Problem: SQL and IO thread were racing for the IO_CACHE. The former to
flush it, the latter to close it. In some cases this would cause the
SQL thread to lock an invalid IO_CACHE mutex (it had been destroyed by
IO thread). This would happen when SQL thread was initializing the
master.info

Solution: We solve this by locking the log and checking if it is
hot. If it is we keep the log while seeking. Otherwise we release it
right away, because a log can get from hot to cold, but not from cold
to hot.