Very slow writes on MySQL 8 - waiting for handler commit

Question

I have MySQL 8 docker installation installed on an edge device which has the following two tables to write to

video_paths | CREATE TABLE `video_paths` (
  `entry` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `timestamp` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `duration` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `path` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `motion` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `cam_id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `hd` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`entry`),
  KEY `cam_id` (`cam_id`),
  KEY `timestamp` (`timestamp`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=7342309 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci

AND

CREATE TABLE `tracker` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `table_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `primary_key_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `pointer` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `table_name` (`table_name`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci

The following queries are run every few secs for up to 32 cameras and are taking a lot of time as indicated by the slow query log.

UPDATE tracker SET pointer = 7342046 WHERE table_name = 'video_paths'

INSERT INTO video_paths (timestamp,duration,path,cam_id,hd) VALUES (1597548365000,5000,'/s/ss/x-0/v/2020-08-16/3/1.ts','x-1',1)

Most of the time is spent in the waiting for handler commit state

The total size of my data (tables + index) is ~1GB and I have the following settings enabled to optimise for write

skip-log-bin - Disabled the bin log because I don't have a replica and therefore no use for it innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit =2 - I am Optimising for performance rather than consistency here. range_optimizer_max_mem_size =0 As mention in this question, I have allowed max memory to range optimiser. inndo_buffer_pool_size= 512Mb - This should be enough for my data?.
innodb_log_file_size= 96Mb *2 files

I am seeing queries that are taking up to 90-100 secs sometimes.

SET timestamp=1597549337;
INSERT INTO video_paths (timestamp,duration,path,cam_id,hd) VALUES (1597548365000,5000,'/s/ss/x-0/v/2020-08-16/3/1.ts','x-1',1);
# Time: 2020-08-16T03:42:24.533408Z
# Query_time: 96.712976  Lock_time: 0.000033 Rows_sent: 0  Rows_examined: 0

---UPDATE--- Here's the complete my.cnf file

my.cnf

[mysqld]
pid-file        = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir         = /var/lib/mysql
secure-file-priv= NULL
# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
symbolic-links=0

skip-log-bin
innodb_buffer_pool_size=536870912
innodb_log_file_size=100663296

# Custom config should go here
!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/

conf.d/docker.cnf 
[mysqld]
skip-host-cache
skip-name-resolve 

The docker container is using the host mode so complete 15GB memory is available to the container.

--- UPDATE 2 --- After increasing the innodb_buffer_pool_size to 2GB as suggested by @fyrye, the statements have now started getting stuck on STATE = UPDATE instead of waiting for handler commit.

---- UPDATE 3 --- Looks like the CPU is causing the bottleneck

** ---- UPDATE 4 ---- ** Additional info

1. Ram Size

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          15909        1711        9385        2491        4813       11600
Swap:             0           0           0

2. No SSD/NVMe devices attached
3. SHOW GLOBAL STATUS - https://pastebin.com/vtWi0PUq
4. SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES - https://pastebin.com/MUZeG959
5. SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST - https://pastebin.com/eebEcYk7
6. htop - htop here is for the edge system which has 4 other containers running which include the main app, ffmpeg, mqtt, etc.
7. 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) 62576
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) 62576
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

8. opstat -xm 5 4

Linux 4.15.0-106-generic (xxxx)    08/18/2020  _x86_64_    (4 CPU)

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
         26.97    0.00   22.36   22.53    0.00   28.14

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rMB/s    wMB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
loop0             0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     3.20     0.00    2.40    2.40    0.00   0.00   0.00
sda              13.78     9.89   32.24   11.44     0.37     4.10   209.51    47.52 1079.07   44.07 3994.87  22.39  97.81

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
         19.71    0.00   27.85   40.87    0.00   11.57

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rMB/s    wMB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
loop0             0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
sda               0.00     0.00    1.40    4.60     0.03     2.71   934.93   142.66 24221.33  666.29 31390.26 166.67 100.00

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
         20.16    0.00   26.77   28.30    0.00   24.77

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rMB/s    wMB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
loop0             0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
sda               0.00     0.00    8.80    5.60     0.03     3.45   496.11   141.28 12507.78  194.00 31858.00  69.44 100.00

9. mpstat -P ALL 5 3

Linux 4.15.0-106-generic (sn-1f0ce8)    08/18/2020  _x86_64_    (4 CPU)

02:15:47 PM  CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
02:15:52 PM  all   21.48    0.00   20.40   29.01    0.00    7.94    0.00    0.00    0.00   21.17
02:15:52 PM    0   24.95    0.00   20.86    5.32    0.00    0.61    0.00    0.00    0.00   48.26
02:15:52 PM    1   17.59    0.00   18.81   57.67    0.00    5.93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00
02:15:52 PM    2   21.28    0.00   17.36    0.21    0.00   24.79    0.00    0.00    0.00   36.36
02:15:52 PM    3   22.34    0.00   24.59   52.46    0.00    0.61    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

02:15:52 PM  CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
02:15:57 PM  all   20.56    0.00   20.00   28.26    0.00    7.08    0.00    0.00    0.00   24.10
02:15:57 PM    0   24.44    0.00   18.89   12.32    0.00    0.21    0.00    0.00    0.00   44.15
02:15:57 PM    1   17.73    0.00   15.46   33.20    0.00    4.95    0.00    0.00    0.00   28.66
02:15:57 PM    2   18.93    0.00   22.22   12.35    0.00   22.84    0.00    0.00    0.00   23.66
02:15:57 PM    3   21.06    0.00   23.31   55.21    0.00    0.41    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

02:15:57 PM  CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
02:16:02 PM  all   21.81    0.00   18.32   26.42    0.00    7.03    0.00    0.00    0.00   26.42
02:16:02 PM    0   26.43    0.00   19.67    0.20    0.00    0.41    0.00    0.00    0.00   53.28
02:16:02 PM    1   20.57    0.00   17.11   45.21    0.00    5.30    0.00    0.00    0.00   11.81
02:16:02 PM    2   19.67    0.00   16.74    0.21    0.00   21.97    0.00    0.00    0.00   41.42
02:16:02 PM    3   20.45    0.00   19.84   58.91    0.00    0.81    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

Average:     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
Average:     all   21.28    0.00   19.57   27.90    0.00    7.35    0.00    0.00    0.00   23.90
Average:       0   25.27    0.00   19.81    5.94    0.00    0.41    0.00    0.00    0.00   48.57
Average:       1   18.63    0.00   17.13   45.39    0.00    5.39    0.00    0.00    0.00   13.45
Average:       2   19.96    0.00   18.78    4.28    0.00   23.20    0.00    0.00    0.00   33.77
Average:       3   21.28    0.00   22.57   55.54    0.00    0.61    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

Answer 1

Suggestions to consider for your my.cnf [mysqld] section

log_error=/var/lib/mysql/sn-1f0ce8-error.log  # from stderr to have a visible error log
innodb_lru_scan_depth=100  # from 1024 to conserve 90% CPU cycles used for function
innodb_io_capacity=900  # from 200 to allow more IOPSecond to your storage device
innodb_flush_neighbors=2  # from 0 to expedite writing to current extent
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm=1  # from 10 percent to expedite writes
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct=1  # from 90 percent to reduce innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty count
innodb_change_buffer_max_size=50  # from 25 percent to expedite your high volume activity

You will find these suggestions will reduce CPU busy and expedite query completion.

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