Mariel Cherkassky wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to analyze a deadlock that I have in one of our environments. > The deadlock message : > > 06:15:49 EET db 14563 DETAIL: Process 14563 waits for ShareLock on transaction 1017405468; blocked by process 36589. > Process 36589 waits for ShareLock on transaction 1017403840; blocked by process 14563. > Process 14563: delete from tableB where a in (select id from tableA where c in (....) > Process 36589: delete from tableA where c in (....) > 06:15:49 EET db 14563 HINT: See server log for query details. > 06:15:49 EET db 14563 STATEMENT: delete from tableB where a in (select id from tableA where c in (....) > 06:15:49 EET db 36589 LOG: process 36589 acquired ShareLock on transaction 1017403840 after 1110158.778 ms > 06:15:49 EET db 36589 STATEMENT: delete from tableA where c in (....) > 06:15:49 EET db 36589 LOG: duration: 1110299.539 ms execute <unnamed>: delete from tableA where c in (...) > > tableA : (id int, c int references c(id)) > tableB : (id int, a int references a(id) on delete cascade) > tableC(id int...) > > One A can have Many B`s connected to (One A to Many B). > > deadlock_timeout is set to 5s. > > Now I'm trying to understand what might cause this deadlock. I think that its related to the foreign keys...
You can get that if the foreign key is defined as ON CASCADE DELETE or ON CASCADE SET NULL:
CREATE TABLE a (a_id integer PRIMARY KEY);
INSERT INTO a VALUES (1), (2);
CREATE TABLE b (b_id integer PRIMARY KEY, a_id integer NOT NULL REFERENCES a ON DELETE CASCADE);
INSERT INTO b VALUES (100, 1), (101, 1), (102, 2), (103, 2);
Transaction 1:
BEGIN;
DELETE FROM b WHERE b_id = 100;
Transaction 2:
BEGIN;
DELETE FROM a WHERE a_id = 2;
DELETE FROM a WHERE a_id = 1; -- hangs
Transaction 1:
DELETE FROM b WHERE b_id = 102;
ERROR: deadlock detected DETAIL: Process 10517 waits for ShareLock on transaction 77325; blocked by process 10541. Process 10541 waits for ShareLock on transaction 77323; blocked by process 10517. HINT: See server log for query details. CONTEXT: while deleting tuple (0,3) in relation "b"
