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semi-complete mysql output plugin port
authorlaforge <laforge>
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:43:51 +0000 (22:43 +0000)
committerlaforge <laforge>
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:43:51 +0000 (22:43 +0000)
output/mysql/ulogd_MYSQL.c [deleted file]
output/mysql/ulogd_output_MYSQL.c [new file with mode: 0644]

diff --git a/output/mysql/ulogd_MYSQL.c b/output/mysql/ulogd_MYSQL.c
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-/* ulogd_MYSQL.c, Version $Revision$
- *
- * ulogd output plugin for logging to a MySQL database
- *
- * (C) 2000-2001 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation
- *
- *  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 General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- * 
- * $Id$
- *
- * 15 May 2001, Alex Janssen <alex@ynfonatic.de>:
- *      Added a compability option for older MySQL-servers, which
- *      don't support mysql_real_escape_string
- *
- * 17 May 2001, Alex Janssen <alex@ynfonatic.de>:
- *      Added the --with-mysql-log-ip-as-string feature. This will log
- *      IP's as string rather than an unsigned long integer to the database.
- *     See ulogd/doc/mysql.table.ipaddr-as-string as an example.
- *     BE WARNED: This has _WAY_ less performance during table searches.
- *
- * 09 Feb 2005, Sven Schuster <schuster.sven@gmx.de>:
- *     Added the "port" parameter to specify ports different from 3306
- *
- * 12 May 2005, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
- *     Added reconnecting to lost mysql server.
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <ulogd/ulogd.h>
-#include <ulogd/conffile.h>
-#include <mysql/mysql.h>
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_MYSQL
-#define DEBUGP(x, args...)     fprintf(stderr, x, ## args)
-#else
-#define DEBUGP(x, args...)
-#endif
-
-struct _field {
-       char name[ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN];
-       unsigned int id;
-       struct _field *next;
-};
-
-/* The plugin handler */
-static ulog_output_t mysql_plugin;
-
-/* the database handle we are using */
-static MYSQL *dbh;
-
-/* a linked list of the fields the table has */
-static struct _field *fields;
-
-/* buffer for our insert statement */
-static char *stmt;
-
-/* pointer to the beginning of the "VALUES" part */
-static char *stmt_val;
-
-/* pointer to current inser position in statement */
-static char *stmt_ins;
-
-/* Attempt to reconnect if connection is lost */
-time_t reconnect = 0;
-#define TIME_ERR               ((time_t)-1)    /* Be paranoid */
-
-/* our configuration directives */
-static config_entry_t db_ce = { 
-       .key = "db", 
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
-       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t host_ce = { 
-       .next = &db_ce, 
-       .key = "host", 
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
-       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t user_ce = { 
-       .next = &host_ce, 
-       .key = "user", 
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
-       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t pass_ce = { 
-       .next = &user_ce, 
-       .key = "pass", 
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
-       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t table_ce = { 
-       .next = &pass_ce, 
-       .key = "table", 
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
-       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t port_ce = {
-       .next = &table_ce,
-       .key = "port",
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t reconnect_ce = {
-       .next = &port_ce,
-       .key = "reconnect",
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
-};
-
-static config_entry_t connect_timeout_ce = {
-       .next = &reconnect_ce,
-       .key = "connect_timeout",
-       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
-};
-
-static int _mysql_init_db(ulog_iret_t *result);
-
-/* our main output function, called by ulogd */
-static int mysql_output(ulog_iret_t *result)
-{
-       struct _field *f;
-       ulog_iret_t *res;
-#ifdef IP_AS_STRING
-       char *tmpstr;           /* need this for --log-ip-as-string */
-       struct in_addr addr;
-#endif
-
-       stmt_ins = stmt_val;
-
-       for (f = fields; f; f = f->next) {
-               res = keyh_getres(f->id);
-
-               if (!res) {
-                       ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
-                               "no result for %s ?!?\n", f->name);
-               }
-                       
-               if (!res || !IS_VALID((*res))) {
-                       /* no result, we have to fake something */
-                       sprintf(stmt_ins, "NULL,");
-                       stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-                       continue;
-               }
-               
-               switch (res->type) {
-                       case ULOGD_RET_INT8:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i8);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_INT16:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i16);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_INT32:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i32);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_INT64:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%lld,", res->value.i64);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT8:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui8);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT16:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui16);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_IPADDR:
-#ifdef IP_AS_STRING
-                               memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-                               addr.s_addr = ntohl(res->value.ui32);
-                               *stmt_ins++ = '\'';
-                               tmpstr = inet_ntoa(addr);
-#ifdef OLD_MYSQL
-                               mysql_escape_string(stmt_ins, tmpstr,
-                                                   strlen(tmpstr));
-#else
-                               mysql_real_escape_string(dbh, stmt_ins,
-                                                        tmpstr,
-                                                        strlen(tmpstr));
-#endif /* OLD_MYSQL */
-                                stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-                                sprintf(stmt_ins, "',");
-                                break;
-#endif /* IP_AS_STRING */
-                               /* EVIL: fallthrough when logging IP as
-                                * u_int32_t */
-                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT32:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui32);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT64:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%llu,", res->value.ui64);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_BOOL:
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "'%d',", res->value.b);
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_STRING:
-                               *stmt_ins++ = '\'';
-#ifdef OLD_MYSQL
-                               mysql_escape_string(stmt_ins, res->value.ptr,
-                                       strlen(res->value.ptr));
-#else
-                               mysql_real_escape_string(dbh, stmt_ins,
-                                       res->value.ptr, strlen(res->value.ptr));
-#endif
-                               stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "',");
-                       /* sprintf(stmt_ins, "'%s',", res->value.ptr); */
-                               break;
-                       case ULOGD_RET_RAW:
-                               ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
-                                       "%s: type RAW not supported by MySQL\n",
-                                       res->key);
-                               break;
-                       default:
-                               ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
-                                       "unknown type %d for %s\n",
-                                       res->type, res->key);
-                               break;
-               }
-               stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-       }
-       *(stmt_ins - 1) = ')';
-       DEBUGP("stmt=#%s#\n", stmt);
-
-       /* now we have created our statement, insert it */
-
-       if (mysql_real_query(dbh, stmt, strlen(stmt))) {
-               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "sql error during insert: %s\n",
-                               mysql_error(dbh));
-               return _mysql_init_db(result);
-       }
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-/* no connection, plugin disabled */
-static int mysql_output_disabled(ulog_iret_t *result)
-{
-       return 0;
-}
-
-#define MYSQL_INSERTTEMPL   "insert into X (Y) values (Z)"
-#define MYSQL_VALSIZE  100
-
-/* create the static part of our insert statement */
-static int mysql_createstmt(void)
-{
-       struct _field *f;
-       unsigned int size;
-       char buf[ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN];
-       char *underscore;
-
-       if (stmt)
-               free(stmt);
-
-       /* caclulate the size for the insert statement */
-       size = strlen(MYSQL_INSERTTEMPL) + strlen(table_ce.u.string);
-
-       for (f = fields; f; f = f->next) {
-               /* we need space for the key and a comma, as well as
-                * enough space for the values */
-               size += strlen(f->name) + 1 + MYSQL_VALSIZE;
-       }       
-
-       ulogd_log(ULOGD_DEBUG, "allocating %u bytes for statement\n", size);
-
-       stmt = (char *) malloc(size);
-
-       if (!stmt) {
-               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "OOM!\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
-
-       sprintf(stmt, "insert into %s (", table_ce.u.string);
-       stmt_val = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-
-       for (f = fields; f; f = f->next) {
-               strncpy(buf, f->name, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);        
-               while ((underscore = strchr(buf, '.')))
-                       *underscore = '_';
-               sprintf(stmt_val, "%s,", buf);
-               stmt_val = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-       }
-       *(stmt_val - 1) = ')';
-
-       sprintf(stmt_val, " values (");
-       stmt_val = stmt + strlen(stmt);
-
-       ulogd_log(ULOGD_DEBUG, "stmt='%s'\n", stmt);
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-/* find out which columns the table has */
-static int mysql_get_columns(const char *table)
-{
-       MYSQL_RES *result;
-       MYSQL_FIELD *field;
-       char buf[ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN];
-       char *underscore;
-       struct _field *f;
-       int id;
-
-       if (!dbh) 
-               return -1;
-
-       result = mysql_list_fields(dbh, table, NULL);
-       if (!result)
-               return -1;
-
-       /* Cleanup before reconnect */
-       while (fields) {
-               f = fields;
-               fields = f->next;
-               free(f);
-       }
-
-       while ((field = mysql_fetch_field(result))) {
-
-               /* replace all underscores with dots */
-               strncpy(buf, field->name, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);
-               while ((underscore = strchr(buf, '_')))
-                       *underscore = '.';
-
-               DEBUGP("field '%s' found: ", buf);
-
-               if (!(id = keyh_getid(buf))) {
-                       DEBUGP(" no keyid!\n");
-                       continue;
-               }
-
-               DEBUGP("keyid %u\n", id);
-
-               /* prepend it to the linked list */
-               f = (struct _field *) malloc(sizeof *f);
-               if (!f) {
-                       ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "OOM!\n");
-                       return -1;
-               }
-               strncpy(f->name, buf, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);
-               f->id = id;
-               f->next = fields;
-               fields = f;     
-       }
-
-       mysql_free_result(result);
-       return 0;
-}
-
-/* make connection and select database */
-static int mysql_open_db(char *server, int port, char *user, char *pass, 
-                        char *db)
-{
-       dbh = mysql_init(NULL);
-       if (!dbh)
-               return -1;
-
-       if (connect_timeout_ce.u.value)
-               mysql_options(dbh, MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, (const char *) &connect_timeout_ce.u.value);
-
-       if (!mysql_real_connect(dbh, server, user, pass, db, port, NULL, 0))
-               return -1;
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int init_reconnect(void)
-{
-       if (reconnect_ce.u.value) {
-               reconnect = time(NULL);
-               if (reconnect != TIME_ERR) {
-                       ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "no connection to database, "
-                                              "attempting to reconnect "
-                                              "after %u seconds\n",
-                                              reconnect_ce.u.value);
-                       reconnect += reconnect_ce.u.value;
-                       mysql_plugin.output = &_mysql_init_db;
-                       return -1;
-               }
-       }
-       /* Disable plugin permanently */
-       mysql_plugin.output = &mysql_output_disabled;
-       
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int _mysql_init_db(ulog_iret_t *result)
-{
-       if (reconnect && reconnect > time(NULL))
-               return 0;
-       
-       if (mysql_open_db(host_ce.u.string, port_ce.u.value, user_ce.u.string, 
-                          pass_ce.u.string, db_ce.u.string)) {
-               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "can't establish database connection\n");
-               return init_reconnect();
-       }
-
-       /* read the fieldnames to know which values to insert */
-       if (mysql_get_columns(table_ce.u.string)) {
-               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "unable to get mysql columns\n");
-               return init_reconnect();
-       }
-       mysql_createstmt();
-       
-       /* enable plugin */
-       mysql_plugin.output = &mysql_output;
-
-       reconnect = 0;
-
-       if (result)
-               return mysql_output(result);
-               
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int _mysql_init(void)
-{
-       /* have the opts parsed */
-       config_parse_file("MYSQL", &connect_timeout_ce);
-
-       return _mysql_init_db(NULL);
-}
-
-static void _mysql_fini(void)
-{
-       mysql_close(dbh);
-}
-
-static ulog_output_t mysql_plugin = { 
-       .name = "mysql", 
-       .output = &mysql_output, 
-       .init = &_mysql_init,
-       .fini = &_mysql_fini,
-};
-
-void _init(void) 
-{
-       register_output(&mysql_plugin);
-}
diff --git a/output/mysql/ulogd_output_MYSQL.c b/output/mysql/ulogd_output_MYSQL.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
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--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,525 @@
+/* ulogd_MYSQL.c, Version $Revision$
+ *
+ * ulogd output plugin for logging to a MySQL database
+ *
+ * (C) 2000-2005 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ *  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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ * 
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * 15 May 2001, Alex Janssen <alex@ynfonatic.de>:
+ *      Added a compability option for older MySQL-servers, which
+ *      don't support mysql_real_escape_string
+ *
+ * 17 May 2001, Alex Janssen <alex@ynfonatic.de>:
+ *      Added the --with-mysql-log-ip-as-string feature. This will log
+ *      IP's as string rather than an unsigned long integer to the database.
+ *     See ulogd/doc/mysql.table.ipaddr-as-string as an example.
+ *     BE WARNED: This has _WAY_ less performance during table searches.
+ *
+ * 09 Feb 2005, Sven Schuster <schuster.sven@gmx.de>:
+ *     Added the "port" parameter to specify ports different from 3306
+ *
+ * 12 May 2005, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
+ *     Added reconnecting to lost mysql server.
+ *
+ * 15 Oct 2005, Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
+ *     Port to ulogd2 (@ 0sec conference, Bern, Suisse)
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include <ulogd/ulogd.h>
+#include <ulogd/conffile.h>
+
+#include <mysql/mysql.h>
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MYSQL
+#define DEBUGP(x, args...)     fprintf(stderr, x, ## args)
+#else
+#define DEBUGP(x, args...)
+#endif
+
+struct mysql_instance {
+       /* the database handle we are using */
+       MYSQL *dbh;
+
+       /* buffer for our insert statement */
+       char *stmt;
+
+       /* pointer to the beginning of the "VALUES" part */
+       char *stmt_val;
+
+       /* pointer to current inser position in statement */
+       char *stmt_ins;
+
+       /* Attempt to reconnect if connection is lost */
+       time_t reconnect = 0;
+       #define TIME_ERR                ((time_t)-1)    /* Be paranoid */
+};
+
+/* our configuration directives */
+static struct config_keyset mysql_kset = {
+       .num_ces = 8,
+       .ces = {
+               {
+                       .key = "db", 
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
+                       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "host", 
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
+                       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "user", 
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
+                       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "pass", 
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
+                       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "table", 
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,
+                       .options = CONFIG_OPT_MANDATORY,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "port",
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "reconnect",
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "connect_timeout",
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
+               },
+               {
+                       .key = "ip_as_string",
+                       .type = CONFIG_TYPE_INT,
+               },
+       },
+};
+#define db_ce(x)       (x->ces[0])
+#define        host_ce(x)      (x->ces[1])
+#define user_ce(x)     (x->ces[2])
+#define pass_ce(x)     (x->ces[3])
+#define table_ce(x)    (x->ces[4])
+#define port_ce(x)     (x->ces[5])
+#define reconnect_ce(x)        (x->ces[6])
+#define timeout_ce(x)  (x->ces[7])
+#define asstring_ce(x) (x->ces[8])
+
+static struct ulogd_plugin mysql_plugin;
+
+// FIXME static int _mysql_init_db(ulog_iret_t *result);
+
+/* our main output function, called by ulogd */
+static int mysql_output(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) &upi->private;
+       struct _field *f;
+       struct ulogd_key *res;
+       char *tmpstr;           /* need this for --log-ip-as-string */
+       struct in_addr addr;
+
+       stmt_ins = stmt_val;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < upi->input.num; i++) { 
+               res = upi->input[i].source;
+
+               if (!res)
+                       ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
+                               "no result for %s ?!?\n", f->name);
+                       
+               if (!res || !IS_VALID(res)) {
+                       /* no result, we have to fake something */
+                       sprintf(stmt_ins, "NULL,");
+                       stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               
+               switch (res->type) {
+                       case ULOGD_RET_INT8:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i8);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_INT16:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i16);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_INT32:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%d,", res->value.i32);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_INT64:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%lld,", res->value.i64);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT8:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui8);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT16:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui16);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_IPADDR:
+                               if (asstring_ce(upi).u.value) {
+                                       memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+                                       addr.s_addr = ntohl(res->value.ui32);
+                                       *stmt_ins++ = '\'';
+                                       tmpstr = inet_ntoa(addr);
+#ifdef OLD_MYSQL
+                                       mysql_escape_string(stmt_ins, tmpstr,
+                                                           strlen(tmpstr));
+#else
+                                       mysql_real_escape_string(dbh, stmt_ins,
+                                                                tmpstr,
+                                                               strlen(tmpstr));
+#endif /* OLD_MYSQL */
+                                       stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
+                                       sprintf(stmt_ins, "',");
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                               /* fallthrough when logging IP as u_int32_t */
+                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT32:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%u,", res->value.ui32);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_UINT64:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "%llu,", res->value.ui64);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_BOOL:
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "'%d',", res->value.b);
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_STRING:
+                               *stmt_ins++ = '\'';
+#ifdef OLD_MYSQL
+                               mysql_escape_string(stmt_ins, res->value.ptr,
+                                       strlen(res->value.ptr));
+#else
+                               mysql_real_escape_string(dbh, stmt_ins,
+                                       res->value.ptr, strlen(res->value.ptr));
+#endif
+                               stmt_ins = stmt + strlen(stmt);
+                               sprintf(stmt_ins, "',");
+                               break;
+                       case ULOGD_RET_RAW:
+                               ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
+                                       "%s: type RAW not supported by MySQL\n",
+                                       res->key);
+                               break;
+                       default:
+                               ulogd_log(ULOGD_NOTICE,
+                                       "unknown type %d for %s\n",
+                                       res->type, res->key);
+                               break;
+               }
+               mi->stmt_ins = mi->stmt + strlen(mi->stmt);
+       }
+       *(mi->stmt_ins - 1) = ')';
+       DEBUGP("stmt=#%s#\n", mi->stmt);
+
+       /* now we have created our statement, insert it */
+
+       if (mysql_real_query(mi->dbh, mi->stmt, strlen(mi->stmt))) {
+               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "sql error during insert: %s\n",
+                         mysql_error(mi->dbh));
+
+               // FIXME return _mysql_init_db(upi);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* no connection, plugin disabled */
+static int mysql_output_disabled(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#define MYSQL_INSERTTEMPL   "insert into X (Y) values (Z)"
+#define MYSQL_VALSIZE  100
+
+/* create the static part of our insert statement */
+static int mysql_createstmt(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       struct _field *f;
+       unsigned int size;
+       char buf[ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN];
+       char *underscore;
+
+       if (mi->stmt)
+               free(mi->stmt);
+
+       /* caclulate the size for the insert statement */
+       size = strlen(MYSQL_INSERTTEMPL) + strlen(table_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string);
+
+       /* FIXME: we don't know the number *Sigh* */
+       for (i = 0; i < upi->input.num_keys; i++) {
+               /* we need space for the key and a comma, as well as
+                * enough space for the values */
+               size += strlen(upi->input[i].name) + 1 + MYSQL_VALSIZE;
+       }       
+
+       ulogd_log(ULOGD_DEBUG, "allocating %u bytes for statement\n", size);
+
+       mi->stmt = (char *) malloc(size);
+       if (!mi->stmt) {
+               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "OOM!\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       sprintf(mi->stmt, "insert into %s (", table_ce(upi).u.string);
+       mi->stmt_val = mi->stmt + strlen(mi->stmt);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < upi->input.num_keys; i++) {
+               strncpy(buf, upi->input[i].name, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);     
+               while ((underscore = strchr(buf, '.')))
+                       *underscore = '_';
+               sprintf(mi->stmt_val, "%s,", buf);
+               mi->stmt_val = mi->stmt + strlen(mi->stmt);
+       }
+       *(stmt_val - 1) = ')';
+
+       sprintf(mi->stmt_val, " values (");
+       mi->stmt_val = mi->stmt + strlen(mi->stmt);
+
+       ulogd_log(ULOGD_DEBUG, "stmt='%s'\n", mi->stmt);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* find out which columns the table has */
+static int mysql_get_columns(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi, const char *table)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       MYSQL_RES *result;
+       MYSQL_FIELD *field;
+       struct ulogd_key *f, *f2;
+       int i;
+
+       if (!mi->dbh) 
+               return -1;
+
+       result = mysql_list_fields(mi->dbh, table_ce(upi->config_ces).u.string, NULL);
+       if (!result)
+               return -1;
+
+       /* Thea idea here is that we can create a pluginstance specific input key
+        * array by not specifyling a plugin input key list.  ulogd core will then
+        * set upi->input to NULL.  Yes, this creates a memory hole in case the core
+        * just calls ->configure() and then aborts (and thus never free()s the memory
+        * we allocate here.  FIXME. */
+
+       /* Cleanup before reconnect */
+       if (upi->input) {
+               free(upi->input);
+               upi->input = NULL;
+       }
+
+       upi->input = malloc(sizeof(struct ulogd_key) * mysql_field_count(mi->dbh));
+       if (!upi->input)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       i = 0;
+       while ((field = mysql_fetch_field(result))) {
+               char buf[ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN+1];
+               char *underscore;
+               int id;
+
+               /* replace all underscores with dots */
+               strncpy(buf, field->name, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);
+               while ((underscore = strchr(buf, '_')))
+                       *underscore = '.';
+
+               DEBUGP("field '%s' found: ", buf);
+
+               /* add it u list of input keys */
+               strncpy(pi->input[i].name, buf, ULOGD_MAX_KEYLEN);
+               i++;
+       }
+
+       mysql_free_result(result);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* make connection and select database */
+static int open_db(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi, char *server,
+                  int port, char *user, char *pass, char *db)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       unsigned int connect_timeout = timeout_ce(upi->config_kset).u.value;
+
+       mi->dbh = mysql_init(NULL);
+       if (!mi->dbh)
+               return -1;
+
+       if (connect_timeout)
+               mysql_options(mi->dbh, MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, 
+                             (const char *) &connect_timeout);
+
+       if (!mysql_real_connect(mi->dbh, server, user, pass, db, port, NULL, 0))
+               return -1;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#if 0
+static int init_reconnect(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       if (reconnect_ce(upi->config_kset).u.value) {
+               mi->reconnect = time(NULL);
+               if (mi->reconnect != TIME_ERR) {
+                       ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "no connection to database, "
+                                              "attempting to reconnect "
+                                              "after %u seconds\n",
+                                              reconnect_ce(upi).u.value);
+                       mi->reconnect += reconnect_ce(upi).u.value;
+                       mysql_plugin.interp = &_mysql_init_db;
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       }
+       /* Disable plugin permanently */
+       mysql_plugin.interp = &mysql_output_disabled;
+       
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int _mysql_init_db(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       if (mi->reconnect && mi->reconnect > time(NULL))
+               return 0;
+       
+       if (open_db(upi, host_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                   port_ce(upi->config_kset).u.value,
+                   user_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string, 
+                   pass_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                   db_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string)) {
+               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "can't establish database connection\n");
+               return init_reconnect(upi);
+       }
+
+#if 0
+       /* read the fieldnames to know which values to insert */
+       if (mysql_get_columns(table_ce.u.string)) {
+               ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "unable to get mysql columns\n");
+               return init_reconnect();
+       }
+       mysql_createstmt();
+#endif 
+       /* enable plugin */
+       mysql_plugin.output = &mysql_output;
+
+       mi->reconnect = 0;
+
+       return mysql_output(result);
+}
+#endif
+
+static int configure_mysql(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi,
+                          struct ulogd_pluginstance_stack *stack)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       int ret;
+
+       /* First: Parse configuration file section for this instance */
+       ret = config_parse_file(upi->id, upi->config_kset);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+
+       /* Second: Open Database */
+       ret = open_db(upi, host_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     port_ce(upi->config_kset).u.value,
+                     user_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     pass_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     db_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       
+       /* Third: Determine required input keys for given table */
+       ret = mysql_get_columns(upi);
+       
+       /* Close database, since ulogd core could just call configure
+        * but abort during input key resolving routines.  configure
+        * doesn't have a destructor... */
+       mysql_close(mi->dbh);
+       
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static int start_mysql(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = open_db(upi, host_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     port_ce(upi->config_kset).u.value,
+                     user_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     pass_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string,
+                     db_ce(upi->config_kset).u.string);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       
+       ret = mysql_createstmt(upi);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               mysql_close(mi->dbh);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static int stop_mysql(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi)
+{
+       struct mysql_instance *mi = (struct mysql_instance *) upi->private;
+       mysql_close(mi->dbh);
+
+       /* try to free our dynamically allocated input key array */
+       if (upi->input) {
+               free(upi->input);
+               upi->input = 0;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static struct ulogd_plugin mysql_plugin = {
+       .name = "MYSQL",
+       .input = {
+               .keys = ,
+               .num_keys = ,
+               .type = ULOGD_DTYPE_PACKET,
+       },
+       .output = {
+               .type = ULOGD_DTYPE_SINK,
+       },
+       .config_kset = mysql_kset,
+       .priv_size = sizeof(struct mysql_instance),
+       .configure = &configure_mysql,
+       .start     = &start_mysql,
+       .stop      = &stop_mysql,
+       .signal    = &signal_mysql,
+       .interp    = &interp_mysql,
+};
+
+void __attribute__ ((constructor)) init(void);
+
+void init(void) 
+{
+       ulogd_register_plugin(&mysql_plugin);
+}