Add some background update admin APIs

changelog.d/11263.feature

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+Add some background update admin APIs.

docs/SUMMARY.md

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   - [Administration](usage/administration/README.md)
     - [Admin API](usage/administration/admin_api/README.md)
       - [Account Validity](admin_api/account_validity.md)
+      - [Background Updates](usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md)
       - [Delete Group](admin_api/delete_group.md)
       - [Event Reports](admin_api/event_reports.md)
       - [Media](admin_api/media_admin_api.md)

docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md

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+# Background Updates API
+
+This API allows a server administrator to manage the background updates being
+run against the database.
+
+## Status
+
+This API gets the current status of the background updates.
+
+
+The API is:
+
+```
+GET /_synapse/admin/v1/background_updates/status
+```
+
+Returning:
+
+```json
+{
+    "enabled": true,
+    "current_updates": {
+        "<db_name>": {
+            "name": "<background_update_name>",
+            "total_item_count": 50,
+            "total_duration_ms": 10000.0,
+            "average_items_per_ms": 2.2,
+        },
+    }
+}
+```
+
+`enabled` whether the background updates are enabled or disabled.
+
+`db_name` the database name (usually Synapse is configured with a single database named 'master').
+
+For each update:
+
+`name` the name of the update.
+`total_item_count` total number of "items" processed (the meaning of 'items' depends on the update in question).
+`total_duration_ms` how long the background process has been running, not including time spent sleeping.
+`average_items_per_ms` how many items are processed per millisecond based on an exponential average.
+
+
+
+## Enabled
+
+This API allow pausing background updates.
+
+Background updates should *not* be paused for significant periods of time, as
+this can affect the performance of Synapse.
+
+*Note*: This won't persist over restarts.
+
+*Note*: This won't cancel any update query that is currently running. This is
+usually fine since most queries are short lived, except for `CREATE INDEX`
+background updates which won't be cancelled once started.
+
+
+The API is:
+
+```
+POST /_synapse/admin/v1/background_updates/enabled
+```
+
+with the following body:
+
+```json
+{
+    "enabled": false
+}
+```
+
+`enabled` sets whether the background updates are enabled or disabled.
+
+The API returns the `enabled` param.
+
+```json
+{
+    "enabled": false
+}
+```
+
+There is also a `GET` version which returns the `enabled` state.

synapse/rest/admin/__init__.py

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 from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.rest.admin._base import admin_patterns, assert_requester_is_admin
+from synapse.rest.admin.background_updates import (
+    BackgroundUpdateEnabledRestServlet,
+    BackgroundUpdateRestServlet,
+)
 from synapse.rest.admin.devices import (
     DeleteDevicesRestServlet,
     DeviceRestServlet,
@@ -247,6 +251,8 @@ def register_servlets(hs: "HomeServer", http_server: HttpServer) -> None:
     # Some servlets only get registered for the main process.
     if hs.config.worker.worker_app is None:
         SendServerNoticeServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+        BackgroundUpdateEnabledRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+        BackgroundUpdateRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
 
 
 def register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource(

synapse/rest/admin/background_updates.py

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+# Copyright 2021 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.
+import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple
+
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.rest.admin._base import admin_patterns, assert_user_is_admin
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from synapse.server import HomeServer
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BackgroundUpdateEnabledRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Allows temporarily disabling background updates"""
+
+    PATTERNS = admin_patterns("/background_updates/enabled")
+
+    def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
+        self.group_server = hs.get_groups_server_handler()
+        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+
+        self.data_stores = hs.get_datastores()
+
+    async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+        requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        await assert_user_is_admin(self.auth, requester.user)
+
+        # We need to check that all configured databases have updates enabled.
+        # (They *should* all be in sync.)
+        enabled = all(db.updates.enabled for db in self.data_stores.databases)
+
+        return 200, {"enabled": enabled}
+
+    async def on_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+        requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        await assert_user_is_admin(self.auth, requester.user)
+
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+
+        enabled = body.get("enabled", True)
+
+        if not isinstance(enabled, bool):
+            raise SynapseError(400, "'enabled' parameter must be a boolean")
+
+        for db in self.data_stores.databases:
+            db.updates.enabled = enabled
+
+            # If we're re-enabling them ensure that we start the background
+            # process again.
+            if enabled:
+                db.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
+
+        return 200, {"enabled": enabled}
+
+
+class BackgroundUpdateRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Fetch information about background updates"""
+
+    PATTERNS = admin_patterns("/background_updates/status")
+
+    def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
+        self.group_server = hs.get_groups_server_handler()
+        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+
+        self.data_stores = hs.get_datastores()
+
+    async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+        requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        await assert_user_is_admin(self.auth, requester.user)
+
+        # We need to check that all configured databases have updates enabled.
+        # (They *should* all be in sync.)
+        enabled = all(db.updates.enabled for db in self.data_stores.databases)
+
+        current_updates = {}
+
+        for db in self.data_stores.databases:
+            update = db.updates.get_current_update()
+            if not update:
+                continue
+
+            current_updates[db.name()] = {
+                "name": update.name,
+                "total_item_count": update.total_item_count,
+                "total_duration_ms": update.total_duration_ms,
+                "average_items_per_ms": update.average_items_per_ms(),
+            }
+
+        return 200, {"enabled": enabled, "current_updates": current_updates}

synapse/storage/background_updates.py

@@ -100,29 +100,58 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer", database: "DatabasePool"):
         ] = {}
         self._all_done = False
 
+        # Whether we're currently running updates
+        self._running = False
+
+        # Whether background updates are enabled. This allows us to
+        # enable/disable background updates via the admin API.
+        self.enabled = True
+
+    def get_current_update(self) -> Optional[BackgroundUpdatePerformance]:
+        """Returns the current background update, if any."""
+
+        update_name = self._current_background_update
+        if not update_name:
+            return None
+
+        perf = self._background_update_performance.get(update_name)
+        if not perf:
+            perf = BackgroundUpdatePerformance(update_name)
+
+        return perf
+
     def start_doing_background_updates(self) -> None:
-        run_as_background_process("background_updates", self.run_background_updates)
+        if self.enabled:
+            run_as_background_process("background_updates", self.run_background_updates)
 
     async def run_background_updates(self, sleep: bool = True) -> None:
-        logger.info("Starting background schema updates")
-        while True:
-            if sleep:
-                await self._clock.sleep(self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 1000.0)
+        if self._running or not self.enabled:
+            return
 
-            try:
-                result = await self.do_next_background_update(
-                    self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_DURATION_MS
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                logger.exception("Error doing update")
-            else:
-                if result:
-                    logger.info(
-                        "No more background updates to do."
-                        " Unscheduling background update task."
+        self._running = True
+
+        try:
+            logger.info("Starting background schema updates")
+            while self.enabled:
+                if sleep:
+                    await self._clock.sleep(self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 1000.0)
+
+                try:
+                    result = await self.do_next_background_update(
+                        self.BACKGROUND_UPDATE_DURATION_MS
                     )
-                    self._all_done = True
-                    return None
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.exception("Error doing update")
+                else:
+                    if result:
+                        logger.info(
+                            "No more background updates to do."
+                            " Unscheduling background update task."
+                        )
+                        self._all_done = True
+                        return None
+        finally:
+            self._running = False
 
     async def has_completed_background_updates(self) -> bool:
         """Check if all the background updates have completed

synapse/storage/database.py

@@ -446,6 +446,10 @@ def __init__(
                 self._check_safe_to_upsert,
             )
 
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        "Return the name of this database"
+        return self._database_config.name
+
     def is_running(self) -> bool:
         """Is the database pool currently running"""
         return self._db_pool.running