I have a MySQL instance running on an Ubuntu 12.04 server, equipped with 120 GB RAM. There are several PHP scripts running on it, which sometimes set new mysql parameters. One of these scripts uses large MEMORY tables to consolidate data before inserting it into MySISAM tables.
Lately I updated max_heap_table_size and tmp_table_size from 16 GB to 20 GB, to avoid "table is full" errors. As a result MySQL crashed during the next run of the script.
Actually it first generated a strack trace:
14:30:19 UTC - mysqld got signal 11 ;
This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary
or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built,
or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware.
We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help
diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed,
something is definitely wrong and this may fail.
key_buffer_size=536870912
read_buffer_size=131072
max_used_connections=85
max_threads=700
thread_count=82
connection_count=81
It is possible that mysqld could use up to
key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 2055554 K bytes of memory
Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation.
Thread pointer: 0x7ff66dbb4f30
Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out
where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went
terribly wrong...
stack_bottom = 7ff632b80e60 thread_stack 0x28000
/usr/sbin/mysqld(my_print_stacktrace+0x29)[0x7ff66b087589]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(handle_fatal_signal+0x483)[0x7ff66af4c9d3]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0xfcb0)[0x7ff669c96cb0]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z10field_convP5FieldS0_+0x37)[0x7ff66af49077]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_ZN10Item_field13save_in_fieldEP5Fieldb+0x46)[0x7ff66af599b6]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z11fill_recordP3THDPP5FieldR4ListI4ItemEb+0x4e)[0x7ff66adf3afe]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_ZN12select_union9send_dataER4ListI4ItemE+0x6f)[0x7ff66aea705f]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(+0x32c554)[0x7ff66ae5a554]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(+0x3225cf)[0x7ff66ae505cf]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z10sub_selectP4JOINP13st_join_tableb+0x7e)[0x7ff66ae5255e]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(+0x335274)[0x7ff66ae63274]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_ZN4JOIN4execEv+0xc03)[0x7ff66ae72ec3]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z12mysql_selectP3THDPPP4ItemP10TABLE_LISTjR4ListIS1_ES2_jP8st_orderSB_S2_SB_yP13select_resultP18st_select_lex_unitP13st_select_lex+0x130)[0x7ff66ae6e610]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z21mysql_derived_fillingP3THDP3LEXP10TABLE_LIST+0x121)[0x7ff66ae13671]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z20mysql_handle_derivedP3LEXPFbP3THDS0_P10TABLE_LISTE+0x68)[0x7ff66ae130f8]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z20open_and_lock_tablesP3THDP10TABLE_LISTbjP19Prelocking_strategy+0x11a)[0x7ff66adf7c9a]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(+0x2fac95)[0x7ff66ae28c95]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z21mysql_execute_commandP3THD+0x16a6)[0x7ff66ae307f6]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z11mysql_parseP3THDPcjP12Parser_state+0x10f)[0x7ff66ae35a0f]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z16dispatch_command19enum_server_commandP3THDPcj+0x1e71)[0x7ff66ae37951]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(_Z24do_handle_one_connectionP3THD+0x1bd)[0x7ff66aeddd9d]
/usr/sbin/mysqld(handle_one_connection+0x50)[0x7ff66aedde00]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x7e9a)[0x7ff669c8ee9a]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7ff6693bf3fd]
Trying to get some variables.
Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort.
Query (7fea98004a80): is an invalid pointer
Connection ID (thread ID): 15144
Status: NOT_KILLED
The manual page at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/crashing.html contains
information that should help you find out what is causing the crash.
The crash/restart happened an hour later:
131122 15:30:24 [Warning] Using unique option prefix myisam-recover instead of myisam-recover-options is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
131122 15:30:24 [Warning] Using unique option prefix myisam-recover instead of myisam-recover-options is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
131122 15:30:24 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
InnoDB: Log scan progressed past the checkpoint lsn 1319218667
131122 15:30:24 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally!
InnoDB: Starting crash recovery.
Unfortunately I don't have binlog or slow-query log outputs to post here, but I what I can say is that the PHP script continued to run after the stack trace had been produced. It stopped during the mysql restart.
Hardware failure should not be considered, as this error already happened on 2 distinct servers.
What could be the cause of the crash ? How can I find out the maximum max_heap_table_size and tmp_table_size I can use without crashing mysql ?
ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 1031141
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 1031141
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
mysql version is 5.5.34 for Ubuntu 12.04,1
ulimit -a
from mysql user and check for possible memory restrictions. Here is the problem similar to yours: bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68064.