merge with 5.1

49 files changed, 1848 insertions, 143 deletions

diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index 6b18d09723b..be6b6d47d31 100644
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ ma_test_recovery.output
 man/*.1
 maria-win.patch
 maria_log.00000*
-maria_log_control
 merge/*.ds?
 merge/*.vcproj
 missing
@@ -1961,3 +1960,8 @@ client/strings_def.h
 libmysql/strings_def.h
 libmysql_r/strings_def.h
 storage/maria/aria_log_control
+CPackConfig.cmake
+CPackSourceConfig.cmake
+win/nmake_cache.txt
+*.manifest
+*.resource.txt
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea44226781a..9b5b46fa340 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ ENDIF(ENABLED_DEBUG_SYNC)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -DENABLED_DEBUG_SYNC")
 SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -DENABLED_DEBUG_SYNC")
 
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -DSAFEMALLOC -DSAFE_MUTEX")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -DSAFEMALLOC -DSAFE_MUTEX")
+
 # in some places we use DBUG_OFF
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -DDBUG_OFF")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} -DDBUG_OFF")
@@ -247,16 +250,15 @@ IF(WITHOUT_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS)
   MESSAGE("Dynamic plugins are disabled.")
 ENDIF(WITHOUT_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS)
 
-FILE(GLOB STORAGE_SUBDIRS storage/*)
+FILE(GLOB STORAGE_SUBDIRS storage/* plugin/*)
 FOREACH(SUBDIR ${STORAGE_SUBDIRS})
-  FILE(RELATIVE_PATH DIRNAME ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/storage ${SUBDIR})
   IF (EXISTS ${SUBDIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
     # Check  MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE macro is present
-    FILE(STRINGS ${SUBDIR}/CMakeLists.txt HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE REGEX MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE)
+    FILE(STRINGS ${SUBDIR}/CMakeLists.txt HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE REGEX "MYSQL_(STORAGE_ENGINE|PLUGIN)")
     IF(HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE)
       # Extract name of engine from HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE
-      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE\\((.*\)\\).*"
-           "\\1" ENGINE_NAME ${HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE})
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*MYSQL_(STORAGE_ENGINE|PLUGIN)\\((.*\)\\).*"
+           "\\2" ENGINE_NAME ${HAVE_STORAGE_ENGINE})
       STRING(TOUPPER ${ENGINE_NAME} ENGINE)
       STRING(TOLOWER ${ENGINE_NAME} ENGINE_LOWER) 
     
@@ -265,21 +267,23 @@ FOREACH(SUBDIR ${STORAGE_SUBDIRS})
       # build as shared library (dynamic).
       IF(EXISTS ${SUBDIR}/plug.in)
         FILE(READ ${SUBDIR}/plug.in PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT)
-        STRING (REGEX MATCH  "MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC"  MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC  ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
+        IF (PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
+          STRING (REGEX REPLACE
+                  ".*MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER},[ \\t]*\\[?([a-zA-Z0-9_]+/)*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+).*"
+                  "\\2" MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC  ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
+        ELSE (PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
+          SET (MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC "")
+        ENDIF(PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
+        IF (PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
+          STRING (REGEX REPLACE
+            ".*MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER},[ \\t]*\\[?([a-zA-Z0-9_]+/)*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+).*"
+                  "\\2"
+                  MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC  ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
+        ELSE (PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
+          SET (MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC "")
+        ENDIF(PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT MATCHES "MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC\\(${ENGINE_LOWER}")
         STRING (REGEX MATCH  "MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY"  MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY  ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
-        STRING (REGEX MATCH  "MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC"  MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC  ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
-        
-	#
-	# XTRADB is located in storage/xtradb, but it says everywhere it is 'innobase' (e.g.
-        #  it declares 'builtin_innobase_plugin', not builtin_xtradb_plugin).
-	# Extract the intended plugin name from MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE definition and use it 
-	# where appropriate.
-	STRING (REGEX MATCH  "MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE.[a-z]*" PLUGIN_NAME ${PLUGIN_FILE_CONTENT})
-	STRING (REGEX REPLACE "MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE.(.*)" "\\1" PLUGIN_NAME ${PLUGIN_NAME})
         
-        #  Also remember this "xtradb"/"innobase" name discrepancy for libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt:
-        SET (plugin_dir_${PLUGIN_NAME} ${DIRNAME})
-
         IF(MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY)
           SET(WITH_${ENGINE}_STORAGE_ENGINE TRUE)
         ENDIF(MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY)
@@ -293,15 +297,17 @@ FOREACH(SUBDIR ${STORAGE_SUBDIRS})
         ENDIF(WITH_${ENGINE}_STORAGE_ENGINE AND MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC)
 
         IF (ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "STATIC") 
-          SET (maria_plugin_defs  "${maria_plugin_defs},builtin_maria_${PLUGIN_NAME}_plugin")
-          SET (MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS} ${PLUGIN_NAME})
+          SET (maria_plugin_defs  "${maria_plugin_defs},builtin_maria_${ENGINE_LOWER}_plugin")
+          SET (MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS} ${MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC})
+          SET (MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINES ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINES} ${ENGINE})
           SET (STORAGE_ENGINE_DEFS "${STORAGE_ENGINE_DEFS} -DWITH_${ENGINE}_STORAGE_ENGINE")
           SET (WITH_${ENGINE}_STORAGE_ENGINE TRUE)
-	  SET (${ENGINE}_DIR ${DIRNAME})
+	  SET (${ENGINE}_DIR ${SUBDIR})
         ENDIF (ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "STATIC")
       ENDIF(EXISTS ${SUBDIR}/plug.in)
 
       IF(NOT ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "NONE")
+        SET (${ENGINE}_LIB ${MYSQL_PLUGIN_${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE}})
         LIST(APPEND  ${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE}_ENGINE_DIRECTORIES  ${SUBDIR})
       ENDIF(NOT ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "NONE")
       
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ffdcd937c11..a7d8f557e75 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h fenv.h float.h floatingpoint.h fpu_control.h \
  ieeefp.h limits.h memory.h pwd.h select.h fnmatch.h \
- stdlib.h stddef.h sys/stat.h \
+ stdlib.h stddef.h sys/stat.h sys/sockio.h \
  strings.h string.h synch.h sys/mman.h sys/socket.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h \
  sys/timeb.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/vadvise.h sys/wait.h term.h \
  unistd.h utime.h sys/utime.h termio.h termios.h sched.h crypt.h alloca.h \
diff --git a/include/mysql/plugin.h b/include/mysql/plugin.h
index 77d141d5282..801cab0ffa6 100644
--- a/include/mysql/plugin.h
+++ b/include/mysql/plugin.h
@@ -16,13 +16,27 @@
 #ifndef _my_plugin_h
 #define _my_plugin_h
 
-
 /*
   On Windows, exports from DLL need to be declared
-*/
-#if (defined(_WIN32) && defined(MYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN))
-#define MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
-#else
+  Also, plugin needs to be declared as extern "C" because MSVC 
+  unlike other compilers, uses C++ mangling for variables not only
+  for functions.
+*/
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(MYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN)
+  #ifdef __cplusplus
+    #define MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
+  #else
+    #define MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+  #endif
+#else /* MYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN */
+  #ifdef __cplusplus
+    #define  MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT extern "C"
+  #else
+    #define MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT 
+  #endif
+#endif /*MYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN */
+#else /*_MSC_VER */
 #define MYSQL_PLUGIN_EXPORT
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt b/libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt
index 412902f5746..4c6aa2f3a7f 100644
--- a/libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,15 +86,13 @@ FOREACH(rpath ${VIO_SOURCES})
   SET(LIB_SOURCES ${LIB_SOURCES} ../vio/${rpath})
 ENDFOREACH(rpath)
 
-FOREACH (ENGINE_LIB ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS})
-  INCLUDE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/${plugin_dir_${ENGINE_LIB}}/CMakeLists.txt)
-  STRING(TOUPPER ${ENGINE_LIB} ENGINE_LIB_UPPER)
-  SET(ENGINE_DIR ${${ENGINE_LIB_UPPER}_DIR})
-  INCLUDE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/${ENGINE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
-  FOREACH(rpath ${${ENGINE_LIB_UPPER}_SOURCES})
-    SET(LIB_SOURCES ${LIB_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/${ENGINE_DIR}/${rpath})
+SET (ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE "STATIC")
+FOREACH (ENGINE ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINES})
+  INCLUDE(${${ENGINE}_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
+  FOREACH(rpath ${${ENGINE}_SOURCES})
+    SET(LIB_SOURCES ${LIB_SOURCES} ${${ENGINE}_DIR}/${rpath})
   ENDFOREACH(rpath)
-ENDFOREACH(ENGINE_LIB)
+ENDFOREACH(ENGINE)
 
 SET(SOURCE_SUBLIBS FALSE)
                             
@@ -162,15 +160,14 @@ IF(MSVC AND CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 8)
 ENDIF()
 
 # Add any additional libraries requested by engine(s)
-FOREACH (ENGINE_LIB ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINE_LIBS})
-  STRING(TOUPPER ${ENGINE_LIB} ENGINE_LIB_UPPER)
-  IF(${ENGINE_LIB_UPPER}_LIBS)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mysqlserver ${${ENGINE_LIB_UPPER}_LIBS})
-  ENDIF(${ENGINE_LIB_UPPER}_LIBS)
-ENDFOREACH(ENGINE_LIB)
+FOREACH (ENGINE ${MYSQLD_STATIC_ENGINES})
+  IF(${ENGINE}_LIBS)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mysqlserver ${${ENGINE}_LIBS})
+  ENDIF(${ENGINE}_LIBS)
+ENDFOREACH(ENGINE)
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(libmysqld SHARED cmake_dummy.c libmysqld.def)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(libmysqld mysqlserver)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libmysqld mysqlserver wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libmysqld mysqlserver wsock32 iphlpapi)
 
 MYSQL_INSTALL_TARGETS(mysqlserver libmysqld DESTINATION lib COMPONENT Embedded)
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/default_mysqld.cnf b/mysql-test/include/default_mysqld.cnf
index e46c3bc3c17..a1b477c51dd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/default_mysqld.cnf
+++ b/mysql-test/include/default_mysqld.cnf
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ max_heap_table_size=        1M
 
 loose-skip-innodb
 loose-skip-pbxt
+loose-skip-feedback
+loose-feedback-user-info=  mysql-test
 
 loose-innodb_data_file_path=      ibdata1:10M:autoextend
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_install.result b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_install.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b3b0226fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_install.result
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+install plugin feedback soname 'feedback.so';
+select plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='feedback';
+plugin_status
+ACTIVE
+select * from information_schema.feedback where variable_name like 'feed%'
+       and variable_name not like  '%_uid';
+VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+FEEDBACK	1.0
+FEEDBACK_SEND_RETRY_WAIT	60
+FEEDBACK_SEND_TIMEOUT	60
+FEEDBACK_URL	http://mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post
+FEEDBACK_USER_INFO	mysql-test
+uninstall plugin feedback;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_load.result b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_load.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc02b920a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_load.result
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+select plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='feedback';
+plugin_status
+ACTIVE
+select * from information_schema.feedback where variable_name like 'feed%'
+       and variable_name not like  '%_uid';
+VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+FEEDBACK	1.0
+FEEDBACK_SEND_RETRY_WAIT	60
+FEEDBACK_SEND_TIMEOUT	60
+FEEDBACK_URL	http://mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post
+FEEDBACK_USER_INFO	mysql-test
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_send.result b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_send.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22379e26248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/feedback_plugin_send.result
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+select plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='feedback';
+plugin_status
+ACTIVE
+select * from information_schema.feedback where variable_name like 'feed%'
+       and variable_name not like  '%_uid';
+VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+FEEDBACK	1.0
+FEEDBACK_SEND_RETRY_WAIT	60
+FEEDBACK_SEND_TIMEOUT	60
+FEEDBACK_URL	http://mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post
+FEEDBACK_USER_INFO	mysql-test
+feedback plugin: report to 'http://mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post' was sent
+feedback plugin: server replied 'ok'
+feedback plugin: report to 'http://mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post' was sent
+feedback plugin: server replied 'ok'
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.opt b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a711ae94e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--loose-feedback
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.test b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81343c436c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_install.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--source include/not_embedded.inc
+
+if (`select length('$FEEDBACK_SO') = 0`) {
+  skip No feedback plugin;
+}
+
+--replace_regex /\.dll/.so/
+eval install plugin feedback soname '$FEEDBACK_SO';
+select plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='feedback';
+--replace_result https http
+--sorted_result
+select * from information_schema.feedback where variable_name like 'feed%'
+       and variable_name not like  '%_uid';
+uninstall plugin feedback;
+
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.opt b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fbb2f83954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.opt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--loose-feedback
+--plugin-load=$FEEDBACK_SO
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.test b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ad301667b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_load.test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+if (`select count(*) = 0 from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name = 'feedback' and plugin_status='active'`)
+{
+  --skip Feedback plugin is not active
+}
+
+select plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='feedback';
+--replace_result https http
+--sorted_result
+select * from information_schema.feedback where variable_name like 'feed%'
+       and variable_name not like  '%_uid';
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_send.test b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_send.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b49c0d0e252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/feedback_plugin_send.test
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+source t/feedback_plugin_load.test;
+source include/big_test.inc;
+
+if (!$MTR_FEEDBACK_PLUGIN) {
+  skip MTR_FEEDBACK_PLUGIN is not set;
+}
+
+#
+# Yep. The plugin waits 5 minutes before sending anything,
+# and there's no way to force it to send anything sooner.
+# Let's wait, and hope that mtr is started with --parallel and
+# is doing some work in other workers.
+#
+sleep 310;
+source include/restart_mysqld.inc;
+
+replace_result https http;
+perl;
+  $log_error= $ENV{'MYSQLTEST_VARDIR'} . '/log/mysqld.1.err';
+  open(LOG, '<', $log_error) or die "open(< $log_error): $!";
+  /feedback plugin:.*/ && print "$&\n" while $_=<LOG>;
+  close LOG;
+EOF
+
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/fulltext_plugin.test b/mysql-test/t/fulltext_plugin.test
index 31978dadc51..0e2f53d5b15 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/fulltext_plugin.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/fulltext_plugin.test
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #
 # BUG#39746 - Debug flag breaks struct definition (server crash)
 #
-INSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser SONAME 'mypluglib.so';
+--replace_result .dll .so
+eval INSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser SONAME '$MYPLUGLIB_SO';
 CREATE TABLE t1(a TEXT, b TEXT, FULLTEXT(a) WITH PARSER simple_parser);
 ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FULLTEXT(b) WITH PARSER simple_parser;
 DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysys/CMakeLists.txt b/mysys/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ab19222caf..7bed7b6a548 100644
--- a/mysys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mysys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ SET(MYSYS_SOURCES  array.c charset-def.c charset.c checksum.c default.c default_
 
 IF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
   ADD_LIBRARY(mysys ${MYSYS_SOURCES})
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mysys IPHLPAPI)
 ENDIF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
diff --git a/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c b/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
index 90908bd1c0d..bcc231eaf7e 100644
--- a/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
+++ b/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
@@ -16,11 +16,22 @@
 /* get hardware address for an interface */
 /* if there are many available, any non-zero one can be used */
 
+#define DONT_DEFINE_VOID /* windows includes break if we do */
 #include "mysys_priv.h"
 #include <m_string.h>
 
 #ifndef MAIN
 
+static my_bool memcpy_and_test(uchar *to, uchar *from, uint len)
+{
+  uint i, res= 1;
+
+  for (i= 0; i < len; i++)
+    if ((*to++= *from++))
+      res= 0;
+  return res;
+}
+
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 
 #include <net/ethernet.h>
@@ -32,11 +43,10 @@
 my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
 {
   size_t len;
-  char *buf, *next, *end;
+  uchar  *buf, *next, *end, *addr;
   struct if_msghdr *ifm;
   struct sockaddr_dl *sdl;
-  int res=1, mib[6]={CTL_NET, AF_ROUTE, 0, AF_LINK, NET_RT_IFLIST, 0};
-  char zero_array[ETHER_ADDR_LEN] = {0};
+  int res= 1, mib[6]= {CTL_NET, AF_ROUTE, 0, AF_LINK, NET_RT_IFLIST, 0};
 
   if (sysctl(mib, 6, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) == -1)
     goto err;
@@ -52,9 +62,9 @@ my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
     ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)next;
     if (ifm->ifm_type == RTM_IFINFO)
     {
-      sdl= (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1);
-      memcpy(to, LLADDR(sdl), ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-      res= memcmp(to, zero_array, ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? 0 : 1;
+      sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1);
+      addr= LLADDR(sdl);
+      res= memcpy_and_test(to, addr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
     }
   }
 
@@ -62,40 +72,94 @@ err:
   return res;
 }
 
-#elif __linux__
-
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__sun__)
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <net/ethernet.h>
+#include <net/if_arp.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKIO_H
+#include <sys/sockio.h>
+#endif
+
+#define ETHER_ADDR_LEN 6
 
 my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
 {
   int fd, res= 1;
-  struct ifreq ifr;
-  char zero_array[ETHER_ADDR_LEN] = {0};
+  struct ifreq ifr[32];
+  struct ifconf ifc;
+
+  ifc.ifc_req= ifr;
+  ifc.ifc_len= sizeof(ifr);
 
   fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
   if (fd < 0)
     goto err;
 
-  bzero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
-  strnmov(ifr.ifr_name, "eth0", sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1);
-
-  do
+  if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFCONF, (char*)&ifc) >= 0)
   {
-    if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) >= 0)
+    uint i;
+    for (i= 0; res && i < ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(ifr[0]); i++)
     {
-      memcpy(to, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-      res= memcmp(to, zero_array, ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? 0 : 1;
+#ifdef SIOCGIFHWADDR
+      if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr[i]) >= 0)
+        res= memcpy_and_test(to, (uchar *)&ifr[i].ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,
+                             ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+#else
+      /*
+        A bug in OpenSolaris prevents non-root from getting a mac address:
+        http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4720634
+
+        Thus, we'll use an alternative method and extract the address from the
+        arp table.
+      */
+      struct arpreq arpr;
+      arpr.arp_pa= ifr[i].ifr_addr;
+
+      if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGARP, (char*)&arpr) >= 0)
+        res= memcpy_and_test(to, (uchar *)&arpr.arp_ha.sa_data,
+                             ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+#endif
     }
-  } while (res && (errno == 0 || errno == ENODEV) && ifr.ifr_name[3]++ < '6');
+  }
 
   close(fd);
 err:
   return res;
 }
 
-#else   /* FreeBSD elif linux */
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <iphlpapi.h>
+
+#define ETHER_ADDR_LEN 6
+
+my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
+{
+  my_bool res= 1;
+
+  IP_ADAPTER_INFO *info= NULL;
+  ULONG info_len= 0;
+
+  if (GetAdaptersInfo(info, &info_len) != ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW)
+    goto err;
+
+  info= alloca(info_len);
+
+  if (GetAdaptersInfo(info, &info_len) != NO_ERROR)
+    goto err;
+
+  while (info && res)
+  {
+    if (info->Type == MIB_IF_TYPE_ETHERNET &&
+        info->AddressLength == ETHER_ADDR_LEN)
+      res= memcpy_and_test(to, info->Address, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+  }
+
+err:
+  return res;
+}
+
+#else   /* neither FreeBSD nor linux not Windows */
 /* just fail */
 my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to __attribute__((unused)))
 {
@@ -114,7 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc __attribute__((unused)),char **argv)
     printf("my_gethwaddr failed with errno %d\n", errno);
     exit(1);
   }
-  for (i=0; i < sizeof(mac); i++)
+  for (i= 0; i < sizeof(mac); i++)
   {
     if (i) printf(":");
     printf("%02x", mac[i]);
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/feedback/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a94232a4698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+INCLUDE("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake")
+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/regex
+                    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/yassl/include)
+
+SET(FEEDBACK_SOURCES feedback.cc sender_thread.cc
+    url_base.cc url_http.cc utils.cc)
+
+SET(FEEDBACK_LIBS Ws2_32)
+
+MYSQL_PLUGIN(FEEDBACK)
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/Makefile.am b/plugin/feedback/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d2a61d593f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pkgplugindir =		$(pkglibdir)/plugin
+INCLUDES =              -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include \
+			-I$(top_srcdir)/regex -I$(top_srcdir)/sql
+
+EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES =	feedback.la libfeedback.la
+pkgplugin_LTLIBRARIES =	@plugin_feedback_shared_target@
+feedback_la_LDFLAGS =   -module -rpath $(pkgplugindir) -L$(top_builddir)/libservices -lmysqlservices
+feedback_la_CXXFLAGS =  -shared -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
+feedback_la_SOURCES =   feedback.cc utils.cc url_base.cc url_http.cc \
+			sender_thread.cc
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES =	@plugin_feedback_static_target@
+libfeedback_la_SOURCES=	feedback.cc utils.cc url_base.cc url_http.cc \
+			sender_thread.cc
+
+noinst_HEADERS = 	feedback.h
+EXTRA_DIST =		CMakeLists.txt plug.in
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/feedback.cc b/plugin/feedback/feedback.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..056484ab46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/feedback.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#include "feedback.h"
+
+/* MySQL functions/variables not declared in mysql_priv.h */
+int fill_variables(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond);
+int fill_status(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond);
+extern ST_SCHEMA_TABLE schema_tables[];
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+char server_uid_buf[SERVER_UID_SIZE+1]; ///< server uid will be written here
+
+/* backing store for system variables */
+static char *server_uid= server_uid_buf, *url;
+char *user_info;
+ulong send_timeout, send_retry_wait;
+
+/**
+  these three are used to communicate the shutdown signal to the
+  background thread
+*/
+pthread_mutex_t sleep_mutex;
+pthread_cond_t sleep_condition;
+volatile bool shutdown_plugin;
+static pthread_t sender_thread;
+
+Url **urls;             ///< list of urls to send the report to
+uint url_count;
+
+ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *i_s_feedback; ///< table descriptor for our I_S table
+
+/*
+  the column names *must* match column names in GLOBAL_VARIABLES and
+  GLOBAL_STATUS tables otherwise condition pushdown below will not work
+*/
+static ST_FIELD_INFO feedback_fields[] =
+{
+  {"VARIABLE_NAME",   255, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"VARIABLE_VALUE", 1024, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {0, 0, MYSQL_TYPE_NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+static COND * const OOM= (COND*)1;
+
+/**
+  Generate the COND tree for the condition pushdown
+
+  This function takes a list of strings and generates an Item tree
+  corresponding to the following expression:
+
+    field LIKE str1 OR field LIKE str2 OR field LIKE str3 OR ...
+
+  where 'field' is the first field in the table - VARIABLE_NAME field -
+  and str1, str2... are strings from the list.
+
+  This condition is used to filter the selected rows, emulating
+
+    SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.GLOBAL_VARIABLES WHERE ...
+*/
+static COND* make_cond(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, LEX_STRING *filter)
+{
+  Item_cond_or *res= NULL;
+  Name_resolution_context nrc;
+  const char *db= tables->db, *table= tables->alias,
+             *field= tables->table->field[0]->field_name;
+  CHARSET_INFO *cs= &my_charset_latin1;
+
+  if (!filter->str)
+    return 0;
+
+  nrc.init();
+  nrc.resolve_in_table_list_only(tables);
+
+  res= new Item_cond_or();
+  if (!res)
+    return OOM;
+
+  for (; filter->str; filter++)
+  {
+    Item_field  *fld= new Item_field(&nrc, db, table, field);
+    Item_string *pattern= new Item_string(filter->str, filter->length, cs);
+    Item_string *escape= new Item_string("\\", 1, cs);
+
+    if (!fld || !pattern || !escape)
+      return OOM;
+
+    Item_func_like *like= new Item_func_like(fld, pattern, escape, 0);
+
+    if (!like)
+      return OOM;
+
+    res->add(like);
+  }
+
+  if (res->fix_fields(thd, (Item**)&res))
+    return OOM;
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+/**
+  System variables that we want to see in the feedback report
+*/
+static LEX_STRING vars_filter[]= {
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("auto\\_increment%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("binlog\\_format")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("character\\_set\\_%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("collation%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("engine\\_condition\\_pushdown")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("event\\_scheduler")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("feedback\\_%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("ft\\_m%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("have\\_%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("%\\_size")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("%\\_length%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("%\\_timeout")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("large\\_%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("lc_time_names")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("log")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("log_bin")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("log_output")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("log_slow_queries")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("log_slow_time")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("lower_case%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_allowed_packet")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_connections")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_prepared_stmt_count")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_sp_recursion_depth")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_user_connections")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("max_write_lock_count")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("myisam_recover_options")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("myisam_repair_threads")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("myisam_stats_method")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("myisam_use_mmap")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("net\\_%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("new")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("old%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("optimizer%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("profiling")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("query_cache%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("secure_auth")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("slow_launch_time")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("sql%")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("storage_engine")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("sync_binlog")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("table_definition_cache")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("table_open_cache")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("thread_handling")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("time_zone")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("timed_mutexes")},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN("version%")},
+  {0, 0}
+};
+
+/**
+  Status variables that we want to see in the feedback report
+
+  (empty list = no WHERE condition)
+*/
+static LEX_STRING status_filter[]= {{0, 0}};
+
+/**
+  Fill our I_S table with data
+
+  This function works by invoking fill_variables() and
+  fill_status() of the corresponding I_S tables - to have
+  their data UNION-ed in the same target table.
+  After that it invokes our own fill_* functions
+  from the utils.cc - to get the data that aren't available in the
+  I_S.GLOBAL_VARIABLES and I_S.GLOBAL_STATUS.
+*/
+int fill_feedback(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *unused)
+{
+  int res;
+  COND *cond;
+
+  tables->schema_table= schema_tables + SCH_GLOBAL_VARIABLES;
+  cond= make_cond(thd, tables, vars_filter);
+  res= (cond == OOM) ? 1 : fill_variables(thd, tables, cond);
+
+  tables->schema_table= schema_tables + SCH_GLOBAL_STATUS;
+  if (!res)
+  {
+    cond= make_cond(thd, tables, status_filter);
+    res= (cond == OOM) ? 1 : fill_status(thd, tables, cond);
+  }
+
+  tables->schema_table= i_s_feedback;
+  res= res || fill_plugin_version(thd, tables)
+           || fill_misc_data(thd, tables)
+           || fill_linux_info(thd, tables);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+/**
+   plugin initialization function
+*/
+static int init(void *p)
+{
+  i_s_feedback= (ST_SCHEMA_TABLE*) p;
+  /* initialize the I_S descriptor structure */
+  i_s_feedback->fields_info= feedback_fields; ///< field descriptor
+  i_s_feedback->fill_table= fill_feedback;    ///< how to fill the I_S table
+  i_s_feedback->idx_field1 = 0;               ///< virtual index on the 1st col
+
+  if (calculate_server_uid(server_uid_buf))
+    return 1;
+
+  prepare_linux_info();
+
+  url_count= 0;
+  if (*url)
+  {
+    // now we split url on spaces and store them in Url objects
+    int slot;
+    char *s, *e;
+
+    for (s= url, url_count= 1; *s; s++)
+      if (*s == ' ')
+        url_count++;
+
+    urls= (Url **)my_malloc(url_count*sizeof(Url*), MYF(MY_WME));
+    if (!urls)
+      return 1;
+
+    for (s= url, e = url+1, slot= 0; e[-1]; e++)
+      if (*e == 0 || *e == ' ')
+      {
+        if (e > s && (urls[slot]= Url::create(s, e - s)))
+          slot++;
+        else
+        {
+          if (e > s)
+            sql_print_error("feedback plugin: invalid url '%.*s'", (int)(e-s), s);
+          url_count--;
+        }
+        s= e + 1;
+      }
+
+    // create a background thread to handle urls, if any
+    if (url_count)
+    {
+      pthread_mutex_init(&sleep_mutex, 0);
+      pthread_cond_init(&sleep_condition, 0);
+      shutdown_plugin= false;
+
+      pthread_attr_t attr;
+      pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+      pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);
+      if (pthread_create(&sender_thread, &attr, background_thread, 0) != 0)
+      {
+        sql_print_error("feedback plugin: failed to start a background thread");
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }
+    else
+      my_free(urls, MYF(0));
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+   plugin deinitialization function
+*/
+static int free(void *p)
+{
+  if (url_count)
+  {
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&sleep_mutex);
+    shutdown_plugin= true;
+    pthread_cond_signal(&sleep_condition);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&sleep_mutex);
+    pthread_join(sender_thread, NULL);
+
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&sleep_mutex);
+    pthread_cond_destroy(&sleep_condition);
+
+    for (uint i= 0; i < url_count; i++)
+      delete urls[i];
+    my_free(urls, MYF(0));
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+#define DEFAULT_PROTO "https://"
+#else
+#define DEFAULT_PROTO "http://"
+#endif
+
+static MYSQL_SYSVAR_STR(server_uid, server_uid,
+       PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY | PLUGIN_VAR_NOCMDOPT,
+       "Automatically calculated server unique id hash.", NULL, NULL, 0);
+static MYSQL_SYSVAR_STR(user_info, user_info,
+       PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY | PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
+       "User specified string that will be included in the feedback report.",
+       NULL, NULL, "");
+static MYSQL_SYSVAR_STR(url, url, PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY | PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
+       "Space separated URLs to send the feedback report to.", NULL, NULL,
+       DEFAULT_PROTO "mariadb.org/feedback_plugin/post");
+static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(send_timeout, send_timeout, PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
+       "Timeout (in seconds) for the sending the report.",
+       NULL, NULL, 60, 1, 60*60*24, 1);
+static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(send_retry_wait, send_retry_wait, PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
+       "Wait this many seconds before retrying a failed send.",
+       NULL, NULL, 60, 1, 60*60*24, 1);
+
+static struct st_mysql_sys_var* settings[] = {
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(server_uid),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(user_info),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(url),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(send_timeout),
+  MYSQL_SYSVAR(send_retry_wait),
+  NULL
+};
+
+
+static struct st_mysql_information_schema feedback =
+{ MYSQL_INFORMATION_SCHEMA_INTERFACE_VERSION };
+
+} // namespace feedback
+
+mysql_declare_plugin(feedback)
+{
+  MYSQL_INFORMATION_SCHEMA_PLUGIN,
+  &feedback::feedback,
+  "FEEDBACK",
+  "Sergei Golubchik",
+  "MariaDB User Feedback Plugin",
+  PLUGIN_LICENSE_GPL,
+  feedback::init,
+  feedback::free,
+  0x0100,
+  NULL,
+  feedback::settings,
+  NULL
+}
+mysql_declare_plugin_end;
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/feedback.h b/plugin/feedback/feedback.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60ef72eed84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/feedback.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#define MYSQL_SERVER
+#include <mysql_priv.h>
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+int fill_feedback(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond);
+int fill_plugin_version(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables);
+int fill_misc_data(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables);
+int fill_linux_info(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables);
+
+static const int SERVER_UID_SIZE= 29;
+extern char server_uid_buf[SERVER_UID_SIZE+1], *user_info;
+int calculate_server_uid(char *);
+int prepare_linux_info();
+
+extern ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *i_s_feedback;
+
+extern ulong send_timeout, send_retry_wait;
+
+pthread_handler_t background_thread(void *arg);
+
+/**
+  The class for storing urls to send report data to.
+
+  Constructors are private, the object should be created with create() method.
+  send() method does the actual sending.
+*/
+class Url {
+  protected:
+  Url(LEX_STRING &url_arg) : full_url(url_arg) {}
+  const LEX_STRING full_url;
+
+  public:
+  virtual ~Url() { my_free(full_url.str, MYF(0)); }
+
+  const char *url()   { return full_url.str; }
+  size_t url_length() { return full_url.length; }
+  virtual int send(const char* data, size_t data_length) =  0;
+
+  static Url* create(const char *url, size_t url_length);
+};
+
+extern Url **urls;
+extern uint url_count;
+
+/* these are used to communicate with the background thread */
+extern pthread_mutex_t sleep_mutex;
+extern pthread_cond_t sleep_condition;
+extern volatile bool shutdown_plugin;
+
+} // namespace feedback
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/plug.in b/plugin/feedback/plug.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88a4448321d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/plug.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+MYSQL_PLUGIN(feedback,[MariaDB User Feedback Plugin],
+        [MariaDB User Feedback Plugin])
+
+dnl Although it's not exactly obvious, top-level CMakeLists.txt parses plug.in
+dnl files, in particular looking for what the library name should be. It uses
+dnl regexp that matches MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC or MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC, followed
+dnl by an open parenthesys, and the plugin name. Having engine name enclosed in
+dnl square brackets below causes this regexp to fail and as a result feedback
+dnl plugin will not be considered for dynamic builds on Windows.
+dnl Unfortunately, feedback cannot be built dynamically on Windows, because it
+dnl needs to access server internals that aren't designed for plugin use and
+dnl aren't marked with MYSQL_PLUGIN_IMPORT.
+MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC([feedback], [feedback.la])
+ifelse(index(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, [MariaDB]), -1, [], [
+
+dnl MariaDB and MySQL define static plugins differently.
+dnl I only support MariaDB here, for now.
+MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(feedback, [libfeedback.la])
+
+])
+
+dnl MariaDB before 5.5 needs this define:
+MYSQL_PLUGIN_DEFINE(feedback, [WITH_FEEDBACK_PLUGIN])
+
+MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(feedback, [
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([netdb.h sys/utsname.h])
+])
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/sender_thread.cc b/plugin/feedback/sender_thread.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..617ca0213dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/sender_thread.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#include "feedback.h"
+#include <time.h>
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+static THD *thd= 0;                ///< background thread thd
+static my_thread_id thd_thread_id; ///< its thread_id
+
+static size_t needed_size= 20480;
+
+static const time_t startup_interval= 60*5;     ///< in seconds (5 minutes)
+static const time_t first_interval= 60*60*24;   ///< in seconds (one day)
+static const time_t interval= 60*60*24*7;       ///< in seconds (one week)
+
+/**
+  reads the rows from a table and puts them, concatenated, in a String
+
+  @note
+  1. only supports two column tables - no less, no more.
+  2. it emulates mysql -e "select * from..." and thus it separates
+     columns with \t and starts the output with column names.
+*/
+static int table_to_string(TABLE *table, String *result)
+{
+  bool res;
+  char buff1[MAX_FIELD_WIDTH], buff2[MAX_FIELD_WIDTH];
+  String str1(buff1, sizeof(buff1), system_charset_info);
+  String str2(buff2, sizeof(buff2), system_charset_info);
+
+  res= table->file->ha_rnd_init(1);
+
+  dbug_tmp_use_all_columns(table, table->read_set);
+
+  while(!res && !table->file->ha_rnd_next(table->record[0]))
+  {
+    table->field[0]->val_str(&str1);
+    table->field[1]->val_str(&str2);
+    if (result->reserve(str1.length() + str2.length() + 3))
+      res= 1;
+    else
+    {
+      result->qs_append(str1.ptr(), str1.length());
+      result->qs_append('\t');
+      result->qs_append(str2.ptr(), str2.length());
+      result->qs_append('\n');
+    }
+  }
+
+  res = res || result->append('\n');
+
+  /*
+    Note, "|=" and not "||" - because we want to call ha_rnd_end()
+    even if res is already 1.
+  */
+  res |= table->file->ha_rnd_end();
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+/**
+  Initialize the THD and TABLE_LIST
+
+  The structures must be sufficiently initialized for create_tmp_table()
+  and fill_feedback() to work.
+*/
+static int prepare_for_fill(TABLE_LIST *tables)
+{
+  /*
+    Add our thd to the list, for it to be visible in SHOW PROCESSLIST.
+    But don't generate thread_id every time - use the saved value
+    (every increment of global thread_id counts as a new connection
+    in SHOW STATUS and we want to avoid skewing the statistics)
+  */
+  thd->thread_id= thd->variables.pseudo_thread_id= thd_thread_id;
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+  thread_count++;
+  threads.append(thd);
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+  thd->thread_stack= (char*) &tables;
+  if (thd->store_globals())
+    return 1;
+
+  thd->mysys_var->current_cond= &sleep_condition;
+  thd->mysys_var->current_mutex= &sleep_mutex;
+  thd->proc_info="feedback";
+  thd->command=COM_SLEEP;
+  thd->version=refresh_version;
+  thd->system_thread= SYSTEM_THREAD_EVENT_WORKER; // whatever
+  thd->set_time();
+  thd->init_for_queries();
+  thd->real_id= pthread_self();
+  thd->db= NULL;
+  thd->db_length= 0;
+  thd->security_ctx->host_or_ip= "";
+  thd->security_ctx->db_access= DB_ACLS;
+  thd->security_ctx->master_access= ~NO_ACCESS;
+  bzero((char*) &thd->net, sizeof(thd->net));
+  lex_start(thd);
+  mysql_init_select(thd->lex);
+
+  tables->init_one_table(INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME.str,
+                         i_s_feedback->table_name, TL_READ);
+  tables->schema_table= i_s_feedback;
+  tables->table= i_s_feedback->create_table(thd, tables);
+  if (!tables->table)
+    return 1;
+
+  tables->table->pos_in_table_list= tables;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+  Try to detect if this thread is going down
+
+  which can happen for different reasons:
+  * plugin is being unloaded
+  * mysqld server is being shut down
+  * the thread is being killed
+
+*/
+static bool going_down()
+{
+  return shutdown_plugin || shutdown_in_progress || (thd && thd->killed);
+}
+
+/**
+  just like sleep, but waits on a condition and checks "plugin shutdown" status
+*/
+static int slept_ok(time_t sec)
+{
+  struct timespec abstime;
+  int ret= 0;
+
+  set_timespec(abstime, sec);
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&sleep_mutex);
+  while (!going_down() && ret != ETIMEDOUT)
+    ret= pthread_cond_timedwait(&sleep_condition, &sleep_mutex, &abstime);
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&sleep_mutex);
+
+  return !going_down();
+}
+
+/**
+  create a feedback report and send it to all specified urls
+
+  If "when" argument is not null, only it and the server uid are sent.
+  Otherwise a full report is generated.
+*/
+static void send_report(const char *when)
+{
+  TABLE_LIST tables;
+  String str;
+  int i, last_todo;
+  Url **todo= (Url**)alloca(url_count*sizeof(Url*));
+
+  str.alloc(needed_size); // preallocate it to avoid many small mallocs
+
+  /*
+    on startup and shutdown the server may not be completely
+    initialized, and full report won't work.
+    We send a short status notice only.
+  */
+  if (when)
+  {
+    str.length(0);
+    str.append(STRING_WITH_LEN("FEEDBACK_SERVER_UID"));
+    str.append('\t');
+    str.append(server_uid_buf);
+    str.append('\n');
+    str.append(STRING_WITH_LEN("FEEDBACK_WHEN"));
+    str.append('\t');
+    str.append(when);
+    str.append('\n');
+    str.append(STRING_WITH_LEN("FEEDBACK_USER_INFO"));
+    str.append('\t');
+    str.append(user_info);
+    str.append('\n');
+    str.append('\n');
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    /*
+      otherwise, prepare the THD and TABLE_LIST,
+      create and fill the temporary table with data just like
+      SELECT * FROM IFROEMATION_SCHEMA.feedback is doing,
+      read and concatenate table data into a String.
+    */
+    if (!(thd= new THD()))
+      return;
+
+    if (prepare_for_fill(&tables))
+      goto ret;
+
+    if (fill_feedback(thd, &tables, NULL))
+      goto ret;
+
+    if (table_to_string(tables.table, &str))
+      goto ret;
+
+    needed_size= (size_t)(str.length() * 1.1);
+
+    free_tmp_table(thd, tables.table);
+    tables.table= 0;
+  }
+
+  /*
+    Try to send the report on every url from the list, remove url on success,
+    keep failed in the list. Repeat until the list is empty.
+  */
+  memcpy(todo, urls, url_count*sizeof(Url*));
+  last_todo= url_count - 1;
+  do
+  {
+    for (i= 0; i <= last_todo;)
+    {
+      Url *url= todo[i];
+
+      if (thd) // for nicer SHOW PROCESSLIST
+        thd->set_query(const_cast<char*>(url->url()), url->url_length());
+
+      if (url->send(str.ptr(), str.length()))
+        i++;
+      else
+        todo[i]= todo[last_todo--];
+    }
+    if (last_todo < 0)
+      break;
+  } while (slept_ok(send_retry_wait)); // wait a little bit before retrying
+
+ret:
+  if (thd)
+  {
+    if (tables.table)
+      free_tmp_table(thd, tables.table);
+    /*
+      clean up, free the thd.
+      reset all thread local status variables to minimize
+      the effect of the background thread on SHOW STATUS.
+    */
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+    bzero(&thd->status_var, sizeof(thd->status_var));
+    thread_count--;
+    thd->killed= THD::KILL_CONNECTION;
+    pthread_cond_broadcast(&COND_thread_count);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+    delete thd;
+    thd= 0;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+  background sending thread
+*/
+pthread_handler_t background_thread(void *arg __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  if (my_thread_init())
+    return 0;
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+  thd_thread_id= thread_id++;
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_thread_count);
+
+  if (slept_ok(startup_interval))
+  {
+    send_report("startup");
+
+    if (slept_ok(first_interval))
+    {
+      send_report(NULL);
+
+      while(slept_ok(interval))
+        send_report(NULL);
+    }
+
+    send_report("shutdown");
+  }
+
+  my_thread_end();
+  pthread_exit(0);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace feedback
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/url_base.cc b/plugin/feedback/url_base.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38b2ca86e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/url_base.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#include "feedback.h"
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+Url* http_create(const char *url, size_t url_length);
+
+/**
+  creates an Url object out of an url, if possible.
+
+  This is done by invoking corresponding creator functions
+  of the derived classes, until the first not NULL result.
+*/
+Url* Url::create(const char *url, size_t url_length)
+{
+  url= my_strndup(url, url_length, MYF(MY_WME));
+  
+  if (!url)
+    return NULL;
+
+  Url *self= http_create(url, url_length);
+
+  /*
+    here we can add
+
+    if (!self) self= smtp_create(url, url_length);
+    if (!self) self= tftp_create(url, url_length);
+    etc
+  */
+
+  if (!self)
+    my_free(const_cast<char*>(url), MYF(0));
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+} // namespace feedback
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/url_http.cc b/plugin/feedback/url_http.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de2877b0274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/url_http.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#include "feedback.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
+#include <netdb.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#undef VOID
+#define VOID void
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#define addrinfo ADDRINFOA
+#endif
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+static const uint FOR_READING= 0;
+static const uint FOR_WRITING= 1;
+
+#ifdef MARIADB_BASE_VERSION
+#define ssl_connect(A,B,C,D) sslconnect(A,B,C,D)
+#else
+#define ssl_connect(A,B,C,D) sslconnect(A,B,C)
+#endif
+
+/**
+  implementation of the Url class that sends the data via HTTP POST request.
+
+  Both http:// and https:// protocols are supported.
+*/
+class Url_http: public Url {
+  protected:
+  const LEX_STRING host, port, path;
+  bool ssl;
+
+  Url_http(LEX_STRING &url_arg, LEX_STRING &host_arg,
+          LEX_STRING &port_arg, LEX_STRING &path_arg, bool ssl_arg) :
+    Url(url_arg), host(host_arg), port(port_arg), path(path_arg), ssl(ssl_arg)
+    {}
+  ~Url_http()
+  {
+    my_free(host.str, MYF(0));
+    my_free(port.str, MYF(0));
+    my_free(path.str, MYF(0));
+  }
+
+  public:
+  int send(const char* data, size_t data_length);
+
+  friend Url* http_create(const char *url, size_t url_length);
+};
+
+/**
+  create a Url_http object out of the url, if possible.
+
+  @note
+  Arbitrary limitations here.
+
+  The url must be http[s]://hostname[:port]/path
+  No username:password@ or ?script=parameters are supported.
+
+  But it's ok. This is not a generic purpose www browser - it only needs to be
+  good enough to POST the data to mariadb.org.
+*/
+Url* http_create(const char *url, size_t url_length)
+{
+  const char *s;
+  LEX_STRING full_url= {const_cast<char*>(url), url_length};
+  LEX_STRING host, port, path;
+  bool ssl= false;
+
+  if (is_prefix(url, "http://"))
+    s= url + 7;
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+  else if (is_prefix(url, "https://"))
+  {
+    ssl= true;
+    s= url + 8;
+  }
+#endif
+  else
+    return NULL;
+
+  for (url= s; *s && *s != ':' && *s != '/'; s++) /* no-op */;
+  host.str= const_cast<char*>(url);
+  host.length= s-url;
+
+  if (*s == ':')
+  {
+    for (url= ++s; *s && *s >= '0' && *s <= '9'; s++) /* no-op */;
+    port.str= const_cast<char*>(url);
+    port.length= s-url;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    if (ssl)
+    {
+      port.str= const_cast<char*>("443");
+      port.length=3;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      port.str= const_cast<char*>("80");
+      port.length=2;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (*s == 0)
+  {
+    path.str= const_cast<char*>("/");
+    path.length= 1;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    path.str= const_cast<char*>(s);
+    path.length= strlen(s);
+  }
+  if (!host.length || !port.length || path.str[0] != '/')
+    return NULL;
+
+  host.str= my_strndup(host.str, host.length, MYF(MY_WME));
+  port.str= my_strndup(port.str, port.length, MYF(MY_WME));
+  path.str= my_strndup(path.str, path.length, MYF(MY_WME));
+
+  if (!host.str || !port.str || !path.str)
+  {
+    my_free(host.str, MYF(MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
+    my_free(port.str, MYF(MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
+    my_free(path.str, MYF(MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return new Url_http(full_url, host, port, path, ssl);
+}
+
+/* do the vio_write and check that all data were sent ok */
+#define write_check(VIO, DATA, LEN)             \
+  (vio_write((VIO), (uchar*)(DATA), (LEN)) != (LEN))
+
+int Url_http::send(const char* data, size_t data_length)
+{
+  my_socket fd= INVALID_SOCKET;
+  char buf[1024];
+  uint len;
+
+  addrinfo *addrs, *addr, filter= {0, AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_STREAM, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+  int res= getaddrinfo(host.str, port.str, &filter, &addrs);
+
+  if (res)
+  {
+    sql_print_error("feedback plugin: getaddrinfo() failed for url '%s': %s",
+                    full_url.str, gai_strerror(res));
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  for (addr= addrs; addr != NULL; addr= addr->ai_next)
+  {
+    fd= socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
+    if (fd == INVALID_SOCKET)
+      continue;
+
+    if (connect(fd, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen) == 0)
+      break;
+
+    closesocket(fd);
+  }
+
+  freeaddrinfo(addrs);
+
+  if (fd == INVALID_SOCKET)
+  {
+    sql_print_error("feedback plugin: could not connect for url '%s'",
+                    full_url.str);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  Vio *vio= vio_new(fd, VIO_TYPE_TCPIP, 0);
+  if (!vio)
+  {
+    sql_print_error("feedback plugin: vio_new failed for url '%s'",
+                    full_url.str);
+    closesocket(fd);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+  struct st_VioSSLFd *ssl_fd;
+  if (ssl)
+  {
+    buf[0]= 0;
+    if (!(ssl_fd= new_VioSSLConnectorFd(0, 0, 0, 0, 0)) ||
+        ssl_connect(ssl_fd, vio, send_timeout, buf))
+    {
+      sql_print_error("feedback plugin: ssl failed for url '%s' %s",
+                      full_url.str, buf);
+      if (ssl_fd)
+        free_vio_ssl_acceptor_fd(ssl_fd);
+      closesocket(fd);
+      vio_delete(vio);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
+  static const LEX_STRING boundary= 
+  { C_STRING_WITH_LEN("----------------------------ba4f3696b39f") };
+  static const LEX_STRING header=
+  { C_STRING_WITH_LEN("\r\n"
+      "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"data\"; filename=\"-\"\r\n"
+      "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n")
+  };
+
+  len= my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+                   "POST %s HTTP/1.0\r\n"
+                   "User-Agent: MariaDB User Feedback Plugin\r\n"
+                   "Host: %s:%s\r\n"
+                   "Accept: */*\r\n"
+                   "Content-Length: %u\r\n"
+                   "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=%s\r\n"
+                   "\r\n",
+                   path.str, host.str, port.str,
+                   (uint)(2*boundary.length + header.length + data_length + 4),
+                   boundary.str + 2);
+
+  vio_timeout(vio, FOR_READING, send_timeout);
+  vio_timeout(vio, FOR_WRITING, send_timeout);
+  res = write_check(vio, buf, len)
+     || write_check(vio, boundary.str, boundary.length)
+     || write_check(vio, header.str, header.length)
+     || write_check(vio, data, data_length)
+     || write_check(vio, boundary.str, boundary.length)
+     || write_check(vio, "--\r\n", 4);
+
+  if (res)
+    sql_print_error("feedback plugin: failed to send report to '%s'",
+                    full_url.str);
+  else
+  {
+    sql_print_information("feedback plugin: report to '%s' was sent",
+                          full_url.str);
+
+    /*
+      if the data were send successfully, read the reply.
+      Extract the first string between <h1>...</h1> tags
+      and put it as a server reply into the error log.
+    */
+    len= vio_read(vio, (uchar*)buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+    if (len && len < sizeof(buf))
+    {
+      char *from;
+
+      buf[len+1]= 0; // safety
+
+      if ((from= strstr(buf, "<h1>")))
+      {
+        from+= 4;
+        char *to= strstr(from, "</h1>");
+        if (to)
+          *to= 0;
+        else
+          from= NULL;
+      }
+      if (from)
+        sql_print_information("feedback plugin: server replied '%s'", from);
+      else
+        sql_print_warning("feedback plugin: failed to parse server reply");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      res= 1;
+      sql_print_error("feedback plugin: failed to read server reply");
+    }
+  }
+
+  vio_delete(vio);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+  if (ssl)
+  {
+    SSL_CTX_free(ssl_fd->ssl_context);
+    my_free(ssl_fd, MYF(0));
+  }
+#endif
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+} // namespace feedback
+
diff --git a/plugin/feedback/utils.cc b/plugin/feedback/utils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db19e9ae9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/feedback/utils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2010 Sergei Golubchik and Monty Program Ab
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+#include "feedback.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <base64.h>
+#include <sha1.h>
+
+#if defined (_WIN32)
+#define HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
+struct utsname {
+  char  sysname[16];  // Name of this implementation of the operating system. 
+  char  nodename[16]; // Name of this node within the communications 
+                      // network to which this node is attached, if any. 
+  char  release[16];  // Current release level of this implementation. 
+  char  version[256]; // Current version level of this release. 
+  char  machine[16];  // Name of the hardware type on which the system is running. 
+}; 
+
+/* Get commonly used name for Windows version */
+static const char *get_os_version_name(OSVERSIONINFOEX *ver)
+{
+  DWORD major = ver->dwMajorVersion;
+  DWORD minor = ver->dwMinorVersion;
+
+  if (major == 6 && minor == 1)
+  {
+    return (ver->wProductType == VER_NT_WORKSTATION)?
+      "Windows 7":"Windows Server 2008 R2";
+  }
+  if (major == 6 && minor == 0)
+  {
+     return (ver->wProductType == VER_NT_WORKSTATION)?
+      "Windows Vista":"Windows Server 2008";
+  }
+  if (major == 5 && minor == 2)
+  {
+    if (GetSystemMetrics(SM_SERVERR2) != 0)
+      return "Windows Server 2003 R2";
+    if (ver->wSuiteMask & VER_SUITE_WH_SERVER)
+      return "Windows Home Server";
+    SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
+    GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
+    if (ver->wProductType == VER_NT_WORKSTATION && 
+       sysinfo.wProcessorArchitecture==PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64)
+      return "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition";
+
+    return "Windows Server 2003";
+  }
+  if (major == 5 && minor == 1)
+    return "Windows XP";
+  if (major == 5 && minor == 0)
+    return "Windows 2000";
+
+  return "";
+}
+
+
+static int uname(struct utsname *buf)
+{
+  OSVERSIONINFOEX ver;
+  ver.dwOSVersionInfoSize = (DWORD)sizeof(ver);
+  if (!GetVersionEx((OSVERSIONINFO *)&ver))
+    return -1;
+
+  buf->nodename[0]= 0;
+  strcpy(buf->sysname, "Windows");
+  sprintf(buf->release, "%d.%d", ver.dwMajorVersion, ver.dwMinorVersion);
+
+  const char *version_str= get_os_version_name(&ver);
+  if(version_str && version_str[0])
+    sprintf(buf->version, "%s %s",version_str, ver.szCSDVersion);
+  else
+    sprintf(buf->version, "%s", ver.szCSDVersion);
+
+#ifdef _WIN64
+  strcpy(buf->machine, "x64");
+#else
+  BOOL isX64;
+  if (IsWow64Process(GetCurrentProcess(), &isX64) && isX64)
+    strcpy(buf->machine, "x64");
+  else
+    strcpy(buf->machine,"x86");
+#endif
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H)
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
+static bool have_ubuf= false;
+static struct utsname ubuf;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_LINUX
+#include <glob.h>
+static bool have_distribution= false;
+static char distribution[256];
+
+static const char *masks[]= {
+  "/etc/*-version", "/etc/*-release",
+  "/etc/*_version", "/etc/*_release"
+};
+#endif
+
+bool schema_table_store_record(THD *thd, TABLE *table);
+
+namespace feedback {
+
+/*
+  convenience macros for inserting rows into I_S table.
+*/
+#define INSERT2(NAME,LEN,VALUE)                       \
+  do {                                                \
+    table->field[0]->store(NAME, LEN, system_charset_info); \
+    table->field[1]->store VALUE;                     \
+    if (schema_table_store_record(thd, table))        \
+      return 1;                                       \
+  } while (0)
+
+#define INSERT1(NAME,VALUE)                           \
+  do {                                                \
+    table->field[0]->store(NAME, sizeof(NAME)-1, system_charset_info); \
+    table->field[1]->store VALUE;                     \
+    if (schema_table_store_record(thd, table))        \
+      return 1;                                       \
+  } while (0)
+
+static const bool UNSIGNED= true; ///< used below when inserting integers
+
+/**
+  callback for fill_plugin_version() - insert a plugin name and its version
+*/
+static my_bool show_plugins(THD *thd, plugin_ref plugin, void *arg)
+{
+  TABLE *table= (TABLE*) arg;
+  char version[20];
+  size_t version_len;
+
+  version_len= my_snprintf(version, sizeof(version), "%d.%d",
+                           (plugin_decl(plugin)->version) >> 8,
+                           (plugin_decl(plugin)->version) & 0xff);
+
+  INSERT2(plugin_name(plugin)->str, plugin_name(plugin)->length,
+          (version, version_len, system_charset_info));
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+  inserts all plugins and their versions into I_S.FEEDBACK
+*/
+int fill_plugin_version(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables)
+{
+  return plugin_foreach_with_mask(thd, show_plugins, MYSQL_ANY_PLUGIN,
+                                  ~PLUGIN_IS_FREED, tables->table);
+}
+
+#if defined(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) && !defined(_SC_PAGESIZE)
+#define _SC_PAGESIZE _SC_PAGE_SIZE
+#endif
+
+/**
+  return the amount of physical memory
+*/
+static ulonglong my_getphysmem()
+{
+  ulonglong pages= 0;
+#ifdef _SC_PHYS_PAGES
+  pages= sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
+#else
+  return 0;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _SC_PAGESIZE
+  return pages * sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+#endif
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  MEMORYSTATUSEX memstatus;
+  memstatus.dwLength= sizeof(memstatus);
+  GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&memstatus);
+  return memstatus.ullTotalPhys;
+#else
+  return pages * my_getpagesize();
+#endif
+}
+
+/* get the number of (online) CPUs */
+int my_getncpus()
+{
+#ifdef _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
+  return sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+#elif defined(__WIN__)
+  SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
+  GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
+  return sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;
+#else
+  return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+  Find the version of the kernel and the linux distribution
+*/
+int prepare_linux_info()
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
+  have_ubuf= (uname(&ubuf) != -1);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_LINUX
+  /*
+    let's try to find what linux distribution it is
+    we read *[-_]{release,version} file in /etc.
+
+    Either it will be /etc/lsb-release, such as
+
+      ==> /etc/lsb-release <==
+      DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
+      DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
+      DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
+      DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS"
+
+   Or a one-liner with the description (/etc/SuSE-release has more
+   than one line, but the description is the first, so it can be
+   treated as a one-liner).
+
+   We'll read lsb-release first, and if it's not found will search
+   for other files (*-version *-release *_version *_release)
+*/
+  int fd;
+  have_distribution= false;
+  if ((fd= my_open("/etc/lsb-release", O_RDONLY, MYF(0))) != -1)
+  {
+    /* Cool, LSB-compliant distribution! */
+    size_t len= my_read(fd, (uchar*)distribution, sizeof(distribution)-1, MYF(0));
+    my_close(fd, MYF(0));
+    if (len != (size_t)-1)
+    {
+      distribution[len]= 0; // safety
+      char *found= strstr(distribution, "DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=");
+      if (found)
+      {
+        have_distribution= true;
+        char *end= strstr(found, "\n");
+        if (end == NULL)
+          end= distribution + len;
+        found+= 20;
+
+        if (*found == '"' && end[-1] == '"')
+        {
+          found++;
+          end--;
+        }
+        *end= 0;
+
+        char *to= strmov(distribution, "lsb: ");
+        memmove(to, found, end - found + 1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* if not an LSB-compliant distribution */
+  for (uint i= 0; !have_distribution && i < array_elements(masks); i++)
+  {
+    glob_t found;
+    if (glob(masks[i], GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &found) == 0)
+    {
+      int fd;
+      if ((fd= my_open(found.gl_pathv[0], O_RDONLY, MYF(0))) != -1)
+      {
+        /*
+          +5 and -8 below cut the file name part out of the
+          full pathname that corresponds to the mask as above.
+        */
+        char *to= strmov(distribution, found.gl_pathv[0] + 5) - 8;
+        *to++= ':';
+        *to++= ' ';
+
+        size_t to_len= distribution + sizeof(distribution) - 1 - to;
+        size_t len= my_read(fd, (uchar*)to, to_len, MYF(0));
+        my_close(fd, MYF(0));
+        if (len != (size_t)-1)
+        {
+          to[len]= 0; // safety
+          char *end= strstr(to, "\n");
+          if (end)
+            *end= 0;
+          have_distribution= true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    globfree(&found);
+  }
+#endif
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+  Add the linux distribution and the kernel version
+*/
+int fill_linux_info(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables)
+{
+  TABLE *table= tables->table;
+  CHARSET_INFO *cs= system_charset_info;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
+  if (have_ubuf)
+  {
+    INSERT1("Uname_sysname", (ubuf.sysname, strlen(ubuf.sysname), cs));
+    INSERT1("Uname_release", (ubuf.release, strlen(ubuf.release), cs));
+    INSERT1("Uname_version", (ubuf.version, strlen(ubuf.version), cs));
+    INSERT1("Uname_machine", (ubuf.machine, strlen(ubuf.machine), cs));
+  }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_LINUX
+  if (have_distribution)
+    INSERT1("Uname_distribution", (distribution, strlen(distribution), cs));
+#endif
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+  Adds varios bits of information to the I_S.FEEDBACK
+*/
+int fill_misc_data(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables)
+{
+  TABLE *table= tables->table;
+
+#ifdef MY_ATOMIC_OK
+  INSERT1("Cpu_count", (my_getncpus(), UNSIGNED));
+#endif
+  INSERT1("Mem_total", (my_getphysmem(), UNSIGNED));
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+  calculates the server unique identifier
+  
+  UID is a base64 encoded SHA1 hash of the MAC address of one of
+  the interfaces, and the tcp port that the server is listening on
+*/
+int calculate_server_uid(char *dest)
+{
+  uchar rawbuf[2 + 6];
+  uchar shabuf[SHA1_HASH_SIZE];
+  SHA1_CONTEXT ctx;
+
+  int2store(rawbuf, mysqld_port);
+  if (my_gethwaddr(rawbuf + 2))
+  {
+    sql_print_error("feedback plugin: failed to retrieve the MAC address");
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  mysql_sha1_reset(&ctx);
+  mysql_sha1_input(&ctx, rawbuf, sizeof(rawbuf));
+  mysql_sha1_result(&ctx, shabuf);
+
+  assert(base64_needed_encoded_length(sizeof(shabuf)) <= SERVER_UID_SIZE);
+  base64_encode(shabuf, sizeof(shabuf), dest);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace feedback
diff --git a/plugin/fulltext/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/fulltext/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf696c19e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/fulltext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+INCLUDE("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake")
+SET(FTEXAMPLE_SOURCES plugin_example.c)
+MYSQL_PLUGIN(FTEXAMPLE)
diff --git a/sql/CMakeLists.txt b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
index cf60b888229..03211b1b18e 100755
--- a/sql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.h
                               PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMYSQL_SERVER -D_CONSOLE -DHAVE_DLOPEN -DHAVE_EVENT_SCHEDULER)
-
+IF(WITH_FEEDBACK_STORAGE_ENGINE)
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_FEEDBACK_PLUGIN)
+ENDIF()
 
 SET (SQL_SOURCE
                ../sql-common/client.c derror.cc des_key_file.cc
diff --git a/sql/sql_plugin.cc b/sql/sql_plugin.cc
index 264901f505e..7bcef85020c 100644
--- a/sql/sql_plugin.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_plugin.cc
@@ -3381,6 +3381,19 @@ static int construct_options(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, struct st_plugin_int *tmp,
                             opt->name, plugin_name);
         }
       }
+      /*
+        PLUGIN_VAR_STR command-line options without PLUGIN_VAR_MEMALLOC, point
+        directly to values in the argv[] array. For plugins started at the
+        server startup, argv[] array is allocated with load_defaults(), and
+        freed when the server is shut down.  But for plugins loaded with
+        INSTALL PLUGIN, the memory allocated with load_defaults() is freed with
+        freed() at the end of mysql_install_plugin(). Which means we cannot
+        allow any pointers into that area.
+        Thus, for all plugins loaded after the server was started,
+        we force all command-line options to be PLUGIN_VAR_MEMALLOC
+      */
+      if (mysqld_server_started && !(opt->flags & PLUGIN_VAR_NOCMDOPT))
+        opt->flags|= PLUGIN_VAR_MEMALLOC;
       break;
     case PLUGIN_VAR_ENUM:
       if (!opt->check)
@@ -3537,6 +3550,10 @@ static int test_plugin_options(MEM_ROOT *tmp_root, struct st_plugin_int *tmp,
   if (!my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, tmp->name.str, "ndbcluster"))
     plugin_load_policy= PLUGIN_OFF;
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_FEEDBACK_PLUGIN
+  if (!my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, tmp->name.str, "feedback"))
+    plugin_load_policy= PLUGIN_OFF;
+#endif
 
   for (opt= tmp->plugin->system_vars; opt && *opt; opt++)
     count+= 2; /* --{plugin}-{optname} and --plugin-{plugin}-{optname} */
diff --git a/storage/blackhole/plug.in b/storage/blackhole/plug.in
index 2f3b120fa5d..84b7299969b 100644
--- a/storage/blackhole/plug.in
+++ b/storage/blackhole/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(blackhole,,[Blackhole Storage Engine],
         [Basic Write-only Read-never tables], [max,max-no-ndb])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(blackhole, [storage/blackhole])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(blackhole,  [libblackhole.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC(blackhole, [ha_blackhole.la])
 
diff --git a/storage/csv/plug.in b/storage/csv/plug.in
index 4ff32959fa2..eb4bd4d9883 100644
--- a/storage/csv/plug.in
+++ b/storage/csv/plug.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(csv,,      [CSV Storage Engine],
         [Stores tables in text CSV format])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(csv,     [storage/csv])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(csv,        [libcsv.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY(csv)     dnl Used for logging
diff --git a/storage/heap/plug.in b/storage/heap/plug.in
index 92ec01d3c88..f1b02b38c2b 100644
--- a/storage/heap/plug.in
+++ b/storage/heap/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(heap,no,   [Memory Storage Engine],
         [Volatile memory based tables])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(heap,    [storage/heap])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(heap,       [libheap_s.la], [libheap_embedded.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY(heap)    dnl Memory tables
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/plug.in.disabled b/storage/innobase/plug.in.disabled
index b18950b9c7a..2d6af1d2883 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/plug.in.disabled
+++ b/storage/innobase/plug.in.disabled
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(innobase, innodb, [InnoDB Storage Engine],
         [Transactional Tables using InnoDB], [max,max-no-ndb])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(innobase, [storage/innobase])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(innobase,   [libinnobase.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC(innobase,  [ha_innodb.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(innobase,  [
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/plug.in b/storage/innodb_plugin/plug.in
index ebaa3f574a0..e5e2def5435 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/plug.in
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/plug.in
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(innodb_plugin,, [InnoDB Storage Engine],
         [Transactional Tables using InnoDB], [])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(innodb_plugin, [storage/innodb_plugin])
 # Enable if you know what you are doing (trying to link both InnoDB and
 # InnoDB Plugin statically into MySQL does not work).
 #MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(innodb_plugin, [libinnobase.a])
diff --git a/storage/maria/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/maria/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ffc8d992b4..82a631d5086 100644
--- a/storage/maria/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/maria/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,36 +49,36 @@ MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(ARIA)
 IF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
 
 
-  ADD_DEPENDENCIES(aria GenError)
+  ADD_DEPENDENCIES(libaria_s GenError)
 
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(aria_ftdump maria_ftdump.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_ftdump aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_ftdump libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(aria_chk maria_chk.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_chk aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_chk libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(aria_read_log maria_read_log.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_read_log aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_read_log libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(aria_pack maria_pack.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_pack aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_pack libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(aria_dump_log maria_dump_log.c unittest/ma_loghandler_examples.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_dump_log aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(aria_dump_log libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_test1 ma_test1.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test1 aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test1 libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_test2 ma_test2.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test2 aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test2 libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_test3 ma_test3.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test3 aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_test3 libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_rt_test ma_rt_test.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_rt_test aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_rt_test libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_sp_test ma_sp_test.c)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_sp_test aria myisam mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ma_sp_test libaria_s libmyisam_s mysys dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 ENDIF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
diff --git a/storage/maria/plug.in b/storage/maria/plug.in
index c48928be44f..609adcb2f66 100644
--- a/storage/maria/plug.in
+++ b/storage/maria/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(aria,, [Aria Storage Engine],
         [Crash-safe tables with MyISAM heritage], [default,max,max-no-ndb])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(aria,  [storage/maria])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(aria,     [libaria_s.la], [libaria_embedded.la])
 
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(aria,  [
diff --git a/storage/maria/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/maria/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index a6e8736daab..715a6199185 100644
--- a/storage/maria/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/maria/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
-
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib
                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/unittest/mytap)
-LINK_LIBRARIES(maria myisam mytap mysys dbug strings wsock32 zlib)
+LINK_LIBRARIES(libmaria_s libmyisam_s mytap mysys dbug strings wsock32 zlib)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(ma_control_file-t ma_control_file-t.c)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(trnman-t trnman-t.c)
diff --git a/storage/myisam/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/myisam/CMakeLists.txt
index e7e3de64cf3..ce27c209418 100644
--- a/storage/myisam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/myisam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,31 +32,31 @@ MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(MYISAM)
 
 IF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
   MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(myisam_ftdump myisam_ftdump.c DESTINATION bin)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisam_ftdump myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisam_ftdump libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(myisamchk myisamchk.c DESTINATION bin)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisamchk myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisamchk libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(myisamlog myisamlog.c DESTINATION bin)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisamlog myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisamlog libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(myisampack myisampack.c DESTINATION bin)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisampack myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myisampack libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(mi_test1 mi_test1.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test1 myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test1 libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(mi_test2 mi_test2.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test2 myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test2 libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(mi_test3 mi_test3.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test3  myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mi_test3  libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(sp_test sp_test.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(sp_test myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(sp_test libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
 
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(rt_test rt_test.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(rt_test myisam mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(rt_test libmyisam_s mysys debug dbug strings zlib wsock32)
   
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(myisamchk myisampack PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "setargv.obj")
 
diff --git a/storage/myisam/plug.in b/storage/myisam/plug.in
index 95b29336493..0ec7ea1e1d2 100644
--- a/storage/myisam/plug.in
+++ b/storage/myisam/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 dnl MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(myisam,no, [MyISAM Storage Engine],
 dnl         [Traditional non-transactional MySQL tables])
-dnl MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(myisam,  [storage/myisam])
 dnl MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(myisam,     [libmyisam_s.la], [libmyisam_embedded.la])
 dnl MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY(myisam)  dnl Default
 
diff --git a/storage/myisammrg/plug.in b/storage/myisammrg/plug.in
index a2654373fba..22cd5b17cb4 100644
--- a/storage/myisammrg/plug.in
+++ b/storage/myisammrg/plug.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(myisammrg,no,[MyISAM MERGE Engine],
         [Merge multiple MySQL tables into one])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(myisammrg,[storage/myisammrg])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(myisammrg,  [libmyisammrg_s.la], [libmyisammrg_embedded.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_MANDATORY(myisammrg)
diff --git a/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake b/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake
index 07b4151c50c..b29ba961179 100644
--- a/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake
+++ b/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake
@@ -10,41 +10,41 @@
 # ${engine}_LIBS variable containing extra libraries to link with may be set
 
 
-MACRO(MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE engine)
+MACRO(MYSQL_PLUGIN engine)
 IF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
   # Add common include directories
-  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib
-                    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql
-                    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/regex
-                    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/yassl/include
-                    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include
-                   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sql
-  )
+  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
   STRING(TOUPPER ${engine} engine)
-  STRING(TOLOWER ${engine} libname)
   IF(${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "STATIC")
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_${engine}_STORAGE_ENGINE -DMYSQL_SERVER)
-    #Create static library. The name of the library is <storage_engine>.lib
-    ADD_LIBRARY(${libname} ${${engine}_SOURCES})
-    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${libname} GenError)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(${${engine}_LIB} ${${engine}_SOURCES})
+    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${${engine}_LIB} GenError)
     IF(${engine}_LIBS)
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${libname} ${${engine}_LIBS})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${${engine}_LIB} ${${engine}_LIBS})
     ENDIF(${engine}_LIBS)
-    MESSAGE("build ${engine} as static library")
+    MESSAGE("build ${engine} as static library (${${engine}_LIB}.lib)")
   ELSEIF(${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "DYNAMIC")
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN)
-    #Create a DLL.The name of the dll is ha_<storage_engine>.dll
-    #The dll is linked to the mysqld executable
-    SET(dyn_libname ha_${libname})
-    ADD_VERSION_INFO(${dyn_libname} SHARED ${engine}_SOURCES)
-    ADD_LIBRARY(${dyn_libname} MODULE ${${engine}_SOURCES})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${dyn_libname}  mysqlservices mysqld)
+    ADD_VERSION_INFO(${${engine}_LIB} SHARED ${engine}_SOURCES)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(${${engine}_LIB} MODULE ${${engine}_SOURCES})
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${${engine}_LIB}  mysqlservices mysqld)
     IF(${engine}_LIBS)
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${dyn_libname} ${${engine}_LIBS})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${${engine}_LIB} ${${engine}_LIBS})
     ENDIF(${engine}_LIBS)
     # Install the plugin
-    MYSQL_INSTALL_TARGETS(${dyn_libname} DESTINATION lib/plugin COMPONENT Server)
-    MESSAGE("build ${engine} as DLL")
+    MYSQL_INSTALL_TARGETS(${${engine}_LIB} DESTINATION lib/plugin COMPONENT Server)
+    MESSAGE("build ${engine} as DLL (${${engine}_LIB}.dll)")
+  ENDIF(${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "STATIC")
+ENDIF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
+ENDMACRO(MYSQL_PLUGIN)
+
+MACRO(MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE engine)
+IF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
+  MYSQL_PLUGIN(${engine})
+  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql
+                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/regex ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sql
+                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/yassl/include)
+  IF(${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "STATIC")
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_${engine}_STORAGE_ENGINE -DMYSQL_SERVER)
   ENDIF(${ENGINE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "STATIC")
 ENDIF(NOT SOURCE_SUBLIBS)
 ENDMACRO(MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE)
diff --git a/storage/ndb/plug.in b/storage/ndb/plug.in
index 3d3349f7a8b..d5f30d1e4b2 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/plug.in
+++ b/storage/ndb/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(ndbcluster, ndbcluster, [Cluster Storage Engine],
         [High Availability Clustered tables],)
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(ndbcluster,[storage/ndb])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(ndbcluster, [[\$(ndbcluster_libs) \$(ndbcluster_system_libs) \$(NDB_SCI_LIBS)]])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(ndbcluster,[MYSQL_SETUP_NDBCLUSTER])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_DEPENDS(ndbcluster, [partition])
diff --git a/storage/pbxt/plug.in b/storage/pbxt/plug.in
index c0dc06d9702..2d79ad61b3a 100644
--- a/storage/pbxt/plug.in
+++ b/storage/pbxt/plug.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(pbxt,no,  [PBXT Storage Engine],
         [MVCC-based transactional engine], [max,max-no-ndb])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(pbxt, [storage/pbxt])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(pbxt,    [src/libpbxt_s.la], [src/libpbxt_s_embedded.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(pbxt,  [
 #               AC_CONFIG_FILES(storage/pbxt/src/Makefile)
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
index 509f7f0fe73..50f2dba5cf9 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/xtradb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,15 +13,9 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-# This is the CMakeLists for InnoDB Plugin
+# This is the CMakeLists for XtraDB
 
-
-
-# Starting at 5.1.38, MySQL CMake files are simplified. But the plugin
-# CMakeLists.txt still needs to work with previous versions of MySQL.
-IF (MYSQL_VERSION_ID GREATER "50137")
-	INCLUDE("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake")
-ENDIF (MYSQL_VERSION_ID GREATER "50137")
+INCLUDE("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/storage/mysql_storage_engine.cmake")
 
 IF (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 8)
 	SET(WIN64 TRUE)
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/plug.in b/storage/xtradb/plug.in
index 2e0c873094a..1846543a81c 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/plug.in
+++ b/storage/xtradb/plug.in
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE(xtradb,  xtradb, [XtraDB Storage Engine],
         [XtraDB - a drop-in replacement for InnoDB], [max,max-no-ndb])
-MYSQL_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY(xtradb, [storage/xtradb])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_STATIC(xtradb,   [libxtradb.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC(xtradb,  [ha_xtradb.la])
 MYSQL_PLUGIN_ACTIONS(xtradb,  [
diff --git a/win/README b/win/README
index 916f64913ac..8ae611ec746 100644
--- a/win/README
+++ b/win/README
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@ win\configure <options>
 
 The options right now are:
 
-    WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE         Enable particular storage engines
-    WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
-    WITH_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_ENGINE
-    WITH_BLACKHOLE_STORAGE_ENGINE
-    WITH_EXAMPLE_STORAGE_ENGINE
-    WITH_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE
+    --with-plugin-XXX                    Enable particular plugin or plugins
+    --with-plugins=XXX,YYY,...
+    --with-plugins=GROUP                 GROUP can be, for example, "max" or "max-no-ndb"
+    --without-plugin-XXX                 Disable particular plugin
     __NT__                               Enable named pipe support
     MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=<suffix>         Server suffix, default none
     COMPILATION_COMMENT=<comment>        Server comment, default "Source distribution"
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ The options right now are:
                                 
 So the command line could look like:
 
-win\configure WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro
+win\configure --with-plugin-innobase --with-plugin-partition MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro
 
 Step 6
 ------
diff --git a/win/configure-mariadb.bat b/win/configure-mariadb.bat
index 6c4283359b4..dc5b59819a3 100644
--- a/win/configure-mariadb.bat
+++ b/win/configure-mariadb.bat
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ cscript win\configure.js ^
  WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE ^
  WITH_ARIA_STORAGE_ENGINE ^
  WITH_PBXT_STORAGE_ENGINE ^
- WITH_XTRADB_STORAGE_ENGINE
+ WITH_XTRADB_STORAGE_ENGINE ^
+ WITH_FEEDBACK_STORAGE_ENGINE
diff --git a/win/configure-mariadb.sh b/win/configure-mariadb.sh
index 616d1b790d6..67bfe293639 100644
--- a/win/configure-mariadb.sh
+++ b/win/configure-mariadb.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ cscript win/configure.js \
  WITH_ARIA_STORAGE_ENGINE \
  WITH_PBXT_STORAGE_ENGINE \
  WITH_XTRADB_STORAGE_ENGINE \
+ WITH_FEEDBACK_STORAGE_ENGINE \
  WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER
diff --git a/win/configure.js b/win/configure.js
index da7e4c2cd43..43234b39c22 100644
--- a/win/configure.js
+++ b/win/configure.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ try
     var engineOptions = ParsePlugins();
     for (option in engineOptions)
     {
-       configfile.WriteLine("SET(" + engineOptions[option] + " TRUE)");
+       configfile.WriteLine("SET (" + engineOptions[option] + " TRUE)");
     }
     configfile.Close();
     
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function ParsePlugins()
         {
             var content = fso.OpenTextFile(filename, ForReading).ReadAll();
             var match = 
-              /MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE([ ]*)[\(]([^\)]+)[\)]/.exec(content);
+              /MYSQL_(PLUGIN|STORAGE_ENGINE)([ ]*)[\(]([^\)]+)[\)]/.exec(content);
             if (match== null)
                 continue;
             match = /\[[\w,\-_]+\][\s]?\)/.exec(match[0]);
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ function ParsePlugins()
     for(key in config)
     {
         var eng = config[key];
-        if(eng.isGroup != undefined && !eng.isGroup	&& eng.include != undefined)
+        if(eng.isGroup != undefined && !eng.isGroup && eng.include != undefined)
         {
-            if (fso.FolderExists("storage\\"+key) || key=="PARTITION")
+            if (fso.FolderExists("storage\\"+key) || fso.FolderExists("plugin\\"+key) || key=="PARTITION")
             {
                 arr[arr.length] = eng.include? 
                     "WITH_"+key+"_STORAGE_ENGINE":"WITHOUT_"+key+"_STORAGE_ENGINE";