Bug#21074 Large query_cache freezes mysql server sporadically under heavy load

Invaldating a subset of a sufficiently large query cache can take a long time.
During this time the server is efficiently frozen and no other operation can
be executed. This patch addresses this problem by moving the locks which cause
the freezing and also by temporarily disable the query cache while the 
invalidation takes place.

1 files changed, 96 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sql/lock.cc b/sql/lock.cc
index 6f1dd0669ee..6c1196e29c0 100644
--- a/sql/lock.cc
+++ b/sql/lock.cc
@@ -1027,6 +1027,102 @@ end:
 }
 
 
+/**
+  @brief Lock all tables in list with an exclusive table name lock.
+
+  @param thd Thread handle.
+  @param table_list Names of tables to lock.
+
+  @note This function needs to be protected by LOCK_open. If we're 
+    under LOCK TABLES, this function does not work as advertised. Namely,
+    it does not exclude other threads from using this table and does not
+    put an exclusive name lock on this table into the table cache.
+
+  @see lock_table_names
+  @see unlock_table_names
+
+  @retval TRUE An error occured.
+  @retval FALSE Name lock successfully acquired.
+*/
+
+bool lock_table_names_exclusively(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *table_list)
+{
+  if (lock_table_names(thd, table_list))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /*
+    Upgrade the table name locks from semi-exclusive to exclusive locks.
+  */
+  for (TABLE_LIST *table= table_list; table; table= table->next_global)
+  {
+    if (table->table)
+      table->table->open_placeholder= 1;
+  }
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/**
+  @brief Test is 'table' is protected by an exclusive name lock.
+
+  @param[in] thd The current thread handler
+  @param[in] table Table container containing the single table to be tested
+
+  @note Needs to be protected by LOCK_open mutex.
+
+  @return Error status code
+    @retval TRUE Table is protected
+    @retval FALSE Table is not protected
+*/
+
+bool
+is_table_name_exclusively_locked_by_this_thread(THD *thd,
+                                                TABLE_LIST *table_list)
+{
+  char  key[MAX_DBKEY_LENGTH];
+  uint  key_length;
+
+  key_length= create_table_def_key(thd, key, table_list, 0);
+
+  return is_table_name_exclusively_locked_by_this_thread(thd, (uchar *)key,
+                                                         key_length);
+}
+
+
+/**
+  @brief Test is 'table key' is protected by an exclusive name lock.
+
+  @param[in] thd The current thread handler.
+  @param[in] table Table container containing the single table to be tested.
+
+  @note Needs to be protected by LOCK_open mutex
+
+  @retval TRUE Table is protected
+  @retval FALSE Table is not protected
+ */
+
+bool
+is_table_name_exclusively_locked_by_this_thread(THD *thd, uchar *key,
+                                                int key_length)
+{
+  HASH_SEARCH_STATE state;
+  TABLE *table;
+
+  for (table= (TABLE*) hash_first(&open_cache, key,
+                                  key_length, &state);
+       table ;
+       table= (TABLE*) hash_next(&open_cache, key,
+                                 key_length, &state))
+  {
+    if (table->in_use == thd &&
+        table->open_placeholder == 1 &&
+        table->s->version == 0)
+      return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /*
   Unlock all tables in list with a name lock