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-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py15
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/background_updates.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/client_ips.py15
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/events.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/events_worker.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/distributor.py4
7 files changed, 44 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
index 5c5a73b73c..6996d6b695 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
 
         # fire off a processing loop in the background
         run_as_background_process(
-            "process_transaction_queue",
+            "process_event_queue_for_federation",
             self._process_event_queue_loop,
         )
 
@@ -434,14 +434,11 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
 
         logger.debug("TX [%s] Starting transaction loop", destination)
 
-        # Drop the logcontext before starting the transaction. It doesn't
-        # really make sense to log all the outbound transactions against
-        # whatever path led us to this point: that's pretty arbitrary really.
-        #
-        # (this also means we can fire off _perform_transaction without
-        # yielding)
-        with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext():
-            self._transaction_transmission_loop(destination)
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "federation_transaction_transmission_loop",
+            self._transaction_transmission_loop,
+            destination,
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _transaction_transmission_loop(self, destination):
diff --git a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
index dc9eca7d15..5fe1ca2de7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from canonicaljson import json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+
 from . import engines
 from ._base import SQLBaseStore
 
@@ -87,10 +89,14 @@ class BackgroundUpdateStore(SQLBaseStore):
         self._background_update_handlers = {}
         self._all_done = False
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def start_doing_background_updates(self):
-        logger.info("Starting background schema updates")
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "background_updates", self._run_background_updates,
+        )
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _run_background_updates(self):
+        logger.info("Starting background schema updates")
         while True:
             yield self.hs.get_clock().sleep(
                 self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 1000.)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/client_ips.py b/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
index b78eda3413..77ae10da3d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from six import iteritems
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.util.caches import CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR
 
 from . import background_updates
@@ -93,10 +94,16 @@ class ClientIpStore(background_updates.BackgroundUpdateStore):
         self._batch_row_update[key] = (user_agent, device_id, now)
 
     def _update_client_ips_batch(self):
-        to_update = self._batch_row_update
-        self._batch_row_update = {}
-        return self.runInteraction(
-            "_update_client_ips_batch", self._update_client_ips_batch_txn, to_update
+        def update():
+            to_update = self._batch_row_update
+            self._batch_row_update = {}
+            return self.runInteraction(
+                "_update_client_ips_batch", self._update_client_ips_batch_txn,
+                to_update,
+            )
+
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "update_client_ips", update,
         )
 
     def _update_client_ips_batch_txn(self, txn, to_update):
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index 2aaab0d02c..4ff0fdc4ab 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 # these are only included to make the type annotations work
 from synapse.events import EventBase  # noqa: F401
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext  # noqa: F401
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage.events_worker import EventsWorkerStore
 from synapse.types import RoomStreamToken, get_domain_from_id
 from synapse.util.async import ObservableDeferred
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedInlineCallbacks
 from synapse.util.frozenutils import frozendict_json_encoder
-from synapse.util.logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext, make_deferred_yieldable
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 
@@ -155,11 +156,8 @@ class _EventPeristenceQueue(object):
                     self._event_persist_queues[room_id] = queue
                 self._currently_persisting_rooms.discard(room_id)
 
-        # set handle_queue_loop off on the background. We don't want to
-        # attribute work done in it to the current request, so we drop the
-        # logcontext altogether.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            handle_queue_loop()
+        # set handle_queue_loop off in the background
+        run_as_background_process("persist_events", handle_queue_loop)
 
     def _get_drainining_queue(self, room_id):
         queue = self._event_persist_queues.setdefault(room_id, deque())
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
index 67433606c6..f28239a808 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from synapse.events import EventBase  # noqa: F401
 from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext  # noqa: F401
 from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.util.logcontext import (
     LoggingContext,
     PreserveLoggingContext,
@@ -322,10 +323,11 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 should_start = False
 
         if should_start:
-            with PreserveLoggingContext():
-                self.runWithConnection(
-                    self._do_fetch
-                )
+            run_as_background_process(
+                "fetch_events",
+                self.runWithConnection,
+                self._do_fetch,
+            )
 
         logger.debug("Loading %d events", len(events))
         with PreserveLoggingContext():
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
index 4abca91f6d..465adc54a8 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import logging
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.util.caches import register_cache
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
             return
 
         def f():
-            self._prune_cache()
+            run_as_background_process(
+                "prune_cache_%s" % self._cache_name,
+                self._prune_cache,
+            )
 
         self._clock.looping_call(f, self._expiry_ms / 2)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/distributor.py b/synapse/util/distributor.py
index 734331caaa..d91ae400eb 100644
--- a/synapse/util/distributor.py
+++ b/synapse/util/distributor.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class Distributor(object):
             self.pre_registration[name].append(observer)
 
     def fire(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Dispatches the given signal to the registered observers.
+
+        Runs the observers as a background process. Does not return a deferred.
+        """
         if name not in self.signals:
             raise KeyError("%r does not have a signal named %s" % (self, name))