Reduce DB contention on worker locks (#16160)

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+Reduce DB contention on worker locks.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/80/03_read_write_locks_triggers.sql.postgres b/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/80/03_read_write_locks_triggers.sql.postgres
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+/* Copyright 2023 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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+ */
+
+-- Fix up the triggers that were in `78/04_read_write_locks_triggers.sql`
+
+-- Reduce the number of writes we do on this table.
+--
+-- Note: that we still want to lock the row here (i.e. still do a `DO UPDATE
+-- SET`) so that we serialize updates.
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION upsert_read_write_lock_parent() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO worker_read_write_locks_mode (lock_name, lock_key, write_lock, token)
+        VALUES (NEW.lock_name, NEW.lock_key, NEW.write_lock, NEW.token)
+        ON CONFLICT (lock_name, lock_key)
+        DO UPDATE SET write_lock = NEW.write_lock
+            WHERE OLD.write_lock != NEW.write_lock;
+    RETURN NEW;
+END
+$$
+LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS upsert_read_write_lock_parent_trigger ON worker_read_write_locks;
+CREATE TRIGGER upsert_read_write_lock_parent_trigger BEFORE INSERT ON worker_read_write_locks
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE upsert_read_write_lock_parent();