code: def remove_vectored_io_slice_suffix_from_name(name, slice):
      # type: (str, int) -> str
      
      suffix = '.bxslice-{}'.format(slice)
      if name.endswith(suffix):
          return name[:-len(suffix)]
      else:
          return name
docs: Remove vectored io (stripe) slice suffix from a given name
      :param str name: entity name
      :param int slice: slice num
      :rtype: str
      :return: name without suffix