[draft] flow callbacks for ndpi - v1 #11935
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This plugin stub shows how a plugin like nDPI might be use the flow init and flow update callbacks to do its work. Also shows usage of FlowStorage to avoid modifying the Flow struct directly.
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I guess I'd expect a OnFlowDestruct too, although perhaps we don't need it directly here, as the FlowStorage API knowns how to destroy the user data.
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Yeah, for completeness should probably add it. Not needed for storage cleanup using the storage API, and someone else uses the flow event for their private cleanup, but it does feel missing.
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| static void OnFlowUpdate(Flow *f, Packet *p, ThreadVars *tv) |
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should there be user data here as well? general user data? Perhaps not needed for ndpi
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I guess more for the library, but if someone wanted to create a simple flow logger, they'd want to pass a file pointer around these callbacks to log a new flow creation, or a flow destruction, etc.
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Probably should have user data, was being short sighted and only looking at the case at hand which doesn't need it.
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Replaced by #11942, all callbacks accept user data now. |
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In order for nDPI to become a plugin it needs to hook into flow initialization and flow updates. This PR provides user registerable flow callbacks for these events.
It also includes a "dummy" ndpi plugin using these callbacks, and also shows how to use the flow storage API to avoid modifying the Flow structure directly.
Original nDPI PR: #11671
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