RHBA-2008:0314 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and
maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the second
regular update.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

General Kernel Feature Support:

• rebase xen packages to version 3.1.2
• performance improvements and bug fixes for GFS2
• update utrace support
• add eCryptfs support
• add NFS server support for 32-bit clients, and 64-bit inodes
• add memory accounting in UDP
• add RFC 4303 compliant auditing support
• add new algorithms and interfaces in IPsec
• add authenc in crypto library

General Platform Support:

• update on-demand governor driver
• enable config options for IPMI panic handling
• add HDMI support for AMD and ATI integrated chipsets
• update OFED support to v1.3
• update FireWire support to latest upstream
• eliminate erroneous PCI Rom warning messages
• add support to offline CPU when realtime processes are running

Architecture Specific Support:

x86, AMD64, Intel(R) 64:

• add support of pci=norom boot parameter to disable p2p rom window
• enable pci=bfsort
• increase boot command line size to 2048 for 64-bit architectures
• add event based profiling support to AMD Greyhound systems
• add Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology

Intel(R) 64:

• add CMCI for hot-plugged processors
• remove Intel(R) 64 stack hard limit of DEFAULT_USER_STACK_SIZE
• add zonelist order sysctl/boot option on NUMA systems

64-bit PowerPC:

• add OProfile support to IBM Cell/B.E. platforms
• update PMI driver for Cell blades
• enable support of FB_RADEON driver for IBM Power6 blades
• update ehea driver to latest upstream
• add Scaled Processor Utilization of Resources Register SPURR support
• boot Cell blades with more than 2GB memory
• improve watchpoint support in GDB for power platform
• improve hugepage allocation with memory-less nodes
• add SLB shadow buffer support

IBM System z:

• add large page support to IBM System z
• add IBM eServer zSeries HiperSockets MAC layer routing and IP packet

support

• add IBM z/VM monitor stream state 2 application support
• add support for IBM z/VM DIAG 2FC for HYPFS
• add AF_IUCV Protocol support on BSD socket interface
• add dynamic CHPID reconfiguration support via SCLP

New Driver Support or Driver Updates:

Miscellaneous Driver Updates:

• add R500/R600 drm driver (X11 deccelerator driver) support
• add trust computing/trust platfrom module
• add support for Realtek ALC888S codec

Network Driver Updates:

• add bnx2x driver for Broadcom 10GbE hardware
• add dm9601 driver support for DAVICOM's ZT6688
• update bnx2, e1000, e1000e, tg3, forcedeth, igb, ixgb, and cxgb3 drivers
• add WEXT scan capabilities to wireless extensions API
• update mac80211/iwl4965 infrastructure
• update cfg80211 driver to support mac80211/iwl4965
• update ixgbe driver to support new Intel 10GbE hardware
• add r8169 driver support for Realtek 8111c and 8101e loms
• update bonding, netxen, and ioatdma driver

Storage Driver Updates:

• update aic94xx, areca, aacraid, cciss, ibmvSCSI driver
• update ipr driver to add dual SAS RAID controller support
• add iSCSI Boot Firmware Table tool support
• update qla2xxx, mpt-fusion, lpfc, stex, megaraid_sas
• update firmwire for Qlogic 25xxx
• update SATA driver and infrastructure
• add SB800/SB700/SB600 SATA/LAN support
• add DRAC4 hotplug support
• add hotplug docking support for some laptops
• add uevent, and kobject to device mapper infrastructure for xDR/GDPs
• update device mapper support

For a comprehensive list of kernel-related updates, refer to the latest
version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 release notes on:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages,
which apply these kernel updates.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 209411 - FEAT:5.2: ioatdma 1.9 or higher required for better I/OAT performance
• BZ - 210178 - md: write behind feature does not work on big endian machines
• BZ - 216722 - X-server is unable to start on E7221 with default xorg.conf
• BZ - 218298 - bte_unaligned_copy transfers extra cache line beyond end of page
• BZ - 219338 - md 32bit compat ioctls missing on 64bit kernels
• BZ - 221282 - udf: support files larger than 1G
• BZ - 221554 - Spurious BUG_ON causes kernel to not boot
• BZ - 221612 - ia64: show_mem() for sparsemem NUMA
• BZ - 223827 - Kernel oops with non-MLS/MCS SELinux policy
• BZ - 224373 - kexec or kdump hangs on ES7000/ONE
• BZ - 224541 - oops in vsyscall_sysctl_change()
• BZ - 224679 - FEAT: Executing >2GB binaries with <2GB code but >2GB debug
• BZ - 230717 - kernel panic with ciss driver upon kdump/kexec execution w/DLx85 platforms
• BZ - 231442 - kernel fails to add AT_NULL terminator to auxiliary vector
• BZ - 232748 - X crashes during logout on x86_64 system with i945 graphics and XD disabled
• BZ - 232885 - HSDPA Performance with Sierra MC8755
• BZ - 234426 - LSPP: Interrupted syscalls do not have the correct errno value in the audit log
• BZ - 236719 - Nokia phone causes BUG from usbnet probe
• BZ - 237326 - md: read past end of bitmap file causes md device initialization to fail
• BZ - 239061 - Include audit patch for segfault detection
• BZ - 239673 - RHEL 5: stalled installation over HP Compaq 7700
• BZ - 240006 - mmap of VGA frame buffer causes MCA on ia64
• BZ - 241338 - ide0=noprobe kills the kernel
• BZ - 241540 - NBD module in RHEL5 deadlocks (regression)
• BZ - 241728 - [LSPP] loginuid read race
• BZ - 241899 - ACPI3.0b Package parameter support
• BZ - 242813 - [RHEL 5] audit functionality to trace session-level user activity
• BZ - 242955 - CIPSO packets generate kernel unaligned access messages
• BZ - 245042 - make new RHEL5 NFS symlink code use GFP_HIGHUSER for pagecache
• BZ - 245217 - misc ia64 dbs cleanup
• BZ - 245674 - cifsd is not userspace signal-safe
• BZ - 245715 - lvs syncdaemon causes 1.00 too high average load on system
• BZ - 245823 - [LSI-E 5.2 bug] I/O terminates on linux system due to Out Of Memory
• BZ - 246130 - [rhts] ia64 acpi complains of errors
• BZ - 246722 - backport receive window mgmt code to for SCTP to RHEL5
• BZ - 246723 - backport optimistic DAD patch from upstream
• BZ - 247118 - RFE: Update kernel-2.6.spec
• BZ - 247174 - bogus arguments to PTRACE_POKEUSER makes IA64 kernel crash
• BZ - 247379 - "irqpoll": misrouted interrupts deadlocks
• BZ - 247596 - ACPICA: allow Load(OEMx) tables
• BZ - 247877 - dm-mirror: spinlock in write_callback has the potential for deadlock
• BZ - 247982 - need a way to disable ide drivers
• BZ - 248052 - Clients unable to connect to an IPv6 server socket
• BZ - 248534 - [PATCH] rfe: update r8169 to support PCI-X cards
• BZ - 248716 - Module MPPE cause kernel panic.
• BZ - 249415 - [RHEL-5] linuxwacom support for intuos 3, Model PTZ-1230/G
• BZ - 249728 - xenbus has use-after-free in drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
• BZ - 250427 - kernel panic when installing 32-bit guest on 64-bit host
• BZ - 250442 - Kernel memory leaks in audit code paths
• BZ - 250537 - [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete (Possibility of in-place data destruction)
• BZ - 250766 - kernel panic in 32-bit domU when running on x86_64 dom0
• BZ - 250994 - [RHEL5]: Softlockup after save/restore in PV guest
• BZ - 251043 - [RHEL5 U1] [ia64] Kernel test failing under limited memory
• BZ - 251189 - Kernel build leaves kabideps files in %{_tmppath}
• BZ - 251527 - Fake ARP dropped after migration leading to loss of network connectivity
• BZ - 251557 - [Promise 5.2 feat] Update stex driver to version 3.6.0102.2
• BZ - 251902 - bonding 802.3ad does not work
• BZ - 252264 - need to backport ipv6_addr_type patch to RHEL 5.2
• BZ - 253337 - AIO not shown by iostat, top, etc.
• BZ - 253449 - FEAT: Support for new Chelsio 10G Ethernet Controller and OFED driver
• BZ - 253476 - add a new /proc/modules like interface for module licensing metadata
• BZ - 253663 - NFS: System crashes trying to force umount a unresponsive, interruptible mount, which holds references to silly renamed files.
• BZ - 253785 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla3xxx new 4032 chip does not work with VLAN
• BZ - 253850 - Need to backport kernel vmcore notes changes for makedumpfile
• BZ - 253873 - [RHEL5] SIGTTIN may terminate read() with -ERESTARTSYS
• BZ - 253989 - iSCSI Hangs on reboot
• BZ - 254208 - Xen: Mapping random guest pages returns the wrong information
• BZ - 254234 - sunhme does not work
• BZ - 256001 - iwlwifi4965, ping cannot work under IBSS mode
• BZ - 264721 - [NetApp-N 5.2 bug] NFS client isn't setting callback address properly
• BZ - 268001 - bonding: Fix use after free in unregister path
• BZ - 272201 - [Xen] vmalloc/vfree on HVM Guest/IA64 does untolerate performance.
• BZ - 282881 - FEAT RHEL5.2: Kernel Symbols for Driver Update Program (mca.ko ia64)
• BZ - 284531 - OBJ_PID audit event missing CAPP information
• BZ - 294811 - kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:590 during suspend/resume testing
• BZ - 294881 - Kernel panic when mounting with insecure ports
• BZ - 295501 - RFE: Add EDAC driver for Intel 3000/3010 chipsets
• BZ - 296531 - LTC:38943: 201138: Enhancing the active-backup mode of the Bonding driver.
• BZ - 300871 - Busy status on tape write results in incorrect residual returned to tape driver
• BZ - 307431 - GFS2: security_eo_get() uses permission() when it should use security_inode_getxattr()
• BZ - 308971 - rapid block device plug / unplug leads to kernel crash and/or soft lockup
• BZ - 309461 - utrace: tkill(SIGCONT) is not reported by waitpid() under ptrace
• BZ - 309551 - utrace: SA_RESETHAND fails on 1st PTRACE_CONT(sig)
• BZ - 309761 - utrace: ptrace operations create unkillable process eating 100% cpu
• BZ - 310801 - Register backing store bug.
• BZ - 314571 - RHEL 5.2: SB700 contains two IDE channels
• BZ - 315471 - [RHEL 5.2]: Tick divider bugs on x86_64
• BZ - 316371 - 32-bit PAE HV hardware limitation > 4GB memory
• BZ - 318061 - Not able to unblock/cancel a thread waiting on a lock from another thread.
• BZ - 318891 - Rebase Xen Hypervisor to 3.1.2
• BZ - 321111 - Increase in RHEL3 vs. RHEL5 NFS operations (Part II)
• BZ - 325451 - ptrace compatibility problem with PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR_AREA
• BZ - 328321 - [RHEL5.2]: Xen 3.1.1 swiotlb fixes
• BZ - 329431 - CIFS with MS-Windows Fileserver: Data loss caused by ignoring quota
• BZ - 329791 - systemtap user-space probes, kernel side
• BZ - 330181 - [Broadcom 5.2 bug] Performance regression on 5705 TG3 NICs
• BZ - 336541 - RHEL5: Add register dump to softlockup warning messages
• BZ - 356061 - fix iscsi_tcp write out
• BZ - 357391 - RHEL5: Race in smp-linux kernel (nmi.c)
• BZ - 358591 - Missing TLB flush with SVM ASIDs
• BZ - 358751 - DLM: dump more lock values
• BZ - 358771 - zero unused parts of sockaddr_storage
• BZ - 358791 - DLM : fix memory leak in dlm_add_member
• BZ - 358821 - DLM: block dlm_recv in recovery transition
• BZ - 358841 - bind connections from known local address when using TCP
• BZ - 358871 - dm-mirror: incorrect order of mirror presuspend ops causes cluster mirror hang
• BZ - 358881 - dm-mirror: shedule_timeout() call causing big process slowdowns - primarily w/ cluster mirrors
• BZ - 360151 - kernel dm: panic on shrinking device size
• BZ - 360441 - kernel dm: some dm ioctl can fail with 32bit userspace and 64bit kernel
• BZ - 360571 - kernel dm: bd_mount_sem counter corruption
• BZ - 360621 - kernel dm crypt: memory leaks and workqueue memory exhaustion
• BZ - 363901 - GFS2: sysfs "id" file should contain device id
• BZ - 363961 - [Areca 5.2 feat] Update arcmsr to 1.20.00.15.RH
• BZ - 364351 - NFS: Fix directory caching problem - with test case and patch.
• BZ - 367251 - Add variable softlockup timeout
• BZ - 368851 - kernel maintainter holder bug
• BZ - 369561 - RHEL5.1 kernel not reclaiming NFS locks when server reboots
• BZ - 370341 - PVFB frontend can send bogus screen updates
• BZ - 370421 - Upgrade firewire stack to latest upstream
• BZ - 371341 - upgrade to 5.1 breaks autofs for automounted home directories
• BZ - 371791 - RHEL 5.1 x64 xen does not work with 256GB memory
• BZ - 371971 - Rpm install on ppc fails due to missing symbol (__clear_user)
• BZ - 373741 - oops on second CIFS mount to server when null auth is used
• BZ - 385681 - Backport upstream sk_buff and ip/tcp header functions to rhel5
• BZ - 388661 - cluster mirrors should not be attempted when cmirror modules are not loaded
• BZ - 390071 - IPv6 layer wrongly delivers multicast packet to upper layer
• BZ - 392351 - Long Delay before OOMKill launches
• BZ - 394581 - Enforce report_lost_ticks boot time parameter in time.c
• BZ - 401631 - Add the word 'Warning' in check_nmi_watchdog() output
• BZ - 403821 - Add round_jiffies to kernel ABI whitelists
• BZ - 404561 - don't print common non-errors
• BZ - 404571 - DLM: check kthread_should_stop when waiting
• BZ - 404711 - GFS2: Recursive locking on rgrp in gfs2_rename causes kernel BUG
• BZ - 405521 - forcedeth hangs on loading
• BZ - 408551 - All PCI express config registers are not accessible with RHEL5, with RHEL4 this works.
• BZ - 409221 - DLM: panic after device_write
• BZ - 410531 - Kernel fails to audit netmask on IPsec SPD events
• BZ - 410811 - [Stratus 5.2 Regression] Xen 3.1.2 hypervisor corrupts reserved memory below 16M
• BZ - 412721 - Performance concenrs with RHEL3 PV VNIF/VBD drivers (RHEL3u8) , high softirq rate compared to non-PV driver
• BZ - 413941 - powernow-k8 requires SMP to build
• BZ - 417961 - Update CIFS for RHEL5.2
• BZ - 418721 - IPMI update for RHEL 5.2
• BZ - 419171 - RHEL5.2: Linux support for the architrectural pstate driver
• BZ - 421021 - Hypervisor changes post 3.1.x needed to enable hardware
• BZ - 421441 - kernel dm-crypt: possible max_phys_segments violation
• BZ - 421451 - kernel dm-snapshot: excessive memory usage
• BZ - 422681 - GFS2: with gfs2, permission denied on first attempt to run an executable
• BZ - 423731 - i386 dom0 kdump vmcore file created with bogus notes section
• BZ - 423791 - unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap1 to become free. Usage count = 1
• BZ - 424511 - kdump broken on x86_64 between -45 and -58
• BZ - 425471 - [RHEL5.2]: Under load, an i386 PV guest on i386 HV will hang during save/restore
• BZ - 426172 - FEAT: RHEL 5.2 Intel Tolapai cpucache patch
• BZ - 426200 - Fix Xenoprof not to lose samples for passive domains
• BZ - 426234 - NULL pointer deference in sctp_get_port
• BZ - 426327 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx: regression fix for infinite-login-retry fix
• BZ - 426793 - CMCI is left disabled on hot-added processors
• BZ - 426904 - IPv6 TAHI RH0 RFC5095 update
• BZ - 427205 - RHEL5, make tcp_input_metrics() get minimum RTO via tcp_rto_min()
• BZ - 427368 - WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-62.el5/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.ko needs unknown symbol __udivdi3
• BZ - 427423 - [RHEL 5.2]: Build warning on i686 with -62 kernel
• BZ - 427472 - Backport patch from 2.6.19 allowing fs' to manually d_move() inside of ->rename()
• BZ - 427528 - assist NetworkManager in supporting hidden SSID networks
• BZ - 428124 - [Xen][5.2][IA64] domHVM with pagesize 4k hangs.
• BZ - 428143 - rtnetlink userland API change mid-release; 2.6.18-52 -> 2.6.18-59
• BZ - 428291 - GFS2: Reduce gfs2 memory requirements
• BZ - 428331 - booting with maxcpus=1 panics when starting cpufreq service
• BZ - 428479 - Fix a bug in the TSC synchronize code
• BZ - 428612 - RHEL 5.1 regression in hugepages due to pagetable sharing patch
• BZ - 428693 - [RHEL5 U2] kernel BUG at kernel/utrace.c:345!
• BZ - 428920 - user data corruption on misaligned access with certain FP instructions
• BZ - 428945 - rhel5.2 sata driver update patch caused kernel panic
• BZ - 428963 - RHEL5.2: HDMI Audio support for AMD ATI chipsets
• BZ - 429074 - invalid /usr/include/asm/gcc_intrin.h
• BZ - 429109 - NFSD acl support broken due to typo
• BZ - 429168 - GFS2: Kernel BUG at mm/filemap.c:553
• BZ - 429205 - RHEL5-U2 panics when using hugepages
• BZ - 429417 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel SKB BUG: Invalid truesize (1580) len=1514, sizeof(sk_buff)=172
• BZ - 429747 - [Stratus 5.2 bug] md resync "repair" functionality is broken
• BZ - 429755 - Null bytes in files access by 2 or more NFS clients
• BZ - 429877 - [Areca 5.2 bug] Update arcmsr to 1.20.00.15.RH 2007/12/24 (refreshed)
• BZ - 430130 - iscsi modules need to set the module reference in the host template
• BZ - 430310 - [RHEL5.2]: In a domU, all tasks are taskset to cpu 0 by default
• BZ - 430662 - backport hptiop driver updates from upstream kernel
• BZ - 430722 - [RHEL5 U2] e1000e network issues while running kernel-xen variant
• BZ - 430725 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - Incorrect firmware loaded for qla25xx
• BZ - 430729 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - Updated firmware for 25xx, 8 Gb/S adapters
• BZ - 430938 - RHEL5.2: Improved Power Now! in Xen support on 2nd generation Opteron systems
• BZ - 430940 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen reports "failed to set up cpufreq notifier" while booting on some systems
• BZ - 430947 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel reports BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 16s! [scsi_eh_1:526] during boot
• BZ - 431001 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen Panic on CPU 1: ia64_fault, When trying to install a xen guest
• BZ - 431004 - [RHEL5-U2] Kernel e1000e: 0000:00:1c.0: eth0: Unable to allocate MSI interrupt Error: -1
• BZ - 431052 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - update version number to reflect 8 Gb/S changes
• BZ - 432343 - e1000e: Wakeup-on-Lan does not work
• BZ - 432370 - GFS2: -fatal: assertion "test_bit(HIF_HOLDER, &gh->gh_iflags)" failed
• BZ - 432626 - nlm_blocked refcount leak
• BZ - 432652 - RHEL5.2: Modify SATA IDE mode quirk
• BZ - 432824 - GFS2: warning: assertion "al->al_alloced" failed in alloc_page_backing
• BZ - 433038 - X fails to start on IBM Power5
• BZ - 433481 - sg: cap reserved_size values to max_sectors
• BZ - 433554 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen PCI-DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 57344 bytes at device 0000:03:04.0
• BZ - 433671 - pci=nommconf required for montpelier and johannesburg to boot
• BZ - 434158 - [AUDIT] printk ratelimiting can cause a regression (panic)
• BZ - 434736 - GFS2: gfs2_adjust_quota has broken unstuffing code
• BZ - 434741 - AMD SB700/SB800 SATA support 64bit DMA
• BZ - 434792 - Add HP DL580G5 to bfsort whitelist
• BZ - 434992 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - flash manipulation can make system unusable >8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-03
• BZ - 435243 - Cannot create an SA with AH
• BZ - 435456 - GFS2: Optimise loop in gfs2_bitfit
• BZ - 435658 - HDMI Audio patch for AMD ATI chipsets
• BZ - 435670 - RHEL5.2: USB stress test failure on AMD SBX00
• BZ - 436131 - CVE-2008-1367 [RHEL5] Kernel doesn't clear DF for signal handlers
• BZ - 436267 - Cannot create an SA with ESP enc only or AH only
• BZ - 436351 - Running Xen hypervisor inside a fullyvirt guest, crashes the host
• BZ - 436775 - Xen: Add "Warning" to the output of the "time went backwards" message
• BZ - 437252 - kernel: Timer ISR/0: Time went backwards
• BZ - 437412 - System reboots when X started on dom0
• BZ - 438032 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] Negotiation issues with new switches - update firmware to 8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-04
• BZ - 438214 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla4xxx: Fix scsi completion, lun reset code
• BZ - 438720 - Export smp_call_function_single on x86_64
• BZ - 438741 - kernel panic due to HP Watchdog firing (hpwdt)
• BZ - 438776 - kernel panic with ib_ipath module with kernel 2.6.18-85.el5.x86_64
• BZ - 438919 - RHEL5.2: add cantiga IDs to agpgart driver
• BZ - 439254 - Xen hypervisor doesn't detect Penryn cpu_model correctly
• BZ - 439304 - [RHEL5.2] makedumpfile fails reducing dumpfile size
• BZ - 439316 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla4xxx: Fix driver version - addendum to Bugzilla 438214 Fix scsi completion, lun reset code
• BZ - 439380 - Both the bay.c and ibm_acpi drivers are functional at the same time
• BZ - 439874 - IPV6DOD: 2.6.18-87.el5 kernel crashes when using ipsec with aes-xcbc-mac and UDP on ppc64.
• BZ - 441390 - Memory corruption due to VNIF increase
• BZ - 441425 - IPV6DOD: aes-ctr definition needs to be added to xfrm_nalgo.c
• BZ - 441779 - [QLogic 5.2] revert [Bug 253267] qla2xxx - PCI EE error handling support
• BZ - 442101 - Oops in 2.6.18-89.el5 kernel while running stress-kernel
• BZ - 442368 - [RHEL5.2] [Regression] kdump by INIT does not work

CVEs

• CVE-2007-5906
• CVE-2008-2365

References

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