Add cancellation support to @cached and @cachedList decorators (#…

…12183)

These decorators mostly support cancellation already. Add cancellation
tests and fix use of finished logging contexts by delaying cancellation,
as suggested by @erikjohnston.

Signed-off-by: Sean Quah <[email protected]>

changelog.d/12183.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add cancellation support to `@cached` and `@cachedList` decorators.

synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
+from synapse.util.async_helpers import delay_cancellation
 from synapse.util.caches.deferred_cache import DeferredCache
 from synapse.util.caches.lrucache import LruCache
 
@@ -350,6 +351,11 @@ def _wrapped(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
                 ret = defer.maybeDeferred(preserve_fn(self.orig), obj, *args, **kwargs)
                 ret = cache.set(cache_key, ret, callback=invalidate_callback)
 
+                # We started a new call to `self.orig`, so we must always wait for it to
+                # complete. Otherwise we might mark our current logging context as
+                # finished while `self.orig` is still using it in the background.
+                ret = delay_cancellation(ret)
+
             return make_deferred_yieldable(ret)
 
         wrapped = cast(_CachedFunction, _wrapped)
@@ -510,6 +516,11 @@ def errback_all(f: Failure) -> None:
                 d = defer.gatherResults(cached_defers, consumeErrors=True).addCallbacks(
                     lambda _: results, unwrapFirstError
                 )
+                if missing:
+                    # We started a new call to `self.orig`, so we must always wait for it to
+                    # complete. Otherwise we might mark our current logging context as
+                    # finished while `self.orig` is still using it in the background.
+                    d = delay_cancellation(d)
                 return make_deferred_yieldable(d)
             else:
                 return defer.succeed(results)

tests/util/caches/test_descriptors.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
-from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
+from twisted.internet.defer import CancelledError, Deferred
 
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.logging.context import (
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     make_deferred_yieldable,
 )
 from synapse.util.caches import descriptors
-from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, lru_cache
+from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedList, lru_cache
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import get_awaitable_result
@@ -493,6 +493,74 @@ def func3(self, key, cache_context):
         obj.invalidate()
         top_invalidate.assert_called_once()
 
+    def test_cancel(self):
+        """Test that cancelling a lookup does not cancel other lookups"""
+        complete_lookup: "Deferred[None]" = Deferred()
+
+        class Cls:
+            @cached()
+            async def fn(self, arg1):
+                await complete_lookup
+                return str(arg1)
+
+        obj = Cls()
+
+        d1 = obj.fn(123)
+        d2 = obj.fn(123)
+        self.assertFalse(d1.called)
+        self.assertFalse(d2.called)
+
+        # Cancel `d1`, which is the lookup that caused `fn` to run.
+        d1.cancel()
+
+        # `d2` should complete normally.
+        complete_lookup.callback(None)
+        self.failureResultOf(d1, CancelledError)
+        self.assertEqual(d2.result, "123")
+
+    def test_cancel_logcontexts(self):
+        """Test that cancellation does not break logcontexts.
+
+        * The `CancelledError` must be raised with the correct logcontext.
+        * The inner lookup must not resume with a finished logcontext.
+        * The inner lookup must not restore a finished logcontext when done.
+        """
+        complete_lookup: "Deferred[None]" = Deferred()
+
+        class Cls:
+            inner_context_was_finished = False
+
+            @cached()
+            async def fn(self, arg1):
+                await make_deferred_yieldable(complete_lookup)
+                self.inner_context_was_finished = current_context().finished
+                return str(arg1)
+
+        obj = Cls()
+
+        async def do_lookup():
+            with LoggingContext("c1") as c1:
+                try:
+                    await obj.fn(123)
+                    self.fail("No CancelledError thrown")
+                except CancelledError:
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        current_context(),
+                        c1,
+                        "CancelledError was not raised with the correct logcontext",
+                    )
+                    # suppress the error and succeed
+
+        d = defer.ensureDeferred(do_lookup())
+        d.cancel()
+
+        complete_lookup.callback(None)
+        self.successResultOf(d)
+        self.assertFalse(
+            obj.inner_context_was_finished, "Tried to restart a finished logcontext"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(current_context(), SENTINEL_CONTEXT)
+
 
 class CacheDecoratorTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     """More tests for @cached
@@ -865,3 +933,78 @@ async def list_fn(self, args1, arg2):
         obj.fn.invalidate((10, 2))
         invalidate0.assert_called_once()
         invalidate1.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_cancel(self):
+        """Test that cancelling a lookup does not cancel other lookups"""
+        complete_lookup: "Deferred[None]" = Deferred()
+
+        class Cls:
+            @cached()
+            def fn(self, arg1):
+                pass
+
+            @cachedList(cached_method_name="fn", list_name="args")
+            async def list_fn(self, args):
+                await complete_lookup
+                return {arg: str(arg) for arg in args}
+
+        obj = Cls()
+
+        d1 = obj.list_fn([123, 456])
+        d2 = obj.list_fn([123, 456, 789])
+        self.assertFalse(d1.called)
+        self.assertFalse(d2.called)
+
+        d1.cancel()
+
+        # `d2` should complete normally.
+        complete_lookup.callback(None)
+        self.failureResultOf(d1, CancelledError)
+        self.assertEqual(d2.result, {123: "123", 456: "456", 789: "789"})
+
+    def test_cancel_logcontexts(self):
+        """Test that cancellation does not break logcontexts.
+
+        * The `CancelledError` must be raised with the correct logcontext.
+        * The inner lookup must not resume with a finished logcontext.
+        * The inner lookup must not restore a finished logcontext when done.
+        """
+        complete_lookup: "Deferred[None]" = Deferred()
+
+        class Cls:
+            inner_context_was_finished = False
+
+            @cached()
+            def fn(self, arg1):
+                pass
+
+            @cachedList(cached_method_name="fn", list_name="args")
+            async def list_fn(self, args):
+                await make_deferred_yieldable(complete_lookup)
+                self.inner_context_was_finished = current_context().finished
+                return {arg: str(arg) for arg in args}
+
+        obj = Cls()
+
+        async def do_lookup():
+            with LoggingContext("c1") as c1:
+                try:
+                    await obj.list_fn([123])
+                    self.fail("No CancelledError thrown")
+                except CancelledError:
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        current_context(),
+                        c1,
+                        "CancelledError was not raised with the correct logcontext",
+                    )
+                    # suppress the error and succeed
+
+        d = defer.ensureDeferred(do_lookup())
+        d.cancel()
+
+        complete_lookup.callback(None)
+        self.successResultOf(d)
+        self.assertFalse(
+            obj.inner_context_was_finished, "Tried to restart a finished logcontext"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(current_context(), SENTINEL_CONTEXT)