The test case makes use of the fine DEBUG_SYNC facility. Furthermore,
since it needs synchronization on internal threads (dump and SQL
threads) the server code has DEBUG_SYNC commands internally deployed
and activated through the DBUG_EXECUTE_IF macro. The internal
DBUG_SYNC commands are then controlled from the test case through the
DEBUG variable.
There were three problems around the DEBUG + DEBUG_SYNC facility
usage:
1. When signaling the SQL thread to continue, the test would reset
immediately the DEBUG_SYNC variable. This could mean that the SQL
thread might loose the signal and continue to wait forever;
2. A similar scenario was happening with the dump thread on the
master. This thread was instructed to wait, and later it would be
signaled to continue, but immediately after the DEBUG_SYNC would be
reset. This could lead to the dump thread missing the signal and
wait forever;
3. The test was not cleaning itself up with respect to the
instrumentation of the dump thread. This would leave the
conditional execution of an internal DEBUG_SYNC command active
(through the usage of DBUG_EXECUTE_IF).
We fix#1 and #2 by waiting for the threads to receive the signal and
only then issue the reset. We fix#3 by reseting the DEBUG variable,
thus deactivating the dump thread internal DEBUG_SYNC command.