Before commit 6112853cda in MySQL 4.1.1
introduced the parameter innodb_file_per_table, all InnoDB data was
written to the InnoDB system tablespace (often named ibdata1).
A serious design problem is that once the system tablespace has grown to
some size, it cannot shrink even if the data inside it has been deleted.
There are also other design problems, such as the server hang MDEV-29930
that should only be possible when using innodb_file_per_table=0 and
innodb_undo_tablespaces=0 (storing both tables and undo logs in the
InnoDB system tablespace).
The parameter innodb_change_buffering was deprecated
in commit b5852ffbee.
Starting with commit baf276e6d4
(MDEV-19229) the number of innodb_undo_tablespaces can be increased,
so that the undo logs can be moved out of the system tablespace
of an existing installation.
If all these things (tables, undo logs, and the change buffer) are
removed from the InnoDB system tablespace, the only variable-size
data structure inside it is the InnoDB data dictionary.
DDL operations on .ibd files was optimized in
commit 86dc7b4d4c (MDEV-24626).
That should have removed any thinkable performance advantage of
using innodb_file_per_table=0.
Since there should be no benefit of setting innodb_file_per_table=0,
the parameter should be deprecated. Starting with MySQL 5.6 and
MariaDB Server 10.0, the default value is innodb_file_per_table=1.
ha_innobase::referenced_by_foreign_key(): Protect the check with
dict_sys.freeze(), to prevent races with TRUNCATE TABLE.
The test innodb.instant_alter_crash has been adjusted for this
additional locking.
dict_table_is_referenced_by_foreign_key(): Removed (merged to
the only caller).
create_table_info_t::create_table(): Ignore missing indexes for
FOREIGN KEY constraints if foreign_key_checks=0.
create_table_info_t::create_table_update_dict(): Rewritten as
a static function. Do not return any error.
ha_innobase::create(): When trx!=nullptr and we are operating
on a persistent table, do not rollback, commit, or release the
data dictionary latch.
ha_innobase::truncate(): Protect the entire critical section
with an exclusive dict_sys.latch, so that
ha_innobase::referenced_by_foreign_key() on referenced tables
will return a consistent result. In case of a failure,
invoke dict_load_foreigns() to restore also any FOREIGN KEY
constraints.
ha_innobase::free_foreign_key_create_info(): Define inline.
lock_release(): Disregard innodb_evict_tables_on_commit_debug=ON
when dict_sys.locked() holds. It would hold when fts_load_stopword()
is invoked by create_table_info_t::create_table_update_dict().
dict_sys_t::locked(): Return whether the current thread is holding
the exclusive dict_sys.latch.
dict_sys_t::frozen_not_locked(): Return whether any thread is
holding a shared dict_sys.latch.
In the test main.mysql_upgrade, the InnoDB persistent statistics
will no longer be recalculated in ha_innobase::open() as part of
CHECK TABLE ... FOR UPGRADE. They were deleted earlier in the test.
Tested by: Matthias Leich
commit ef92aaf9ec
Author: Jan Lindström <jan.lindstrom@mariadb.com>
Date: Wed Jun 22 22:37:28 2016 +0300
MDEV-10083: Orphan ibd file when playing with foreign keys
Analysis: row_drop_table_for_mysql did not allow dropping
referenced table even in case when actual creating of the
referenced table was not successfull if foreign_key_checks=1.
Fix: Allow dropping referenced table even if foreign_key_checks=1
if actual table create returned error.
