From 8be1a379093162f8f5b424d0cfd8a05524ea539d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Johnston Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:04:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] More comments --- synapse/handlers/federation.py | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py index fe80568ea..0c65a4832 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py @@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): @defer.inlineCallbacks def backfill(self, dest, room_id, limit, extremities=[]): """ Trigger a backfill request to `dest` for the given `room_id` + + This will attempt to get more events from the remote. This may return + be successfull and still return no events if the other side has no new + events to offer. """ if dest == self.server_name: raise SynapseError(400, "Can't backfill from self.") @@ -474,6 +478,8 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): limit=100, extremities=[e for e in extremities.keys()] ) + # If this succeeded then we probably already have the + # appropriate stuff. defer.returnValue(True) except SynapseError as e: logger.info(