Hi Mattia,
On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Mattia Merzi wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've got some problems with deadlocks on InnoDB tables.
On paragraph 13.6.8.10. "How to Cope with Deadlocks"
of the mysql 5.1 version, the last sentence states:
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Another way to serialize transactions is to create an auxiliary
“semaphore” table that contains just a single row.
Have each transaction update that row before accessing other tables.
In that way, all transactions happen in a serial fashion.
Note that the InnoDB instant deadlock detection algorithm also works
in this case, because the serializing lock is a row-level lock.
With MySQL table-level locks, the timeout method must be used to
resolve deadlocks.
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Just two very simple questions:
- using this method, transactions will be serialized so the deadlock
problem will never come up again?
Yes.
But transactions will also no longer run in parallel which will reduce
the throughput of the server if it is accessed by multiple clients.
This seems clear reading that sentence, the only thing that makes me
humble is the statement:
"Note that the InnoDB instant deadlock detection algorithm also
works in this case" ... can someone
briefly explain me this concept?
- if I create a "semaphore" table and I start any deadlock-prone
transaction issuing a "lock table .... write"
on that table and an unlock tables immediately after the commit,
will the effect be the same?
Yes, this will work the same.
'Cause the last sentence of the manual says:
"With MySQL table-level locks, the timeout method must be used to
resolve deadlocks"
This is true, but is only a problem if deadlocks are possible.
However, deadlocks are not possible if you start every transaction
with a "lock table .... write".
will this mean that if I use this LOCK TABLE method I can get
timeouts instead of deadlocks
on the very same transactions?
Yes, this can happen. But, only if a deadlock is possible. By
exclusive locking a single resource (a row or a table), at the start
of each transaction, you explicitly make deadlocks impossible.
However, it is recommended to UPDATE a single row in the new table,
instead of using "lock table .... write".
This has the same affect, but with the benefit that deadlock detection
will still work in the case that you do not modify all transactions as
suggested.
This might happen because:
- your code is vast, and you miss one, or
- you add a new transaction and forget to add the exclusive locking
UPDATE, or
- you leave out certain transaction on purpose because you have never
had deadlocking problems with them before.
All "good" reasons not to serialize all transactions, and therefore a
good reason to use the method that continues to support deadlock
detection.
Best regards,
Paul
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