MySQL 8.0 Release Notes
        MySQL 8.0 Source Code Documentation
        
Disables Performance Schema instruments with names that contain the argument. Produces a result set indicating how many instruments were disabled. Already disabled instruments do not count.
- in_pattern VARCHAR(128): The value used to match instrument names, which are identified by using- %in_pattern%as an operand for a- LIKEpattern match.- A value of - ''matches all instruments.
Disable a specific instrument:
mysql> CALL sys.ps_setup_disable_instrument('wait/lock/metadata/sql/mdl');
+-----------------------+
| summary               |
+-----------------------+
| Disabled 1 instrument |
+-----------------------+Disable all mutex instruments:
mysql> CALL sys.ps_setup_disable_instrument('mutex');
+--------------------------+
| summary                  |
+--------------------------+
| Disabled 177 instruments |
+--------------------------+