NDB util thread calls mysql_parse internally with plain old c strings (7bit ascii) to create tables (e.g. mysql.ndb_schema). With mysqld default charset set to a multibyte one (e.g. ucs2) mysql_parse would try to interpret the 7bit string as UCS2 and promptly explode in a heap.

Solution is to set the util thread to be using utf8 charset.

Index: ndb-work/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
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into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/51-telco-gca

    Add better handling of GCP Stop
    Only kill "offending" node

into  clam.ndb.mysql.com:/space/pekka/ndb/version/my51-bug29176

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/51-telco-gca

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/51-telco-gca

  Fix 3 problems in REDO validation that could(will) lead to "Error while reading REDO log"

  new support file that I missed during last check ing, sorry

into  mysql.com:/data2/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

  New test cases for generic apply status table
rpl_ndb_dd_advance.test:
  Updated test case to not run sooo long
show_binlog_using_logname.inc, tpcb_disk_data.inc:
  New support file 
rpl_ndb_dd_advance.result:
  Updated result
tpcb.inc:
  New support file for Updated test case to not run sooo long

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

- also remove printout for error 4009

- make tests wait until ndb connects properly

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

  Fix case where all node in node group dies before they saved sysfile (wrt gcp)
  and Qmgr incorrectly thinks that "node group is missing"

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.0-ndb

- do not print 701 dictionary busy error

into  whalegate.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-5.1-new-ndb

- correct test and result file

- handler binlog's must be shutdoem before logger.cleanup_base