Commit 71b40497 authored by unknown's avatar unknown

WL#3071 - Maria checkpoint. Correcting comment about a bad problem.


storage/maria/ma_checkpoint.c:
  I was too optimistic; problem 1) is really a bad problem.
parent fa05e9c9
......@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ my_bool execute_checkpoint_indirect()
When we enter here, we must be sure that no "first_in_switch" situation
is happening or will happen (either we have to get rid of
first_in_switch in the code or, first_in_switch has to increment a
"danger" counter for Checkpoint to know it has to wait.
"danger" counter for Checkpoint to know it has to wait. TODO.
*/
pagecache_pthread_mutex_lock(&pagecache->cache_lock);
......@@ -251,19 +251,25 @@ my_bool execute_checkpoint_indirect()
/*
In the current pagecache, rec_lsn is not set correctly:
1) it is set on pagecache_unlock(), too late (a page is dirty
(BLOCK_CHANGED) since the first pagecache_write()). It may however
be not too late, because until unlock(), the page's update is not
committed, so it's ok that REDOs for it be skipped at Recovery
(which is what happens with an unset rec_lsn). Note that this
relies on the assumption that a transaction never commits while
holding locks on pages.
(BLOCK_CHANGED) since the first pagecache_write()). So in this
scenario:
thread1: thread2:
write_REDO
pagecache_write()
checkpoint : reclsn not known
pagecache_unlock(sets rec_lsn)
commit
crash,
at recovery we will wrongly skip the REDO. It also affects the
low-water mark's computation.
2) sometimes the unlocking can be an implicit action of
pagecache_write(), without any call to pagecache_unlock(), then
rec_lsn is not set. That one is a critical problem.
rec_lsn is not set.
1) and 2) are critical problems.
TODO: fix this when Monty has explained how he writes BLOB pages.
*/
if (0 == block->rec_lsn)
abort(); /* always fail in all builds, in case it's problem 2) */
abort(); /* always fail in all builds */
int8store(ptr, block->hash_link->file.file);
ptr+= 8;
......
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