Manual port Bug #Bug #54582 "stack overflow when opening many tables

linked with foreign keys at once" from mysql-5.1-security to
mysql-5.5-security again.

rb://391 approved by Heikki

storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c

@@ -1718,17 +1718,28 @@ err_exit:
 
 	err = dict_load_indexes(table, heap);
 
+	/* Initialize table foreign_child value. Its value could be
+	changed when dict_load_foreigns() is called below */
+	table->fk_max_recusive_level = 0;
+
 	/* If the force recovery flag is set, we open the table irrespective
 	of the error condition, since the user may want to dump data from the
 	clustered index. However we load the foreign key information only if
 	all indexes were loaded. */
 	if (!cached) {
 	} else if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
-		err = dict_load_foreigns(table->name, TRUE);
+		err = dict_load_foreigns(table->name, TRUE, TRUE);
+
+		if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
+			dict_table_remove_from_cache(table);
+			table = NULL;
+		}
 	} else if (!srv_force_recovery) {
 		dict_table_remove_from_cache(table);
 		table = NULL;
 	}
+
+	table->fk_max_recusive_level = 0;
 #if 0
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS && table != NULL) {
 
@@ -1952,8 +1963,12 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 /*==============*/
 	const char*	id,	/*!< in: foreign constraint id as a
 				null-terminated string */
-	ibool		check_charsets)
+	ibool		check_charsets,
 				/*!< in: TRUE=check charset compatibility */
+	ibool		check_recursive)
+				/*!< in: Whether to record the foreign table
+				parent count to avoid unlimited recursive
+				load of chained foreign tables */
 {
 	dict_foreign_t*	foreign;
 	dict_table_t*	sys_foreign;
@@ -1967,6 +1982,8 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 	ulint		len;
 	ulint		n_fields_and_type;
 	mtr_t		mtr;
+	dict_table_t*	for_table;
+	dict_table_t*	ref_table;
 
 	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
 
@@ -2051,11 +2068,54 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 
 	dict_load_foreign_cols(id, foreign);
 
+	ref_table = dict_table_check_if_in_cache_low(
+			foreign->referenced_table_name);
+
+	/* We could possibly wind up in a deep recursive calls if
+	we call dict_table_get_low() again here if there
+	is a chain of tables concatenated together with
+	foreign constraints. In such case, each table is
+	both a parent and child of the other tables, and
+	act as a "link" in such table chains.
+	To avoid such scenario, we would need to check the
+	number of ancesters the current table has. If that
+	exceeds DICT_FK_MAX_CHAIN_LEN, we will stop loading
+	the child table.
+	Foreign constraints are loaded in a Breath First fashion,
+	that is, the index on FOR_NAME is scanned first, and then
+	index on REF_NAME. So foreign constrains in which
+	current table is a child (foreign table) are loaded first,
+	and then those constraints where current table is a
+	parent (referenced) table.
+	Thus we could check the parent (ref_table) table's
+	reference count (fk_max_recusive_level) to know how deep the
+	recursive call is. If the parent table (ref_table) is already
+	loaded, and its fk_max_recusive_level is larger than
+	DICT_FK_MAX_CHAIN_LEN, we will stop the recursive loading
+	by skipping loading the child table. It will not affect foreign
+	constraint check for DMLs since child table will be loaded
+	at that time for the constraint check. */
+	if (!ref_table
+	    || ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level < DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD) {
+
 		/* If the foreign table is not yet in the dictionary cache, we
 		have to load it so that we are able to make type comparisons
 		in the next function call. */
 
-	dict_table_get_low(foreign->foreign_table_name);
+		for_table = dict_table_get_low(foreign->foreign_table_name);
+
+		if (for_table && ref_table && check_recursive) {
+			/* This is to record the longest chain of ancesters
+			this table has, if the parent has more ancesters
+			than this table has, record it after add 1 (for this
+			parent */
+			if (ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level
+			    >= for_table->fk_max_recusive_level) {
+				for_table->fk_max_recusive_level =
+					 ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level + 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* Note that there may already be a foreign constraint object in
 	the dictionary cache for this constraint: then the following
@@ -2080,6 +2140,8 @@ ulint
 dict_load_foreigns(
 /*===============*/
 	const char*	table_name,	/*!< in: table name */
+	ibool		check_recursive,/*!< in: Whether to check recursive
+					load of tables chained by FK */
 	ibool		check_charsets)	/*!< in: TRUE=check charset
 					compatibility */
 {
@@ -2181,7 +2243,7 @@ loop:
 
 	/* Load the foreign constraint definition to the dictionary cache */
 
-	err = dict_load_foreign(id, check_charsets);
+	err = dict_load_foreign(id, check_charsets, check_recursive);
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 		btr_pcur_close(&pcur);
@@ -2209,6 +2271,11 @@ load_next_index:
 
 		mtr_start(&mtr);
 
+		/* Switch to scan index on REF_NAME, fk_max_recusive_level
+		already been updated when scanning FOR_NAME index, no need to
+		update again */
+		check_recursive = FALSE;
+
 		goto start_load;
 	}
 

storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc

@@ -901,6 +901,19 @@ convert_error_code_to_mysql(
 	case DB_INTERRUPTED:
 		my_error(ER_QUERY_INTERRUPTED, MYF(0));
 		/* fall through */
+
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		push_warning_printf(thd, MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+				    HA_ERR_ROW_IS_REFERENCED,
+				    "InnoDB: Cannot delete/update "
+				    "rows with cascading foreign key "
+				    "constraints that exceed max "
+				    "depth of %d. Please "
+				    "drop extra constraints and try "
+				    "again", DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD);
+
+		/* fall through */
+
 	case DB_ERROR:
 	default:
 		return(-1); /* unspecified error */

storage/innobase/include/db0err.h

@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ enum db_err {
 					requested but this storage does not
 					exist itself or the stats for a given
 					table do not exist */
+	DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE,	/* Foreign key constraint related
+					cascading delete/update exceeds
+					maximum allowed depth */
 
 	/* The following are partial failure codes */
 	DB_FAIL = 1000,

storage/innobase/include/dict0load.h

@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ ulint
 dict_load_foreigns(
 /*===============*/
 	const char*	table_name,	/*!< in: table name */
+	ibool		check_recursive,/*!< in: Whether to check recursive
+					load of tables chained by FK */
 	ibool		check_charsets);/*!< in: TRUE=check charsets
 					compatibility */
 /********************************************************************//**

storage/innobase/include/dict0mem.h

@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT. */
 						in table->flags. */
 /* @} */
 
+/** Tables could be chained together with Foreign key constraint. When
+first load the parent table, we would load all of its descedents.
+This could result in rescursive calls and out of stack error eventually.
+DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD defines the maximum number of recursive loads,
+when exceeded, the child table will not be loaded. It will be loaded when
+the foreign constraint check needs to be run. */
+#define DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD	255
+
+/** Similarly, when tables are chained together with foreign key constraints
+with on cascading delete/update clause, delete from parent table could
+result in recursive cascading calls. This defines the maximum number of
+such cascading deletes/updates allowed. When exceeded, the delete from
+parent table will fail, and user has to drop excessive foreign constraint
+before proceeds. */
+#define FK_MAX_CASCADE_DEL		255
 
 /**********************************************************************//**
 Creates a table memory object.
@@ -469,6 +484,12 @@ struct dict_table_struct{
 				NOT allowed until this count gets to zero;
 				MySQL does NOT itself check the number of
 				open handles at drop */
+	unsigned	fk_max_recusive_level:8;
+				/*!< maximum recursive level we support when
+				loading tables chained together with FK
+				constraints. If exceeds this level, we will
+				stop loading child table into memory along with
+				its parent table */
 	ulint		n_foreign_key_checks_running;
 				/*!< count of how many foreign key check
 				operations are currently being performed

storage/innobase/include/que0que.h

@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ struct que_thr_struct{
 					thus far */
 	ulint		lock_state;	/*!< lock state of thread (table or
 					row) */
+	ulint		fk_cascade_depth; /*!< maximum cascading call depth
+					supported for foreign key constraint
+					related delete/updates */
 };
 
 #define QUE_THR_MAGIC_N		8476583

storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c

@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ row_merge_rename_tables(
 		goto err_exit;
 	}
 
-	err = dict_load_foreigns(old_name, TRUE);
+	err = dict_load_foreigns(old_name, FALSE, TRUE);
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 err_exit:

storage/innobase/row/row0mysql.c

@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ handle_new_error:
 		      "InnoDB: " REFMAN "forcing-recovery.html"
 		      " for help.\n", stderr);
 		break;
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: Cannot delete/update rows with"
+			" cascading foreign key constraints that exceed max"
+			" depth of %lu\n"
+			"Please drop excessive foreign constraints"
+			" and try again\n", (ulong) DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD);
+		break;
 	default:
 		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: unknown error code %lu\n",
 			(ulong) err);
@@ -1440,11 +1447,15 @@ row_update_for_mysql(
 run_again:
 	thr->run_node = node;
 	thr->prev_node = node;
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth = 0;
 
 	row_upd_step(thr);
 
 	err = trx->error_state;
 
+	/* Reset fk_cascade_depth back to 0 */
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth = 0;
+
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 		que_thr_stop_for_mysql(thr);
 
@@ -1640,6 +1651,12 @@ row_update_cascade_for_mysql(
 	trx_t*	trx;
 
 	trx = thr_get_trx(thr);
+
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth++;
+
+	if (thr->fk_cascade_depth > FK_MAX_CASCADE_DEL) {
+		return (DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE);
+	}
 run_again:
 	thr->run_node = node;
 	thr->prev_node = node;
@@ -2120,7 +2137,7 @@ row_table_add_foreign_constraints(
 					      name, reject_fks);
 	if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
 		/* Check that also referencing constraints are ok */
-		err = dict_load_foreigns(name, TRUE);
+		err = dict_load_foreigns(name, FALSE, TRUE);
 	}
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
@@ -3993,7 +4010,7 @@ end:
 		an ALTER, not in a RENAME. */
 
 		err = dict_load_foreigns(
-			new_name, !old_is_tmp || trx->check_foreigns);
+			new_name, FALSE, !old_is_tmp || trx->check_foreigns);
 
 		if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 			ut_print_timestamp(stderr);

storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c

@@ -693,6 +693,8 @@ ut_strerr(
 		return("Lock structs have exhausted the buffer pool");
 	case DB_FOREIGN_DUPLICATE_KEY:
 		return("Foreign key activated with duplicate keys");
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		return("Foreign key cascade delete/update exceeds max depth");
 	case DB_TOO_MANY_CONCURRENT_TRXS:
 		return("Too many concurrent transactions");
 	case DB_UNSUPPORTED: