[1.10.x] Fixed #27407 -- Made Model.delete(keep_parents=True) preserve parent reverse relationships.

Thanks Tim for the review.

Backport of 31a56e30cfb3c8e1a9373e5abdd12b5b23d5d910 from master

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/models/deletion.py b/django/db/models/deletion.py
index 91c1bfa245..f2cf596329 100644
--- a/django/db/models/deletion.py
+++ b/django/db/models/deletion.py
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ class Collector(object):
                                  collect_related=False,
                                  reverse_dependency=True)
         if collect_related:
+            parents = model._meta.parents
             for related in get_candidate_relations_to_delete(model._meta):
+                # Preserve parent reverse relationships if keep_parents=True.
+                if keep_parents and related.model in parents:
+                    continue
                 field = related.field
                 if field.remote_field.on_delete == DO_NOTHING:
                     continue
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.4.txt
index 3304df9071..4d3ad91cf4 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.4.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ Bugfixes
 * Fixed incorrect ``app_label`` / ``model_name`` arguments for
   ``allow_migrate()`` in ``makemigrations`` migration consistency checks
   (:ticket:`27461`).
+
+* Made ``Model.delete(keep_parents=True)`` preserve parent reverse
+  relationships in multi-table inheritance (:ticket:`27407`).
diff --git a/tests/delete/tests.py b/tests/delete/tests.py
index 9bb179cb3f..f562bc4918 100644
--- a/tests/delete/tests.py
+++ b/tests/delete/tests.py
@@ -359,6 +359,15 @@ class DeletionTests(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(RChild.objects.filter(id=child.id).exists())
         self.assertTrue(R.objects.filter(id=parent_id).exists())
 
+    def test_delete_with_keeping_parents_relationships(self):
+        child = RChild.objects.create()
+        parent_id = child.r_ptr_id
+        parent_referent_id = S.objects.create(r=child.r_ptr).pk
+        child.delete(keep_parents=True)
+        self.assertFalse(RChild.objects.filter(id=child.id).exists())
+        self.assertTrue(R.objects.filter(id=parent_id).exists())
+        self.assertTrue(S.objects.filter(pk=parent_referent_id).exists())
+
     def test_queryset_delete_returns_num_rows(self):
         """
         QuerySet.delete() should return the number of deleted rows and a