Re: bzr commit into mysql-5.5-bugteam branch (bar:3121) Bug#57306

[Tor Didriksen]

> But I think there is no problem with copying CHARSET_INFO pointer.
> My understanding is that pointers use processor data types,
> which should be copied atomically, on both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware.
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There is no such guarantee, on any platform. It may, or may not work.
The only thing which is guaranteed to be atomic, is sig_atomic_t,
which intended for communication between signal handlers, and ordinary
threads.

-- didrik


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>> If there is a problem, maybe we should change the code which updates
>> THD::variables::character_set_client to use LOCK_thd_data, or an atomic
>> operation; and above we would use the mutex or the atomic operation...?
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> I don't think we really need it.
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