CREATE TABLE t1 ( pk INT, f1 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, f2 VARCHAR(10) NULL, f3 INT UNSIGNED NULL, KEY (f1), PRIMARY KEY (pk) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE OR REPLACE ALGORITHM=MERGE VIEW v4 AS SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'k','g',6),(2,'y','r',0),(3,'t','q',1),(4,'a','r',NULL),(5,'z','t',NULL); CREATE TABLE t2 (f VARCHAR(10) NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (NULL),('g'),('e'),('g'); CREATE TABLE t3 ( f1 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, f2 VARCHAR(10) NULL, f3 INT UNSIGNED NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t3 VALUES ('k','n',9),('y','b',8),('m','w',6); CREATE TABLE t4 (f INT NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t4 VALUES (8),(9); UPDATE t1 SET t1.pk = -109 WHERE t1.f1 IN ( SELECT 'a' FROM t4 WHERE f >= 1 ); SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL con1_dml'; connect con1,localhost,root,,test; SET DEBUG_SYNC='now WAIT_FOR con1_dml'; begin; SELECT * FROM t1 for update; pk f1 f2 f3 -109 a r NULL 1 k g 6 2 y r 0 3 t q 1 5 z t NULL SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL default_dml'; SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL con2_dml'; connection default; SET DEBUG_SYNC='now WAIT_FOR default_dml'; UPDATE t3 AS alias1 LEFT JOIN t3 AS alias2 ON ( alias1.f1 <> alias1.f2 ) SET alias1.f3 = 59 WHERE ( EXISTS ( SELECT t1.f3 FROM t1 WHERE t1.f1 = alias1.f1 ) ) OR alias2.f1 = 'h'; connect con2,localhost,root,,test; set debug_sync='now WAIT_FOR con2_dml'; SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL con1_dml2'; disconnect con2; connection con1; SET DEBUG_SYNC='now WAIT_FOR con1_dml2'; UPDATE v4, t1 SET t1.pk = 76 WHERE t1.f2 IN ( SELECT t2.f FROM t2 INNER JOIN t3 ); connection default; ERROR 40001: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction connection con1; COMMIT; disconnect con1; connection default; DROP VIEW v4; DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3, t4; set debug_sync= reset;