Use run_in_background in preference to preserve_fn

While I was going through uses of preserve_fn for other PRs, I converted places
which only use the wrapped function once to use run_in_background, to avoid
creating the function object.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 21628a8540..244b98dd8d 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -850,7 +850,8 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
         # this intentionally does not yield: we don't care about the result
         # and don't need to wait for it.
-        preserve_fn(self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications)(
+        run_in_background(
+            self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications,
             event_stream_id, max_stream_id
         )
 
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
                 extra_users=extra_users
             )
 
-        preserve_fn(_notify)()
+        run_in_background(_notify)
 
         if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
             presence = self.hs.get_presence_handler()