Bug #1086 Wrong Exec_master_log_pos reported in A->B->C setup.
Submitted: 18 Aug 2003 16:11 Modified: 20 Aug 2003 7:49
Reporter: Dmitry Lenev Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Replication Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:4.0 OS:
Assigned to: Dmitry Lenev CPU Architecture:Any

[18 Aug 2003 16:11] Dmitry Lenev 
Description:
In the A->B->C replication set up Exec_master_log_pos on C doesn't give the position of execution of its master (B) bin-log but the master's master (A).

This makes it hard to troubleshoot as you don't know where it's at in the binary log.

Documentation says that:

Exec_master_log_pos the position in the master's binlog (Relay_Master_Log_File) of the last event executed by the SQL thread. ((Relay_Master_Log_File,Exec_master_log_pos) in the master's binlog corresponds to (Relay_Log_File,Relay_Log_Pos) in the relay log).

And in this case this is not true.

How to repeat:
Set up A->B->C replication.(Don't forget to enable log-slave-updates on B)
Add binlog-do-db=test2 option for B because we need different bin-logs for A and B.
Now do some inserts with some table outside of test2 db on A. This inserts should not go in B bin-log and thus to C. Now do some inserts for some table in test2 db on host A.
Now Exec_master_log_pos on C will have same value as Position in SHOW MASTER status on A and not B as it should be.

Suggested fix:
Do not propagate log_pos of event from master to B own bin log. This probably as needed for some repl_failsafe stuff that is broken anyway.
[20 Aug 2003 7:49] Dmitry Lenev 
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[20 Aug 2003 8:14] Dmitry Lenev 
ChangeSet@1.1574.1.1, 2003-08-20 03:38:31+04:00, dlenev@mysql.com