srv_data_home, "") == 0) {
+		dump_dir = fil_path_to_mysql_datadir;
+	} else {
+		dump_dir = srv_data_home;
+	}
+
+	return(dump_dir);
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************//**
 Perform a buffer pool dump into the file specified by
 innodb_buffer_pool_filename. If any errors occur then the value of
@@ -190,7 +209,7 @@ buf_dump(
 	int	ret;
 
 	ut_snprintf(full_filename, sizeof(full_filename),
-		    "%s%c%s", srv_data_home, SRV_PATH_SEPARATOR,
+		    "%s%c%s", get_buf_dump_dir(), SRV_PATH_SEPARATOR,
 		    srv_buf_dump_filename);
 
 	ut_snprintf(tmp_filename, sizeof(tmp_filename),
@@ -463,7 +482,7 @@ buf_load()
 	buf_load_abort_flag = FALSE;
 
 	ut_snprintf(full_filename, sizeof(full_filename),
-		    "%s%c%s", srv_data_home, SRV_PATH_SEPARATOR,
+		    "%s%c%s", get_buf_dump_dir(), SRV_PATH_SEPARATOR,
 		    srv_buf_dump_filename);
 
 	buf_load_status(STATUS_NOTICE,
diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
index b5e97a2c3f4..1e280a6bfa7 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ dict_init(void)
 		       &dict_operation_lock, SYNC_DICT_OPERATION);
 
 	if (!srv_read_only_mode) {
-		dict_foreign_err_file = os_file_create_tmpfile();
+		dict_foreign_err_file = os_file_create_tmpfile(NULL);
 		ut_a(dict_foreign_err_file);
 
 		mutex_create(dict_foreign_err_mutex_key,
diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
index 1eac9e0df51..b073398f8ec 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2009, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2009, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -1436,7 +1436,6 @@ on the leaf page.
 when comparing records
 @param[out]	n_diff			number of distinct records
 @param[out]	n_external_pages	number of external pages
-@param[in,out]	mtr			mini-transaction
 @return number of distinct records on the leaf page */
 static
 void
@@ -1444,8 +1443,7 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 	const btr_cur_t*	cur,
 	ulint			n_prefix,
 	ib_uint64_t*		n_diff,
-	ib_uint64_t*		n_external_pages,
-	mtr_t*			mtr)
+	ib_uint64_t*		n_external_pages)
 {
 	dict_index_t*	index;
 	ulint		space;
@@ -1459,6 +1457,7 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 	ulint*		offsets2;
 	ulint*		offsets_rec;
 	ulint		size;
+	mtr_t		mtr;
 
 	index = btr_cur_get_index(cur);
 
@@ -1497,12 +1496,14 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 	function without analyzing any leaf pages */
 	*n_external_pages = 0;
 
+	mtr_start(&mtr);
+
 	/* descend to the leaf level on the B-tree */
 	for (;;) {
 
 		block = buf_page_get_gen(space, zip_size, page_no, RW_S_LATCH,
 					 NULL /* no guessed block */,
-					 BUF_GET, __FILE__, __LINE__, mtr);
+					 BUF_GET, __FILE__, __LINE__, &mtr);
 
 		page = buf_block_get_frame(block);
 
@@ -1524,6 +1525,8 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 		ut_a(*n_diff > 0);
 
 		if (*n_diff == 1) {
+			mtr_commit(&mtr);
+
 			/* page has all keys equal and the end of the page
 			was reached by dict_stats_scan_page(), no need to
 			descend to the leaf level */
@@ -1548,7 +1551,7 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 	}
 
 	/* make sure we got a leaf page as a result from the above loop */
-	ut_ad(btr_page_get_level(page, mtr) == 0);
+	ut_ad(btr_page_get_level(page, &mtr) == 0);
 
 	/* scan the leaf page and find the number of distinct keys,
 	when looking only at the first n_prefix columns; also estimate
@@ -1565,6 +1568,7 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(
 		     __func__, page_no, n_diff);
 #endif
 
+	mtr_commit(&mtr);
 	mem_heap_free(heap);
 }
 
@@ -1774,8 +1778,7 @@ dict_stats_analyze_index_for_n_prefix(
 		dict_stats_analyze_index_below_cur(btr_pcur_get_btr_cur(&pcur),
 						   n_prefix,
 						   &n_diff_on_leaf_page,
-						   &n_external_pages,
-						   mtr);
+						   &n_external_pages);
 
 		/* We adjust n_diff_on_leaf_page here to avoid counting
 		one record twice - once as the last on some page and once
diff --git a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0opt.cc b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0opt.cc
index e096b8bf6d6..2a0aa4daf12 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0opt.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0opt.cc
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ fts_zip_read_word(
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
 	ulint		i;
 #endif
-	byte		len = 0;
+	short		len = 0;
 	void*		null = NULL;
 	byte*		ptr = word->f_str;
 	int		flush = Z_NO_FLUSH;
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ fts_zip_read_word(
 		return(NULL);
 	}
 
-	zip->zp->next_out = &len;
+	zip->zp->next_out = reinterpret_cast<byte*>(&len);
 	zip->zp->avail_out = sizeof(len);
 
 	while (zip->status == Z_OK && zip->zp->avail_out > 0) {
@@ -688,11 +688,12 @@ fts_fetch_index_words(
 	fts_zip_t*	zip = static_cast<fts_zip_t*>(user_arg);
 	que_node_t*	exp = sel_node->select_list;
 	dfield_t*	dfield = que_node_get_val(exp);
-	byte		len = (byte) dfield_get_len(dfield);
+	short		len =  static_cast<short>(dfield_get_len(dfield));
 	void*		data = dfield_get_data(dfield);
 
 	/* Skip the duplicate words. */
-	if (zip->word.f_len == len && !memcmp(zip->word.f_str, data, len)) {
+	if (zip->word.f_len == static_cast<ulint>(len)
+	    && !memcmp(zip->word.f_str, data, len)) {
 
 		return(TRUE);
 	}
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ fts_fetch_index_words(
 	ut_a(zip->zp->next_in == NULL);
 
 	/* The string is prefixed by len. */
-	zip->zp->next_in = &len;
+	zip->zp->next_in = reinterpret_cast<byte*>(&len);
 	zip->zp->avail_in = sizeof(len);
 
 	/* Compress the word, create output blocks as necessary. */
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 0d4f98cedf3..1c04826ab28 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -505,6 +505,71 @@ ib_cb_t innodb_api_cb[] = {
 	(ib_cb_t) ib_trx_read_only
 };
 
+
+/**
+  Test a file path whether it is same as mysql data directory path.
+
+  @param path null terminated character string
+
+  @return
+    @retval TRUE The path is different from mysql data directory.
+    @retval FALSE The path is same as mysql data directory.
+*/
+static bool is_mysql_datadir_path(const char *path)
+{
+  if (path == NULL)
+    return false;
+
+  char mysql_data_dir[FN_REFLEN], path_dir[FN_REFLEN];
+  convert_dirname(path_dir, path, NullS);
+  convert_dirname(mysql_data_dir, mysql_unpacked_real_data_home, NullS);
+  size_t mysql_data_home_len= dirname_length(mysql_data_dir);
+  size_t path_len = dirname_length(path_dir);
+
+  if (path_len < mysql_data_home_len)
+    return true;
+
+  if (!lower_case_file_system)
+    return(memcmp(mysql_data_dir, path_dir, mysql_data_home_len));
+
+  return(files_charset_info->coll->strnncoll(files_charset_info,
+                                            (uchar *) path_dir, path_len,
+                                            (uchar *) mysql_data_dir,
+                                            mysql_data_home_len,
+                                            TRUE));
+
+}
+
+
+static int mysql_tmpfile_path(const char *path, const char *prefix)
+{
+  DBUG_ASSERT(path != NULL);
+  DBUG_ASSERT((strlen(path) + strlen(prefix)) <= FN_REFLEN);
+
+  char filename[FN_REFLEN];
+  File fd = create_temp_file(filename, path, prefix,
+#ifdef __WIN__
+                             O_BINARY | O_TRUNC | O_SEQUENTIAL |
+                             O_SHORT_LIVED |
+#endif /* __WIN__ */
+                             O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR | O_TEMPORARY,
+                             MYF(MY_WME));
+  if (fd >= 0) {
+#ifndef __WIN__
+    /*
+      This can be removed once the following bug is fixed:
+      Bug #28903  create_temp_file() doesn't honor O_TEMPORARY option
+                  (file not removed) (Unix)
+    */
+    unlink(filename);
+#endif /* !__WIN__ */
+  }
+
+  return fd;
+}
+
+
+
 /*************************************************************//**
 Check whether valid argument given to innodb_ft_*_stopword_table.
 This function is registered as a callback with MySQL.
@@ -520,6 +585,108 @@ innodb_stopword_table_validate(
 						for update function */
 	struct st_mysql_value*		value);	/*!< in: incoming string */
 
+/** Validate passed-in "value" is a valid directory name.
+This function is registered as a callback with MySQL.
+@param[in,out]	thd	thread handle
+@param[in]	var	pointer to system variable
+@param[out]	save	immediate result for update
+@param[in]	value	incoming string
+@return 0 for valid name */
+static
+int
+innodb_tmpdir_validate(
+	THD*				thd,
+	struct st_mysql_sys_var*	var,
+	void*				save,
+	struct st_mysql_value*		value)
+{
+
+	char*	alter_tmp_dir;
+	char*	innodb_tmp_dir;
+	char	buff[OS_FILE_MAX_PATH];
+	int	len = sizeof(buff);
+	char	tmp_abs_path[FN_REFLEN + 2];
+
+	ut_ad(save != NULL);
+	ut_ad(value != NULL);
+
+	if (check_global_access(thd, FILE_ACL)) {
+		push_warning_printf(
+			thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+			ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+			"InnoDB: FILE Permissions required");
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+		return(1);
+	}
+
+	alter_tmp_dir = (char*) value->val_str(value, buff, &len);
+
+	if (!alter_tmp_dir) {
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = alter_tmp_dir;
+		return(0);
+	}
+
+	if (strlen(alter_tmp_dir) > FN_REFLEN) {
+		push_warning_printf(
+			thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+			ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+			"Path length should not exceed %d bytes", FN_REFLEN);
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+		return(1);
+	}
+
+	my_realpath(tmp_abs_path, alter_tmp_dir, 0);
+	size_t	tmp_abs_len = strlen(tmp_abs_path);
+
+	if (my_access(tmp_abs_path, F_OK)) {
+
+		push_warning_printf(
+			thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+			ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+			"InnoDB: Path doesn't exist.");
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+		return(1);
+	} else if (my_access(tmp_abs_path, R_OK | W_OK)) {
+		push_warning_printf(
+			thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+			ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+			"InnoDB: Server doesn't have permission in "
+			"the given location.");
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+		return(1);
+	}
+
+	MY_STAT stat_info_dir;
+
+	if (my_stat(tmp_abs_path, &stat_info_dir, MYF(0))) {
+		if ((stat_info_dir.st_mode & S_IFDIR) != S_IFDIR) {
+
+			push_warning_printf(
+				thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+				ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+				"Given path is not a directory. ");
+			*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+			return(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!is_mysql_datadir_path(tmp_abs_path)) {
+
+		push_warning_printf(
+			thd, Sql_condition::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+			ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS,
+			"InnoDB: Path Location should not be same as "
+			"mysql data directory location.");
+		*static_cast<const char**>(save) = NULL;
+		return(1);
+	}
+
+	innodb_tmp_dir = static_cast<char*>(
+		thd_memdup(thd, tmp_abs_path, tmp_abs_len + 1));
+	*static_cast<const char**>(save) = innodb_tmp_dir;
+	return(0);
+}
+
 /** "GEN_CLUST_INDEX" is the name reserved for InnoDB default
 system clustered index when there is no primary key. */
 const char innobase_index_reserve_name[] = "GEN_CLUST_INDEX";
@@ -572,6 +739,11 @@ static MYSQL_THDVAR_STR(ft_user_stopword_table,
   "User supplied stopword table name, effective in the session level.",
   innodb_stopword_table_validate, NULL, NULL);
 
+static MYSQL_THDVAR_STR(tmpdir,
+  PLUGIN_VAR_OPCMDARG|PLUGIN_VAR_MEMALLOC,
+  "Directory for temporary non-tablespace files.",
+  innodb_tmpdir_validate, NULL, NULL);
+
 static SHOW_VAR innodb_status_variables[]= {
   {"buffer_pool_dump_status",
   (char*) &export_vars.innodb_buffer_pool_dump_status,	  SHOW_CHAR},
@@ -1306,6 +1478,26 @@ thd_supports_xa(
 	return(THDVAR(thd, support_xa));
 }
 
+/** Get the value of innodb_tmpdir.
+@param[in]	thd	thread handle, or NULL to query
+			the global innodb_tmpdir.
+@retval NULL if innodb_tmpdir="" */
+UNIV_INTERN
+const char*
+thd_innodb_tmpdir(
+	THD*	thd)
+{
+#ifdef UNIV_SYNC_DEBUG
+	ut_ad(!sync_thread_levels_nonempty_trx(false));
+#endif /* UNIV_SYNC_DEBUG */
+
+	const char*	tmp_dir = THDVAR(thd, tmpdir);
+	if (tmp_dir != NULL && *tmp_dir == '\0') {
+		tmp_dir = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return(tmp_dir);
+}
 /******************************************************************//**
 Returns the lock wait timeout for the current connection.
 @return	the lock wait timeout, in seconds */
@@ -1833,13 +2025,14 @@ innobase_get_lower_case_table_names(void)
 	return(lower_case_table_names);
 }
 
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Creates a temporary file.
+/** Create a temporary file in the location specified by the parameter
+path. If the path is null, then it will be created in tmpdir.
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary file
 @return	temporary file descriptor, or < 0 on error */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
-innobase_mysql_tmpfile(void)
-/*========================*/
+innobase_mysql_tmpfile(
+	const char*	path)
 {
 	int	fd2 = -1;
 	File	fd;
@@ -1849,7 +2042,11 @@ innobase_mysql_tmpfile(void)
 		return(-1);
 	);
 
-	fd = mysql_tmpfile("ib");
+	if (path == NULL) {
+		fd = mysql_tmpfile("ib");
+	} else {
+		fd = mysql_tmpfile_path(path, "ib");
+	}
 
 	if (fd >= 0) {
 		/* Copy the file descriptor, so that the additional resources
@@ -2776,6 +2973,13 @@ ha_innobase::reset_template(void)
 	ut_ad(prebuilt->magic_n == ROW_PREBUILT_ALLOCATED);
 	ut_ad(prebuilt->magic_n2 == prebuilt->magic_n);
 
+	/* Force table to be freed in close_thread_table(). */
+	DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("free_table_in_fts_query",
+		if (prebuilt->in_fts_query) {
+			table->m_needs_reopen = true;
+		}
+	);
+
 	prebuilt->keep_other_fields_on_keyread = 0;
 	prebuilt->read_just_key = 0;
 	prebuilt->in_fts_query = 0;
@@ -15774,15 +15978,12 @@ innobase_fts_close_ranking(
 {
 	fts_result_t*	result;
 
-	((NEW_FT_INFO*) fts_hdl)->ft_prebuilt->in_fts_query = false;
-
 	result = ((NEW_FT_INFO*) fts_hdl)->ft_result;
 
 	fts_query_free_result(result);
 
 	my_free((uchar*) fts_hdl);
 
-
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -17103,6 +17304,7 @@ static struct st_mysql_sys_var* innobase_system_variables[]= {
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(sync_array_size),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(compression_failure_threshold_pct),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(compression_pad_pct_max),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(simulate_comp_failures),
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(trx_rseg_n_slots_debug),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(limit_optimistic_insert_debug),
@@ -17110,7 +17312,7 @@ static struct st_mysql_sys_var* innobase_system_variables[]= {
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(fil_make_page_dirty_debug),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(saved_page_number_debug),
 #endif /* UNIV_DEBUG */
-  MYSQL_SYSVAR(simulate_comp_failures),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(tmpdir),
   NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 49a9c424287..4e2c42c09f0 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -2712,6 +2712,10 @@ prepare_inplace_alter_table_dict(
 
 	ctx->num_to_add_index = ha_alter_info->index_add_count;
 
+	ut_ad(ctx->prebuilt->trx->mysql_thd != NULL);
+	const char*	path = thd_innodb_tmpdir(
+		ctx->prebuilt->trx->mysql_thd);
+
 	index_defs = innobase_create_key_defs(
 		ctx->heap, ha_alter_info, altered_table, ctx->num_to_add_index,
 		num_fts_index,
@@ -3054,8 +3058,10 @@ prepare_inplace_alter_table_dict(
 					error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 					goto error_handling;);
 			rw_lock_x_lock(&ctx->add_index[a]->lock);
+
 			bool ok = row_log_allocate(ctx->add_index[a],
-						   NULL, true, NULL, NULL);
+						   NULL, true, NULL,
+						   NULL, path);
 			rw_lock_x_unlock(&ctx->add_index[a]->lock);
 
 			if (!ok) {
@@ -3081,7 +3087,7 @@ prepare_inplace_alter_table_dict(
 			clust_index, ctx->new_table,
 			!(ha_alter_info->handler_flags
 			  & Alter_inplace_info::ADD_PK_INDEX),
-			ctx->add_cols, ctx->col_map);
+			ctx->add_cols, ctx->col_map, path);
 		rw_lock_x_unlock(&clust_index->lock);
 
 		if (!ok) {
@@ -4058,6 +4064,7 @@ ok_exit:
 	files and merge sort. */
 	DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("innodb_OOM_inplace_alter",
 			error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY; goto oom;);
+
 	error = row_merge_build_indexes(
 		prebuilt->trx,
 		prebuilt->table, ctx->new_table,
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/ha_prototypes.h b/storage/innobase/include/ha_prototypes.h
index 9a1fb61348e..ad553432247 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/ha_prototypes.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/ha_prototypes.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2006, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2006, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ thd_supports_xa(
 	THD*	thd);	/*!< in: thread handle, or NULL to query
 			the global innodb_supports_xa */
 
+/** Get status of innodb_tmpdir.
+@param[in]	thd	thread handle, or NULL to query
+			the global innodb_tmpdir.
+@retval NULL if innodb_tmpdir="" */
+UNIV_INTERN
+const char*
+thd_innodb_tmpdir(
+	THD*	thd);
+
 /******************************************************************//**
 Returns the lock wait timeout for the current connection.
 @return	the lock wait timeout, in seconds */
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/os0file.h b/storage/innobase/include/os0file.h
index 5077c9e37eb..6eea39639dc 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/os0file.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/os0file.h
@@ -432,14 +432,19 @@ UNIV_INTERN
 void
 os_io_init_simple(void);
 /*===================*/
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Creates a temporary file.  This function is like tmpfile(3), but
-the temporary file is created in the MySQL temporary directory.
-@return	temporary file handle, or NULL on error */
 
+
+/** Create a temporary file. This function is like tmpfile(3), but
+the temporary file is created in the given parameter path. If the path
+is null then it will create the file in the mysql server configuration
+parameter (--tmpdir).
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary file
+@return temporary file handle, or NULL on error */
+UNIV_INTERN
 FILE*
-os_file_create_tmpfile(void);
-/*========================*/
+os_file_create_tmpfile(
+	const char*	path);
+
 #endif /* !UNIV_HOTBACKUP */
 /***********************************************************************//**
 The os_file_opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the
@@ -1245,14 +1250,14 @@ os_file_get_status(
 					file can be opened in RW mode */
 
 #if !defined(UNIV_HOTBACKUP)
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Creates a temporary file that will be deleted on close.
-This function is defined in ha_innodb.cc.
-@return	temporary file descriptor, or < 0 on error */
+/** Create a temporary file in the location specified by the parameter
+path. If the path is null, then it will be created in tmpdir.
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary file
+@return temporary file descriptor, or < 0 on error */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
-innobase_mysql_tmpfile(void);
-/*========================*/
+innobase_mysql_tmpfile(
+	const char*	path);
 #endif /* !UNIV_HOTBACKUP */
 
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/row0log.h b/storage/innobase/include/row0log.h
index 62715fe8808..5eed390aced 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/row0log.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/row0log.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2011, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2011, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ row_log_allocate(
 	const dtuple_t*	add_cols,
 				/*!< in: default values of
 				added columns, or NULL */
-	const ulint*	col_map)/*!< in: mapping of old column
+	const ulint*	col_map,/*!< in: mapping of old column
 				numbers to new ones, or NULL if !table */
+	const char*	path)	/*!< in: where to create temporary file */
 	__attribute__((nonnull(1), warn_unused_result));
 
 /******************************************************//**
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/row0merge.h b/storage/innobase/include/row0merge.h
index de353d46202..e3d95d7295a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/row0merge.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/row0merge.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2005, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2005, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ void
 row_merge_drop_temp_indexes(void);
 /*=============================*/
 
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Creates temporary merge files, and if UNIV_PFS_IO defined, register
-the file descriptor with Performance Schema.
+/** Create temporary merge files in the given paramater path, and if
+UNIV_PFS_IO defined, register the file descriptor with Performance Schema.
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary merge files.
 @return File descriptor */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
-row_merge_file_create_low(void)
-/*===========================*/
+row_merge_file_create_low(
+	const char*	path)
 	__attribute__((warn_unused_result));
 /*********************************************************************//**
 Destroy a merge file. And de-register the file from Performance Schema
@@ -349,15 +349,17 @@ row_merge_buf_empty(
 /*================*/
 	row_merge_buf_t*	buf)	/*!< in,own: sort buffer */
 	__attribute__((warn_unused_result, nonnull));
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Create a merge file.
+
+/** Create a merge file in the given location.
+@param[out]	merge_file	merge file structure
+@param[in]	path		location for creating temporary file
 @return file descriptor, or -1 on failure */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
 row_merge_file_create(
-/*==================*/
-	merge_file_t*	merge_file)	/*!< out: merge file structure */
-	__attribute__((nonnull));
+	merge_file_t*	merge_file,
+	const char*	path);
+
 /*********************************************************************//**
 Merge disk files.
 @return DB_SUCCESS or error code */
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/univ.i b/storage/innobase/include/univ.i
index 3f737089ac3..8347425c5c0 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/univ.i
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/univ.i
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Created 1/20/1994 Heikki Tuuri
 
 #define INNODB_VERSION_MAJOR	5
 #define INNODB_VERSION_MINOR	6
-#define INNODB_VERSION_BUGFIX	27
+#define INNODB_VERSION_BUGFIX	29
 
 /* The following is the InnoDB version as shown in
 SELECT plugin_version FROM information_schema.plugins;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/lock/lock0lock.cc b/storage/innobase/lock/lock0lock.cc
index 4099ca1932f..91173b95ca7 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/lock/lock0lock.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/lock/lock0lock.cc
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ lock_sys_create(
 	lock_sys->rec_hash = hash_create(n_cells);
 
 	if (!srv_read_only_mode) {
-		lock_latest_err_file = os_file_create_tmpfile();
+		lock_latest_err_file = os_file_create_tmpfile(NULL);
 		ut_a(lock_latest_err_file);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/storage/innobase/os/os0file.cc b/storage/innobase/os/os0file.cc
index ce80a01210a..c5ba4280c17 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/os/os0file.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/os/os0file.cc
@@ -756,17 +756,19 @@ os_io_init_simple(void)
 	}
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Creates a temporary file.  This function is like tmpfile(3), but
-the temporary file is created in the MySQL temporary directory.
-@return	temporary file handle, or NULL on error */
+/** Create a temporary file. This function is like tmpfile(3), but
+the temporary file is created in the given parameter path. If the path
+is null then it will create the file in the mysql server configuration
+parameter (--tmpdir).
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary file
+@return temporary file handle, or NULL on error */
 UNIV_INTERN
 FILE*
-os_file_create_tmpfile(void)
-/*========================*/
+os_file_create_tmpfile(
+	const char*	path)
 {
 	FILE*	file	= NULL;
-	int	fd	= innobase_mysql_tmpfile();
+	int	fd	= innobase_mysql_tmpfile(path);
 
 	ut_ad(!srv_read_only_mode);
 
@@ -3658,7 +3660,7 @@ os_aio_native_aio_supported(void)
 		return(FALSE);
 	} else if (!srv_read_only_mode) {
 		/* Now check if tmpdir supports native aio ops. */
-		fd = innobase_mysql_tmpfile();
+		fd = innobase_mysql_tmpfile(NULL);
 
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_WARN,
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0ftsort.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0ftsort.cc
index 621a14d27c2..d8d35319d48 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0ftsort.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0ftsort.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 2010, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2010, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ row_fts_psort_info_init(
 	common_info->merge_event = os_event_create();
 	common_info->opt_doc_id_size = opt_doc_id_size;
 
+	ut_ad(trx->mysql_thd != NULL);
+	const char*	path = thd_innodb_tmpdir(trx->mysql_thd);
+
 	/* There will be FTS_NUM_AUX_INDEX number of "sort buckets" for
 	each parallel sort thread. Each "sort bucket" holds records for
 	a particular "FTS index partition" */
@@ -241,8 +244,8 @@ row_fts_psort_info_init(
 			psort_info[j].merge_buf[i] = row_merge_buf_create(
 				dup->index);
 
-			if (row_merge_file_create(psort_info[j].merge_file[i])
-			    < 0) {
+			if (row_merge_file_create(psort_info[j].merge_file[i],
+						  path) < 0) {
 				goto func_exit;
 			}
 
@@ -610,6 +613,11 @@ fts_parallel_tokenization(
 	ulint			retried = 0;
 	dberr_t			error = DB_SUCCESS;
 
+	ut_ad(psort_info->psort_common->trx->mysql_thd != NULL);
+
+	const char*		path = thd_innodb_tmpdir(
+		psort_info->psort_common->trx->mysql_thd);
+
 	ut_ad(psort_info);
 
 	buf = psort_info->merge_buf;
@@ -840,7 +848,7 @@ exit:
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		tmpfd[i] = row_merge_file_create_low();
+		tmpfd[i] = row_merge_file_create_low(path);
 		if (tmpfd[i] < 0) {
 			error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 			goto func_exit;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
index 032a3a0619c..8d592968c3e 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
@@ -194,8 +194,25 @@ struct row_log_t {
 				or by index->lock X-latch only */
 	row_log_buf_t	head;	/*!< reader context; protected by MDL only;
 				modifiable by row_log_apply_ops() */
+	const char*	path;	/*!< where to create temporary file during
+				log operation */
 };
 
+/** Create the file or online log if it does not exist.
+@param[in,out]	log	online rebuild log
+@return file descriptor. */
+static __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+int
+row_log_tmpfile(
+	row_log_t*	log)
+{
+	DBUG_ENTER("row_log_tmpfile");
+	if (log->fd < 0) {
+		log->fd = row_merge_file_create_low(log->path);
+	}
+
+	DBUG_RETURN(log->fd);
+}
 
 /** Allocate the memory for the log buffer.
 @param[in,out]	log_buf	Buffer used for log operation
@@ -340,6 +357,12 @@ row_log_online_op(
 			       log->tail.buf, avail_size);
 		}
 		UNIV_MEM_ASSERT_RW(log->tail.block, srv_sort_buf_size);
+
+		if (row_log_tmpfile(log) < 0) {
+			log->error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+			goto err_exit;
+		}
+
 		ret = os_file_write(
 			"(modification log)",
 			OS_FILE_FROM_FD(log->fd),
@@ -450,6 +473,12 @@ row_log_table_close_func(
 			       log->tail.buf, avail);
 		}
 		UNIV_MEM_ASSERT_RW(log->tail.block, srv_sort_buf_size);
+
+		if (row_log_tmpfile(log) < 0) {
+			log->error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+			goto err_exit;
+		}
+
 		ret = os_file_write(
 			"(modification log)",
 			OS_FILE_FROM_FD(log->fd),
@@ -469,6 +498,7 @@ write_failed:
 
 	log->tail.total += size;
 	UNIV_MEM_INVALID(log->tail.buf, sizeof log->tail.buf);
+err_exit:
 	mutex_exit(&log->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -2536,7 +2566,8 @@ corruption:
 		if (index->online_log->head.blocks) {
 #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
 			/* Truncate the file in order to save space. */
-			if (ftruncate(index->online_log->fd, 0) == -1) {
+			if (index->online_log->fd != -1
+			    && ftruncate(index->online_log->fd, 0) == -1) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: Error: Truncate of file "
 					"\'%s\' failed with error %d:%s\n",
 					index->name + 1, errno, strerror(errno));
@@ -2855,8 +2886,9 @@ row_log_allocate(
 	const dtuple_t*	add_cols,
 				/*!< in: default values of
 				added columns, or NULL */
-	const ulint*	col_map)/*!< in: mapping of old column
+	const ulint*	col_map,/*!< in: mapping of old column
 				numbers to new ones, or NULL if !table */
+	const char*	path)	/*!< in: where to create temporary file */
 {
 	row_log_t*	log;
 	DBUG_ENTER("row_log_allocate");
@@ -2875,11 +2907,7 @@ row_log_allocate(
 		DBUG_RETURN(false);
 	}
 
-	log->fd = row_merge_file_create_low();
-	if (log->fd < 0) {
-		ut_free(log);
-		DBUG_RETURN(false);
-	}
+	log->fd = -1;
 	mutex_create(index_online_log_key, &log->mutex,
 		     SYNC_INDEX_ONLINE_LOG);
 	log->blobs = NULL;
@@ -2894,6 +2922,7 @@ row_log_allocate(
 	log->tail.block = log->head.block = NULL;
 	log->head.blocks = log->head.bytes = 0;
 	log->head.total = 0;
+	log->path = path;
 	dict_index_set_online_status(index, ONLINE_INDEX_CREATION);
 	index->online_log = log;
 
@@ -3371,7 +3400,8 @@ corruption:
 		if (index->online_log->head.blocks) {
 #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
 			/* Truncate the file in order to save space. */
-			if (ftruncate(index->online_log->fd, 0) == -1) {
+			if (index->online_log->fd != -1
+			    && ftruncate(index->online_log->fd, 0) == -1) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: Error: Truncate of file "
 					"\'%s\' failed with error %d:%s\n",
 					index->name + 1, errno, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
index 6dd88b00464..9abb95b6ebb 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
@@ -1241,47 +1241,95 @@ row_merge_write_eof(
 	return(&block[0]);
 }
 
-/********************************************************************//**
-Reads clustered index of the table and create temporary files
+/** Create a temporary file if it has not been created already.
+@param[in,out]	tmpfd	temporary file handle
+@param[in]	path	path to create temporary file
+@return file descriptor, or -1 on failure */
+static __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+int
+row_merge_tmpfile_if_needed(
+	int*		tmpfd,
+	const char*	path)
+{
+	if (*tmpfd < 0) {
+		*tmpfd = row_merge_file_create_low(path);
+	}
+
+	return(*tmpfd);
+}
+
+/** Create a temporary file for merge sort if it was not created already.
+@param[in,out]	file	merge file structure
+@param[in,out]	tmpfd	temporary file structure
+@param[in]	nrec	number of records in the file
+@param[in]	path	path to create temporary files
+@return file descriptor, or -1 on failure */
+static __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+int
+row_merge_file_create_if_needed(
+	merge_file_t*	file,
+	int*		tmpfd,
+	ulint		nrec,
+	const char*	path)
+{
+	ut_ad(file->fd < 0 || *tmpfd >=0);
+	if (file->fd < 0 && row_merge_file_create(file, path) >= 0) {
+		if (row_merge_tmpfile_if_needed(tmpfd, path) < 0) {
+			return(-1);
+		}
+
+		file->n_rec = nrec;
+	}
+
+	ut_ad(file->fd < 0 || *tmpfd >=0);
+	return(file->fd);
+}
+
+/** Reads clustered index of the table and create temporary files
 containing the index entries for the indexes to be built.
-@return	DB_SUCCESS or error */
+@param[in]	trx		transaction
+@param[in,out]	table		MySQL table object, for reporting erroneous
+				records
+@param[in]	old_table	table where rows are read from
+@param[in]	new_table	table where indexes are created; identical to
+				old_table unless creating a PRIMARY KEY
+@param[in]	online		true if creating indexes online
+@param[in]	index		indexes to be created
+@param[in]	fts_sort_idx	full-text index to be created, or NULL
+@param[in]	psort_info	parallel sort info for fts_sort_idx creation,
+				or NULL
+@param[in]	files		temporary files
+@param[in]	key_numbers	MySQL key numbers to create
+@param[in]	n_index		number of indexes to create
+@param[in]	add_cols	default values of added columns, or NULL
+@param[in]	col_map		mapping of old column numbers to new ones, or
+				NULL if old_table == new_table
+@param[in]	add_autoinc	number of added AUTO_INCREMENT columns, or
+				ULINT_UNDEFINED if none is added
+@param[in,out] sequence		autoinc sequence
+@param[in,out] block		file buffer
+@param[in,out] tmpfd		temporary file handle
+return	DB_SUCCESS or error */
 static __attribute__((nonnull(1,2,3,4,6,9,10,16), warn_unused_result))
 dberr_t
 row_merge_read_clustered_index(
-/*===========================*/
-	trx_t*			trx,	/*!< in: transaction */
-	struct TABLE*		table,	/*!< in/out: MySQL table object,
-					for reporting erroneous records */
-	const dict_table_t*	old_table,/*!< in: table where rows are
-					read from */
-	const dict_table_t*	new_table,/*!< in: table where indexes are
-					created; identical to old_table
-					unless creating a PRIMARY KEY */
-	bool			online,	/*!< in: true if creating indexes
-					online */
-	dict_index_t**		index,	/*!< in: indexes to be created */
+	trx_t*			trx,
+	struct TABLE*		table,
+	const dict_table_t*	old_table,
+	const dict_table_t*	new_table,
+	bool			online,
+	dict_index_t**		index,
 	dict_index_t*		fts_sort_idx,
-					/*!< in: full-text index to be created,
-					or NULL */
 	fts_psort_t*		psort_info,
-					/*!< in: parallel sort info for
-					fts_sort_idx creation, or NULL */
-	merge_file_t*		files,	/*!< in: temporary files */
+	merge_file_t*		files,
 	const ulint*		key_numbers,
-					/*!< in: MySQL key numbers to create */
-	ulint			n_index,/*!< in: number of indexes to create */
+	ulint			n_index,
 	const dtuple_t*		add_cols,
-					/*!< in: default values of
-					added columns, or NULL */
-	const ulint*		col_map,/*!< in: mapping of old column
-					numbers to new ones, or NULL
-					if old_table == new_table */
+	const ulint*		col_map,
 	ulint			add_autoinc,
-					/*!< in: number of added
-					AUTO_INCREMENT column, or
-					ULINT_UNDEFINED if none is added */
-	ib_sequence_t&		sequence,/*!< in/out: autoinc sequence */
-	row_merge_block_t*	block)	/*!< in/out: file buffer */
+	ib_sequence_t&		sequence,
+	row_merge_block_t*	block,
+	int*			tmpfd)
 {
 	dict_index_t*		clust_index;	/* Clustered index */
 	mem_heap_t*		row_heap;	/* Heap memory to create
@@ -1313,6 +1361,9 @@ row_merge_read_clustered_index(
 	DEBUG_FTS_SORT_PRINT("FTS_SORT: Start Create Index\n");
 #endif
 
+	ut_ad(trx->mysql_thd != NULL);
+	const char*	path = thd_innodb_tmpdir(trx->mysql_thd);
+
 	/* Create and initialize memory for record buffers */
 
 	merge_buf = static_cast<row_merge_buf_t**>(
@@ -1777,13 +1828,25 @@ write_buffers:
 					dict_index_get_lock(buf->index));
 			}
 
-			row_merge_buf_write(buf, file, block);
+			if (buf->n_tuples > 0) {
 
-			if (!row_merge_write(file->fd, file->offset++,
-					     block)) {
-				err = DB_TEMP_FILE_WRITE_FAILURE;
-				trx->error_key_num = i;
-				break;
+				if (row_merge_file_create_if_needed(
+					file, tmpfd, buf->n_tuples, path) < 0) {
+					err = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+					trx->error_key_num = i;
+					break;
+				}
+
+				ut_ad(file->n_rec > 0);
+
+				row_merge_buf_write(buf, file, block);
+
+				if (!row_merge_write(file->fd, file->offset++,
+						     block)) {
+					err = DB_TEMP_FILE_WRITE_FAILURE;
+					trx->error_key_num = i;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			UNIV_MEM_INVALID(&block[0], srv_sort_buf_size);
@@ -1827,6 +1890,7 @@ write_buffers:
 
 func_exit:
 	mtr_commit(&mtr);
+
 	mem_heap_free(row_heap);
 
 	if (nonnull) {
@@ -3057,14 +3121,15 @@ row_merge_drop_temp_indexes(void)
 	trx_free_for_background(trx);
 }
 
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Creates temporary merge files, and if UNIV_PFS_IO defined, register
-the file descriptor with Performance Schema.
-@return file descriptor, or -1 on failure */
+
+/** Create temporary merge files in the given paramater path, and if
+UNIV_PFS_IO defined, register the file descriptor with Performance Schema.
+@param[in]	path	location for creating temporary merge files.
+@return File descriptor */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
-row_merge_file_create_low(void)
-/*===========================*/
+row_merge_file_create_low(
+	const char*	path)
 {
 	int	fd;
 #ifdef UNIV_PFS_IO
@@ -3078,7 +3143,7 @@ row_merge_file_create_low(void)
 				     "Innodb Merge Temp File",
 				     __FILE__, __LINE__);
 #endif
-	fd = innobase_mysql_tmpfile();
+	fd = innobase_mysql_tmpfile(path);
 #ifdef UNIV_PFS_IO
 	register_pfs_file_open_end(locker, fd);
 #endif
@@ -3091,16 +3156,18 @@ row_merge_file_create_low(void)
 	return(fd);
 }
 
-/*********************************************************************//**
-Create a merge file.
+
+/** Create a merge file in the given location.
+@param[out]	merge_file	merge file structure
+@param[in]	path		location for creating temporary file
 @return file descriptor, or -1 on failure */
 UNIV_INTERN
 int
 row_merge_file_create(
-/*==================*/
-	merge_file_t*	merge_file)	/*!< out: merge file structure */
+	merge_file_t*	merge_file,
+	const char*	path)
 {
-	merge_file->fd = row_merge_file_create_low();
+	merge_file->fd = row_merge_file_create_low(path);
 	merge_file->offset = 0;
 	merge_file->n_rec = 0;
 
@@ -3620,10 +3687,6 @@ row_merge_build_indexes(
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_indexes; i++) {
-		if (row_merge_file_create(&merge_files[i]) < 0) {
-			error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-			goto func_exit;
-		}
 
 		if (indexes[i]->type & DICT_FTS) {
 			ibool	opt_doc_id_size = FALSE;
@@ -3652,13 +3715,6 @@ row_merge_build_indexes(
 		}
 	}
 
-	tmpfd = row_merge_file_create_low();
-
-	if (tmpfd < 0) {
-		error = DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-		goto func_exit;
-	}
-
 	/* Reset the MySQL row buffer that is used when reporting
 	duplicate keys. */
 	innobase_rec_reset(table);
@@ -3670,7 +3726,7 @@ row_merge_build_indexes(
 		trx, table, old_table, new_table, online, indexes,
 		fts_sort_idx, psort_info, merge_files, key_numbers,
 		n_indexes, add_cols, col_map,
-		add_autoinc, sequence, block);
+		add_autoinc, sequence, block, &tmpfd);
 
 	if (error != DB_SUCCESS) {
 
@@ -3751,7 +3807,7 @@ wait_again:
 #ifdef FTS_INTERNAL_DIAG_PRINT
 			DEBUG_FTS_SORT_PRINT("FTS_SORT: Complete Insert\n");
 #endif
-		} else {
+		} else if (merge_files[i].fd != -1) {
 			row_merge_dup_t	dup = {
 				sort_idx, table, col_map, 0};
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
index 121c8b210b8..36ff8d9b7ab 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
-Copyright (c) 1995, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (c) 1995, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Google Inc.
 Copyright (c) 2009, Percona Inc.
 Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, SkySQL Ab. All Rights Reserved.
@@ -1733,6 +1733,8 @@ exit_func:
 /*********************************************************************//**
 A thread which prints warnings about semaphore waits which have lasted
 too long. These can be used to track bugs which cause hangs.
+Note: In order to make sync_arr_wake_threads_if_sema_free work as expected,
+we should avoid waiting any mutexes in this function!
 @return	a dummy parameter */
 extern "C" UNIV_INTERN
 os_thread_ret_t
@@ -1772,23 +1774,21 @@ loop:
 	/* Try to track a strange bug reported by Harald Fuchs and others,
 	where the lsn seems to decrease at times */
 
-        /* We have to use nowait to ensure we don't block */
-	new_lsn= log_get_lsn_nowait();
+	if (log_peek_lsn(&new_lsn)) {
+		if (new_lsn < old_lsn) {
+			ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"  InnoDB: Error: old log sequence number " LSN_PF
+				" was greater\n"
+				"InnoDB: than the new log sequence number " LSN_PF "!\n"
+				"InnoDB: Please submit a bug report"
+				" to http://bugs.mysql.com\n",
+				old_lsn, new_lsn);
+			ut_ad(0);
+		}
 
-	if (new_lsn && new_lsn < old_lsn) {
-		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"  InnoDB: Error: old log sequence number " LSN_PF
-			" was greater\n"
-			"InnoDB: than the new log sequence number " LSN_PF "!\n"
-			"InnoDB: Please submit a bug report"
-			" to http://bugs.mysql.com\n",
-			old_lsn, new_lsn);
-		ut_ad(0);
-	}
-
-        if (new_lsn)
 		old_lsn = new_lsn;
+	}
 
 	if (difftime(time(NULL), srv_last_monitor_time) > 60) {
 		/* We referesh InnoDB Monitor values so that averages are
diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
index 07d339209fa..32682de6be4 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
 			}
 		} else {
 			srv_monitor_file_name = NULL;
-			srv_monitor_file = os_file_create_tmpfile();
+			srv_monitor_file = os_file_create_tmpfile(NULL);
 
 			if (!srv_monitor_file) {
 				return(DB_ERROR);
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
 		mutex_create(srv_dict_tmpfile_mutex_key,
 			     &srv_dict_tmpfile_mutex, SYNC_DICT_OPERATION);
 
-		srv_dict_tmpfile = os_file_create_tmpfile();
+		srv_dict_tmpfile = os_file_create_tmpfile(NULL);
 
 		if (!srv_dict_tmpfile) {
 			return(DB_ERROR);
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
 		mutex_create(srv_misc_tmpfile_mutex_key,
 			     &srv_misc_tmpfile_mutex, SYNC_ANY_LATCH);
 
-		srv_misc_tmpfile = os_file_create_tmpfile();
+		srv_misc_tmpfile = os_file_create_tmpfile(NULL);
 
 		if (!srv_misc_tmpfile) {
 			return(DB_ERROR);