WT-283 Add WT_SESSION::alter method (#3177)

* WT-283 Add WT_SESSION:alter method

* Add new method to ex_all.c

* Typo

* Add testing and fixes for LSM, column groups and indexes for alter.

* Fix WITH_*_LOCK macro usage.

* Whitespace

* Change table alter to not walk down into column groups and indexes.

* Whitespace

* Use base file meta config and compare strings.

* Add skip stat

* Add alter support to wt command.

* Add util_alter.c to SConstruct

* Fix subsection in doc.

* Add alter thread to test/format

* Swap the value we send into alter in test/format.

* Add data-source alter support

* Only alter access pattern hint in test/format.

* Make LSM alter not exclusive.

* Whitespace

* Use access_pattern_hint in example.

* Include base lsm metadata configuration.

* Fix text/comment.

* Minor changes from review comments.

* Unused variable warning.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/extern.h b/src/include/extern.h
index c7506e55976..be042bcd6cb 100644
--- a/src/include/extern.h
+++ b/src/include/extern.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ extern int __wt_lsm_manager_push_entry(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, uint32_t type,
 extern int __wt_lsm_merge_update_tree(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, u_int start_chunk, u_int nchunks, WT_LSM_CHUNK *chunk) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_merge(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, u_int id) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_meta_read(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
-extern int __wt_lsm_meta_write(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
+extern int __wt_lsm_meta_write(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, const char *newconfig) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_curstat_lsm_init( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *uri, WT_CURSOR_STAT *cst) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_close_all(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_bloom_name(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, uint32_t id, const char **retp) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ extern void __wt_lsm_tree_release(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tre
 extern void __wt_lsm_tree_throttle( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, bool decrease_only) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_switch(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_retire_chunks(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_LSM_TREE *lsm_tree, u_int start_chunk, u_int nchunks) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
+extern int __wt_lsm_tree_alter( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *uri, const char *cfg[]) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_drop( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *name, const char *cfg[]) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_rename(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *olduri, const char *newuri, const char *cfg[]) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_lsm_tree_truncate( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *name, const char *cfg[]) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ extern int __wt_bulk_insert_row(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_CURSOR_BULK *cbulk)
 extern int __wt_bulk_insert_fix( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_CURSOR_BULK *cbulk, bool deleted) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_bulk_insert_fix_bitmap(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_CURSOR_BULK *cbulk) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_bulk_insert_var( WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_CURSOR_BULK *cbulk, bool deleted) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
+extern int __wt_schema_alter(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *uri, const char *cfg[]) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_direct_io_size_check(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char **cfg, const char *config_name, uint32_t *allocsizep) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_schema_colgroup_source(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_TABLE *table, const char *cgname, const char *config, WT_ITEM *buf) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));
 extern int __wt_schema_index_source(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_TABLE *table, const char *idxname, const char *config, WT_ITEM *buf) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result)) WT_GCC_FUNC_DECL_ATTRIBUTE((visibility("hidden")));