Deadlock on the same object? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I encountered the following log in 8.4.1 and HEAD. The deadlock occured
on the same object (relation 17498 of database 17497). Is it reasonable?

ERROR:  deadlock detected
DETAIL: Process 6313 waits for ExclusiveLock on relation 17498 of database 17497; blocked by process 6312.
Process6312 waits for ExclusiveLock on relation 17498 of database 17497; blocked by process 6313.       Process 6313:
SELECTtest()       Process 6312: SELECT test()
 
HINT:  See server log for query details.
CONTEXT:  SQL function "test" statement 1
STATEMENT:  SELECT test()

(relation 17498 is table 'a')


A reproducible test set is:
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CREATE TABLE a (i integer PRIMARY KEY);
CREATE TABLE b (i integer REFERENCES a(i));

CREATE FUNCTION test() RETURNS VOID AS
$$
LOCK a IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;
LOCK b IN EXCLUSIVE MODE;
DELETE FROM a;
$$
LANGUAGE sql STRICT;
----

# Repeat the following commands in shell.
psql -c "SELECT test()" &
psql -c "SELECT test()" &
psql -c "SELECT test()" &
wait

Regards,
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ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center