Bug #71197 mysql slave sql thread memory leak
Submitted: 21 Dec 2013 8:48 Modified: 19 Feb 2014 10:38
Reporter: qinglin zhang (OCA) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Replication Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.6.15, 5.6.14, 5.6.13, 5.6.16, 5.7.3 OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: Contribution, mysql memory leak

[21 Dec 2013 8:48] qinglin zhang
Description:
mysql 5615 introduced memory leak by replication

How to repeat:
stop slave;
set global slave_parallel_workers=8; 
start slave;

top

in a while , you will notice the memory problem, you can also use the script bellow to watch the memory used by mysqld;

while true
do
  date >> ps.log
  ps aux | grep mysqld >> ps.log
  sleep 60
done

Suggested fix:
not yet
[23 Dec 2013 5:54] qinglin zhang
parameters go like bellow:

+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Variable_name                | Value                 |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| init_slave                   |                       |
| log_slave_updates            | ON                    |
| log_slow_slave_statements    | OFF                   |
| pseudo_slave_mode            | OFF                   |
| rpl_stop_slave_timeout       | 31536000              |
| slave_allow_batching         | OFF                   |
| slave_checkpoint_group       | 512                   |
| slave_checkpoint_period      | 300                   |
| slave_compressed_protocol    | OFF                   |
| slave_exec_mode              | STRICT                |
| slave_load_tmpdir            | /u01/5615/tmp         |
| slave_max_allowed_packet     | 1073741824            |
| slave_net_timeout            | 3600                  |
| slave_parallel_workers       | 8                     |
| slave_pending_jobs_size_max  | 1073741824            |
| slave_rows_search_algorithms | TABLE_SCAN,INDEX_SCAN |
| slave_skip_errors            | OFF                   |
| slave_sql_verify_checksum    | ON                    |
| slave_transaction_retries    | 10                    |
| slave_type_conversions       |                       |
| sql_slave_skip_counter       | 0                     |
+------------------------------+-----------------------+

when I execute stop slave sql_thread, the memory become normal; 

Has anyone pay attention to this bug ?
[24 Dec 2013 8:32] qinglin zhang
my configuration is :

[client]                                                                                                                             
socket = /u01/5615/run/mysql.sock

[innotop]
socket = /u01/5615/run/mysql.sock

[mysql]
auto-rehash

[mysqld]
sort_buffer_size=1k
core-file

#### Baes dir ####
basedir = /u01/5615
datadir = /u01/5615/data
tmpdir = /u01/5615/tmp
socket = /u01/5615/run/mysql.sock
#### Base configure info ####
port = 3406#5615
skip-name-resolve
old_passwords = 0 
lower_case_table_names = 1 
open_files_limit = 65535
read_rnd_buffer_size = 5M
max_allowed_packet = 24M 
max_connect_errors = 50000
max_connections = 5000
max_user_connections = 2000
thread_cache_size=64
#rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled=1
relay_log_recovery=1
table_open_cache_instances=5
metadata_locks_hash_instances = 32
metadata_locks_cache_size=2048
slave_pending_jobs_size_max = 1073741824
innodb_use_native_aio = 1                                                                                                            
innodb_file_format=Barracuda
bind-address = 0.0.0.0

innodb_buffer_pool_dump_at_shutdown=1
innodb_buffer_pool_load_at_startup = 1
innodb_print_all_deadlocks = 1
innodb_buffer_pool_instances=4
innodb_online_alter_log_max_size=2G

binlog_format=row
#### Log info ####
log-error = /u01/5615/log/alert.log
log-queries-not-using-indexes
long_query_time = 1

#### Binary log && Relay log ####
log-bin = /u01/5615/log/mysql-bin
log-slave-updates = 1
relay-log = /u01/5615/log/mysqld-relay-bin
relay-log-index = /u01/5615/log/mysqld-relay-bin.index
master-info-file = /u01/5615/log/master.info
relay-log-info-file = /u01/5615/log/relay-log.info
#expire_logs_days=1
max_binlog_size = 500M
max_binlog_cache_size = 2G
relay_log_purge=1
### Server id ####
server-id=3406

#innodb
default-storage-engine = INNODB
innodb_file_per_table = 1
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 100
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 4G
innodb_log_buffer_size= 400M
innodb_log_file_size = 400M 
innodb_log_files_in_group = 4
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct = 50
innodb_thread_concurrency=16
innodb_purge_threads = 4
innodb_io_capacity=1000
innodb_lru_scan_depth=8192
#innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT_NO_FSYNC 
innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT

innodb_sort_buffer_size=2M
innodb_online_alter_log_max_size=2G

performance_schema_instrument = '%=on'
performance_schema=ON
slave_parallel_workers= 8

relay_log_info_repository='TABLE'
master_info_repository='TABLE'
enforce_gtid_consistency = OFF
gtid_mode = OFF

explicit_defaults_for_timestamp=ON

#memcache 
#innodb_api_enable_binlog = 1
#daemon_memcached_option="-p11222"
#daemon_memcached_r_batch_size=1
#daemon_memcached_w_batch_size=1  
       
thread_stack = 1524288                                                                                                               
[mysqld_safe]
pid-file = /u01/5615/run/mysql.pid 

to repeat it :
use 5615 mysql as slave and run sysbench to update,and watch the memory the slave use
[24 Dec 2013 22:03] Sveta Smirnova
Thank you for the report.

Verified as described. 

To repeat: start MTR as ./mtr --suite=rpl rpl_alter &, create database sbtest and run standard oltp test of sysbench 0.4.12 connected to master, than watch memory usage of slave.

Memory usage did not decrease neither after all updates from master were applied, nor after I issued FLUSH TABLES.
[25 Dec 2013 8:48] qinglin zhang
Thank your very much for your response, I wonder when this can be fixed ?
[30 Dec 2013 12:16] qinglin zhang
suggested fix:

Index: sql/sql_class.h
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_class.h     (revision 4987)
+++ sql/sql_class.h     (working copy)
@@ -2073,6 +2073,7 @@
 public:
   MDL_context mdl_context;
 
+  MEM_ROOT main_mem_root;
   /* Used to execute base64 coded binlog events in MySQL server */
   Relay_log_info* rli_fake;
   /* Slave applier execution context */
@@ -4074,7 +4075,6 @@
     - for prepared queries, only to allocate runtime data. The parsed
     tree itself is reused between executions and thus is stored elsewhere.
   */
-  MEM_ROOT main_mem_root;
   Diagnostics_area main_da;
   Diagnostics_area *m_stmt_da;
 
Index: sql/rpl_slave.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/rpl_slave.cc    (revision 4987)
+++ sql/rpl_slave.cc    (working copy)
@@ -3729,6 +3729,11 @@
       }
     }
 
+    if(ev->ends_group())
+    {
+      free_root(&rli->info_thd->main_mem_root, MYF(MY_KEEP_PREALLOC));
+    }
+
     if (error)
     {
       /*
[2 Jan 2014 10:39] qinglin zhang
suggest fix :

Index: sql/sql_base.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_base.cc	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_base.cc	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "sql_priv.h"
 #include "unireg.h"
 #include "debug_sync.h"
+#include "rpl_rli.h"
 #include "lock.h"        // mysql_lock_remove,
                          // mysql_unlock_tables,
                          // mysql_lock_have_duplicate
@@ -5790,8 +5791,16 @@
     DBUG_ASSERT(thd->lock == 0);	// You must lock everything at once
     TABLE **start,**ptr;
 
-    if (!(ptr=start=(TABLE**) thd->alloc(sizeof(TABLE*)*count)))
-      DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
+    if (thd->rli_thd_memory)
+    {
+       if (!(ptr=start=(TABLE**) alloc_root(&thd->rli_slave->mts_coor_mem_root, (sizeof(TABLE*)*count))))
+        DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if (!(ptr=start=(TABLE**) thd->alloc(sizeof(TABLE*)*count)))
+        DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
+    }
     for (table= tables; table; table= table->next_global)
     {
       if (!table->placeholder())
Index: sql/sql_class.h
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_class.h	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_class.h	(working copy)
@@ -2078,6 +2078,8 @@
   /* Slave applier execution context */
   Relay_log_info* rli_slave;
 
+  /*a sign for rli thread*/
+  bool rli_thd_memory;
   void reset_for_next_command();
   /*
     Constant for THD::where initialization in the beginning of every query.
Index: sql/sql_class.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_class.cc	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_class.cc	(working copy)
@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@
    m_statement_psi(NULL),
    m_idle_psi(NULL),
    m_server_idle(false),
+   rli_thd_memory(false),
    next_to_commit(NULL),
    is_fatal_error(0),
    transaction_rollback_request(0),
Index: sql/sql_lex.h
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_lex.h	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_lex.h	(working copy)
@@ -2623,6 +2623,10 @@
   {
     return context_stack.push_front(context);
   }
+  bool push_context(Name_resolution_context *context, MEM_ROOT* mem_root)
+  {
+    return context_stack.push_front(context, mem_root);
+  }
 
   void pop_context()
   {
Index: sql/sql_lex.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_lex.cc	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_lex.cc	(working copy)
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <m_ctype.h>
 #include <hash.h>
 #include "sp.h"
+#include "rpl_rli.h"
 #include "sp_head.h"
 #include "sql_table.h"                 // primary_key_name
 #include "sql_show.h"                  // append_identifier
@@ -1784,7 +1785,12 @@
     thus push_context should be moved to a place where query
     initialization is checked for failure.
   */
-  parent_lex->push_context(&context);
+  if (parent_lex->thd->rli_thd_memory)
+    parent_lex->push_context(&context,
+                             &parent_lex->thd->rli_slave->mts_coor_mem_root);
+  else
+    parent_lex->push_context(&context);
+
   cond_count= between_count= with_wild= 0;
   max_equal_elems= 0;
   ref_pointer_array.reset();
Index: sql/sql_list.h
===================================================================
--- sql/sql_list.h	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/sql_list.h	(working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,20 @@
     }
     return 1;
   }
+  inline bool push_front(void *info, MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
+  {
+    list_node *node=new(mem_root) list_node(info,first);
+    if (node)
+    {
+      if (last == &first)
+	last= &node->next;
+      first=node;
+      elements++;
+      return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
+  }
+
   void remove(list_node **prev)
   {
     list_node *node=(*prev)->next;
@@ -482,6 +496,8 @@
   inline bool push_back(T *a, MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
   { return base_list::push_back((void *) a, mem_root); }
   inline bool push_front(T *a) { return base_list::push_front((void *) a); }
+  inline bool push_front(T *a, MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
+  { return base_list::push_front((void *) a, mem_root); }
   inline T* head() {return (T*) base_list::head(); }
   inline T** head_ref() {return (T**) base_list::head_ref(); }
   inline T* pop()  {return (T*) base_list::pop(); }
Index: sql/log_event.h
===================================================================
--- sql/log_event.h	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/log_event.h	(working copy)
@@ -1449,8 +1449,8 @@
   */
   virtual List<char>* get_mts_dbs(MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
   {
-    List<char> *res= new List<char>;
-    res->push_back(strdup_root(mem_root, get_db()));
+    List<char> *res= new(mem_root) List<char>;
+    res->push_back(strdup_root(mem_root, get_db()), mem_root);
     return res;
   }
 
@@ -2113,12 +2113,12 @@
   */
   virtual List<char>* get_mts_dbs(MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
   {
-    List<char> *res= new (mem_root) List<char>;
+    List<char> *res= new(mem_root) List<char>;
     if (mts_accessed_dbs == OVER_MAX_DBS_IN_EVENT_MTS)
     {
       // the empty string db name is special to indicate sequential applying
       mts_accessed_db_names[0][0]= 0;
-      res->push_back((char*) mts_accessed_db_names[0]);
+      res->push_back((char*) mts_accessed_db_names[0], mem_root);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -3336,8 +3336,8 @@
   virtual uint8 mts_number_dbs() { return OVER_MAX_DBS_IN_EVENT_MTS; }
   virtual List<char>* get_mts_dbs(MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
   {
-    List<char> *res= new List<char>;
-    res->push_back(strdup_root(mem_root, ""));
+    List<char> *res= new(mem_root) List<char>;
+    res->push_back(strdup_root(mem_root, ""), mem_root);
     return res;
   }
 #endif
@@ -3870,7 +3870,7 @@
   }
   virtual List<char>* get_mts_dbs(MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
   {
-    List<char> *res= new List<char>;
+    List<char> *res= new(mem_root) List<char>;
     const char *db_name= get_db();
 
     if (!rpl_filter->is_rewrite_empty() && !get_flags(TM_REFERRED_FK_DB_F))
@@ -3883,7 +3883,7 @@
     }
 
     res->push_back(strdup_root(mem_root,
-                               get_flags(TM_REFERRED_FK_DB_F) ? "" : db_name));
+                               get_flags(TM_REFERRED_FK_DB_F) ? "" : db_name), mem_root);
     return res;
   }
 
Index: sql/rpl_slave.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/rpl_slave.cc	(revision 4989)
+++ sql/rpl_slave.cc	(working copy)
@@ -5504,7 +5504,7 @@
   thd = new THD; // note that contructor of THD uses DBUG_ !
   thd->thread_stack = (char*)&thd; // remember where our stack is
   rli->info_thd= thd;
-  
+  rli->info_thd->rli_thd_memory= true;
   /* Inform waiting threads that slave has started */
   rli->slave_run_id++;
   rli->slave_running = 1;
[9 Jan 2014 10:08] qinglin zhang
Has anyone pay attention to this problem ?
[19 Jan 2014 10:27] Dean Herbert
Can replicate this on three production hosts running 5.6.14 and 5.6.15. Occurs when slave-parallel-workers is set to 1 or higher.

A consistent 1.2gb leak per day for me. Pretty serious stuff.
[20 Jan 2014 1:58] qinglin zhang
There will be memory leak when relay_log_info_repository=Table and master_info_repository = Table, there are some reasons for this:
1. Relay thread call get_slave_worker to distribute log_event; 
2. Memory used in init_query as well as open_table don't freed when after relay and master info is updated;
[20 Jan 2014 2:12] zhai weixiang
The memory allocated from the mem_root of distribute thread (rli->info_thd->mem_root) was not freed until executing "STOP SLAVE". Is this the root reason of this problem ?
[21 Jan 2014 13:19] Aaron Johnson
I am also experiencing this problem.

Have tested several slave setting combinations with 5.6.13 to 5.6.15.

Stopping and restarting the slave does not free the memory.

Tested stopping the slave, changing the number of slave workers to zero, restarting the slave and then stopping and returning to the 12 workers we normally use.  This did not free any memory.

- Aaron
[22 Jan 2014 1:45] qinglin zhang
Memory did come back when you stop slave in my case , I tried two machines, why not try the following patch?

Index: sql/log_event.cc
===================================================================
--- sql/log_event.cc	(revision 5149)
+++ sql/log_event.cc	(working copy)
@@ -2692,7 +2692,8 @@
     {
       ulong gaq_idx;
       rli->mts_groups_assigned++;
-
+      // free memory used by relay thread
+      free_root(rli->info_thd->mem_root, MYF(MY_KEEP_PREALLOC));
       rli->curr_group_isolated= FALSE;
       group.reset(log_pos, rli->mts_groups_assigned);
       // the last occupied GAQ's array index
[22 Jan 2014 15:53] cindy .
We have this issue and are having to do a full mysql restart at least once a week.  stop slave;start slave will work for a few times then that will stop freeing any memory and a full restart of mysql is required.  Affects all 10 production slaves.  This is quite serious as not doing a restart will kick swap in and cause huge performance issues. 

Setting relay_log_info_repository and master_info_repository to file instead of table does not fix the leak.
[23 Jan 2014 5:35] qinglin zhang
set the following three parameters may stop the leak:

master_info_repository=file
relay_log_info_repository=file
slave_parallel_workers=0
[23 Jan 2014 18:53] Sveta Smirnova
Bug #71425 was marked as duplicate of this one.
[7 Feb 2014 11:50] Luis Soares
See also: BUG#69075.
[19 Feb 2014 10:38] Jon Stephens
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the next release.

Fixed in MySQL 5.6+. Documented in the MySQL 5.6.17 and MySQL 5.7.4 changelogs as follows:

        When relay_log_info_repository and master_info_repository were
        both set to TABLE, setting --slave-parallel-workers to 1 or
        greater and starting the slave caused the slave SQL thread to
        use but not to release memory until the server was restarted.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest available version, including the bug fix. More information about accessing the source trees is available at

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/installing-source.html

Closed.
[19 Feb 2014 10:41] Jon Stephens
Bug #69075 was closed as duplicate of this bug.
[20 Feb 2014 2:24] Kshira Nadarajan
Setting 
relay_log_info_repository = FILE
master_info_repository    = FILE
with slave_parallel_workers > 0 also didn't work.
[29 Mar 2014 8:14] Laurynas Biveinis
5.6$ bzr log -r 5824 -n0
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 5824 [merge]
committer: Andrei Elkin <andrei.elkin@oracle.com>
branch nick: 5.6-fixes4
timestamp: Tue 2014-02-18 19:52:59 +0200
message:
  merging 5.6 repo with local Bug18001777 fixing branch.
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    revno: 5822.1.1
    committer: Andrei Elkin <andrei.elkin@oracle.com>
    branch nick: 5.6-fixes4
    timestamp: Tue 2014-02-18 14:34:43 +0200
    message:
      Bug #18001777 MYSQL SLAVE SQL THREAD MEMORY hogging
      
      
      Technically it's not a leak which the reporter admits himself, see
      the bug report.
      
      Source code examination showed that the problem was in usage of an
      incorrect mem-root. The main THD root of Coordinator thread was never
      reset.
      After discussion with reviewer a solution to dismantle the specific
      root is decided. Instead array of pointers to database names of a
      maximum size is allocated in the stack which is correct 'cos database
      names do not get out scope of gets destructed while their pointers are
      processed.
      The fixes are verified on memory consumption to prove correctness of
      the found suspect and the fixing method.
[29 Mar 2014 8:20] Laurynas Biveinis
5.6$ bzr log -r 5832
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 5832
committer: Andrei Elkin <andrei.elkin@oracle.com>
branch nick: 5.6-fixes4
timestamp: Fri 2014-02-21 13:37:35 +0200
message:
  Bug18001777 post-push fixing.
[1 May 2014 16:01] Dov Endress
I am seeing a similar memory leak in | version       | 5.6.16-64.2-56-log |
+---------------+--------------------+

repositories set to FILE, 0 parallel workers

stopping slave releases the memory
[13 Oct 2014 20:33] Yang Liu
I am seeing the same issue, we are running V5.6.19 , still see this issue, stop slave did not release the memory, this requires a full mysqld restart.
This is causing serious issues for our production servers.

Just wonder which version has the fix?  5.6.19 certainly does not have the fix
[13 Oct 2014 21:22] Yang Liu
Our my.cnf have the following settings:

slave_parallel_workers = 0
relay-log-info-repository        = TABLE
master-info-repository           = TABLE
relay_log_recovery               = ON
sync-master-info                 = 1

This is mysql v5.6.19 , still seeing the issue, stop slave does not release the memory, please reopen the bug, the bug has not been fixed yet
[14 Oct 2014 9:47] Andrei Elkin
Thank you guys for following up.
This bug is really about Multi-Threaded Slave as the report indicates with

   set global slave_parallel_workers=8;

Since your setup specifies the workers=0 you must be hitting some other issue.
Fill free to open a new bug and specify steps that reproduce your observations.

Thanks.
[5 Jan 2015 2:17] AmirBehzad Eslami
We have the same issue under MySQL 5.6.20. Memory leaks when parallel workers are enabled.