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authorreivilibre <oliverw@matrix.org>2022-08-31 11:16:05 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-08-31 11:16:05 +0000
commit7bc110a19e6de0572b0c9513726d13298b45ced2 (patch)
tree98eb1a5b1f616c057508b1dcae61b0c8b3954dfd /synapse
parentFix admin List Room API return type on sqlite (#13509) (diff)
downloadsynapse-7bc110a19e6de0572b0c9513726d13298b45ced2.tar.xz
Generalise the `@cancellable` annotation so it can be used on functions other than just servlet methods. (#13662)
Diffstat (limited to 'synapse')
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/server.py68
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/http/_base.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/room.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/cancellation.py56
5 files changed, 68 insertions, 71 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
index bb0f8d6b7b..1db8009d6c 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tupl
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, FederationDeniedError, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, ServletCallback, is_method_cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, ServletCallback
 from synapse.http.servlet import parse_json_object_from_request
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging.context import run_in_background
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from synapse.logging.opentracing import (
     whitelisted_homeserver,
 )
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_function_cancellable
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.stringutils import parse_and_validate_server_name
 
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ class BaseFederationServlet:
             if code is None:
                 continue
 
-            if is_method_cancellable(code):
+            if is_function_cancellable(code):
                 # The wrapper added by `self._wrap` will inherit the cancellable flag,
                 # but the wrapper itself does not support cancellation yet.
                 # Once resolved, the cancellation tests in
diff --git a/synapse/http/server.py b/synapse/http/server.py
index 19f42159b8..6068a94b40 100644
--- a/synapse/http/server.py
+++ b/synapse/http/server.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from typing import (
     Optional,
     Pattern,
     Tuple,
-    TypeVar,
     Union,
 )
 
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@ from synapse.logging.context import defer_to_thread, preserve_fn, run_in_backgro
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import active_span, start_active_span, trace_servlet
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 from synapse.util.caches import intern_dict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_function_cancellable
 from synapse.util.iterutils import chunk_seq
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -94,68 +94,6 @@ HTML_ERROR_TEMPLATE = """<!DOCTYPE html>
 HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_CANCELLED = 499
 
 
-F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable[..., Any])
-
-
-_cancellable_method_names = frozenset(
-    {
-        # `RestServlet`, `BaseFederationServlet` and `BaseFederationServerServlet`
-        # methods
-        "on_GET",
-        "on_PUT",
-        "on_POST",
-        "on_DELETE",
-        # `_AsyncResource`, `DirectServeHtmlResource` and `DirectServeJsonResource`
-        # methods
-        "_async_render_GET",
-        "_async_render_PUT",
-        "_async_render_POST",
-        "_async_render_DELETE",
-        "_async_render_OPTIONS",
-        # `ReplicationEndpoint` methods
-        "_handle_request",
-    }
-)
-
-
-def cancellable(method: F) -> F:
-    """Marks a servlet method as cancellable.
-
-    Methods with this decorator will be cancelled if the client disconnects before we
-    finish processing the request.
-
-    During cancellation, `Deferred.cancel()` will be invoked on the `Deferred` wrapping
-    the method. The `cancel()` call will propagate down to the `Deferred` that is
-    currently being waited on. That `Deferred` will raise a `CancelledError`, which will
-    propagate up, as per normal exception handling.
-
-    Before applying this decorator to a new endpoint, you MUST recursively check
-    that all `await`s in the function are on `async` functions or `Deferred`s that
-    handle cancellation cleanly, otherwise a variety of bugs may occur, ranging from
-    premature logging context closure, to stuck requests, to database corruption.
-
-    Usage:
-        class SomeServlet(RestServlet):
-            @cancellable
-            async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> ...:
-                ...
-    """
-    if method.__name__ not in _cancellable_method_names and not any(
-        method.__name__.startswith(prefix) for prefix in _cancellable_method_names
-    ):
-        raise ValueError(
-            "@cancellable decorator can only be applied to servlet methods."
-        )
-
-    method.cancellable = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-    return method
-
-
-def is_method_cancellable(method: Callable[..., Any]) -> bool:
-    """Checks whether a servlet method has the `@cancellable` flag."""
-    return getattr(method, "cancellable", False)
-
-
 def return_json_error(
     f: failure.Failure, request: SynapseRequest, config: Optional[HomeServerConfig]
 ) -> None:
@@ -389,7 +327,7 @@ class _AsyncResource(resource.Resource, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
 
         method_handler = getattr(self, "_async_render_%s" % (request_method,), None)
         if method_handler:
-            request.is_render_cancellable = is_method_cancellable(method_handler)
+            request.is_render_cancellable = is_function_cancellable(method_handler)
 
             raw_callback_return = method_handler(request)
 
@@ -551,7 +489,7 @@ class JsonResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
     async def _async_render(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, Any]:
         callback, servlet_classname, group_dict = self._get_handler_for_request(request)
 
-        request.is_render_cancellable = is_method_cancellable(callback)
+        request.is_render_cancellable = is_function_cancellable(callback)
 
         # Make sure we have an appropriate name for this handler in prometheus
         # (rather than the default of JsonResource).
diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
index 561ad5bf04..acb0bd18f7 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ from twisted.web.server import Request
 
 from synapse.api.errors import HttpResponseException, SynapseError
 from synapse.http import RequestTimedOutError
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, is_method_cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging import opentracing
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import trace_with_opname
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_function_cancellable
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ class ReplicationEndpoint(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         url_args = list(self.PATH_ARGS)
         method = self.METHOD
 
-        if self.CACHE and is_method_cancellable(self._handle_request):
+        if self.CACHE and is_function_cancellable(self._handle_request):
             raise Exception(
                 f"{self.__class__.__name__} has been marked as cancellable, but CACHE "
                 "is set. The cancellable flag would have no effect."
@@ -359,6 +360,6 @@ class ReplicationEndpoint(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         # The `@cancellable` decorator may be applied to `_handle_request`. But we
         # told `HttpServer.register_paths` that our handler is `_check_auth_and_handle`,
         # so we have to set up the cancellable flag ourselves.
-        request.is_render_cancellable = is_method_cancellable(self._handle_request)
+        request.is_render_cancellable = is_function_cancellable(self._handle_request)
 
         return await self._handle_request(request, **kwargs)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
index 3259de4802..0e2834008e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
 )
 from synapse.api.filtering import Filter
 from synapse.events.utils import format_event_for_client_v2
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     ResolveRoomIdMixin,
     RestServlet,
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, StreamToken, ThirdPartyInstanceID, UserID
 from synapse.util import json_decoder
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 from synapse.util.stringutils import parse_and_validate_server_name, random_string
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/synapse/util/cancellation.py b/synapse/util/cancellation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..472d2e3aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/util/cancellation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# 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 typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar
+
+F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable[..., Any])
+
+
+def cancellable(function: F) -> F:
+    """Marks a function as cancellable.
+
+    Servlet methods with this decorator will be cancelled if the client disconnects before we
+    finish processing the request.
+
+    Although this annotation is particularly useful for servlet methods, it's also
+    useful for intermediate functions, where it documents the fact that the function has
+    been audited for cancellation safety and needs to preserve that.
+    This then simplifies auditing new functions that call those same intermediate
+    functions.
+
+    During cancellation, `Deferred.cancel()` will be invoked on the `Deferred` wrapping
+    the method. The `cancel()` call will propagate down to the `Deferred` that is
+    currently being waited on. That `Deferred` will raise a `CancelledError`, which will
+    propagate up, as per normal exception handling.
+
+    Before applying this decorator to a new function, you MUST recursively check
+    that all `await`s in the function are on `async` functions or `Deferred`s that
+    handle cancellation cleanly, otherwise a variety of bugs may occur, ranging from
+    premature logging context closure, to stuck requests, to database corruption.
+
+    See the documentation page on Cancellation for more information.
+
+    Usage:
+        class SomeServlet(RestServlet):
+            @cancellable
+            async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> ...:
+                ...
+    """
+
+    function.cancellable = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    return function
+
+
+def is_function_cancellable(function: Callable[..., Any]) -> bool:
+    """Checks whether a servlet method has the `@cancellable` flag."""
+    return getattr(function, "cancellable", False)