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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:12:18 -0600
From:      Xiaoye Sun <Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu>
To:        Victor Detoni <victordetoni@gmail.com>
Cc:        Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>, Pavel Odintsov <pavel.odintsov@gmail.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: swaping ring slots between NIC ring and Host ring does not always success
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Hi Luigi,

Have you seen the previous email. any comments?

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Xiaoye Sun <Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu> wrote:

> Hi Victor,
> Thanks for the help. The command you provided worked perfectly for me.
>
> Hi Luigi,
>
> Thanks for your clarification.
>
> The experiment I did was NOT running on 3 nodes. They ran on two nodes.
> node 1 ran [1. sender]; node 2 ran [2. bridge.c] and [3. receiver (not
> using netmap)]; [2. bridge.c ] saw packets inorder. [3. receiver] saw
> packets out-of-order. I saw replication packets (even corrupted packets) in
> the setup I mentioned in my first email in this threads. I did not see
> replication packet in the sender-bridge-receiver setup. Let's solve the
> reorder problem first and then solve the replication packet problem.
>
> I also tried the experiment setup having 3 nodes running sender, bridge,
> receiver( both non-netmap based and netmap based XYZ) respectively. In the
> 3 nodes experiment, there is NO packet reorder no any node. The difference
> between the 2 nodes experiment and the 3 nodes experiment is that in the
> bridge of node 2 in the 2-nodes experiment the bridge interact with the
> host stack, while netmap does not interact with host stack in the 3-node
> experiment.
>
> This makes me make the conclusion that there might be some problem with
> the interaction between netmap and host stack. What is your opinion?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Xiaoye
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Victor Detoni <victordetoni@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, I made mistake. To workaround this try `ip link set $IFACE
>> promisc on`
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Xiaoye Sun <Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. all the interfaces are up. Are you able to get ARP request when
>>> the interfaces are down?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Victor Detoni <victordetoni@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Both interfaces are up? Like ifconfig... up
>>>>
>>>> I had this the same problem and I solve with commands above
>>>>
>>>> Em quinta-feira, 4 de fevereiro de 2016, Xiaoye Sun <
>>>> Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Luigi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your explanation.
>>>>>
>>>>> I used three machines to do this experiment. They are directly
>>>>> connected.
>>>>>
>>>>> [(machine1) eth1]---[eth2 (machine2) eth3]---[eth4 (machine3)].
>>>>>
>>>>> First, I tried to run bridge.c on machine2 using the command *bridge -i
>>>>> netmap:eth2 -i netmap:eth3*. (sender receiver or XYZ were not running
>>>>> on
>>>>> machine 1or3)
>>>>>
>>>>> For my understanding, in this setup, machine2 will be transparent to
>>>>> machine1&3 since it forwards packet from its eth2 to eth3 and vice
>>>>> versa
>>>>> without any modification to the packets.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to ping machine 3 from machine 1 using the command like *ping
>>>>> 10.11.10.3*. However, it still does not success.
>>>>> This is because that before machine1 sends ping message to machine3, it
>>>>> will first send a ARP request message to get the mac address of
>>>>> machine3.
>>>>> machine3 gets that ARP request, and send the reply back (I use tcpdump
>>>>> to
>>>>> verify that machine3 gets the ARP request and send out the ARP reply).
>>>>> However, machine1 does not get the ARP reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> I checked that the bridge can only forwarding packet in one direction
>>>>> at
>>>>> the same time. it gets the ARP request but doesn't see the ARP reply
>>>>> (*pkt_queued* always returns 0 for one nic...).
>>>>>
>>>>> This behavior looks very weird to me. Do you think there is a
>>>>> compatibility
>>>>> issues between netmap and the os I am using? Is there a verified linux
>>>>> distribution (also the version) that perfectly works well with netmap?
>>>>>
>>>>> The OS I use is 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1
>>>>> (2015-05-24)
>>>>> x86_64 GNU/Linux.
>>>>> Linux kernel version is *3.16.0-4-amd64*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Xiaoye
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Xiaoye Sun <Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Xiaoye Sun <Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >> > Hi Luigi,
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > I have to clarify about the *jumping issue* about the slot
>>>>> indexes.
>>>>> > >> > In the bridge.c program, the slot index never jumps and it
>>>>> increases
>>>>> > >> > sequentially.
>>>>> > >> > In the receiver.c program, the udp packet seq jumps and I
>>>>> showed the
>>>>> > >> > slot
>>>>> > >> > index that each udp packet uses. So the slot index jumps
>>>>> together with
>>>>> > >> > the
>>>>> > >> > udp seq (at the receiver program only).
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> So let me understand, is the "slot" some information written
>>>>> > >> in the packet by bridge.c (referring to the rx or tx slot,
>>>>> > >> I am not sure) and then read and printed by receiver.c
>>>>> > >> (which gets the packet through recvfrom so there isn't
>>>>> > >> really any slot index) ?
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > > It works in the other way:
>>>>> > > The bridge.c checks the seq numbers of the udp packets in netmap
>>>>> slots
>>>>> > (in
>>>>> > > nic rx ring) before the swap; then it records the seq number, slot
>>>>> > > number(both rx and tx (tx indexes were not shown in the previous
>>>>> email
>>>>> > since
>>>>> > > they all look correct)) and buf_idx (rx and tx). The bridge.c does
>>>>> not
>>>>> > > change anything in the buffer and it knows the slot and buf_idx
>>>>> that a
>>>>> > > packet uses. Please refer to the added code in *process_rings*
>>>>> function
>>>>> > > http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~xs6/bridge.c
>>>>> > > The receiver.c checks the seq numbers only and print out the seq
>>>>> numbers
>>>>> > it
>>>>> > > receive sequentially.
>>>>> > > With these information, I manually match the seq number I got from
>>>>> > > receiver.c and the seq number I got from bridge.c. So we know what
>>>>> is the
>>>>> > > seq order the receiver sees and which slot a packet uses when
>>>>> bridge.c
>>>>> > swaps
>>>>> > > the buf_idxs.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >> Do you see any ordering inversion when the receiver
>>>>> > >> gets packets through the NETMAP API (e.g. using bridge.c
>>>>> > >> instead of receiver.c) ?
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > > There is no ordering inversion seen by bridge.c (As I said in the
>>>>> > previous
>>>>> > > paragraph, the bridge.c checks the seq number and I did not see
>>>>> any order
>>>>> > > inversion in THIS simple experiment (In my multicast protocol
>>>>> (mentioned
>>>>> > in
>>>>> > > the first email), there is ordering inversion. But let us solve the
>>>>> > simple
>>>>> > > bridge.c's problem first. I think they are two relatively
>>>>> independent
>>>>> > > issues.)).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sorry there was a misunderstanding.
>>>>> > I wanted you to check the following setup:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > [1: send.c] ->- [2: bridge.c] ->- [3: XYZ]
>>>>> >
>>>>> > where in XYZ you replace your receiver.c with some
>>>>> > netmap-based receiver (it could be pkt-gen in rx mode,
>>>>> > or possibly even another instance of bridge.c where
>>>>> > you connect the output port to a vale switch so
>>>>> > traffic is dropped), and then in XYZ print the content
>>>>> > of the packets.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > From your previous report we know that node 2: sees packets
>>>>> > in order, and node 3: sees packets out of order.
>>>>> > However, if the problem were due to bridge.c sending
>>>>> > the old buffer and not the new one, you'd see not only
>>>>> > reordering but also replication of packets.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The fact that you see only the reordering in 3: makes
>>>>> > me think that the problem is in that node, and it could
>>>>> > be the network stack in 3: that does something strange.
>>>>> > So if you can run something netmap based in 3: and make
>>>>> > sure there is only one queue to read from, we could
>>>>> > at least figure out what is going on.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > cheers
>>>>> > luigi
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > is that
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Are you using native netmap drivers or the emulated mode ?
>>>>> > >> You can check that by playing with the "admode" sysctl entry
>>>>> > >> (or sysfs on linux) - try setting to 1 and 2 and see if
>>>>> > >> the behaviour changes.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>      dev.netmap.admode: 0
>>>>> > >>              Controls the use of native or emulated adapter mode.
>>>>> > >>              0 uses the best available option,
>>>>> > >>              1 forces native and fails if not available,
>>>>> > >>              2 forces emulated hence never fails.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > > I was using admode 0. I changed the admode to 1 and 2 using the
>>>>> command
>>>>> > like
>>>>> > > *echo 1 > /sys/module/netmap/parameters/admode* and restart the
>>>>> bridge
>>>>> > > program. The behavior keeps the same.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> cheers
>>>>> > >> luigi
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > There is really one ring (tx and rx) for NIC and one ring (tx
>>>>> and rx)
>>>>> > >> > for
>>>>> > >> > the host.
>>>>> > >> > I also doubt that there might be multiple tx rings for the
>>>>> host. It
>>>>> > >> > seems
>>>>> > >> > like that bridge program swap packet to multiple host rings and
>>>>> the
>>>>> > udp
>>>>> > >> > recv
>>>>> > >> > program drains packets from these rings. But this is not the
>>>>> case
>>>>> > here.
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > The bridge program prints a line like this
>>>>> > >> > *515.277263 main [277] Ready to go, eth3 0x1/1 <-> eth3 0x0/1.*
>>>>> > >> > this is printed by the following line the original program
>>>>> > >> > *D("Ready to go, %s 0x%x/%d <-> %s 0x%x/%d.", pa->req.nr_name,
>>>>> > >> > pa->first_rx_ring, pa->req.nr_rx_rings, pb->req.nr_name,
>>>>> > >> > pb->first_rx_ring,
>>>>> > >> > pb->req.nr_rx_rings);*
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > I think this shows that there is really one NIC ring and one
>>>>> HOST
>>>>> > ring.
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > Is there another way to verify the number of ring that netmap
>>>>> has?
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > Thanks!
>>>>> > >> > Xiaoye
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Luigi Rizzo <
>>>>> rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> Hi,
>>>>> > >> >> there must be some wrong with your setting because
>>>>> > >> >> slot indexes must be sequential and in your case they
>>>>> > >> >> are not (see the jump from 295 to 474 and then
>>>>> > >> >> back from 485 to 296, and the numerous interleavings
>>>>> > >> >> that you are seeing later).
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> I have no idea of the cause but typically this pattern
>>>>> > >> >> is what you see when there are multiple input rings and
>>>>> > >> >> not just one.
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> Cheers
>>>>> > >> >> Luigi
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Xiaoye Sun <
>>>>> Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu>
>>>>> > >> >> wrote:
>>>>> > >> >> > Hi Luigi,
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > Thanks for the detailed advice.
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > With more detailed experiments, actually I found that the udp
>>>>> > >> >> > sender/receiver packet reorder issue *might* be irrelevant
>>>>> to the
>>>>> > >> >> > original
>>>>> > >> >> > issue I posted. However, I think we should solve the udp
>>>>> > >> >> > sender/receiver
>>>>> > >> >> > issue first.
>>>>> > >> >> > I run the experiment with more detailed log. Here is my
>>>>> findings.
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > 1. I am running a netmap version available since about Oct
>>>>> 13rd
>>>>> > from
>>>>> > >> >> > github
>>>>> > >> >> > (https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap). So I think this is
>>>>> not the
>>>>> > >> >> > one
>>>>> > >> >> > related to the buffer allocation issue. I tried to running
>>>>> the
>>>>> > newest
>>>>> > >> >> > version, however, that version causes problem when I exit the
>>>>> > bridge
>>>>> > >> >> > program
>>>>> > >> >> > (something like kernel error which make the os crash).
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > 2 & 3. I changed the receiver.c & bridge.c so that I can get
>>>>> more
>>>>> > >> >> > information (more detailed log).
>>>>> > >> >> > The reorder happens multiple times (about 10 times) within a
>>>>> > second.
>>>>> > >> >> > Here is
>>>>> > >> >> > one example trace collected from the above two programs.
>>>>> > (remembering
>>>>> > >> >> > that
>>>>> > >> >> > we have udp sender running on one machine; netmap bridge and
>>>>> udp
>>>>> > >> >> > receiver
>>>>> > >> >> > are running on another machine).
>>>>> > >> >> > There is only one pair of rings each with 512 slots (511 slot
>>>>> > usable)
>>>>> > >> >> > on
>>>>> > >> >> > the
>>>>> > >> >> > receiver machine.
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > =================== packet trace collected from receiver.c
>>>>> > >> >> > ===================
>>>>> > >> >> > ===== together with the slot and buf_idx of the corresponding
>>>>> > netmap
>>>>> > >> >> > ring
>>>>> > >> >> > slots ======
>>>>> > >> >> > [seq]   [slot]   [buf_idx]
>>>>> > >> >> > 8208   294    1833
>>>>> > >> >> > 8209   295    1834
>>>>> > >> >> > 8388   474    2013
>>>>> > >> >> > ... (packet received in order)
>>>>> > >> >> > 8398   484    2023
>>>>> > >> >> > 8399   485    2024
>>>>> > >> >> > 8210   296    1835
>>>>> > >> >> > 8211   297    1836
>>>>> > >> >> > ... (packet received in order)
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > 8222   308    1847
>>>>> > >> >> > 8400   486    2025
>>>>> > >> >> > 8223   309    1848
>>>>> > >> >> > 8401   487    2026
>>>>> > >> >> > 8224   310    1849
>>>>> > >> >> > 8402   488    2027
>>>>> > >> >> > 8225   311    1850
>>>>> > >> >> > 8403   489    2028
>>>>> > >> >> > 8226   312    1851
>>>>> > >> >> > 8404   450    2029
>>>>> > >> >> > 8227   313    1852
>>>>> > >> >> > 8228   314    1853
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>> > >> >> > As we can see that the udp receiver got packet 8210 after it
>>>>> got
>>>>> > >> >> > 8399,
>>>>> > >> >> > which
>>>>> > >> >> > is the first reorder. Then, the receiver got 8211 to 8222
>>>>> > >> >> > sequentially.
>>>>> > >> >> > Then
>>>>> > >> >> > it got packet from 8223-8227 and 8400-8404 interleaved.
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > ==================== event order seen by netmap bridge
>>>>> > >> >> > ==================
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8209
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8210
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8228
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8229
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8383
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8384
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8387
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8388
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8393
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8394
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8399
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8400
>>>>> > >> >> > ...
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8404
>>>>> > >> >> > poll called
>>>>> > >> >> > get 8405
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>> > >> >> > As we can see, from the event ordering see by the bridge.c,
>>>>> all the
>>>>> > >> >> > packets
>>>>> > >> >> > are receiver in order, which means the the reorder happens
>>>>> when the
>>>>> > >> >> > bridge
>>>>> > >> >> > code swap the buf_idx between the nic ring(slot) and the host
>>>>> > >> >> > ring(slot).
>>>>> > >> >> > The reordered seq usually right before or after the poll
>>>>> function
>>>>> > >> >> > call.
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > Best,
>>>>> > >> >> > Xiaoye
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Luigi Rizzo <
>>>>> rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
>>>>> > >> >> > wrote:
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Xiaoye Sun <
>>>>> Xiaoye.Sun@rice.edu>
>>>>> > >> >> >> wrote:
>>>>> > >> >> >> > Hi Luigi,
>>>>> > >> >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >> >> > Thanks for your advice.
>>>>> > >> >> >> > I forgot to mention that I use the command "ethtool -L
>>>>> eth1
>>>>> > >> >> >> > combined
>>>>> > >> >> >> > 1"
>>>>> > >> >> >> > to
>>>>> > >> >> >> > set the number of rings of the nic to 1.  The host also
>>>>> only has
>>>>> > >> >> >> > one
>>>>> > >> >> >> > ring.
>>>>> > >> >> >> > I understand the situation where the first tx ring is
>>>>> full so
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > >> >> >> > bridge
>>>>> > >> >> >> > will swap the packets to the second tx ring and then the
>>>>> > host/nic
>>>>> > >> >> >> > might
>>>>> > >> >> >> > drain either rings. But this is not the case in the
>>>>> experiment.
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> ok good to know that.
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> So if we have ruled out multiqueue and iommu, let's look at
>>>>> > >> >> >> the internal allocator and at bridge.c
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> 1. are you running the most recent version of netmap ?
>>>>> > >> >> >>    Some older version (probably 1-2 years ago) had a bug
>>>>> > >> >> >>    in the buffer allocator and some buffers were allocated
>>>>> > >> >> >>    twice.
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> 2. can you tweak your receiver.c to report some more info
>>>>> > >> >> >>    on how often you get out of sequence packets, how much
>>>>> > >> >> >>    out of sequence they are ?
>>>>> > >> >> >>    Also it would be useful to report gaps on the increasing
>>>>> side
>>>>> > >> >> >>    (i.e. new_seq != old_seq +1 )
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> 3. can you tweak bridge.c so that it writes into the packet
>>>>> > >> >> >>    the netmap buffer indexes and slots on the rx and tx
>>>>> side,
>>>>> > >> >> >>    so when you detect a sequence error we can figure out
>>>>> > >> >> >>    where it is happening.
>>>>> > >> >> >>    Ideally you could also add the sequence number detection
>>>>> > >> >> >>    code in bridge.c so we can check whether the errors
>>>>> appear
>>>>> > >> >> >>    on the input or output sides.
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >> cheers
>>>>> > >> >> >> luigi
>>>>> > >> >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> >
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >> --
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> > >> >>  Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo@iet.unipi.it  . Dip. di Ing.
>>>>> > >> >> dell'Informazione
>>>>> > >> >>  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/        . Universita` di Pisa
>>>>> > >> >>  TEL      +39-050-2217533               . via Diotisalvi 2
>>>>> > >> >>  Mobile   +39-338-6809875               . 56122 PISA (Italy)
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>> > >> >
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> --
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> > >>  Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo@iet.unipi.it  . Dip. di Ing.
>>>>> > dell'Informazione
>>>>> > >>  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/        . Universita` di Pisa
>>>>> > >>  TEL      +39-050-2217533               . via Diotisalvi 2
>>>>> > >>  Mobile   +39-338-6809875               . 56122 PISA (Italy)
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> >  Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo@iet.unipi.it  . Dip. di Ing.
>>>>> dell'Informazione
>>>>> >  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/        . Universita` di Pisa
>>>>> >  TEL      +39-050-2217533               . via Diotisalvi 2
>>>>> >  Mobile   +39-338-6809875               . 56122 PISA (Italy)
>>>>> >
>>>>> -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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