[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] virtio: Cleanup the existing codes in virtio-net PMD

Ouyang Changchun changchun.ouyang at intel.com
Thu May 29 09:18:19 CEST 2014


This patch cleanups some coding style issue, and fixes some errors and warnings
reported by checkpatch.pl.

Signed-off-by: Ouyang Changchun <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
Tested-by: Waterman Cao <waterman.cao at intel.com>
This patch passed Testpmd testing base on commit:  57f0ba5f8b8588dfa6ffcd001447ef6337afa6cd.
See test environment information as the following:
Fedora 20, Linux kernel 3.13.9, GCC 4.8.2 X86_64, Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 family
---
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.h | 30 ++++++++--------
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c   | 43 ++++++++++++++++------
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtqueue.h     | 26 ++++++++------
 4 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 49e236b..685bf90 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	if (queue_type == VTNET_RQ) {
 		rte_snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_rvq%d",
-				dev->data->port_id, queue_idx);
+			dev->data->port_id, queue_idx);
 		vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue) +
 			vq_size * sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra), CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		memcpy(vq->vq_name, vq_name, sizeof(vq->vq_name));
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		memcpy(vq->vq_name, vq_name, sizeof(vq->vq_name));
 	} else if(queue_type == VTNET_CQ) {
 		rte_snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_cvq",
-				dev->data->port_id);
 		vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue),
+			dev->data->port_id);
 			CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		memcpy(vq->vq_name, vq_name, sizeof(vq->vq_name));
 	}
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "%s: Can not allocate virtqueue\n", __func__);
 		return (-ENOMEM); 
 	}
+
 	vq->hw = hw;
 	vq->port_id = dev->data->port_id;
 	vq->queue_id = queue_idx;
@@ -171,11 +172,12 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "vring_size: %d, rounded_vring_size: %d\n", size, vq->vq_ring_size);
 
 	mz = rte_memzone_reserve_aligned(vq_name, vq->vq_ring_size,
-			socket_id, 0, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+		socket_id, 0, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
 	if (mz == NULL) {
 		rte_free(vq);
 		return (-ENOMEM);
 	}
+
 	/*
  	* Virtio PCI device VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PF register is 32bit,
  	* and only accepts 32 bit page frame number. 
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		rte_free(vq);
 		return (-ENOMEM);
 	}
+
 	memset(mz->addr, 0, sizeof(mz->len));
 	vq->mz = mz;
 	vq->vq_ring_mem = mz->phys_addr;
@@ -197,8 +200,8 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	if (queue_type == VTNET_TQ) {
 		/* 
-		* For each xmit packet, allocate a virtio_net_hdr
-		*/
+		 * For each xmit packet, allocate a virtio_net_hdr
+		 */
 		rte_snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_tvq%d_hdrzone",
 			dev->data->port_id, queue_idx);
 		vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz = rte_memzone_reserve_aligned(vq_name,
@@ -206,10 +209,12 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			socket_id, 0, CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		if (vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz == NULL) {
 			rte_free(vq);
-			return (-ENOMEM);
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		vq->virtio_net_hdr_mem = (void *)(uintptr_t)vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->phys_addr;
-		memset(vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->addr, 0, vq_size * sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
+		vq->virtio_net_hdr_mem =
+			(void *)(uintptr_t)vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->phys_addr;
+		memset(vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->addr, 0,
+			vq_size * sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
 	} else if (queue_type == VTNET_CQ) {
 		/* Allocate a page for control vq command, data and status */
 		rte_snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_cvq_hdrzone",
@@ -218,9 +223,10 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			PAGE_SIZE, socket_id, 0, CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		if (vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz == NULL) {
 			rte_free(vq);
-			return (-ENOMEM);
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		vq->virtio_net_hdr_mem = (void *)(uintptr_t)vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->phys_addr;
+		vq->virtio_net_hdr_mem =
+			(void *)(uintptr_t)vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->phys_addr;
 		memset(vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz->addr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	VIRTIO_WRITE_REG_4(hw, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN,
 			mz->phys_addr >> VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_ADDR_SHIFT);
 	*pvq = vq;
-	return (0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -253,7 +259,7 @@ virtio_dev_cq_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	}
 
 	hw->cvq = vq;
-	return (0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -264,26 +270,27 @@ virtio_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	virtio_dev_stop(dev);
 }
 
-
 /*
  * dev_ops for virtio, bare necessities for basic operation
  */
 static struct eth_dev_ops virtio_eth_dev_ops = {
-	.dev_configure         = virtio_dev_configure,
-	.dev_start             = virtio_dev_start,
-	.dev_stop              = virtio_dev_stop,
-	.dev_close             = virtio_dev_close,
-
-	.dev_infos_get         = virtio_dev_info_get,
-	.stats_get             = virtio_dev_stats_get,
-	.stats_reset           = virtio_dev_stats_reset,
-	.link_update           = virtio_dev_link_update,
-	.mac_addr_add          = NULL,
-	.mac_addr_remove       = NULL,
-	.rx_queue_setup        = virtio_dev_rx_queue_setup,
-	.rx_queue_release      = virtio_dev_rx_queue_release,  /* meaningfull only to multiple queue */
-	.tx_queue_setup        = virtio_dev_tx_queue_setup,
-	.tx_queue_release      = virtio_dev_tx_queue_release /* meaningfull only to multiple queue */
+	.dev_configure           = virtio_dev_configure,
+	.dev_start               = virtio_dev_start,
+	.dev_stop                = virtio_dev_stop,
+	.dev_close               = virtio_dev_close,
+
+	.dev_infos_get           = virtio_dev_info_get,
+	.stats_get               = virtio_dev_stats_get,
+	.stats_reset             = virtio_dev_stats_reset,
+	.link_update             = virtio_dev_link_update,
+	.mac_addr_add            = NULL,
+	.mac_addr_remove         = NULL,
+	.rx_queue_setup          = virtio_dev_rx_queue_setup,
+	/* meaningfull only to multiple queue */
+	.rx_queue_release        = virtio_dev_rx_queue_release,
+	.tx_queue_setup          = virtio_dev_tx_queue_setup,
+	/* meaningfull only to multiple queue */
+	.tx_queue_release        = virtio_dev_tx_queue_release,
 };
 
 static inline int
@@ -573,6 +580,7 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(__rte_unused struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
 	/* Tell the host we've known how to drive the device. */
 	vtpci_set_status(hw, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER);
 	virtio_negotiate_features(hw);
+
 	/* Setting up rx_header size for the device */
 	if(vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
 		hw->vtnet_hdr_size = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf);
@@ -587,6 +595,7 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(__rte_unused struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
 			ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
 		return (-ENOMEM);
 	}
+
 	/* Copy the permanent MAC address to: virtio_hw */
 	virtio_get_hwaddr(hw);
 	ether_addr_copy((struct ether_addr *) hw->mac_addr,
@@ -600,7 +609,7 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(__rte_unused struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "port %d vendorID=0x%x deviceID=0x%x",
 			eth_dev->data->port_id, pci_dev->id.vendor_id,
 			pci_dev->id.device_id);
-	return (0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct eth_driver rte_virtio_pmd = {
@@ -669,7 +678,6 @@ virtio_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	/* Check VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS for link status*/
 	if(vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)) {
-
 		vtpci_read_dev_config(hw,
 				offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, status),
 				&status, sizeof(status));
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.h
index 80c9d63..3dc2c10 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.h
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@
 
 /* Features desired/implemented by this driver. */
 #define VTNET_FEATURES \
-    (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC        | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS     | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ    | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX    | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN  | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM       | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4  | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6  | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN   | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4 | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6 | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN  | \
-     VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF  | \
-     VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC)
+	(VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC       | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS     | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ    | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX    | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN  | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM       | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4  | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6  | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN   | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4 | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6 | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN  | \
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF  | \
+	VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC)
 
 /*
  * RX/TX function prototypes
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
index 2dd2102..c1dc283 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ virtio_dev_vring_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct virtqueue *vq, int queue_
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
 	/*
-	* Reinitialise since virtio port might have been stopped and restarted
-	*/
+	 * Reinitialise since virtio port might have been stopped and restarted
+	 */
 	memset(vq->vq_ring_virt_mem, 0, vq->vq_ring_size);
 	vring_init(vr, size, ring_mem, vq->vq_alignment);
 	vq->vq_used_cons_idx = 0;
 	vq->vq_desc_head_idx = 0;
 	vq->vq_avail_idx = 0;
-	vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = vq->vq_nentries - 1;
+	vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_nentries - 1);
 	vq->vq_free_cnt = vq->vq_nentries;
 	memset(vq->vq_descx, 0, sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra) * vq->vq_nentries);
 
@@ -110,25 +110,31 @@ virtio_dev_vring_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct virtqueue *vq, int queue_
 	/* Only rx virtqueue needs mbufs to be allocated at initialization */
 	if (queue_type == VTNET_RQ) {
 		if (vq->mpool == NULL)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot allocate initial mbufs for rx virtqueue\n");
-		 /* Allocate blank mbufs for the each rx descriptor */
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Cannot allocate initial mbufs for rx virtqueue\n");
+
+		/* Allocate blank mbufs for the each rx descriptor */
 		nbufs = 0;
 		error = ENOSPC;
 		while (!virtqueue_full(vq)) {
 			m = rte_rxmbuf_alloc(vq->mpool);
 			if (m == NULL)
 				break;
+
 			/******************************************
 			*         Enqueue allocated buffers        *
 			*******************************************/
 			error = virtqueue_enqueue_recv_refill(vq, m);
+
 			if (error) {
  				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(m);
 				break;
 			}
 			nbufs++;
 		}
+
 		vq_update_avail_idx(vq);
+
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Allocated %d bufs\n", nbufs);
 		VIRTIO_WRITE_REG_2(vq->hw, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL, VTNET_SQ_RQ_QUEUE_IDX);
 		VIRTIO_WRITE_REG_4(vq->hw, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN,
@@ -180,6 +186,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "tvq initialization failed\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
+
 	/* Create mempool for rx mbuf allocation */
 	vq->mpool = mp;
 
@@ -254,29 +261,40 @@ virtio_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	num = (uint16_t)(likely(num <= VIRTIO_MBUF_BURST_SZ) ? num : VIRTIO_MBUF_BURST_SZ);
 	if (likely(num > DESC_PER_CACHELINE))
 		num = num - ((rxvq->vq_used_cons_idx + num) % DESC_PER_CACHELINE);
+
 	if(num == 0) return 0;
+
 	num = virtqueue_dequeue_burst_rx(rxvq, rcv_pkts, len, num);
 	PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "used:%d dequeue:%d\n", nb_used, num);
 	for (i = 0; i < num ; i ++) {
 		rxm = rcv_pkts[i];
+
 		PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "packet len:%d\n", len[i]);
-		if (unlikely(len[i] < (uint32_t)hw->vtnet_hdr_size + ETHER_HDR_LEN)) {
+
+		if (unlikely(len[i]
+			< (uint32_t)hw->vtnet_hdr_size + ETHER_HDR_LEN)) {
 			PMD_RX_LOG(ERR, "Packet drop\n");
 			nb_enqueued++;
 			virtio_discard_rxbuf(rxvq, rxm);
 			hw->eth_stats.ierrors++;
 			continue;
 		}
+
 		rxm->pkt.in_port = rxvq->port_id;
 		rxm->pkt.data = (char *)rxm->buf_addr + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 		rxm->pkt.nb_segs = 1;
 		rxm->pkt.next = NULL;
-		rxm->pkt.pkt_len  = (uint32_t)(len[i] - sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
-		rxm->pkt.data_len = (uint16_t)(len[i] - sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
+		rxm->pkt.pkt_len  = (uint32_t)(len[i]
+			- sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
+		rxm->pkt.data_len = (uint16_t)(len[i]
+			- sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr));
+
 		VIRTIO_DUMP_PACKET(rxm, rxm->pkt.data_len);
+
 		rx_pkts[nb_rx++] = rxm;
 		hw->eth_stats.ibytes += len[i] - sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
 	}
+
 	hw->eth_stats.ipackets += nb_rx;
 
 	/* Allocate new mbuf for the used descriptor */
@@ -294,14 +312,15 @@ virtio_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		}
 		nb_enqueued ++;
 	}
-	if(likely(nb_enqueued)) {
-		if(unlikely(virtqueue_kick_prepare(rxvq))) {
+	if (likely(nb_enqueued)) {
+		if (unlikely(virtqueue_kick_prepare(rxvq))) {
  			virtqueue_notify(rxvq);
 			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Notified\n");
 		}
 	}
+
 	vq_update_avail_idx(rxvq);
-	
+
 	return (nb_rx);
 }
 
@@ -332,6 +351,7 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 			virtqueue_dequeue_pkt_tx(txvq);
 			num--;
 		}
+
 		if(!virtqueue_full(txvq)) {
 			txm = tx_pkts[nb_tx];
 			/* Enqueue Packet buffers */
@@ -360,5 +380,6 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
  		virtqueue_notify(txvq);
 		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Notified backend after xmit\n");
 	}
+
 	return (nb_tx);
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtqueue.h b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtqueue.h
index b67c223..9533953 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtqueue.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtqueue.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ vq_ring_free_chain(struct virtqueue *vq, uint16_t desc_idx)
 	vq->vq_free_cnt = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_free_cnt + dxp->ndescs);
 	if ((dp->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) == 0) {
 		while (dp->flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) {
-			desc_idx_last = dp->next; 
+			desc_idx_last = dp->next;
 			dp = &vq->vq_ring.desc[dp->next];
 		}
 	}
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ vq_ring_free_chain(struct virtqueue *vq, uint16_t desc_idx)
 		dp_tail = &vq->vq_ring.desc[vq->vq_desc_tail_idx];
 		dp_tail->next = desc_idx;
 	}
+
 	vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = desc_idx_last;
 	dp->next = VQ_RING_DESC_CHAIN_END;
 }
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_recv_refill(struct virtqueue *vq, struct rte_mbuf *cookie)
 	idx = start_dp[idx].next;
 	vq->vq_desc_head_idx = idx;
 	if (vq->vq_desc_head_idx == VQ_RING_DESC_CHAIN_END)
-		vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = idx; 
+		vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = idx;
 	vq->vq_free_cnt = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_free_cnt - needed);
 	vq_update_avail_ring(vq, head_idx);
 
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_xmit(struct virtqueue *txvq, struct rte_mbuf *cookie)
 	idx = start_dp[idx].next;
 	txvq->vq_desc_head_idx = idx;
 	if (txvq->vq_desc_head_idx == VQ_RING_DESC_CHAIN_END)
-		txvq->vq_desc_tail_idx = idx; 
+		txvq->vq_desc_tail_idx = idx;
 	txvq->vq_free_cnt = (uint16_t)(txvq->vq_free_cnt - needed);
 	vq_update_avail_ring(txvq, head_idx);
 
@@ -357,11 +358,13 @@ virtqueue_dequeue_burst_rx(struct virtqueue *vq, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint
 		desc_idx = (uint16_t) uep->id;
 		len[i] = uep->len;
 		cookie = (struct rte_mbuf *)vq->vq_descx[desc_idx].cookie;
+
 		if (unlikely(cookie == NULL)) {
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "vring descriptor with no mbuf cookie at %u\n", 
 				vq->vq_used_cons_idx);
 			break;
 		}
+
 		rte_prefetch0(cookie);
 		rte_packet_prefetch(cookie->pkt.data);
 		rx_pkts[i]  = cookie;
@@ -369,22 +372,23 @@ virtqueue_dequeue_burst_rx(struct virtqueue *vq, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint
 		vq_ring_free_chain(vq, desc_idx);
 		vq->vq_descx[desc_idx].cookie = NULL;
 	}
+
 	return (i);
 }
 
 static inline uint16_t __attribute__((always_inline))
 virtqueue_dequeue_pkt_tx(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
-        struct vring_used_elem *uep;
-        uint16_t used_idx, desc_idx;
+	struct vring_used_elem *uep;
+	uint16_t used_idx, desc_idx;
 
-        used_idx = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_used_cons_idx & (vq->vq_nentries - 1));
-        uep = &vq->vq_ring.used->ring[used_idx];
-        desc_idx = (uint16_t) uep->id;
-		vq->vq_used_cons_idx++;
-        vq_ring_free_chain(vq, desc_idx);
+	used_idx = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_used_cons_idx & (vq->vq_nentries - 1));
+	uep = &vq->vq_ring.used->ring[used_idx];
+	desc_idx = (uint16_t) uep->id;
+	vq->vq_used_cons_idx++;
+	vq_ring_free_chain(vq, desc_idx);
 
-        return 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef  RTE_LIBRTE_VIRTIO_DEBUG_DUMP
-- 
1.9.0



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