MySQL Community Server 5.7.2 has been released (part 1)

2013-09-21 Thread Bjorn Munch
Dear MySQL users, MySQL Server 5.7.2 (Milestone Release) is a new version of the world's most popular open source database. This is the second public milestone release of MySQL 5.7. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-development-cycle/en/development-milestone-releases.html [ Due to a size limit

MySQL Community Server 5.7.2 has been released (part 2 of 4)

2013-09-21 Thread Bjorn Munch
Functionality Added or Changed * Performance; InnoDB: Memory for transaction instances (trx_t) is now allocated in configurable sized blocks that are a multiple of transaction instance size. Transaction instances are also placed in a priority queue and ordered by

MySQL Community Server 5.7.2 has been released (part 3 of 4)

2013-09-21 Thread Bjorn Munch
* InnoDB: During a transaction commit, prepare_commit_mutex is acquired to preserve the commit order. If the commit operation failed, the transaction would be rolled back but the mutex would not be released. Subsequent insert operations would not be able to acquire

MySQL Community Server 5.7.2 has been released (part 4 of 4)

2013-09-21 Thread Bjorn Munch
* The code base was modified to account for new warning checks introduced by gcc 4.8. (Bug #16729109) * Compiling failed with -DMY_ATOMIC_MODE_RWLOCKS=1 or on platforms on which MySQL did not support lockless atomic operations (such as ARM). (Bug #16736461) *