Merge pull request #1790 from matrix-org/erikj/linearizer

Add paranoia exception catch in Linearizer

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py

index 83875edc85..35380bf8ed 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ class Linearizer(object):
             logger.info(
                 "Waiting to acquire linearizer lock %r for key %r", self.name, key
             )
-            with PreserveLoggingContext():
-                yield current_defer
+            try:
+                with PreserveLoggingContext():
+                    yield current_defer
+            except:
+                logger.exception("Unexpected exception in Linearizer")
 
         logger.info("Acquired linearizer lock %r for key %r", self.name, key)