This patch changes how old rows in mysql.gtid_slave_pos* tables are deleted.
Instead of doing it as part of every replicated transaction in
record_gtid(), it is done periodically (every @@gtid_cleanup_batch_size
transaction) in the slave background thread.
This removes the deletion step from the replication process in SQL or worker
threads, which could speed up replication with many small transactions. It
also decreases contention on the global mutex LOCK_slave_state. And it
simplifies the logic, eg. when a replicated transaction fails after having
deleted old rows.
With this patch, the deletion of old GTID rows happens asynchroneously and
slightly non-deterministic. Thus the number of old rows in
mysql.gtid_slave_pos can temporarily exceed @@gtid_cleanup_batch_size. But
all old rows will be deleted eventually after sufficiently many new GTIDs
have been replicated.
Intermediate commit.
Implement status variables to aid the DBA in determining the need
and/or effectiveness of the per-engine mylsq.gtid_slave_pos feature:
transactions_multi_engine
Number of transactions that changed data in multiple (transactional)
storage engines.
rpl_transactions_multi_engine
Number of replicated transactions that involved changes in multiple
(transactional) storage engines, before considering the update of the
mysql.gtid_slave_posXXX table.
transactions_gtid_foreign_engine
Number of replicated transactions where the update of the
mysql.gtid_slave_posXXX table had to choose a storage engine that did not
otherwise participate in the transaction.
Intermediate commit.
This commit implements that record_gtid() selects a gtid_slave_posXXX table
with a storage engine already in use by current transaction, if any.
The default table mysql.gtid_slave_pos is used if no match can be found on
storage engine, or for GTID position updates with no specific storage
engine.
Table discovery of mysql.gtid_slave_pos* happens on initial GTID state load
as well as on every START SLAVE. Some effort is made to make this possible
without additional locking. New tables are added using lock-free atomics.
Removing tables requires stopping all slaves first. A warning is given in
the error log when a table is removed but a non-stopped slave still has a
reference to it.
If multiple mysql.gtid_slave_posXXX tables with same storage engine exist,
one is chosen arbitrarily to be used, with a warning in the error log. GTID
data from all tables is still read, but only one among redundant tables with
same storage engine will be updated.