Find out who is doing what, and kill the process if needed.
mysql> show processlist;
show processlist;
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——-+——-+——————+
| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info |
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——-+——-+——————+
| 657 | prog | localhost | weather | Sleep | 28619 | | NULL |
| 782 | prog | localhost | weather | Sleep | 853 | | NULL |
| 785 | prog | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist |
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——-+——-+——————+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>kill 657
Or, from the command line, to kill process 782
[root@third-fl-71 mysql]# mysqladmin processlist
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——+——-+——————+
| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info |
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——+——-+——————+
| 782 | prog | localhost | weather | Sleep | 2676 | | |
| 785 | prog | localhost | | Sleep | 1823 | | |
| 793 | root | localhost | | Query | 0 | | show processlist |
+—–+——+———–+———+———+——+——-+——————+
[root@third-fl-71 mysql]#
[root@third-fl-71 mysql]# mysqladmin kill 782
Note, the following can also be helpful mysql> show status; or mysql> show status\G also mysql> show innodb status; or mysql> show table status like '%';