Fix and add tests for rooms creator bg update

synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py

@@ -1232,6 +1232,9 @@ def _background_populate_rooms_creator_column_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction):
                 )
                 new_last_room_id = room_id
 
+            if new_last_room_id == "":
+                return True
+
             self.db_pool.updates._background_update_progress_txn(
                 txn,
                 _BackgroundUpdates.POPULATE_ROOMS_CREATOR_COLUMN,

tests/storage/databases/main/test_room.py

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# 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.
+
+from synapse.rest import admin
+from synapse.rest.client import login, room
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.room import _BackgroundUpdates
+
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
+
+
+class RoomBackgroundUpdateStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets,
+        room.register_servlets,
+        login.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.user_id = self.register_user("foo", "pass")
+        self.token = self.login("foo", "pass")
+
+    def _generate_room(self) -> str:
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.token)
+
+        return room_id
+
+    def test_background_populate_rooms_creator_column(self):
+        """Test that the background update to populate the rooms creator column
+        works properly.
+        """
+
+        # Insert a room without the creator
+        room_id = self._generate_room()
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_update(
+                table="rooms",
+                keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+                updatevalues={"creator": None},
+                desc="test",
+            )
+        )
+
+        # Make sure the test is starting out with a room without a creator
+        room_creator_before = self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_select_one_onecol(
+                table="rooms",
+                keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+                retcol="creator",
+                allow_none=True,
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(room_creator_before, None)
+
+        # Insert and run the background update.
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_insert(
+                "background_updates",
+                {
+                    "update_name": _BackgroundUpdates.POPULATE_ROOMS_CREATOR_COLUMN,
+                    "progress_json": "{}",
+                },
+            )
+        )
+
+        # ... and tell the DataStore that it hasn't finished all updates yet
+        self.store.db_pool.updates._all_done = False
+
+        # Now let's actually drive the updates to completion
+        while not self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.updates.has_completed_background_updates()
+        ):
+            self.get_success(
+                self.store.db_pool.updates.do_next_background_update(100), by=0.1
+            )
+
+        # Make sure the background update filled in the room creator
+        room_creator_after = self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_select_one_onecol(
+                table="rooms",
+                keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+                retcol="creator",
+                allow_none=True,
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(room_creator_after, self.user_id)