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2023-08-22Remove value::copy call from gdbpy_get_varobj_pretty_printerTom Tromey1-9/+0
I noticed a call to value::copy in gdbpy_get_varobj_pretty_printer, and I couldn't figure out why it was there. I think maybe it came from the time when value_to_value_object would release values from the value chain -- but that was removed in commit f3d3bbbc. This patch removes this call. Regression tested on x86-64 Fedora 36.
2023-08-17gdb: add inferior-specific breakpointsAndrew Burgess2-2/+96
This commit extends the breakpoint mechanism to allow for inferior specific breakpoints (but not watchpoints in this commit). As GDB gains better support for multiple connections, and so for running multiple (possibly unrelated) inferiors, then it is not hard to imagine that a user might wish to create breakpoints that apply to any thread in a single inferior. To achieve this currently, the user would need to create a condition possibly making use of the $_inferior convenience variable, which, though functional, isn't the most user friendly. This commit adds a new 'inferior' keyword that allows for the creation of inferior specific breakpoints. Inferior specific breakpoints are automatically deleted when the associated inferior is removed from GDB, this is similar to how thread-specific breakpoints are deleted when the associated thread is deleted. Watchpoints are already per-program-space, which in most cases mean watchpoints are already inferior specific. There is a small window where inferior-specific watchpoints might make sense, which is after a vfork, when two processes are sharing the same address space. However, I'm leaving that as an exercise for another day. For now, attempting to use the inferior keyword with a watchpoint will give an error, like this: (gdb) watch a8 inferior 1 Cannot use 'inferior' keyword with watchpoints A final note on the implementation: currently, inferior specific breakpoints, like thread-specific breakpoints, are inserted into every inferior, GDB then checks once the inferior stops if we are in the correct thread or inferior, and resumes automatically if we stopped in the wrong thread/inferior. An obvious optimisation here is to only insert breakpoint locations into the specific program space (which mostly means inferior) that contains either the inferior or thread we are interested in. This would reduce the number times GDB has to stop and then resume again in a multi-inferior setup. I have a series on the mailing list[1] that implements this optimisation for thread-specific breakpoints. Once this series has landed I'll update that series to also handle inferior specific breakpoints in the same way. For now, inferior specific breakpoints are just slightly less optimal, but this is no different to thread-specific breakpoints in a multi-inferior debug session, so I don't see this as a huge problem. [1] https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/cover.1685479504.git.aburgess@redhat.com/
2023-08-16Implement DAP module-removed eventTom Tromey1-0/+13
DAP specifies an event that should be sent when a module is removed. This patch implements this. Tested-By: Alexandra Petlanova Hajkova <ahajkova@redhat.com>
2023-08-14[gdb/build] Fix enum param_types odr violationTom de Vries1-1/+1
When building gdb with -O2 -flto, I run into: ... gdb/guile/scm-param.c:121:6: warning: type 'param_types' violates the C++ \ One Definition Rule [-Wodr] enum param_types ^ gdb/python/py-param.c:33:6: note: an enum with different value name is \ defined in another translation unit enum param_types ^ ... Fix this by renaming to enum scm_param_types and py_param_types. Tested on x86_64-linux. Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR build/22395 Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22395
2023-08-14[gdb/build] Remove superfluous variable param_types in gdb/python/py-param.cTom de Vries1-2/+1
In gdb/python/py-param.c we have: ... enum param_types { ... } param_types; ... which declares both an enum param_types, and an unused variable param_types. Fix this by removing the variable. Tested on x86_64-linux. Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
2023-08-03Remove f-string from DAPTom Tromey1-1/+1
One more f-string snuck into the DAP code, in breakpoint.py. Most of them were removed here: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-June/200023.html but I think this one landed after that patch. While DAP only supports Python 3.5 and later, f-strings were added in 3.6, so remove this. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30708
2023-08-03Use frame.name() in FrameDecoratorTom Tromey1-11/+4
A co-worker pointed out that gdb's DAP implementation might return an integer for the name of a stack frame, like: {"id": 1, "name": 93824992310799, ...} This can be seen currently in the logs of the bt-nodebug.exp test case. What is happening is that FrameDecorator falls back on returning the PC when the frame's function symbol cannot be found, relying on the gdb core to look up the minsym and print its name. This can actually yield the wrong answer sometimes, because it falls into the get_frame_pc / get_frame_address_in_block problem -- if the frame is at a call to a noreturn function, the PC in this case might appear to be in the next function in memory. For more on this, see: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8416 and related bugs. However, there's a different approach we can take: the code here can simply use Frame.name. This handles the PC problem correctly, and gets us the information we need.
2023-08-02[gdb/dap] Disable DAP for python <= 3.5Tom de Vries1-0/+3
DAP requires python module typing, which is supported starting python 3.5. Make this formal by: - disabling the dap interpreter for python version < 3.5 - returning 0 in allow_dap_tests for python version < 3.5 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> PR dap/30708 Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30708
2023-08-01Implement DAP "source" requestTom Tromey1-1/+23
This implements the DAP "source" request. I renamed the "loadedSources" function from "sources" to "loaded_sources" to avoid any confusion. I also moved the loadedSources test to the new sources.exp. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30691
2023-08-01Handle Source in DAP breakpointLocationsTom Tromey2-8/+20
This changes the DAP breakpointLocations request to accept a Source and to decode it properly.
2023-08-01Introduce sourceReference handling in DAPTom Tromey3-20/+41
This changes the gdb DAP implementation to emit a real sourceReference, rather than emitting 0. Sources are tracked in some maps in sources.py, and a new helper function is introduced to compute the "Source" object that can be sent to the client.
2023-08-01Don't supply DAP 'path' for non-file shared librariesTom Tromey1-2/+4
The DAP 'module' event may include a 'path' component. I noticed that this is supplied even when the module in question does not come from a file. This patch only emits this field when the objfile corresponds to a real file. No test case, because I wasn't sure how to write a portable one. However, it's clear from gdb.log on Linux: {"type": "event", "event": "module", "body": {"reason": "new", "module": {"id": "system-supplied DSO at 0x7ffff7fc4000", "name": "system-supplied DSO at 0x7ffff7fc4000"}}, "seq": 21} Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30676
2023-08-01Implement ValueFormat for DAPTom Tromey3-78/+114
This patch implements ValueFormat for DAP. Currently this only means supporting "hex". Note that StackFrameFormat is defined to have many more options, but none are currently recognized. It isn't entirely clear how these should be handled. I'll file a new gdb bug for this, and perhaps an upstream DAP bug as well. New in v2: - I realized that the "hover" context was broken, and furthermore that we only had tests for "hover" failing, not for it succeeding. This version fixes the oversight and adds a test. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30469
2023-08-01Respect supportsMemoryReferences in DAPTom Tromey2-11/+7
I noticed that the support for memoryReference in the "variables" output is gated on the client "supportsMemoryReferences" capability. This patch implements this and makes some other changes to the DAP memory reference code: * Remove the memoryReference special case from _SetResult. Upstream DAP fixed this oversight in response to https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/414 * Don't use the address of a variable as its memoryReference -- only emit this for pointer types. There's no spec support for the previous approach. * Use strip_typedefs to handle typedefs of pointers.
2023-08-01Add DAP support for C++ exceptionsTom Tromey1-4/+17
This adds DAP support for the various C++ exception-catching operations. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30682
2023-08-01Implement DAP 'terminated' eventTom Tromey2-1/+2
This implements the DAP 'terminated' event. Vladimir Makaev noticed that VSCode will not report the debug session as over unless this is sent. It's not completely clear when exactly this event ought to be sent. Here I've done it when the inferior exits. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30681
2023-08-01Do not send "new breakpoint" event when breakpoint is setTom Tromey1-8/+28
When the DAP client sets a breakpoint, gdb currently sends a "new breakpoint" event. However, Vladimir Makaev discovered that this causes VSCode to think there are two breakpoints. This patch changes gdb to suppress the event in this case. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30678
2023-08-01Move DAP breakpoint event code to breakpoint.pyTom Tromey2-39/+40
A subsequent patch will add the ability to suppress breakpoint events to DAP. My first attempt at this ended up with recurse imports, causing Python failures. So, this patch moves all the DAP breakpoint event code to breakpoint.py in preparation for the change. I've renamed breakpoint_descriptor here as well, because it can now be private to breakpoint.py.
2023-08-01Full paths in DAP stackTrace responsesTom Tromey2-51/+82
Vladimir Makaev noticed that, in some cases, a DAP stackTrace response would include a relative path name for the "path" component. This patch changes the frame decorator code to add a new DAP-specific decorator, and changes the DAP entry point to frame filters to use it. This decorator prefers the symtab's full name, and does not fall back to the solib's name. I'm not entirely happy with this patch, because if a user frame filter uses FrameDecorator, it may still do the wrong thing. It would be better to have frame filters return symtab-like objects instead, or to have a separate method to return the full path to the source file. I also tend to think that the solib fallback behavior of FrameDecorator is a mistake. If this is ever needed, it seems to me that it should be a separate method. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30665
2023-08-01Add "cwd" parameter to DAP launch requestTom Tromey1-17/+17
This adds the "cwd" parameter to the DAP launch request. This came up here: https://github.com/eclipse-cdt-cloud/cdt-gdb-adapter/issues/90 ... and seemed like a good idea. Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
2023-08-01Rename private member of FrameDecoratorTom Tromey1-4/+4
In Python, a member name starting with "__" is specially handled to make it "more private" to the class -- it isn't truly private, but it is renamed to make it less likely to be reused by mistake. This patch ensures that this is done for the private method of FrameDecorator.
2023-08-01Add thread exited eventSimon Farre1-7/+18
Reports a thread exit according to the DAP spec: https://microsoft.github.io/debug-adapter-protocol/specification#Events_Thread This patch requires the ThreadExitedEvent to be checked in, in order to work. That patch is found here https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-June/200071.html Formatted correctly using black Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30474 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
2023-07-31Restore previous sigmask in gdb.block_signalsTom Tromey1-2/+2
Tom de Vries found a bug where, sometimes, a SIGCHLD would be delivered to a non-main thread, wreaking havoc. The problem is that gdb.block_signals after first blocking a set of signals, then unblocked the same set rather than restoring the initial situation. This function being called from the DAP thread lead to SIGCHLD being unblocked there. This patch fixes the problem by restoring the previous set of signals instead. Tested-by: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> Reviewed-By: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30680
2023-07-28Re-acquire GIL earlier in gdbpy_parse_and_evalTom Tromey1-2/+10
Tom de Vries filed a bug about an intermittent gdb DAP failure -- and coincidentally, at the same time, Alexandra Hájková sent email about a somewhat similar failure. After looking into this for a while (with no results) using ASan and valgrind, I found that setting PYTHONMALLOC=malloc_debug found the bug instantly. The problem is that gdbpy_parse_and_eval releases the GIL while calling parse_and_eval, but fails to re-acquire it before calling value_to_value_object. This is easily fixed by introducing a new scope. I wonder whether the test suite should unconditionally set PYTHONMALLOC=malloc_debug. Tested-by: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> Reviewed-By: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30686
2023-07-27Report supportsBreakpointLocationsRequestTom Tromey1-1/+9
While looking at the DAP spec, I noticed that the breakpointLocations request is gated behind a capability. This patch changes gdb to report this capability. I've also added a comment to explain the fact that arguments to breakpointLocations are not optional, even though the spec says they are.
2023-07-26[gdb/tui] Fix assert in ~gdbpy_tui_window_makerTom de Vries1-1/+2
In gdb/tui/tui-layout.c, we have: ... static window_types_map known_window_types; ... and in gdb/python/py-tui.c: ... /* A global list of all gdbpy_tui_window_maker objects. */ static intrusive_list<gdbpy_tui_window_maker> m_window_maker_list; }; /* See comment in class declaration above. */ intrusive_list<gdbpy_tui_window_maker> gdbpy_tui_window_maker::m_window_maker_list; ... With a gdb build with -O0 or -O2, the static destructor calling order seems to be: - first gdb/tui/tui-layout.c, - then gdb/python/py-tui.c. So when running test-case gdb.python/tui-window-factory.exp, we see the following order of events: - the destructor for known_window_types is called, which triggers calling the destructor for the only element E of m_window_maker_list. The destructor destroys E, and also removes E from m_window_maker_list, leaving it empty. - the destructor for m_window_maker_list is called. It's empty, so it's a nop. However, when building gdb with -O2 -flto=auto, the static destructor calling order seems to be reversed. Instead, we have these events: - the destructor for m_window_maker_list is called. This doesn't destroy it's only element E, but it does make m_window_maker_list empty. - the destructor for known_window_types is called, which triggers calling the destructor for E. An attempt is done to remove E from m_window_maker_list, but we run into an assertion failure, because the list is empty. Fix this by checking is_linked () before attempting to remove from m_window_maker_list, similar to how things were addressed in commit 995a34b1772 ("Guard against frame.c destructors running before frame-info.c's"). Tested on x86_64-linux. PR tui/30646 Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30646
2023-07-23Use 'name' in DAP start_thread functionTom Tromey1-1/+1
The DAP start_thread helper function has a 'name' parameter that is unused. Apparently I forgot to hook it up to the thread constructor. This patch fixes the oversight.
2023-07-23Export gdb.block_signals and create gdb.ThreadTom Tromey2-24/+34
While working on an experiment, I realized that I needed the DAP block_signals function. I figured other developers may need it as well, so this patch moves it from DAP to the gdb module and exports it. I also added a new subclass of threading.Thread that ensures that signals are blocked in the new thread. Finally, this patch slightly rearranges the documentation so that gdb-side threading issues and functions are all discussed in a single node.
2023-07-21Implement DAP modules requestTom Tromey4-1/+85
This implements the DAP "modules" request, and also arranges to add the module ID to stack frames.
2023-07-21Add Progspace.objfile_for_addressTom Tromey1-0/+27
This adds a new objfile_for_address method to gdb.Progspace. This makes it easy to find the objfile for a given address. There's a related PR; and while this change would have been sufficient for my original need, it's not clear to me whether I should close the bug. Nevertheless I think it makes sense to at least mention it here. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19288 Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
2023-07-21Remove unused importsTom Tromey2-4/+0
I noticed an unused import in dap/evaluate.py; and also I found out that my recent changes to use frame filters from DAP left some unused imports in dap/bt.py.
2023-07-21Fix typo in py-type.c docstringTom Tromey1-1/+1
I noticed that a doc string py-type.c says "an signed". This patch corrects it to "a signed".
2023-07-21Add instruction bytes to DAP disassembly responseTom Tromey1-1/+4
The DAP disassemble command lets the client return the underlying bytes of the instruction in an implementation-defined format. This patch updates gdb to return this, and simply uses a hex string of the bytes as the format. Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
2023-07-19Fix gdb.Inferior.read_memory without execution (PR dap/30644)Pedro Alves1-4/+4
Andrew reported that the previous change to gdb.Inferior.read_memory & friends introducing scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory broke gdb.dap/stop-at-main.exp. This is also reported as PR dap/30644. The root of the problem is that all the methods that now use scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory cause GDB to crash with a failed assert if they are run on an inferior that is not yet started. E.g.: (gdb) python i = gdb.selected_inferior () (gdb) python i.read_memory (4,4) gdb/thread.c:626: internal-error: any_thread_of_inferior: Assertion `inf->pid != 0' failed. This patch fixes the problem by removing scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory's ctor ptid parameter and the any_thread_of_inferior calls completely, and making scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory switch inferior_ptid to a pid ptid. I was a little worried that some port might be assuming inferior_ptid points at a thread in the xfer_partial memory access routines. We know that anything that supports forks must not assume that, due to how detach_breakpoints works. I looked at a number of xfer_partial implementations, and didn't see anything that is looking at inferior_ptid in a way that would misbehave. I'm thinking that we could go forward with this and just fix ports if they break. While on some ports like on AMD GPU we have thread-specific address spaces, and so when accessing memory for those address spaces, we must have the right thread context (via inferior_ptid) selected, in Inferior.read_memory, we only have the inferior to work with, so this API as is can't be used to access thread-specific address spaces. IOW, it can only be used to access the global address space that is visible to both the CPU and the GPUs. In proc-service.c:ps_xfer_memory, the other spot using scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory, we're always accessing per-inferior memory. If we end up using scoped_restore_current_inferior_for_memory later to set up the context to read memory from a specific thread, then we can add an alternative ctor that takes a thread_info pointer, and make inferior_ptid point to the thread, for example. New test added to gdb.python/py-inferior.exp, exercising Inferior.read_memory without execution. No regressions on native and extended-gdbserver x86_64 GNU/Linux. Reviewed-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30644 Change-Id: I11309c5ddbbb51a4594cf63c21b3858bfd9aed19
2023-07-15gdb/tui: make tui_win_info::title privateAndrew Burgess1-1/+1
This commit builds on this earlier work: commit 9fe01a376b2fb096e4836e985ba316ce9dc02399 Date: Thu Jun 29 11:26:55 2023 -0600 Update TUI window title when changed and makes tui_win_info::title private, renaming to m_title at the same time. There's a new tui_win_info::title() member function to provide read-only access to the title. There should be no user visible changes after this commit. Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
2023-07-14Use correct inferior in Inferior.read_memory et alTom Tromey1-7/+36
A user noticed that Inferior.read_memory and a few other Python APIs will always use the currently selected inferior, not the one passed to the call. This patch fixes the bug by arranging to switch to the inferior. I found this same issue in several APIs, so this fixes them all. I also added a few missing calls to INFPY_REQUIRE_VALID to these methods. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30615 Approved-By: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
2023-07-10Update TUI window title when changedTom Tromey1-1/+1
I wrote a TUI window in Python, and I noticed that setting its title did not result in a refresh, so the new title did not appear. This patch corrects this problem.
2023-07-10Handle typedefs in no-op pretty printersTom Tromey1-11/+12
The no-ops pretty-printers that were introduced for DAP have a classic gdb bug: they neglect to call check_typedef. This will cause some strange behavior; for example not showing the children of a variable whose type is a typedef of a structure type. This patch fixes the oversight.
2023-07-10Reimplement DAP stack traces using frame filtersTom Tromey4-103/+79
This reimplements DAP stack traces using frame filters. This slightly simplifies the code, because frame filters and DAP were already doing some similar work. This also renames RegisterReference and ScopeReference to make it clear that these are private (and so changes don't have to worry about other files). Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30468
2023-07-10Simplify FrameVarsTom Tromey1-26/+1
FrameVars implements its own variant of Symbol.is_variable. This patch replaces this code.
2023-07-10Fix oversights in frame decorator codeTom Tromey1-4/+13
The frame decorator "FrameVars" code misses a couple of cases, discovered when working on related DAP changes. First, fetch_frame_locals does not stop when reaching a function boundary. This means it would return locals from any enclosing functions. Second, fetch_frame_args assumes that all arguments are at the outermost scope, but this doesn't seem to be required by gdb.
2023-07-10Add new interface to frame filter iterationTom Tromey1-26/+59
This patch adds a new function, frame_iterator, that wraps the existing code to find and execute the frame filters. However, unlike execute_frame_filters, it will always return an iterator -- whereas execute_frame_filters will return None if no frame filters apply. Nothing uses this new function yet, but it will used by a subsequent DAP patch.
2023-07-10Fix execute_frame_filters doc stringTom Tromey1-7/+9
When reading the doc string for execute_frame_filters, I wasn't sure if the ranges were inclusive or exclusive. This patch updates the doc string to reflect my findings, and also fixes an existing typo.
2023-07-07Fix result of DAP setExpressionTom Tromey1-1/+13
A co-worker, Andry, noticed that the DAP setExpression implementation returned the wrong fields -- it used "result" rather than "value", and included "memoryReference", which isn't in the spec (an odd oversight, IMO). This patch fixes the problems.
2023-07-04gdb: add __repr__() implementation to a few Python typesMatheus Branco Borella5-6/+160
Only a few types in the Python API currently have __repr__() implementations. This patch adds a few more of them. specifically: it adds __repr__() implementations to gdb.Symbol, gdb.Architecture, gdb.Block, gdb.Breakpoint, gdb.BreakpointLocation, and gdb.Type. This makes it easier to play around the GDB Python API in the Python interpreter session invoked with the 'pi' command in GDB, giving more easily accessible tipe information to users. An example of how this would look like: (gdb) pi >> gdb.lookup_type("char") <gdb.Type code=TYPE_CODE_INT name=char> >> gdb.lookup_global_symbol("main") <gdb.Symbol print_name=main> The gdb.Block.__repr__() method shows the first 5 symbols from the block, and then a message to show how many more were elided (if any).
2023-07-03Fix two Python calls that don't check for errorsTom Tromey1-2/+6
PyModule_AddObject steals a reference on success, but not on error, which is why we have gdb_pymodule_addobject. I found one spot still calling the former, which could in theory leak memory on failure. This patch fixes this. In the same function I found an unchecked call to PyDict_SetItemString. This patch fixes this as well. Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
2023-06-28Remove some Python 2 codeTom Tromey2-13/+3
I found some Python 2 compatibility code in gdb's Python library. There's no need for this any more, so this removes it. There is still a bit more of this remaining in __init__.py, but I haven't tried removing that yet. Reviewed-By: Bruno Larsen <blarsen@redhat.com>
2023-06-22Implement DAP "hover" contextTom Tromey1-0/+13
A DAP client can request that an expression be evaluated in "hover" context, meaning that it should not cause side effects. In gdb, this can be implemented by temporarily setting a few "may-" parameters to "off". In order to make this work, I had to also change "may-write-registers" so that it can be changed while the program is running. I don't think there was any reason for this prohibition in the first place. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30476
2023-06-22Implement DAP logging breakpointsTom Tromey1-3/+50
DAP allows a source breakpoint to specify a log message. When this is done, the breakpoint acts more like gdb's dprintf: it logs a message but does not cause a stop. I looked into implement this using dprintf with the new %V printf format. However, my initial attempt at this did not work, because when the inferior is continued, the dprintf output is captured by the gdb.execute call. Maybe this could be fixed by having all inferior-continuation commands use the "&" form; the main benefit of this would be that expressions are only parsed a single time.
2023-06-22Handle supportsVariablePaging in DAPTom Tromey1-1/+6
A bug report about the supportsVariablePaging capability in DAP resulted in a clarification: when this capability is not present, DAP implementations should ignore the paging parameters to the "variables" request. This patch implements this clarification.