Merge pull request #2075 from matrix-org/erikj/cache_speed

Speed up cached function access

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py
index 35380bf8ed..1453faf0ef 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
         deferred.addCallbacks(callback, errback)
 
     def observe(self):
+        """Observe the underlying deferred.
+
+        Can return either a deferred if the underlying deferred is still pending
+        (or has failed), or the actual value. Callers may need to use maybeDeferred.
+        """
         if not self._result:
             d = defer.Deferred()
 
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
             return d
         else:
             success, res = self._result
-            return defer.succeed(res) if success else defer.fail(res)
+            return res if success else defer.fail(res)
 
     def observers(self):
         return self._observers
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
index 5c30ed235d..9d0d0be1f9 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -224,8 +224,20 @@ class _CacheDescriptorBase(object):
             )
 
         self.num_args = num_args
+
+        # list of the names of the args used as the cache key
         self.arg_names = all_args[1:num_args + 1]
 
+        # self.arg_defaults is a map of arg name to its default value for each
+        # argument that has a default value
+        if arg_spec.defaults:
+            self.arg_defaults = dict(zip(
+                all_args[-len(arg_spec.defaults):],
+                arg_spec.defaults
+            ))
+        else:
+            self.arg_defaults = {}
+
         if "cache_context" in self.arg_names:
             raise Exception(
                 "cache_context arg cannot be included among the cache keys"
@@ -289,18 +301,31 @@ class CacheDescriptor(_CacheDescriptorBase):
             iterable=self.iterable,
         )
 
+        def get_cache_key(args, kwargs):
+            """Given some args/kwargs return a generator that resolves into
+            the cache_key.
+
+            We loop through each arg name, looking up if its in the `kwargs`,
+            otherwise using the next argument in `args`. If there are no more
+            args then we try looking the arg name up in the defaults
+            """
+            pos = 0
+            for nm in self.arg_names:
+                if nm in kwargs:
+                    yield kwargs[nm]
+                elif pos < len(args):
+                    yield args[pos]
+                    pos += 1
+                else:
+                    yield self.arg_defaults[nm]
+
         @functools.wraps(self.orig)
         def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
             # If we're passed a cache_context then we'll want to call its invalidate()
             # whenever we are invalidated
             invalidate_callback = kwargs.pop("on_invalidate", None)
 
-            # Add temp cache_context so inspect.getcallargs doesn't explode
-            if self.add_cache_context:
-                kwargs["cache_context"] = None
-
-            arg_dict = inspect.getcallargs(self.orig, obj, *args, **kwargs)
-            cache_key = tuple(arg_dict[arg_nm] for arg_nm in self.arg_names)
+            cache_key = tuple(get_cache_key(args, kwargs))
 
             # Add our own `cache_context` to argument list if the wrapped function
             # has asked for one
@@ -341,7 +366,10 @@ class CacheDescriptor(_CacheDescriptorBase):
                 cache.set(cache_key, result_d, callback=invalidate_callback)
                 observer = result_d.observe()
 
-            return logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(observer)
+            if isinstance(observer, defer.Deferred):
+                return logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(observer)
+            else:
+                return observer
 
         wrapped.invalidate = cache.invalidate
         wrapped.invalidate_all = cache.invalidate_all