diff --git a/synapse/util/iterutils.py b/synapse/util/iterutils.py
index 06faeebe7f..6ef2b008a4 100644
--- a/synapse/util/iterutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/iterutils.py
@@ -13,8 +13,21 @@
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
+import heapq
from itertools import islice
-from typing import Iterable, Iterator, Sequence, Tuple, TypeVar
+from typing import (
+ Dict,
+ Generator,
+ Iterable,
+ Iterator,
+ Mapping,
+ Sequence,
+ Set,
+ Tuple,
+ TypeVar,
+)
+
+from synapse.types import Collection
T = TypeVar("T")
@@ -46,3 +59,41 @@ def chunk_seq(iseq: ISeq, maxlen: int) -> Iterable[ISeq]:
If the input is empty, no chunks are returned.
"""
return (iseq[i : i + maxlen] for i in range(0, len(iseq), maxlen))
+
+
+def sorted_topologically(
+ nodes: Iterable[T], graph: Mapping[T, Collection[T]],
+) -> Generator[T, None, None]:
+ """Given a set of nodes and a graph, yield the nodes in toplogical order.
+
+ For example `sorted_topologically([1, 2], {1: [2]})` will yield `2, 1`.
+ """
+
+ # This is implemented by Kahn's algorithm.
+
+ degree_map = {node: 0 for node in nodes}
+ reverse_graph = {} # type: Dict[T, Set[T]]
+
+ for node, edges in graph.items():
+ if node not in degree_map:
+ continue
+
+ for edge in edges:
+ if edge in degree_map:
+ degree_map[node] += 1
+
+ reverse_graph.setdefault(edge, set()).add(node)
+ reverse_graph.setdefault(node, set())
+
+ zero_degree = [node for node, degree in degree_map.items() if degree == 0]
+ heapq.heapify(zero_degree)
+
+ while zero_degree:
+ node = heapq.heappop(zero_degree)
+ yield node
+
+ for edge in reverse_graph.get(node, []):
+ if edge in degree_map:
+ degree_map[edge] -= 1
+ if degree_map[edge] == 0:
+ heapq.heappush(zero_degree, edge)
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