Due to this bug the function SEL_IMERGE::or_sel_tree_with_checks()
could build an inconsistent merge tree if one of the SEL_TREEs in the
resulting index merge happened to contain a full key range.
This could trigger an assertion failure.

That's not a good option for an onrdinary user.

The function key_and() erroneously called SEL_ARG::increment_use_count()
when SEL_ARG::incr_refs() should had been called. This could lead to
wrong values of use_count for some SEL_ARG trees.

Some optimizer switches were missing in the help lists of mysqld.

Apart from the fix, the patch also adds few more unrelated test
cases for partial matching, and fixes few typos.

Analysis:
This bug uncovered that partial matching via rowid intersection
didn't handle the case when:
- the left IN argument has some NULLs,
- there are no non-null value matches, and there is no non-null
  column,
- the subquery columns that are not covered with the NULLs in
  the left IN argument contain at least one row, such that it
  has NULL values in all columns where the left IN operand has
  no NULLs.
In this case there is a partial match.

In addition the analysis of the related code uncovered incorrect
handling of few other related cases.

Solution:
The solution for the bug is to check if there exists a row with
NULLs in all columns other than the ones having NULL in the
let IN operand.

The check is implemented via checking whether the bitmaps that
store NULL information in class Ordered_key have a non-empty
intersection for the relevant columns.

The intersection itself is implemented via the function
bitmap_exists_intersection() in my_bitmap.c.

The function setup_semijoin_dups_elimination erroneously assumed
that if join_cache_level is set to 3 or 4 then the type of the
access to a table cannot be JT_REF or JT_EQ_REF. This could lead
to wrong query result sets.

If the optimizer switch 'semijoin_with_cache' is set to 'off' then 
join cache cannot be used to join inner tables of a semijoin.

Also fixed a bug in the function check_join_cache_usage() that led
to wrong output of the EXPLAIN commands for some test cases.

MariaDB 5.5 merges changes from MySQL 5.5 where all constant
expressions are wrapped into an Item_cache. As a result, constant
single-row subqueries were also wrapped in an Item_cache.
When analyzing the where clause for constant expressions that
can be evaluated during optimization, subqueries wrapped into
an Item_cache did not appear as expensive, and were therefore
evaluated during optimization. Such evaluation is against the
current architecture of MariaDB 5.3 where subquries are executed
during the execute phase.

The patch adds the is_expensive() predicate to Item_cache.
This makes Item_cache consistent with other wrapping Item
classes that need to look at the properties of the wrapped
object.

don't assume that the http reply packet will arrive in all in one piece

Fix for walk() method of subqueries: always call the method on the subquery.

  fix for mem_total on windows
  report the time of the data snapshot

A bug in the code of the function key_or could lead to a situation
when performing of an OR operation for one index changes the result
the operation for another index. This bug is fixed with this patch.

Also corrected the specification and the code of the function 
or_sel_tree_with_checks.

In MariaDB, when running in ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY mode,
the server produced in incorrect error message that there
is an aggregate function without GROUP BY, for artificially
created MIN/MAX functions during subquery MIN/MAX optimization.

The fix introduces a way to distinguish between artifially
created MIN/MAX functions as a result of a rewrite, and normal
ones present in the query. The test for ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY violation
now tests in addition if a MIN/MAX function was part of a MIN/MAX
subquery rewrite.

In order to be able to distinguish these MIN/MAX functions, the
patch introduces an additional flag in Item_in_subselect::in_strategy -
SUBS_STRATEGY_CHOSEN. This flag is set when the optimizer makes its
final choice of a subuqery strategy. In order to make the choice
consistent, access to Item_in_subselect::in_strategy is provided
via new class methods.
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Fix MySQL BUG#12329653

In MariaDB, when running in ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY mode,
the server produced in incorrect error message that there
is an aggregate function without GROUP BY, for artificially
created MIN/MAX functions during subquery MIN/MAX optimization.

The fix introduces a way to distinguish between artifially
created MIN/MAX functions as a result of a rewrite, and normal
ones present in the query. The test for ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY violation
now tests in addition if a MIN/MAX function was part of a MIN/MAX
subquery rewrite.

In order to be able to distinguish these MIN/MAX functions, the
patch introduces an additional flag in Item_in_subselect::in_strategy -
SUBS_STRATEGY_CHOSEN. This flag is set when the optimizer makes its
final choice of a subuqery strategy. In order to make the choice
consistent, access to Item_in_subselect::in_strategy is provided
via new class methods.

The function add_ref_to_table_cond missed updating the value of
join_tab->pre_idx_push_select_cond after having updated the value
of join_tab->select->pre_idx_push_select_cond.

(thanks viva64.com)

- Do not push index condition if we're using a triggered ref access.

update test results

The bug happened because in some cases the function JOIN::exec
did not save the value of TABLE::pre_idx_push_select_cond in
TABLE::select->pre_idx_push_select_cond for the sort table.

Noticed and fixed a bug in the function make_cond_remainder
that builds the remainder condition after extraction of an index
pushdown condition from the where condition. The code
erroneously assumed that the function make_cond_for_table left
the value of ICP_COND_USES_INDEX_ONLY in sub-condition markers.
Adjusted many result files from the regression test suite
after this fix .

The call of the virtual function cancel_pushed_idx_cond in the code of
the function test_if_skip_sort_order was misplaced when backporting the
fix for bug 58816.