From f955ba7e7b6e9e3327fca08118e47713bfed0d6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breno Silva <breno.silva@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 19:49:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added: severity action now supports strings

---
 apache2/re_actions.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apache2/re_actions.c b/apache2/re_actions.c
index e71b35d7..6a5fbac6 100644
--- a/apache2/re_actions.c
+++ b/apache2/re_actions.c
@@ -489,9 +489,27 @@ static apr_status_t msre_action_ver_init(msre_engine *engine,
 /* severity */
 
 static apr_status_t msre_action_severity_init(msre_engine *engine,
-    msre_actionset *actionset, msre_action *action)
+        msre_actionset *actionset, msre_action *action)
 {
-    actionset->severity = atoi(action->param);
+    if (strcasecmp(action->param, "emergency") == 0)    {
+        actionset->severity = 0;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "alert") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 1;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "critical") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 2;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "error") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 3;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "warning") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 4;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "notice") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 5;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "info") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 6;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(action->param, "debug") == 0) {
+        actionset->severity = 7;
+    } else  {
+        actionset->severity = atoi(action->param);
+    }
     return 1;
 }