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MDEV-23720 Change innodb_log_optimize_ddl=OFF by default
MariaDB 10.2.2 inherited from MySQL 5.7 a perceived optimization
of ALTER TABLE, which skips the writing of redo log records.
In MDEV-16809 we introduced a parameter that allows the redo log to
be written, so that Mariabackup would not be impacted, but we kept
the MySQL 5.7 behaviour enabled by default (innodb_log_optimize_ddl=ON).

As noted in MDEV-19747 (Deprecate and ignore innodb_log_optimize_ddl,
implemented in MariaDB 10.5.1), omitting the redo log writes can
actually reduce performance, because we will have to wait for the data
pages to be written out. When the redo log file is configured to be
large enough, it actually can be much faster to write the redo log and
avoid the extra page flushing.

When the redo log is omitted (innodb_log_optimize_ddl=ON), also
Mariabackup may have to perform a lot of extra work, to re-copy the
entire data file if it is possible that any log was omitted during
the backup.

Starting with MariaDB 10.5.1, the parameter innodb_log_optimize_ddl
is deprecated and ignored. We hereby deprecate (but will not ignore)
the parameter in earlier versions as well.
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
CREATE TABLE t1(i INT PRIMARY KEY auto_increment, a int) ENGINE INNODB;
INSERT INTO t1(a) SELECT * from seq_1_to_10000;
SET GLOBAL innodb_log_optimize_ddl=ON;
# xtrabackup backup
t1.frm
t1.ibd
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

CREATE TABLE t1(i INT PRIMARY KEY auto_increment, a int) ENGINE INNODB;
INSERT INTO t1(a) SELECT * from seq_1_to_10000;
SET GLOBAL innodb_log_optimize_ddl=ON;

let $targetdir=$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/backup;

@@ -1568,10 +1568,10 @@ READ_ONLY YES
COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT REQUIRED
VARIABLE_NAME INNODB_LOG_OPTIMIZE_DDL
SESSION_VALUE NULL
DEFAULT_VALUE ON
DEFAULT_VALUE OFF
VARIABLE_SCOPE GLOBAL
VARIABLE_TYPE BOOLEAN
VARIABLE_COMMENT Reduce redo logging when natively creating indexes or rebuilding tables. Setting this OFF avoids delay due to page flushing and allows concurrent backup.
VARIABLE_COMMENT DEPRECATED. Ignored in MariaDB 10.5. Reduce redo logging when natively creating indexes or rebuilding tables. Enabling this may slow down backup and cause delay due to page flushing.
NUMERIC_MIN_VALUE NULL
NUMERIC_MAX_VALUE NULL
NUMERIC_BLOCK_SIZE NULL
@@ -20245,10 +20245,10 @@ static MYSQL_SYSVAR_BOOL(log_compressed_pages, page_zip_log_pages,

static MYSQL_SYSVAR_BOOL(log_optimize_ddl, innodb_log_optimize_ddl,
PLUGIN_VAR_OPCMDARG,
"Reduce redo logging when natively creating indexes or rebuilding tables."
" Setting this OFF avoids delay due to page flushing and"
" allows concurrent backup.",
NULL, NULL, TRUE);
"DEPRECATED. Ignored in MariaDB 10.5."
" Reduce redo logging when natively creating indexes or rebuilding tables."
" Enabling this may slow down backup and cause delay due to page flushing.",
NULL, NULL, FALSE);

static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(autoextend_increment,
sys_tablespace_auto_extend_increment,

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