Bug #31315 mysql_install_db fails if a default table type of NDB is set in my.cnf

Description:
If you use a my.cnf file as a parameter to mysql_install_db to initialize the default tables, but have a parameter
"default-table-type=NDB"

How to repeat:
/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=/home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc- linux-i686-glibc23/mysql_1/my-5-1-22.cnf --force
Installing MySQL system tables...
071001 15:39:52 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported table type: ndb
071001 15:39:52 [ERROR] Aborting

071001 15:39:52 [Note] /home/jdowling/.mysql/mysql-5.1.22-rc-linux-x86_64-glibc2 3/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Installation of system tables failed!

Examine the logs in /home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc-linux-i686-glibc23/mysql _1/var for more information.
You can try to start the mysqld daemon with:
/home/jdowling/.mysql/mysql-5.1.22-rc-linux-x86_64-glibc23/bin/mysqld --skip-gra nt &
and use the command line tool
/home/jdowling/.mysql/mysql-5.1.22-rc-linux-x86_64-glibc23/bin/mysql to connect to the mysql
database and look at the grant tables:

shell> /home/jdowling/.mysql/mysql-5.1.22-rc-linux-x86_64-glibc23/bin/mysql -u r oot mysql
mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
gives you a log in /home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc-linux-i686-glibc23/mysql_ 1/var that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
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Please consult the MySQL manual section: 'Problems running mysql_install_db',
and the manual section that describes problems on your OS.
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Failure: problem installing default mysql database.

my.cnf file:
#
# This my.cnf file was generated by ndbinstaller.
#

[mysqld]

basedir         = /home/jdowling/.mysql/mysql-5.1.22-rc-linux-x86_64-glibc23
datadir         = /home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc-linux-i686-glibc23/mysql_1/var
port            = 3306
socket          = /tmp/mysql.sock

pid-file        = /home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc-linux-i686-glibc23/mysql_1/mysqld.pid

# use NDB storage engine and make NDB the default table type
ndbcluster
#default-table-type=ndb

# optimizations to improve performance of NDB
ndb-use-exact-count=0
ndb-force-send=1
engine-condition-pushdown=1

# do not include innodb engine (for easier installation)
skip-innodb

# replication settings go here
server-id=1848
log-bin=mysql-bin

[mysql_cluster]
ndb-connectstring=localhost:1186

NDB's config.ini:
[NDBD DEFAULT]
#The number of copies of the data stored on different nodes in the cluster
NoOfReplicas=2

#The amount of main memory (RAM) used to store columns and ordered indexes in tables, plus some overhead
DataMemory=80M

#The amount of main memory (RAM) used to hash indexes in tables, plus some overhead
IndexMemory=16M

#The amount of disk space (NoOfFragmentLogFiles * 64MB) used to store the Redo Log (used for node recovery)
NoOfFragmentLogFiles=7

#The speed at which LocalCheckpoints (LCP) are written to disk
DiskCheckpointSpeed=10M

#The speed at which LocalCheckpoints (LCP) are written to disk, as part of a node recovery
DiskCheckpointSpeedInRestart=100M

#The size of the RedoLog Buffer in memory; Reduce for improved disk throughput (but slower recovery time)
DiskSyncSize=4M

#The size of the RedoBuffer used to buffer writes to the disk subsystem. Increase for high write-rate or slow disk.
RedoBuffer=8M

#The maximum time in ms that is permitted to lapse between operations in the same transaction before the transaction is aborted.
TransactionInactiveTimeout=2000

#Time in ms between global checkpoint groups are flushed from memory to disk
TimeBetweenGlobalCheckpoints=1000

#Time in ms between local checkpoints of memory to local disk. Increase this if system is highly loaded to improve node restart times.
TimeBetweenLocalCheckpoints=10

#Represents the number of seconds between memory usage reports written to the cluster log
MemReportFrequency=300

#This prevents ndbd processes and DB memory from being swapped out to disk
LockPagesInMainMemory=1

[MYSQLD DEFAULT]

[NDB_MGMD DEFAULT]

[TCP DEFAULT]
# I found  this settting buggy with 5.1.17-beta, when starting ndb_mgmd process.
# SendBufferMemory=2M

# Management Server
[NDB_MGMD]
HostName=localhost
PortNumber=1186
DataDir= /home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb-5.1.22-rc-linux-i686-glibc23/mgmd1
LogDestination=FILE:filename=/home/jdowling/.mysql/logs/cluster.log,maxsize=1000000,maxfiles=6
NodeID=63

[NDBD]
HostName=localhost
DataDir=/home/jdowling/.mysql/logs
FileSystemPath=/home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb/ndb_data/1
NodeID=1

[NDBD]
HostName=localhost
DataDir=/home/jdowling/.mysql/logs
FileSystemPath=/home/jdowling/.mysql/ndb/ndb_data/2
NodeID=2

# Setup node IDs for mySQL API-servers (clients of the cluster)
[MYSQLD]

[MYSQLD]

[MYSQLD]

Thank you for the bug report.

Magnus, I believe this is in your hands. The fix is to run mysql_install_db with overriden default of the default_storage_engine.

Otherwise the following code in the server triggers a failure:
 

  /*
    Check that the default storage engine is actually available.
  */
  if (default_storage_engine_str)
  {
    LEX_STRING name= { default_storage_engine_str,
                       strlen(default_storage_engine_str) };
    plugin_ref plugin;
    handlerton *hton;
    
    if ((plugin= ha_resolve_by_name(0, &name)))
      hton= plugin_data(plugin, handlerton*);
    else
    {
      sql_print_error("Unknown/unsupported table type: %s",
                      default_storage_engine_str);
      unireg_abort(1);
    }

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/36434

ChangeSet@1.2600, 2007-10-26 15:39:04+02:00, msvensson@pilot.mysql.com +1 -0
  Bug#31315 mysql_install_db fails if a default table type of NDB is set in my.cnf
  - Use myisam as default storage engine when running mysqld in --bootstrap
  mode

Bug #32470 was marked as duplicate of this one.

Pushed to mysql-5.1-build

Pushed to 5.1.23 and 6.0.4

Noted in 5.1.23, 6.0.4 changelogs.

mysql_install_db failed if the default storage engine was NDB. Now it
explicitly uses MyISAM as the storage engine when running mysqld
--bootstrap.

Bug still exists in version 5.1.23

Apparently the bug never made it to 5.1.23-rc(just double checked) and it does not look like the patch is in 5.1 repository either. It has probably been removed in a merge.

Recommited patch

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53106

2818 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53114

2732 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53115

2681 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53122

2672 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53131

2744 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53132

2818 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53133

2732 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/53134

2744 Magnus Svensson	2008-09-02 [merge]
      Merge bug#31315

Pushed into 6.0.7-alpha  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902085330-nwc5yva7ir20dpij) (version source revid:sven@mysql.com-20080818175803-c1nutd5773r6b4gd) (pib:3)

Noted in 6.0.7 changelog.

mysql_install_db failed if run with the default table type set to
NDB.

Setting report to NDI pending push into 5.1.x.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/54543

2698 He Zhenxing	2008-09-26 [merge]
      Merge 5.1 main -> 5.1-rpl

Pushed into 5.1.28  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (version source revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (pib:4)

Noted in 5.1.28 changelog.

Pushed into 6.0.8-alpha  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (version source revid:kpettersson@mysql.com-20080911114255-81pt7q1uvl1fkojq) (pib:5)

Pushed into 5.1.29-ndb-6.2.17  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20081028140209-u4emkk1xphi5tkfb) (pib:5)

Pushed into 5.1.29-ndb-6.3.19  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20081028194045-0353yg8cvd2c7dd1) (pib:5)

Pushed into 5.1.29-ndb-6.4.0  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091413-5aix9rsscpw1fcjg) (version source revid:jonas@mysql.com-20081101082305-qx5a1bj0z7i8ueys) (pib:5)

Pushed into 6.0.7-alpha  (revid:msvensson@mysql.com-20080902091600-q23j00agdmy0kss0) (version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20080902154454-pvi3xa61d2wtxtbg) (pib:5)