Bug #79151 error -1 from storage engine while creating table with non-existing datadir

Description:
Hi dear all,
There is another cryptic error message while trying to create tablespace outside default data directory:

mysql [localhost] {msandbox} (test) > create table t1(id int not null) data directory='/home/datadir';
ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error -1 from storage engine

From error log:

2015-11-06 12:01:30 7f563ce21700  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.

In fact there is no such directory:

sh@percona-XPS-15:~$ ls /home/datadir
ls: cannot access /home/datadir: No such file or directory

How to repeat:
See description

Suggested fix:
Adding more informative error message

Hello Shahriyar,

Thank you for the report.

Thanks,
Umesh

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mysql> create table t11(id int not null) data directory='/home/datadir';
ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error -1 from storage engine
mysql> show warnings;
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message                          |
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
| Error | 1030 | Got error -1 from storage engine |
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> show errors;
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message                          |
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
| Error | 1030 | Got error -1 from storage engine |
+-------+------+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

// Exatrct from error log

Version: '5.6.27'  socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'  port: 3306  MySQL Community Server (GPL)
2015-10-09 19:43:37 7f0be5e81700  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
mysql>

Has there been a fix? We're facing this on 5.6.28-0ubuntu0.14.04.1-log (Ubuntu)

With MySQL 5.7.11 there is a different, still unclear error:

mysql> create table t8(id int) data directory='/home/kkk';
ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error 168 from storage engine

2016-03-18T07:38:39.895337Z 5 [ERROR] InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
2016-03-18T07:38:39.895354Z 5 [ERROR] InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to the directory

Same with partitioned tables with own tablespace:

mysql [localhost] {msandbox} ((none)) > CREATE TABLE `employees` (
    ->   `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
    ->   `store_id` int(11) NOT NULL
    -> ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
    -> /*!50100 PARTITION BY RANGE (store_id)
    -> (PARTITION p0 VALUES LESS THAN (6) DATA DIRECTORY = '/opt/p0' ENGINE = InnoDB,
    ->  PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (11) DATA DIRECTORY = '/opt/p1' ENGINE = InnoDB,
    ->  PARTITION p2 VALUES LESS THAN (16) DATA DIRECTORY = '/opt/p2' ENGINE = InnoDB,
    ->  PARTITION p3 VALUES LESS THAN (21) ENGINE = InnoDB) */
    -> ;
ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error -1 from storage engine

Contribution submitted via Github - Bug #79151 - error -1 from storage engine while creating table with non-existing 
(*) Contribution by Elshad Aghazade (Github elshadaghazade, mysql-server/pull/108#issuecomment-258644823): I confirm the code being submitted is offered under the terms of the OCA, and that I am authorized to contribute it.

Contribution: git_patch_92425970.txt (text/plain), 1016 bytes.