Generalise the @cancellable annotation so it can be used on functions other than just servlet methods.

changelog.d/13662.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Generalise the `@cancellable` annotation so it can be used on functions other than just servlet methods.

synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, FederationDeniedError, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, ServletCallback, is_method_cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, ServletCallback
 from synapse.http.servlet import parse_json_object_from_request
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging.context import run_in_background
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     whitelisted_homeserver,
 )
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_method_cancellable
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.stringutils import parse_and_validate_server_name
 

synapse/http/server.py

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     Optional,
     Pattern,
     Tuple,
-    TypeVar,
     Union,
 )
 
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import active_span, start_active_span, trace_servlet
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 from synapse.util.caches import intern_dict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_method_cancellable
 from synapse.util.iterutils import chunk_seq
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -94,68 +94,6 @@
 HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_CANCELLED = 499
 
 
-F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable[..., Any])
-
-
-_cancellable_method_names = frozenset(
-    {
-        # `RestServlet`, `BaseFederationServlet` and `BaseFederationServerServlet`
-        # methods
-        "on_GET",
-        "on_PUT",
-        "on_POST",
-        "on_DELETE",
-        # `_AsyncResource`, `DirectServeHtmlResource` and `DirectServeJsonResource`
-        # methods
-        "_async_render_GET",
-        "_async_render_PUT",
-        "_async_render_POST",
-        "_async_render_DELETE",
-        "_async_render_OPTIONS",
-        # `ReplicationEndpoint` methods
-        "_handle_request",
-    }
-)
-
-
-def cancellable(method: F) -> F:
-    """Marks a servlet method as cancellable.
-
-    Methods with this decorator will be cancelled if the client disconnects before we
-    finish processing the request.
-
-    During cancellation, `Deferred.cancel()` will be invoked on the `Deferred` wrapping
-    the method. The `cancel()` call will propagate down to the `Deferred` that is
-    currently being waited on. That `Deferred` will raise a `CancelledError`, which will
-    propagate up, as per normal exception handling.
-
-    Before applying this decorator to a new endpoint, you MUST recursively check
-    that all `await`s in the function are on `async` functions or `Deferred`s that
-    handle cancellation cleanly, otherwise a variety of bugs may occur, ranging from
-    premature logging context closure, to stuck requests, to database corruption.
-
-    Usage:
-        class SomeServlet(RestServlet):
-            @cancellable
-            async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> ...:
-                ...
-    """
-    if method.__name__ not in _cancellable_method_names and not any(
-        method.__name__.startswith(prefix) for prefix in _cancellable_method_names
-    ):
-        raise ValueError(
-            "@cancellable decorator can only be applied to servlet methods."
-        )
-
-    method.cancellable = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-    return method
-
-
-def is_method_cancellable(method: Callable[..., Any]) -> bool:
-    """Checks whether a servlet method has the `@cancellable` flag."""
-    return getattr(method, "cancellable", False)
-
-
 def return_json_error(
     f: failure.Failure, request: SynapseRequest, config: Optional[HomeServerConfig]
 ) -> None:

synapse/replication/http/_base.py

@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
 
 from synapse.api.errors import HttpResponseException, SynapseError
 from synapse.http import RequestTimedOutError
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, is_method_cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging import opentracing
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import trace_with_opname
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
+from synapse.util.cancellation import is_method_cancellable
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

synapse/rest/client/room.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 )
 from synapse.api.filtering import Filter
 from synapse.events.utils import format_event_for_client_v2
-from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     ResolveRoomIdMixin,
     RestServlet,
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, StreamToken, ThirdPartyInstanceID, UserID
 from synapse.util import json_decoder
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 from synapse.util.stringutils import parse_and_validate_server_name, random_string
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

synapse/util/cancellation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# 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 typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar
+
+F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable[..., Any])
+
+
+def cancellable(method: F) -> F:
+    """Marks a function as cancellable.
+
+    Servlet methods with this decorator will be cancelled if the client disconnects before we
+    finish processing the request.
+
+    Although this annotation is particularly useful for servlet methods, it's also
+    useful for intermediate functions, where it documents the fact that the function has
+    been audited for cancellation safety and needs to preserve that.
+    This then simplifies auditing new functions that call those same intermediate
+    functions.
+
+    During cancellation, `Deferred.cancel()` will be invoked on the `Deferred` wrapping
+    the method. The `cancel()` call will propagate down to the `Deferred` that is
+    currently being waited on. That `Deferred` will raise a `CancelledError`, which will
+    propagate up, as per normal exception handling.
+
+    Before applying this decorator to a new function, you MUST recursively check
+    that all `await`s in the function are on `async` functions or `Deferred`s that
+    handle cancellation cleanly, otherwise a variety of bugs may occur, ranging from
+    premature logging context closure, to stuck requests, to database corruption.
+
+    See the documentation page on Cancellation for more information.
+
+    Usage:
+        class SomeServlet(RestServlet):
+            @cancellable
+            async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> ...:
+                ...
+    """
+
+    method.cancellable = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    return method
+
+
+def is_method_cancellable(method: Callable[..., Any]) -> bool:
+    """Checks whether a servlet method has the `@cancellable` flag."""
+    return getattr(method, "cancellable", False)

tests/federation/transport/server/test__base.py

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes
 from synapse.federation.transport.server import BaseFederationServlet
 from synapse.federation.transport.server._base import Authenticator, _parse_auth_header
-from synapse.http.server import JsonResource, cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 
 from tests import unittest

tests/http/test_servlet.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
-from synapse.http.server import cancellable
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
     parse_json_object_from_request,
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 from synapse.rest.client._base import client_patterns
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.http.server._base import test_disconnect

tests/replication/http/test__base.py

@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
 from twisted.web.server import Request
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes
-from synapse.http.server import JsonResource, cancellable
+from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
 from synapse.replication.http import REPLICATION_PREFIX
 from synapse.replication.http._base import ReplicationEndpoint
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.http.server._base import test_disconnect

tests/test_server.py

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     DirectServeJsonResource,
     JsonResource,
     OptionsResource,
-    cancellable,
 )
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest, SynapseSite
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util import Clock
+from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.http.server._base import test_disconnect