initial cut at a room summary API (#3574)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py

index 44f37b4c1e..08dffd774f 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -1150,17 +1150,16 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         defer.returnValue(retval)
 
     def get_user_count_txn(self, txn):
-        """Get a total number of registerd users in the users list.
+        """Get a total number of registered users in the users list.
 
         Args:
             txn : Transaction object
         Returns:
-            defer.Deferred: resolves to int
+            int : number of users
         """
         sql_count = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE is_guest = 0;"
         txn.execute(sql_count)
-        count = txn.fetchone()[0]
-        defer.returnValue(count)
+        return txn.fetchone()[0]
 
     def _simple_search_list(self, table, term, col, retcols,
                             desc="_simple_search_list"):