ha_innodb.cc:

  Fix bug #12973 : set the table handle field auto_increment_value if ::info() is called with the flag HA_STATUS_AUTO

sql/ha_innodb.cc

@@ -5537,6 +5537,33 @@ ha_innobase::info(
 				       trx_get_error_info(prebuilt->trx));
   	}
 
+	if (flag & HA_STATUS_AUTO && table->found_next_number_field) {
+		longlong	auto_inc;
+		int		ret;
+
+		/* The following function call can the first time fail in
+		a lock wait timeout error because it reserves the auto-inc
+		lock on the table. If it fails, then someone has already inited
+		the auto-inc counter, and the second call is guaranteed to
+		succeed. */
+
+		ret = innobase_read_and_init_auto_inc(&auto_inc); 
+
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = innobase_read_and_init_auto_inc(&auto_inc);
+
+			if (ret != 0) {
+				ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+				sql_print_error("Cannot get table %s auto-inc"
+						"counter value in ::info\n",
+						ib_table->name);
+				auto_inc = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		auto_increment_value = auto_inc;
+	}
+
 	prebuilt->trx->op_info = (char*)"";
 
   	DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
@@ -6845,8 +6872,13 @@ ha_innobase::innobase_read_and_init_auto_inc(
   			goto func_exit;
   		}
   	} else {
-		/* Initialize to max(col) + 1 */
-    		auto_inc = (longlong) table->next_number_field->
+		/* Initialize to max(col) + 1; we use
+		'found_next_number_field' below because MySQL in SHOW TABLE
+		STATUS does not seem to set 'next_number_field'. The comment
+		in table.h says that 'next_number_field' is set when it is
+		'active'. */
+
+    		auto_inc = (longlong) table->found_next_number_field->
                         	val_int_offset(table->s->rec_buff_length) + 1;
   	}