Reduce work of calculating outbound device pokes

changelog.d/17211.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reduce work of calculating outbound device lists updates.

synapse/handlers/device.py

@@ -892,6 +892,13 @@ async def _handle_new_device_update_async(self) -> None:
                         context=opentracing_context,
                     )
 
+                    await self.store.mark_redundant_device_lists_pokes(
+                        user_id=user_id,
+                        device_id=device_id,
+                        room_id=room_id,
+                        converted_upto_stream_id=stream_id,
+                    )
+
                     # Notify replication that we've updated the device list stream.
                     self.notifier.notify_replication()
 

synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py

@@ -2118,6 +2118,29 @@ def _add_device_outbound_poke_to_stream_txn(
                 },
             )
 
+    async def mark_redundant_device_lists_pokes(
+        self,
+        user_id: str,
+        device_id: str,
+        room_id: str,
+        converted_upto_stream_id: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """If we've calculated the outbound pokes for a given room/device list
+        update, mark any subsequent changes as already converted"""
+
+        sql = """
+            UPDATE device_lists_changes_in_room
+            SET converted_to_destinations = true
+            WHERE stream_id > ? AND user_id = ? and device_id = ? AND room_id = ?;
+        """
+
+        def mark_redundant_device_lists_pokes_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
+            txn.execute(sql, (converted_upto_stream_id, user_id, device_id, room_id))
+
+        return await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            "mark_redundant_device_lists_pokes", mark_redundant_device_lists_pokes_txn
+        )
+
     def _add_device_outbound_room_poke_txn(
         self,
         txn: LoggingTransaction,