From b4c22342320d7de86c02dfb36415a38c62bec88d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:31:32 +0100
Subject: Make do_next_background_update return a bool

returning a None or an int that we don't use is confusing.
---
 synapse/storage/background_updates.py   | 12 +++++-------
 tests/storage/test_background_update.py |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
index 79494bcdf5..4a59132bf3 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdater(object):
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Error doing update")
             else:
-                if result is None:
+                if result:
                     logger.info(
                         "No more background updates to do."
                         " Unscheduling background update task."
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdater(object):
 
         return not update_exists
 
-    async def do_next_background_update(
-        self, desired_duration_ms: float
-    ) -> Optional[int]:
+    async def do_next_background_update(self, desired_duration_ms: float) -> bool:
         """Does some amount of work on the next queued background update
 
         Returns once some amount of work is done.
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdater(object):
             desired_duration_ms(float): How long we want to spend
                 updating.
         Returns:
-            None if there is no more work to do, otherwise an int
+            True if there is no more work to do, otherwise False
         """
         if not self._background_update_queue:
             updates = await self.db.simple_select_list(
@@ -195,14 +193,14 @@ class BackgroundUpdater(object):
 
         if not self._background_update_queue:
             # no work left to do
-            return None
+            return True
 
         # pop from the front, and add back to the back
         update_name = self._background_update_queue.pop(0)
         self._background_update_queue.append(update_name)
 
         res = await self._do_background_update(update_name, desired_duration_ms)
-        return res
+        return False
 
     async def _do_background_update(
         self, update_name: str, desired_duration_ms: float
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_background_update.py b/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
index e578de8acf..940b166129 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdateTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
             ),
             by=0.1,
         )
-        self.assertIsNotNone(res)
+        self.assertFalse(res)
 
         # on the first call, we should get run with the default background update size
         self.update_handler.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdateTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         result = self.get_success(
             self.updates.do_next_background_update(target_background_update_duration_ms)
         )
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result)
+        self.assertFalse(result)
         self.update_handler.assert_called_once()
 
         # third step: we don't expect to be called any more
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ class BackgroundUpdateTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         result = self.get_success(
             self.updates.do_next_background_update(target_background_update_duration_ms)
         )
-        self.assertIsNone(result)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
         self.assertFalse(self.update_handler.called)
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