Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into erikj/split_out_persistence_store

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

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

index 80b57a948c..37d469ffd7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
@@ -94,13 +94,16 @@ class BackgroundUpdateStore(SQLBaseStore):
         self._all_done = False
 
     def start_doing_background_updates(self):
-        run_as_background_process("background_updates", self._run_background_updates)
+        run_as_background_process("background_updates", self.run_background_updates)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _run_background_updates(self):
+    def run_background_updates(self, sleep=True):
         logger.info("Starting background schema updates")
         while True:
-            yield self.hs.get_clock().sleep(self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 1000.0)
+            if sleep:
+                yield self.hs.get_clock().sleep(
+                    self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 1000.0
+                )
 
             try:
                 result = yield self.do_next_background_update(