Merge branch 'release-v0.16.0' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse v0.16.0

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/app/synctl.py b/synapse/app/synctl.py

index ab3a31d7b7..39f4bf6e53 100755
--- a/synapse/app/synctl.py
+++ b/synapse/app/synctl.py
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def main():
 
     config = yaml.load(open(configfile))
     pidfile = config["pid_file"]
+    cache_factor = config.get("synctl_cache_factor", None)
+
+    if cache_factor:
+        os.environ["SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR"] = str(cache_factor)
 
     action = sys.argv[1] if sys.argv[1:] else "usage"
     if action == "start":