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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-12-22 20:10:10 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-12-22 20:10:10 +0000
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+/* Linuxthreads - a simple clone()-based implementation of Posix        */
+/* threads for Linux.                                                   */
+/* Copyright (C) 1998 Xavier Leroy (Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr)              */
+/*                                                                      */
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or        */
+/* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License  */
+/* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2       */
+/* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.               */
+/*                                                                      */
+/* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      */
+/* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of       */
+/* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the        */
+/* GNU Library General Public License for more details.                 */
+
+/* Internal locks */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include "pthread.h"
+#include "internals.h"
+#include "spinlock.h"
+#include "restart.h"
+
+static void __pthread_acquire(int * spinlock);
+
+static inline void __pthread_release(int * spinlock)
+{
+  WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+  *spinlock = __LT_SPINLOCK_INIT;
+  __asm __volatile ("" : "=m" (*spinlock) : "m" (*spinlock));
+}
+
+
+/* The status field of a spinlock is a pointer whose least significant
+   bit is a locked flag.
+
+   Thus the field values have the following meanings:
+
+   status == 0:       spinlock is free
+   status == 1:       spinlock is taken; no thread is waiting on it
+
+   (status & 1) == 1: spinlock is taken and (status & ~1L) is a
+                      pointer to the first waiting thread; other
+		      waiting threads are linked via the p_nextlock
+		      field.
+   (status & 1) == 0: same as above, but spinlock is not taken.
+
+   The waiting list is not sorted by priority order.
+   Actually, we always insert at top of list (sole insertion mode
+   that can be performed without locking).
+   For __pthread_unlock, we perform a linear search in the list
+   to find the highest-priority, oldest waiting thread.
+   This is safe because there are no concurrent __pthread_unlock
+   operations -- only the thread that locked the mutex can unlock it. */
+
+
+void internal_function __pthread_lock(struct _pthread_fastlock * lock,
+				      pthread_descr self)
+{
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  long oldstatus, newstatus;
+  int successful_seizure, spurious_wakeup_count;
+  int spin_count;
+#endif
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    __pthread_acquire(&lock->__spinlock);
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  /* First try it without preparation.  Maybe it's a completely
+     uncontested lock.  */
+  if (lock->__status == 0 && __compare_and_swap (&lock->__status, 0, 1))
+    return;
+
+  spurious_wakeup_count = 0;
+  spin_count = 0;
+
+  /* On SMP, try spinning to get the lock. */
+
+  if (__pthread_smp_kernel) {
+    int max_count = lock->__spinlock * 2 + 10;
+
+    if (max_count > MAX_ADAPTIVE_SPIN_COUNT)
+      max_count = MAX_ADAPTIVE_SPIN_COUNT;
+
+    for (spin_count = 0; spin_count < max_count; spin_count++) {
+      if (((oldstatus = lock->__status) & 1) == 0) {
+	if(__compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, oldstatus, oldstatus | 1))
+	{
+	  if (spin_count)
+	    lock->__spinlock += (spin_count - lock->__spinlock) / 8;
+	  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+	  return;
+	}
+      }
+#ifdef BUSY_WAIT_NOP
+      BUSY_WAIT_NOP;
+#endif
+      __asm __volatile ("" : "=m" (lock->__status) : "m" (lock->__status));
+    }
+
+    lock->__spinlock += (spin_count - lock->__spinlock) / 8;
+  }
+
+again:
+
+  /* No luck, try once more or suspend. */
+
+  do {
+    oldstatus = lock->__status;
+    successful_seizure = 0;
+
+    if ((oldstatus & 1) == 0) {
+      newstatus = oldstatus | 1;
+      successful_seizure = 1;
+    } else {
+      if (self == NULL)
+	self = thread_self();
+      newstatus = (long) self | 1;
+    }
+
+    if (self != NULL) {
+      THREAD_SETMEM(self, p_nextlock, (pthread_descr) (oldstatus));
+      /* Make sure the store in p_nextlock completes before performing
+         the compare-and-swap */
+      MEMORY_BARRIER();
+    }
+  } while(! __compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, oldstatus, newstatus));
+
+  /* Suspend with guard against spurious wakeup.
+     This can happen in pthread_cond_timedwait_relative, when the thread
+     wakes up due to timeout and is still on the condvar queue, and then
+     locks the queue to remove itself. At that point it may still be on the
+     queue, and may be resumed by a condition signal. */
+
+  if (!successful_seizure) {
+    for (;;) {
+      suspend(self);
+      if (self->p_nextlock != NULL) {
+	/* Count resumes that don't belong to us. */
+	spurious_wakeup_count++;
+	continue;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    goto again;
+  }
+
+  /* Put back any resumes we caught that don't belong to us. */
+  while (spurious_wakeup_count--)
+    restart(self);
+
+  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+#endif
+}
+
+int __pthread_unlock(struct _pthread_fastlock * lock)
+{
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  long oldstatus;
+  pthread_descr thr, * ptr, * maxptr;
+  int maxprio;
+#endif
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    __pthread_release(&lock->__spinlock);
+    return 0;
+  }
+#endif
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+again:
+  while ((oldstatus = lock->__status) == 1) {
+    if (__compare_and_swap_with_release_semantics(&lock->__status,
+	oldstatus, 0))
+      return 0;
+  }
+
+  /* Find thread in waiting queue with maximal priority */
+  ptr = (pthread_descr *) &lock->__status;
+  thr = (pthread_descr) (oldstatus & ~1L);
+  maxprio = 0;
+  maxptr = ptr;
+
+  /* Before we iterate over the wait queue, we need to execute
+     a read barrier, otherwise we may read stale contents of nodes that may
+     just have been inserted by other processors. One read barrier is enough to
+     ensure we have a stable list; we don't need one for each pointer chase
+     through the list, because we are the owner of the lock; other threads
+     can only add nodes at the front; if a front node is consistent,
+     the ones behind it must also be. */
+
+  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+  while (thr != 0) {
+    if (thr->p_priority >= maxprio) {
+      maxptr = ptr;
+      maxprio = thr->p_priority;
+    }
+    ptr = &(thr->p_nextlock);
+    thr = (pthread_descr)((long)(thr->p_nextlock) & ~1L);
+  }
+
+  /* Remove max prio thread from waiting list. */
+  if (maxptr == (pthread_descr *) &lock->__status) {
+    /* If max prio thread is at head, remove it with compare-and-swap
+       to guard against concurrent lock operation. This removal
+       also has the side effect of marking the lock as released
+       because the new status comes from thr->p_nextlock whose
+       least significant bit is clear. */
+    thr = (pthread_descr) (oldstatus & ~1L);
+    if (! __compare_and_swap_with_release_semantics
+	    (&lock->__status, oldstatus, (long)(thr->p_nextlock) & ~1L))
+      goto again;
+  } else {
+    /* No risk of concurrent access, remove max prio thread normally.
+       But in this case we must also flip the least significant bit
+       of the status to mark the lock as released. */
+    thr = (pthread_descr)((long)*maxptr & ~1L);
+    *maxptr = thr->p_nextlock;
+
+    /* Ensure deletion from linked list completes before we
+       release the lock. */
+    WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+    do {
+      oldstatus = lock->__status;
+    } while (!__compare_and_swap_with_release_semantics(&lock->__status,
+	     oldstatus, oldstatus & ~1L));
+  }
+
+  /* Wake up the selected waiting thread. Woken thread can check
+     its own p_nextlock field for NULL to detect that it has been removed. No
+     barrier is needed here, since restart() and suspend() take
+     care of memory synchronization. */
+
+  thr->p_nextlock = NULL;
+  restart(thr);
+
+  return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * Alternate fastlocks do not queue threads directly. Instead, they queue
+ * these wait queue node structures. When a timed wait wakes up due to
+ * a timeout, it can leave its wait node in the queue (because there
+ * is no safe way to remove from the quue). Some other thread will
+ * deallocate the abandoned node.
+ */
+
+
+struct wait_node {
+  struct wait_node *next;	/* Next node in null terminated linked list */
+  pthread_descr thr;		/* The thread waiting with this node */
+  int abandoned;		/* Atomic flag */
+};
+
+static long wait_node_free_list;
+static int wait_node_free_list_spinlock;
+
+/* Allocate a new node from the head of the free list using an atomic
+   operation, or else using malloc if that list is empty.  A fundamental
+   assumption here is that we can safely access wait_node_free_list->next.
+   That's because we never free nodes once we allocate them, so a pointer to a
+   node remains valid indefinitely. */
+
+static struct wait_node *wait_node_alloc(void)
+{
+    struct wait_node *new_node = 0;
+
+    __pthread_acquire(&wait_node_free_list_spinlock);
+    if (wait_node_free_list != 0) {
+      new_node = (struct wait_node *) wait_node_free_list;
+      wait_node_free_list = (long) new_node->next;
+    }
+    WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+    __pthread_release(&wait_node_free_list_spinlock);
+
+    if (new_node == 0)
+      return malloc(sizeof *wait_node_alloc());
+
+    return new_node;
+}
+
+/* Return a node to the head of the free list using an atomic
+   operation. */
+
+static void wait_node_free(struct wait_node *wn)
+{
+    __pthread_acquire(&wait_node_free_list_spinlock);
+    wn->next = (struct wait_node *) wait_node_free_list;
+    wait_node_free_list = (long) wn;
+    WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+    __pthread_release(&wait_node_free_list_spinlock);
+    return;
+}
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+
+/* Remove a wait node from the specified queue.  It is assumed
+   that the removal takes place concurrently with only atomic insertions at the
+   head of the queue. */
+
+static void wait_node_dequeue(struct wait_node **pp_head,
+			      struct wait_node **pp_node,
+			      struct wait_node *p_node)
+{
+  /* If the node is being deleted from the head of the
+     list, it must be deleted using atomic compare-and-swap.
+     Otherwise it can be deleted in the straightforward way. */
+
+  if (pp_node == pp_head) {
+    /* We don't need a read barrier between these next two loads,
+       because it is assumed that the caller has already ensured
+       the stability of *p_node with respect to p_node. */
+
+    long oldvalue = (long) p_node;
+    long newvalue = (long) p_node->next;
+
+    if (__compare_and_swap((long *) pp_node, oldvalue, newvalue))
+      return;
+
+    /* Oops! Compare and swap failed, which means the node is
+       no longer first. We delete it using the ordinary method.  But we don't
+       know the identity of the node which now holds the pointer to the node
+       being deleted, so we must search from the beginning. */
+
+    for (pp_node = pp_head; p_node != *pp_node; ) {
+      pp_node = &(*pp_node)->next;
+      READ_MEMORY_BARRIER(); /* Stabilize *pp_node for next iteration. */
+    }
+  }
+
+  *pp_node = p_node->next;
+  return;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+void __pthread_alt_lock(struct _pthread_fastlock * lock,
+		        pthread_descr self)
+{
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  long oldstatus, newstatus;
+#endif
+  struct wait_node wait_node;
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    int suspend_needed = 0;
+    __pthread_acquire(&lock->__spinlock);
+
+    if (lock->__status == 0)
+      lock->__status = 1;
+    else {
+      if (self == NULL)
+	self = thread_self();
+
+      wait_node.abandoned = 0;
+      wait_node.next = (struct wait_node *) lock->__status;
+      wait_node.thr = self;
+      lock->__status = (long) &wait_node;
+      suspend_needed = 1;
+    }
+
+    __pthread_release(&lock->__spinlock);
+
+    if (suspend_needed)
+      suspend (self);
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  do {
+    oldstatus = lock->__status;
+    if (oldstatus == 0) {
+      newstatus = 1;
+    } else {
+      if (self == NULL)
+	self = thread_self();
+      wait_node.thr = self;
+      newstatus = (long) &wait_node;
+    }
+    wait_node.abandoned = 0;
+    wait_node.next = (struct wait_node *) oldstatus;
+    /* Make sure the store in wait_node.next completes before performing
+       the compare-and-swap */
+    MEMORY_BARRIER();
+  } while(! __compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, oldstatus, newstatus));
+
+  /* Suspend. Note that unlike in __pthread_lock, we don't worry
+     here about spurious wakeup. That's because this lock is not
+     used in situations where that can happen; the restart can
+     only come from the previous lock owner. */
+
+  if (oldstatus != 0)
+    suspend(self);
+
+  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Timed-out lock operation; returns 0 to indicate timeout. */
+
+int __pthread_alt_timedlock(struct _pthread_fastlock * lock,
+			    pthread_descr self, const struct timespec *abstime)
+{
+  long oldstatus = 0;
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  long newstatus;
+#endif
+  struct wait_node *p_wait_node = wait_node_alloc();
+
+  /* Out of memory, just give up and do ordinary lock. */
+  if (p_wait_node == 0) {
+    __pthread_alt_lock(lock, self);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    __pthread_acquire(&lock->__spinlock);
+
+    if (lock->__status == 0)
+      lock->__status = 1;
+    else {
+      if (self == NULL)
+	self = thread_self();
+
+      p_wait_node->abandoned = 0;
+      p_wait_node->next = (struct wait_node *) lock->__status;
+      p_wait_node->thr = self;
+      lock->__status = (long) p_wait_node;
+      oldstatus = 1; /* force suspend */
+    }
+
+    __pthread_release(&lock->__spinlock);
+    goto suspend;
+  }
+#endif
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  do {
+    oldstatus = lock->__status;
+    if (oldstatus == 0) {
+      newstatus = 1;
+    } else {
+      if (self == NULL)
+	self = thread_self();
+      p_wait_node->thr = self;
+      newstatus = (long) p_wait_node;
+    }
+    p_wait_node->abandoned = 0;
+    p_wait_node->next = (struct wait_node *) oldstatus;
+    /* Make sure the store in wait_node.next completes before performing
+       the compare-and-swap */
+    MEMORY_BARRIER();
+  } while(! __compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, oldstatus, newstatus));
+#endif
+
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  suspend:
+#endif
+
+  /* If we did not get the lock, do a timed suspend. If we wake up due
+     to a timeout, then there is a race; the old lock owner may try
+     to remove us from the queue. This race is resolved by us and the owner
+     doing an atomic testandset() to change the state of the wait node from 0
+     to 1. If we succeed, then it's a timeout and we abandon the node in the
+     queue. If we fail, it means the owner gave us the lock. */
+
+  if (oldstatus != 0) {
+    if (timedsuspend(self, abstime) == 0) {
+      if (!testandset(&p_wait_node->abandoned))
+	return 0; /* Timeout! */
+
+      /* Eat oustanding resume from owner, otherwise wait_node_free() below
+	 will race with owner's wait_node_dequeue(). */
+      suspend(self);
+    }
+  }
+
+  wait_node_free(p_wait_node);
+
+  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+  return 1; /* Got the lock! */
+}
+
+void __pthread_alt_unlock(struct _pthread_fastlock *lock)
+{
+  struct wait_node *p_node, **pp_node, *p_max_prio, **pp_max_prio;
+  struct wait_node ** const pp_head = (struct wait_node **) &lock->__status;
+  int maxprio;
+
+  WRITE_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    __pthread_acquire(&lock->__spinlock);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  while (1) {
+
+  /* If no threads are waiting for this lock, try to just
+     atomically release it. */
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+    if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+    {
+      if (lock->__status == 0 || lock->__status == 1) {
+	lock->__status = 0;
+	break;
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+    else
+#endif
+
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+    {
+      long oldstatus = lock->__status;
+      if (oldstatus == 0 || oldstatus == 1) {
+	if (__compare_and_swap_with_release_semantics (&lock->__status, oldstatus, 0))
+	  break;
+	else
+	  continue;
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /* Process the entire queue of wait nodes. Remove all abandoned
+       wait nodes and put them into the global free queue, and
+       remember the one unabandoned node which refers to the thread
+       having the highest priority. */
+
+    pp_max_prio = pp_node = pp_head;
+    p_max_prio = p_node = *pp_head;
+    maxprio = INT_MIN;
+
+    READ_MEMORY_BARRIER(); /* Prevent access to stale data through p_node */
+
+    while (p_node != (struct wait_node *) 1) {
+      int prio;
+
+      if (p_node->abandoned) {
+	/* Remove abandoned node. */
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	  *pp_node = p_node->next;
+#endif
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	else
+#endif
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	  wait_node_dequeue(pp_head, pp_node, p_node);
+#endif
+	wait_node_free(p_node);
+	/* Note that the next assignment may take us to the beginning
+	   of the queue, to newly inserted nodes, if pp_node == pp_head.
+	   In that case we need a memory barrier to stabilize the first of
+	   these new nodes. */
+	p_node = *pp_node;
+	if (pp_node == pp_head)
+	  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER(); /* No stale reads through p_node */
+	continue;
+      } else if ((prio = p_node->thr->p_priority) >= maxprio) {
+	/* Otherwise remember it if its thread has a higher or equal priority
+	   compared to that of any node seen thus far. */
+	maxprio = prio;
+	pp_max_prio = pp_node;
+	p_max_prio = p_node;
+      }
+
+      /* This canno6 jump backward in the list, so no further read
+         barrier is needed. */
+      pp_node = &p_node->next;
+      p_node = *pp_node;
+    }
+
+    /* If all threads abandoned, go back to top */
+    if (maxprio == INT_MIN)
+      continue;
+
+    ASSERT (p_max_prio != (struct wait_node *) 1);
+
+    /* Now we want to to remove the max priority thread's wait node from
+       the list. Before we can do this, we must atomically try to change the
+       node's abandon state from zero to nonzero. If we succeed, that means we
+       have the node that we will wake up. If we failed, then it means the
+       thread timed out and abandoned the node in which case we repeat the
+       whole unlock operation. */
+
+    if (!testandset(&p_max_prio->abandoned)) {
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+      if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	*pp_max_prio = p_max_prio->next;
+#endif
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+      else
+#endif
+#if defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+	wait_node_dequeue(pp_head, pp_max_prio, p_max_prio);
+#endif
+      restart(p_max_prio->thr);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+#if defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  if (!__pthread_has_cas)
+#endif
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+  {
+    __pthread_release(&lock->__spinlock);
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+
+/* Compare-and-swap emulation with a spinlock */
+
+#ifdef TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+int __pthread_has_cas = 0;
+#endif
+
+#if !defined HAS_COMPARE_AND_SWAP || defined TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
+
+int __pthread_compare_and_swap(long * ptr, long oldval, long newval,
+                               int * spinlock)
+{
+  int res;
+
+  __pthread_acquire(spinlock);
+
+  if (*ptr == oldval) {
+    *ptr = newval; res = 1;
+  } else {
+    res = 0;
+  }
+
+  __pthread_release(spinlock);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* The retry strategy is as follows:
+   - We test and set the spinlock MAX_SPIN_COUNT times, calling
+     sched_yield() each time.  This gives ample opportunity for other
+     threads with priority >= our priority to make progress and
+     release the spinlock.
+   - If a thread with priority < our priority owns the spinlock,
+     calling sched_yield() repeatedly is useless, since we're preventing
+     the owning thread from making progress and releasing the spinlock.
+     So, after MAX_SPIN_LOCK attemps, we suspend the calling thread
+     using nanosleep().  This again should give time to the owning thread
+     for releasing the spinlock.
+     Notice that the nanosleep() interval must not be too small,
+     since the kernel does busy-waiting for short intervals in a realtime
+     process (!).  The smallest duration that guarantees thread
+     suspension is currently 2ms.
+   - When nanosleep() returns, we try again, doing MAX_SPIN_COUNT
+     sched_yield(), then sleeping again if needed. */
+
+static void __pthread_acquire(int * spinlock)
+{
+  int cnt = 0;
+  struct timespec tm;
+
+  READ_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+
+  while (testandset(spinlock)) {
+    if (cnt < MAX_SPIN_COUNT) {
+      sched_yield();
+      cnt++;
+    } else {
+      tm.tv_sec = 0;
+      tm.tv_nsec = SPIN_SLEEP_DURATION;
+      nanosleep(&tm, NULL);
+      cnt = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}