Merge a88-113-38-195.elisa-laajakaista.fi:/home/my/bk/mysql-5.1-main

into  a88-113-38-195.elisa-laajakaista.fi:/home/my/bk/mysql-5.1-marvel


client/mysqldump.c:
  Auto merged
client/mysqltest.c:
  Auto merged
include/my_global.h:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_partition.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/handler.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/log.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/mysql_priv.h:
  Auto merged
sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_class.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_select.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_table.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Auto merged
sql/table.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/unireg.cc:
  Auto merged
storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc:
  Auto merged
storage/myisam/mi_dynrec.c:
  Auto merged
storage/myisam/mi_open.c:
  Auto merged
storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.cc:
  Auto merged
include/config-win.h:
  Manual merge between main 5.1 and 5.1 marvel.
mysql-test/r/change_user.result:
  Manual merge between main 5.1 and 5.1 marvel.
mysql-test/t/change_user.test:
  Manual merge between main 5.1 and 5.1 marvel.
sql/sql_plugin.cc:
  Manual merge between main 5.1 and 5.1 marvel.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/my_global.h b/include/my_global.h
index d9a8aeca881..a9e381ee66f 100644
--- a/include/my_global.h
+++ b/include/my_global.h
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@
 #endif
 #undef inline_test_2
 #undef inline_test_1
+/* helper macro for "instantiating" inline functions */
+#define STATIC_INLINE static inline
 
 /*
   The following macros are used to control inlining a bit more than
@@ -1016,6 +1018,8 @@ typedef long long intptr;
 #error sizeof(void *) is neither sizeof(int) nor sizeof(long) nor sizeof(long long)
 #endif
 
+#define MY_ERRPTR ((void*)(intptr)1)
+
 #ifdef USE_RAID
 /*
   The following is done with a if to not get problems with pre-processors
@@ -1476,6 +1480,7 @@ do { doubleget_union _tmp; \
 #define dlerror() ""
 #endif
 
+
 #ifndef __NETWARE__
 /*
  *  Include standard definitions of operator new and delete.
@@ -1506,6 +1511,13 @@ inline void  operator delete[](void*, void*) { /* Do nothing */ }
 #if !defined(max)
 #define max(a, b)	((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define min(a, b)	((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#endif  
+/*
+  Only Linux is known to need an explicit sync of the directory to make sure a
+  file creation/deletion/renaming in(from,to) this directory durable.
+*/
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_LINUX
+#define NEED_EXPLICIT_SYNC_DIR 1
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(__cplusplus) && !defined(bool)