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+Please use the issue tracker only for reporting suspected issues.
+
+See [The SPDK Community Page](http://www.spdk.io/community/) for other SPDK communications channels.
+
+<!--- Provide a general summary of the issue in the Title above -->
+
+## Expected Behavior
+<!--- Tell us what should happen -->
+
+## Current Behavior
+<!--- Tell us what happens instead of the expected behavior -->
+
+## Possible Solution
+<!--- Not obligatory, but suggest a fix/reason for the bug, -->
+
+## Steps to Reproduce
+<!--- Provide a link to a live example, or an unambiguous set of steps to -->
+<!--- reproduce this bug. Include code to reproduce, if relevant -->
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+## Context (Environment including OS version, SPDK version, etc.)
+<!--- Providing context helps us come up with a solution that is most useful in the real world -->