- thread_pool_size command line option upper limit increased to 100 000
  (same as for max_connections)
- thread_pool_size system variable upper limit is maximum of 128 or
  the value given at command line
- thread groups are now allocated dynamically

Different limit for command line option and system variable was done to
avoid additional mutex for all_groups and threadpool_max_size.

BY CACHING OR REDUCING CREATEEVENT CALLS".
 
5.5 versions of MySQL server performed worse than 5.1 versions 
under single-connection workload in autocommit mode on Windows XP.
 
Part of this slowdown can be attributed to overhead associated
with constant creation/destruction of MDL_lock objects in the MDL
subsystem. The problem is that creation/destruction of these
objects causes creation and destruction of associated
synchronization primitives, which are expensive on Windows XP.
 
This patch tries to alleviate this problem by introducing a cache
of unused MDL_object_lock objects. Instead of destroying such
objects we put them into the cache and then reuse with a new
key when creation of a new object is requested.

To limit the size of this cache, a new --metadata-locks-cache-size
start-up parameter was introduced.

mysql-test/r/mysqld--help-notwin.result:
  Updated test after adding --metadata-locks-cache-size
  parameter.
mysql-test/r/mysqld--help-win.result:
  Updated test after adding --metadata-locks-cache-size
  parameter.
mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/metadata_locks_cache_size_basic.result:
  Added test coverage for newly introduced --metadata_locks_cache_size
  start-up parameter and corresponding global read-only variable.
mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/metadata_locks_cache_size_basic-master.opt:
  Added test coverage for newly introduced --metadata_locks_cache_size
  start-up parameter and corresponding global read-only variable.
mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/metadata_locks_cache_size_basic.test:
  Added test coverage for newly introduced --metadata_locks_cache_size
  start-up parameter and corresponding global read-only variable.
sql/mdl.cc:
  Introduced caching of unused MDL_object_lock objects, in order to
  avoid costs associated with constant creation and destruction of
  such objects in single-connection workloads run in autocommit mode.
  Such costs can be pretty high on systems where creation and 
  destruction of synchronization primitives require a system call 
  (e.g. Windows XP).
   
  To implement this cache,a list of unused MDL_object_lock instances 
  was added to MDL_map object. Instead of being destroyed 
  MDL_object_lock instances are put into this list and re-used later 
  when creation of a new instance is required. Also added 
  MDL_lock::m_version counter to allow threads having outstanding 
  references to an MDL_object_lock instance to notice that it has 
  been moved to the unused objects list.
   
  Added a global variable for a start-up parameter that limits
  the size of the unused objects list.
   
  Note that we don't cache MDL_scoped_lock objects since they
  are supposed to be created only during execution of DDL 
  statements and therefore should not affect performance much.
sql/mdl.h:
  Added a global variable for start-up parameter that limits the
  size of the unused MDL_object_lock objects list and constant
  for its default value.
sql/sql_plist.h:
  Added I_P_List<>::pop_front() function.
sql/sys_vars.cc:
  Introduced --metadata-locks-cache-size start-up parameter
  for specifying size of the cache of unused MDL_object_lock
  objects.

the list. Previously, the counter would only be incremented if the
insertion method push_front() was used, in which case the counter
wouldn't be incremented if a element was inserted using the push_back()
and/or insert_after() methods.

Currently this does not affect the code base because there isn't any
code that uses a counted list with the push_back() or insert_after()
methods.

for code other then in mdl.h. Since the adapter is generic, it is
better located in sql_plist.h.

for MyISAM in sysbench OLTP_RW test".

Fixes compilation warnings about local variable
shadowing I_P_List_fast_push_back::last member.

Renamed I_P_List_fast_push_back::last member
to m_last. Also to keep member naming consistent
renamed I_P_List::first member to m_first.

locks for DML statements and changes the way MDL locks
are acquired/granted in contended case.

Instead of backing-off when a lock conflict is encountered
and waiting for it to go away before restarting open_tables()
process we now wait for lock to be released without releasing
any previously acquired locks. If conflicting lock goes away
we resume opening tables. If waiting leads to a deadlock we
try to resolve it by backing-off and restarting open_tables()
immediately.

As result both waiting for possibility to acquire and
acquiring of a metadata lock now always happen within the
same MDL API call. This has allowed to make release of a lock
and granting it to the most appropriate pending request an
atomic operation.
Thanks to this it became possible to wake up during release
of lock only those waiters which requests can be satisfied
at the moment as well as wake up only one waiter in case
when granting its request would prevent all other requests
from being satisfied. This solves thundering herd problem
which occured in cases when we were releasing some lock and
woke up many waiters for SNRW or X locks (this was the issue
in bug#52289 "performance regression for MyISAM in sysbench
OLTP_RW test".
This also allowed to implement more fair (FIFO) scheduling
among waiters with the same priority.
It also opens the door for introducing new types of requests
for metadata locks such as low-prio SNRW lock which is
necessary in order to support LOCK TABLES LOW_PRIORITY WRITE.

Notice that after this sometimes can report ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK
error in cases in which it has not happened before.
Particularly we will always report this error if waiting for
conflicting lock has happened in the middle of transaction
and resulted in a deadlock. Before this patch the error was
not reported if deadlock could have been resolved by backing
off all metadata locks acquired by the current statement.

mysql-test/r/mdl_sync.result:
  Added test coverage for some aspects of deadlock handling in
  metadata locking subsystem.
  Adjusted test case after removing back-off in general case
  when conflicting metadata lock is encountered during
  open_tables() (now this happens only if waiting for
  conflicting lock to go away leads to a deadlock).
mysql-test/r/sp_sync.result:
  Adjusted test case after removing back-off in general case
  when conflicting metadata lock is encountered during
  open_tables() (now this happens only if waiting for
  conflicting lock to go away leads to a deadlock).
mysql-test/suite/perfschema/r/dml_setup_instruments.result:
  Adjusted test results after renaming MDL_context::
  m_waiting_for_lock rwlock to m_LOCK_waiting_for.
mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_sp.result:
  Adjusted test case after implementing new approach to
  acquiring metadata locks in open_tables(). We no longer
  release all MDL locks acquired by statement before waiting
  for conflicting lock to go away. As result DROP FUNCTION
  statement has to wait for DML statement which managed to
  acquire metadata lock on function being dropped and now
  waits for other conflicting metadata lock to go away.
mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_sp.test:
  Adjusted test case after implementing new approach to
  acquiring metadata locks in open_tables(). We no longer
  release all MDL locks acquired by statement before waiting
  for conflicting lock to go away. As result DROP FUNCTION
  statement has to wait for DML statement which managed to
  acquire metadata lock on function being dropped and now
  waits for other conflicting metadata lock to go away.
mysql-test/t/mdl_sync.test:
  Added test coverage for some aspects of deadlock handling in
  metadata locking subsystem.
  Adjusted test case after removing back-off in general case
  when conflicting metadata lock is encountered during
  open_tables() (now this happens only if waiting for
  conflicting lock to go away leads to a deadlock).
mysql-test/t/sp_sync.test:
  Adjusted test case after removing back-off in general case
  when conflicting metadata lock is encountered during
  open_tables() (now this happens only if waiting for
  conflicting lock to go away leads to a deadlock).
sql/mdl.cc:
  Changed MDL subsystem to support new approach to acquring
  metadata locks in open tables and more fair and efficient
  scheduling of metadata locks. To implement this:
  - Made releasing of the lock and granting it to the most
    appropriate pending request atomic operation. As result it
    became possible to wake up only those waiters requests from
    which can be satisfied at the moment as well as wake-up
    only one waiter in case when granting its request would
    prevent all other requests from being satisfied.
    This solved thundering herd problem which occured in cases
    when we were releasing some lock and woke up many waiters
    for SNRW or X locks (this was the issue in Bug #52289
    "performance regression for MyISAM in sysbench OLTP_RW
    test".
    To emphasize above changes wake_up_waiters() was renamed
    to MDL_context::reschedule_waiters().
  - Changed code to add tickets for new requests to the back of
    waiters queue and to select tickets to be satisfied from
    the head of the queue if possible (this makes scheduling of
    requests with the same priority fair). To be able to do
    this efficiently we now use for waiting and granted queues
    version of I_P_List class which provides fast push_back()
    method.
  - Members and methods of MDL_context related to sending
    and waiting for signal were moved to separate MDL_wait
    class.
  - Since in order to avoid race conditions we must grant the
    lock only to the context which was not chosen as a victim
    of deadlock, killed or aborted due to timeout
    MDL_wait::set_status() (former awake()) was changed not to
    send signal if signal slot is already occupied and to
    indicate this fact through its return value. As another
    consequence MDL_wait::timed_wait() method was changed to
    handle timeout (optionally) and abort due to kill as
    signals which make signal slot occupied.
  - Renamed MDL_context::acquire_lock_impl() to acquire_lock().
    Changed it to be able correctly process requests for shared
    locks when there are open HANDLERs, made this method more
    optimized for acquisition of shared locks. As part of this
    change moved code common between try_acquire_lock() and
    acquire_lock() to new try_acquire_lock_impl() method.
    Also adjusted acquire_lock()'s code to take into account
    the fact that in cases when lock is granted as result of
    MDL_context::reschedule_waiters() call (i.e. when it is
    granted after waiting for lock conflict to go away)
    updating MDL_lock state is responsibility of the thread
    calling reschedule_waiters().
  - Changed MDL_context::find_deadlock() to send VICTIM
    signal even if victim is the context which has initiated
    deadlock detection. This is required in order to avoid
    races in cases when the same context simultaneously is
    chosen as a victim and its request for lock is satisfied.
    As result return value of this method became unnecessary
    and it was changed to return void.
    Adjusted MDL_lock::find_deadlock() method to take into
    account that now there can be a discrepancy between
    MDL_context::m_waiting_for value being set and real state
    of the ticket this member points to.
  - Renamed MDL_context::m_waiting_for_lock to m_LOCK_waiting_for
    and MDL_context::stop_waiting() to done_waiting_for().
  - Finally, removed MDL_context::wait_for_lock() method.
sql/mdl.h:
  Changed MDL subsystem to support new approach to acquring
  metadata locks in open tables and more fair and efficient
  scheduling of metadata locks. To implement this:
  - Members and methods of MDL_context related to sending
    and waiting for signal were moved to separate MDL_wait
    class.
  - Since now in order to avoid race conditions we must grant
    the lock only to the context which was not chosen as a
    victim of deadlock, killed or aborted due to timeout
    MDL_wait::set_status (former awake()) was changed not to
    send signal if signal slot is already occupied and to
    indicate this fact through its return value.
    Also NORMAL_WAKE_UP signal became GRANTED, and timeouts
    and aborts due to kill became full blown signals rather
    than simple return values.
  - MDL_wait::timed_wait() now takes extra parameter that
    indicates whether signal should be set if timeout is
    reached.
  - Enabled fast push_back() operation in MDL_context::m_tickets
    list to make move_ticket_after_trans_sentinel() method more
    efficient.
  - Removed MDL_context::wait_for_lock() method.
  - Renamed MDL_context::m_waiting_for_lock to m_LOCK_waiting_for
    and MDL_context::stop_waiting() to done_waiting_for().
  - MDL_context::acquire_lock_impl() became acquire_lock().
  - Introduced MDL_context::try_acquire_lock_impl() as a
    place for code shared by try_acquire_lock and
    acquire_lock().
  - Due to fact that now VICTIM signal is sent even if victim
    is the context which has initiated deadlock detection
    find_deadlock() no longer needs a return value.
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Implemented new approach to acquiring metadata locks in
  open_tables(). We no longer perform back-off when conflicting
  metadata lock is encountered. Instead we wait for this lock
  to go away while holding all locks which were acquired so
  far. Back-off is only used in situation when further waiting
  will cause a deadlock which could be avoided by performing
  back-off and restarting open_tables() process. Absence of
  waiting between back-off and restart of acquiring metadata
  locks can't lead to livelocks as MDL subsystem was changed
  to make release of lock and granting it to waiting lock
  an atomic action, so back-off will automatically give way
  to other participants of deadlock loop.
  Accordingly:
  - open_table_get_mdl_lock() and open_and_process_routine()
    were changed to wait for conflicting metadata lock to
    go away without back-off. Only if such wait leads to a
    deadlock back-off is requested. As part of this change
    new error handler class was introduced which converts,
    if possible, ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK error to a request for
    back-off and re-start of open_tables() process.
  - Open_table_context::recover_from_failed_open() was changed
    not to wait in case of metadata lock conflict. Instead we
    immediately proceed to re-acquiring locks.
  - Open_table_context::request_backoff_action() now always
    emits error if back-off is requested in the middle of
    transaction as we can't be sure that releasing lock
    which were acquired only by current statement will
    resolve a deadlock. Before this patch such situations were
    successfully detected thanks to the fact that we called
    MDL_context::wait_for_lock() method in
    recover_from_failed_open().
  - In order to avoid deadlocks open_tables() code was adjusted
    to flush open HANDLERs for which there are pending requests
    for X locks before restarting the process of acquiring
    metadata locks.
  - Changed close_tables_for_reopen() not to reset MDL_request
    for tables belonging to the tail of prelocking list. It is
    no longer necessary as these MDL_request objects won't be
    used for any waiting.
  - Adjusted comment in tdc_wait_for_old_version() to avoid
    mentioning removed MDL_context::wait_for_lock() method.
sql/sql_base.h:
  As we no longer wait for conflicting metadata lock away in
  Open_table_context::recover_from_failed_open() method,
  Open_table_context::OT_WAIT_MDL_LOCK action was renamed to
  OT_MDL_CONFLICT.
  Also Open_table_context::m_failed_mdl_request became
  unnecessary and was removed.
sql/sql_plist.h:
  Extended I_P_List template to support efficient push_back()
  operation if it is parameterized with an appropriate policy
  class.
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Adjusted code after removal of MDL_context::wait_for_lock()
  method. Now if one needs to acquire metadata lock with waiting
  one has to use a variant of MDL_context::acquire_lock() method.

condition variable per context instead of one mutex and one conditional
variable for the whole subsystem.

This should increase concurrency in this subsystem.

It also opens the way for further changes which are necessary to solve
such bugs as bug #46272 "MySQL 5.4.4, new MDL: unnecessary deadlock"
and bug #37346 "innodb does not detect deadlock between update and alter
table".

Two other notable changes done by this patch:

- MDL subsystem no longer implicitly acquires global intention exclusive
  metadata lock when per-object metadata lock is acquired. Now this has
  to be done by explicit calls outside of MDL subsystem.
- Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables/tables
  for purposes of I_S we now create MDL savepoint in the main context
  before opening tables and rollback to this savepoint after closing
  them. This means that it is now possible to get ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK error
  even not inside a transaction. This might happen in unlikely case when
  one runs DDL on one of system tables while also running DDL on some
  other tables. Cases when this ER_LOCK_DEADLOCK error is not justified
  will be addressed by advanced deadlock detector for MDL subsystem which
  we plan to implement.

mysql-test/include/handler.inc:
  Adjusted handler_myisam.test and handler_innodb.test to the fact that
  exclusive metadata locks on tables are now acquired according to
  alphabetical order of fully qualified table names instead of order
  in which tables are mentioned in statement.
mysql-test/r/handler_innodb.result:
  Adjusted handler_myisam.test and handler_innodb.test to the fact that
  exclusive metadata locks on tables are now acquired according to
  alphabetical order of fully qualified table names instead of order
  in which tables are mentioned in statement.
mysql-test/r/handler_myisam.result:
  Adjusted handler_myisam.test and handler_innodb.test to the fact that
  exclusive metadata locks on tables are now acquired according to
  alphabetical order of fully qualified table names instead of order
  in which tables are mentioned in statement.
mysql-test/r/mdl_sync.result:
  Adjusted mdl_sync.test to the fact that exclusive metadata locks on
  tables are now acquired according to alphabetical order of fully
  qualified table names instead of order in which tables are mentioned
  in statement.
mysql-test/t/mdl_sync.test:
  Adjusted mdl_sync.test to the fact that exclusive metadata locks on
  tables are now acquired according to alphabetical order of fully
  qualified table names instead of order in which tables are mentioned
  in statement.
sql/events.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc:
  Since manipulations with open table state no longer install proxy
  MDL_context it does not make sense to perform them in order to
  satisfy assert in mysql_rm_tables_part2(). Removed them per agreement
  with Cluster team. This has not broken test suite since scenario in
  which deadlock can occur and assertion fails is not covered by tests.
sql/lock.cc:
  MDL subsystem no longer implicitly acquires global intention exclusive
  metadata lock when per-object exclusive metadata lock is acquired.
  Now this has to be done by explicit calls outside of MDL subsystem.
sql/log.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/mdl.cc:
  Changed metadata locking subsystem to use mutex per lock and condition
  variable per context instead of one mutex and one conditional variable
  for the whole subsystem.
  Changed approach to handling of global metadata locks. Instead of
  implicitly acquiring intention exclusive locks when user requests
  per-object upgradeable or exclusive locks now we require them to be
  acquired explicitly in the same way as ordinary metadata locks.
  In fact global lock are now ordinary metadata locks in new GLOBAL
  namespace.
  
  To implement these changes:
  - Removed LOCK_mdl mutex and COND_mdl condition variable.
  - Introduced MDL_lock::m_mutex mutexes which protect individual lock
    objects.
  - Replaced mdl_locks hash with MDL_map class, which has hash for
    MDL_lock objects as a member and separate mutex which protects this
    hash. Methods of this class allow to find(), find_or_create() or
    remove() MDL_lock objects in concurrency-friendly fashion (i.e.
    for most common operation, find_or_create(), we don't acquire
    MDL_lock::m_mutex while holding MDL_map::m_mutex. Thanks to MikaelR
    for this idea and benchmarks!). Added three auxiliary members to
    MDL_lock class (m_is_destroyed, m_ref_usage, m_ref_release) to
    support this concurrency-friendly behavior.
  - Introduced MDL_context::m_ctx_wakeup_cond condition variable to be
    used for waiting until this context's pending request can be
    satisfied or its thread has to perform actions to resolve potential
    deadlock. Context which want to wait add ticket corresponding to the
    request to an appropriate queue of waiters in MDL_lock object so
    they can be noticed when other contexts change state of lock and be
    awaken by them by signalling on MDL_context::m_ctx_wakeup_cond.
    As consequence MDL_ticket objects has to be used for any waiting
    in metadata locking subsystem including one which happens in
    MDL_context::wait_for_locks() method.
    Another consequence is that MDL_context is no longer copyable and
    can't be saved/restored when working with system tables.
  - Made MDL_lock an abstract class, which delegates specifying exact
    compatibility matrix to its descendants. Added MDL_global_lock child
    class for global lock (The old is_lock_type_compatible() method
    became can_grant_lock() method of this class). Added MDL_object_lock
    class to represent per-object lock (The old MDL_lock::can_grant_lock()
    became its method). Choice between two classes happens based on MDL
    namespace in MDL_lock::create() method.
  - Got rid of MDL_lock::type member as its meaning became ambigous for
    global locks.
  - To simplify waking up of contexts waiting for lock split waiting queue
    in MDL_lock class in two queues. One for pending requests for exclusive
    (including intention exclusive) locks and another for requests for
    shared locks.
  - Added virtual wake_up_waiters() method to MDL_lock, MDL_global_lock and
    MDL_object_lock classes which allows to wake up waiting contexts after
    state of lock changes. Replaced old duplicated code with calls to this
    method.
  - Adjusted MDL_context::try_acquire_shared_lock()/exclusive_lock()/
    global_shared_lock(), MDL_ticket::upgrade_shared_lock_to_exclusive_lock()
    and MDL_context::release_ticket() methods to use MDL_map and
    MDL_lock::m_mutex instead of single LOCK_mdl mutex and wake up
    waiters according to the approach described above. The latter method
    also was renamed to MDL_context::release_lock().
  - Changed MDL_context::try_acquire_shared_lock()/exclusive_lock() and
    release_lock() not to handle global locks. They are now supposed to
    be taken explicitly like ordinary metadata locks.
  - Added helper MDL_context::try_acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock()
    and acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock() methods.
  - Moved common code from MDL_context::acquire_global_shared_lock() and
    acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock() to new method -
    MDL_context::acquire_lock_impl().
  - Moved common code from MDL_context::try_acquire_shared_lock(),
    try_acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock()/exclusive_lock()
    to MDL_context::try_acquire_lock_impl().
  - Since acquiring of several exclusive locks can no longer happen under
    single LOCK_mdl mutex the approach to it had to be changed. Now we do
    it in one by one fashion. This is done in alphabetical order to avoid
    deadlocks. Changed MDL_context::acquire_exclusive_locks() accordingly
    (as part of this change moved code responsible for acquiring single
    exclusive lock to new MDL_context::acquire_exclusive_lock_impl()
    method).
  - Since we no longer have single LOCK_mdl mutex which protects all
    MDL_context::m_is_waiting_in_mdl members using these members to
    determine if we have really awaken context holding conflicting
    shared lock became inconvinient. Got rid of this member and changed
    notify_shared_lock() helper function and process of acquiring
    of/upgrading to exclusive lock not to rely on such information.
    Now in MDL_context::acquire_exclusive_lock_impl() and
    MDL_ticket::upgrade_shared_lock_to_exclusive_lock() we simply
    re-try to wake up threads holding conflicting shared locks after
    small time out.
  - Adjusted MDL_context::can_wait_lead_to_deadlock() and
    MDL_ticket::has_pending_conflicting_lock() to use per-lock
    mutexes instead of LOCK_mdl. To do this introduced
    MDL_lock::has_pending_exclusive_lock() method.
sql/mdl.h:
  Changed metadata locking subsystem to use mutex per lock and condition
  variable per context instead of one mutex and one conditional variable
  for the whole subsystem. In order to implement this change:
  
  - Added MDL_key::cmp() method to be able to sort MDL_key objects
    alphabetically. Changed length fields in MDL_key class to uint16
    as 16-bit is enough for length of any key.
  - Changed MDL_ticket::get_ctx() to return pointer to non-const
    object in order to be able to use MDL_context::awake() method
    for such contexts.
  - Got rid of unlocked versions of can_wait_lead_to_deadlock()/
    has_pending_conflicting_lock() methods in MDL_context and
    MDL_ticket. We no longer has single mutex which protects all
    locks. Thus one always has to use versions of these methods
    which acquire per-lock mutexes.
  - MDL_request_list type of list now counts its elements.
  - Added MDL_context::m_ctx_wakeup_cond condition variable to be used
    for waiting until this context's pending request can be satisfied
    or its thread has to perform actions to resolve potential deadlock.
    Added awake() method to wake up context from such wait.
    Addition of condition variable made MDL_context uncopyable.
    As result we no longer can save/restore MDL_context when working
    with system tables. Instead we create MDL savepoint before opening
    those tables and rollback to it once they are closed.
  - MDL_context::release_ticket() became release_lock() method.
  - Added auxiliary MDL_context::acquire_exclusive_lock_impl() method
    which does all necessary work to acquire exclusive lock on one object
    but should not be used directly as it does not enforce any asserts
    ensuring that no deadlocks are possible.
  - Since we no longer need to know if thread trying to acquire exclusive
    lock managed to wake up any threads having conflicting shared locks
    (as, anyway, we will try to wake up such threads again shortly)
  - MDL_context::m_is_waiting_in_mdl member became unnecessary and
    notify_shared_lock() no longer needs to be friend of MDL_context.
  
  Changed approach to handling of global metadata locks. Instead of
  implicitly acquiring intention exclusive locks when user requests
  per-object upgradeable or exclusive locks now we require them to be
  acquired explicitly in the same way as ordinary metadata locks.
  
  - Added new GLOBAL namespace for such locks.
  - Added new type of lock to be requested MDL_INTENTION_EXCLISIVE.
  - Added MDL_context::try_acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock()
    and acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock() methods.
  - Moved common code from MDL_context::acquire_global_shared_lock()
    and acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock() to new method -
    MDL_context::acquire_lock_impl().
  - Moved common code from MDL_context::try_acquire_shared_lock(),
    try_acquire_global_intention_exclusive_lock()/exclusive_lock()
    to MDL_context::try_acquire_lock_impl().
  - Added helper MDL_context::is_global_lock_owner() method to be
    able easily to find what kind of global lock this context holds.
  - MDL_context::m_has_global_shared_lock became unnecessary as
    global read lock is now represented by ordinary ticket.
  - Removed assert in MDL_context::set_lt_or_ha_sentinel() which became
    false for cases when we execute LOCK TABLES under global read lock
    mode.
sql/mysql_priv.h:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result calls
  opening/closing system tables were changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/sp.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/sp.h:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/sql_base.cc:
  close_thread_tables():
    Since we no longer use separate MDL_context for opening system
    tables we need to avoid releasing all transaction locks when
    closing system table. Releasing metadata lock on system table
    is now responsibility of THD::restore_backup_open_tables_state().
  open_table_get_mdl_lock(),
  Open_table_context::recover_from_failed_open():
    MDL subsystem no longer implicitly acquires global intention exclusive
    metadata lock when per-object upgradable or exclusive metadata lock is
    acquired. So this have to be done explicitly from these calls.
    Changed Open_table_context class to store MDL_request object for
    global intention exclusive lock acquired when opening tables.
  open_table():
    Do not release metadata lock if we have failed to open table as
    this lock might have been acquired by one of previous statements
    in transaction, and therefore should not be released.
  open_system_tables_for_read()/close_system_tables()/
  open_performance_schema_table():
    Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
    create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
    and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
    change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
    state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
    to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
    opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
    instead of Open_table_state class as well.
  close_performance_schema_table():
    Got rid of duplicated code.
sql/sql_class.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. Also releasing
  metadata lock on system table is now responsibility of
  THD::restore_backup_open_tables_state().
  Adjusted assert in THD::cleanup() to take into account fact that now
  we also use MDL sentinel for global read lock.
sql/sql_class.h:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. As result:
  - 'mdl_context' member was moved out of Open_tables_state to THD class.
    enter_locked_tables_mode()/leave_locked_tables_mode() had to follow.
  - Methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table state were
    changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition to
    Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint.
  Changed Open_table_context class to store MDL_request object for
  global intention exclusive lock acquired when opening tables.
sql/sql_delete.cc:
  MDL subsystem no longer implicitly acquires global intention exclusive
  metadata lock when per-object exclusive metadata lock is acquired.
  Now this has to be done by explicit calls outside of MDL subsystem.
sql/sql_help.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Adjusted assert reload_acl_and_cache() to the fact that global read
  lock now takes full-blown metadata lock.
sql/sql_plist.h:
  Added support for element counting to I_P_List list template.
  One can use policy classes to specify if such counting is needed
  or not needed for particular list.
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening tables for I_S
  purposes we now create MDL savepoint in the main context before
  opening tables and rollback to this savepoint after closing them.
  To support this and similar change for system tables methods of
  THD responsible for saving/restoring open table state were changed
  to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition to Open_table_state
  has a member for this savepoint. As result code opening/closing tables
  for I_S purposes was changed to use Open_tables_backup instead of
  Open_table_state class as well.
sql/sql_table.cc:
  mysql_rm_tables_part2():
    Since now global intention exclusive metadata lock is ordinary
    metadata lock we no longer can rely that by releasing MDL locks
    on all tables we will release all locks acquired by this routine.
    So in non-LOCK-TABLES mode we have to release all locks acquired
    explicitly.
  prepare_for_repair(), mysql_alter_table():
    MDL subsystem no longer implicitly acquires global intention
    exclusive metadata lock when per-object exclusive metadata lock
    is acquired. Now this has to be done by explicit calls outside of
    MDL subsystem.
sql/tztime.cc:
  Instead of using separate MDL_context for opening system tables we now
  create MDL savepoint in the main context before opening such tables
  and rollback to this savepoint after closing them. To support this
  change methods of THD responsible for saving/restoring open table
  state were changed to use Open_tables_backup class which in addition
  to Open_table_state has a member for this savepoint. As result code
  opening/closing system tables was changed to use Open_tables_backup
  instead of Open_table_state class as well.
  Also changed code not to use special mechanism for open system tables
  when it is not really necessary.