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Bug #8463

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Performance Regression in 2.4.3 under KVM

Added by Anonymous almost 6 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Operating System
Target version:
-
Start date:
04/16/2018
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
Affected Architecture:
i386

Description

Since upgrading my install to 2.4.3 I have noticed a decrease in the results I get from speedtest.net and fast.com
I spent a lot of time post upgrade fairly sure it must be something I have done, either a misconfiguration of my pfSense device, problems with my Wifi (even though I have also tested using fixed Ethernet) or my ISP having congestion etc issues.

To eventually rule it out though, I re-installed 2.4.2 and applied my backed up configuration and tested again, which restored the good performance that I previously had.

My setup is as follows:

  • Physical Hardware: Mini PC with a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU (latest 2018 microcode in use), 4 x I211 GigE Ports
  • Running Proxmox Hypervisor (KVM)
  • pfSense is running with 1Gb memory allocated
  • pfSense is using VirtIO for Disc and Network
  • PTI is disabled - both at the host level (using nopti on the Linux boot) and at the 2.4.3 guest level.
  • ISP requires PPPoE
  • I have a 100/20 Fibre Ethernet connection.
  • The two extra Packages installed are Avahi and OpenVPN Export

In my Hypervisor I have two pfSense instances. I can shutdown 2.4.3 to boot 2.4.2 etc to do various tests, showing me the difference in performance between the two.

My configuration has FAIRQ enabled with the following settings:

 altq on pppoe0 fairq qlimit 1024  bandwidth 20000Kb queue {  qBulk,  qLow,  qMedium,  qHigh,  qVeryHigh,  qPriority  }
queue qBulk on pppoe0 priority 0 qlimit 455 fairq (  red  codel  )
queue qLow on pppoe0 priority 1 qlimit 256 fairq (  codel  , default  )
queue qMedium on pppoe0 priority 2 qlimit 256 fairq (  codel  )
queue qHigh on pppoe0 priority 3 qlimit 32 fairq (  codel  )
queue qVeryHigh on pppoe0 priority 4 qlimit 16
queue qPriority on pppoe0 priority 7 qlimit 8

 altq on vtnet1 fairq qlimit 8192  bandwidth 100000Kb queue {  qBulk,  qLow,  qMedium,  qHigh,  qVeryHigh,  qPriority  }
queue qBulk on vtnet1 priority 0 qlimit 456 fairq (  red  codel  )
queue qLow on vtnet1 priority 1 qlimit 256 fairq (  codel  , default  )
queue qMedium on vtnet1 priority 2 qlimit 256 fairq (  codel  )
queue qHigh on vtnet1 priority 3 qlimit 32 fairq (  codel  )
queue qVeryHigh on vtnet1 priority 4 qlimit 16
queue qPriority on vtnet1 priority 7 qlimit 8

When running speedtest.net with 2.4.3, a single stream will achieve approximately 50-60Mb/s of throughput. This is tested with no other load on the network.
When running speedtest.net with 2.4.2, a single stream will achieve approximately 80-90Mb/s of throughput.

I initially thought maybe there were problems with FAIRQ in 2.4.3 so I changed from FAIRQ to PRIQ, but I still see similar results.
It seems that with ALTQ enabled, performance is worse with 2.4.3.

If I disable ALTQ fully, I achieve similar performance on both 2.4.2/3, approx 94-95Mb/s which I figure is probably 100Mb/s minus PPPoE overheads.

Here is the output of my boot on 2.4.3

Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-2017 The FreeBSD Project.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p7 #10 r313908+986837ba7e9(RELENG_2_4): Mon Mar 26 18:08:25 CDT 2018
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: root@buildbot2.netgate.com:/builder/ce-243/tmp/obj/builder/ce-243/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: FreeBSD clang version 5.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_501/final 320880) (based on LLVM 5.0.1)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: VT(vga): text 80x25
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz (1596.42-MHz K8-class CPU)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x306d4  Family=0x6  Model=0x3d  Stepping=4
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Features=0x1f83fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Features2=0xfffa3203<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,SSSE3,FMA,CX16,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,HV>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: AMD Features2=0x121<LAHF,ABM,Prefetch>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Structured Extended Features=0x1c07ab<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Structured Extended Features3=0x4000000<IBPB>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Hypervisor: Origin = "KVMKVMKVM" 
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: real memory  = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: avail memory = 983093248 (937 MB)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ACPI APIC Table: <BOCHS  BXPCAPIC>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: random: unblocking device.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: random: entropy device external interface
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: wlan: mac acl policy registered
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: kbd1 at kbdmux0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: netmap: loaded module
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff81162bc0, 0) error 19
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG" 
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: nexus0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: padlock0: No ACE support.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi0: <BOCHS BXPCRSDT> on motherboard
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71,0x72-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Timecounter "HPET" frequency 100000000 Hz quality 950
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x608-0x60b on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: atapci0: <Intel PIIX3 WDMA2 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xe0c0-0xe0cf at device 1.1 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ata1: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: uhci0: <Intel 82371SB (PIIX3) USB controller> port 0xe040-0xe05f irq 11 at device 1.2 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: usbus0 on uhci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pci0: <bridge> at device 1.3 (no driver attached)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xfd000000-0xfdffffff,0xfea90000-0xfea90fff at device 2.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vgapci0: Boot video device
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: virtio_pci0: <VirtIO PCI Balloon adapter> port 0xe060-0xe07f mem 0xfe400000-0xfe403fff irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtballoon0: <VirtIO Balloon Adapter> on virtio_pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: virtio_pci1: <VirtIO PCI SCSI adapter> port 0xe000-0xe03f mem 0xfea91000-0xfea91fff,0xfe404000-0xfe407fff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtscsi0: <VirtIO SCSI Adapter> on virtio_pci1
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: virtio_pci2: <VirtIO PCI Network adapter> port 0xe080-0xe09f mem 0xfea92000-0xfea92fff,0xfe408000-0xfe40bfff irq 10 at device 18.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet0: <VirtIO Networking Adapter> on virtio_pci2
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet0: Ethernet address: 02:6e:58:1a:48:34
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: 000.000061 [ 421] vtnet_netmap_attach       max rings 1
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: 000.000062 [ 426] vtnet_netmap_attach       virtio attached txq=1, txd=1024 rxq=1, rxd=1024
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: virtio_pci3: <VirtIO PCI Network adapter> port 0xe0a0-0xe0bf mem 0xfea93000-0xfea93fff,0xfe40c000-0xfe40ffff irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet1: <VirtIO Networking Adapter> on virtio_pci3
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet1: Ethernet address: 1a:b3:6c:0f:3c:61
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: 000.000063 [ 421] vtnet_netmap_attach       max rings 1
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: 000.000064 [ 426] vtnet_netmap_attach       virtio attached txq=1, txd=1024 rxq=1, rxd=1024
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> mem 0xfea94000-0xfea940ff irq 10 at device 30.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> mem 0xfea95000-0xfea950ff irq 11 at device 31.0 on pci0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi_syscontainer0: <System Container> on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi_syscontainer1: <System Container> port 0xaf00-0xaf0b on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi_syscontainer2: <System Container> port 0xafe0-0xafe3 on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: acpi_syscontainer3: <System Container> port 0xae00-0xae13 on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: kbd0 at atkbd0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f2-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: fdc0: does not respond
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc97ff,0xeb800-0xeffff on isa0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: attimer0: <AT timer> at port 0x40 on isa0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: fdc0: No FDOUT register!
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: nvme cam probe device init
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: uhub0: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ugen0.2: <QEMU QEMU USB Tablet> at usbus0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: uhid0 on uhub0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: uhid0: <QEMU QEMU USB Tablet, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: da0 at vtscsi0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: da0: <QEMU QEMU HARDDISK 2.5+> Fixed Direct Access SPC-3 SCSI device
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: da0: 300.000MB/s transfers
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: da0: Command Queueing enabled
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: da0: 32768MB (67108864 512 byte sectors)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/gptid/3eab9db1-026d-11e8-8563-f9e56acabbc9 [rw]...
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz (1596.42-MHz K8-class CPU)
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x306d4  Family=0x6  Model=0x3d  Stepping=4
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Features=0x1f8bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Features2=0xfffa3203<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,SSSE3,FMA,CX16,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,HV>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: AMD Features2=0x121<LAHF,ABM,Prefetch>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Structured Extended Features=0x1c07ab<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Structured Extended Features3=0x4000000<IBPB>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: Hypervisor: Origin = "KVMKVMKVM" 
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: padlock0: No ACE support.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: aesni0: <AES-CBC,AES-XTS,AES-GCM,AES-ICM> on motherboard
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet0: link state changed to UP
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: vtnet1: link state changed to UP
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ng0: changing name to 'pppoe0'
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: tun1: changing name to 'ovpns1'
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ovpns1: link state changed to UP
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: tun2: changing name to 'ovpns2'
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: ovpns2: link state changed to UP
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor php-fpm[343]: /rc.start_packages: Restarting/Starting all packages.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor kernel: done.
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor ppp: [wan] IPV6CP: SendConfigReq #8
Apr 14 14:01:41 trogdor root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus: WARNING: failed to start dbus
Apr 14 14:01:42 trogdor php-cgi: notify_monitor.php: Message sent to XX@XX.com OK
Apr 14 14:01:43 trogdor login: login on ttyv0 as root

I'm aware this is a very useless bug report as it stands, given that I haven't pinpointed at all where I think the problem could lie. The only thing I can reliably reproduce is the performance is better when I boot my 2.4.2 virtual instance, vs my 2.4.3 instance. I also noticed the problem straight away after the upgrade.

The only other bit of information that may or may not be useless is that I notice when doing a speedtest the graph on the summary page of pfSense will show WAN hitting 100Mb/s, even though what the LAN side is seeing is greatly reduced. But monitoring pfTop shows no packets being lost.

I have posted a forum topic here where we discussed it a little - https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=146258.0


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Actions #1

Updated by Anonymous almost 6 years ago

I should also point out under 2.4.3 that IBRS isn't enabled:

[2.4.3-RELEASE][admin@trogdor]/root: sysctl -a | grep ibrs
hw.ibrs_disable: 1
hw.ibrs_active: 0

Also the CPU is passed through from KVM as type "host" which means all features should be present (as shown in the output in my original post)

Actions #2

Updated by Anonymous almost 6 years ago

As suggested on reddit I have also done a fresh install of 2.4.3 and then applied the backed up configuration. This was in an attempt to see if something during the 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 upgrade might have caused the issue.
However with a fresh install, the issue persists.

Actions #3

Updated by Anonymous almost 6 years ago

If I change the cards from being vtnet to em0 (i.e. remove the VirtIO ethernet card in Proxmox and replace it with the e1000 card) then I get performance back where I expect it to be.

So this is a fix.

The regression appears to be in the vtnet driver/codepath.

Actions #4

Updated by Anonymous about 5 years ago

In the end I moved to FQ_CODEL so this ticket, while probably still an issue, can be closed.

Actions #5

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Category set to Operating System
  • Status changed from New to Closed
Actions #6

Updated by Alexey Ab over 3 years ago

Having the same issue when trying to enable shaping on pppoe WAN interface in both 2.4.4-RELEASE-p1 and 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 using VMWare Workstation 15.5.

For example, on 100 mbit WAN i am trying to apply 50 MBit limit:
altq on pppoe0 fairq qlimit 1000 bandwidth 50Mb queue { test }
queue test on pppoe0 bandwidth 50Mb priority 1 qlimit 1000 fairq ( default )

Which ends up WAN interface showing 50 Mbit during upload, LAN shows 25 Mbit, and actual data stream on receiver is 25 Mbit.

I have tried to change em0 to vmxnet3, but result is the same.

When I try the same shaping on non-pppoe interface then it works normally.

Actions #7

Updated by Anonymous over 3 years ago

@Alexey Ab

Please open a new ticket.

This ticket

a) Is closed
b) Is about VirtIO interfaces, not vmxnet3
c) Is about KVM, not VMWare

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