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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# 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
+# limitations under the License.
+import gc
+import logging
+
+from daemonize import Daemonize
+from synapse.util import PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
+from twisted.internet import reactor
+
+
+def start_worker_reactor(appname, config):
+ """ Run the reactor in the main process
+
+ Daemonizes if necessary, and then configures some resources, before starting
+ the reactor. Pulls configuration from the 'worker' settings in 'config'.
+
+ Args:
+ appname (str): application name which will be sent to syslog
+ config (synapse.config.Config): config object
+ """
+
+ logger = logging.getLogger(config.worker_app)
+
+ start_reactor(
+ appname,
+ config.soft_file_limit,
+ config.gc_thresholds,
+ config.worker_pid_file,
+ config.worker_daemonize,
+ logger
+ )
+
+
+def start_reactor(
+ appname,
+ soft_file_limit,
+ gc_thresholds,
+ pid_file,
+ daemonize,
+ logger,
+):
+ """ Run the reactor in the main process
+
+ Daemonizes if necessary, and then configures some resources, before starting
+ the reactor
+
+ Args:
+ appname (str): application name which will be sent to syslog
+ soft_file_limit (int):
+ gc_thresholds:
+ pid_file (str): name of pid file to write to if daemonize is True
+ daemonize (bool): true to run the reactor in a background process
+ logger (logging.Logger): logger instance to pass to Daemonize
+ """
+
+ def run():
+ # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
+ # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
+ # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
+ # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
+ with PreserveLoggingContext():
+ logger.info("Running")
+ change_resource_limit(soft_file_limit)
+ if gc_thresholds:
+ gc.set_threshold(*gc_thresholds)
+ reactor.run()
+
+ if daemonize:
+ daemon = Daemonize(
+ app=appname,
+ pid=pid_file,
+ action=run,
+ auto_close_fds=False,
+ verbose=True,
+ logger=logger,
+ )
+ daemon.start()
+ else:
+ run()
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