MySQL : Permanently getting “ Waiting for table me

Question

My MySQL database serves three webapps as the storage backend. However I recently encounter permanantly the error "Waiting for table metadata lock". It happen nearly all the time and I do not understand why.

mysql> show processlist
    -> ;
+------+-----------+-----------------+------------+---------+------+---------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Id   | User      | Host            | db         | Command | Time | State                           | Info                                                                                                 |
+------+-----------+-----------------+------------+---------+------+---------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   36 | root      | localhost:33444 | bookmaker2 | Sleep   |  139 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
|   37 | root      | localhost:33445 | bookmaker2 | Sleep   |  139 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
|   38 | root      | localhost:33446 | bookmaker2 | Sleep   |  139 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
|   39 | root      | localhost:33447 | bookmaker2 | Sleep   |   49 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
|   40 | root      | localhost:33448 | bookmaker2 | Sleep   |  139 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
| 1315 | bookmaker | localhost:34869 | bookmaker  | Sleep   |   58 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
| 1316 | root      | localhost:34874 | bookmaker3 | Sleep   |   56 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
| 1395 | bookmaker | localhost:34953 | bookmaker  | Sleep   |   58 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
| 1396 | root      | localhost:34954 | bookmaker3 | Sleep   |   46 |                                 | NULL                                                                                                 |
| 1398 | root      | localhost:34956 | bookmaker3 | Query   |   28 | Waiting for table metadata lock | CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS LogEntries  ( 
                    lid         INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMEN |
| 1399 | root      | localhost       | NULL       | Query   |    0 | NULL                            | show processlist                                                                                     |
+------+-----------+-----------------+------------+---------+------+---------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Of course one can kill the corresponding process. However if I restart my program that tries to create the table structure of my database "bookmaker3" the newly created process ends up again in a metalock.

I even cannot drop the database:

mysql> drop database bookmaker3;

This yields also a metalock.

How can this be repaired?

Answer 1

In case if you have HS plugin and trying to CREATE or ALTER table which was already attempted to assess via HS you will face with similar problem and you have to restart HS plugin in this way to release table metadata lock:

UNINSTALL PLUGIN HANDLERSOCKET;
INSTALL PLUGIN HANDLERSOCKET SONAME 'handlersocket.so';

Answer 2

Kill the connection with lock

Kill 1398

Then check if you have autocommit set to 0 by

select @@autocommit;

If yes, you propably forgot to commit transaction. Then another connection want to do something with this table, which causes the lock.

In your case: If you made some query to LogEntries (whitch exists) and did not commit it, then you try to execute CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS from another connection - metadata lock happens.

edit For me the bug is somewhere at your application. Check there, or set autocommit to 1 if your not using transactions in application.

ps also check this posts:

• not a bug on bugs.mysql
• replication of lock on MyISAM and INNOdb tables