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Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py')
-rw-r--r-- | synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py index 9d820e44a6..ce678d5f75 100644 --- a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py +++ b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py @@ -151,13 +151,19 @@ def run_as_background_process(desc, func, *args, **kwargs): This should be used to wrap processes which are fired off to run in the background, instead of being associated with a particular request. + It returns a Deferred which completes when the function completes, but it doesn't + follow the synapse logcontext rules, which makes it appropriate for passing to + clock.looping_call and friends (or for firing-and-forgetting in the middle of a + normal synapse inlineCallbacks function). + Args: desc (str): a description for this background process type func: a function, which may return a Deferred args: positional args for func kwargs: keyword args for func - Returns: None + Returns: Deferred which returns the result of func, but note that it does not + follow the synapse logcontext rules. """ @defer.inlineCallbacks def run(): @@ -176,4 +182,4 @@ def run_as_background_process(desc, func, *args, **kwargs): _background_processes[desc].remove(proc) with PreserveLoggingContext(): - run() + return run() |