Patch to fix bug#38551

sql/mysqld.cc

@@ -3448,6 +3448,19 @@ You should consider changing lower_case_table_names to 1 or 2",
 			files_charset_info :
 			&my_charset_bin);
 
+
+  /*
+    If we explicitly turn off query cache from the command line query cache will
+    be disabled for the reminder of the server life time. This is because we
+    want to avoid locking the QC specific mutex if query cache isn't going to
+    be used.
+  */
+  if (global_system_variables.query_cache_type == 0)
+  {
+    have_query_cache= SHOW_OPTION_NO;
+    query_cache.disable_query_cache();
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -6672,12 +6685,10 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
    (uchar**) &query_cache_min_res_unit, (uchar**) &query_cache_min_res_unit,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, QUERY_CACHE_MIN_RESULT_DATA_SIZE,
    0, ULONG_MAX, 0, 1, 0},
-#endif /*HAVE_QUERY_CACHE*/
   {"query_cache_size", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_SIZE,
    "The memory allocated to store results from old queries.",
    (uchar**) &query_cache_size, (uchar**) &query_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1024, 0},
-#ifdef HAVE_QUERY_CACHE
   {"query_cache_type", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_TYPE,
    "0 = OFF = Don't cache or retrieve results. 1 = ON = Cache all results except SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE ... queries. 2 = DEMAND = Cache only SELECT SQL_CACHE ... queries.",
    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.query_cache_type,

sql/sql_cache.cc

@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ void query_cache_insert(NET *net, const char *packet, ulong length)
   DBUG_ENTER("query_cache_insert");
 
   /* See the comment on double-check locking usage above. */
-  if (net->query_cache_query == 0)
+  if (query_cache.is_disabled() || net->query_cache_query == 0)
     DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
 
   DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("wait_in_query_cache_insert",
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ void query_cache_end_of_result(THD *thd)
   DBUG_ENTER("query_cache_end_of_result");
 
   /* See the comment on double-check locking usage above. */
-  if (thd->net.query_cache_query == 0)
+  if (query_cache.is_disabled() || thd->net.query_cache_query == 0)
     DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
 
   if (thd->killed)
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ Query_cache::Query_cache(ulong query_cache_limit_arg,
    min_result_data_size(ALIGN_SIZE(min_result_data_size_arg)),
    def_query_hash_size(ALIGN_SIZE(def_query_hash_size_arg)),
    def_table_hash_size(ALIGN_SIZE(def_table_hash_size_arg)),
-   initialized(0)
+   initialized(0),m_query_cache_is_disabled(FALSE)
 {
   ulong min_needed= (ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(Query_cache_block)) +
 		     ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(Query_cache_block_table)) +
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ void Query_cache::store_query(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables_used)
 
     See also a note on double-check locking usage above.
   */
-  if (thd->locked_tables || query_cache_size == 0)
+  if (m_query_cache_is_disabled || thd->locked_tables || query_cache_size == 0)
     DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
   uint8 tables_type= 0;
 
@@ -1161,14 +1161,18 @@ def_week_frmt: %lu",
   Check if the query is in the cache. If it was cached, send it
   to the user.
 
-  RESULTS
-        1	Query was not cached.
-	0	The query was cached and user was sent the result.
-	-1	The query was cached but we didn't have rights to use it.
-		No error is sent to the client yet.
+  @param thd Pointer to the thread handler
+  @param sql A pointer to the sql statement *
+  @param query_length Length of the statement in characters
  
-  NOTE
-  This method requires that sql points to allocated memory of size:
+  @return status code
+  @retval 1  Query was not cached.
+  @retval 0  The query was cached and user was sent the result.
+  @retval -1 The query was cached but we didn't have rights to use it. 
+  
+  In case of -1, no error is sent to the client.
+
+  *) The buffer must be allocated memory of size:
   tot_length= query_length + thd->db_length + 1 + QUERY_CACHE_FLAGS_SIZE;
 */
 
@@ -1183,6 +1187,9 @@ Query_cache::send_result_to_client(THD *thd, char *sql, uint query_length)
   Query_cache_query_flags flags;
   DBUG_ENTER("Query_cache::send_result_to_client");
 
+  if (m_query_cache_is_disabled)
+      DBUG_RETURN(0);
+  
   /*
     Testing 'query_cache_size' without a lock here is safe: the thing
     we may loose is that the query won't be served from cache, but we
@@ -2530,7 +2537,17 @@ void Query_cache::invalidate_table(THD *thd, TABLE *table)
 void Query_cache::invalidate_table(THD *thd, uchar * key, uint32  key_length)
 {
   bool interrupt;
+  
+  if (m_query_cache_is_disabled)
+    return;
+  
   STRUCT_LOCK(&structure_guard_mutex);
+  if (query_cache_size == 0)
+  {
+      STRUCT_UNLOCK(&structure_guard_mutex);
+      return;
+  }
+      
   wait_while_table_flush_is_in_progress(&interrupt);
   if (interrupt)
   {

sql/sql_cache.h

@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ class Query_cache
 
   Cache_status m_cache_status;
 
+  bool m_query_cache_is_disabled;
+  
   void free_query_internal(Query_cache_block *point);
   void invalidate_table_internal(THD *thd, uchar *key, uint32 key_length);
 
@@ -437,6 +439,14 @@ class Query_cache
   /* register query in cache */
   void store_query(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *used_tables);
 
+  /**
+    At startup the user has an option to disable the query cache
+    to avoid locking the structure_guard_mutex.
+    This option is enabled by explicitly setting query_cache_type=OFF
+    in the command line.
+  */
+  void disable_query_cache(void) { m_query_cache_is_disabled= TRUE; }
+  
   /*
     Check if the query is in the cache and if this is true send the
     data to client.
@@ -469,6 +479,8 @@ class Query_cache
   friend void query_cache_end_of_result(THD *thd);
   friend void query_cache_abort(NET *net);
 
+  bool is_disabled(void) { return m_query_cache_is_disabled; }
+  
   bool is_flushing(void) 
   { 
     return (m_cache_status != Query_cache::NO_FLUSH_IN_PROGRESS);