InnoDB: Optimize the extension of files. This will greatly speed

up CREATE TABLE in innodb_file_per_table=1 mode.

innobase/fil/fil0fil.c

@@ -3400,9 +3400,9 @@ fil_extend_space_to_desired_size(
 	fil_space_t*	space;
 	byte*		buf2;
 	byte*		buf;
+	ulint		buf_size;
 	ulint		start_page_no;
 	ulint		file_start_page_no;
-	ulint		n_pages;
 	ulint		offset_high;
 	ulint		offset_low;
 	ibool		success		= TRUE;
@@ -3427,22 +3427,20 @@ fil_extend_space_to_desired_size(
 
 	fil_node_prepare_for_io(node, system, space);
 
-	/* Extend 1 MB at a time */
-
-	buf2 = mem_alloc(1024 * 1024 + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-	buf = ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	memset(buf, '\0', 1024 * 1024);
-
 	start_page_no = space->size;
 	file_start_page_no = space->size - node->size;
 
-	while (start_page_no < size_after_extend) {	
-		n_pages = size_after_extend - start_page_no;
+	/* Extend at most 64 pages at a time */
+	buf_size = ut_min(64, size_after_extend - start_page_no)
+				* UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
+	buf2 = mem_alloc(buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
+	buf = ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 
-		if (n_pages > (1024 * 1024) / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE) {
-			n_pages = (1024 * 1024) / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE;
-		}
+	memset(buf, 0, buf_size);
+
+	while (start_page_no < size_after_extend) {
+		ulint	n_pages = ut_min(buf_size / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE,
+				size_after_extend - start_page_no);
 
 		offset_high = (start_page_no - file_start_page_no)
 				/ (4096 * ((1024 * 1024) / UNIV_PAGE_SIZE));

innobase/include/os0file.h

@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ os_file_get_size_as_iblonglong(
 				/* out: size in bytes, -1 if error */
 	os_file_t	file);	/* in: handle to a file */
 /***************************************************************************
-Sets a file size. This function can be used to extend or truncate a file. */
+Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file. */
 
 ibool
 os_file_set_size(

innobase/os/os0file.c

@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ os_file_get_size_as_iblonglong(
 }
 
 /***************************************************************************
-Sets a file size. This function can be used to extend or truncate a file. */
+Write the specified number of zeros to a newly created file. */
 
 ibool
 os_file_set_size(
@@ -1655,47 +1655,39 @@ os_file_set_size(
 				size */
 	ulint		size_high)/* in: most significant 32 bits of size */
 {
-	ib_longlong	offset;
-	ib_longlong	low;
-	ulint   	n_bytes;
+	ib_longlong	current_size;
+	ib_longlong	desired_size;
 	ibool		ret;
 	byte*   	buf;
 	byte*   	buf2;
-	ulint   	i;
+	ulint		buf_size;
 
 	ut_a(size == (size & 0xFFFFFFFF));
 
-	/* We use a very big 8 MB buffer in writing because Linux may be
-	extremely slow in fsync on 1 MB writes */
+	current_size = 0;
+	desired_size = (ib_longlong)size + (((ib_longlong)size_high) << 32);
 
-	buf2 = ut_malloc(UNIV_PAGE_SIZE * 513);
+	/* Write up to 1 megabyte at a time. */
+	buf_size = ut_min(UNIV_PAGE_SIZE * 64, desired_size);
+	buf2 = ut_malloc(buf_size + UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Align the buffer for possible raw i/o */
 	buf = ut_align(buf2, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Write buffer full of zeros */
-	for (i = 0; i < UNIV_PAGE_SIZE * 512; i++) {
-	        buf[i] = '\0';
-	}
-
-	offset = 0;
-	low = (ib_longlong)size + (((ib_longlong)size_high) << 32);
+	memset(buf, 0, buf_size);
 
-	if (low >= (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
+	if (desired_size >= (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
 				
 		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: Progress in MB:");
 	}
 
-	while (offset < low) {
-	        if (low - offset < UNIV_PAGE_SIZE * 512) {
-	        	n_bytes = (ulint)(low - offset);
-	        } else {
-	        	n_bytes = UNIV_PAGE_SIZE * 512;
-	        }
-	  
+	while (current_size < desired_size) {
+		ulint	n_bytes = ut_min(buf_size,
+				(ulint) (desired_size - current_size));
 	        ret = os_file_write(name, file, buf,
-				(ulint)(offset & 0xFFFFFFFF),
-				    (ulint)(offset >> 32),
+				(ulint)(current_size & 0xFFFFFFFF),
+				    (ulint)(current_size >> 32),
 				n_bytes);
 	        if (!ret) {
 			ut_free(buf2);
@@ -1703,18 +1695,18 @@ os_file_set_size(
 	        }
 				
 		/* Print about progress for each 100 MB written */
-		if ((offset + n_bytes) / (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)
-		    != offset / (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
+		if ((current_size + n_bytes) / (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)
+		    != current_size / (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
 
 		        fprintf(stderr, " %lu00",
-				(ulong) ((offset + n_bytes)
+				(ulong) ((current_size + n_bytes)
 					/ (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)));
 		}
 		
-	        offset += n_bytes;
+	        current_size += n_bytes;
 	}
 
-	if (low >= (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
+	if (desired_size >= (ib_longlong)(100 * 1024 * 1024)) {
 				
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	}