Manage alerts on a MySQL database

Functions
void *	AI_mysql_alertparser_thread (void *arg)
	Thread for parsing alerts from MySQL database.
PRIVATE AI_snort_alert *	_AI_mysql_copy_alerts (AI_snort_alert *node)
	Create a copy of the alert log struct (this is done for leaving the alert log structure in this file as read-only).
AI_snort_alert *	AI_mysql_get_alerts ()
	Return the alerts parsed so far as a linked list.
Variables
PRIVATE AI_config *	config
PRIVATE AI_snort_alert *	alerts = NULL
PRIVATE pthread_mutex_t	db_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER

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Function Documentation

PRIVATE AI_snort_alert* _AI_mysql_copy_alerts

(

AI_snort_alert *

node

)

Create a copy of the alert log struct (this is done for leaving the alert log structure in this file as read-only).

Parameters:

node

Starting node (used for the recursion)

Returns:

A copy of the alert log linked list

void* AI_mysql_alertparser_thread

(

void *

arg

)

Thread for parsing alerts from MySQL database.

Parameters:

arg

void* pointer to the module configuration

AI_snort_alert* AI_mysql_get_alerts

(

void

)

Return the alerts parsed so far as a linked list.

Returns:

An AI_snort_alert pointer identifying the list of alerts

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Variable Documentation

PRIVATE AI_snort_alert* alerts = NULL

PRIVATE AI_config* config

PRIVATE pthread_mutex_t db_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER

pthread mutex for accessing database data