Bug #68825 performance regressions for single-threaded workloads
Submitted: 1 Apr 2013 16:28 Modified: 1 Sep 2015 14:38
Reporter: Mark Callaghan Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Optimizer Severity:S5 (Performance)
Version:5.6.10 OS:Any
Assigned to: Roy Lyseng CPU Architecture:Any

[1 Apr 2013 16:28] Mark Callaghan
Description:
I think there are performance regressions in MySQL 5.6 and I hope they can be reduced. My biggest concern is the potential impact on replication replay. That is always less concurrent that on the master and regressions can increase lag.

From
http://mysqlha.blogspot.com/2013/03/mysql-56-single-threaded-read-only.html
* IO-bound results show the overhead of the perf schema
* cached results are worse for 5.6 whether or not the perf schema is used

How to repeat:
Run single-threaded workloads with client and mysqld on the same host.

Suggested fix:
Profile the server. I have yet to identify the source of the overhead.
[1 Apr 2013 21:59] Mark Callaghan
I use my own branch of sysbench -- https://code.launchpad.net/~mdcallag/sysbench/0.4-dev

For the update-only test:
./sysbench --batch --batch-delay=10 --test=oltp  --oltp-table-size=128000000 --max-time=1800 --max-requests=0 --mysql-table-engine=innodb --db-ps-mode=disable --mysql-engine-trx=yes --oltp-table-name=sbtest1 --oltp-skip-trx --oltp-test-mode=incupdate2 --oltp-dist-type=uniform --oltp-range-size=100 --oltp-connect-delay=0 --percentile=99 --num-threads=1 --seed-rng=1 [ prepare | run ]

For the read-only test:
./sysbench --batch --batch-delay=10 --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=128000000 --max-time=1800 --max-requests=0 --mysql-table-engine=innodb --db-ps-mode=disable --mysql-engine-trx=yes --oltp-table-name=sbtest1 --oltp-read-only --oltp-skip-trx --oltp-test-mode=simple --oltp-point-select-all-cols --oltp-dist-type=uniform --oltp-range-size=100 --oltp-connect-delay=0 --percentile=99 --num-threads=1 --seed-rng=1 [ prepare | run ]
[1 Apr 2013 22:02] Mark Callaghan
Typical my.cnf for 5.6.10 during my tests:

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES 
innodb_log_file_size=1900M
innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT
innodb_thread_concurrency=0
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct=80

innodb_file_format=barracuda
innodb_file_per_table

table-definition-cache=1000
table-open-cache=2000

max_connections=2000
key_buffer_size=200M

innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2
innodb_doublewrite=0
query_cache_size=0
query_cache_type=0
innodb_thread_concurrency=0
metadata_locks_hash_instances=256
innodb_checksum_algorithm=CRC32

innodb_buffer_pool_size=64g
innodb_io_capacity=8192
innodb_buffer_pool_instances=8
table_open_cache_instances=1
innodb_lru_scan_depth=8192
[2 Apr 2013 1:37] Mark Callaghan
Results for an update-only workload. The regression is still there and the perf schema makes it worse -- http://mysqlha.blogspot.com/2013/04/mysql-56-single-thread-update-only.html
[2 Apr 2013 17:21] Mark Callaghan
Repeated tests using HANDLER rather than SELECT to avoid optimizer overhead. InnoDB AHI was also disabled. 5.1.63 does about 3.6% better so the optimizer might account for a bit more than half of the regression.
15968 QPS - 5.1.63 with FB patch
15400 QPS - 5.6.10 without perf schema

I also ran "perf record" for 120 seconds during each test and make_join_statistics + JOIN::optimize was about 1.5X more expensive for 5.6.10.
[2 Apr 2013 18:36] Mark Callaghan
Compiled 5.6 with -DOPTIMIZER_TRACE=0. That didn't make much of a difference. But it looks like there is much more overhead in the optimizer. I used "perf record -p $( pidof mysqld ) -- sleep 120" to collect CPU profiling over 120 seconds when running the test and the output below is from "perf report | grep JOIN".

This is for MySQL 5.1.63 with the Facebook patch:

     1.08%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::optimize()                                                                                                                                                                                         
     0.96%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL20make_join_statisticsP4JOINP10TABLE_LISTP4ItemP16st_dynamic_array                                                                                                                                    
     0.49%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::prepare(Item***, TABLE_LIST*, unsigned int, Item*, unsigned int, st_order*, st_order*, Item*, st_order*, st_select_lex*, st_select_lex_unit*)                                                      
     0.38%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::exec()                                                                                                                                                                                             
     0.35%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL18create_ref_for_keyP4JOINP13st_join_tableP8keyuse_ty                                                                                                                                                 
     0.25%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL14simplify_joinsP4JOINP4ListI10TABLE_LISTEP4Itemb                                                                                                                                                     
     0.21%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL9do_selectP4JOINP4ListI4ItemEP8st_tableP9Procedure                                                                                                                                                    
     0.17%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::cleanup(bool)                                                                                                                                                                                      
     0.17%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL14add_key_fieldsP4JOINPP11key_field_tPjP4ItemyPP17st_sargable_param                                                                                                                                   
     0.11%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL8end_sendP4JOINP13st_join_tableb                                                                                                                                                                      
     0.10%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::destroy()                                                                                                                                                                                          
     0.09%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::join_free()                                                                                                                                                                                        
     0.08%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] setup_end_select_func(JOIN*)                                                                                                                                                                             
     0.08%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL18make_join_readinfoP4JOINy                                                                                                                                                                           
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL12remove_constP4JOINP8st_orderP4ItembPb                                                                                                                                                               
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL17calc_group_bufferP4JOINP8st_order                                                                                                                                                                   
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::alloc_func_list()                                                                                                                                                                                  
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL13optimize_condP4JOINP4ItemP4ListI10TABLE_LISTEPNS1_11cond_resultE                                                                                                                                    
     0.05%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] JOIN::cleanup_item_list(List<Item>&) const                                                                                                                                                               
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] _ZL12set_positionP4JOINjP13st_join_tableP8keyuse_t                                                                                                                                                       
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.fs1          [.] select_result::initialize_tables(JOIN*)
[2 Apr 2013 18:38] Mark Callaghan
This is part 1 for MySQL 5.6.10 with -DOPTIMIZER_TRACE=0

     1.45%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL20make_join_statisticsP4JOINP10TABLE_LISTP4ItemP14Mem_root_arrayI7Key_useLb1EEb                                                                                             
     1.09%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::optimize()                                                                                                                                                               
     0.54%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::prepare(TABLE_LIST*, unsigned int, Item*, unsigned int, st_order*, st_order*, Item*, st_select_lex*, st_select_lex_unit*)                                                
     0.52%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::get_best_combination()                                                                                                                                                   
     0.36%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] create_ref_for_key(JOIN*, st_join_table*, Key_use*, unsigned long long)                                                                                                        
     0.25%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL14simplify_joinsP4JOINP4ListI10TABLE_LISTEP4ItembbPS6_Pj                                                                                                                    
     0.19%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL14add_key_fieldsP4JOINPP9Key_fieldPjP4ItemyPP17st_sargable_param                                                                                                            
     0.17%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::make_tmp_tables_info()                                                                                                                                                   
     0.16%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::exec()                                                                                                                                                                   
     0.13%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::make_sum_func_list(List<Item>&, List<Item>&, bool, bool)                                                                                                                 
     0.12%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL8end_sendP4JOINP13st_join_tableb                                                                                                                                            
     0.10%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] is_indexed_agg_distinct(JOIN*, List<Item_field>*)                                                                                                                              
     0.10%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] calc_group_buffer(JOIN*, st_order*)                                                                                                                                            
     0.09%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::cleanup(bool)                                                                                                                                                            
     0.09%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL12remove_constP4JOINP8st_orderP4ItembPbPKc.isra.189                                                                                                                         
     0.09%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] make_join_readinfo(JOIN*, unsigned long long, unsigned int)                                                                                                                    
     0.08%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::flatten_subqueries()                                                                                                                                                     
     0.08%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::generate_derived_keys()
[2 Apr 2013 18:39] Mark Callaghan
This is part 2 from 5.6.10 with -DOPTIMIZER_TRACE=0

     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::join_free()                                                                                                                                                              
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL31setup_semijoin_dups_eliminationP4JOINyj.isra.171                                                                                                                          
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL43optimize_semijoin_nests_for_materializationP4JOIN                                                                                                                         
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::destroy()                                                                                                                                                                
     0.07%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::update_equalities_for_sjm()                                                                                                                                              
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] setup_end_select_func(JOIN*, st_join_table*)                                                                                                                                   
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::decide_subquery_strategy()                                                                                                                                               
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::alloc_func_list()                                                                                                                                                        
     0.06%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::cleanup_item_list(List<Item>&) const                                                                                                                                     
     0.05%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::prepare_result(List<Item>**)                                                                                                                                             
     0.05%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] select_result::initialize_tables(JOIN*)                                                                                                                                        
     0.05%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::optimize_fts_limit_query()                                                                                                                                               
     0.04%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::cache_const_exprs()                                                                                                                                                      
     0.04%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::drop_unused_derived_keys()                                                                                                                                               
     0.04%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::set_semijoin_info()                                                                                                                                                      
     0.04%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::set_prefix_tables()                                                                                                                                                      
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::optimize_fts_query()                                                                                                                                                     
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] _ZL12set_positionP4JOINjP13st_join_tableP7Key_use.isra.8                                                                                                                       
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] update_depend_map(JOIN*)                                                                                                                                                       
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::set_access_methods()                                                                                                                                                     
     0.03%   mysqld  mysqld.noopttrc      [.] JOIN::refine_best_rowcount()
[2 Apr 2013 20:22] Mark Callaghan
filed http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68840 -- this doesn't explain the regression, but it is new code in the optimizer that doesn't do anything for InnoDB
[4 Apr 2013 6:10] Roy Lyseng
Thank you for the report.
I summed the overhead to about 1%, but then grepping for JOIN is not an exact tool for identifying the optimizer functions. We will need to perform more exact measurements in-house to see if we can pinpoint possible performance enhancements in the optimizer.
[22 Apr 2013 6:24] Roy Lyseng
Doing detailed performance analysis of optimizer benchmarks, and checks impact of some possible changes.
[14 May 2013 19:56] Mark Callaghan
More results on regressions. For these 4.0.30 is almost 1.5X faster than 5.6.11 on single-threaded inserts and single threaded point queries -- http://mysqlha.blogspot.com/2013/05/mysql-56-single-threaded-performance.html

For the inserts the "mysql" client uses almost 3X more CPU in 5.6.11. 5 second flat CPU profiles from linux perf utility are listed below first for 4.0.30

    64.70%    mysql  mysql              [.] _ZL10read_linesb
     9.66%    mysql  mysql              [.] batch_readline(st_line_buffer*)
     7.16%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __memcpy_ssse3
     6.97%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __strstr_sse42
     5.38%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] copy_user_generic_string
     1.68%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __strchr_sse42
     1.42%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __strlen_sse42
     0.93%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] intel_pmu_disable_all
     0.42%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] put_page
     0.28%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] sock_def_readable
     0.28%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] default_wake_function
     0.28%    mysql  mysql              [.] _ZL12find_commandPcc
     0.28%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] find_get_page
     0.28%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] _raw_spin_lock
     0.28%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] get_page_from_freelist
     0.02%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
     0.00%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] intel_pmu_enable_all

And then for 5.6.11:

    57.76%    mysql  mysql              [.] _ZL16read_and_executeb
    10.66%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __strstr_sse42
     9.72%    mysql  mysql              [.] my_utf8_uni
     9.07%    mysql  mysql              [.] my_ismbchar_utf8
     3.22%    mysql  mysql              [.] batch_readline(st_line_buffer*, bool)
     2.13%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] copy_user_generic_string
     1.77%    mysql  mysql              [.] is_prefix
     1.48%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] intel_pmu_disable_all
     1.37%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __memcpy_ssse3
     0.73%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] _raw_spin_lock
     0.30%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] __strlen_sse42
     0.29%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] perf_event_task_tick
     0.16%    mysql  mysql              [.] _ZL12find_commandPc
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idle_cpu
     0.15%    mysql  libc-2.13.so       [.] _IO_str_init_static_internal
     0.15%    mysql  mysql              [.] strcont
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] activate_page
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] update_wall_time
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] pick_next_task_rt
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] apic_timer_interrupt
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] account_user_time
     0.15%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] _raw_spin_lock_irq
     0.01%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] schedule
     0.00%    mysql  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] intel_pmu_enable_all
[14 May 2013 20:42] Roy Lyseng
Mark,
can you please file a separate bug in category command-line utilities for the MySQL client issue?
[14 May 2013 22:15] Mark Callaghan
created http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=69236 for non-optimizer regressions
[29 Jul 2013 11:37] Roy Lyseng
We have first targeted simple queries uses const tables. Here is a benchmark used for such queries:
(Tables are in MyISAM for smaller performance impact across versions).

Benchmark BM-1:
 
create table p1(a integer primary key, b integer);
insert into p1 values(1,10),(2,20),(3,30);
create table p2(a integer primary key, c integer);
insert into p2 values(10,100),(20,200),(30,300);
      
select c from p1 join p2 on p1.b=p2.a where p1.a=1;
      
delimiter //
create function f1(arg integer) returns integer reads sql data
begin
  declare val integer;
  select b from p1 where p1.a=arg into @val;
  return @val;
end//
create function f2(arg integer) returns integer reads sql data
begin
  declare val integer;
  select c from p1 join p2 on p1.b=p2.a where p1.a=arg into @val;
  return @val;
end//
delimiter ;
      
select benchmark(1000000,f1(1));
select benchmark(1000000,f2(1));
[22 Sep 2013 17:52] Roy Lyseng
A partial fix has been pushed to release 5.6.14: Please check the patch for this bug:
Bug#17234723: Shortcut execution path in JOIN::optimize()
[25 Sep 2013 2:58] Mark Callaghan
More results for cached & single-threaded sysbench
http://mysqlha.blogspot.com/2013/09/mysql-572-single-threaded-performance.html
[3 Oct 2014 6:55] Roy Lyseng
An updated report that includes 5.7: http://smalldatum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/single-thread-performance-in-mysql-575.html
[3 Oct 2014 6:56] Roy Lyseng
Another update that includes 5.7, the heap engine and more single-row operations:
http://smalldatum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/low-concurrency-performance-for-point.html
[4 Oct 2014 18:26] Roy Lyseng
Even more 5.7 benchmarks: PK operations, non-covering and covering secondary index retrievals, for 1 up to 32 threads: http://smalldatum.blogspot.no/2014/10/low-concurrency-performance-for-range.html
[1 Sep 2015 14:38] Mark Callaghan
regressions continue with mysql 5.7.8
http://smalldatum.blogspot.com/2015/08/single-threaded-linkbench-performance.html
[11 Jul 2018 15:09] MySQL Verification Team
A duplicate of this bug is also the following one:

https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=91598