CREATE DATABASE unlocked; CREATE TABLE unlocked.t1(a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB STATS_PERSISTENT=0; CREATE DATABASE locked; CREATE TABLE locked.t1(a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB STATS_PERSISTENT=1; CREATE TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked (c INT, KEY c_key (c)) ENGINE=INNODB STATS_PERSISTENT=1; ANALYZE TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.innodb_stats_drop_locked analyze status Engine-independent statistics collected test.innodb_stats_drop_locked analyze status OK BEGIN; SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_table_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked' FOR UPDATE; table_name innodb_stats_drop_locked SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked' FOR UPDATE; table_name innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked connect con1,localhost,root,,; SET innodb_lock_wait_timeout=1; ALTER TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked DROP INDEX c_key; ERROR HY000: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction SHOW CREATE TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked; Table Create Table innodb_stats_drop_locked CREATE TABLE `innodb_stats_drop_locked` ( `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `c_key` (`c`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci STATS_PERSISTENT=1 DROP TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked; ERROR HY000: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction DROP DATABASE unlocked; DROP DATABASE locked; ERROR HY000: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction disconnect con1; connection default; COMMIT; DROP DATABASE locked; SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_table_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked'; table_name innodb_stats_drop_locked SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked'; table_name innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked ALTER TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked DROP INDEX c_key; SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked'; table_name innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked innodb_stats_drop_locked DROP TABLE innodb_stats_drop_locked; SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_table_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked'; table_name SELECT table_name FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name='innodb_stats_drop_locked'; table_name