Also fixed test cases related to this

sql/mysql_priv.h:
  Change default number of open tables in cache and table definition cache size to 1024
storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc:
  Remove limitation in InnoDB by default on only 8 internal threads

SMP patch
Rate IO patch
Multiple IO threads patch

Problem: <=> operator may return wrong results 
comparing NULL and a DATE/DATETIME/TIME value.

Fix: properly check NULLs.


mysql-test/r/type_datetime.result:
  Fix for bug#37526: asymertic operator <=> in trigger
    - test result.
mysql-test/t/type_datetime.test:
  Fix for bug#37526: asymertic operator <=> in trigger
    - test case.
sql/item_cmpfunc.cc:
  Fix for bug#37526: asymertic operator <=> in trigger
    - if is_nulls_eq is TRUE Arg_comparator::compare_datetime() 
  should return 1 only if both arguments are NULL.

statement/stored procedure

View privileges are properly checked after the fix for bug no 
36086, so the method TABLE_LIST::get_db_name() must be used 
instead of field TABLE_LIST::db, as this only works for tables.
Bug appears when accessing views in prepared statements.

mysql-test/r/view_grant.result:
  Bug#35600: Extended existing test case.
mysql-test/t/view_grant.test:
  Bug#35600: Extended existing test result.
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Bug#35600: Using method to retrieve database name instead of
  field.

SUPER is not required to change binlog format for session

A user without SUPER privileges can change the value of the
session variable BINLOG_FORMAT, causing problems for a DBA.

This changeset requires a user to have SUPER privileges to
change the value of the session variable BINLOG_FORMAT, and
not only the global variable BINLOG_FORMAT.


mysql-test/suite/binlog/t/binlog_grant.test:
  Adding test to test grants needed for SQL_LOG_BIN and BINLOG_FORMAT.
sql/set_var.cc:
  Adding code to check that user has SUPER permission
  needed to change the value of BINLOG_FORMAT.
sql/set_var.h:
  Adding function sys_var_thd_binlog_format::check()

SET col
                  
When reporting a duplicate key error the server was making incorrect assumptions 
on what the state of the value string to include in the error is.

Fixed by accessing the data in this string in a "safe" way (without relying on it
having a terminating 0).
      
Detected by code analysis and fixed a similar problem in reporting the foreign key
duplicate errors.

mysql-test/r/type_set.result:
  Bug #38701: test case
mysql-test/t/type_set.test:
  Bug #38701: test case
sql/handler.cc:
  Bug #38701: don't rely on the presence of a terminating 0 in the string

configure.in:
  change server version number to 5.1.29

Added a rule that uses gcc to generate preprocessor
output (gcc -E) that can be compared to an already
generated output using the diff utility.

icheck has been removed and replaced by gcc -E
because icheck does not support C++.

Makefile.am:
  Added a rule for checking that the abi/api
  has not changed.
  
  The following rules are followed in the rule in makefile.am
  
  1) Generate preprocessor output for the
     files that need to be tested for abi/ 
     api changes. use -nostdinc to prevent
     generation of preprocessor output for
     system headers. This results in
     messages in stderr saying that these
     headers were not found. Redirect the
     stderr output to /dev/null to prevent
     seeing these messages.
  2) sed the output to 
     2.1) remove blank lines and lines that
          begin with "# "
     2.2) When gcc -E is run on the Mac OS 
          and solaris sparc platforms it
          introduces a line of output that
          shows up as a difference between
          the .pp and .out files. Remove
          these OS specific preprocessor
          text inserted by the preprocessor.
  3) diff the generated file and the canons
     (.pp files already in the repository).
  4) delete the .out file that is generated.
     If the diff fails, the generated file 
     is not removed. This will be useful
     for analysis of ABI differences (e.g.
     using a visual diff tool).
  
  A ABI change that causes a build to fail will always be accompanied by new canons (.out files). The .out files that are not removed will be replaced as the new .pp files.
  
  e.g. If include/mysql/plugin.h has an ABI
       change then this rule would leave a
       <build directory>/abi_check.out file.
  
  A developer with a justified API change will then do a 
  
  mv <build directory>/abi_check.out include/mysql/plugin.pp 
  
  to replace the old canons with the new ones.
configure.in:
  1) Removed the part of the file that was
     icheck related
  2) Added an entry for the configure
     variable DIFF
  3) Ensured that the abi_check rule is run
     only if gcc is available
include/Makefile.am:
  1) Removed the icheck related entries
include/mysql.h.pp:
  The pre-processor output cannon file for
  include/mysql.h
include/mysql/plugin.h.pp:
  The pre-processor output cannon file
  for include/mysql/plugin.h
include/mysql_h.ic:
  Removed the cannon file related to icheck.
sql/mysql_priv.h.pp:
  The pre-processor output cannon file for
  sql/mysql_priv.h

      
The check_table_access function initializes per-table grant info and performs
access rights check. It wasn't called for SHOW STATUS statement thus left
grants info uninitialized. In some cases this led to server crash. In other
cases it allowed a user to check for presence/absence of arbitrary values in
any tables.
      
Now the check_table_access function is called prior to the statement
processing.


mysql-test/r/status.result:
  Added a test case for the bug#37908.
mysql-test/t/status.test:
  Added a test case for the bug#37908.
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Bug#37908: Skipped access right check caused server crash.
  Now the check_table_access function is called when the SHOW STATUS statement
  uses any table except information.STATUS.
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Bug#37908: Skipped access right check caused server crash.
  For the SHOW PROCEDURE/FUNCTION STATUS the 'mysql.proc' table isn't added
  to the table list anymore as there is no need.