call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: Failed to set .*DIRECT"); select @@innodb_flush_method; @@innodb_flush_method O_DIRECT create table t(a serial) engine=innodb; FLUSH TABLES; # restart: --innodb-flush-method=5 select @@innodb_flush_method; @@innodb_flush_method O_DIRECT_NO_FSYNC insert into t values(0); FLUSH TABLES; # restart: --innodb-flush-method=0 select @@innodb_flush_method; @@innodb_flush_method fsync drop table t;