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Sachin Setiya
f66395f7c0 Merge tag 'mariadb-10.0.30' into bb-sachin-10.0-galera-merge
Signed-off-by: Sachin Setiya <sachin.setiya@mariadb.com>
2017-03-17 02:05:20 +05:30
Sergei Petrunia
5b30c7896e Merge branch '10.2' of github.com:MariaDB/server into bb-10.2-mariarocks 2017-03-11 20:12:15 +00:00
Marko Mäkelä
ad0c218a44 Merge 10.0 into 10.1
Also, implement MDEV-11027 a little differently from 5.5 and 10.0:

recv_apply_hashed_log_recs(): Change the return type back to void
(DB_SUCCESS was always returned).

Report progress also via systemd using sd_notifyf().
2017-03-09 08:53:08 +02:00
Marko Mäkelä
adc91387e3 Merge 10.0 into 10.1 2017-03-03 13:27:12 +02:00
Vicențiu Ciorbaru
1acfa942ed Merge branch '5.5' into 10.0 2017-03-03 01:37:54 +02:00
Monty
e65f667bb6 MDEV-9573 'Stop slave' hangs on replication slave
The reason for this is that stop slave takes LOCK_active_mi over the
whole operation while some slave operations will also need LOCK_active_mi
which causes deadlocks.

Fixed by introducing object counting for Master_info and not taking
LOCK_active_mi over stop slave or even stop_all_slaves()

Another benefit of this approach is that it allows:
- Multiple threads can run SHOW SLAVE STATUS at the same time
- START/STOP/RESET/SLAVE STATUS on a slave will not block other slaves
- Simpler interface for handling get_master_info()
- Added some missing unlock of 'log_lock' in error condtions
- Moved rpl_parallel_inactivate_pool(&global_rpl_thread_pool) to end
  of stop_slave() to not have to use LOCK_active_mi inside
  terminate_slave_threads()
- Changed argument for remove_master_info() to Master_info, as we always
  have this available
- Fixed core dump when doing FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK and parallel
  replication. Problem was that waiting for pause_for_ftwrl was not done
  when deleting rpt->current_owner after a force_abort.
2017-02-28 16:10:46 +01:00
Sergei Golubchik
955f2f036d race-condition safe implementation of test_if_data_home_dir()
don't realpath() twice
2017-02-27 12:35:10 +01:00
Sergei Golubchik
f2d24ea68b compilation failure
At least it would be a compilation failure with -DDONT_ALLOW_SHOW_COMMANDS.
Otherwise it only confuses ctags to ignore ~75% of sql_parse.cc
2017-02-27 12:35:10 +01:00
Sergei Golubchik
3cba74e032 cleanup: fn_format, remove dead code
my_realpath() ignores MY_xxx flags anyway
2017-02-27 12:35:10 +01:00
Dyre Tjeldvoll
7849a27cfb Bug#25514146: DB_NAME IS IGNORED WHEN CREATING TABLE WITH DATA DIRECTORY
Problem: CREATE TABLE using a fully qualified name with INDEX DIR/DATA DIR
option reports an error when the current database is not SET.

check_access() was incorrectly called with NULL as the database
argument in a situation where the database name was not needed for
the particular privilege being checked. This will cause the current
database to be used, or an error to be reported if there is no current
database.

Fix: Call check_access() with any_db as the database argument in this situation.
2017-02-23 14:48:25 +01:00
Alexander Kuleshov
29d78dbb44 minor typo in a description of mysql_parse() 2017-02-16 17:55:57 +04:00
Sergei Golubchik
f3914d10b6 Merge branch 'bb-10.2-serg-merge' into 10.2 2017-02-11 09:45:34 +01:00
Sergei Golubchik
2195bb4e41 Merge branch '10.1' into 10.2 2017-02-10 17:01:45 +01:00
Vladislav Vaintroub
1b4f694adf MDEV-10291 : Fix race condition in bootstrap
main thread may destroy mutexes that bootstrap is using in
THD destructor.
2017-02-10 14:17:19 +00:00
Oleksandr Byelkin
ee51f58236 MDEV-10340: support COM_RESET_CONNECTION 2017-02-10 09:56:33 +01:00
Sachin Setiya
41997d148d MDEV-10812 WSREP causes responses being sent to protocol commands
that must not send a response

Problem:- When using wsrep (w/ galera) and issuing commands that can
cause deadlocks, deadlock exception errors are sent in responses to
commands such as close prepared statement and close connection which,
by spec, must not send a response.

Solution:- In dispatch_command, we will handle COM_QUIT and COM_STMT_CLOSE
commands even in case of error.

Patch Credit:- Jaka Močnik
2017-01-31 13:34:49 +05:30
Vicențiu Ciorbaru
8e15768731 Merge branch '10.0' into 10.1 2017-01-16 03:18:14 +02:00
Nirbhay Choubey
ee8b5c305a Merge tag 'mariadb-10.0.29' into 10.0-galera 2017-01-13 13:53:59 -05:00
vicentiu
e9aed131ea Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/5.5' into 10.0 2017-01-06 17:09:59 +02:00
Marko Mäkelä
4e7b382d31 Merge 10.1 to 10.2
Most conflicts are related to the MDEV-11638 InnoDB shutdown refactoring.
2017-01-05 10:48:03 +02:00
Sachin Setiya
b4616c40be MDEV-7955 WSREP() appears on radar in OLTP RO
This commit is for optimizing WSREP(thd) macro.

#define WSREP(thd) \
  (WSREP_ON && wsrep && (thd && thd->variables.wsrep_on))

In this we can safely remove wsrep and thd. We are not removing WSREP_ON
because this will change WSREP(thd) behaviour.

Patch Credit:- Nirbhay Choubay, Sergey Vojtovich
2017-01-03 10:45:55 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
d9a1a201aa MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict
Problem:-
  The condition that checks for node readiness is too strict as it does
  not allow SELECTs even if these selects do not access any tables.
    For example,if we run
       SELECT 1;
    OR
       SELECT @@max_allowed_packet;
Solution:-
  We need not to report this error when all_tables(lex->query_tables)
  is NULL:
2017-01-03 10:10:58 +05:30
Sergei Petrunia
31b2237c68 Merge branch '10.2' of github.com:MariaDB/server into 10.2-mariarocks
and a few trivial test result updates
2017-01-02 21:09:31 +00:00
Sergei Golubchik
4a5d25c338 Merge branch '10.1' into 10.2 2016-12-29 13:23:18 +01:00
Nirbhay Choubey
901f7ebcf3 Merge tag 'mariadb-5.5.54' into 5.5-galera 2016-12-27 21:39:05 -05:00
Sergei Petrunia
4faa9da81c MariaRocks port: Make SQL layer allow errors in start_consistent_snapshot().
rocksdb.cons_snapshot_read_committed test used to crash.
This happened, because
- MyRocks produces an error when one attempts to do a START TRANSACTION
  WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT with @@tx_isolation=REPEATABLE_READ
- MariaDB's SQL layer didn't assume that errors are possible inside
  hton->start_constistent_snapshot() call.
2016-12-27 01:55:05 +03:00
Sergei Golubchik
ec6d8dadc0 reduce code duplication a little 2016-12-22 13:02:32 +01:00
Sergey Vojtovich
8774a02364 MDEV-11227 - mysqlimport -l doesn't issue UNLOCK TABLES
Implementation of MDEV-7660 introduced unwanted incompatible change:
modifications under LOCK TABLES with autocommit enabled are rolled back on
disconnect. Previously everything was committed, because LOCK TABLES didn't
adjust autocommit setting.

This patch restores original behavior by reverting some changes done in
MDEV-7660:
- sql/sql_parse.cc: do not reset autocommit on LOCK TABLES
- sql/sql_base.cc: do not set autocommit on UNLOCK TABLES
- test cases: main.lock_tables_lost_commit, main.partition_explicit_prune,
  rpl.rpl_switch_stm_row_mixed, tokudb.nested_txn_implicit_commit,
  tokudb_bugs.db806

But it makes InnoDB tables under LOCK TABLES ... READ [LOCAL] not protected
against DML. To restore protection some changes from WL#6671 were merged,
specifically MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY and test cases.

WL#6671 merge highlights:
- Not all tests merged.
- In MySQL LOCK TABLES ... READ acquires MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY for all engines,
  in MariaDB MDL_SHARED_READ is always acquired first and then upgraded to
  MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY for InnoDB only.
- The above allows us to omit MDL_SHARED_WRITE_LOW_PRIO implementation in
  MariaDB, which is rather useless with InnoDB. In MySQL it is needed to
  preserve locking behavior between low priority writes and LOCK TABLES ... READ
  for non-InnoDB engines (covered by sys_vars.sql_low_priority_updates_func).
- Omitted HA_NO_READ_LOCAL_LOCK, we rely on lock_count() instead.
- Omitted "piglets": in MariaDB stream of DML against InnoDB table may lead to
  concurrent LOCK TABLES ... READ starvation.
- HANDLER ... OPEN acquires MDL_SHARED_READ instead of MDL_SHARED in MariaDB.
- Omitted SNRW->X MDL lock upgrade for IMPORT/DISCARD TABLESPAECE under LOCK
  TABLES.
- Omitted strong locks for views, triggers and SP under LOCK TABLES.
- Omitted IX schema lock for LOCK TABLES READ.
- Omitted deadlock weight juggling for LOCK TABLES.

Full WL#6671 merge status:
- innodb.innodb-lock: fully merged
- main.alter_table: not merged due to different HANDLER solution
- main.debug_sync: fully merged
- main.handler_innodb: not merged due to different HANDLER solution
- main.handler_myisam: not merged due to different HANDLER solution
- main.innodb_mysql_lock: fully merged
- main.insert_notembedded: fully merged
- main.lock: not merged (due to no strong locks for views)
- main.lock_multi: not merged
- main.lock_sync: fully merged (partially in MDEV-7660)
- main.mdl_sync: not merged
- main.partition_debug_sync: not merged due to different HANDLER solution
- main.status: fully merged
- main.view: fully merged
- perfschema.mdl_func: not merged (no such test in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_global_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_global_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_global_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_global_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_hist_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_hist_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_hist_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_hist_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_thread_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_thread_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_thread_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_aggregate_thread_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_global_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_global_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_global_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_global_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_hist_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_hist_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_hist_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_hist_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_thread_2u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_thread_2u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_thread_4u_2t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- perfschema.table_lock_aggregate_thread_4u_3t: not merged (didn't fail in MariaDB)
- sys_vars.sql_low_priority_updates_func: not merged
- include/thr_rwlock.h: not merged, rw_pr_lock_assert_write_owner and
  rw_pr_lock_assert_not_write_owner are macros in MariaDB
- sql/handler.h: not merged (HA_NO_READ_LOCAL_LOCK)
- sql/mdl.cc: partially merged (MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY only)
- sql/mdl.h: partially merged (MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY only)
- sql/lock.cc: fully merged
- sql/sp_head.cc: not merged
- sql/sp_head.h: not merged
- sql/sql_base.cc: partially merged (MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY only)
- sql/sql_base.h: not merged
- sql/sql_class.cc: fully merged
- sql/sql_class.h: fully merged
- sql/sql_handler.cc: merged partially (different solution in MariaDB)
- sql/sql_parse.cc: partially merged, mostly omitted low priority write part
- sql/sql_reload.cc: not merged comment change
- sql/sql_table.cc: not merged SNRW->X upgrade for IMPORT/DISCARD TABLESPACE
- sql/sql_view.cc: not merged
- sql/sql_yacc.yy: not merged (MDL_SHARED_WRITE_LOW_PRIO, MDL_SHARED_READ_ONLY)
- sql/table.cc: not merged (MDL_SHARED_WRITE_LOW_PRIO)
- sql/table.h: not merged (MDL_SHARED_WRITE_LOW_PRIO)
- sql/trigger.cc: not merged
- storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc: merged store_lock()/lock_count()
  changes (in MDEV-7660), didn't merge HA_NO_READ_LOCAL_LOCK
- storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.h: fully merged in MDEV-7660
- storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.cc: not merged comment change
- storage/perfschema/table_helper.cc: not merged (no MDL support in MariaDB PFS)
- unittest/gunit/mdl-t.cc: not merged
- unittest/gunit/mdl_sync-t.cc: not merged

MariaDB specific changes:
- handler.heap: different HANDLER solution, MDEV-7660
- handler.innodb: different HANDLER solution, MDEV-7660
- handler.interface: different HANDLER solution, MDEV-7660
- handler.myisam: different HANDLER solution, MDEV-7660
- main.mdl_sync: MDEV-7660 specific changes
- main.partition_debug_sync: removed test due to different HANDLER solution,
  MDEV-7660
- main.truncate_coverage: removed test due to different HANDLER solution,
  MDEV-7660
- mysql-test/include/mtr_warnings.sql: additional cleanup, MDEV-7660
- mysql-test/lib/v1/mtr_report.pl: additional cleanup, MDEV-7660
- plugin/metadata_lock_info/metadata_lock_info.cc: not in MySQL
- sql/sql_handler.cc: MariaDB specific fix for mysql_ha_read(), MDEV-7660
2016-12-21 13:18:45 +04:00
Nirbhay Choubey
b800264e49 MDEV-11152: wsrep_replicate_myisam: SELECT gets replicated
... using TO

Fixed the 'wsrep_replicate_myisam' check to allow only limited
set of commands. Added a debug assert to discover such cases.
2016-12-19 16:11:27 -05:00
Sachin Setiya
5ddd8149e4 MDEV-11479 Improved wsrep_dirty_reads
Tasks:-
         Changes in wsrep_dirty_reads variable
         1.) Global + Session scope (Current: session-only)
         2.) Can be set using command line.
         3.) Allow all commands that do not change data (besides SELECT)
         4.) Allow prepared Statements that do not change data
         5.) Works with wsrep_sync_wait enabled
2016-12-14 17:14:42 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
95422c445d Revert " MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict"
This reverts commit 72fd15f7c31aa3e3705ae1b005a3247a985c5bb3.

# Conflicts:
#	mysql-test/suite/galera/r/galera_var_dirty_reads.result
#	mysql-test/suite/galera/t/galera_var_dirty_reads.test
2016-12-14 15:58:14 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
4c1e181ac5 MDEV-11479 Improved wsrep_dirty_reads
Tasks:-
         Changes in wsrep_dirty_reads variable
         1.) Global + Session scope (Current: session-only)
         2.) Can be set using command line.
         3.) Allow all commands that do not change data (besides SELECT)
         4.) Allow prepared Statements that do not change data
         5.) Works with wsrep_sync_wait enabled
2016-12-14 15:32:40 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
ffdd1e9d88 Revert "MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict"
This reverts commit 52ea5ad865b4f6b4b37176296a3be0a716c5109a.

# Conflicts:
#	mysql-test/suite/galera/r/galera_var_dirty_reads.result
#	mysql-test/suite/galera/t/galera_var_dirty_reads.test
#	sql/sql_parse.cc
2016-12-14 13:57:05 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
0c79de2419 MDEV-11479 Improved wsrep_dirty_reads
Tasks:-
         Changes in wsrep_dirty_reads variable
         1.) Global + Session scope (Current: session-only)
         2.) Can be set using command line.
         3.) Allow all commands that do not change data (besides SELECT)
         4.) Allow prepared Statements that do not change data
         5.) Works with wsrep_sync_wait enabled
2016-12-14 09:30:43 +05:30
Sachin Setiya
25a9a3da34 Revert "MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict"
This reverts commit 7ed5563bbee301bf8217080dc78ea6a3e78e23a8.
2016-12-14 08:39:36 +05:30
Sergei Golubchik
1cae1af6f9 MDEV-5800 InnoDB support for indexed vcols
* remove old 5.2+ InnoDB support for virtual columns
  * enable corresponding parts of the innodb-5.7 sources
  * copy corresponding test cases from 5.7
  * copy detailed Alter_inplace_info::HA_ALTER_FLAGS flags from 5.7
     - and more detailed detection of changes in fill_alter_inplace_info()
  * more "innodb compatibility hooks" in sql_class.cc to
     - create/destroy/reset a THD (used by background purge threads)
     - find a prelocked table by name
     - open a table (from a background purge thread)

  * different from 5.7:
    - new service thread "thd_destructor_proxy" to make sure all THDs are
      destroyed at the correct point in time during the server shutdown
    - proper opening/closing of tables for vcol evaluations in
       + FK checks (use already opened prelocked tables)
       + purge threads (open the table, MDLock it, add it to tdc, close
         when not needed)
    - cache open tables in vc_templ
    - avoid unnecessary allocations, reuse table->record[0] and table->s->default_values
    - not needed in 5.7, because it overcalculates:
      + tell the server to calculate vcols for an on-going inline ADD INDEX
      + calculate vcols for correct error messages

  * update other engines (mroonga/tokudb) accordingly
2016-12-12 20:27:42 +01:00
Sergei Golubchik
d2408e43f9 cleanup: fix a comment 2016-12-12 20:27:27 +01:00
Nirbhay Choubey
55b4579633 Fix build failure. 2016-12-05 16:28:29 -05:00
SachinSetiya
72fd15f7c3 MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict
Problem:-
      The condition that checks for node readiness is too strict as it does
      not allow SELECTs even if these selects do not access any tables.
      For example,if we run
           SELECT 1;
      OR
           SELECT @@max_allowed_packet;
      Solution:-
      We need not to report this error when all_tables(lex->query_tables)
      is NULL:
2016-12-01 12:16:13 +05:30
SachinSetiya
52ea5ad865 MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict
Problem:-
      The condition that checks for node readiness is too strict as it does
      not allow SELECTs even if these selects do not access any tables.
      For example,if we run
           SELECT 1;
      OR
           SELECT @@max_allowed_packet;
      Solution:-
      We need not to report this error when all_tables(lex->query_tables)
      is NULL:
2016-12-01 11:27:31 +05:30
Dyre Tjeldvoll
e541c41481 Bug#25092566: CREATE TABLE WITH DATA DIRECTORY CLAUSE DOES NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES

Require FILE privilege when creating tables using external data directory or
index directory.
2016-11-24 09:57:54 +01:00
SachinSetiya
ee3c99dfc7 Merge branch 'bb-mdev-11016' into 10.1 2016-11-22 16:17:05 +05:30
Sergey Vojtovich
d665e79c5b MDEV-7660 - MySQL WL#6671 "Improve scalability by not using thr_lock.c locks
for InnoDB tables"

Don't use thr_lock.c locks for InnoDB tables. Below is list of changes that
were needed to implement this:
- HANDLER OPEN acquireis MDL_SHARED_READ instead of MDL_SHARED
- HANDLER READ calls external_lock() even if SE is not going to be locked by
  THR_LOCK
- InnoDB lock wait timeouts are now honored which are much shorter by default
  than server lock wait timeouts (1 year vs 50 seconds)
- with @@autocommit= 1 LOCK TABLES disables autocommit implicitely, though
  user still sees @@autocommt= 1
- the above starts implicit transaction
- transactions started by LOCK TABLES are now rolled back on disconnect
  (previously everything was committed due to autocommit)
- transactions started by LOCK TABLES are now rolled back by ROLLBACK
  (previously everything was committed due to autocommit)
- it is now impossible to change BINLOG_FORMAT under LOCK TABLES (at least
  to statement) due to running transaction
- LOCK TABLES WRITE is additionally handled by MDL
- ...in contrast LOCK TABLES READ protection against DML is pure InnoDB
- combining transactional and non-transactional tables under LOCK TABLES
  may cause rolled back changes in transactional table and "committed"
  changes in non-transactional table
- user may disable innodb_table_locks, which will cause LOCK TABLES to be
  noop basically

Removed tests for BUG#45143 and BUG#55930 which cover InnoDB + THR_LOCK. To
operate properly these tests require code flow to go through THR_LOCK debug
sync points, which is not the case after this patch. These tests are removed
by WL#6671 as well. An alternative is to port them to different storage engine.
2016-11-03 16:35:15 +04:00
Oleksandr Byelkin
e2d6912609 MDEV-9114: Bulk operations (Array binding)
(+ default values)
2016-11-02 15:07:52 +01:00
Nirbhay Choubey
7a170205e0 MDEV-11152: wsrep_replicate_myisam: SELECT gets replicated using TO
Fixed the 'wsrep_replicate_myisam' check to allow only limited
set of commands. Added a debug assert to discover such cases.
2016-11-02 09:45:43 -04:00
Sergei Golubchik
a98c85bb50 Merge branch '10.0-galera' into 10.1 2016-11-02 13:44:07 +01:00
Nirbhay Choubey
5db2195a35 Merge tag 'mariadb-10.0.28' into 10.0-galera 2016-10-28 15:50:13 -04:00
SachinSetiya
7ed5563bbe MDEV-11016 wsrep_node_is_ready() check is too strict
Problem:-
  The condition that checks for node readiness is too strict as it does
  not allow SELECTs even if these selects do not access any tables.
  For example,if we run
       SELECT 1;
  OR
       SELECT @@max_allowed_packet;
  Solution:-
  We need not to report this error when all_tables(lex->query_tables)
  is NULL:
2016-10-28 23:15:48 +05:30
Sergey Vojtovich
59a7bc35fc Removed duplicate open_strategy assignments
It is set in sql_yacc.yy.
2016-10-26 14:12:02 +04:00
Karthik Kamath
1492127728 BUG#23499695: MYSQL SERVER NORMAL SHUTDOWN WITH TIME STAMP
700101

ANALYSIS:
=========
To set the time 'start_time' of query in THD, current time
is obtained by calling 'gettimeofday()'. On Solaris
platform, due to some system level issues, time obtained is
invalid i.e. its either greater than 2038 (max signed value
to hold microseconds since 1970) or 1970 (0 microseconds
since 1970). In these cases, validation checks infer that
the 'start_time' is invalid and mysql server initiates the
shutdown process. But the reason for shutdown is not logged.

FIX:
====
We are now logging appropriate message when shutdown is
triggered in the above mentioned scenarios. Now, even if
the initial validation checks infer that the 'start_time'
is invalid, server shutdown is not initiated immediately.
Before initiating the server shutdown, the process of
setting 'start_time' and validating it is reiterated (for
max 5 times). If correct time is obtained in these 5
iterations then server continues to run.
2016-10-13 14:48:45 +05:30