diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps.result b/mysql-test/r/ps.result
index cf3594f32a8..33282823931 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps.result
@@ -3005,6 +3005,44 @@ EXECUTE stmt;
 1
 DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Bug#54494 crash with explain extended and prepared statements
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2);
+PREPARE stmt FROM 'EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT 1 FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t1 t2 ON 1';
+EXECUTE stmt;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	filtered	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t2	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	100.00	
+1	SIMPLE	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	100.00	
+Warnings:
+Note	1003	select 1 AS `1` from `test`.`t1` `t2` left join `test`.`t1` on(1) where 1
+EXECUTE stmt;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	filtered	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t2	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	100.00	
+1	SIMPLE	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	100.00	
+Warnings:
+Note	1003	select 1 AS `1` from `test`.`t1` `t2` left join `test`.`t1` on(1) where 1
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Bug#54488 crash when using explain and prepared statements with subqueries
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(1);
+PREPARE stmt FROM 'EXPLAIN SELECT 1 FROM t1 WHERE (SELECT (SELECT 1 FROM t1 GROUP BY f1))';
+EXECUTE stmt;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
+2	SUBQUERY	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	No tables used
+3	SUBQUERY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	Using temporary; Using filesort
+EXECUTE stmt;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
+2	SUBQUERY	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	No tables used
+3	SUBQUERY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	Using temporary; Using filesort
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
+DROP TABLE t1;
 
 End of 5.1 tests.
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_bug57255.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_bug57255.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d61a0d42ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_bug57255.result
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+create table A(id int not null primary key) engine=innodb;
+create table B(id int not null auto_increment primary key, f1 int not null, foreign key(f1) references A(id) on delete cascade) engine=innodb;
+create table C(id int not null auto_increment primary key, f1 int not null, foreign key(f1) references B(id) on delete cascade) engine=innodb;
+insert into A values(1), (2);
+DELETE FROM A where id = 1;
+DELETE FROM C where f1 = 2;
+DELETE FROM A where id = 1;
+DROP TABLE C;
+DROP TABLE B;
+DROP TABLE A;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_bug57255.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_bug57255.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b37a0a6092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_bug57255.test
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Test Bug #57255. Cascade deletes that affect different rows should not
+# result in DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE error
+
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+
+create table A(id int not null primary key) engine=innodb;
+
+create table B(id int not null auto_increment primary key, f1 int not null, foreign key(f1) references A(id) on delete cascade) engine=innodb;
+
+create table C(id int not null auto_increment primary key, f1 int not null, foreign key(f1) references B(id) on delete cascade) engine=innodb;
+
+insert into A values(1), (2);
+
+--disable_query_log
+let $i=257;
+while ($i)
+{
+insert into B(f1) values(1);
+dec $i;
+}
+let $i=486;
+while ($i)
+{
+insert into C(f1) values(2);
+dec $i;
+}
+--enable_query_log
+
+# Following Deletes should not report error
+DELETE FROM A where id = 1;
+DELETE FROM C where f1 = 2;
+DELETE FROM A where id = 1;
+
+DROP TABLE C;
+DROP TABLE B;
+DROP TABLE A;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/perfschema/r/schema.result b/mysql-test/suite/perfschema/r/schema.result
index a802539b7e0..1599d51a59f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/perfschema/r/schema.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/perfschema/r/schema.result
@@ -195,6 +195,6 @@ show create table THREADS;
 Table	Create Table
 THREADS	CREATE TABLE `THREADS` (
   `THREAD_ID` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `ID` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `NAME` varchar(64) NOT NULL
+  `PROCESSLIST_ID` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `NAME` varchar(128) NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE=PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ps.test b/mysql-test/t/ps.test
index f7ce70c1d3a..bf15648951b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ps.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ps.test
@@ -3079,7 +3079,27 @@ EXECUTE stmt;
 DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
-###########################################################################
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#54494 crash with explain extended and prepared statements
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2);
+PREPARE stmt FROM 'EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT 1 FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t1 t2 ON 1';
+EXECUTE stmt;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#54488 crash when using explain and prepared statements with subqueries
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(1);
+PREPARE stmt FROM 'EXPLAIN SELECT 1 FROM t1 WHERE (SELECT (SELECT 1 FROM t1 GROUP BY f1))';
+EXECUTE stmt;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
+DROP TABLE t1;
 
 --echo 
 --echo End of 5.1 tests.
diff --git a/sql/ha_partition.h b/sql/ha_partition.h
index f1abc0cefe2..785d2388652 100644
--- a/sql/ha_partition.h
+++ b/sql/ha_partition.h
@@ -935,16 +935,22 @@ private:
     /* lock already taken */
     if (auto_increment_safe_stmt_log_lock)
       return;
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
     DBUG_ASSERT(table_share->ha_part_data && !auto_increment_lock);
+#endif
     if(table_share->tmp_table == NO_TMP_TABLE)
     {
       auto_increment_lock= TRUE;
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
       mysql_mutex_lock(&table_share->ha_part_data->LOCK_auto_inc);
+#endif
     }
   }
   virtual void unlock_auto_increment()
   {
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
     DBUG_ASSERT(table_share->ha_part_data);
+#endif
     /*
       If auto_increment_safe_stmt_log_lock is true, we have to keep the lock.
       It will be set to false and thus unlocked at the end of the statement by
@@ -952,19 +958,25 @@ private:
     */
     if(auto_increment_lock && !auto_increment_safe_stmt_log_lock)
     {
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
       mysql_mutex_unlock(&table_share->ha_part_data->LOCK_auto_inc);
+#endif
       auto_increment_lock= FALSE;
     }
   }
   virtual void set_auto_increment_if_higher(Field *field)
   {
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
     ulonglong nr= (((Field_num*) field)->unsigned_flag ||
                    field->val_int() > 0) ? field->val_int() : 0;
+#endif
     lock_auto_increment();
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
     DBUG_ASSERT(table_share->ha_part_data->auto_inc_initialized == TRUE);
     /* must check when the mutex is taken */
     if (nr >= table_share->ha_part_data->next_auto_inc_val)
       table_share->ha_part_data->next_auto_inc_val= nr + 1;
+#endif
     unlock_auto_increment();
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/item_subselect.cc b/sql/item_subselect.cc
index 56bd8c75a20..5cf585e1a56 100644
--- a/sql/item_subselect.cc
+++ b/sql/item_subselect.cc
@@ -1911,18 +1911,22 @@ int subselect_single_select_engine::exec()
     }
     if (!select_lex->uncacheable && thd->lex->describe && 
         !(join->select_options & SELECT_DESCRIBE) && 
-        join->need_tmp && item->const_item())
+        join->need_tmp)
     {
-      /*
-        Force join->join_tmp creation, because this subquery will be replaced
-        by a simple select from the materialization temp table by optimize()
-        called by EXPLAIN and we need to preserve the initial query structure
-        so we can display it.
-       */
-      select_lex->uncacheable|= UNCACHEABLE_EXPLAIN;
-      select_lex->master_unit()->uncacheable|= UNCACHEABLE_EXPLAIN;
-      if (join->init_save_join_tab())
-        DBUG_RETURN(1);                        /* purecov: inspected */
+      item->update_used_tables();
+      if (item->const_item())
+      {
+        /*
+          Force join->join_tmp creation, because this subquery will be replaced
+          by a simple select from the materialization temp table by optimize()
+          called by EXPLAIN and we need to preserve the initial query structure
+          so we can display it.
+        */
+        select_lex->uncacheable|= UNCACHEABLE_EXPLAIN;
+        select_lex->master_unit()->uncacheable|= UNCACHEABLE_EXPLAIN;
+        if (join->init_save_join_tab())
+          DBUG_RETURN(1);                        /* purecov: inspected */
+      }
     }
     if (item->engine_changed)
     {
diff --git a/sql/sql_partition.cc b/sql/sql_partition.cc
index e909431a7fa..455d95ada85 100644
--- a/sql/sql_partition.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_partition.cc
@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@ int get_part_iter_for_interval_via_walking(partition_info *part_info,
                                            uint min_len, uint max_len,
                                            uint flags,
                                            PARTITION_ITERATOR *part_iter);
+
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
 static int cmp_rec_and_tuple(part_column_list_val *val, uint32 nvals_in_rec);
 static int cmp_rec_and_tuple_prune(part_column_list_val *val,
                                    uint32 n_vals_in_rec,
                                    bool tail_is_min);
 
-#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
 /*
   Convert constants in VALUES definition to the character set the
   corresponding field uses.
diff --git a/sql/sql_prepare.cc b/sql/sql_prepare.cc
index 366c46d9c92..fcbf2c48896 100644
--- a/sql/sql_prepare.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_prepare.cc
@@ -2420,11 +2420,15 @@ void reinit_stmt_before_use(THD *thd, LEX *lex)
         sl->where= sl->prep_where->copy_andor_structure(thd);
         sl->where->cleanup();
       }
+      else
+        sl->where= NULL;
       if (sl->prep_having)
       {
         sl->having= sl->prep_having->copy_andor_structure(thd);
         sl->having->cleanup();
       }
+      else
+        sl->having= NULL;
       DBUG_ASSERT(sl->join == 0);
       ORDER *order;
       /* Fix GROUP list */
diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index a25cfcdedc8..be3dd8a0ca2 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ static TYPELIB grant_types = { sizeof(grant_names)/sizeof(char **),
 static void store_key_options(THD *thd, String *packet, TABLE *table,
                               KEY *key_info);
 
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
 static void get_cs_converted_string_value(THD *thd,
                                           String *input_str,
                                           String *output_str,
                                           CHARSET_INFO *cs,
                                           bool use_hex);
+#endif
 
 static void
 append_algorithm(TABLE_LIST *table, String *buff);
@@ -7850,6 +7852,7 @@ void initialize_information_schema_acl()
                                                 &is_internal_schema_access);
 }
 
+#ifdef WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE
 /*
   Convert a string in character set in column character set format
   to utf8 character set if possible, the utf8 character set string
@@ -7941,3 +7944,4 @@ static void get_cs_converted_string_value(THD *thd,
   }
   return;
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
index 6bd15f0556a..74f108fcf8e 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
@@ -1718,17 +1718,28 @@ err_exit:
 
 	err = dict_load_indexes(table, heap);
 
+	/* Initialize table foreign_child value. Its value could be
+	changed when dict_load_foreigns() is called below */
+	table->fk_max_recusive_level = 0;
+
 	/* If the force recovery flag is set, we open the table irrespective
 	of the error condition, since the user may want to dump data from the
 	clustered index. However we load the foreign key information only if
 	all indexes were loaded. */
 	if (!cached) {
 	} else if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
-		err = dict_load_foreigns(table->name, TRUE);
+		err = dict_load_foreigns(table->name, TRUE, TRUE);
+
+		if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
+			dict_table_remove_from_cache(table);
+			table = NULL;
+		}
 	} else if (!srv_force_recovery) {
 		dict_table_remove_from_cache(table);
 		table = NULL;
 	}
+
+	table->fk_max_recusive_level = 0;
 #if 0
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS && table != NULL) {
 
@@ -1952,8 +1963,12 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 /*==============*/
 	const char*	id,	/*!< in: foreign constraint id as a
 				null-terminated string */
-	ibool		check_charsets)
+	ibool		check_charsets,
 				/*!< in: TRUE=check charset compatibility */
+	ibool		check_recursive)
+				/*!< in: Whether to record the foreign table
+				parent count to avoid unlimited recursive
+				load of chained foreign tables */
 {
 	dict_foreign_t*	foreign;
 	dict_table_t*	sys_foreign;
@@ -1967,6 +1982,8 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 	ulint		len;
 	ulint		n_fields_and_type;
 	mtr_t		mtr;
+	dict_table_t*	for_table;
+	dict_table_t*	ref_table;
 
 	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
 
@@ -2051,11 +2068,54 @@ dict_load_foreign(
 
 	dict_load_foreign_cols(id, foreign);
 
-	/* If the foreign table is not yet in the dictionary cache, we
-	have to load it so that we are able to make type comparisons
-	in the next function call. */
+	ref_table = dict_table_check_if_in_cache_low(
+			foreign->referenced_table_name);
 
-	dict_table_get_low(foreign->foreign_table_name);
+	/* We could possibly wind up in a deep recursive calls if
+	we call dict_table_get_low() again here if there
+	is a chain of tables concatenated together with
+	foreign constraints. In such case, each table is
+	both a parent and child of the other tables, and
+	act as a "link" in such table chains.
+	To avoid such scenario, we would need to check the
+	number of ancesters the current table has. If that
+	exceeds DICT_FK_MAX_CHAIN_LEN, we will stop loading
+	the child table.
+	Foreign constraints are loaded in a Breath First fashion,
+	that is, the index on FOR_NAME is scanned first, and then
+	index on REF_NAME. So foreign constrains in which
+	current table is a child (foreign table) are loaded first,
+	and then those constraints where current table is a
+	parent (referenced) table.
+	Thus we could check the parent (ref_table) table's
+	reference count (fk_max_recusive_level) to know how deep the
+	recursive call is. If the parent table (ref_table) is already
+	loaded, and its fk_max_recusive_level is larger than
+	DICT_FK_MAX_CHAIN_LEN, we will stop the recursive loading
+	by skipping loading the child table. It will not affect foreign
+	constraint check for DMLs since child table will be loaded
+	at that time for the constraint check. */
+	if (!ref_table
+	    || ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level < DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD) {
+
+		/* If the foreign table is not yet in the dictionary cache, we
+		have to load it so that we are able to make type comparisons
+		in the next function call. */
+
+		for_table = dict_table_get_low(foreign->foreign_table_name);
+
+		if (for_table && ref_table && check_recursive) {
+			/* This is to record the longest chain of ancesters
+			this table has, if the parent has more ancesters
+			than this table has, record it after add 1 (for this
+			parent */
+			if (ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level
+			    >= for_table->fk_max_recusive_level) {
+				for_table->fk_max_recusive_level =
+					 ref_table->fk_max_recusive_level + 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* Note that there may already be a foreign constraint object in
 	the dictionary cache for this constraint: then the following
@@ -2080,6 +2140,8 @@ ulint
 dict_load_foreigns(
 /*===============*/
 	const char*	table_name,	/*!< in: table name */
+	ibool		check_recursive,/*!< in: Whether to check recursive
+					load of tables chained by FK */
 	ibool		check_charsets)	/*!< in: TRUE=check charset
 					compatibility */
 {
@@ -2181,7 +2243,7 @@ loop:
 
 	/* Load the foreign constraint definition to the dictionary cache */
 
-	err = dict_load_foreign(id, check_charsets);
+	err = dict_load_foreign(id, check_charsets, check_recursive);
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 		btr_pcur_close(&pcur);
@@ -2209,6 +2271,11 @@ load_next_index:
 
 		mtr_start(&mtr);
 
+		/* Switch to scan index on REF_NAME, fk_max_recusive_level
+		already been updated when scanning FOR_NAME index, no need to
+		update again */
+		check_recursive = FALSE;
+
 		goto start_load;
 	}
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 97ddbfc8199..a780ae67360 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -900,6 +900,19 @@ convert_error_code_to_mysql(
 	case DB_INTERRUPTED:
 		my_error(ER_QUERY_INTERRUPTED, MYF(0));
 		/* fall through */
+
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		push_warning_printf(thd, MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
+				    HA_ERR_ROW_IS_REFERENCED,
+				    "InnoDB: Cannot delete/update "
+				    "rows with cascading foreign key "
+				    "constraints that exceed max "
+				    "depth of %d. Please "
+				    "drop extra constraints and try "
+				    "again", DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD);
+
+		/* fall through */
+
 	case DB_ERROR:
 	default:
 		return(-1); /* unspecified error */
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/db0err.h b/storage/innobase/include/db0err.h
index f84ce2d15aa..01bb1b80754 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/db0err.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/db0err.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ enum db_err {
 					requested but this storage does not
 					exist itself or the stats for a given
 					table do not exist */
+	DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE,	/* Foreign key constraint related
+					cascading delete/update exceeds
+					maximum allowed depth */
 
 	/* The following are partial failure codes */
 	DB_FAIL = 1000,
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/dict0load.h b/storage/innobase/include/dict0load.h
index 05d3532d59a..f009f221f32 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/dict0load.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/dict0load.h
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ ulint
 dict_load_foreigns(
 /*===============*/
 	const char*	table_name,	/*!< in: table name */
+	ibool		check_recursive,/*!< in: Whether to check recursive
+					load of tables chained by FK */
 	ibool		check_charsets);/*!< in: TRUE=check charsets
 					compatibility */
 /********************************************************************//**
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/dict0mem.h b/storage/innobase/include/dict0mem.h
index 75f9acd6b26..d448e57e395 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/dict0mem.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/dict0mem.h
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT. */
 						in table->flags. */
 /* @} */
 
+/** Tables could be chained together with Foreign key constraint. When
+first load the parent table, we would load all of its descedents.
+This could result in rescursive calls and out of stack error eventually.
+DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD defines the maximum number of recursive loads,
+when exceeded, the child table will not be loaded. It will be loaded when
+the foreign constraint check needs to be run. */
+#define DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD	255
+
+/** Similarly, when tables are chained together with foreign key constraints
+with on cascading delete/update clause, delete from parent table could
+result in recursive cascading calls. This defines the maximum number of
+such cascading deletes/updates allowed. When exceeded, the delete from
+parent table will fail, and user has to drop excessive foreign constraint
+before proceeds. */
+#define FK_MAX_CASCADE_DEL		255
 
 /**********************************************************************//**
 Creates a table memory object.
@@ -469,6 +484,12 @@ struct dict_table_struct{
 				NOT allowed until this count gets to zero;
 				MySQL does NOT itself check the number of
 				open handles at drop */
+	unsigned	fk_max_recusive_level:8;
+				/*!< maximum recursive level we support when
+				loading tables chained together with FK
+				constraints. If exceeds this level, we will
+				stop loading child table into memory along with
+				its parent table */
 	ulint		n_foreign_key_checks_running;
 				/*!< count of how many foreign key check
 				operations are currently being performed
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/que0que.h b/storage/innobase/include/que0que.h
index 09734bbb197..720da6dcb46 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/que0que.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/que0que.h
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ struct que_thr_struct{
 					thus far */
 	ulint		lock_state;	/*!< lock state of thread (table or
 					row) */
+	ulint		fk_cascade_depth; /*!< maximum cascading call depth
+					supported for foreign key constraint
+					related delete/updates */
 };
 
 #define QUE_THR_MAGIC_N		8476583
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
index 38ec4bff08f..1b96ff50e66 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ row_merge_rename_tables(
 		goto err_exit;
 	}
 
-	err = dict_load_foreigns(old_name, TRUE);
+	err = dict_load_foreigns(old_name, FALSE, TRUE);
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 err_exit:
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0mysql.c b/storage/innobase/row/row0mysql.c
index 71ef587b141..f298b3224e0 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0mysql.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0mysql.c
@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ handle_new_error:
 		      "InnoDB: " REFMAN "forcing-recovery.html"
 		      " for help.\n", stderr);
 		break;
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: Cannot delete/update rows with"
+			" cascading foreign key constraints that exceed max"
+			" depth of %lu\n"
+			"Please drop excessive foreign constraints"
+			" and try again\n", (ulong) DICT_FK_MAX_RECURSIVE_LOAD);
+		break;
 	default:
 		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: unknown error code %lu\n",
 			(ulong) err);
@@ -1440,11 +1447,15 @@ row_update_for_mysql(
 run_again:
 	thr->run_node = node;
 	thr->prev_node = node;
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth = 0;
 
 	row_upd_step(thr);
 
 	err = trx->error_state;
 
+	/* Reset fk_cascade_depth back to 0 */
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth = 0;
+
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 		que_thr_stop_for_mysql(thr);
 
@@ -1640,12 +1651,27 @@ row_update_cascade_for_mysql(
 	trx_t*	trx;
 
 	trx = thr_get_trx(thr);
+
+	/* Increment fk_cascade_depth to record the recursive call depth on
+	a single update/delete that affects multiple tables chained
+	together with foreign key relations. */
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth++;
+
+	if (thr->fk_cascade_depth > FK_MAX_CASCADE_DEL) {
+		return (DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE);
+	}
 run_again:
 	thr->run_node = node;
 	thr->prev_node = node;
 
 	row_upd_step(thr);
 
+	/* The recursive call for cascading update/delete happens
+	in above row_upd_step(), reset the counter once we come
+	out of the recursive call, so it does not accumulate for
+	different row deletes */
+	thr->fk_cascade_depth = 0;
+
 	err = trx->error_state;
 
 	/* Note that the cascade node is a subnode of another InnoDB
@@ -2120,7 +2146,7 @@ row_table_add_foreign_constraints(
 					      name, reject_fks);
 	if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
 		/* Check that also referencing constraints are ok */
-		err = dict_load_foreigns(name, TRUE);
+		err = dict_load_foreigns(name, FALSE, TRUE);
 	}
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
@@ -3992,7 +4018,7 @@ end:
 		an ALTER, not in a RENAME. */
 
 		err = dict_load_foreigns(
-			new_name, !old_is_tmp || trx->check_foreigns);
+			new_name, FALSE, !old_is_tmp || trx->check_foreigns);
 
 		if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 			ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
diff --git a/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c b/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
index 39978304696..39c60d2bc2f 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
@@ -693,6 +693,8 @@ ut_strerr(
 		return("Lock structs have exhausted the buffer pool");
 	case DB_FOREIGN_DUPLICATE_KEY:
 		return("Foreign key activated with duplicate keys");
+	case DB_FOREIGN_EXCEED_MAX_CASCADE:
+		return("Foreign key cascade delete/update exceeds max depth");
 	case DB_TOO_MANY_CONCURRENT_TRXS:
 		return("Too many concurrent transactions");
 	case DB_UNSUPPORTED:
diff --git a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
index b17948fb75c..15fe4a38a54 100644
--- a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
+++ b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
@@ -974,11 +974,17 @@ echo "====="                                     >> $STATUS_HISTORY
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/mypluglib.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/semisync_master.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/semisync_slave.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/auth.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/auth_socket.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/auth_test_plugin.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/adt_null.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/libdaemon_example.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/mypluglib.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_master.so
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_slave.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/auth.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/auth_socket.so
+%attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/debug/auth_test_plugin.so
 
 %if %{WITH_TCMALLOC}
 %attr(755, root, root) %{_libdir}/mysql/%{malloc_lib_target}
@@ -1075,6 +1081,10 @@ echo "====="                                     >> $STATUS_HISTORY
 # merging BK trees)
 ##############################################################################
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 6 2010 Georgi Kodinov <georgi.godinov@oracle.com>
+
+- Added example external authentication (WL#1054) plugin binaries
+
 * Wed Aug 11 2010 Joerg Bruehe <joerg.bruehe@oracle.com>
 
 - With a recent spec file cleanup, names have changed: A "-community" part was dropped.