def get_backfill_events(self, room_id, event_list, limit):
        return self.runInteraction(
            "get_backfill_events",
            self._get_backfill_events, room_id, event_list, limit
        ).addCallback(
            self._get_events
        ).addCallback(
            lambda l: sorted(l, key=lambda e: -e.depth)
        )
:param str name: A thread name. Used for identification.
dataset/ETHPy150Open matrix-org/synapse/synapse/storage/event_federation.py/EventFederationStore.get_backfill_events--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open darcyliu/storyboard/boto/sdb/connection.py/ItemThread.__init__