diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py b/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71830c549d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 New Vector 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.
+
+import logging
+import random
+import time
+
+import attr
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.error import ConnectError
+from twisted.names import client, dns
+from twisted.names.error import DNSNameError, DomainError
+
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+SERVER_CACHE = {}
+
+
+@attr.s
+class Server(object):
+ """
+ Our record of an individual server which can be tried to reach a destination.
+
+ Attributes:
+ host (bytes): target hostname
+ port (int):
+ priority (int):
+ weight (int):
+ expires (int): when the cache should expire this record - in *seconds* since
+ the epoch
+ """
+ host = attr.ib()
+ port = attr.ib()
+ priority = attr.ib(default=0)
+ weight = attr.ib(default=0)
+ expires = attr.ib(default=0)
+
+
+def pick_server_from_list(server_list):
+ """Randomly choose a server from the server list
+
+ Args:
+ server_list (list[Server]): list of candidate servers
+
+ Returns:
+ Tuple[bytes, int]: (host, port) pair for the chosen server
+ """
+ if not server_list:
+ raise RuntimeError("pick_server_from_list called with empty list")
+
+ # TODO: currently we only use the lowest-priority servers. We should maintain a
+ # cache of servers known to be "down" and filter them out
+
+ min_priority = min(s.priority for s in server_list)
+ eligible_servers = list(s for s in server_list if s.priority == min_priority)
+ total_weight = sum(s.weight for s in eligible_servers)
+ target_weight = random.randint(0, total_weight)
+
+ for s in eligible_servers:
+ target_weight -= s.weight
+
+ if target_weight <= 0:
+ return s.host, s.port
+
+ # this should be impossible.
+ raise RuntimeError(
+ "pick_server_from_list got to end of eligible server list.",
+ )
+
+
+class SrvResolver(object):
+ """Interface to the dns client to do SRV lookups, with result caching.
+
+ The default resolver in twisted.names doesn't do any caching (it has a CacheResolver,
+ but the cache never gets populated), so we add our own caching layer here.
+
+ Args:
+ dns_client (twisted.internet.interfaces.IResolver): twisted resolver impl
+ cache (dict): cache object
+ get_time (callable): clock implementation. Should return seconds since the epoch
+ """
+ def __init__(self, dns_client=client, cache=SERVER_CACHE, get_time=time.time):
+ self._dns_client = dns_client
+ self._cache = cache
+ self._get_time = get_time
+
+ @defer.inlineCallbacks
+ def resolve_service(self, service_name):
+ """Look up a SRV record
+
+ Args:
+ service_name (bytes): record to look up
+
+ Returns:
+ Deferred[list[Server]]:
+ a list of the SRV records, or an empty list if none found
+ """
+ now = int(self._get_time())
+
+ if not isinstance(service_name, bytes):
+ raise TypeError("%r is not a byte string" % (service_name,))
+
+ cache_entry = self._cache.get(service_name, None)
+ if cache_entry:
+ if all(s.expires > now for s in cache_entry):
+ servers = list(cache_entry)
+ defer.returnValue(servers)
+
+ try:
+ answers, _, _ = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
+ self._dns_client.lookupService(service_name),
+ )
+ except DNSNameError:
+ # TODO: cache this. We can get the SOA out of the exception, and use
+ # the negative-TTL value.
+ defer.returnValue([])
+ except DomainError as e:
+ # We failed to resolve the name (other than a NameError)
+ # Try something in the cache, else rereaise
+ cache_entry = self._cache.get(service_name, None)
+ if cache_entry:
+ logger.warn(
+ "Failed to resolve %r, falling back to cache. %r",
+ service_name, e
+ )
+ defer.returnValue(list(cache_entry))
+ else:
+ raise e
+
+ if (len(answers) == 1
+ and answers[0].type == dns.SRV
+ and answers[0].payload
+ and answers[0].payload.target == dns.Name(b'.')):
+ raise ConnectError("Service %s unavailable" % service_name)
+
+ servers = []
+
+ for answer in answers:
+ if answer.type != dns.SRV or not answer.payload:
+ continue
+
+ payload = answer.payload
+
+ servers.append(Server(
+ host=payload.target.name,
+ port=payload.port,
+ priority=payload.priority,
+ weight=payload.weight,
+ expires=now + answer.ttl,
+ ))
+
+ self._cache[service_name] = list(servers)
+ defer.returnValue(servers)
|