Merge branch 'develop' into matthew/sync_deleted_devices

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/distributor.py b/synapse/util/distributor.py
index 734331caaa..194da87639 100644
--- a/synapse/util/distributor.py
+++ b/synapse/util/distributor.py
@@ -17,20 +17,18 @@ import logging
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
-from synapse.util.logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, run_in_background
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def user_left_room(distributor, user, room_id):
-    with PreserveLoggingContext():
-        distributor.fire("user_left_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
+    distributor.fire("user_left_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
 
 
 def user_joined_room(distributor, user, room_id):
-    with PreserveLoggingContext():
-        distributor.fire("user_joined_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
+    distributor.fire("user_joined_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
 
 
 class Distributor(object):
@@ -44,9 +42,7 @@ class Distributor(object):
       model will do for today.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, suppress_failures=True):
-        self.suppress_failures = suppress_failures
-
+    def __init__(self):
         self.signals = {}
         self.pre_registration = {}
 
@@ -56,7 +52,6 @@ class Distributor(object):
 
         self.signals[name] = Signal(
             name,
-            suppress_failures=self.suppress_failures,
         )
 
         if name in self.pre_registration:
@@ -75,10 +70,18 @@ class Distributor(object):
             self.pre_registration[name].append(observer)
 
     def fire(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Dispatches the given signal to the registered observers.
+
+        Runs the observers as a background process. Does not return a deferred.
+        """
         if name not in self.signals:
             raise KeyError("%r does not have a signal named %s" % (self, name))
 
-        return self.signals[name].fire(*args, **kwargs)
+        run_as_background_process(
+            name,
+            self.signals[name].fire,
+            *args, **kwargs
+        )
 
 
 class Signal(object):
@@ -91,9 +94,8 @@ class Signal(object):
     method into all of the observers.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, suppress_failures):
+    def __init__(self, name):
         self.name = name
-        self.suppress_failures = suppress_failures
         self.observers = []
 
     def observe(self, observer):
@@ -103,7 +105,6 @@ class Signal(object):
         Each observer callable may return a Deferred."""
         self.observers.append(observer)
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def fire(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Invokes every callable in the observer list, passing in the args and
         kwargs. Exceptions thrown by observers are logged but ignored. It is
@@ -121,22 +122,17 @@ class Signal(object):
                         failure.type,
                         failure.value,
                         failure.getTracebackObject()))
-                if not self.suppress_failures:
-                    return failure
 
             return defer.maybeDeferred(observer, *args, **kwargs).addErrback(eb)
 
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            deferreds = [
-                do(observer)
-                for observer in self.observers
-            ]
-
-            res = yield defer.gatherResults(
-                deferreds, consumeErrors=True
-            ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        deferreds = [
+            run_in_background(do, o)
+            for o in self.observers
+        ]
 
-        defer.returnValue(res)
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
+            deferreds, consumeErrors=True,
+        ))
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Signal name=%r>" % (self.name,)