[ovs-dev] [PATCHv11 net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Add support for unique flow IDs.
Joe Stringer
joestringer at nicira.com
Wed Dec 3 02:56:03 UTC 2014
Previously, flows were manipulated by userspace specifying a full,
unmasked flow key. This adds significant burden onto flow
serialization/deserialization, particularly when dumping flows.
This patch adds an alternative way to refer to flows using a
variable-length "unique flow identifier" (UFID). At flow setup time,
userspace may specify a UFID for a flow, which is stored with the flow
and inserted into a separate table for lookup, in addition to the
standard flow table. Flows created using a UFID must be fetched or
deleted using the UFID.
All flow dump operations may now be made more terse with OVS_UFID_F_*
flags. For example, the OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_KEY flag allows responses to
omit the flow key from a datapath operation if the flow has a
corresponding UFID. This significantly reduces the time spent assembling
and transacting netlink messages. With all OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_* flags
enabled, the datapath only returns the UFID and statistics for each flow
during flow dump, increasing ovs-vswitchd revalidator performance by up
to 50%.
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com>
---
v11: Separate UFID and unmasked key from sw_flow.
Modify interface to remove nested UFID attributes.
Only allow UFIDs between 1-256 octets.
Move UFID nla fetch helpers to flow_netlink.h.
Perform complete nlmsg_parsing in ovs_flow_cmd_dump().
Check UFID table for flows with duplicate UFID at flow setup.
Tidy up mask/key/ufid insertion into flow_table.
Rebase.
v10: Ignore flow_key in requests if UFID is specified.
Only allow UFID flows to be indexed by UFID.
Only allow non-UFID flows to be indexed by unmasked flow key.
Unite the unmasked_key and ufid+ufid_hash in 'struct sw_flow'.
Don't periodically rehash the UFID table.
Resize the UFID table independently from the flow table.
Modify table_destroy() to iterate once and delete from both tables.
Fix UFID memory leak in flow_free().
Remove kernel-only UFIDs for non-UFID cases.
Rename "OVS_UFID_F_SKIP_*" -> "OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_*"
Update documentation.
Rebase.
v9: No change.
v8: Rename UID -> UFID "unique flow identifier".
Fix null dereference when adding flow without uid or mask.
If UFID and not match are specified, and lookup fails, return ENOENT.
Rebase.
v7: Remove OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY_UID.
Rework UID serialisation for variable-length UID.
Log error if uid not specified and OVS_UID_F_SKIP_KEY is set.
Rebase against "probe" logging changes.
v6: Fix documentation for supporting UIDs between 32-128 bits.
Minor style fixes.
Rebase.
v5: No change.
v4: Fix memory leaks.
Log when triggering the older userspace issue above.
v3: Initial post.
---
Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt | 13 ++
include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h | 20 +++
net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 241 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
net/openvswitch/flow.h | 16 +-
net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 63 +++++++-
net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h | 4 +
net/openvswitch/flow_table.c | 204 +++++++++++++++++++------
net/openvswitch/flow_table.h | 7 +
8 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt
index 37c20ee..b3b9ac6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ performs best-effort detection of overlapping wildcarded flows and may reject
some but not all of them. However, this behavior may change in future versions.
+Unique flow identifiers
+-----------------------
+
+An alternative to using the original match portion of a key as the handle for
+flow identification is a unique flow identifier, or "UFID". UFIDs are optional
+for both the kernel and user space program.
+
+User space programs that support UFID are expected to provide it during flow
+setup in addition to the flow, then refer to the flow using the UFID for all
+future operations. The kernel is not required to index flows by the original
+flow key if a UFID is specified.
+
+
Basic rule for evolving flow keys
---------------------------------
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
index 3a6dcaa..80db129 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -444,6 +444,14 @@ struct ovs_key_nd {
* a wildcarded match. Omitting attribute is treated as wildcarding all
* corresponding fields. Optional for all requests. If not present,
* all flow key bits are exact match bits.
+ * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID: A value between 1-256 octets specifying a unique
+ * identifier for the flow. Causes the flow to be indexed by this value rather
+ * than the value of the %OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY attribute. Optional for all
+ * requests. Present in notifications if the flow was created with this
+ * attribute.
+ * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS: A 32-bit value of OR'd %OVS_UFID_F_*
+ * flags that provide alternative semantics for flow installation and
+ * retrieval. Optional for all requests.
*
* These attributes follow the &struct ovs_header within the Generic Netlink
* payload for %OVS_FLOW_* commands.
@@ -459,12 +467,24 @@ enum ovs_flow_attr {
OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK, /* Sequence of OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes. */
OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE, /* Flow operation is a feature probe, error
* logging should be suppressed. */
+ OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID, /* Variable length unique flow identifier. */
+ OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS,/* u32 of OVS_UFID_F_*. */
__OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX
};
#define OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX (__OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX - 1)
/**
+ * Omit attributes for notifications.
+ *
+ * If a datapath request contains an %OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_* flag, then the datapath
+ * may omit the corresponding %OVS_FLOW_ATTR_* from the response.
+ */
+#define OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_KEY (1 << 0)
+#define OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_MASK (1 << 1)
+#define OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_ACTIONS (1 << 2)
+
+/**
* enum ovs_sample_attr - Attributes for %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE action.
* @OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_PROBABILITY: 32-bit fraction of packets to sample with
* @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE. A value of 0 samples no packets, a value of
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index b2a3796..d54e920 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static struct genl_family dp_packet_genl_family;
static struct genl_family dp_flow_genl_family;
static struct genl_family dp_datapath_genl_family;
+static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[];
+
static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group = {
.name = OVS_FLOW_MCGROUP,
};
@@ -662,11 +664,18 @@ static void get_dp_stats(const struct datapath *dp, struct ovs_dp_stats *stats,
}
}
-static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct sw_flow_actions *acts)
+static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct sw_flow_actions *acts,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *sfid)
{
+ size_t sfid_len = 0;
+
+ if (sfid && sfid->ufid_len)
+ sfid_len = nla_total_size(sfid->ufid_len);
+
return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ovs_header))
+ nla_total_size(ovs_key_attr_size()) /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY */
+ nla_total_size(ovs_key_attr_size()) /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK */
+ + sfid_len /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID */
+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ovs_flow_stats)) /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_STATS */
+ nla_total_size(1) /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_TCP_FLAGS */
+ nla_total_size(8) /* OVS_FLOW_ATTR_USED */
@@ -741,7 +750,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_actions(const struct sw_flow *flow,
/* Called with ovs_mutex or RCU read lock. */
static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(const struct sw_flow *flow, int dp_ifindex,
struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
- u32 seq, u32 flags, u8 cmd)
+ u32 seq, u32 flags, u8 cmd, u32 ufid_flags)
{
const int skb_orig_len = skb->len;
struct ovs_header *ovs_header;
@@ -754,21 +763,35 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(const struct sw_flow *flow, int dp_ifindex,
ovs_header->dp_ifindex = dp_ifindex;
- err = ovs_nla_put_unmasked_key(flow, skb);
+ if (flow->ufid)
+ err = nla_put(skb, OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID, flow->ufid->ufid_len,
+ flow->ufid->ufid);
+ else
+ err = ovs_nla_put_unmasked_key(flow, skb);
if (err)
goto error;
- err = ovs_nla_put_mask(flow, skb);
- if (err)
- goto error;
+ if (!(ufid_flags & OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_KEY) && flow->ufid) {
+ err = ovs_nla_put_masked_key(flow, skb);
+ if (err)
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (!(ufid_flags & OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_MASK)) {
+ err = ovs_nla_put_mask(flow, skb);
+ if (err)
+ goto error;
+ }
err = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_stats(flow, skb);
if (err)
goto error;
- err = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_actions(flow, skb, skb_orig_len);
- if (err)
- goto error;
+ if (!(ufid_flags & OVS_UFID_F_OMIT_ACTIONS)) {
+ err = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_actions(flow, skb, skb_orig_len);
+ if (err)
+ goto error;
+ }
return genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
@@ -779,6 +802,7 @@ error:
/* May not be called with RCU read lock. */
static struct sk_buff *ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(const struct sw_flow_actions *acts,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *sfid,
struct genl_info *info,
bool always)
{
@@ -787,7 +811,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(const struct sw_flow_actions *act
if (!always && !ovs_must_notify(&dp_flow_genl_family, info, 0))
return NULL;
- skb = genlmsg_new_unicast(ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(acts), info, GFP_KERNEL);
+ skb = genlmsg_new_unicast(ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(acts, sfid), info,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -798,19 +823,19 @@ static struct sk_buff *ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(const struct sw_flow_actions *act
static struct sk_buff *ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(const struct sw_flow *flow,
int dp_ifindex,
struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd,
- bool always)
+ bool always, u32 ufid_flags)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
int retval;
- skb = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(ovsl_dereference(flow->sf_acts), info,
- always);
+ skb = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(ovsl_dereference(flow->sf_acts),
+ flow->ufid, info, always);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
return skb;
retval = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(flow, dp_ifindex, skb,
info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0,
- cmd);
+ cmd, ufid_flags);
BUG_ON(retval < 0);
return skb;
}
@@ -819,12 +844,14 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
{
struct nlattr **a = info->attrs;
struct ovs_header *ovs_header = info->userhdr;
- struct sw_flow *flow, *new_flow;
+ struct sw_flow *flow = NULL, *new_flow;
struct sw_flow_mask mask;
struct sk_buff *reply;
struct datapath *dp;
+ struct sw_flow_key key;
struct sw_flow_actions *acts;
struct sw_flow_match match;
+ u32 ufid_flags = ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS]);
int error;
bool log = !a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE];
@@ -849,13 +876,30 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
}
/* Extract key. */
- ovs_match_init(&match, &new_flow->unmasked_key, &mask);
+ ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
error = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
if (error)
goto err_kfree_flow;
- ovs_flow_mask_key(&new_flow->key, &new_flow->unmasked_key, &mask);
+ ovs_flow_mask_key(&new_flow->key, &key, &mask);
+
+ /* Extract flow id. */
+ error = ovs_nla_copy_ufid(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], &new_flow->ufid, log);
+ if (error)
+ goto err_kfree_flow;
+ if (!new_flow->ufid) {
+ struct sw_flow_key *new_key;
+
+ new_key = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_flow->unmasked_key), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (new_key) {
+ memcpy(new_key, &key, sizeof(key));
+ new_flow->unmasked_key = new_key;
+ } else {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_kfree_flow;
+ }
+ }
/* Validate actions. */
error = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &new_flow->key,
@@ -865,7 +909,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto err_kfree_flow;
}
- reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
+ reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, new_flow->ufid, info, false);
if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
error = PTR_ERR(reply);
goto err_kfree_acts;
@@ -877,8 +921,12 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
error = -ENODEV;
goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
+
/* Check if this is a duplicate flow */
- flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup(&dp->table, &new_flow->unmasked_key);
+ if (new_flow->ufid)
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(&dp->table, new_flow->ufid);
+ if (!flow)
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup(&dp->table, &new_flow->key);
if (likely(!flow)) {
rcu_assign_pointer(new_flow->sf_acts, acts);
@@ -894,7 +942,8 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
reply, info->snd_portid,
info->snd_seq, 0,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW);
+ OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW,
+ ufid_flags);
BUG_ON(error < 0);
}
ovs_unlock();
@@ -912,11 +961,13 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
error = -EEXIST;
goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
- /* The unmasked key has to be the same for flow updates. */
- if (unlikely(!ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, &match))) {
- /* Look for any overlapping flow. */
+ /* The flow identifier has to be the same for flow updates.
+ * Look for any overlapping flow.
+ */
+ if (!flow->ufid &&
+ unlikely(!ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, &match))) {
flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
- if (!flow) {
+ if (unlikely(!flow)) {
error = -ENOENT;
goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
@@ -930,7 +981,8 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
reply, info->snd_portid,
info->snd_seq, 0,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW);
+ OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW,
+ ufid_flags);
BUG_ON(error < 0);
}
ovs_unlock();
@@ -980,45 +1032,34 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
struct nlattr **a = info->attrs;
struct ovs_header *ovs_header = info->userhdr;
struct sw_flow_key key;
- struct sw_flow *flow;
+ struct sw_flow *flow = NULL;
struct sw_flow_mask mask;
struct sk_buff *reply = NULL;
struct datapath *dp;
struct sw_flow_actions *old_acts = NULL, *acts = NULL;
struct sw_flow_match match;
+ struct sw_flow_id *ufid;
+ u32 ufid_flags = ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS]);
int error;
bool log = !a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE];
- /* Extract key. */
- error = -EINVAL;
- if (!a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
+ /* Extract identifier. Take a copy to avoid "Wframe-larger-than=1024"
+ * warning.
+ */
+ error = ovs_nla_copy_ufid(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], &ufid, log);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
+ ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
+ error = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
+ a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
+ } else if (!ufid) {
OVS_NLERR(log, "Flow key attribute not present in set flow.");
- goto error;
+ error = -EINVAL;
}
-
- ovs_match_init(&match, &key, &mask);
- error = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY],
- a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK], log);
if (error)
goto error;
- /* Validate actions. */
- if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]) {
- acts = get_flow_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &key, &mask,
- log);
- if (IS_ERR(acts)) {
- error = PTR_ERR(acts);
- goto error;
- }
-
- /* Can allocate before locking if have acts. */
- reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
- if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
- error = PTR_ERR(reply);
- goto err_kfree_acts;
- }
- }
-
ovs_lock();
dp = get_dp(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_header->dp_ifindex);
if (unlikely(!dp)) {
@@ -1026,33 +1067,34 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
/* Check that the flow exists. */
- flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
+ if (ufid)
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(&dp->table, ufid);
+ else
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
if (unlikely(!flow)) {
error = -ENOENT;
goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
- /* Update actions, if present. */
- if (likely(acts)) {
+ /* Validate and update actions. */
+ if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]) {
+ acts = get_flow_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &flow->key,
+ flow->mask, log);
+ if (IS_ERR(acts)) {
+ error = PTR_ERR(acts);
+ goto err_unlock_ovs;
+ }
+
old_acts = ovsl_dereference(flow->sf_acts);
rcu_assign_pointer(flow->sf_acts, acts);
+ }
- if (unlikely(reply)) {
- error = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(flow,
- ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
- reply, info->snd_portid,
- info->snd_seq, 0,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW);
- BUG_ON(error < 0);
- }
- } else {
- /* Could not alloc without acts before locking. */
- reply = ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(flow, ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
- info, OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, false);
- if (unlikely(IS_ERR(reply))) {
- error = PTR_ERR(reply);
- goto err_unlock_ovs;
- }
+ reply = ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(flow, ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
+ info, OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, false,
+ ufid_flags);
+ if (unlikely(IS_ERR(reply))) {
+ error = PTR_ERR(reply);
+ goto err_unlock_ovs;
}
/* Clear stats. */
@@ -1070,9 +1112,9 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
err_unlock_ovs:
ovs_unlock();
kfree_skb(reply);
-err_kfree_acts:
kfree(acts);
error:
+ kfree(ufid);
return error;
}
@@ -1085,17 +1127,23 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
struct sw_flow *flow;
struct datapath *dp;
struct sw_flow_match match;
+ struct sw_flow_id ufid;
+ u32 ufid_flags = ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS]);
int err;
bool log = !a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE];
- if (!a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
+ err = ovs_nla_get_ufid(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], &ufid, log);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
+ ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
+ err = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY], NULL,
+ log);
+ } else if (!ufid.ufid_len) {
OVS_NLERR(log,
"Flow get message rejected, Key attribute missing.");
- return -EINVAL;
+ err = -EINVAL;
}
-
- ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
- err = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY], NULL, log);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -1106,14 +1154,17 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto unlock;
}
- flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
+ if (ufid.ufid_len)
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(&dp->table, &ufid);
+ else
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
if (!flow) {
err = -ENOENT;
goto unlock;
}
reply = ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(flow, ovs_header->dp_ifindex, info,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, true);
+ OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, true, ufid_flags);
if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
err = PTR_ERR(reply);
goto unlock;
@@ -1132,13 +1183,18 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
struct ovs_header *ovs_header = info->userhdr;
struct sw_flow_key key;
struct sk_buff *reply;
- struct sw_flow *flow;
+ struct sw_flow *flow = NULL;
struct datapath *dp;
struct sw_flow_match match;
+ struct sw_flow_id ufid;
+ u32 ufid_flags = ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS]);
int err;
bool log = !a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE];
- if (likely(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY])) {
+ err = ovs_nla_get_ufid(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID], &ufid, log);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY]) {
ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
err = ovs_nla_get_match(&match, a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY], NULL,
log);
@@ -1153,12 +1209,15 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto unlock;
}
- if (unlikely(!a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY])) {
+ if (unlikely(!a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY] && !ufid.ufid_len)) {
err = ovs_flow_tbl_flush(&dp->table);
goto unlock;
}
- flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
+ if (ufid.ufid_len)
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(&dp->table, &ufid);
+ else
+ flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(&dp->table, &match);
if (unlikely(!flow)) {
err = -ENOENT;
goto unlock;
@@ -1168,14 +1227,15 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
ovs_unlock();
reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info((const struct sw_flow_actions __force *) flow->sf_acts,
- info, false);
+ flow->ufid, info, false);
if (likely(reply)) {
if (likely(!IS_ERR(reply))) {
rcu_read_lock(); /*To keep RCU checker happy. */
err = ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(flow, ovs_header->dp_ifindex,
reply, info->snd_portid,
info->snd_seq, 0,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL);
+ OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL,
+ ufid_flags);
rcu_read_unlock();
BUG_ON(err < 0);
@@ -1194,9 +1254,18 @@ unlock:
static int ovs_flow_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
{
+ struct nlattr *a[__OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX];
struct ovs_header *ovs_header = genlmsg_data(nlmsg_data(cb->nlh));
struct table_instance *ti;
struct datapath *dp;
+ u32 ufid_flags;
+ int err;
+
+ err = nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, GENL_HDRLEN + dp_flow_genl_family.hdrsize,
+ a, dp_flow_genl_family.maxattr, flow_policy);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ ufid_flags = ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS]);
rcu_read_lock();
dp = get_dp_rcu(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_header->dp_ifindex);
@@ -1219,7 +1288,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
if (ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(flow, ovs_header->dp_ifindex, skb,
NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
- OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW) < 0)
+ OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, ufid_flags) < 0)
break;
cb->args[0] = bucket;
@@ -1235,6 +1304,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_PROBE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+ [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID] = { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
+ [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
};
static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
index a8b30f3..7f31dbf 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ struct sw_flow_match {
struct sw_flow_mask *mask;
};
+#define MAX_UFID_LENGTH 256
+
+struct sw_flow_id {
+ u32 ufid_len;
+ u32 ufid[MAX_UFID_LENGTH / 4];
+};
+
struct sw_flow_actions {
struct rcu_head rcu;
u32 actions_len;
@@ -213,13 +220,16 @@ struct flow_stats {
struct sw_flow {
struct rcu_head rcu;
- struct hlist_node hash_node[2];
- u32 hash;
+ struct {
+ struct hlist_node node[2];
+ u32 hash;
+ } flow_hash, ufid_hash;
int stats_last_writer; /* NUMA-node id of the last writer on
* 'stats[0]'.
*/
struct sw_flow_key key;
- struct sw_flow_key unmasked_key;
+ struct sw_flow_id *ufid;
+ struct sw_flow_key *unmasked_key; /* Only valid if 'ufid' is NULL. */
struct sw_flow_mask *mask;
struct sw_flow_actions __rcu *sf_acts;
struct flow_stats __rcu *stats[]; /* One for each NUMA node. First one
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 7bb571f..56a5d2e 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1095,6 +1095,67 @@ free_newmask:
return err;
}
+static size_t get_ufid_size(const struct nlattr *attr, bool log)
+{
+ if (!attr)
+ return 0;
+ if (!nla_len(attr)) {
+ OVS_NLERR(log, "Flow ufid must be at least 1 octet");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (nla_len(attr) >= MAX_UFID_LENGTH) {
+ OVS_NLERR(log, "Flow ufid size %u bytes exceeds max",
+ nla_len(attr));
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return nla_len(attr);
+}
+
+/* Initializes 'flow->ufid'. */
+int ovs_nla_get_ufid(const struct nlattr *attr, struct sw_flow_id *sfid,
+ bool log)
+{
+ size_t len;
+
+ sfid->ufid_len = 0;
+ len = get_ufid_size(attr, log);
+ if (len <= 0)
+ return len;
+
+ sfid->ufid_len = len;
+ memcpy(sfid->ufid, nla_data(attr), len);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int ovs_nla_copy_ufid(const struct nlattr *attr, struct sw_flow_id **sfid,
+ bool log)
+{
+ struct sw_flow_id *new_sfid = NULL;
+ size_t len;
+
+ *sfid = NULL;
+ len = get_ufid_size(attr, log);
+ if (len <= 0)
+ return len;
+
+ new_sfid = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_sfid), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_sfid)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ new_sfid->ufid_len = len;
+ memcpy(new_sfid->ufid, nla_data(attr), len);
+ *sfid = new_sfid;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+u32 ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(const struct nlattr *attr)
+{
+ return attr ? nla_get_u32(attr) : 0;
+}
+
/**
* ovs_nla_get_flow_metadata - parses Netlink attributes into a flow key.
* @key: Receives extracted in_port, priority, tun_key and skb_mark.
@@ -1367,7 +1428,7 @@ int ovs_nla_put_flow(const struct sw_flow_key *swkey,
/* Called with ovs_mutex or RCU read lock. */
int ovs_nla_put_unmasked_key(const struct sw_flow *flow, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- return ovs_nla_put_flow(&flow->unmasked_key, &flow->unmasked_key,
+ return ovs_nla_put_flow(flow->unmasked_key, flow->unmasked_key,
OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY, false, skb);
}
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
index ea54564..4f1bd7a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ int ovs_nla_get_match(struct sw_flow_match *, const struct nlattr *key,
int ovs_nla_put_egress_tunnel_key(struct sk_buff *,
const struct ovs_tunnel_info *);
+int ovs_nla_get_ufid(const struct nlattr *, struct sw_flow_id *, bool log);
+int ovs_nla_copy_ufid(const struct nlattr *, struct sw_flow_id **, bool log);
+u32 ovs_nla_get_ufid_flags(const struct nlattr *attr);
+
int ovs_nla_copy_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
const struct sw_flow_key *key,
struct sw_flow_actions **sfa, bool log);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
index e0a7fef..7287805 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_alloc(void)
flow->sf_acts = NULL;
flow->mask = NULL;
+ flow->ufid = NULL;
+ flow->unmasked_key = NULL;
flow->stats_last_writer = NUMA_NO_NODE;
/* Initialize the default stat node. */
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ static void flow_free(struct sw_flow *flow)
{
int node;
+ kfree(flow->ufid);
+ kfree(flow->unmasked_key);
kfree((struct sw_flow_actions __force *)flow->sf_acts);
for_each_node(node)
if (flow->stats[node])
@@ -200,18 +204,28 @@ static struct table_instance *table_instance_alloc(int new_size)
int ovs_flow_tbl_init(struct flow_table *table)
{
- struct table_instance *ti;
+ struct table_instance *ti, *ufid_ti;
ti = table_instance_alloc(TBL_MIN_BUCKETS);
if (!ti)
return -ENOMEM;
+ ufid_ti = table_instance_alloc(TBL_MIN_BUCKETS);
+ if (!ufid_ti)
+ goto free_ti;
+
rcu_assign_pointer(table->ti, ti);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(table->ufid_ti, ufid_ti);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->mask_list);
table->last_rehash = jiffies;
table->count = 0;
+ table->ufid_count = 0;
return 0;
+
+free_ti:
+ __table_instance_destroy(ti);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
static void flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *rcu)
@@ -221,13 +235,16 @@ static void flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *rcu)
__table_instance_destroy(ti);
}
-static void table_instance_destroy(struct table_instance *ti, bool deferred)
+static void table_instance_destroy(struct table_instance *ti,
+ struct table_instance *ufid_ti,
+ bool deferred)
{
int i;
if (!ti)
return;
+ BUG_ON(!ufid_ti);
if (ti->keep_flows)
goto skip_flows;
@@ -236,18 +253,24 @@ static void table_instance_destroy(struct table_instance *ti, bool deferred)
struct hlist_head *head = flex_array_get(ti->buckets, i);
struct hlist_node *n;
int ver = ti->node_ver;
+ int ufid_ver = ufid_ti->node_ver;
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(flow, n, head, hash_node[ver]) {
- hlist_del_rcu(&flow->hash_node[ver]);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(flow, n, head, flow_hash.node[ver]) {
+ hlist_del_rcu(&flow->flow_hash.node[ver]);
+ if (flow->ufid)
+ hlist_del_rcu(&flow->ufid_hash.node[ufid_ver]);
ovs_flow_free(flow, deferred);
}
}
skip_flows:
- if (deferred)
+ if (deferred) {
call_rcu(&ti->rcu, flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb);
- else
+ call_rcu(&ufid_ti->rcu, flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb);
+ } else {
__table_instance_destroy(ti);
+ __table_instance_destroy(ufid_ti);
+ }
}
/* No need for locking this function is called from RCU callback or
@@ -256,8 +279,9 @@ skip_flows:
void ovs_flow_tbl_destroy(struct flow_table *table)
{
struct table_instance *ti = rcu_dereference_raw(table->ti);
+ struct table_instance *ufid_ti = rcu_dereference_raw(table->ufid_ti);
- table_instance_destroy(ti, false);
+ table_instance_destroy(ti, ufid_ti, false);
}
struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_dump_next(struct table_instance *ti,
@@ -272,7 +296,7 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_dump_next(struct table_instance *ti,
while (*bucket < ti->n_buckets) {
i = 0;
head = flex_array_get(ti->buckets, *bucket);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, hash_node[ver]) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, flow_hash.node[ver]) {
if (i < *last) {
i++;
continue;
@@ -294,16 +318,26 @@ static struct hlist_head *find_bucket(struct table_instance *ti, u32 hash)
(hash & (ti->n_buckets - 1)));
}
-static void table_instance_insert(struct table_instance *ti, struct sw_flow *flow)
+static void table_instance_insert(struct table_instance *ti,
+ struct sw_flow *flow)
+{
+ struct hlist_head *head;
+
+ head = find_bucket(ti, flow->flow_hash.hash);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&flow->flow_hash.node[ti->node_ver], head);
+}
+
+static void ufid_table_instance_insert(struct table_instance *ti,
+ struct sw_flow *flow)
{
struct hlist_head *head;
- head = find_bucket(ti, flow->hash);
- hlist_add_head_rcu(&flow->hash_node[ti->node_ver], head);
+ head = find_bucket(ti, flow->ufid_hash.hash);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&flow->ufid_hash.node[ti->node_ver], head);
}
static void flow_table_copy_flows(struct table_instance *old,
- struct table_instance *new)
+ struct table_instance *new, bool ufid)
{
int old_ver;
int i;
@@ -318,15 +352,21 @@ static void flow_table_copy_flows(struct table_instance *old,
head = flex_array_get(old->buckets, i);
- hlist_for_each_entry(flow, head, hash_node[old_ver])
- table_instance_insert(new, flow);
+ if (ufid)
+ hlist_for_each_entry(flow, head,
+ ufid_hash.node[old_ver])
+ ufid_table_instance_insert(new, flow);
+ else
+ hlist_for_each_entry(flow, head,
+ flow_hash.node[old_ver])
+ table_instance_insert(new, flow);
}
old->keep_flows = true;
}
static struct table_instance *table_instance_rehash(struct table_instance *ti,
- int n_buckets)
+ int n_buckets, bool ufid)
{
struct table_instance *new_ti;
@@ -334,27 +374,37 @@ static struct table_instance *table_instance_rehash(struct table_instance *ti,
if (!new_ti)
return NULL;
- flow_table_copy_flows(ti, new_ti);
-
+ flow_table_copy_flows(ti, new_ti, ufid);
return new_ti;
}
int ovs_flow_tbl_flush(struct flow_table *flow_table)
{
- struct table_instance *old_ti;
- struct table_instance *new_ti;
+ struct table_instance *old_ti, *new_ti;
+ struct table_instance *old_ufid_ti, *new_ufid_ti;
- old_ti = ovsl_dereference(flow_table->ti);
new_ti = table_instance_alloc(TBL_MIN_BUCKETS);
if (!new_ti)
return -ENOMEM;
+ new_ufid_ti = table_instance_alloc(TBL_MIN_BUCKETS);
+ if (!new_ufid_ti)
+ goto err_free_ti;
+
+ old_ti = ovsl_dereference(flow_table->ti);
+ old_ufid_ti = ovsl_dereference(flow_table->ufid_ti);
rcu_assign_pointer(flow_table->ti, new_ti);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(flow_table->ufid_ti, new_ufid_ti);
flow_table->last_rehash = jiffies;
flow_table->count = 0;
+ flow_table->ufid_count = 0;
- table_instance_destroy(old_ti, true);
+ table_instance_destroy(old_ti, old_ufid_ti, true);
return 0;
+
+err_free_ti:
+ __table_instance_destroy(new_ti);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
static u32 flow_hash(const struct sw_flow_key *key, int key_start,
@@ -407,7 +457,8 @@ bool ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(const struct sw_flow *flow,
int key_start = flow_key_start(key);
int key_end = match->range.end;
- return cmp_key(&flow->unmasked_key, key, key_start, key_end);
+ BUG_ON(flow->ufid);
+ return cmp_key(flow->unmasked_key, key, key_start, key_end);
}
static struct sw_flow *masked_flow_lookup(struct table_instance *ti,
@@ -424,10 +475,9 @@ static struct sw_flow *masked_flow_lookup(struct table_instance *ti,
ovs_flow_mask_key(&masked_key, unmasked, mask);
hash = flow_hash(&masked_key, key_start, key_end);
head = find_bucket(ti, hash);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, hash_node[ti->node_ver]) {
- if (flow->mask == mask && flow->hash == hash &&
- flow_cmp_masked_key(flow, &masked_key,
- key_start, key_end))
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, flow_hash.node[ti->node_ver]) {
+ if (flow->mask == mask && flow->flow_hash.hash == hash &&
+ flow_cmp_masked_key(flow, &masked_key, key_start, key_end))
return flow;
}
return NULL;
@@ -469,7 +519,40 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(struct flow_table *tbl,
/* Always called under ovs-mutex. */
list_for_each_entry(mask, &tbl->mask_list, list) {
flow = masked_flow_lookup(ti, match->key, mask);
- if (flow && ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, match)) /* Found */
+ if (flow && !flow->ufid &&
+ ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, match))
+ return flow;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static u32 ufid_hash(const struct sw_flow_id *sfid)
+{
+ return arch_fast_hash(sfid->ufid, sfid->ufid_len, 0);
+}
+
+bool ovs_flow_cmp_ufid(const struct sw_flow *flow,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *sfid)
+{
+ if (flow->ufid->ufid_len != sfid->ufid_len)
+ return false;
+
+ return !memcmp(flow->ufid->ufid, sfid->ufid, sfid->ufid_len);
+}
+
+struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(struct flow_table *tbl,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *ufid)
+{
+ struct table_instance *ti = rcu_dereference_ovsl(tbl->ufid_ti);
+ struct sw_flow *flow;
+ struct hlist_head *head;
+ u32 hash;
+
+ hash = ufid_hash(ufid);
+ head = find_bucket(ti, hash);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(flow, head, ufid_hash.node[ti->node_ver]) {
+ if (flow->ufid_hash.hash == hash &&
+ ovs_flow_cmp_ufid(flow, ufid))
return flow;
}
return NULL;
@@ -486,9 +569,10 @@ int ovs_flow_tbl_num_masks(const struct flow_table *table)
return num;
}
-static struct table_instance *table_instance_expand(struct table_instance *ti)
+static struct table_instance *table_instance_expand(struct table_instance *ti,
+ bool ufid)
{
- return table_instance_rehash(ti, ti->n_buckets * 2);
+ return table_instance_rehash(ti, ti->n_buckets * 2, ufid);
}
/* Remove 'mask' from the mask list, if it is not needed any more. */
@@ -513,10 +597,15 @@ static void flow_mask_remove(struct flow_table *tbl, struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
void ovs_flow_tbl_remove(struct flow_table *table, struct sw_flow *flow)
{
struct table_instance *ti = ovsl_dereference(table->ti);
+ struct table_instance *ufid_ti = ovsl_dereference(table->ufid_ti);
BUG_ON(table->count == 0);
- hlist_del_rcu(&flow->hash_node[ti->node_ver]);
+ hlist_del_rcu(&flow->flow_hash.node[ti->node_ver]);
table->count--;
+ if (flow->ufid) {
+ hlist_del_rcu(&flow->ufid_hash.node[ufid_ti->node_ver]);
+ table->ufid_count--;
+ }
/* RCU delete the mask. 'flow->mask' is not NULLed, as it should be
* accessible as long as the RCU read lock is held.
@@ -585,34 +674,65 @@ static int flow_mask_insert(struct flow_table *tbl, struct sw_flow *flow,
}
/* Must be called with OVS mutex held. */
-int ovs_flow_tbl_insert(struct flow_table *table, struct sw_flow *flow,
- const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
+static void flow_key_insert(struct flow_table *table, struct sw_flow *flow)
{
struct table_instance *new_ti = NULL;
struct table_instance *ti;
- int err;
- err = flow_mask_insert(table, flow, mask);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
- flow->hash = flow_hash(&flow->key, flow->mask->range.start,
- flow->mask->range.end);
+ flow->flow_hash.hash = flow_hash(&flow->key, flow->mask->range.start,
+ flow->mask->range.end);
ti = ovsl_dereference(table->ti);
table_instance_insert(ti, flow);
table->count++;
/* Expand table, if necessary, to make room. */
if (table->count > ti->n_buckets)
- new_ti = table_instance_expand(ti);
+ new_ti = table_instance_expand(ti, false);
else if (time_after(jiffies, table->last_rehash + REHASH_INTERVAL))
- new_ti = table_instance_rehash(ti, ti->n_buckets);
+ new_ti = table_instance_rehash(ti, ti->n_buckets, false);
if (new_ti) {
rcu_assign_pointer(table->ti, new_ti);
- table_instance_destroy(ti, true);
+ call_rcu(&ti->rcu, flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb);
table->last_rehash = jiffies;
}
+}
+
+/* Must be called with OVS mutex held. */
+static void flow_ufid_insert(struct flow_table *table, struct sw_flow *flow)
+{
+ struct table_instance *ti;
+
+ flow->ufid_hash.hash = ufid_hash(flow->ufid);
+ ti = ovsl_dereference(table->ufid_ti);
+ ufid_table_instance_insert(ti, flow);
+ table->ufid_count++;
+
+ /* Expand table, if necessary, to make room. */
+ if (table->ufid_count > ti->n_buckets) {
+ struct table_instance *new_ti;
+
+ new_ti = table_instance_expand(ti, true);
+ if (new_ti) {
+ rcu_assign_pointer(table->ufid_ti, new_ti);
+ call_rcu(&ti->rcu, flow_tbl_destroy_rcu_cb);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/* Must be called with OVS mutex held. */
+int ovs_flow_tbl_insert(struct flow_table *table, struct sw_flow *flow,
+ const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = flow_mask_insert(table, flow, mask);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ flow_key_insert(table, flow);
+ if (flow->ufid)
+ flow_ufid_insert(table, flow);
+
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
index 309fa64..454ef92 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ struct table_instance {
struct flow_table {
struct table_instance __rcu *ti;
+ struct table_instance __rcu *ufid_ti;
struct list_head mask_list;
unsigned long last_rehash;
unsigned int count;
+ unsigned int ufid_count;
};
extern struct kmem_cache *flow_stats_cache;
@@ -78,8 +80,13 @@ struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup(struct flow_table *,
const struct sw_flow_key *);
struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_exact(struct flow_table *tbl,
const struct sw_flow_match *match);
+struct sw_flow *ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_ufid(struct flow_table *,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *);
+
bool ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(const struct sw_flow *flow,
const struct sw_flow_match *match);
+bool ovs_flow_cmp_ufid(const struct sw_flow *flow,
+ const struct sw_flow_id *sfid);
void ovs_flow_mask_key(struct sw_flow_key *dst, const struct sw_flow_key *src,
const struct sw_flow_mask *mask);
--
1.7.10.4
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