1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py
index 640fae3890..a75e1c71fb 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 
-from .logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
+from .logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 
 
 @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -107,3 +108,32 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
         return "<ObservableDeferred object at %s, result=%r, _deferred=%r>" % (
             id(self), self._result, self._deferred,
         )
+
+
+def concurrently_execute(func, args, limit):
+    """Executes the function with each argument conncurrently while limiting
+    the number of concurrent executions.
+
+    Args:
+        func (func): Function to execute, should return a deferred.
+        args (list): List of arguments to pass to func, each invocation of func
+            gets a signle argument.
+        limit (int): Maximum number of conccurent executions.
+
+    Returns:
+        deferred
+    """
+    it = iter(args)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _concurrently_execute_inner():
+        try:
+            while True:
+                yield func(it.next())
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+
+    return defer.gatherResults([
+        preserve_fn(_concurrently_execute_inner)()
+        for _ in xrange(limit)
+    ], consumeErrors=True).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)