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How to interpret a deadlock graph for an Oracle RAC

Rohan80Jan 4 2016 — edited Jan 14 2016

Hi,

We are getting deadlocks on an INSERT statement. We have also been able to re-produce the deadlock with just one session running to rule out any possibility of concurrent sessions causing any deadlocks.

The database version details are  -->

          Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit

Some more details around the deadlock.

1. The stored procedure which hits the deadlock has a PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS in it, which we know starts a new child transaction. So its not 2 sessions but 2 transactions causing the deadlock.

2. The SQL giving the deadlock error - ORA-00060 is an INSERT statement.

3. Inside the insert statement a sequence.NEXTVAL is done to set a value for a primary key field.

4. The procedure also has a COMMIT inside it.

5.Ours is a RAC with 2 nodes.

6. The sequence used in INSERT is cached with a value of 20.

7. The lock mode shown in deadlock trace file is 3.

8. Grant_Bits: - KJUSERNL, KJUSEREX

9.Granted_locks: - 1

10. Cvting_locks: - 1

Queries: -

1. Referring some blogs on internet (for single instance deadlock graphs) we know there are ways to determine if this is a deadlock caused due to overlapping primary keys. (typically happening in INSERT.) however the deadlock graph details in our lmd0 file are very difficult to interpret. Are there are any pointers/messages we need to look for to know the exact cause of the deadlock?

2. As in a single instance deadlock graph file we can see the row section where it shows "Rows waited on", where can such information be seen in a deadlock graph for a RAC?

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