(mainly by backporting 5.5. changes)

mysql-test/suite/maria/t/distinct.test:
  Remove the test that requires SSL. One test case for a bug is enough.
sql/scheduler.cc:
  make it the same as in 5.5
storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0mysql.c:
  make it the same as in 5.5
storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0sel.c:
  make it the same as in 5.5
storage/xtradb/row/row0mysql.c:
  make it the same as in 5.5
storage/xtradb/row/row0sel.c:
  make it the same as in 5.5

fix the NAME_CONST check to only allow literals, negated literals, and literals with
the explicit collation.

The method Item_field::update_table_bitmaps() should not try
to mark the bit for a self-referencing virtual column.

- Let cleanup_empty_jtbm_semi_joins() walk into semi-join nests.

The field JOIN::select_lex->where should be updated after the call
of remove_eq_conds() in the function make_join_statistics(). This
matters for subselects.

Set of JOIN_TYPE_OUTER made only once to avoid interference with optimization joins which made only once per query.

on server shutdown after SELECT with CONVERT_TZ

It's wrong to return my_empty_string from val_str().
Removing my_empty_string. Using make_empty_result() instead.

Assertion `mon > 0 && mon < 13' failed.'

MDEV-5337: Wrong result in mariadb 5.5.32 with ORDER BY + LIMIT when 
index_condition_pushdown=on
- in test_if_skip_sort_order(), correct the condition under which
  we have the code that restores the previously pushed index condition.

The crash happened because Item_func_monthname was derived from
Item_func_month, so Item_func_monthname::is_null() did not work fine.
Backporting a change from 5.5: Item_func_monthname is now derived from
Item_str_func.

- convert_subq_to_sj() must connect child select's tables into 
  parent select's TABLE_LIST::next_local chain.  
- The problem was that it took child's leaf_tables.head() which
  is different. This could cause certain tables (in this bug's case,
  child select's non-merged semi-join) not to be present in 
  TABLE_LIST::next_local chain.  Which would cause non-merged semi-join
  not to be initialized in setup_tables(), which would lead to 
  NULL pointer dereference.

THD::thd->activate_stmt_arena_if_needed() should be used to temporary activating statement arena instead of direct usage of THD::set_n_backup_active_arena() because possible such scenario:
  1) func1 saves current arena and activates copy1 of statement arena
  2) func2 saves copy1 of statement arena setup by func1 and activates copy2
  3) some changes made for copy 2
  4) func2 stores changed copy2 back to statenet arena and activates copy1
  5) func1 store unchanged copy1 back to statemnt arena (rewrite changed copy 2 so changes become lost) and activates arena which was before.

THD::thd->activate_stmt_arena_if_needed() should be used to temporary activating statement arena instead of direct usage of THD::set_n_backup_active_arena() because possible such scenario:
  1) func1 saves current arena and activates copy1 of statement arena
  2) func2 saves copy1 of statement arena setup by func1 and activates copy2
  3) some changes made for copy 2
  4) func2 stores changed copy2 back to statenet arena and activates copy1
  5) func1 store unchanged copy1 back to statemnt arena (rewrite changed copy 2 so changes become lost) and activates arena which was before.

update_used_tables() should be called after handling derived tables in any case.

Materialization forced in case if rand() used in view or derived table to avoud several calls of rand for gting value of a field.

Fixed set variable uncachable flag from - it shouldbe a side effect not a random value.

The fix for bug #27937 was incomplete: it did not handle correctly the queries
containing UNION with global ORDER BY in subselects.

a memory leak in save_index() first seen in the test case for mdev-5382.

When marking used columns the function find_field_in_table_ref() erroneously
called the walk method for the real item behind a view/derived table field
with the second parameter set to TRUE.
This erroneous code was introduced in 2006. 

Correct processing of view/derived with no tables added.

"Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised"
in Item_time_typecast::get_date.

Adding "null_value" into the debug assert condition.

modified:
  mysql-test/r/func_time.result
  mysql-test/t/func_time.test
  sql-common/my_time.c
  sql/item_func.h
  sql/item_timefunc.cc
  sql/mysql_priv.h
  sql/time.cc

Fix ha_myisammrg::update_create_info() to do what ha_myisammrg::append_create_info() does -
take sub-table names from TABLE_LIST, not reverse engineer tablefile names.

Backport praveenkumar.hulakund@oracle.com-20120127081643-u7dxy23i8yyqarm7 from mysql-5.6

- For INSERT ... SELECT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE, table elimination should 
  check which tables are referenced in the ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE clause.

remove_eq_conds() in the function make_join_statistics().