Fixed #30953 -- Made select_for_update() lock queryset's model when using "self" with multi-table inheritance.

Thanks Abhijeet Viswa for the report and initial patch.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index b8dcb90fec..ba20c7516a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -1692,6 +1692,14 @@ specify the related objects you want to lock in ``select_for_update(of=(...))``
 using the same fields syntax as :meth:`select_related`. Use the value ``'self'``
 to refer to the queryset's model.
 
+.. admonition:: Lock parents models in ``select_for_update(of=(...))``
+
+    If you want to lock parents models when using :ref:`multi-table inheritance
+    <multi-table-inheritance>`, you must specify parent link fields (by default
+    ``<parent_model_name>_ptr``) in the ``of`` argument. For example::
+
+        Restaurant.objects.select_for_update(of=('self', 'place_ptr'))
+
 You can't use ``select_for_update()`` on nullable relations::
 
     >>> Person.objects.select_related('hometown').select_for_update()