MDEV-11520 after-merge fix for 10.1: Use sparse files.

If page_compression (introduced in MariaDB Server 10.1) is enabled,
the logical action is to not preallocate space to the data files,
but to only logically extend the files with zeroes.

fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(): Create smaller files for
ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED tables, but adhere to the minimum file size of
4*innodb_page_size.

fil_space_extend_must_retry(), os_file_set_size(): On Windows,
use SetFileInformationByHandle() and FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO,
which depends on bumping _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0600.
FIXME: The files are not yet set up as sparse, so
this will currently end up physically extending (preallocating)
the files, wasting storage for unused pages.

os_file_set_size(): Add the parameter "bool sparse=false" to declare
that the file is to be extended logically, instead of being preallocated.
The only caller with sparse=true is
fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace().
(The system tablespace cannot be created with page_compression.)

fil_space_extend_must_retry(), os_file_set_size(): Outside Windows,
use ftruncate() to extend files that are supposed to be sparse.
On systems where ftruncate() is limited to files less than 4GiB
(if there are any), fil_space_extend_must_retry() retains the
old logic of physically extending the file.

cmake/os/Windows.cmake

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES "icl")
 ENDIF()
 
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_WINDOWS -D__WIN__ -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501)
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600)
 # We do not want the windows.h macros min/max
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DNOMINMAX)
 # Speed up build process excluding unused header files

storage/innobase/fil/fil0fil.cc

@@ -689,12 +689,10 @@ fil_node_open_file(
 			return(false);
 		}
 
-		if (!fsp_flags_is_compressed(flags)) {
-			node->size = (ulint) (size_bytes / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags)) {
+			node->size = ulint(size_bytes / zip_size);
 		} else {
-			node->size = (ulint)
-				(size_bytes
-				 / fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags));
+			node->size = ulint(size_bytes / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 		}
 
 #ifdef UNIV_HOTBACKUP
@@ -1039,20 +1037,57 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 	}
 
 	ulint	page_size	= fsp_flags_get_zip_size(space->flags);
-
 	if (!page_size) {
 		page_size = UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	const ulint	io_completion_type = OS_FILE_READ;
+	/* Logically or physically extend the file with zero bytes,
+	depending on whether it is sparse. */
+
+	/* FIXME: Call DeviceIoControl(node->handle, FSCTL_SET_SPARSE, ...)
+	when opening a file when FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(). */
+	{
+		FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO feof;
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not shrink short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = std::max(
+			os_offset_t(size - file_start_page_no) * page_size,
+			os_offset_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+				    * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		*success = SetFileInformationByHandle(node->handle,
+						      FileEndOfFileInfo,
+						      &feof, sizeof feof);
+		if (!*success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "extending file %s"
+				" from " INT64PF
+				" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with %u",
+				node->name,
+				os_offset_t(node->size) * page_size,
+				feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart, GetLastError());
+		} else {
+			start_page_no = size;
+		}
+	}
+#else
+	/* We will logically extend the file with ftruncate() if
+	page_compression is enabled, because the file is expected to
+	be sparse in that case. Make sure that ftruncate() can deal
+	with large files. */
+	const bool is_sparse	= sizeof(off_t) >= 8
+		&& FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(space->flags);
+
+# ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
 	/* We must complete the I/O request after invoking
 	posix_fallocate() to avoid an assertion failure at shutdown.
 	Because no actual writes were dispatched, a read operation
 	will suffice. */
 	const ulint	io_completion_type = srv_use_posix_fallocate
-		? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
+		|| is_sparse ? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
 
-	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate) {
+	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate && !is_sparse) {
 		const os_offset_t	start_offset
 			= os_offset_t(start_page_no - file_start_page_no)
 			* page_size;
@@ -1078,19 +1113,33 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 			start_page_no = size;
 		}
 	} else
-#else
-	const ulint io_completion_type = OS_FILE_WRITE;
-#endif
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		/* Write 1 page of zeroes at the desired end. */
-		ulint	buf_size = page_size;
-		start_page_no = size - 1;
-#else
+# else
+	const ulint io_completion_type = is_sparse
+		? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
+# endif
+	if (is_sparse) {
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not shrink short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		off_t	s = std::max(off_t(size - file_start_page_no)
+				     * off_t(page_size),
+				     off_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+					   * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		*success = !ftruncate(node->handle, s);
+		if (!*success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "ftruncate of file %s"
+				" from " INT64PF " to " INT64PF " bytes"
+				" failed with error %d",
+				node->name,
+				os_offset_t(start_page_no - file_start_page_no)
+				* page_size, os_offset_t(s), errno);
+		} else {
+			start_page_no = size;
+		}
+	} else {
 		/* Extend at most 64 pages at a time */
 		ulint	buf_size = ut_min(64, size - start_page_no)
 			* page_size;
-#endif
 		byte*	buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(
 			calloc(1, buf_size + page_size));
 		*success = buf2 != NULL;
@@ -1135,7 +1184,7 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 
 		free(buf2);
 	}
-
+#endif
 	mutex_enter(&fil_system->mutex);
 
 	ut_a(node->being_extended);
@@ -3799,7 +3848,23 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 		goto error_exit_3;
 	}
 
-	ret = os_file_set_size(path, file, size * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
+	{
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not create too short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		const ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags);
+		const ulint page_size = zip_size ? zip_size : UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
+		const os_offset_t fsize = std::max(
+			os_offset_t(size) * page_size,
+			os_offset_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+				    * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		/* ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files never use page_compression
+		(are never sparse). */
+		ut_ad(!zip_size || !FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags));
+
+		ret = os_file_set_size(path, file, fsize,
+				       FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags));
+	}
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		err = DB_OUT_OF_FILE_SPACE;
@@ -3827,14 +3892,8 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 	fsp_header_init_fields(page, space_id, flags);
 	mach_write_to_4(page + FIL_PAGE_ARCH_LOG_NO_OR_SPACE_ID, space_id);
 
-	if (!(fsp_flags_is_compressed(flags))) {
-		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, NULL, 0);
-		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page, 0, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-	} else {
+	if (const ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags)) {
 		page_zip_des_t	page_zip;
-		ulint		zip_size;
-
-		zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags);
 
 		page_zip_set_size(&page_zip, zip_size);
 		page_zip.data = page + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -3845,6 +3904,9 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 			page_zip.n_blobs = 0;
 		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, &page_zip, 0);
 		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page_zip.data, 0, zip_size);
+	} else {
+		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, NULL, 0);
+		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page, 0, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
 	ut_free(buf2);

storage/innobase/include/os0file.h

@@ -881,17 +881,19 @@ os_file_get_size(
 /*=============*/
 	os_file_t	file)	/*!< in: handle to a file */
 	MY_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result));
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file.
-@return	TRUE if success */
+/** Set the size of a newly created file.
+@param[in]	name	file name
+@param[in]	file	file handle
+@param[in]	size	desired file size
+@param[in]	sparse	whether to create a sparse file (no preallocating)
+@return	whether the operation succeeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
-ibool
+bool
 os_file_set_size(
-/*=============*/
-	const char*	name,	/*!< in: name of the file or path as a
-				null-terminated string */
-	os_file_t	file,	/*!< in: handle to a file */
-	os_offset_t	size)	/*!< in: file size */
+	const char*	name,
+	os_file_t	file,
+	os_offset_t	size,
+	bool		is_sparse = false)
 	MY_ATTRIBUTE((nonnull, warn_unused_result));
 /***********************************************************************//**
 Truncates a file at its current position.

storage/innobase/os/os0file.cc

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ UNIV_INTERN ulint	os_n_pending_writes = 0;
 UNIV_INTERN ulint	os_n_pending_reads = 0;
 
 /** After first fallocate failure we will disable os_file_trim */
-UNIV_INTERN ibool       os_fallocate_failed = FALSE;
+static ibool       os_fallocate_failed;
 
 /**********************************************************************//**
 Directly manipulate the allocated disk space by deallocating for the file referred to
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Within the specified range, partial file system blocks are zeroed, and whole
 file system blocks are removed from the file.  After a successful call,
 subsequent reads from  this range will return zeroes.
 @return	true if success, false if error */
-UNIV_INTERN
+static
 ibool
 os_file_trim(
 /*=========*/
@@ -2355,24 +2355,44 @@ os_file_get_size(
 #endif /* __WIN__ */
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file.
-@return	TRUE if success */
+/** Set the size of a newly created file.
+@param[in]	name	file name
+@param[in]	file	file handle
+@param[in]	size	desired file size
+@param[in]	sparse	whether to create a sparse file (no preallocating)
+@return	whether the operation succeeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
-ibool
+bool
 os_file_set_size(
-/*=============*/
-	const char*	name,	/*!< in: name of the file or path as a
-				null-terminated string */
-	os_file_t	file,	/*!< in: handle to a file */
-	os_offset_t	size)	/*!< in: file size */
+	const char*	name,
+	os_file_t	file,
+	os_offset_t	size,
+	bool		is_sparse)
 {
-	ibool		ret;
-	byte*		buf;
-	byte*		buf2;
-	ulint		buf_size;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO feof;
+	feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = size;
+	bool success = SetFileInformationByHandle(file,
+						  FileEndOfFileInfo,
+						  &feof, sizeof feof);
+	if (!success) {
+		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "os_file_set_size() of file %s"
+			" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with %u",
+			name, size, GetLastError());
+	}
+	return(success);
+#else
+	if (is_sparse) {
+		bool success = !ftruncate(file, size);
+		if (!success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "ftruncate of file %s"
+				" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with error %d",
+				name, size, errno);
+		}
+		return(success);
+	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+# ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
 	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate) {
 		int err = posix_fallocate(file, 0, size);
 		if (err) {
@@ -2383,29 +2403,25 @@ os_file_set_size(
 		}
 		return(!err);
 	}
-#endif
+# endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	/* Write 1 page of zeroes at the desired end. */
-	buf_size = UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
-	os_offset_t	current_size = size - buf_size;
-#else
 	/* Write up to 1 megabyte at a time. */
-	buf_size = ut_min(64, (ulint) (size / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE))
+	ulint buf_size = ut_min(64, (ulint) (size / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE))
 		* UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
 	os_offset_t	current_size = 0;
-#endif
-	buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(calloc(1, buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+
+	byte* buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(calloc(1, buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	if (!buf2) {
 		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
 			"Cannot allocate " ULINTPF " bytes to extend file\n",
 			buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-		return(FALSE);
+		return(false);
 	}
 
 	/* Align the buffer for possible raw i/o */
-	buf = static_cast<byte*>(ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+	byte* buf = static_cast<byte*>(ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+	bool ret;
 
 	do {
 		ulint	n_bytes;
@@ -2428,6 +2444,7 @@ os_file_set_size(
 	free(buf2);
 
 	return(ret && os_file_flush(file));
+#endif
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************//**

storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc

@@ -1128,14 +1128,13 @@ check_first_page:
 				(ulong) (srv_data_file_sizes[i]
 					 >> (20 - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT)));
 
-			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
-				"Database physically writes the"
-				" file full: wait...");
-
 			ret = os_file_set_size(
 				name, files[i],
 				(os_offset_t) srv_data_file_sizes[i]
-				<< UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT);
+				<< UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT
+				/* TODO: enable page_compression on the
+				system tablespace and add
+				, FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags)*/);
 
 			if (!ret) {
 				ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
@@ -1232,10 +1231,11 @@ srv_undo_tablespace_create(
 			"Setting file %s size to %lu MB",
 			name, size >> (20 - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT));
 
-		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
-			"Database physically writes the file full: wait...");
-
-		ret = os_file_set_size(name, fh, size << UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT);
+		ret = os_file_set_size(name, fh, size << UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT
+				       /* TODO: enable page_compression on the
+				       system tablespace and add
+				       FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags)
+				       */);
 
 		if (!ret) {
 			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,

storage/xtradb/fil/fil0fil.cc

@@ -694,12 +694,10 @@ fil_node_open_file(
 			return(false);
 		}
 
-		if (!fsp_flags_is_compressed(flags)) {
-			node->size = (ulint) (size_bytes / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags)) {
+			node->size = ulint(size_bytes / zip_size);
 		} else {
-			node->size = (ulint)
-				(size_bytes
-				 / fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags));
+			node->size = ulint(size_bytes / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 		}
 
 #ifdef UNIV_HOTBACKUP
@@ -1044,20 +1042,57 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 	}
 
 	ulint	page_size	= fsp_flags_get_zip_size(space->flags);
-
 	if (!page_size) {
 		page_size = UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	const ulint	io_completion_type = OS_FILE_READ;
+	/* Logically or physically extend the file with zero bytes,
+	depending on whether it is sparse. */
+
+	/* FIXME: Call DeviceIoControl(node->handle, FSCTL_SET_SPARSE, ...)
+	when opening a file when FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(). */
+	{
+		FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO feof;
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not shrink short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = std::max(
+			os_offset_t(size - file_start_page_no) * page_size,
+			os_offset_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+				    * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		*success = SetFileInformationByHandle(node->handle,
+						      FileEndOfFileInfo,
+						      &feof, sizeof feof);
+		if (!*success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "extending file %s"
+				" from " INT64PF
+				" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with %u",
+				node->name,
+				os_offset_t(node->size) * page_size,
+				feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart, GetLastError());
+		} else {
+			start_page_no = size;
+		}
+	}
+#else
+	/* We will logically extend the file with ftruncate() if
+	page_compression is enabled, because the file is expected to
+	be sparse in that case. Make sure that ftruncate() can deal
+	with large files. */
+	const bool is_sparse	= sizeof(off_t) >= 8
+		&& FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(space->flags);
+
+# ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
 	/* We must complete the I/O request after invoking
 	posix_fallocate() to avoid an assertion failure at shutdown.
 	Because no actual writes were dispatched, a read operation
 	will suffice. */
 	const ulint	io_completion_type = srv_use_posix_fallocate
-		? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
+		|| is_sparse ? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
 
-	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate) {
+	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate && !is_sparse) {
 		const os_offset_t	start_offset
 			= os_offset_t(start_page_no - file_start_page_no)
 			* page_size;
@@ -1083,19 +1118,33 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 			start_page_no = size;
 		}
 	} else
-#else
-	const ulint io_completion_type = OS_FILE_WRITE;
-#endif
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		/* Write 1 page of zeroes at the desired end. */
-		ulint	buf_size = page_size;
-		start_page_no = size - 1;
-#else
+# else
+	const ulint io_completion_type = is_sparse
+		? OS_FILE_READ : OS_FILE_WRITE;
+# endif
+	if (is_sparse) {
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not shrink short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		off_t	s = std::max(off_t(size - file_start_page_no)
+				     * off_t(page_size),
+				     off_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+					   * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		*success = !ftruncate(node->handle, s);
+		if (!*success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "ftruncate of file %s"
+				" from " INT64PF " to " INT64PF " bytes"
+				" failed with error %d",
+				node->name,
+				os_offset_t(start_page_no - file_start_page_no)
+				* page_size, os_offset_t(s), errno);
+		} else {
+			start_page_no = size;
+		}
+	} else {
 		/* Extend at most 64 pages at a time */
 		ulint	buf_size = ut_min(64, size - start_page_no)
 			* page_size;
-#endif
 		byte*	buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(
 			calloc(1, buf_size + page_size));
 		*success = buf2 != NULL;
@@ -1141,7 +1190,7 @@ fil_space_extend_must_retry(
 
 		free(buf2);
 	}
-
+#endif
 	mutex_enter(&fil_system->mutex);
 
 	ut_a(node->being_extended);
@@ -3840,7 +3889,23 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 		goto error_exit_3;
 	}
 
-	ret = os_file_set_size(path, file, size * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
+	{
+		/* fil_read_first_page() expects UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		fil_node_open_file() expects at least 4 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE bytes.
+		Do not create too short ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files. */
+		const ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags);
+		const ulint page_size = zip_size ? zip_size : UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
+		const os_offset_t fsize = std::max(
+			os_offset_t(size) * page_size,
+			os_offset_t(FIL_IBD_FILE_INITIAL_SIZE
+				    * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+		/* ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED files never use page_compression
+		(are never sparse). */
+		ut_ad(!zip_size || !FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags));
+
+		ret = os_file_set_size(path, file, fsize,
+				       FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags));
+	}
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		err = DB_OUT_OF_FILE_SPACE;
@@ -3868,14 +3933,8 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 	fsp_header_init_fields(page, space_id, flags);
 	mach_write_to_4(page + FIL_PAGE_ARCH_LOG_NO_OR_SPACE_ID, space_id);
 
-	if (!(fsp_flags_is_compressed(flags))) {
-		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, NULL, 0);
-		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page, 0, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-	} else {
+	if (const ulint zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags)) {
 		page_zip_des_t	page_zip;
-		ulint		zip_size;
-
-		zip_size = fsp_flags_get_zip_size(flags);
 
 		page_zip_set_size(&page_zip, zip_size);
 		page_zip.data = page + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -3886,6 +3945,9 @@ fil_create_new_single_table_tablespace(
 			page_zip.n_blobs = 0;
 		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, &page_zip, 0);
 		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page_zip.data, 0, zip_size);
+	} else {
+		buf_flush_init_for_writing(page, NULL, 0);
+		ret = os_file_write(path, file, page, 0, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
 	ut_free(buf2);

storage/xtradb/include/os0file.h

@@ -904,17 +904,19 @@ os_file_get_size(
 /*=============*/
 	os_file_t	file)	/*!< in: handle to a file */
 	MY_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result));
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file.
-@return	TRUE if success */
+/** Set the size of a newly created file.
+@param[in]	name	file name
+@param[in]	file	file handle
+@param[in]	size	desired file size
+@param[in]	sparse	whether to create a sparse file (no preallocating)
+@return	whether the operation succeeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
-ibool
+bool
 os_file_set_size(
-/*=============*/
-	const char*	name,	/*!< in: name of the file or path as a
-				null-terminated string */
-	os_file_t	file,	/*!< in: handle to a file */
-	os_offset_t	size)	/*!< in: file size */
+	const char*	name,
+	os_file_t	file,
+	os_offset_t	size,
+	bool		is_sparse = false)
 	MY_ATTRIBUTE((nonnull, warn_unused_result));
 /***********************************************************************//**
 Truncates a file at its current position.

storage/xtradb/os/os0file.cc

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ UNIV_INTERN ulint	os_n_pending_writes = 0;
 UNIV_INTERN ulint	os_n_pending_reads = 0;
 
 /** After first fallocate failure we will disable os_file_trim */
-UNIV_INTERN ibool       os_fallocate_failed = FALSE;
+static ibool       os_fallocate_failed;
 
 /**********************************************************************//**
 Directly manipulate the allocated disk space by deallocating for the file referred to
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Within the specified range, partial file system blocks are zeroed, and whole
 file system blocks are removed from the file.  After a successful call,
 subsequent reads from  this range will return zeroes.
 @return	true if success, false if error */
-UNIV_INTERN
+static
 ibool
 os_file_trim(
 /*=========*/
@@ -2541,24 +2541,44 @@ os_file_get_size(
 #endif /* __WIN__ */
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************//**
-Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file.
-@return	TRUE if success */
+/** Set the size of a newly created file.
+@param[in]	name	file name
+@param[in]	file	file handle
+@param[in]	size	desired file size
+@param[in]	sparse	whether to create a sparse file (no preallocating)
+@return	whether the operation succeeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
-ibool
+bool
 os_file_set_size(
-/*=============*/
-	const char*	name,	/*!< in: name of the file or path as a
-				null-terminated string */
-	os_file_t	file,	/*!< in: handle to a file */
-	os_offset_t	size)	/*!< in: file size */
+	const char*	name,
+	os_file_t	file,
+	os_offset_t	size,
+	bool		is_sparse)
 {
-	ibool		ret;
-	byte*		buf;
-	byte*		buf2;
-	ulint		buf_size;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO feof;
+	feof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = size;
+	bool success = SetFileInformationByHandle(file,
+						  FileEndOfFileInfo,
+						  &feof, sizeof feof);
+	if (!success) {
+		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "os_file_set_size() of file %s"
+			" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with %u",
+			name, size, GetLastError());
+	}
+	return(success);
+#else
+	if (is_sparse) {
+		bool success = !ftruncate(file, size);
+		if (!success) {
+			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "ftruncate of file %s"
+				" to " INT64PF " bytes failed with error %d",
+				name, size, errno);
+		}
+		return(success);
+	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+# ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
 	if (srv_use_posix_fallocate) {
 		int err = posix_fallocate(file, 0, size);
 		if (err) {
@@ -2569,29 +2589,25 @@ os_file_set_size(
 		}
 		return(!err);
 	}
-#endif
+# endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	/* Write 1 page of zeroes at the desired end. */
-	buf_size = UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
-	os_offset_t	current_size = size - buf_size;
-#else
 	/* Write up to 1 megabyte at a time. */
-	buf_size = ut_min(64, (ulint) (size / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE))
+	ulint buf_size = ut_min(64, (ulint) (size / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE))
 		* UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
 	os_offset_t	current_size = 0;
-#endif
-	buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(calloc(1, buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+
+	byte* buf2 = static_cast<byte*>(calloc(1, buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	if (!buf2) {
 		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
 			"Cannot allocate " ULINTPF " bytes to extend file\n",
 			buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-		return(FALSE);
+		return(false);
 	}
 
 	/* Align the buffer for possible raw i/o */
-	buf = static_cast<byte*>(ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+	byte* buf = static_cast<byte*>(ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));
+	bool ret;
 
 	do {
 		ulint	n_bytes;
@@ -2614,6 +2630,7 @@ os_file_set_size(
 	free(buf2);
 
 	return(ret && os_file_flush(file));
+#endif
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************//**

storage/xtradb/srv/srv0start.cc

@@ -1162,14 +1162,13 @@ check_first_page:
 				(ulong) (srv_data_file_sizes[i]
 					 >> (20 - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT)));
 
-			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
-				"Database physically writes the"
-				" file full: wait...");
-
 			ret = os_file_set_size(
 				name, files[i],
 				(os_offset_t) srv_data_file_sizes[i]
-				<< UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT);
+				<< UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT
+				/* TODO: enable page_compression on the
+				system tablespace and add
+				, FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags)*/);
 
 			if (!ret) {
 				ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
@@ -1266,10 +1265,11 @@ srv_undo_tablespace_create(
 			"Setting file %s size to %lu MB",
 			name, size >> (20 - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT));
 
-		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
-			"Database physically writes the file full: wait...");
-
-		ret = os_file_set_size(name, fh, size << UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT);
+		ret = os_file_set_size(name, fh, size << UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT
+				       /* TODO: enable page_compression on the
+				       system tablespace and add
+				       FSP_FLAGS_HAS_PAGE_COMPRESSION(flags)
+				       */);
 
 		if (!ret) {
 			ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,