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authorMatthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org>2016-02-10 16:27:15 +0000
committerMatthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org>2016-02-10 16:27:15 +0000
commit76346870571ce885d07b180cf88c11a33a051cf8 (patch)
tree832664ad8351517a43bd91230eeacf257b2c0bec /synapse/util
parenttry to bump syweb to 0.6.8 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'release-v0.13.0' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse (diff)
downloadsynapse-76346870571ce885d07b180cf88c11a33a051cf8.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://github.com/matrix-org/synapse
Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/util')
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/__init__.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/async.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py52
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py47
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/snapshot_cache.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/stream_change_cache.py105
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/treecache.py92
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/debug.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/distributor.py17
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/frozenutils.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/jsonobject.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/logcontext.py132
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/logutils.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/metrics.py97
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/retryutils.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/stringutils.py2
20 files changed, 559 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/util/__init__.py b/synapse/util/__init__.py
index 2170746025..133671e238 100644
--- a/synapse/util/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor, task
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Clock(object):
 
     def looping_call(self, f, msec):
         l = task.LoopingCall(f)
-        l.start(msec/1000.0, now=False)
+        l.start(msec / 1000.0, now=False)
         return l
 
     def stop_looping_call(self, loop):
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ class Clock(object):
             *args: Postional arguments to pass to function.
             **kwargs: Key arguments to pass to function.
         """
-        current_context = LoggingContext.current_context()
-
         def wrapped_callback(*args, **kwargs):
-            with PreserveLoggingContext(current_context):
+            with PreserveLoggingContext():
                 callback(*args, **kwargs)
 
         with PreserveLoggingContext():
diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py
index 7bf2d38bb8..640fae3890 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 
-from .logcontext import preserve_context_over_deferred
+from .logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
 
 
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
 def sleep(seconds):
     d = defer.Deferred()
-    reactor.callLater(seconds, d.callback, seconds)
-    return preserve_context_over_deferred(d)
+    with PreserveLoggingContext():
+        reactor.callLater(seconds, d.callback, seconds)
+        res = yield d
+    defer.returnValue(res)
 
 
 def run_on_reactor():
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
             object.__setattr__(self, "_result", (True, r))
             while self._observers:
                 try:
+                    # TODO: Handle errors here.
                     self._observers.pop().callback(r)
                 except:
                     pass
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
             object.__setattr__(self, "_result", (False, f))
             while self._observers:
                 try:
+                    # TODO: Handle errors here.
                     self._observers.pop().errback(f)
                 except:
                     pass
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
index da0e06a468..1a14904194 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
index 362944bc51..277854ccbc 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import logging
 from synapse.util.async import ObservableDeferred
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.caches.lrucache import LruCache
+from synapse.util.caches.treecache import TreeCache
+from synapse.util.logcontext import (
+    PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_context_over_deferred, preserve_context_over_fn
+)
 
 from . import caches_by_name, DEBUG_CACHES, cache_counter
 
@@ -36,9 +40,12 @@ _CacheSentinel = object()
 
 class Cache(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000, keylen=1, lru=True):
+    def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000, keylen=1, lru=True, tree=False):
         if lru:
-            self.cache = LruCache(max_size=max_entries)
+            cache_type = TreeCache if tree else dict
+            self.cache = LruCache(
+                max_size=max_entries, keylen=keylen, cache_type=cache_type
+            )
             self.max_entries = None
         else:
             self.cache = OrderedDict()
@@ -99,6 +106,15 @@ class Cache(object):
         self.sequence += 1
         self.cache.pop(key, None)
 
+    def invalidate_many(self, key):
+        self.check_thread()
+        if not isinstance(key, tuple):
+            raise TypeError(
+                "The cache key must be a tuple not %r" % (type(key),)
+            )
+        self.sequence += 1
+        self.cache.del_multi(key)
+
     def invalidate_all(self):
         self.check_thread()
         self.sequence += 1
@@ -122,7 +138,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
     which can be used to insert values into the cache specifically, without
     calling the calculation function.
     """
-    def __init__(self, orig, max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=True,
+    def __init__(self, orig, max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=True, tree=False,
                  inlineCallbacks=False):
         self.orig = orig
 
@@ -134,8 +150,9 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
         self.max_entries = max_entries
         self.num_args = num_args
         self.lru = lru
+        self.tree = tree
 
-        self.arg_names = inspect.getargspec(orig).args[1:num_args+1]
+        self.arg_names = inspect.getargspec(orig).args[1:num_args + 1]
 
         if len(self.arg_names) < self.num_args:
             raise Exception(
@@ -149,6 +166,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
             max_entries=self.max_entries,
             keylen=self.num_args,
             lru=self.lru,
+            tree=self.tree,
         )
 
     def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None):
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
                         defer.returnValue(cached_result)
                     observer.addCallback(check_result)
 
-                return observer
+                return preserve_context_over_deferred(observer)
             except KeyError:
                 # Get the sequence number of the cache before reading from the
                 # database so that we can tell if the cache is invalidated
@@ -183,6 +201,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
                 sequence = self.cache.sequence
 
                 ret = defer.maybeDeferred(
+                    preserve_context_over_fn,
                     self.function_to_call,
                     obj, *args, **kwargs
                 )
@@ -196,10 +215,11 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
                 ret = ObservableDeferred(ret, consumeErrors=True)
                 self.cache.update(sequence, cache_key, ret)
 
-                return ret.observe()
+                return preserve_context_over_deferred(ret.observe())
 
         wrapped.invalidate = self.cache.invalidate
         wrapped.invalidate_all = self.cache.invalidate_all
+        wrapped.invalidate_many = self.cache.invalidate_many
         wrapped.prefill = self.cache.prefill
 
         obj.__dict__[self.orig.__name__] = wrapped
@@ -234,7 +254,7 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
         self.num_args = num_args
         self.list_name = list_name
 
-        self.arg_names = inspect.getargspec(orig).args[1:num_args+1]
+        self.arg_names = inspect.getargspec(orig).args[1:num_args + 1]
         self.list_pos = self.arg_names.index(self.list_name)
 
         self.cache = cache
@@ -283,6 +303,7 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
                 args_to_call[self.list_name] = missing
 
                 ret_d = defer.maybeDeferred(
+                    preserve_context_over_fn,
                     self.function_to_call,
                     **args_to_call
                 )
@@ -292,7 +313,8 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
                 # We need to create deferreds for each arg in the list so that
                 # we can insert the new deferred into the cache.
                 for arg in missing:
-                    observer = ret_d.observe()
+                    with PreserveLoggingContext():
+                        observer = ret_d.observe()
                     observer.addCallback(lambda r, arg: r.get(arg, None), arg)
 
                     observer = ObservableDeferred(observer)
@@ -311,31 +333,33 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
 
                     cached[arg] = res
 
-            return defer.gatherResults(
+            return preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
                 cached.values(),
                 consumeErrors=True,
-            ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError).addCallback(lambda res: dict(res))
+            ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError).addCallback(lambda res: dict(res)))
 
         obj.__dict__[self.orig.__name__] = wrapped
 
         return wrapped
 
 
-def cached(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=True):
+def cached(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=True, tree=False):
     return lambda orig: CacheDescriptor(
         orig,
         max_entries=max_entries,
         num_args=num_args,
-        lru=lru
+        lru=lru,
+        tree=tree,
     )
 
 
-def cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=False):
+def cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, lru=False, tree=False):
     return lambda orig: CacheDescriptor(
         orig,
         max_entries=max_entries,
         num_args=num_args,
         lru=lru,
+        tree=tree,
         inlineCallbacks=True,
     )
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
index e69adf62fe..f92d80542b 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
index 06d1eea01b..62cae99649 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
         def f():
             self._prune_cache()
 
-        self._clock.looping_call(f, self._expiry_ms/2)
+        self._clock.looping_call(f, self._expiry_ms / 2)
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         now = self._clock.time_msec()
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
index cacd7e45fa..f7423f2fab 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,11 +17,27 @@
 from functools import wraps
 import threading
 
+from synapse.util.caches.treecache import TreeCache
+
+
+def enumerate_leaves(node, depth):
+    if depth == 0:
+        yield node
+    else:
+        for n in node.values():
+            for m in enumerate_leaves(n, depth - 1):
+                yield m
+
 
 class LruCache(object):
-    """Least-recently-used cache."""
-    def __init__(self, max_size):
-        cache = {}
+    """
+    Least-recently-used cache.
+    Supports del_multi only if cache_type=TreeCache
+    If cache_type=TreeCache, all keys must be tuples.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, max_size, keylen=1, cache_type=dict):
+        cache = cache_type()
+        self.cache = cache  # Used for introspection.
         list_root = []
         list_root[:] = [list_root, list_root, None, None]
 
@@ -62,7 +78,6 @@ class LruCache(object):
             next_node = node[NEXT]
             prev_node[NEXT] = next_node
             next_node[PREV] = prev_node
-            cache.pop(node[KEY], None)
 
         @synchronized
         def cache_get(key, default=None):
@@ -82,7 +97,9 @@ class LruCache(object):
             else:
                 add_node(key, value)
                 if len(cache) > max_size:
-                    delete_node(list_root[PREV])
+                    todelete = list_root[PREV]
+                    delete_node(todelete)
+                    cache.pop(todelete[KEY], None)
 
         @synchronized
         def cache_set_default(key, value):
@@ -92,7 +109,9 @@ class LruCache(object):
             else:
                 add_node(key, value)
                 if len(cache) > max_size:
-                    delete_node(list_root[PREV])
+                    todelete = list_root[PREV]
+                    delete_node(todelete)
+                    cache.pop(todelete[KEY], None)
                 return value
 
         @synchronized
@@ -100,11 +119,23 @@ class LruCache(object):
             node = cache.get(key, None)
             if node:
                 delete_node(node)
+                cache.pop(node[KEY], None)
                 return node[VALUE]
             else:
                 return default
 
         @synchronized
+        def cache_del_multi(key):
+            """
+            This will only work if constructed with cache_type=TreeCache
+            """
+            popped = cache.pop(key)
+            if popped is None:
+                return
+            for leaf in enumerate_leaves(popped, keylen - len(key)):
+                delete_node(leaf)
+
+        @synchronized
         def cache_clear():
             list_root[NEXT] = list_root
             list_root[PREV] = list_root
@@ -123,6 +154,8 @@ class LruCache(object):
         self.set = cache_set
         self.setdefault = cache_set_default
         self.pop = cache_pop
+        if cache_type is TreeCache:
+            self.del_multi = cache_del_multi
         self.len = cache_len
         self.contains = cache_contains
         self.clear = cache_clear
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/snapshot_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/snapshot_cache.py
index 09f00afbc5..d03678b8c8 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/snapshot_cache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/snapshot_cache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class SnapshotCache(object):
             # expire from the rotation of that cache.
             self.next_result_cache[key] = result
             self.pending_result_cache.pop(key, None)
+            return r
 
-        result.observe().addBoth(shuffle_along)
+        result.addBoth(shuffle_along)
 
         return result.observe()
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/stream_change_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/stream_change_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b37f1c0725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/stream_change_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# 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.
+
+from synapse.util.caches import cache_counter, caches_by_name
+
+
+from blist import sorteddict
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class StreamChangeCache(object):
+    """Keeps track of the stream positions of the latest change in a set of entities.
+
+    Typically the entity will be a room or user id.
+
+    Given a list of entities and a stream position, it will give a subset of
+    entities that may have changed since that position. If position key is too
+    old then the cache will simply return all given entities.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name, current_stream_pos, max_size=10000, prefilled_cache={}):
+        self._max_size = max_size
+        self._entity_to_key = {}
+        self._cache = sorteddict()
+        self._earliest_known_stream_pos = current_stream_pos
+        self.name = name
+        caches_by_name[self.name] = self._cache
+
+        for entity, stream_pos in prefilled_cache.items():
+            self.entity_has_changed(entity, stream_pos)
+
+    def has_entity_changed(self, entity, stream_pos):
+        """Returns True if the entity may have been updated since stream_pos
+        """
+        assert type(stream_pos) is int
+
+        if stream_pos < self._earliest_known_stream_pos:
+            cache_counter.inc_misses(self.name)
+            return True
+
+        latest_entity_change_pos = self._entity_to_key.get(entity, None)
+        if latest_entity_change_pos is None:
+            cache_counter.inc_hits(self.name)
+            return False
+
+        if stream_pos < latest_entity_change_pos:
+            cache_counter.inc_misses(self.name)
+            return True
+
+        cache_counter.inc_hits(self.name)
+        return False
+
+    def get_entities_changed(self, entities, stream_pos):
+        """Returns subset of entities that have had new things since the
+        given position. If the position is too old it will just return the given list.
+        """
+        assert type(stream_pos) is int
+
+        if stream_pos >= self._earliest_known_stream_pos:
+            keys = self._cache.keys()
+            i = keys.bisect_right(stream_pos)
+
+            result = set(
+                self._cache[k] for k in keys[i:]
+            ).intersection(entities)
+
+            cache_counter.inc_hits(self.name)
+        else:
+            result = entities
+            cache_counter.inc_misses(self.name)
+
+        return result
+
+    def entity_has_changed(self, entity, stream_pos):
+        """Informs the cache that the entity has been changed at the given
+        position.
+        """
+        assert type(stream_pos) is int
+
+        if stream_pos > self._earliest_known_stream_pos:
+            old_pos = self._entity_to_key.get(entity, None)
+            if old_pos is not None:
+                stream_pos = max(stream_pos, old_pos)
+                self._cache.pop(old_pos, None)
+            self._cache[stream_pos] = entity
+            self._entity_to_key[entity] = stream_pos
+
+            while len(self._cache) > self._max_size:
+                k, r = self._cache.popitem()
+                self._earliest_known_stream_pos = max(k, self._earliest_known_stream_pos)
+                self._entity_to_key.pop(r, None)
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py b/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03bc1401b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+SENTINEL = object()
+
+
+class TreeCache(object):
+    """
+    Tree-based backing store for LruCache. Allows subtrees of data to be deleted
+    efficiently.
+    Keys must be tuples.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.size = 0
+        self.root = {}
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        return self.set(key, value)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return self.get(key, SENTINEL) is not SENTINEL
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        node = self.root
+        for k in key[:-1]:
+            node = node.setdefault(k, {})
+        node[key[-1]] = _Entry(value)
+        self.size += 1
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        node = self.root
+        for k in key[:-1]:
+            node = node.get(k, None)
+            if node is None:
+                return default
+        return node.get(key[-1], _Entry(default)).value
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.size = 0
+        self.root = {}
+
+    def pop(self, key, default=None):
+        nodes = []
+
+        node = self.root
+        for k in key[:-1]:
+            node = node.get(k, None)
+            nodes.append(node)  # don't add the root node
+            if node is None:
+                return default
+        popped = node.pop(key[-1], SENTINEL)
+        if popped is SENTINEL:
+            return default
+
+        node_and_keys = zip(nodes, key)
+        node_and_keys.reverse()
+        node_and_keys.append((self.root, None))
+
+        for i in range(len(node_and_keys) - 1):
+            n, k = node_and_keys[i]
+
+            if n:
+                break
+            node_and_keys[i + 1][0].pop(k)
+
+        popped, cnt = _strip_and_count_entires(popped)
+        self.size -= cnt
+        return popped
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.size
+
+
+class _Entry(object):
+    __slots__ = ["value"]
+
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+
+
+def _strip_and_count_entires(d):
+    """Takes an _Entry or dict with leaves of _Entry's, and either returns the
+    value or a dictionary with _Entry's replaced by their values.
+
+    Also returns the count of _Entry's
+    """
+    if isinstance(d, dict):
+        cnt = 0
+        for key, value in d.items():
+            v, n = _strip_and_count_entires(value)
+            d[key] = v
+            cnt += n
+        return d, cnt
+    else:
+        return d.value, 1
diff --git a/synapse/util/debug.py b/synapse/util/debug.py
index b2bee7958f..dc49162e6a 100644
--- a/synapse/util/debug.py
+++ b/synapse/util/debug.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/distributor.py b/synapse/util/distributor.py
index 064c4a7a1e..8875813de4 100644
--- a/synapse/util/distributor.py
+++ b/synapse/util/distributor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from synapse.util.logcontext import (
-    PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_context_over_deferred,
-)
+from synapse.util.logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
 
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 
@@ -97,6 +95,7 @@ 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
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ class Signal(object):
                         failure.getTracebackObject()))
                 if not self.suppress_failures:
                     return failure
+
             return defer.maybeDeferred(observer, *args, **kwargs).addErrback(eb)
 
         with PreserveLoggingContext():
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ class Signal(object):
                 for observer in self.observers
             ]
 
-            d = defer.gatherResults(deferreds, consumeErrors=True)
+            res = yield defer.gatherResults(
+                deferreds, consumeErrors=True
+            ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
 
-        d.addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        defer.returnValue(res)
 
-        return preserve_context_over_deferred(d)
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Signal name=%r>" % (self.name,)
diff --git a/synapse/util/frozenutils.py b/synapse/util/frozenutils.py
index 9e10d37aec..6322f0f55c 100644
--- a/synapse/util/frozenutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/frozenutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/jsonobject.py b/synapse/util/jsonobject.py
index 00f86ed220..3fd5c3d9fd 100644
--- a/synapse/util/jsonobject.py
+++ b/synapse/util/jsonobject.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/logcontext.py b/synapse/util/logcontext.py
index d528ced55a..5316259d15 100644
--- a/synapse/util/logcontext.py
+++ b/synapse/util/logcontext.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ except:
 
 class LoggingContext(object):
     """Additional context for log formatting. Contexts are scoped within a
-    "with" block. Contexts inherit the state of their parent contexts.
+    "with" block.
     Args:
         name (str): Name for the context for debugging.
     """
 
     __slots__ = [
-        "parent_context", "name", "usage_start", "usage_end", "main_thread", "__dict__"
+        "previous_context", "name", "usage_start", "usage_end", "main_thread",
+        "__dict__", "tag", "alive",
     ]
 
     thread_local = threading.local()
@@ -72,10 +73,13 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
         def add_database_transaction(self, duration_ms):
             pass
 
+        def __nonzero__(self):
+            return False
+
     sentinel = Sentinel()
 
     def __init__(self, name=None):
-        self.parent_context = None
+        self.previous_context = LoggingContext.current_context()
         self.name = name
         self.ru_stime = 0.
         self.ru_utime = 0.
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
         self.db_txn_duration = 0.
         self.usage_start = None
         self.main_thread = threading.current_thread()
+        self.tag = ""
+        self.alive = True
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s@%x" % (self.name, id(self))
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
             The context that was previously active
         """
         current = cls.current_context()
+
         if current is not context:
             current.stop()
             cls.thread_local.current_context = context
@@ -109,9 +116,13 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
 
     def __enter__(self):
         """Enters this logging context into thread local storage"""
-        if self.parent_context is not None:
-            raise Exception("Attempt to enter logging context multiple times")
-        self.parent_context = self.set_current_context(self)
+        old_context = self.set_current_context(self)
+        if self.previous_context != old_context:
+            logger.warn(
+                "Expected previous context %r, found %r",
+                self.previous_context, old_context
+            )
+        self.alive = True
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
@@ -120,7 +131,7 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
         Returns:
             None to avoid suppressing any exeptions that were thrown.
         """
-        current = self.set_current_context(self.parent_context)
+        current = self.set_current_context(self.previous_context)
         if current is not self:
             if current is self.sentinel:
                 logger.debug("Expected logging context %s has been lost", self)
@@ -130,16 +141,11 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
                     current,
                     self
                 )
-        self.parent_context = None
-
-    def __getattr__(self, name):
-        """Delegate member lookup to parent context"""
-        return getattr(self.parent_context, name)
+        self.previous_context = None
+        self.alive = False
 
     def copy_to(self, record):
-        """Copy fields from this context and its parents to the record"""
-        if self.parent_context is not None:
-            self.parent_context.copy_to(record)
+        """Copy fields from this context to the record"""
         for key, value in self.__dict__.items():
             setattr(record, key, value)
 
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@ class PreserveLoggingContext(object):
     exited. Used to restore the context after a function using
     @defer.inlineCallbacks is resumed by a callback from the reactor."""
 
-    __slots__ = ["current_context", "new_context"]
+    __slots__ = ["current_context", "new_context", "has_parent"]
 
     def __init__(self, new_context=LoggingContext.sentinel):
         self.new_context = new_context
@@ -219,12 +225,27 @@ class PreserveLoggingContext(object):
             self.new_context
         )
 
+        if self.current_context:
+            self.has_parent = self.current_context.previous_context is not None
+            if not self.current_context.alive:
+                logger.debug(
+                    "Entering dead context: %s",
+                    self.current_context,
+                )
+
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         """Restores the current logging context"""
-        LoggingContext.set_current_context(self.current_context)
+        context = LoggingContext.set_current_context(self.current_context)
+
+        if context != self.new_context:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Unexpected logging context: %s is not %s",
+                context, self.new_context,
+            )
+
         if self.current_context is not LoggingContext.sentinel:
-            if self.current_context.parent_context is None:
-                logger.warn(
+            if not self.current_context.alive:
+                logger.debug(
                     "Restoring dead context: %s",
                     self.current_context,
                 )
@@ -284,3 +305,74 @@ def preserve_context_over_deferred(deferred):
     d = _PreservingContextDeferred(current_context)
     deferred.chainDeferred(d)
     return d
+
+
+def preserve_fn(f):
+    """Ensures that function is called with correct context and that context is
+    restored after return. Useful for wrapping functions that return a deferred
+    which you don't yield on.
+    """
+    current = LoggingContext.current_context()
+
+    def g(*args, **kwargs):
+        with PreserveLoggingContext(current):
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return g
+
+
+# modules to ignore in `logcontext_tracer`
+_to_ignore = [
+    "synapse.util.logcontext",
+    "synapse.http.server",
+    "synapse.storage._base",
+    "synapse.util.async",
+]
+
+
+def logcontext_tracer(frame, event, arg):
+    """A tracer that logs whenever a logcontext "unexpectedly" changes within
+    a function. Probably inaccurate.
+
+    Use by calling `sys.settrace(logcontext_tracer)` in the main thread.
+    """
+    if event == 'call':
+        name = frame.f_globals["__name__"]
+        if name.startswith("synapse"):
+            if name == "synapse.util.logcontext":
+                if frame.f_code.co_name in ["__enter__", "__exit__"]:
+                    tracer = frame.f_back.f_trace
+                    if tracer:
+                        tracer.just_changed = True
+
+            tracer = frame.f_trace
+            if tracer:
+                return tracer
+
+            if not any(name.startswith(ig) for ig in _to_ignore):
+                return LineTracer()
+
+
+class LineTracer(object):
+    __slots__ = ["context", "just_changed"]
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.context = LoggingContext.current_context()
+        self.just_changed = False
+
+    def __call__(self, frame, event, arg):
+        if event in 'line':
+            if self.just_changed:
+                self.context = LoggingContext.current_context()
+                self.just_changed = False
+            else:
+                c = LoggingContext.current_context()
+                if c != self.context:
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Context changed! %s -> %s, %s, %s",
+                        self.context, c,
+                        frame.f_code.co_filename, frame.f_lineno
+                    )
+                    self.context = c
+
+        return self
diff --git a/synapse/util/logutils.py b/synapse/util/logutils.py
index fd9ac4d4d4..3a83828d25 100644
--- a/synapse/util/logutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/logutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def time_function(f):
             _log_debug_as_f(
                 f,
                 "[FUNC END] {%s-%d} %f",
-                (func_name, id, end-start,),
+                (func_name, id, end - start,),
             )
 
         return r
@@ -168,3 +168,38 @@ def trace_function(f):
 
     wrapped.__name__ = func_name
     return wrapped
+
+
+def get_previous_frames():
+    s = inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_back
+    to_return = []
+    while s:
+        if s.f_globals["__name__"].startswith("synapse"):
+            filename, lineno, function, _, _ = inspect.getframeinfo(s)
+            args_string = inspect.formatargvalues(*inspect.getargvalues(s))
+
+            to_return.append("{{  %s:%d %s - Args: %s }}" % (
+                filename, lineno, function, args_string
+            ))
+
+        s = s.f_back
+
+    return ", ". join(to_return)
+
+
+def get_previous_frame(ignore=[]):
+    s = inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_back
+
+    while s:
+        if s.f_globals["__name__"].startswith("synapse"):
+            if not any(s.f_globals["__name__"].startswith(ig) for ig in ignore):
+                filename, lineno, function, _, _ = inspect.getframeinfo(s)
+                args_string = inspect.formatargvalues(*inspect.getargvalues(s))
+
+                return "{{  %s:%d %s - Args: %s }}" % (
+                    filename, lineno, function, args_string
+                )
+
+        s = s.f_back
+
+    return None
diff --git a/synapse/util/metrics.py b/synapse/util/metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c51b641125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/util/metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# 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.
+
+
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
+import synapse.metrics
+
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+metrics = synapse.metrics.get_metrics_for(__name__)
+
+block_timer = metrics.register_distribution(
+    "block_timer",
+    labels=["block_name"]
+)
+
+block_ru_utime = metrics.register_distribution(
+    "block_ru_utime", labels=["block_name"]
+)
+
+block_ru_stime = metrics.register_distribution(
+    "block_ru_stime", labels=["block_name"]
+)
+
+block_db_txn_count = metrics.register_distribution(
+    "block_db_txn_count", labels=["block_name"]
+)
+
+block_db_txn_duration = metrics.register_distribution(
+    "block_db_txn_duration", labels=["block_name"]
+)
+
+
+class Measure(object):
+    __slots__ = [
+        "clock", "name", "start_context", "start", "new_context", "ru_utime",
+        "ru_stime", "db_txn_count", "db_txn_duration"
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, clock, name):
+        self.clock = clock
+        self.name = name
+        self.start_context = None
+        self.start = None
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.start = self.clock.time_msec()
+        self.start_context = LoggingContext.current_context()
+        if self.start_context:
+            self.ru_utime, self.ru_stime = self.start_context.get_resource_usage()
+            self.db_txn_count = self.start_context.db_txn_count
+            self.db_txn_duration = self.start_context.db_txn_duration
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        if exc_type is not None or not self.start_context:
+            return
+
+        duration = self.clock.time_msec() - self.start
+        block_timer.inc_by(duration, self.name)
+
+        context = LoggingContext.current_context()
+
+        if context != self.start_context:
+            logger.warn(
+                "Context have unexpectedly changed from '%s' to '%s'. (%r)",
+                context, self.start_context, self.name
+            )
+            return
+
+        if not context:
+            logger.warn("Expected context. (%r)", self.name)
+            return
+
+        ru_utime, ru_stime = context.get_resource_usage()
+
+        block_ru_utime.inc_by(ru_utime - self.ru_utime, self.name)
+        block_ru_stime.inc_by(ru_stime - self.ru_stime, self.name)
+        block_db_txn_count.inc_by(context.db_txn_count - self.db_txn_count, self.name)
+        block_db_txn_duration.inc_by(
+            context.db_txn_duration - self.db_txn_duration, self.name
+        )
diff --git a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
index d4457af950..4076eed269 100644
--- a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 from synapse.api.errors import LimitExceededError
 
 from synapse.util.async import sleep
+from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn
 
 import collections
 import contextlib
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter(object):
                 "Ratelimit [%s]: sleeping req",
                 id(request_id),
             )
-            ret_defer = sleep(self.sleep_msec/1000.0)
+            ret_defer = preserve_fn(sleep)(self.sleep_msec / 1000.0)
 
             self.sleeping_requests.add(request_id)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/retryutils.py b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
index 2fe6814807..43cf11f3f6 100644
--- a/synapse/util/retryutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/util/stringutils.py b/synapse/util/stringutils.py
index f3a36340e4..b490bb8725 100644
--- a/synapse/util/stringutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/stringutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.