MySQL Identifying Blocking Transactions
Recording this incredibly helpful query from Bill Karwin’s post to SO
You can find the source query that’s blocking your DELETE by using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.LOCK_WAITS and INNODB_TRX tables.
SELECT r.trx_id waiting_trx_id,
r.trx_mysql_thread_id waiting_thread,
r.trx_query waiting_query,
b.trx_id blocking_trx_id,
b.trx_mysql_thread_id blocking_thread,
b.trx_query blocking_query
FROM information_schema.innodb_lock_waits w
INNER JOIN information_schema.innodb_trx b ON
b.trx_id = w.blocking_trx_id
INNER JOIN information_schema.innodb_trx r ON
r.trx_id = w.requesting_trx_id;
See more information at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/innodb-information-schema.html#innodb-information-schema-examples, under “Example 14.2 Identifying Blocking Transactions”.