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7.4.6.1 Shared Key Cache Access
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Prior to MySQL 4.1, access to the key cache is serialized: No two
threads can access key cache buffers simultaneously. The server
processes a request for an index block only after it has finished
processing the previous request. As a result, a request for an index
block not present in any key cache buffer blocks access by other
threads while a buffer is being updated to contain the requested index
block.
Starting from version 4.1.0, the server supports shared access to the
key cache:
* A buffer that is not being updated can be accessed by multiple
threads.
* A buffer that is being updated causes threads that need to use it
to wait until the update is complete.
* Multiple threads can initiate requests that result in cache block
replacements, as long as they do not interfere with each other
(that is, as long as they need different index blocks, and thus
cause different cache blocks to be replaced).
Shared access to the key cache allows the server to improve throughput
significantly.
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