We have innodb_use_native_aio=ON by default since the introduction of
that parameter in commit 2f9fb41b05
(MySQL 5.5 and MariaDB 5.5).
However, to really benefit from the setting, the files should be
opened in O_DIRECT mode, to bypass the file system cache.
In this way, the reads and writes can be submitted with DMA, using
the InnoDB buffer pool directly, and no processor cycles need to be
used for copying data. The use of O_DIRECT benefits not only the
current libaio implementation, but also liburing.
os_file_set_nocache(): Test innodb_flush_method in the function,
not in the callers.
Bind more InnoDB parameters directly to MYSQL_SYSVAR and
remove "shadow variables".
innodb_change_buffering: Declare as ENUM, not STRING.
innodb_flush_method: Declare as ENUM, not STRING.
innodb_log_buffer_size: Bind directly to srv_log_buffer_size,
without rounding it to a multiple of innodb_page_size.
LOG_BUFFER_SIZE: Remove.
SysTablespace::normalize_size(): Renamed from normalize().
innodb_init_params(): A new function to initialize and validate
InnoDB startup parameters.
innodb_init(): Renamed from innobase_init(). Invoke innodb_init_params()
before actually trying to start up InnoDB.
srv_start(bool): Renamed from innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql().
Added the input parameter create_new_db.
SRV_ALL_O_DIRECT_FSYNC: Define only for _WIN32.
xb_normalize_init_values(): Merge to innodb_init_param().
