Fix locked upsert on device_lists_remote_cache

changelog.d/4132.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix table lock of device_lists_remote_cache which could freeze the application

synapse/storage/devices.py

@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@
 
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.storage.background_updates import BackgroundUpdateStore
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedInlineCallbacks, cachedList
 
-from ._base import Cache, SQLBaseStore, db_to_json
+from ._base import Cache, db_to_json
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+DROP_DEVICE_LIST_STREAMS_NON_UNIQUE_INDEXES = (
+    "drop_device_list_streams_non_unique_indexes"
+)
 
-class DeviceStore(SQLBaseStore):
+
+class DeviceStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
     def __init__(self, db_conn, hs):
         super(DeviceStore, self).__init__(db_conn, hs)
 
@@ -52,6 +57,30 @@ def __init__(self, db_conn, hs):
             columns=["user_id", "device_id"],
         )
 
+        # create a unique index on device_lists_remote_cache
+        self.register_background_index_update(
+            "device_lists_remote_cache_unique_idx",
+            index_name="device_lists_remote_cache_unique_id",
+            table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+            columns=["user_id", "device_id"],
+            unique=True,
+        )
+
+        # And one on device_lists_remote_extremeties
+        self.register_background_index_update(
+            "device_lists_remote_extremeties_unique_idx",
+            index_name="device_lists_remote_extremeties_unique_idx",
+            table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+            columns=["user_id"],
+            unique=True,
+        )
+
+        # once they complete, we can remove the old non-unique indexes.
+        self.register_background_update_handler(
+            DROP_DEVICE_LIST_STREAMS_NON_UNIQUE_INDEXES,
+            self._drop_device_list_streams_non_unique_indexes,
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def store_device(self, user_id, device_id,
                      initial_device_display_name):
@@ -239,7 +268,19 @@ def mark_remote_user_device_list_as_unsubscribed(self, user_id):
 
     def update_remote_device_list_cache_entry(self, user_id, device_id, content,
                                               stream_id):
-        """Updates a single user's device in the cache.
+        """Updates a single device in the cache of a remote user's devicelist.
+
+        Note: assumes that we are the only thread that can be updating this user's
+        device list.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): User to update device list for
+            device_id (str): ID of decivice being updated
+            content (dict): new data on this device
+            stream_id (int): the version of the device list
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[None]
         """
         return self.runInteraction(
             "update_remote_device_list_cache_entry",
@@ -272,7 +313,11 @@ def _update_remote_device_list_cache_entry_txn(self, txn, user_id, device_id,
                 },
                 values={
                     "content": json.dumps(content),
-                }
+                },
+
+                # we don't need to lock, because we assume we are the only thread
+                # updating this user's devices.
+                lock=False,
             )
 
         txn.call_after(self._get_cached_user_device.invalidate, (user_id, device_id,))
@@ -289,11 +334,26 @@ def _update_remote_device_list_cache_entry_txn(self, txn, user_id, device_id,
             },
             values={
                 "stream_id": stream_id,
-            }
+            },
+
+            # again, we can assume we are the only thread updating this user's
+            # extremity.
+            lock=False,
         )
 
     def update_remote_device_list_cache(self, user_id, devices, stream_id):
-        """Replace the cache of the remote user's devices.
+        """Replace the entire cache of the remote user's devices.
+
+        Note: assumes that we are the only thread that can be updating this user's
+        device list.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): User to update device list for
+            devices (list[dict]): list of device objects supplied over federation
+            stream_id (int): the version of the device list
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[None]
         """
         return self.runInteraction(
             "update_remote_device_list_cache",
@@ -338,7 +398,11 @@ def _update_remote_device_list_cache_txn(self, txn, user_id, devices,
             },
             values={
                 "stream_id": stream_id,
-            }
+            },
+
+            # we don't need to lock, because we can assume we are the only thread
+            # updating this user's extremity.
+            lock=False,
         )
 
     def get_devices_by_remote(self, destination, from_stream_id):
@@ -722,3 +786,19 @@ def _prune_txn(txn):
             "_prune_old_outbound_device_pokes",
             _prune_txn,
         )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _drop_device_list_streams_non_unique_indexes(self, progress, batch_size):
+        def f(conn):
+            txn = conn.cursor()
+            txn.execute(
+                "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS device_lists_remote_cache_id"
+            )
+            txn.execute(
+                "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS device_lists_remote_extremeties_id"
+            )
+            txn.close()
+
+        yield self.runWithConnection(f)
+        yield self._end_background_update(DROP_DEVICE_LIST_STREAMS_NON_UNIQUE_INDEXES)
+        defer.returnValue(1)

synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_list_streams.sql

@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@ CREATE TABLE device_lists_remote_cache (
     content TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
-CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_cache_id ON device_lists_remote_cache(user_id, device_id);
-
-
 -- The last update we got for a user. Empty if we're not receiving updates for
 -- that user.
 CREATE TABLE device_lists_remote_extremeties (
     user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
     stream_id TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
-CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_extremeties_id ON device_lists_remote_extremeties(user_id, stream_id);
+-- we used to create non-unique indexes on these tables, but as of update 52 we create
+-- unique indexes concurrently:
+--
+-- CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_cache_id ON device_lists_remote_cache(user_id, device_id);
+-- CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_extremeties_id ON device_lists_remote_extremeties(user_id, stream_id);
 
 
 -- Stream of device lists updates. Includes both local and remotes

synapse/storage/schema/delta/52/device_list_streams_unique_idx.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* 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.
+ */
+
+-- register a background update which will create a unique index on
+-- device_lists_remote_cache
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json)
+    VALUES ('device_lists_remote_cache_unique_idx', '{}');
+
+-- and one on device_lists_remote_extremeties
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on)
+    VALUES (
+        'device_lists_remote_extremeties_unique_idx', '{}',
+
+        -- doesn't really depend on this, but we need to make sure both happen
+        -- before we drop the old indexes.
+        'device_lists_remote_cache_unique_idx'
+    );
+
+-- once they complete, we can drop the old indexes.
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on)
+    VALUES (
+        'drop_device_list_streams_non_unique_indexes', '{}',
+        'device_lists_remote_extremeties_unique_idx'
+    );