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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2018 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.
+
+from twisted.internet import threads, reactor
+
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
+
+import Queue
+
+
+class BackgroundFileConsumer(object):
+    """A consumer that writes to a file like object. Supports both push
+    and pull producers
+
+    Args:
+        file_obj (file): The file like object to write to. Closed when
+            finished.
+    """
+
+    # For PushProducers pause if we have this many unwritten slices
+    _PAUSE_ON_QUEUE_SIZE = 5
+    # And resume once the size of the queue is less than this
+    _RESUME_ON_QUEUE_SIZE = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, file_obj):
+        self._file_obj = file_obj
+
+        # Producer we're registered with
+        self._producer = None
+
+        # True if PushProducer, false if PullProducer
+        self.streaming = False
+
+        # For PushProducers, indicates whether we've paused the producer and
+        # need to call resumeProducing before we get more data.
+        self._paused_producer = False
+
+        # Queue of slices of bytes to be written. When producer calls
+        # unregister a final None is sent.
+        self._bytes_queue = Queue.Queue()
+
+        # Deferred that is resolved when finished writing
+        self._finished_deferred = None
+
+        # If the _writer thread throws an exception it gets stored here.
+        self._write_exception = None
+
+    def registerProducer(self, producer, streaming):
+        """Part of IConsumer interface
+
+        Args:
+            producer (IProducer)
+            streaming (bool): True if push based producer, False if pull
+                based.
+        """
+        if self._producer:
+            raise Exception("registerProducer called twice")
+
+        self._producer = producer
+        self.streaming = streaming
+        self._finished_deferred = preserve_fn(threads.deferToThread)(self._writer)
+        if not streaming:
+            self._producer.resumeProducing()
+
+    def unregisterProducer(self):
+        """Part of IProducer interface
+        """
+        self._producer = None
+        if not self._finished_deferred.called:
+            self._bytes_queue.put_nowait(None)
+
+    def write(self, bytes):
+        """Part of IProducer interface
+        """
+        if self._write_exception:
+            raise self._write_exception
+
+        if self._finished_deferred.called:
+            raise Exception("consumer has closed")
+
+        self._bytes_queue.put_nowait(bytes)
+
+        # If this is a PushProducer and the queue is getting behind
+        # then we pause the producer.
+        if self.streaming and self._bytes_queue.qsize() >= self._PAUSE_ON_QUEUE_SIZE:
+            self._paused_producer = True
+            self._producer.pauseProducing()
+
+    def _writer(self):
+        """This is run in a background thread to write to the file.
+        """
+        try:
+            while self._producer or not self._bytes_queue.empty():
+                # If we've paused the producer check if we should resume the
+                # producer.
+                if self._producer and self._paused_producer:
+                    if self._bytes_queue.qsize() <= self._RESUME_ON_QUEUE_SIZE:
+                        reactor.callFromThread(self._resume_paused_producer)
+
+                bytes = self._bytes_queue.get()
+
+                # If we get a None (or empty list) then that's a signal used
+                # to indicate we should check if we should stop.
+                if bytes:
+                    self._file_obj.write(bytes)
+
+                # If its a pull producer then we need to explicitly ask for
+                # more stuff.
+                if not self.streaming and self._producer:
+                    reactor.callFromThread(self._producer.resumeProducing)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._write_exception = e
+            raise
+        finally:
+            self._file_obj.close()
+
+    def wait(self):
+        """Returns a deferred that resolves when finished writing to file
+        """
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(self._finished_deferred)
+
+    def _resume_paused_producer(self):
+        """Gets called if we should resume producing after being paused
+        """
+        if self._paused_producer and self._producer:
+            self._paused_producer = False
+            self._producer.resumeProducing()