Description of problem:
See The upstream bug report:
http://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/bugs/324/

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
MySQL-python-1.2.3-11.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set the mysql root password to 'root'
2. execute the http://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/bugs/_discuss/thread/67522657/7461/attachment/mysqldb-example.py

$ python mysqldb-example.py foo


Actual results:
no operational error raised !
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 58, in <module>
    bad()
  File "test.py", line 48, in bad
    run_test("SELECT * FROM a WHERE a.id in (1, 2) FOR UPDATE")
  File "test.py", line 42, in run_test
    "cursor returned from SELECT with no description!"
AssertionError: cursor returned from SELECT with no description!

Expected results:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 58, in <module>
    bad()
  File "test.py", line 48, in bad
    run_test("SELECT * FROM a WHERE a.id in (1, 2) FOR UPDATE")
  File "test.py", line 39, in run_test
    curs1.execute(stmt)
  File "/root/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 205, in execute
    self.errorhandler(self, exc, value)
  File "/root/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 36, in defaulterrorhandler
    raise errorclass, errorvalue
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1205, 'Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction')

Additional info:
This issue affects Openstack,
Workaround: pip install -U MySQL-python==1.2.5 

The upstream bug references to this patch:
http://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/svn/655/tree//branches/MySQLdb-1.2/MySQLdb/_mysql.c?diff=5059d1f5bfc09e26e1a66617:654