MySQL 5.5 Release Notes
A mutex is a synchronization mechanism used in the code to enforce that only one thread at a given time can have access to a common resource. When two or more threads executing in the server need to access the same resource, the threads compete against each other. The first thread to obtain a lock on the mutex causes the other threads to wait until the lock is released.
For InnoDB mutexes that are instrumented, mutex
waits can be monitored using
Performance Schema. Wait
event data collected in Performance Schema tables can help
identify mutexes with the most waits or the greatest total wait
time, for example.
The following example demonstrates how to view
InnoDB mutex wait instruments, how to verify
that associated consumers are enabled, and how to query wait event
data. It is assumed that Performance Schema was enabled at server
startup. For information about enabling Performance Schema, see
Section 22.1, “Performance Schema Quick Start”.
To view available
InnoDBmutex wait instruments, query the Performance Schemasetup_instrumentstable, as shown below. Instruments are enabled by default.mysql> SELECT * FROM performance_schema.setup_instruments WHERE NAME LIKE '%wait/synch/mutex/innodb%'; +-------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------+ | NAME | ENABLED | TIMED | +-------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------+ | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/commit_cond_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/innobase_share_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/prepare_commit_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/autoinc_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/btr_search_enabled_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/buf_pool_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/buf_pool_zip_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/cache_last_read_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/dict_foreign_err_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/dict_sys_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/file_format_max_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/fil_system_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/flush_list_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/log_flush_order_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/hash_table_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/ibuf_bitmap_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/ibuf_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/ibuf_pessimistic_insert_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/kernel_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/log_sys_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/mem_pool_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/mutex_list_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/purge_sys_bh_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/recv_sys_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/rseg_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/rw_lock_list_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/rw_lock_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/srv_dict_tmpfile_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/srv_innodb_monitor_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/srv_misc_tmpfile_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/srv_monitor_file_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/syn_arr_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/trx_doublewrite_mutex | YES | YES | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/trx_undo_mutex | YES | YES | +-------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------+ 34 rows in set (0.00 sec)Verify that wait event consumers are enabled by querying the
setup_consumerstable. Theevents_waits_current,events_waits_history, andevents_waits_history_longconsumers should be enabled by default.mysql> SELECT * FROM performance_schema.setup_consumers; +----------------------------------------------+---------+ | NAME | ENABLED | +----------------------------------------------+---------+ | events_waits_current | YES | | events_waits_history | YES | | events_waits_history_long | YES | | events_waits_summary_by_thread_by_event_name | YES | | events_waits_summary_by_event_name | YES | | events_waits_summary_by_instance | YES | | file_summary_by_event_name | YES | | file_summary_by_instance | YES | +----------------------------------------------+---------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec)Run the workload that you want to monitor. In this example, the mysqlslap load emulation client is used to simulate a workload.
shell> ./mysqlslap --auto-generate-sql --concurrency=100 --iterations=10 --number-of-queries=1000 --number-char-cols=6 --number-int-cols=6;Query the wait event data. In this example, wait event data is queried from the
events_waits_summary_global_by_event_nametable which aggregates data found in theevents_waits_current,events_waits_history, andevents_waits_history_longtables. Data is summarized by event name (EVENT_NAME), which is the name of the instrument that produced the event. Summarized data includes:COUNT_STARThe number of summarized wait events.
SUM_TIMER_WAITThe total wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
MIN_TIMER_WAITThe minimum wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
AVG_TIMER_WAITThe average wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
MAX_TIMER_WAITThe maximum wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
The following query returns the instrument name (
EVENT_NAME), the number of wait events (COUNT_STAR), and the total wait time for the events for that instrument (SUM_TIMER_WAIT). Because waits are timed in picoseconds (trillionths of a second) by default, wait times are divided by 1000000000 to show wait times in milliseconds. Data is presented in descending order, by the number of summarized wait events (COUNT_STAR). You can adjust theORDER BYclause to order the data by total wait time.mysql> SELECT EVENT_NAME, COUNT_STAR, SUM_TIMER_WAIT/1000000000 SUM_TIMER_WAIT_MS FROM performance_schema.events_waits_summary_global_by_event_name WHERE SUM_TIMER_WAIT > 0 AND EVENT_NAME LIKE 'wait/synch/mutex/innodb/%' ORDER BY COUNT_STAR DESC; +-------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------+ | EVENT_NAME | COUNT_STAR | SUM_TIMER_WAIT_MS | +-------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------+ | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/buf_pool_mutex | 154477 | 6258.6407 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/kernel_mutex | 54294 | 1747.1980 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/log_sys_mutex | 40578 | 3167.6126 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/dict_sys_mutex | 34261 | 26.4183 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/log_flush_order_mutex | 24463 | 0.5867 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/rseg_mutex | 18204 | 0.4750 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/flush_list_mutex | 15949 | 0.7182 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/mutex_list_mutex | 10439 | 0.2299 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/fil_system_mutex | 9815 | 0.5027 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/rw_lock_list_mutex | 8292 | 0.1763 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/trx_undo_mutex | 6070 | 0.2339 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/innobase_share_mutex | 1994 | 0.0761 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/file_format_max_mutex | 1007 | 0.0245 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/trx_doublewrite_mutex | 387 | 0.0214 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/recv_sys_mutex | 186 | 0.0047 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/ibuf_mutex | 121 | 0.0030 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/purge_sys_bh_mutex | 99 | 0.0033 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/ibuf_pessimistic_insert_mutex | 40 | 0.0011 | | wait/synch/mutex/innodb/srv_innodb_monitor_mutex | 3 | 0.0003 | +-------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------+ 19 rows in set (0.00 sec)NoteThe preceding result set includes wait event data produced during the startup process. To exclude this data, you can truncate the
events_waits_summary_global_by_event_nametable immediately after startup and before running your workload. However, the truncate operation itself may produce a negligible amount wait event data.mysql> TRUNCATE performance_schema.events_waits_summary_global_by_event_name;