Misc semaphore stuff
Have a couple of commits from my timeline semaphore work that can go in before the major sync changes as they are generic and also some minor clean-ups.
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Have a couple of commits from my timeline semaphore work that can go in before the major sync changes as they are generic and also some minor clean-ups.