ObservableDeferred: run observers in order (#11229)

changelog.d/11229.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`ObservableDeferred`: run registered observers in order.

synapse/util/async_helpers.py

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     Any,
     Awaitable,
     Callable,
+    Collection,
     Dict,
     Generic,
     Hashable,
     Iterable,
-    List,
     Optional,
     Set,
     TypeVar,
@@ -76,12 +76,17 @@ class ObservableDeferred(Generic[_T]):
     def __init__(self, deferred: "defer.Deferred[_T]", consumeErrors: bool = False):
         object.__setattr__(self, "_deferred", deferred)
         object.__setattr__(self, "_result", None)
-        object.__setattr__(self, "_observers", set())
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_observers", [])
 
         def callback(r):
             object.__setattr__(self, "_result", (True, r))
-            while self._observers:
-                observer = self._observers.pop()
+
+            # once we have set _result, no more entries will be added to _observers,
+            # so it's safe to replace it with the empty tuple.
+            observers = self._observers
+            object.__setattr__(self, "_observers", ())
+
+            for observer in observers:
                 try:
                     observer.callback(r)
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -95,12 +100,16 @@ def callback(r):
 
         def errback(f):
             object.__setattr__(self, "_result", (False, f))
-            while self._observers:
+
+            # once we have set _result, no more entries will be added to _observers,
+            # so it's safe to replace it with the empty tuple.
+            observers = self._observers
+            object.__setattr__(self, "_observers", ())
+
+            for observer in observers:
                 # This is a little bit of magic to correctly propagate stack
                 # traces when we `await` on one of the observer deferreds.
                 f.value.__failure__ = f
-
-                observer = self._observers.pop()
                 try:
                     observer.errback(f)
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -127,20 +136,13 @@ def observe(self) -> "defer.Deferred[_T]":
         """
         if not self._result:
             d: "defer.Deferred[_T]" = defer.Deferred()
-
-            def remove(r):
-                self._observers.discard(d)
-                return r
-
-            d.addBoth(remove)
-
-            self._observers.add(d)
+            self._observers.append(d)
             return d
         else:
             success, res = self._result
             return defer.succeed(res) if success else defer.fail(res)
 
-    def observers(self) -> "List[defer.Deferred[_T]]":
+    def observers(self) -> "Collection[defer.Deferred[_T]]":
         return self._observers
 
     def has_called(self) -> bool:

tests/util/caches/test_deferred_cache.py

@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ def check1(r):
             self.assertTrue(set_d.called)
             return r
 
-        # TODO: Actually ObservableDeferred *doesn't* run its tests in order on py3.8.
-        #   maybe we should fix that?
-        # get_d.addCallback(check1)
+        get_d.addCallback(check1)
 
         # now fire off all the deferreds
         origin_d.callback(99)

tests/util/test_async_utils.py → tests/util/test_async_helpers.py

@@ -21,11 +21,78 @@
     PreserveLoggingContext,
     current_context,
 )
-from synapse.util.async_helpers import timeout_deferred
+from synapse.util.async_helpers import ObservableDeferred, timeout_deferred
 
 from tests.unittest import TestCase
 
 
+class ObservableDeferredTest(TestCase):
+    def test_succeed(self):
+        origin_d = Deferred()
+        observable = ObservableDeferred(origin_d)
+
+        observer1 = observable.observe()
+        observer2 = observable.observe()
+
+        self.assertFalse(observer1.called)
+        self.assertFalse(observer2.called)
+
+        # check the first observer is called first
+        def check_called_first(res):
+            self.assertFalse(observer2.called)
+            return res
+
+        observer1.addBoth(check_called_first)
+
+        # store the results
+        results = [None, None]
+
+        def check_val(res, idx):
+            results[idx] = res
+            return res
+
+        observer1.addCallback(check_val, 0)
+        observer2.addCallback(check_val, 1)
+
+        origin_d.callback(123)
+        self.assertEqual(results[0], 123, "observer 1 callback result")
+        self.assertEqual(results[1], 123, "observer 2 callback result")
+
+    def test_failure(self):
+        origin_d = Deferred()
+        observable = ObservableDeferred(origin_d, consumeErrors=True)
+
+        observer1 = observable.observe()
+        observer2 = observable.observe()
+
+        self.assertFalse(observer1.called)
+        self.assertFalse(observer2.called)
+
+        # check the first observer is called first
+        def check_called_first(res):
+            self.assertFalse(observer2.called)
+            return res
+
+        observer1.addBoth(check_called_first)
+
+        # store the results
+        results = [None, None]
+
+        def check_val(res, idx):
+            results[idx] = res
+            return None
+
+        observer1.addErrback(check_val, 0)
+        observer2.addErrback(check_val, 1)
+
+        try:
+            raise Exception("gah!")
+        except Exception as e:
+            origin_d.errback(e)
+        self.assertEqual(str(results[0].value), "gah!", "observer 1 errback result")
+        self.assertEqual(str(results[1].value), "gah!", "observer 2 errback result")
+
+
 class TimeoutDeferredTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.clock = Clock()