Do more parellelization for initialSync

synapse/handlers/message.py

@@ -293,10 +293,17 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
             if event.membership != Membership.JOIN:
                 return
             try:
-                messages, token = yield self.store.get_recent_events_for_room(
-                    event.room_id,
-                    limit=limit,
-                    end_token=now_token.room_key,
+                (messages, token), current_state = yield defer.gatherResults(
+                    [
+                        self.store.get_recent_events_for_room(
+                            event.room_id,
+                            limit=limit,
+                            end_token=now_token.room_key,
+                        ),
+                        self.state_handler.get_current_state(
+                            event.room_id
+                        ),
+                    ]
                 )
 
                 start_token = now_token.copy_and_replace("room_key", token[0])
@@ -312,9 +319,6 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
                     "end": end_token.to_string(),
                 }
 
-                current_state = yield self.state_handler.get_current_state(
-                    event.room_id
-                )
                 d["state"] = [
                     serialize_event(c, time_now, as_client_event)
                     for c in current_state.values()