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1 files changed, 44 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
index 2906b93f6a..440341cb3c 100644
--- a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
 import sys
-from typing import Dict, Iterable
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, Optional, Set
 
 from typing_extensions import ContextManager
 
@@ -677,10 +677,9 @@ class GenericWorkerReplicationHandler(ReplicationDataHandler):
         self.notify_pushers = hs.config.start_pushers
         self.pusher_pool = hs.get_pusherpool()
 
+        self.send_handler = None  # type: Optional[FederationSenderHandler]
         if hs.config.send_federation:
-            self.send_handler = FederationSenderHandler(hs, self)
-        else:
-            self.send_handler = None
+            self.send_handler = FederationSenderHandler(hs)
 
     async def on_rdata(self, stream_name, instance_name, token, rows):
         await super().on_rdata(stream_name, instance_name, token, rows)
@@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ class GenericWorkerReplicationHandler(ReplicationDataHandler):
                 if entities:
                     self.notifier.on_new_event("to_device_key", token, users=entities)
             elif stream_name == DeviceListsStream.NAME:
-                all_room_ids = set()
+                all_room_ids = set()  # type: Set[str]
                 for row in rows:
                     if row.entity.startswith("@"):
                         room_ids = await self.store.get_rooms_for_user(row.entity)
@@ -769,24 +768,33 @@ class GenericWorkerReplicationHandler(ReplicationDataHandler):
 
 
 class FederationSenderHandler(object):
-    """Processes the replication stream and forwards the appropriate entries
-    to the federation sender.
+    """Processes the fedration replication stream
+
+    This class is only instantiate on the worker responsible for sending outbound
+    federation transactions. It receives rows from the replication stream and forwards
+    the appropriate entries to the FederationSender class.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, hs: GenericWorkerServer, replication_client):
+    def __init__(self, hs: GenericWorkerServer):
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
         self._is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
         self.federation_sender = hs.get_federation_sender()
-        self.replication_client = replication_client
-
+        self._hs = hs
+
+        # if the worker is restarted, we want to pick up where we left off in
+        # the replication stream, so load the position from the database.
+        #
+        # XXX is this actually worthwhile? Whenever the master is restarted, we'll
+        # drop some rows anyway (which is mostly fine because we're only dropping
+        # typing and presence notifications). If the replication stream is
+        # unreliable, why do we do all this hoop-jumping to store the position in the
+        # database? See also https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7535.
+        #
         self.federation_position = self.store.federation_out_pos_startup
-        self._fed_position_linearizer = Linearizer(name="_fed_position_linearizer")
 
+        self._fed_position_linearizer = Linearizer(name="_fed_position_linearizer")
         self._last_ack = self.federation_position
 
-        self._room_serials = {}
-        self._room_typing = {}
-
     def on_start(self):
         # There may be some events that are persisted but haven't been sent,
         # so send them now.
@@ -849,22 +857,34 @@ class FederationSenderHandler(object):
             await self.federation_sender.send_read_receipt(receipt_info)
 
     async def update_token(self, token):
+        """Update the record of where we have processed to in the federation stream.
+
+        Called after we have processed a an update received over replication. Sends
+        a FEDERATION_ACK back to the master, and stores the token that we have processed
+         in `federation_stream_position` so that we can restart where we left off.
+        """
         try:
             self.federation_position = token
 
             # We linearize here to ensure we don't have races updating the token
+            #
+            # XXX this appears to be redundant, since the ReplicationCommandHandler
+            # has a linearizer which ensures that we only process one line of
+            # replication data at a time. Should we remove it, or is it doing useful
+            # service for robustness? Or could we replace it with an assertion that
+            # we're not being re-entered?
+
             with (await self._fed_position_linearizer.queue(None)):
-                if self._last_ack < self.federation_position:
-                    await self.store.update_federation_out_pos(
-                        "federation", self.federation_position
-                    )
+                await self.store.update_federation_out_pos(
+                    "federation", self.federation_position
+                )
 
-                    # We ACK this token over replication so that the master can drop
-                    # its in memory queues
-                    self.replication_client.send_federation_ack(
-                        self.federation_position
-                    )
-                    self._last_ack = self.federation_position
+                # We ACK this token over replication so that the master can drop
+                # its in memory queues
+                self._hs.get_tcp_replication().send_federation_ack(
+                    self.federation_position
+                )
+                self._last_ack = self.federation_position
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error updating federation stream position")