Use the ignored_users table to test event visibility & sync. (#12225)

Instead of fetching the raw account data and re-parsing it. The
ignored_users table is a denormalised version of the account data
for quick searching.

synapse/handlers/sync.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from typing import (
 import attr
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 
-from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes, EventTypes, Membership, ReceiptTypes
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, ReceiptTypes
 from synapse.api.filtering import FilterCollection
 from synapse.api.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.api.room_versions import KNOWN_ROOM_VERSIONS
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
                         return set(), set(), set(), set()
 
         # 3. Work out which rooms need reporting in the sync response.
-        ignored_users = await self._get_ignored_users(user_id)
+        ignored_users = await self.store.ignored_users(user_id)
         if since_token:
             room_changes = await self._get_rooms_changed(
                 sync_result_builder, ignored_users
@@ -1627,7 +1627,6 @@ class SyncHandler:
             logger.debug("Generating room entry for %s", room_entry.room_id)
             await self._generate_room_entry(
                 sync_result_builder,
-                ignored_users,
                 room_entry,
                 ephemeral=ephemeral_by_room.get(room_entry.room_id, []),
                 tags=tags_by_room.get(room_entry.room_id),
@@ -1657,29 +1656,6 @@ class SyncHandler:
             newly_left_users,
         )
 
-    async def _get_ignored_users(self, user_id: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
-        """Retrieve the users ignored by the given user from their global account_data.
-
-        Returns an empty set if
-        - there is no global account_data entry for ignored_users
-        - there is such an entry, but it's not a JSON object.
-        """
-        # TODO: Can we `SELECT ignored_user_id FROM ignored_users WHERE ignorer_user_id=?;` instead?
-        ignored_account_data = (
-            await self.store.get_global_account_data_by_type_for_user(
-                user_id=user_id, data_type=AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST
-            )
-        )
-
-        # If there is ignored users account data and it matches the proper type,
-        # then use it.
-        ignored_users: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
-        if ignored_account_data:
-            ignored_users_data = ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {})
-            if isinstance(ignored_users_data, dict):
-                ignored_users = frozenset(ignored_users_data.keys())
-        return ignored_users
-
     async def _have_rooms_changed(
         self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder"
     ) -> bool:
@@ -2022,7 +1998,6 @@ class SyncHandler:
     async def _generate_room_entry(
         self,
         sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder",
-        ignored_users: FrozenSet[str],
         room_builder: "RoomSyncResultBuilder",
         ephemeral: List[JsonDict],
         tags: Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]],
@@ -2051,7 +2026,6 @@ class SyncHandler:
 
         Args:
             sync_result_builder
-            ignored_users: Set of users ignored by user.
             room_builder
             ephemeral: List of new ephemeral events for room
             tags: List of *all* tags for room, or None if there has been