Merge branch 'develop' into markjh/pushrule_stream

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py

index 277854ccbc..35544b19fd 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+import os
 import functools
 import inspect
 import threading
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _CacheSentinel = object()
 
 
+CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR = float(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR", 0.1))
+
+
 class Cache(object):
 
     def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000, keylen=1, lru=True, tree=False):
@@ -140,6 +144,8 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
     """
     def __init__(self, orig, max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=True, tree=False,
                  inlineCallbacks=False):
+        max_entries = int(max_entries * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR)
+
         self.orig = orig
 
         if inlineCallbacks: