diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/dict/dict0dict.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/dict/dict0dict.c
index a8ee593e35c..aedaf7cec1d 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/dict/dict0dict.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/dict/dict0dict.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ dict_col_name_is_reserved(
 	ulint			i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < UT_ARR_SIZE(reserved_names); i++) {
-		if (strcmp(name, reserved_names[i]) == 0) {
+		if (innobase_strcasecmp(name, reserved_names[i]) == 0) {
 
 			return(TRUE);
 		}
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 1d72d09727e..9db4d202d93 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -217,15 +217,34 @@ static void free_share(INNOBASE_SHARE *share);
 static int innobase_close_connection(handlerton *hton, THD* thd);
 static int innobase_commit(handlerton *hton, THD* thd, bool all);
 static int innobase_rollback(handlerton *hton, THD* thd, bool all);
-static int innobase_rollback_to_savepoint(handlerton *hton, THD* thd, 
+static int innobase_rollback_to_savepoint(handlerton *hton, THD* thd,
            void *savepoint);
 static int innobase_savepoint(handlerton *hton, THD* thd, void *savepoint);
-static int innobase_release_savepoint(handlerton *hton, THD* thd, 
+static int innobase_release_savepoint(handlerton *hton, THD* thd,
            void *savepoint);
 static handler *innobase_create_handler(handlerton *hton,
                                         TABLE_SHARE *table,
                                         MEM_ROOT *mem_root);
 
+/***********************************************************************
+This function checks each index name for a table against reserved
+system default primary index name 'GEN_CLUST_INDEX'. If a name matches,
+this function pushes an error message to the client, and returns true. */
+static
+bool
+innobase_index_name_is_reserved(
+/*============================*/
+					/* out: true if index name matches a
+					reserved name */
+	const trx_t*	trx,		/* in: InnoDB transaction handle */
+	const TABLE*	form,		/* in: information on table
+					columns and indexes */
+	const char*	norm_name);	/* in: table name */
+
+/* "GEN_CLUST_INDEX" is the name reserved for Innodb default
+system primary index. */
+static const char innobase_index_reserve_name[]= "GEN_CLUST_INDEX";
+
 /** @brief Initialize the default value of innodb_commit_concurrency.
 
 Once InnoDB is running, the innodb_commit_concurrency must not change
@@ -949,7 +968,22 @@ innobase_get_cset_width(
 		*mbminlen = cs->mbminlen;
 		*mbmaxlen = cs->mbmaxlen;
 	} else {
-		ut_a(cset == 0);
+		if (current_thd
+		    && (thd_sql_command(current_thd) == SQLCOM_DROP_TABLE)) {
+
+			/* Fix bug#46256: allow tables to be dropped if the
+			collation is not found, but issue a warning. */
+			if ((global_system_variables.log_warnings)
+			    && (cset != 0)){
+
+				sql_print_warning(
+					"Unknown collation #%lu.", cset);
+			}
+		} else {
+
+			ut_a(cset == 0);
+		}
+
 		*mbminlen = *mbmaxlen = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -5660,6 +5694,28 @@ create_table_def(
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* First check whether the column to be added has a
+		system reserved name. */
+		if (dict_col_name_is_reserved(field->field_name)){
+			push_warning_printf(
+				(THD*) trx->mysql_thd,
+				MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_ERROR,
+				ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE,
+				"Error creating table '%s' with "
+				"column name '%s'. '%s' is a "
+				"reserved name. Please try to "
+				"re-create the table with a "
+				"different column name.",
+				table->name, (char*) field->field_name,
+				(char*) field->field_name);
+
+			dict_mem_table_free(table);
+			trx_commit_for_mysql(trx);
+
+			error = DB_ERROR;
+			goto error_ret;
+		}
+
 		dict_mem_table_add_col(table, table->heap,
 			(char*) field->field_name,
 			col_type,
@@ -5673,6 +5729,7 @@ create_table_def(
 
 	error = row_create_table_for_mysql(table, trx);
 
+error_ret:
 	error = convert_error_code_to_mysql(error, flags, NULL);
 
 	DBUG_RETURN(error);
@@ -5711,6 +5768,9 @@ create_index(
 
 	n_fields = key->key_parts;
 
+	/* Assert that "GEN_CLUST_INDEX" cannot be used as non-primary index */
+	ut_a(innobase_strcasecmp(key->name, innobase_index_reserve_name) != 0);
+
 	ind_type = 0;
 
 	if (key_num == form->s->primary_key) {
@@ -5819,8 +5879,8 @@ create_clustered_index_when_no_primary(
 
 	/* We pass 0 as the space id, and determine at a lower level the space
 	id where to store the table */
-
-	index = dict_mem_index_create(table_name, "GEN_CLUST_INDEX",
+	index = dict_mem_index_create(table_name,
+				      innobase_index_reserve_name,
 				      0, DICT_CLUSTERED, 0);
 
 	error = row_create_index_for_mysql(index, trx, NULL);
@@ -6246,14 +6306,6 @@ ha_innobase::create(
 		flags = DICT_TF_COMPACT;
 	}
 
-	error = create_table_def(trx, form, norm_name,
-		create_info->options & HA_LEX_CREATE_TMP_TABLE ? name2 : NULL,
-		flags);
-
-	if (error) {
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
 	/* Look for a primary key */
 
 	primary_key_no= (form->s->primary_key != MAX_KEY ?
@@ -6265,6 +6317,22 @@ ha_innobase::create(
 
 	ut_a(primary_key_no == -1 || primary_key_no == 0);
 
+	/* Check for name conflicts (with reserved name) for
+	any user indices to be created. */
+	if (innobase_index_name_is_reserved(trx, form, norm_name)) {
+		error = -1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	error = create_table_def(trx, form, norm_name,
+		create_info->options & HA_LEX_CREATE_TMP_TABLE ? name2 : NULL,
+		flags);
+
+	if (error) {
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+
 	/* Create the keys */
 
 	if (form->s->keys == 0 || primary_key_no == -1) {
@@ -9707,6 +9775,46 @@ static int show_innodb_vars(THD *thd, SHOW_VAR *var, char *buff)
   return 0;
 }
 
+/***********************************************************************
+This function checks each index name for a table against reserved
+system default primary index name 'GEN_CLUST_INDEX'. If a name matches,
+this function pushes an error message to the client, and returns true. */
+static
+bool
+innobase_index_name_is_reserved(
+/*============================*/
+					/* out: true if an index name
+					matches the reserved name */
+	const trx_t*	trx,		/* in: InnoDB transaction handle */
+	const TABLE*	form,		/* in: information on table
+					columns and indexes */
+	const char*	norm_name)	/* in: table name */
+{
+	KEY*		key;
+	uint		key_num;	/* index number */
+
+	for (key_num = 0; key_num < form->s->keys; key_num++) {
+		key = form->key_info + key_num;
+
+		if (innobase_strcasecmp(key->name,
+					innobase_index_reserve_name) == 0) {
+			/* Push warning to mysql */
+			push_warning_printf((THD*) trx->mysql_thd,
+					    MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_ERROR,
+					    ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE,
+					    "Cannot Create Index with name "
+					    "'%s'. The name is reserved "
+					    "for the system default primary "
+					    "index.",
+					    innobase_index_reserve_name);
+
+			return(true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return(false);
+}
+
 static SHOW_VAR innodb_status_variables_export[]= {
   {"Innodb",                   (char*) &show_innodb_vars, SHOW_FUNC},
   {NullS, NullS, SHOW_LONG}
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/log0log.ic b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/log0log.ic
index 4d2f64af695..36d151a3064 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/log0log.ic
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/log0log.ic
@@ -312,11 +312,20 @@ log_reserve_and_write_fast(
 	ib_uint64_t*	start_lsn)/*!< out: start lsn of the log record */
 {
 	ulint		data_len;
-	ib_uint64_t	lsn;
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+	/* length of the LSN pseudo-record */
+	ulint		lsn_len = 1
+		+ mach_get_compressed_size(log_sys->lsn >> 32)
+		+ mach_get_compressed_size(log_sys->lsn & 0xFFFFFFFFUL);
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
 
 	mutex_enter(&log_sys->mutex);
 
-	data_len = len + log_sys->buf_free % OS_FILE_LOG_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	data_len = len
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+		+ lsn_len
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
+		+ log_sys->buf_free % OS_FILE_LOG_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
 	if (data_len >= OS_FILE_LOG_BLOCK_SIZE - LOG_BLOCK_TRL_SIZE) {
 
@@ -330,7 +339,23 @@ log_reserve_and_write_fast(
 
 	*start_lsn = log_sys->lsn;
 
-	ut_memcpy(log_sys->buf + log_sys->buf_free, str, len);
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+	{
+		/* Write the LSN pseudo-record. */
+		byte* b = &log_sys->buf[log_sys->buf_free];
+		*b++ = MLOG_LSN | (MLOG_SINGLE_REC_FLAG & *(const byte*) str);
+		/* Write the LSN in two parts,
+		as a pseudo page number and space id. */
+		b += mach_write_compressed(b, log_sys->lsn >> 32);
+		b += mach_write_compressed(b, log_sys->lsn & 0xFFFFFFFFUL);
+		ut_a(b - lsn_len == &log_sys->buf[log_sys->buf_free]);
+
+		memcpy(b, str, len);
+		len += lsn_len;
+	}
+#else /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
+	memcpy(log_sys->buf + log_sys->buf_free, str, len);
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
 
 	log_block_set_data_len((byte*) ut_align_down(log_sys->buf
 						     + log_sys->buf_free,
@@ -344,14 +369,14 @@ log_reserve_and_write_fast(
 
 	ut_ad(log_sys->buf_free <= log_sys->buf_size);
 
-	lsn = log_sys->lsn += len;
+	log_sys->lsn += len;
 
 #ifdef UNIV_LOG_DEBUG
 	log_check_log_recs(log_sys->buf + log_sys->old_buf_free,
 			   log_sys->buf_free - log_sys->old_buf_free,
 			   log_sys->old_lsn);
 #endif
-	return(lsn);
+	return(log_sys->lsn);
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************//**
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/mtr0mtr.h b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/mtr0mtr.h
index 44bba43b1ab..bc3f1951be9 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/mtr0mtr.h
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/mtr0mtr.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ For 1 - 8 bytes, the flag value must give the length also! @{ */
 #define MLOG_IBUF_BITMAP_INIT	((byte)27)	/*!< initialize an
 						ibuf bitmap page */
 /*#define	MLOG_FULL_PAGE	((byte)28)	full contents of a page */
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+# define MLOG_LSN		((byte)28)	/* current LSN */
+#endif
 #define MLOG_INIT_FILE_PAGE	((byte)29)	/*!< this means that a
 						file page is taken
 						into use and the prior
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/os0sync.h b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/os0sync.h
index ba7c8776f7b..317c6d612fd 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/os0sync.h
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/os0sync.h
@@ -398,10 +398,9 @@ compare to, new_val is the value to swap in. */
 # define os_compare_and_swap_lint(ptr, old_val, new_val) \
 	(win_cmp_and_xchg(ptr, new_val, old_val) == old_val)
 
+/* windows thread objects can always be passed to windows atomic functions */
 # define os_compare_and_swap_thread_id(ptr, old_val, new_val) \
 	(InterlockedCompareExchange(ptr, new_val, old_val) == old_val)
-/* windows thread objects can always be passed to windows atomic functions */
-# define HAVE_IB_ATOMIC_PTHREAD_T_WINDOWS
 
 /**********************************************************//**
 Returns the resulting value, ptr is pointer to target, amount is the
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/univ.i b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/univ.i
index c087e449cae..73491d9eda4 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/univ.i
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/univ.i
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ command. Not tested on Windows. */
 #define UNIV_LRU_DEBUG				/* debug the buffer pool LRU */
 #define UNIV_HASH_DEBUG				/* debug HASH_ macros */
 #define UNIV_LIST_DEBUG				/* debug UT_LIST_ macros */
+#define UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG			/* write LSN to the redo log;
+this will break redo log file compatibility, but it may be useful when
+debugging redo log application problems. */
 #define UNIV_MEM_DEBUG				/* detect memory leaks etc */
 #define UNIV_IBUF_DEBUG				/* debug the insert buffer */
 #define UNIV_IBUF_COUNT_DEBUG			/* debug the insert buffer;
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/log/log0recv.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/log/log0recv.c
index e2d85b2f1bb..ca1a4d3636c 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/log/log0recv.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/log/log0recv.c
@@ -853,6 +853,11 @@ recv_parse_or_apply_log_rec_body(
 	}
 
 	switch (type) {
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+	case MLOG_LSN:
+		/* The LSN is checked in recv_parse_log_rec(). */
+		break;
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
 	case MLOG_1BYTE: case MLOG_2BYTES: case MLOG_4BYTES: case MLOG_8BYTES:
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
 		if (page && page_type == FIL_PAGE_TYPE_ALLOCATED
@@ -1924,6 +1929,17 @@ recv_parse_log_rec(
 		return(0);
 	}
 
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+	if (*type == MLOG_LSN) {
+		ib_uint64_t	lsn = (ib_uint64_t) *space << 32 | *page_no;
+# ifdef UNIV_LOG_DEBUG
+		ut_a(lsn == log_sys->old_lsn);
+# else /* UNIV_LOG_DEBUG */
+		ut_a(lsn == recv_sys->recovered_lsn);
+# endif /* UNIV_LOG_DEBUG */
+	}
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
+
 	/* Check that page_no is sensible */
 
 	if (UNIV_UNLIKELY(*page_no > 0x8FFFFFFFUL)) {
@@ -2181,6 +2197,12 @@ loop:
 #endif
 			/* In normal mysqld crash recovery we do not try to
 			replay file operations */
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+		} else if (type == MLOG_LSN) {
+			/* Do not add these records to the hash table.
+			The page number and space id fields are misused
+			for something else. */
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
 		} else {
 			recv_add_to_hash_table(type, space, page_no, body,
 					       ptr + len, old_lsn,
@@ -2212,11 +2234,11 @@ loop:
 				= recv_sys->recovered_offset + total_len;
 			recv_previous_parsed_rec_is_multi = 1;
 
-			if ((!store_to_hash) && (type != MLOG_MULTI_REC_END)) {
 #ifdef UNIV_LOG_DEBUG
+			if ((!store_to_hash) && (type != MLOG_MULTI_REC_END)) {
 				recv_check_incomplete_log_recs(ptr, len);
-#endif /* UNIV_LOG_DEBUG */
 			}
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_DEBUG */
 
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
 			if (log_debug_writes) {
@@ -2280,7 +2302,11 @@ loop:
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (store_to_hash) {
+			if (store_to_hash
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+			    && type != MLOG_LSN
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
+			    ) {
 				recv_add_to_hash_table(type, space, page_no,
 						       body, ptr + len,
 						       old_lsn,
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0mysql.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0mysql.c
index 5fd57efa00c..819381fc280 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0mysql.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0mysql.c
@@ -1771,7 +1771,6 @@ row_create_table_for_mysql(
 	const char*	table_name;
 	ulint		table_name_len;
 	ulint		err;
-	ulint		i;
 
 	ut_ad(trx->mysql_thread_id == os_thread_get_curr_id());
 #ifdef UNIV_SYNC_DEBUG
@@ -1806,15 +1805,6 @@ err_exit:
 		goto err_exit;
 	}
 
-	/* Check that no reserved column names are used. */
-	for (i = 0; i < dict_table_get_n_user_cols(table); i++) {
-		if (dict_col_name_is_reserved(
-			    dict_table_get_col_name(table, i))) {
-
-			goto err_exit;
-		}
-	}
-
 	trx_start_if_not_started(trx);
 
 	/* The table name is prefixed with the database name and a '/'.
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/srv/srv0start.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/srv/srv0start.c
index 068cb9dbe64..20b77155e5f 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/srv/srv0start.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/srv/srv0start.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,10 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
 		"InnoDB: !!!!!!!! UNIV_SEARCH_DEBUG switched on !!!!!!!!!\n");
 #endif
 
+#ifdef UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"InnoDB: !!!!!!!! UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG switched on !!!!!!!!!\n");
+#endif /* UNIV_LOG_LSN_DEBUG */
 #ifdef UNIV_MEM_DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"InnoDB: !!!!!!!! UNIV_MEM_DEBUG switched on !!!!!!!!!\n");