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/*
=============
IF_AddFilter

Adds a filter of a certain type, can pass a userid or ip address.
FIXME: pass client_t struct?.
=============
*/
qfilter_t *IF_AddFilter (int type, int uid, char *ip, char *reason)
{
	qfilter_t		*newfilter = NULL;
	ipfilter_t		filter;
	client_t		*cl;
	char			*address = NULL;
	char			newreason[IF_MAXREASONLEN];
	int				removed, i;
	qbool		fromfile = false;


	// clear to trim all reasons to suitable length
	Q_bzero (newreason, sizeof(newreason));

	if (type & IF_BAN)
	{
		if (!IF_StringToFilter (ip, &filter))
			return NULL; // error message supplied by function
	}
	else if (type & IF_MUTE)
	{
		if (uid && !ip)
		{
			for (i = 0, cl = svs.clients; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++, cl++)
				if (cl->userid == uid)
					break;

			if (i == MAX_CLIENTS)
			{
				Com_Printf ("IPFilter: user does not exist.\n");
				return NULL;
			}
			if (cl->isrelay)
				address = NET_BaseAdrToString (cl->realip);
			else
				address = NET_BaseAdrToString (cl->netchan.remote_address);
		}
		else
			address = ip;

		if (!IF_StringToFilter (address, &filter))
		{
			Com_Printf ("IPFilter: couldn't translate address \"%s\".\n", address);
			return NULL;
		}
	}

	if (IF_CheckIfFilterExists (&filter, type))
	{
		Com_Printf ("IPFilter: error: address masked or already defined in filter list.\n");
		return NULL;
	}

	if (filtercount == MAX_IP_FILTERS)
	{
		Com_Printf ("IPFilter: error: too many filters.\n");
		return NULL;
	}

	// Removes any addresses that are masked by our new address
	removed = IF_RemovedMaskedFilters (&filter, type);
	if (removed)
		Com_Printf ("IPFilter: removed %d previous addresses masked by new filter.\n",
		removed);

	if (reason)
	{
		if (reason[strlen(reason)-1] == '\r' ||
			reason[strlen(reason)-1] == '\n')
		{
			// newline from file
			fromfile = true;
			strncpy (newreason, reason, strlen(reason)-1);
		}
		else
			strncpy (newreason, reason, sizeof(newreason)-1);
	}

	newfilter = (qfilter_t *)Z_Malloc (sizeof(qfilter_t)); // EVIL EVIL EVIL
	newfilter->next = ipfilters2;
	ipfilters2 = newfilter;
	newfilter->compare = filter.compare;
	newfilter->mask = filter.mask;
	newfilter->flags = type;
	newfilter->expireTime = 0; // will have to be added with expireban cmd
	if (reason != NULL)
		newfilter->reason = Z_CopyString (newreason);
	else
		newfilter->reason = NULL;

	filtercount++;

	if (!fromfile) // don't trigger autosave if it is read from file.
		IF_SaveFilters ();

	return newfilter;
}