Updated benchmarks and crash-me for postgreSQL 7.1.1

Fixed option for symlinks

Docs/manual.texi

@@ -10407,8 +10407,9 @@ recommended for systems where only local requests are allowed.  @xref{DNS}.
 Don't use new, possible wrong routines.  Implies @code{--skip-delay-key-write}.
 This will also set default table type to @code{ISAM}.  @xref{ISAM}.
 
-@item --skip-symlinks
-Don't delete or rename files that symlinks in the data directory points to.
+@item --skip-symlink
+Don't delete or rename files that a symlinked file in the data directory
+points to.
 
 @item --skip-safemalloc
 If @strong{MySQL} is configured with @code{--with-debug=full}, all programs
@@ -12159,7 +12160,7 @@ Normally this is done with the @code{su} command.  For more details, see
 
 @item
 Don't support symlinks to tables (This can be disabled with the
-@code{--skip-symlinks} option. This is especially important if you run
+@code{--skip-symlink} option. This is especially important if you run
 @code{mysqld} as root as anyone that has write access to the mysqld data
 directories could then delete any file in the system!
 @xref{Symbolic links to tables}.
@@ -19157,7 +19158,7 @@ detect duplicated @code{UNIQUE} keys.
 By using @code{DATA DIRECTORY="directory"} or @code{INDEX
 DIRECTORY="directory"} you can specify where the table handler should
 put it's table and index files.  This only works for @code{MyISAM} tables
-in @code{MySQL} 4.0, when you are not using the @code{--skip-symlinks}
+in @code{MySQL} 4.0, when you are not using the @code{--skip-symlink}
 option. @xref{Symbolic links to tables}.
 
 @end itemize
@@ -31112,12 +31113,12 @@ If you use @code{ALTER TABLE RENAME} to move a table to another database,
 then the table will be moved to the other database directory and the old
 symlinks and the files they pointed to will be deleted.
 @item
-If you are not using symlinks you should use the @code{--skip-symlinks}
+If you are not using symlinks you should use the @code{--skip-symlink}
 option to @code{mysqld} to ensure that no one can drop or rename a file
 outside of the @code{mysqld} data directory.
 @end itemize
 
-Things that are not yet fully supported:
+Things that are not yet supported:
 
 @cindex TODO, symlinks
 @itemize @bullet
@@ -35001,7 +35002,8 @@ This can be used to get faster inserts!  Deactivated indexes can be
 reactivated by using @code{myisamchk -r}.  keys.
 @item -l or --no-symlinks
 Do not follow symbolic links. Normally @code{myisamchk} repairs the
-table a symlink points at.
+table a symlink points at.  This option doesn't exist in MySQL 4.0,
+as MySQL 4.0 will not remove symlinks during repair.
 @item -r or --recover
 Can fix almost anything except unique keys that aren't unique
 (which is an extremely unlikely error with ISAM/MyISAM tables).

sql-bench/Comments/postgres.benchmark

@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@
 # Don't run the --fast test on a PostgreSQL 7.1.1 database on
 # which you have any critical data; During one of our test runs
 # PostgreSQL got a corrupted database and all data was destroyed!
-# (When we tried to restart postmaster, It died with a
+# When we tried to restart postmaster, It died with a
 # 'no such file or directory' error and never recovered from that!
 #
+# Another time vacuum() filled our system disk with had 6G free
+# while vaccuming a table of 60 M.
+#
+# We have sent a mail about this to the PostgreSQL mailing list, so
+# the PostgreSQL developers should be aware of these problems and should
+# hopefully fix this soon.
+#
 # WARNING
 
 # The test was run on a Intel Xeon 2x 550 Mzh machine with 1G memory,
@@ -73,8 +80,14 @@ make install
 
 run-all-tests --comment="Intel Xeon, 2x550 Mhz, 512M, pg started with -o -F" --user=postgres --server=pg --cmp=mysql
 
-# and a test where we do a vacuum() after each update.
-# (The time for vacuum() is counted in the book-keeping() column)
+# When running with --fast we run the following vacuum commands on
+# the database between each major update of the tables:
+# vacuum table
+# or
+# vacuum
+
+# The time for vacuum() is accounted for in the book-keeping() column, not
+# in the test that updates the database.
 
 run-all-tests --comment="Intel Xeon, 2x550 Mhz, 512M, pg started with -o -F" --user=postgres --server=pg --cmp=mysql --fast
 

sql-bench/Makefile.am

@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ benchdir_root=		$(prefix)
 benchdir =		$(benchdir_root)/sql-bench
 bench_SCRIPTS =		test-ATIS test-connect test-create test-insert \
 			test-big-tables test-select test-wisconsin \
-			test-alter-table \
+			test-alter-table graph-compare-results \
 			bench-init.pl compare-results run-all-tests \
-			server-cfg crash-me copy-db
+			server-cfg crash-me copy-db \
 CLEANFILES =		$(bench_SCRIPTS)
 EXTRA_SCRIPTS =		test-ATIS.sh test-connect.sh test-create.sh \
 			test-insert.sh test-big-tables.sh test-select.sh \
 			test-alter-table.sh test-wisconsin.sh \
 			bench-init.pl.sh compare-results.sh server-cfg.sh \
-			run-all-tests.sh crash-me.sh copy-db.sh
+			run-all-tests.sh crash-me.sh copy-db.sh \
+			graph-compare-results.sh
 EXTRA_DIST =		$(EXTRA_SCRIPTS)
 
 dist-hook:

sql-bench/compare-results.sh

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 
 $opt_server="mysql";
 $opt_dir="output";
-$opt_machine="";
+$opt_machine=$opt_cmp="";
 $opt_relative=$opt_same_server=$opt_help=$opt_Information=$opt_skip_count=$opt_no_bars=$opt_verbose=0;
 
 GetOptions("Information","help","server=s","cmp=s","machine=s","relative","same-server","dir=s","skip-count","no-bars","html","verbose") || usage();
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ if ($#ARGV == -1)
   @ARGV=glob($files);
   $automatic_files=1;
 }
-else
-{
-  $opt_cmp="";
-}
 
 foreach (@ARGV)
 {

sql-bench/crash-me.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # as such, and clarify ones such as "mediumint" with comments such as
 # "3-byte int" or "same as xxx".
 
-$version="1.56";
+$version="1.57";
 
 use DBI;
 use Getopt::Long;
@@ -1539,12 +1539,24 @@ report("insert INTO ... SELECT ...","insert_select",
        "insert into crash_q (a) SELECT crash_me.a from crash_me",
        "drop table crash_q $drop_attr");
 
-report_trans("transactions","transactions",
-	     [create_table("crash_q",["a integer not null"],[]),
+if (!defined($limits{"transactions"}))
+{
+  my ($limit,$type);
+  $limit="transactions";
+  print "$limit: ";
+  foreach $type (('', 'type=bdb', 'type=innodb', 'type=gemini'))
+  {
+    undef($limits{$limit});
+    last if (!report_trans($limit,
+			   [create_table("crash_q",["a integer not null"],[],
+					 $type),
 			    "insert into crash_q values (1)"],
 			   "select * from crash_q",
 			   "drop table crash_q $drop_attr"
-	    );
+			  ));
+  }
+  print "$limits{$limit}\n";
+}
 
 report("atomic updates","atomic_updates",
        create_table("crash_q",["a integer not null"],["primary key (a)"]),
@@ -2500,8 +2512,7 @@ sub report_result
 
 sub report_trans
 {
-  my ($prompt,$limit,$queries,$check,$clear)=@_;
-  print "$prompt: ";
+  my ($limit,$queries,$check,$clear)=@_;
   if (!defined($limits{$limit}))
   {
     eval {undef($dbh->{AutoCommit})};
@@ -2518,7 +2529,6 @@ sub report_trans
 	    safe_query($clear);
 	  } else {
 	    $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 1;
-	    safe_query($clear);
 	    save_config_data($limit,"error",$prompt);
 	  }
       } else {
@@ -2532,8 +2542,7 @@ sub report_trans
     }
     safe_query($clear);
   }
-  print "$limits{$limit}\n";
-  return $limits{$limit} ne "no";
+  return $limits{$limit} ne "yes";
 }
 
 
@@ -2961,9 +2970,11 @@ sub sql_concat
 
 sub create_table
 {
-  my($table_name,$fields,$index) = @_;
+  my($table_name,$fields,$index,$extra) = @_;
   my($query,$nr,$parts,@queries,@index);
 
+  $extra="" if (!defined($extra));
+
   $query="create table $table_name (";
   $nr=0;
   foreach $field (@$fields)
@@ -3015,7 +3026,7 @@ sub create_table
     }
   }
   chop($query);
-  $query.= ')';
+  $query.= ") $extra";
   unshift(@queries,$query);
   return @queries;
 }

sql-bench/limits/mysql-3.23.cfg

-#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.54
+#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.57
 
 NEG=yes					# update of column= -column
 Need_cast_for_null=no			# Need to cast NULL for arithmetic
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ constraint_check=no			# Column constraints
 constraint_check_table=no		# Table constraints
 constraint_null=yes			# NULL constraint (SyBase style)
 crash_me_safe=yes			# crash me safe
-crash_me_version=1.54			# crash me version
+crash_me_version=1.57			# crash me version
 create_default=yes			# default value for column
 create_default_func=no			# default value function for column
 create_if_not_exists=yes		# create table if not exists
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ select_limit2=yes			# SELECT with LIMIT #,#
 select_string_size=1048565		# constant string size in SELECT
 select_table_update=no			# Update with sub select
 select_without_from=yes			# SELECT without FROM
-server_version=MySQL 3.23.29 gamma	# server version
+server_version=MySQL 3.23.39 debug	# server version
 simple_joins=yes			# ANSI SQL simple joins
 storage_of_float=round			# Storage of float values
 subqueries=no				# subqueries
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ table_alias=yes				# Table alias
 table_name_case=no			# case independent table names
 table_wildcard=yes			# Select table_name.*
 temporary_table=yes			# temporary tables
-transactions=no				# transactions
+transactions=yes			# constant string size in where
 truncate_table=yes			# truncate
 type_extra_abstime=no			# Type abstime
 type_extra_bfile=no			# Type bfile

sql-bench/limits/mysql.cfg

-#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.54
+#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.57
 
 NEG=yes					# update of column= -column
 Need_cast_for_null=no			# Need to cast NULL for arithmetic
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ constraint_check=no			# Column constraints
 constraint_check_table=no		# Table constraints
 constraint_null=yes			# NULL constraint (SyBase style)
 crash_me_safe=yes			# crash me safe
-crash_me_version=1.54			# crash me version
+crash_me_version=1.57			# crash me version
 create_default=yes			# default value for column
 create_default_func=no			# default value function for column
 create_if_not_exists=yes		# create table if not exists
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ select_limit2=yes			# SELECT with LIMIT #,#
 select_string_size=1048565		# constant string size in SELECT
 select_table_update=no			# Update with sub select
 select_without_from=yes			# SELECT without FROM
-server_version=MySQL 3.23.29 gamma	# server version
+server_version=MySQL 3.23.39 debug	# server version
 simple_joins=yes			# ANSI SQL simple joins
 storage_of_float=round			# Storage of float values
 subqueries=no				# subqueries
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ table_alias=yes				# Table alias
 table_name_case=no			# case independent table names
 table_wildcard=yes			# Select table_name.*
 temporary_table=yes			# temporary tables
-transactions=no				# transactions
+transactions=yes			# constant string size in where
 truncate_table=yes			# truncate
 type_extra_abstime=no			# Type abstime
 type_extra_bfile=no			# Type bfile

sql-bench/limits/pg.cfg

-#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.56
+#This file is automaticly generated by crash-me 1.57
 
 NEG=yes					# update of column= -column
 Need_cast_for_null=no			# Need to cast NULL for arithmetic
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ constraint_check=yes			# Column constraints
 constraint_check_table=yes		# Table constraints
 constraint_null=yes			# NULL constraint (SyBase style)
 crash_me_safe=yes			# crash me safe
-crash_me_version=1.56			# crash me version
+crash_me_version=1.57			# crash me version
 create_default=yes			# default value for column
 create_default_func=yes			# default value function for column
 create_if_not_exists=no			# create table if not exists

sql-bench/server-cfg.sh

@@ -799,18 +799,27 @@ sub reconnect_on_errors
 
 sub vacuum
 {
-  my ($self,$full_vacuum,$dbh_ref)=@_;
-  my ($loop_time,$end_time,$dbh);
+  my ($self,$full_vacuum,$dbh_ref,@tables)=@_;
+  my ($loop_time,$end_time,$dbh,$table);
   if (defined($full_vacuum))
   {
     $$dbh_ref->disconnect;  $$dbh_ref= $self->connect();
   }
   $dbh=$$dbh_ref;
   $loop_time=new Benchmark;
+  if ($#tables >= 0)
+  {
+    foreach $table (@tables)
+    {
+      $dbh->do("vacuum $table") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+#    $dbh->do("vacuum pg_attributes") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
+#    $dbh->do("vacuum pg_index") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
     $dbh->do("vacuum") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
-  $dbh->do("vacuum pg_attributes") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
-  $dbh->do("vacuum pg_index") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
-  $dbh->do("vacuum analyze") || die "Got error: $DBI::errstr when executing 'vacuum'\n";
+  }
   $end_time=new Benchmark;
   print "Time for book-keeping (1): " .
   Benchmark::timestr(Benchmark::timediff($end_time, $loop_time),"all") . "\n\n";

sql-bench/test-insert.sh

@@ -250,10 +250,6 @@ if ($limits->{'unique_index'})
   timestr(timediff($end_time, $loop_time),"all") . "\n\n";
 }
 
-#if ($opt_fast && defined($server->{vacuum}))
-#{
-#  $server->vacuum(1,\$dbh);
-#}
 
 ####
 #### Do some selects on the table
@@ -1410,10 +1406,6 @@ if ($limits->{'insert_multi_value'})
   print "Time for multiple_value_insert (" . ($opt_loop_count) . "): " .
     timestr(timediff($end_time, $loop_time),"all") . "\n\n";
 
-  if ($opt_fast && defined($server->{vacuum}))
-  {
-    $server->vacuum(1,\$dbh);
-  }
   if ($opt_lock_tables)
   {
     $sth = $dbh->do("UNLOCK TABLES ") || die $DBI::errstr;

sql/mysqld.cc

@@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
   {"skip-show-database",    no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_SHOW_DB},
   {"skip-slave-start",      no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_SLAVE_START},
   {"skip-stack-trace",	    no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_STACK_TRACE},
-  {"skip-symlinks",	    no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_SYMLINKS},
+  {"skip-symlink",	    no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_SYMLINKS},
   {"skip-thread-priority",  no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SKIP_PRIOR},
   {"sql-bin-update-same",   no_argument,       0, (int) OPT_SQL_BIN_UPDATE_SAME},
 #include "sslopt-longopts.h"