189 files changed, 28907 insertions, 18926 deletions

diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index ca411edd..0ff68114 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TabWidth: 4
 AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
 BreakBeforeBraces: Attach
 AlignConsecutiveMacros: true
-ColumnLimit: 140
+ColumnLimit: 100
 IndentPPDirectives: AfterHash
 SortIncludes: Never
 AllowShortEnumsOnASingleLine: false
diff --git a/.github/NPTest.cache b/.github/NPTest.cache
index d488d1b9..6b463e74 100644
--- a/.github/NPTest.cache
+++ b/.github/NPTest.cache
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
   'NP_MYSQL_LOGIN_DETAILS' => '-u root -d test',
   'NP_MYSQL_SERVER' => 'localhost',
   'NP_MYSQL_SOCKET' => '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock',
-  'NP_MYSQL_WITH_SLAVE' => '',
-  'NP_MYSQL_WITH_SLAVE_LOGIN' => '',
+  'NP_MYSQL_WITH_REPLICA' => '',
+  'NP_MYSQL_WITH_REPLICA_LOGIN' => '',
   'NP_NO_NTP_SERVICE' => 'localhost',
   'NP_PORT_TCP_PROXY' => '3128',
   'NP_SMB_SHARE' => '',
diff --git a/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 5cae3e59..ce22606b 100644
--- a/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ BuildRequires: postgresql-devel
 # check_radius
 BuildRequires: radcli-devel
 
+# check_snmp
+BuildRequires: net-snmp-devel
+
 %description
 Common files for Monitoring Plugins
 
@@ -191,9 +194,7 @@ Requires: %{name}-nt
 Requires: %{name}-ntp
 Requires: %{name}-ntp_peer
 Requires: %{name}-ntp_time
-Requires: %{name}-nwstat
 Requires: %{name}-oracle
-Requires: %{name}-overcr
 Requires: %{name}-pgsql
 Requires: %{name}-ping
 Requires: %{name}-procs
@@ -703,19 +704,6 @@ Provides check_ntp_time of the Monitoring Plugins.
 
 
 
-# check_nwstat
-%package nwstat
-Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_nwstat
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description nwstat
-Provides check_nwstat of the Monitoring Plugins.
-
-%files nwstat
-%{plugindir}/check_nwstat
-
-
-
 # check_oracle
 %package oracle
 Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_oracle
@@ -729,19 +717,6 @@ Provides check_oracle of the Monitoring Plugins.
 
 
 
-# check_overcr
-%package overcr
-Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_overcr
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description overcr
-Provides check_overcr of the Monitoring Plugins.
-
-%files overcr
-%{plugindir}/check_overcr
-
-
-
 # check_pgsql
 %package pgsql
 Summary:  Monitoring Plugins - check_pgsql
diff --git a/.github/os_detect.sh b/.github/os_detect.sh
index ee9c145d..3c5956de 100644
--- a/.github/os_detect.sh
+++ b/.github/os_detect.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
+
+. /etc/os-release
+
 # workaround for really bare-bones Archlinux containers:
 if [ -x "$(command -v pacman)" ]; then
     pacman --noconfirm -Sy
     pacman --noconfirm -S grep gawk sed
 fi
 
+if [ ${ID} == "fedora" -a ${VERSION_ID} -gt 41 ]; then
+    dnf install -y gawk
+fi
+
 os_release_file=
 if [ -s "/etc/os-release" ]; then
   os_release_file="/etc/os-release"
@@ -15,4 +22,7 @@ else
   return 1
 fi
 export distro_id=$(grep '^ID=' $os_release_file|awk -F = '{print $2}'|sed 's/\"//g')
+export version_id=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' $os_release_file|awk -F = '{print $2}'|sed 's/\"//g')
 export platform_id=$(grep '^PLATFORM_ID=' /etc/os-release|awk -F = '{print $2}'|sed 's/\"//g'| cut -d":" -f2)
+# Fedora dropped PLATFORM_ID: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Drop_PLATFORM_ID?#Drop_PLATFORM_ID
+if [ -z $platform_id ]; then export platform_id=$(echo ${distro_id:0:1}${version_id}); fi
diff --git a/.github/prepare_debian.sh b/.github/prepare_debian.sh
index 3640e500..cffe98c5 100755
--- a/.github/prepare_debian.sh
+++ b/.github/prepare_debian.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ apt-get -y install perl \
         libpq-dev \
         libradcli-dev \
         libnet-snmp-perl \
+        libsnmp-dev \
         procps \
         libdbi0-dev \
         libdbd-sqlite3 \
@@ -59,9 +60,11 @@ apt-get -y install perl \
         mariadb-server \
         mariadb-client \
         libmariadb-dev \
+        libmariadb-dev-compat \
         cron \
         iputils-ping \
-        iproute2
+        iproute2 \
+        libjson-perl
 
 # remove ipv6 interface from hosts
 sed '/^::1/d' /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts
@@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/snmp/mib_indexes
 sed -e 's/^agentaddress.*/agentaddress 127.0.0.1/' -i /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
 service snmpd start
 
+sed 's/^mibs ://' -i /etc/snmp/snmp.conf
+
 # start cron, will be used by check_nagios
 cron
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index c402e0cf..e01aa5fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
   push:
     branches: [master]
   pull_request:
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
@@ -56,9 +57,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends m4 gettext automake autoconf make build-essential
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends perl autotools-dev libdbi-dev libldap2-dev libpq-dev \
-                                                          libmysqlclient-dev libradcli-dev libkrb5-dev libdbi0-dev \
-                                                          libdbd-sqlite3 libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev liburiparser-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends perl \
+            autotools-dev \
+            libdbi-dev \
+            libldap2-dev \
+            libpq-dev \
+            libmysqlclient-dev \
+            libradcli-dev \
+            libkrb5-dev \
+            libdbi0-dev \
+            libdbd-sqlite3 \
+            libssl-dev \
+            libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+            liburiparser-dev \
+            libsnmp-dev
 
       - name: Configure build
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
index 72f7c7eb..14b82781 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name: Spellcheck
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
   # Run for pushes on any branch
   push:
     branches:
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-next.yml b/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
index 81240759..0e69c251 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 name: Tests Debian:Testing and Fedora:Rawhide
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      debug_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - '*'
@@ -24,7 +30,10 @@ jobs:
             prepare: .github/prepare_debian.sh
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Setup tmate session, see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
       - name: Run the tests on ${{ matrix.distro }}
         run: |
           docker volume create --driver local --opt type=tmpfs --opt device=tmpfs --opt o=size=100m,uid=1000 tmp-vol
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
               ${{ matrix.distro }} \
               /bin/sh -c '${{ matrix.prepare }} && \
                 tools/setup && \
-                ./configure --enable-libtap  --with-ipv6=no && \
+                ./configure --enable-libtap && \
                 make && \
                 make test && \
                 make dist && \
@@ -59,7 +68,10 @@ jobs:
           - {"distro": "fedora:rawhide", "build": ".github/mock.sh"}
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Setup tmate session, see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
       - name: Run the tests on ${{ matrix.distro }}
         run: |
           docker volume create --driver local --opt type=tmpfs --opt device=tmpfs --opt o=size=100m,uid=1000 tmp-vol
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 77ca6585..1ac8aaf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 name: Tests
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      debug_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
   push:
     branches:
       - '*'
@@ -21,7 +28,10 @@ jobs:
             prepare: .github/prepare_debian.sh
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Setup tmate session, see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
       - name: Run the tests on ${{ matrix.distro }}
         run: |
           docker volume create --driver local --opt type=tmpfs --opt device=tmpfs --opt o=size=100m,uid=1000 tmp-vol
@@ -35,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
               ${{ matrix.distro }} \
               /bin/sh -c '${{ matrix.prepare }} && \
                 tools/setup && \
-                ./configure --enable-libtap  --with-ipv6=no && \
+                ./configure --enable-libtap && \
                 make && \
                 make test && \
                 make dist && \
@@ -59,7 +69,10 @@ jobs:
 #          - {"distro": "oraclelinux:9", "build": ".github/mock.sh"}
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Setup tmate session, see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
       - name: Run the tests on ${{ matrix.distro }}
         run: |
           docker volume create --driver local --opt type=tmpfs --opt device=tmpfs --opt o=size=100m,uid=1000 tmp-vol
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b5028ed..00e19d52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /lib/libmonitoringplug.a
 /lib/Makefile
 /lib/Makefile.in
+/lib/vendor/cJSON/.deps
+/lib/vendor/cJSON/.dirstamp
 
 # /lib/tests/
 /lib/tests/base64.Po
@@ -112,7 +114,6 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /lib/tests/Makefile.in
 /lib/tests/test_base64
 /lib/tests/test_cmd
-/lib/tests/test_disk
 /lib/tests/test_tcp
 /lib/tests/test_utils
 /lib/tests/utils_base.Po
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins/check_dbi
 /plugins/check_dig
 /plugins/check_disk
+plugins/check_disk.d/.deps/
+plugins/check_disk.d/.dirstamp
 /plugins/check_dns
 /plugins/check_dummy
 /plugins/check_fping
@@ -175,8 +178,6 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins/check_ntp
 /plugins/check_ntp_peer
 /plugins/check_ntp_time
-/plugins/check_nwstat
-/plugins/check_overcr
 /plugins/check_pgsql
 /plugins/check_ping
 /plugins/check_pop
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins/check_udp
 /plugins/check_ups
 /plugins/check_users
+/plugins/check_users.d/.deps
+/plugins/check_users.d/.dirstamp
 /plugins/check_vsz
 /plugins/config.h
 /plugins/config.h.in
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins/tests/Makefile
 /plugins/tests/Makefile.in
 /plugins/tests/test_utils
-/plugins/tests/test_disk
+/plugins/tests/test_check_disk
 /plugins/tests/test_check_swap
 /plugins/tests/.deps
 /plugins/tests/.dirstamp
@@ -230,6 +233,14 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins/check_swap.d/.deps
 /plugins/check_swap.d/.dirstamp
 
+# /plugins/check_snmp.d
+/plugins/check_snmp.d/.deps
+/plugins/check_snmp.d/.dirstamp
+
+# /plugins/check_curl.d
+/plugins/check_curl.d/.deps
+/plugins/check_curl.d/.dirstamp
+
 # /plugins-root/
 /plugins-root/.deps
 /plugins-root/.libs
@@ -238,6 +249,8 @@ NP-VERSION-FILE
 /plugins-root/check_dhcp
 /plugins-root/check_icmp
 /plugins-root/pst3
+/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/.dirstamp
+/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/.deps
 
 # /plugins-scripts/
 /plugins-scripts/Makefile
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5959f70f..f8e3de45 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath \
         NP-VERSION-GEN REQUIREMENTS SUPPORT THANKS \
         NPTest.pm pkg \
         config_test/Makefile config_test/run_tests config_test/child_test.c \
-        perlmods tools/build_perl_modules \
-        tools/tinderbox_build
+        perlmods tools/build_perl_modules
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I gl/m4 -I m4
 
diff --git a/NPTest.pm b/NPTest.pm
index 9b25ac3e..1c008589 100644
--- a/NPTest.pm
+++ b/NPTest.pm
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use warnings;
 use Cwd;
 use File::Basename;
 
+use JSON;
+
 use IO::File;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
@@ -617,6 +619,8 @@ sub testCmd {
     chomp $output;
     $object->output($output);
 
+    eval { $object->{'mp_test_result'} = decode_json($output) };
+
     alarm(0);
 
     my ($pkg, $file, $line) = caller(0);
diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS
index f3b1c01d..551fdb1a 100644
--- a/REQUIREMENTS
+++ b/REQUIREMENTS
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ check_ifstatus/check_ifoperstatus
         - Requires Net::SNMP perl module
           http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-authors/id/D/DT/DTOWN/
 
-check_nwstat:
-        - Requires MRTGEXT NLM for Novell Servers
-          http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?mrtgext
-
 check_nt:
         - Requires NSClient to run on the NT server to monitor
           http://nsclient.ready2run.nl/
diff --git a/ROADMAP b/ROADMAP
deleted file mode 100644
index 6378ec74..00000000
--- a/ROADMAP
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-
-Releases in the 1.3 series will be for development. Version 1.4.0 will
-be the next full production release. I am not planning on dates right now, 
-but you can expect maintennence releases for 1.2.9 as well.
-
-With that done, it's time to figure out what we are doing for release 
-1.3 development. I have a few ideas. Maybe others do as well.
-
-DOCUMENTATION:
-  We pretty much have decided that we will doing something along 
-  the lines of a literate programming model. So far, we have site 
-  documentation in DocBook. I have some ideas here, which I will
-  discuss in a separate thread.
-
-
-
-OPTION PROCESSING:
-  I believe we can remove reverse compatibility for non-Getopt
-  option specifications. For example, 'check_ping 1 2 3 4 -p 2'
-  would not be supported anymore. Support for this is a hack, 
-  and making it portable is bug-prone. We should also review
-  standardization of our options -- the current list is a little
-  ad hoc, it should be nailed down. Details in a separate thread.
-
-Also, 
-
-  check_http -p 443 --ssl www.infoplease.com
-
-should be fine, but if the getopt in use does not natively support it,
-things like
-
-  check_http www.infoplease.com -p 443 --ssl
-
-should be trapped and result in a call to one of the usage macros
-(which print a message and then exit STATE_UNKNOWN).
-
-This means that the call_getopt() function can go away. It's an
-inconsistent mess and I'd love to ditch it. I only created it to
-satisfy people that wanted reverse compatibility and did not have
-GNU getopt.
-
-But I would like to urge that all standard plugins contain
-validate_arguments(). I think this will help convey the idea that
-validations should be done, even if we don't insist on the specific
-extent that each plugin must do that validation.
-
-This is the set of standard options I envision:
-
-Reserved:
-
--h, --help (REQUIRED!!!!!)
--V, --version (REQUIRED!!!!!)
--v, --verbose
--q, --quiet
--t, --timeout = INTEGER (senonds)
--c, --critical = (INT|FLOAT|RANGE|LIST) 
--w, --warning = (INT|FLOAT|RANGE|LIST)
--H, --hostname = STRING
--F, --file = STRING (usually input) 
--O, --output = STRING (output file) 
-
-Recommended, but not reserved: 
-
--I, --ipaddress = STRING
--C, --community = STRING
--a, --auth(info) = STRING (authentication or password) 
--l, --logname = STRING
--p, --password = STRING
--P, --port = INT
--u, --url = STRING (also --username if --url is not needed)
-
-I am suggesting that port always be '-P' (uppercase) -- we are
-currently inconsistent in that regard.
-
-I am also adding '-q' for silent running. This is totally self
-centered--I am planning to use a plugin in a cron script, and I
-don't want nightly emails.
-
-As has been the case, ranges are specified with colons, like 'i:j'
-and list are specified with commas like 'i,k' and may contain ranges
-if it makes sense to do so. Perhaps it would be good to build a
-standard list/range processing function for this task.
-
-
-Programming:
-  I would like to follow the GNU guidelines and remove all fixed
-  length character assignments, at least to the extent possible,
-  from the C-based plugins. To that end, I have made strscpy and
-  friends in utils.c -- I'd like to deploy them. I have comments 
-  that there is a lot of duplicated code, and techniques used that
-  should be cleaned up. Details in a separate thread.
-
-Remote checks:
-  I have a proposal in hand to incorporate ssh check into spopen()
-  so that remote machine checks can be seamless. A nice idea, but 
-  complex enough to require discussion. Another thread.
-
-I also have a wish list, and I'm sure I've forgot some items. I'll 
-list mine, please respond with other items that can be put into the 
-sourceforge task manager:
-
-  Indent all code in a GNU-compatible manner (indent -ts 2 -br)
-  Add RAND_seed to check_http for --ssl on systems without /dev/random
-  Add regex filtering to check_procs --args option
-  Add working procs syntax for AIX check_procs
-  Allow check_disk to exclude non-local disks
-  Add md5 checksumming to check_http
-  Complete unification of check_tcp and friends
-  Add SSL in a general way to check_tcp and friends
-  Patches to check_log from Joonas
-  Add calculator engine and snmpwalk to check_snmp
-  Is there a bug in check_oracle
-  Are there outstanding bugs in check_snmp
-  Change check_http --onredirect to default as STATE_UNKNOWN
-  Create plugin to check tftp servers
-  Create plugin wrapper to invert error status
-
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef3d26e2..705183a2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ fi
 
 # Finally, define tests if we use libtap
 if test "$enable_libtap" = "yes" ; then
-        EXTRA_TEST="test_utils test_disk test_tcp test_cmd test_base64"
+        EXTRA_TEST="test_utils test_tcp test_cmd test_base64"
         AC_SUBST(EXTRA_TEST)
 
-        EXTRA_PLUGIN_TESTS="tests/test_check_swap"
+        EXTRA_PLUGIN_TESTS="tests/test_check_swap tests/test_check_disk"
         AC_SUBST(EXTRA_PLUGIN_TESTS)
 fi
 
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ elif ps axwo 'stat comm vsz rss user uid pid ppid etime args' 2>/dev/null | \
 then
         ac_cv_ps_varlist="[procstat,&procuid,&procpid,&procppid,&procvsz,&procrss,&procpcpu,procetime,procprog,&pos]"
         ac_cv_ps_command="$PATH_TO_PS axwo 'stat uid pid ppid vsz rss pcpu etime comm args'"
-        ac_cv_ps_format="%s %d %d %d %d %d %f %s %s %n"
+        ac_cv_ps_format="%s %u %d %d %d %d %f %s %s %n"
         ac_cv_ps_cols=10
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_ps_command])
 
@@ -1460,23 +1460,19 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(snmpget_command,
             ACX_HELP_STRING([--with-snmpget-command=PATH],
                             [Path to snmpget command]),
             PATH_TO_SNMPGET=$withval)
-if test -n "$PATH_TO_SNMPGET"
-then
-        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_TO_SNMPGET,"$PATH_TO_SNMPGET",[path to snmpget binary])
-        EXTRAS="$EXTRAS check_hpjd check_snmp\$(EXEEXT)"
-else
-        AC_MSG_WARN([Get snmpget from http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net to make check_hpjd and check_snmp plugins])
-fi
 
 AC_PATH_PROG(PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT,snmpgetnext)
 AC_ARG_WITH(snmpgetnext_command,
             ACX_HELP_STRING([--with-snmpgetnext-command=PATH],
                             [Path to snmpgetnext command]),
             PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT=$withval)
-if test -n "$PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT"
-then
-        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT,"$PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT",[path to snmpgetnext binary])
-fi
+
+AS_IF([test -n "$PATH_TO_SNMPGET"], [
+        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_TO_SNMPGET,"$PATH_TO_SNMPGET",[path to snmpget binary])
+        EXTRAS="$EXTRAS check_hpjd"
+], [
+        AC_MSG_WARN([Get snmpget from https://net-snmp.sourceforge.io/ to build the check_hpjd and check_snmp plugins])
+])
 
 if ( $PERL -M"Net::SNMP 3.6" -e 'exit' 2>/dev/null  )
 then
@@ -1486,6 +1482,16 @@ else
         AC_MSG_WARN([Tried $PERL - install Net::SNMP perl module if you want to use the perl snmp plugins])
 fi
 
+dnl Check whether DES encryption is available (might not on RHEL)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+                [[#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
+                #include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>]], [[oid *foo = usmDESPrivProtocol;]]
+        )],
+        [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_USM_DES_PRIV_PROTOCOL,1,Define whether we have DES Privacy Protocol)],
+        []
+)
+
 AC_PATH_PROG(PATH_TO_QUAKESTAT,quakestat)
 AC_PATH_PROG(PATH_TO_QSTAT,qstat)
 AC_ARG_WITH(qstat_command,
@@ -1512,21 +1518,47 @@ then
 fi
 
 AC_PATH_PROG(PATH_TO_FPING,fping)
-AC_PATH_PROG(PATH_TO_FPING6,fping6)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(fping_command,
             ACX_HELP_STRING([--with-fping-command=PATH],
                             [Path to fping command]), PATH_TO_FPING=$withval)
-AC_ARG_WITH(fping6_command,
-            ACX_HELP_STRING([--with-fping6-command=PATH],
-                            [Path to fping6 command]), PATH_TO_FPING6=$withval)
-
-if test -n "$PATH_TO_FPING"
-then
+if test -n "$PATH_TO_FPING"; then
         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_TO_FPING,"$PATH_TO_FPING",[path to fping])
         EXTRAS="$EXTRAS check_fping\$(EXEEXT)"
-        if test x"$with_ipv6" != xno && test -n "$PATH_TO_FPING6"; then
-                AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PATH_TO_FPING6,"$PATH_TO_FPING6",[path to fping6])
+
+        if test -z "$($PATH_TO_FPING --version)"  ; then
+                AC_MSG_NOTICE([failed to get version of fping])
+        else
+                FPING_MAJOR_VERSION="$($PATH_TO_FPING --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //' | sed 's/\..*//')"
+                FPING_MINOR_VERSION="$($PATH_TO_FPING --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //' | sed 's/.*\.//')"
+
+                if test $FPING_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 5 ; then
+                        if test $FPING_MINOR_VERSION -ge 3 ; then
+                                AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_3_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.3 or higher])
+                                AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.3 or higher])
+                                AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                                AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        elif test $FPING_MINOR_VERSION -ge 2 ; then
+                                AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                                AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        else
+                                AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of a version lower then 5.2])
+                        fi
+
+                elif $FPING_MAJOR_VERSION > 5 ; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_3_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.3 or higher])
+                fi
+
+                if test "`fping --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //'`" =  "5.2" ; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION, "5.2", [the version of fping available])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping version: 5.2])
+                elif test "`fping --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //'`" =  "5.3"; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION, "5.3", [the version of fping available])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping version: 5.3])
+                fi
         fi
 else
         AC_MSG_WARN([Get fping from http://www.fping.com in order to make check_fping plugin])
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index dc3ee893..27a08278 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@ SUBDIRS = . tests
 
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libmonitoringplug.a
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -DNP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX=\"$(localstatedir)\" \
+AM_CPPFLAGS =  \
         -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/gl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl -I$(top_srcdir)/plugins
 
-libmonitoringplug_a_SOURCES = utils_base.c utils_disk.c utils_tcp.c utils_cmd.c maxfd.c
-EXTRA_DIST = utils_base.h utils_disk.h utils_tcp.h utils_cmd.h parse_ini.h extra_opts.h maxfd.h
+libmonitoringplug_a_SOURCES = utils_base.c utils_tcp.c utils_cmd.c maxfd.c output.c perfdata.c output.c thresholds.c vendor/cJSON/cJSON.c
+
+EXTRA_DIST = utils_base.h \
+        utils_tcp.h \
+        utils_cmd.h \
+        parse_ini.h \
+        extra_opts.h \
+        maxfd.h \
+        perfdata.h \
+        output.h \
+        thresholds.h \
+        states.h \
+        vendor/cJSON/cJSON.h \
+        monitoringplug.h
 
 if USE_PARSE_INI
 libmonitoringplug_a_SOURCES += parse_ini.c extra_opts.c
@@ -16,4 +28,3 @@ endif USE_PARSE_INI
 
 test test-debug:
         cd tests && make $@
-
diff --git a/lib/extra_opts.c b/lib/extra_opts.c
index 88787336..3fe69014 100644
--- a/lib/extra_opts.c
+++ b/lib/extra_opts.c
@@ -27,27 +27,32 @@
 
 /* FIXME: copied from utils.h; we should move a bunch of libs! */
 bool is_option2(char *str) {
-        if (!str)
+        if (!str) {
                 return false;
-        else if (strspn(str, "-") == 1 || strspn(str, "-") == 2)
+        }
+
+        if (strspn(str, "-") == 1 || strspn(str, "-") == 2) {
                 return true;
-        else
-                return false;
+        }
+
+        return false;
 }
 
 /* this is the externally visible function used by plugins */
 char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
-        np_arg_list *extra_args = NULL, *ea1 = NULL, *ea_tmp = NULL;
-        char **argv_new = NULL;
-        char *argptr = NULL;
-        int i, j, optfound, argc_new, ea_num = *argc;
-
         if (*argc < 2) {
                 /* No arguments provided */
                 return argv;
         }
 
-        for (i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
+        np_arg_list *extra_args = NULL;
+        np_arg_list *ea1 = NULL;
+        np_arg_list *ea_tmp = NULL;
+        char *argptr = NULL;
+        int optfound;
+        size_t ea_num = (size_t)*argc;
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
                 argptr = NULL;
                 optfound = 0;
 
@@ -56,8 +61,10 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                         /* It is a single argument with value */
                         argptr = argv[i] + 13;
                         /* Delete the extra opts argument */
-                        for (j = i; j < *argc; j++)
+                        for (int j = i; j < *argc; j++) {
                                 argv[j] = argv[j + 1];
+                        }
+
                         i--;
                         *argc -= 1;
                 } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--extra-opts") == 0) {
@@ -65,8 +72,10 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                                 /* It is a argument with separate value */
                                 argptr = argv[i + 1];
                                 /* Delete the extra-opts argument/value */
-                                for (j = i; j < *argc - 1; j++)
+                                for (int j = i; j < *argc - 1; j++) {
                                         argv[j] = argv[j + 2];
+                                }
+
                                 i -= 2;
                                 *argc -= 2;
                                 ea_num--;
@@ -74,8 +83,10 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                                 /* It has no value */
                                 optfound = 1;
                                 /* Delete the extra opts argument */
-                                for (j = i; j < *argc; j++)
+                                for (int j = i; j < *argc; j++) {
                                         argv[j] = argv[j + 1];
+                                }
+
                                 i--;
                                 *argc -= 1;
                         }
@@ -94,34 +105,37 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                         /* append the list to extra_args */
                         if (extra_args == NULL) {
                                 extra_args = ea1;
-                                while ((ea1 = ea1->next))
+                                while ((ea1 = ea1->next)) {
                                         ea_num++;
+                                }
                         } else {
                                 ea_tmp = extra_args;
                                 while (ea_tmp->next) {
                                         ea_tmp = ea_tmp->next;
                                 }
                                 ea_tmp->next = ea1;
-                                while ((ea1 = ea1->next))
+                                while ((ea1 = ea1->next)) {
                                         ea_num++;
+                                }
                         }
                         ea1 = ea_tmp = NULL;
                 }
         } /* lather, rince, repeat */
 
-        if (ea_num == *argc && extra_args == NULL) {
+        if (ea_num == (size_t)*argc && extra_args == NULL) {
                 /* No extra-opts */
                 return argv;
         }
 
         /* done processing arguments. now create a new argv array... */
-        argv_new = (char **)malloc((ea_num + 1) * sizeof(char **));
-        if (argv_new == NULL)
+        char **argv_new = (char **)malloc((ea_num + 1) * sizeof(char **));
+        if (argv_new == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("malloc() failed!\n"));
+        }
 
         /* starting with program name */
         argv_new[0] = argv[0];
-        argc_new = 1;
+        int argc_new = 1;
         /* then parsed ini opts (frying them up in the same run) */
         while (extra_args) {
                 argv_new[argc_new++] = extra_args->arg;
@@ -130,8 +144,9 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                 free(ea1);
         }
         /* finally the rest of the argv array */
-        for (i = 1; i < *argc; i++)
+        for (int i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
                 argv_new[argc_new++] = argv[i];
+        }
         *argc = argc_new;
         /* and terminate. */
         argv_new[argc_new] = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/maxfd.c b/lib/maxfd.c
index ca5b6e54..a0f79949 100644
--- a/lib/maxfd.c
+++ b/lib/maxfd.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "./maxfd.h"
-#include <errno.h>
 
 long mp_open_max(void) {
         long maxfd = 0L;
@@ -31,10 +30,11 @@ long mp_open_max(void) {
 #ifdef _SC_OPEN_MAX
         errno = 0;
         if ((maxfd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)) < 0) {
-                if (errno == 0)
+                if (errno == 0) {
                         maxfd = DEFAULT_MAXFD; /* it's indeterminate */
-                else
+                } else {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("sysconf error for _SC_OPEN_MAX\n"));
+                }
         }
 #elif defined(OPEN_MAX)
         return OPEN_MAX
diff --git a/lib/monitoringplug.h b/lib/monitoringplug.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a555d736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/monitoringplug.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "./states.h"
+#include "./utils_base.h"
+#include "./thresholds.h"
+#include "./maxfd.h"
+#include "./output.h"
diff --git a/lib/output.c b/lib/output.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f283969f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/output.c
@@ -0,0 +1,636 @@
+#include "./output.h"
+#include "./utils_base.h"
+#include "../plugins/utils.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+// #include <cjson/cJSON.h>
+#include "./vendor/cJSON/cJSON.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
+
+// == Global variables
+static mp_output_format output_format = MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+static mp_output_detail_level level_of_detail = MP_DETAIL_ALL;
+
+// == Prototypes ==
+static char *fmt_subcheck_output(mp_output_format output_format, mp_subcheck check,
+                                                                 unsigned int indentation);
+static inline cJSON *json_serialize_subcheck(mp_subcheck subcheck);
+
+// == Implementation ==
+
+/*
+ * Generate output string for a mp_subcheck object
+ */
+static inline char *fmt_subcheck_perfdata(mp_subcheck check) {
+        char *result = strdup("");
+        int added = 0;
+
+        if (check.perfdata != NULL) {
+                added = asprintf(&result, "%s", pd_list_to_string(*check.perfdata));
+        }
+
+        if (check.subchecks == NULL) {
+                // No subchecks, return here
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
+
+        while (subchecks != NULL) {
+                if (added > 0) {
+                        added = asprintf(&result, "%s%s", result, fmt_subcheck_perfdata(subchecks->subcheck));
+                } else {
+                        // TODO free previous result here?
+                        added = asprintf(&result, "%s", fmt_subcheck_perfdata(subchecks->subcheck));
+                }
+
+                subchecks = subchecks->next;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialiser for a mp_check object. Always use this to get a new one!
+ * It sets useful defaults
+ */
+mp_check mp_check_init(void) {
+        mp_check check = {
+                .evaluation_function = &mp_eval_check_default,
+        };
+        return check;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialiser for a mp_subcheck object. Always use this to get a new one!
+ * It sets useful defaults
+ */
+mp_subcheck mp_subcheck_init(void) {
+        mp_subcheck tmp = {0};
+        tmp.default_state = STATE_UNKNOWN; // Default state is unknown
+        tmp.state_set_explicitly = false;
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a subcheck to a (the one and only) check object
+ */
+int mp_add_subcheck_to_check(mp_check check[static 1], mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        assert(subcheck.output != NULL); // There must be output in a subcheck
+
+        mp_subcheck_list *tmp = NULL;
+
+        if (check->subchecks == NULL) {
+                check->subchecks = (mp_subcheck_list *)calloc(1, sizeof(mp_subcheck_list));
+                if (check->subchecks == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, "malloc failed");
+                }
+
+                check->subchecks->subcheck = subcheck;
+                check->subchecks->next = NULL;
+        } else {
+                // Search for the end
+                tmp = (mp_subcheck_list *)calloc(1, sizeof(mp_subcheck_list));
+                if (tmp == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, "malloc failed");
+                }
+
+                tmp->subcheck = subcheck;
+                tmp->next = check->subchecks;
+
+                check->subchecks = tmp;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a mp_perfdata data point to a mp_subcheck object
+ */
+void mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], const mp_perfdata perfData) {
+        if (check->perfdata == NULL) {
+                check->perfdata = pd_list_init();
+        }
+        pd_list_append(check->perfdata, perfData);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a mp_subcheck object to another one. The seconde mp_subcheck (argument) is the lower in the
+ * hierarchy
+ */
+int mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        if (subcheck.output == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__,
+                        "Sub check output is NULL");
+        }
+
+        mp_subcheck_list *tmp = NULL;
+
+        if (check->subchecks == NULL) {
+                check->subchecks = (mp_subcheck_list *)calloc(1, sizeof(mp_subcheck_list));
+                if (check->subchecks == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, "malloc failed");
+                }
+
+                tmp = check->subchecks;
+        } else {
+                // Search for the end
+                tmp = check->subchecks;
+
+                while (tmp->next != NULL) {
+                        tmp = tmp->next;
+                }
+
+                tmp->next = (mp_subcheck_list *)calloc(1, sizeof(mp_subcheck_list));
+                if (tmp->next == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, "malloc failed");
+                }
+
+                tmp = tmp->next;
+        }
+
+        tmp->subcheck = subcheck;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a manual summary to a mp_check object, effectively replacing
+ * the autogenerated one
+ */
+void mp_add_summary(mp_check check[static 1], char *summary) { check->summary = summary; }
+
+/*
+ * Generate the summary string of a mp_check object based on it's subchecks
+ */
+char *get_subcheck_summary(mp_check check) {
+        mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
+
+        unsigned int ok = 0;
+        unsigned int warning = 0;
+        unsigned int critical = 0;
+        unsigned int unknown = 0;
+        while (subchecks != NULL) {
+                switch (subchecks->subcheck.state) {
+                case STATE_OK:
+                        ok++;
+                        break;
+                case STATE_WARNING:
+                        warning++;
+                        break;
+                case STATE_CRITICAL:
+                        critical++;
+                        break;
+                case STATE_UNKNOWN:
+                        unknown++;
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unknown state in get_subcheck_summary");
+                }
+                subchecks = subchecks->next;
+        }
+        char *result = NULL;
+        asprintf(&result, "ok=%d, warning=%d, critical=%d, unknown=%d", ok, warning, critical, unknown);
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_compute_subcheck_state(const mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        if (subcheck.evaluation_function == NULL) {
+                return mp_eval_subcheck_default(subcheck);
+        }
+        return subcheck.evaluation_function(subcheck);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generate the result state of a mp_subcheck object based on its own state and its subchecks
+ * states
+ */
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_subcheck_default(mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        if (subcheck.evaluation_function != NULL) {
+                return subcheck.evaluation_function(subcheck);
+        }
+
+        if (subcheck.state_set_explicitly) {
+                return subcheck.state;
+        }
+
+        mp_subcheck_list *scl = subcheck.subchecks;
+
+        if (scl == NULL) {
+                return subcheck.default_state;
+        }
+
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
+
+        while (scl != NULL) {
+                result = max_state_alt(result, mp_compute_subcheck_state(scl->subcheck));
+                scl = scl->next;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_compute_check_state(const mp_check check) {
+        // just a safety check
+        if (check.evaluation_function == NULL) {
+                return mp_eval_check_default(check);
+        }
+        return check.evaluation_function(check);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generate the result state of a mp_check object based on it's own state and it's subchecks states
+ */
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_check_default(const mp_check check) {
+        assert(check.subchecks != NULL); // a mp_check without subchecks is invalid, die here
+
+        mp_subcheck_list *scl = check.subchecks;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
+
+        while (scl != NULL) {
+                result = max_state_alt(result, mp_compute_subcheck_state(scl->subcheck));
+                scl = scl->next;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generate output string for a mp_check object
+ * Non static to be available for testing functions
+ */
+char *mp_fmt_output(mp_check check) {
+        char *result = NULL;
+
+        switch (output_format) {
+        case MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE: {
+                if (check.summary == NULL) {
+                        check.summary = get_subcheck_summary(check);
+                }
+
+                asprintf(&result, "[%s] - %s", state_text(mp_compute_check_state(check)), check.summary);
+
+                mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
+
+                while (subchecks != NULL) {
+                        if (level_of_detail == MP_DETAIL_ALL ||
+                                mp_compute_subcheck_state(subchecks->subcheck) != STATE_OK) {
+                                asprintf(&result, "%s\n%s", result,
+                                                 fmt_subcheck_output(MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE, subchecks->subcheck, 1));
+                        }
+                        subchecks = subchecks->next;
+                }
+
+                char *pd_string = NULL;
+                subchecks = check.subchecks;
+
+                while (subchecks != NULL) {
+                        if (pd_string == NULL) {
+                                asprintf(&pd_string, "%s", fmt_subcheck_perfdata(subchecks->subcheck));
+                        } else {
+                                asprintf(&pd_string, "%s %s", pd_string,
+                                                 fmt_subcheck_perfdata(subchecks->subcheck));
+                        }
+
+                        subchecks = subchecks->next;
+                }
+
+                if (pd_string != NULL && strlen(pd_string) > 0) {
+                        asprintf(&result, "%s|%s", result, pd_string);
+                }
+
+                break;
+        }
+        case MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON: {
+                cJSON *resultObject = cJSON_CreateObject();
+                if (resultObject == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "cJSON_CreateObject failed");
+                }
+
+                cJSON *resultState = cJSON_CreateString(state_text(mp_compute_check_state(check)));
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultObject, "state", resultState);
+
+                if (check.summary == NULL) {
+                        check.summary = get_subcheck_summary(check);
+                }
+
+                cJSON *summary = cJSON_CreateString(check.summary);
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultObject, "summary", summary);
+
+                if (check.subchecks != NULL) {
+                        cJSON *subchecks = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+                        mp_subcheck_list *sc = check.subchecks;
+
+                        while (sc != NULL) {
+                                cJSON *sc_json = json_serialize_subcheck(sc->subcheck);
+                                cJSON_AddItemToArray(subchecks, sc_json);
+                                sc = sc->next;
+                        }
+
+                        cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultObject, "checks", subchecks);
+                }
+
+                result = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(resultObject);
+                break;
+        }
+        default:
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Invalid format");
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function to properly indent the output lines when using multiline
+ * formats
+ */
+static char *generate_indentation_string(unsigned int indentation) {
+        char *result = calloc(indentation + 1, sizeof(char));
+
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < indentation; i++) {
+                result[i] = '\t';
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function to generate the output string of mp_subcheck
+ */
+static inline char *fmt_subcheck_output(mp_output_format output_format, mp_subcheck check,
+                                                                                unsigned int indentation) {
+        char *result = NULL;
+        mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = NULL;
+
+        switch (output_format) {
+        case MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE: {
+                char *tmp_string = NULL;
+                if ((tmp_string = strchr(check.output, '\n')) != NULL) {
+                        // This is a multiline string, put the correct indentation in before proceeding
+                        char *intermediate_string = "";
+                        bool have_residual_chars = false;
+
+                        while (tmp_string != NULL) {
+                                *tmp_string = '\0';
+                                asprintf(&intermediate_string, "%s%s\n%s", intermediate_string, check.output,
+                                                 generate_indentation_string(
+                                                         indentation + 1)); // one more indentation to make it look better
+
+                                if (*(tmp_string + 1) != '\0') {
+                                        check.output = tmp_string + 1;
+                                        have_residual_chars = true;
+                                } else {
+                                        // Null after the \n, so this is the end
+                                        have_residual_chars = false;
+                                        break;
+                                }
+
+                                tmp_string = strchr(check.output, '\n');
+                        }
+
+                        // add the rest (if any)
+                        if (have_residual_chars) {
+                                char *tmp = check.output;
+                                xasprintf(&check.output, "%s\n%s%s", intermediate_string,
+                                                  generate_indentation_string(indentation + 1), tmp);
+                        } else {
+                                check.output = intermediate_string;
+                        }
+                }
+                asprintf(&result, "%s\\_[%s] - %s", generate_indentation_string(indentation),
+                                 state_text(mp_compute_subcheck_state(check)), check.output);
+
+                subchecks = check.subchecks;
+
+                while (subchecks != NULL) {
+                        asprintf(&result, "%s\n%s", result,
+                                         fmt_subcheck_output(output_format, subchecks->subcheck, indentation + 1));
+                        subchecks = subchecks->next;
+                }
+                return result;
+        }
+        default:
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Invalid format");
+        }
+}
+
+static inline cJSON *json_serialise_pd_value(mp_perfdata_value value) {
+        cJSON *result = cJSON_CreateObject();
+
+        switch (value.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "type", "double");
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "type", "int");
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "type", "uint");
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_NONE:
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Perfdata type was None in json_serialise_pd_value");
+        }
+        cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "value", pd_value_to_string(value));
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+static inline cJSON *json_serialise_range(mp_range range) {
+        cJSON *result = cJSON_CreateObject();
+
+        if (range.alert_on_inside_range) {
+                cJSON_AddBoolToObject(result, "alert_on_inside", true);
+        } else {
+                cJSON_AddBoolToObject(result, "alert_on_inside", false);
+        }
+
+        if (range.end_infinity) {
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "end", "inf");
+        } else {
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "end", json_serialise_pd_value(range.end));
+        }
+
+        if (range.start_infinity) {
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "start", "inf");
+        } else {
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "start", json_serialise_pd_value(range.end));
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+static inline cJSON *json_serialise_pd(mp_perfdata pd_val) {
+        cJSON *result = cJSON_CreateObject();
+
+        // Label
+        cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "label", pd_val.label);
+
+        // Value
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "value", json_serialise_pd_value(pd_val.value));
+
+        // Uom
+        cJSON_AddStringToObject(result, "uom", pd_val.uom);
+
+        // Warn/Crit
+        if (pd_val.warn_present) {
+                cJSON *warn = json_serialise_range(pd_val.warn);
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "warn", warn);
+        }
+        if (pd_val.crit_present) {
+                cJSON *crit = json_serialise_range(pd_val.crit);
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "crit", crit);
+        }
+
+        if (pd_val.min_present) {
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "min", json_serialise_pd_value(pd_val.min));
+        }
+        if (pd_val.max_present) {
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "max", json_serialise_pd_value(pd_val.max));
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+static inline cJSON *json_serialise_pd_list(pd_list *list) {
+        cJSON *result = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+        do {
+                cJSON *pd_value = json_serialise_pd(list->data);
+                cJSON_AddItemToArray(result, pd_value);
+                list = list->next;
+        } while (list != NULL);
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+static inline cJSON *json_serialize_subcheck(mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        cJSON *result = cJSON_CreateObject();
+
+        // Human readable output
+        cJSON *output = cJSON_CreateString(subcheck.output);
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "output", output);
+
+        // Test state (aka Exit Code)
+        cJSON *state = cJSON_CreateString(state_text(mp_compute_subcheck_state(subcheck)));
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "state", state);
+
+        // Perfdata
+        if (subcheck.perfdata != NULL) {
+                cJSON *perfdata = json_serialise_pd_list(subcheck.perfdata);
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "perfdata", perfdata);
+        }
+
+        if (subcheck.subchecks != NULL) {
+                cJSON *subchecks = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+                mp_subcheck_list *sc = subcheck.subchecks;
+
+                while (sc != NULL) {
+                        cJSON *sc_json = json_serialize_subcheck(sc->subcheck);
+                        cJSON_AddItemToArray(subchecks, sc_json);
+                        sc = sc->next;
+                }
+
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(result, "checks", subchecks);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper function to print the output string of a mp_check object
+ * Use this in concrete plugins.
+ */
+void mp_print_output(mp_check check) { puts(mp_fmt_output(check)); }
+
+/*
+ * Convenience function to print the output string of a mp_check object and exit
+ * the program with the resulting state.
+ * Intended to be used to exit a monitoring plugin.
+ */
+void mp_exit(mp_check check) {
+        mp_print_output(check);
+        if (output_format == MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON) {
+                exit(0);
+        }
+
+        exit(mp_compute_check_state(check));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function to set the result state of a mp_subcheck object explicitly.
+ * This will overwrite the default state AND states derived from it's subchecks
+ */
+mp_subcheck mp_set_subcheck_state(mp_subcheck check, mp_state_enum state) {
+        check.state = state;
+        check.state_set_explicitly = true;
+        return check;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function to set the default result state of a mp_subcheck object. This state
+ * will be used if neither an explicit state is set (see *mp_set_subcheck_state*)
+ * nor does it include other subchecks
+ */
+mp_subcheck mp_set_subcheck_default_state(mp_subcheck check, mp_state_enum state) {
+        check.default_state = state;
+        return check;
+}
+
+char *mp_output_format_map[] = {
+        [MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE] = "multi-line",
+        [MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON] = "mp-test-json",
+};
+
+/*
+ * Function to parse the output from a string
+ */
+parsed_output_format mp_parse_output_format(char *format_string) {
+        parsed_output_format result = {
+                .parsing_success = false,
+                .output_format = MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
+        };
+
+        for (mp_output_format i = 0; i < (sizeof(mp_output_format_map) / sizeof(char *)); i++) {
+                if (strcasecmp(mp_output_format_map[i], format_string) == 0) {
+                        result.parsing_success = true;
+                        result.output_format = i;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+void mp_set_format(mp_output_format format) { output_format = format; }
+
+mp_output_format mp_get_format(void) { return output_format; }
+
+void mp_set_level_of_detail(mp_output_detail_level level) { level_of_detail = level; }
+
+mp_output_detail_level mp_get_level_of_detail(void) { return level_of_detail; }
+
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_ok(mp_check overall) {
+        (void)overall;
+        return STATE_OK;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_warning(mp_check overall) {
+        (void)overall;
+        return STATE_WARNING;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_critical(mp_check overall) {
+        (void)overall;
+        return STATE_CRITICAL;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_unknown(mp_check overall) {
+        (void)overall;
+        return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+}
diff --git a/lib/output.h b/lib/output.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c63c8e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/output.h
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../config.h"
+#include "./perfdata.h"
+#include "./states.h"
+
+/*
+ * A partial check result
+ */
+typedef struct mp_subcheck mp_subcheck;
+struct mp_subcheck {
+        mp_state_enum state;         // OK, Warning, Critical ... set explicitly
+        mp_state_enum default_state; // OK, Warning, Critical .. if not set explicitly
+        bool state_set_explicitly;   // was the state set explicitly (or should it be derived from
+                                                                 // subchecks)
+
+        char *output;      // Text output for humans ("Filesystem xyz is fine", "Could not create TCP
+                                           // connection to..")
+        pd_list *perfdata; // Performance data for this check
+        struct subcheck_list *subchecks; // subchecks deeper in the hierarchy
+
+        // the evaluation_functions computes the state of subcheck
+        mp_state_enum (*evaluation_function)(mp_subcheck);
+};
+
+/*
+ * A list of subchecks, used in subchecks and the main check
+ */
+typedef struct subcheck_list {
+        mp_subcheck subcheck;
+        struct subcheck_list *next;
+} mp_subcheck_list;
+
+/*
+ * Possible output formats
+ */
+typedef enum output_format {
+        MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE,
+        MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON,
+} mp_output_format;
+
+#define MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE
+
+/*
+ * Format related functions
+ */
+void mp_set_format(mp_output_format format);
+mp_output_format mp_get_format(void);
+
+// Output detail level
+
+typedef enum output_detail_level {
+        MP_DETAIL_ALL,
+        MP_DETAIL_NON_OK_ONLY,
+} mp_output_detail_level;
+
+void mp_set_level_of_detail(mp_output_detail_level level);
+mp_output_detail_level mp_get_level_of_detail(void);
+
+/*
+ * The main state object of a plugin. Exists only ONCE per plugin.
+ * This is the "root" of a tree of singular checks.
+ * The final result is always derived from the children and the "worst" state
+ * in the first layer of subchecks
+ */
+typedef struct mp_check mp_check;
+struct mp_check {
+        char *summary; // Overall summary, if not set a summary will be automatically generated
+        mp_subcheck_list *subchecks;
+
+        // the evaluation_functions computes the state of check
+        mp_state_enum (*evaluation_function)(mp_check);
+};
+
+mp_check mp_check_init(void);
+mp_subcheck mp_subcheck_init(void);
+
+mp_subcheck mp_set_subcheck_state(mp_subcheck, mp_state_enum);
+mp_subcheck mp_set_subcheck_default_state(mp_subcheck, mp_state_enum);
+
+int mp_add_subcheck_to_check(mp_check check[static 1], mp_subcheck);
+int mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], mp_subcheck);
+
+void mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], mp_perfdata);
+
+void mp_add_summary(mp_check check[static 1], char *summary);
+
+mp_state_enum mp_compute_check_state(mp_check);
+mp_state_enum mp_compute_subcheck_state(mp_subcheck);
+
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_ok(mp_check overall);
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_warning(mp_check overall);
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_critical(mp_check overall);
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_unknown(mp_check overall);
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_check_default(mp_check check);
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_subcheck_default(mp_subcheck subcheck);
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool parsing_success;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} parsed_output_format;
+parsed_output_format mp_parse_output_format(char *format_string);
+
+// TODO free and stuff
+// void mp_cleanup_check(mp_check check[static 1]);
+
+char *mp_fmt_output(mp_check);
+
+void mp_print_output(mp_check);
+
+/*
+ * ==================
+ * Exit functionality
+ * ==================
+ */
+
+void mp_exit(mp_check) __attribute__((noreturn));
diff --git a/lib/parse_ini.c b/lib/parse_ini.c
index 1289aae2..db337622 100644
--- a/lib/parse_ini.c
+++ b/lib/parse_ini.c
@@ -40,26 +40,29 @@ typedef struct {
         char *stanza;
 } np_ini_info;
 
-static char *default_ini_file_names[] = {"monitoring-plugins.ini", "plugins.ini", "nagios-plugins.ini", NULL};
+static char *default_ini_file_names[] = {"monitoring-plugins.ini", "plugins.ini",
+                                                                                 "nagios-plugins.ini", NULL};
 
 static char *default_ini_path_names[] = {
-        "/usr/local/etc/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins.ini", "/usr/local/etc/monitoring-plugins.ini",
-        "/etc/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins.ini", "/etc/monitoring-plugins.ini",
+        "/usr/local/etc/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins.ini",
+        "/usr/local/etc/monitoring-plugins.ini", "/etc/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins.ini",
+        "/etc/monitoring-plugins.ini",
         /* deprecated path names (for backward compatibility): */
-        "/etc/nagios/plugins.ini", "/usr/local/nagios/etc/plugins.ini", "/usr/local/etc/nagios/plugins.ini", "/etc/opt/nagios/plugins.ini",
-        "/etc/nagios-plugins.ini", "/usr/local/etc/nagios-plugins.ini", "/etc/opt/nagios-plugins.ini", NULL};
+        "/etc/nagios/plugins.ini", "/usr/local/nagios/etc/plugins.ini",
+        "/usr/local/etc/nagios/plugins.ini", "/etc/opt/nagios/plugins.ini", "/etc/nagios-plugins.ini",
+        "/usr/local/etc/nagios-plugins.ini", "/etc/opt/nagios-plugins.ini", NULL};
 
 /* eat all characters from a FILE pointer until n is encountered */
-#define GOBBLE_TO(f, c, n)                                                                                                                 \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                (c) = fgetc((f));                                                                                                                  \
+#define GOBBLE_TO(f, c, n)                                                                         \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                (c) = fgetc((f));                                                                          \
         } while ((c) != EOF && (c) != (n))
 
 /* internal function that returns the constructed defaults options */
-static int read_defaults(FILE *f, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts);
+static bool read_defaults(FILE *defaults_file, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts);
 
 /* internal function that converts a single line into options format */
-static int add_option(FILE *f, np_arg_list **optlst);
+static int add_option(FILE *filePointer, np_arg_list **optlst);
 
 /* internal functions to find default file */
 static char *default_file(void);
@@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ static char *default_file_in_path(void);
  * into its separate parts.
  */
 static void parse_locator(const char *locator, const char *def_stanza, np_ini_info *i) {
-        size_t locator_len = 0, stanza_len = 0;
+        size_t locator_len = 0;
+        size_t stanza_len = 0;
 
         /* if locator is NULL we'll use default values */
         if (locator != NULL) {
@@ -87,8 +91,9 @@ static void parse_locator(const char *locator, const char *def_stanza, np_ini_in
                 i->stanza = strdup(def_stanza);
         }
 
-        if (i->stanza == NULL)
+        if (i->stanza == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("malloc() failed!\n"));
+        }
 
         /* check whether there's an @file part */
         if (stanza_len == locator_len) {
@@ -99,39 +104,46 @@ static void parse_locator(const char *locator, const char *def_stanza, np_ini_in
                 i->file_string_on_heap = true;
         }
 
-        if (i->file == NULL || i->file[0] == '\0')
+        if (i->file == NULL || i->file[0] == '\0') {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot find config file in any standard location.\n"));
+        }
 }
 
 /*
  * This is the externally visible function used by extra_opts.
  */
 np_arg_list *np_get_defaults(const char *locator, const char *default_section) {
-        FILE *inifile = NULL;
-        np_arg_list *defaults = NULL;
-        np_ini_info i;
         int is_suid_plugin = mp_suid();
 
-        if (is_suid_plugin && idpriv_temp_drop() == -1)
+        if (is_suid_plugin && idpriv_temp_drop() == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot drop privileges: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
+        }
 
-        parse_locator(locator, default_section, &i);
-        inifile = strcmp(i.file, "-") == 0 ? stdin : fopen(i.file, "r");
+        FILE *inifile = NULL;
+        np_ini_info ini_info;
+        parse_locator(locator, default_section, &ini_info);
+        inifile = strcmp(ini_info.file, "-") == 0 ? stdin : fopen(ini_info.file, "r");
 
-        if (inifile == NULL)
+        if (inifile == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Can't read config file: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
-        if (!read_defaults(inifile, i.stanza, &defaults))
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid section '%s' in config file '%s'\n"), i.stanza, i.file);
+        }
 
-        if (i.file_string_on_heap) {
-                free(i.file);
+        np_arg_list *defaults = NULL;
+        if (!read_defaults(inifile, ini_info.stanza, &defaults)) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid section '%s' in config file '%s'\n"), ini_info.stanza, ini_info.file);
+        }
+
+        if (ini_info.file_string_on_heap) {
+                free(ini_info.file);
         }
 
-        if (inifile != stdin)
+        if (inifile != stdin) {
                 fclose(inifile);
-        free(i.stanza);
-        if (is_suid_plugin && idpriv_temp_restore() == -1)
+        }
+        free(ini_info.stanza);
+        if (is_suid_plugin && idpriv_temp_restore() == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot restore privileges: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
+        }
 
         return defaults;
 }
@@ -143,54 +155,58 @@ np_arg_list *np_get_defaults(const char *locator, const char *default_section) {
  * be extra careful about user-supplied input (i.e. avoiding possible
  * format string vulnerabilities, etc).
  */
-static int read_defaults(FILE *f, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts) {
-        int c = 0;
+static bool read_defaults(FILE *defaults_file, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts) {
         bool status = false;
-        size_t i, stanza_len;
         enum {
                 NOSTANZA,
                 WRONGSTANZA,
                 RIGHTSTANZA
         } stanzastate = NOSTANZA;
 
-        stanza_len = strlen(stanza);
+        size_t stanza_len = strlen(stanza);
 
         /* our little stanza-parsing state machine */
-        while ((c = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
+        int current_char = 0;
+        while ((current_char = fgetc(defaults_file)) != EOF) {
                 /* gobble up leading whitespace */
-                if (isspace(c))
+                if (isspace(current_char)) {
                         continue;
-                switch (c) {
+                }
+                switch (current_char) {
                         /* globble up comment lines */
                 case ';':
                 case '#':
-                        GOBBLE_TO(f, c, '\n');
+                        GOBBLE_TO(defaults_file, current_char, '\n');
                         break;
                         /* start of a stanza, check to see if it matches */
-                case '[':
+                case '[': {
                         stanzastate = WRONGSTANZA;
+                        size_t i;
                         for (i = 0; i < stanza_len; i++) {
-                                c = fgetc(f);
+                                current_char = fgetc(defaults_file);
                                 /* strip leading whitespace */
-                                if (i == 0)
-                                        for (; isspace(c); c = fgetc(f))
-                                                continue;
+                                if (i == 0) {
+                                        for (; isspace(current_char); current_char = fgetc(defaults_file)) {
+                                        }
+                                }
                                 /* nope, read to the end of the line */
-                                if (c != stanza[i]) {
-                                        GOBBLE_TO(f, c, '\n');
+                                if (current_char != stanza[i]) {
+                                        GOBBLE_TO(defaults_file, current_char, '\n');
                                         break;
                                 }
                         }
+
                         /* if it matched up to here and the next char is ']'... */
                         if (i == stanza_len) {
-                                c = fgetc(f);
+                                current_char = fgetc(defaults_file);
                                 /* strip trailing whitespace */
-                                for (; isspace(c); c = fgetc(f))
-                                        continue;
-                                if (c == ']')
+                                for (; isspace(current_char); current_char = fgetc(defaults_file)) {
+                                }
+                                if (current_char == ']') {
                                         stanzastate = RIGHTSTANZA;
+                                }
                         }
-                        break;
+                } break;
                         /* otherwise, we're in the body of a stanza or a parse error */
                 default:
                         switch (stanzastate) {
@@ -201,12 +217,12 @@ static int read_defaults(FILE *f, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Config file error"));
                                 /* we're in a stanza, but for a different plugin */
                         case WRONGSTANZA:
-                                GOBBLE_TO(f, c, '\n');
+                                GOBBLE_TO(defaults_file, current_char, '\n');
                                 break;
                                 /* okay, this is where we start taking the config */
                         case RIGHTSTANZA:
-                                ungetc(c, f);
-                                if (add_option(f, opts)) {
+                                ungetc(current_char, defaults_file);
+                                if (add_option(defaults_file, opts)) {
                                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Config file error"));
                                 }
                                 status = true;
@@ -225,13 +241,12 @@ static int read_defaults(FILE *f, const char *stanza, np_arg_list **opts) {
  *      --option[=value]
  * appending it to the linked list optbuf.
  */
-static int add_option(FILE *f, np_arg_list **optlst) {
-        np_arg_list *opttmp = *optlst, *optnew;
-        char *linebuf = NULL, *lineend = NULL, *optptr = NULL, *optend = NULL;
-        char *eqptr = NULL, *valptr = NULL, *valend = NULL;
-        short done_reading = 0, equals = 0, value = 0;
-        size_t cfg_len = 0, read_sz = 8, linebuf_sz = 0, read_pos = 0;
-        size_t opt_len = 0, val_len = 0;
+static int add_option(FILE *filePointer, np_arg_list **optlst) {
+        char *linebuf = NULL;
+        bool done_reading = false;
+        const size_t read_sz = 8;
+        size_t linebuf_sz = 0;
+        size_t read_pos = 0;
 
         /* read one line from the file */
         while (!done_reading) {
@@ -239,74 +254,101 @@ static int add_option(FILE *f, np_arg_list **optlst) {
                 if (linebuf == NULL || read_pos + read_sz >= linebuf_sz) {
                         linebuf_sz = linebuf_sz > 0 ? linebuf_sz << 1 : read_sz;
                         linebuf = realloc(linebuf, linebuf_sz);
-                        if (linebuf == NULL)
+                        if (linebuf == NULL) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("malloc() failed!\n"));
+                        }
                 }
-                if (fgets(&linebuf[read_pos], (int)read_sz, f) == NULL)
-                        done_reading = 1;
-                else {
+
+                if (fgets(&linebuf[read_pos], (int)read_sz, filePointer) == NULL) {
+                        done_reading = true;
+                } else {
                         read_pos = strlen(linebuf);
                         if (linebuf[read_pos - 1] == '\n') {
                                 linebuf[--read_pos] = '\0';
-                                done_reading = 1;
+                                done_reading = true;
                         }
                 }
         }
-        lineend = &linebuf[read_pos];
+
+        char *lineend = &linebuf[read_pos];
         /* all that to read one line, isn't C fun? :) now comes the parsing :/ */
 
         /* skip leading whitespace */
-        for (optptr = linebuf; optptr < lineend && isspace(*optptr); optptr++)
-                continue;
+        char *optptr = NULL;
+        for (optptr = linebuf; optptr < lineend && isspace(*optptr); optptr++) {
+        }
+
         /* continue to '=' or EOL, watching for spaces that might precede it */
+        char *eqptr = NULL;
+        char *optend = NULL;
         for (eqptr = optptr; eqptr < lineend && *eqptr != '='; eqptr++) {
-                if (isspace(*eqptr) && optend == NULL)
+                if (isspace(*eqptr) && optend == NULL) {
                         optend = eqptr;
-                else
+                } else {
                         optend = NULL;
+                }
         }
-        if (optend == NULL)
+
+        if (optend == NULL) {
                 optend = eqptr;
+        }
+
         --optend;
+
         /* ^[[:space:]]*=foo is a syntax error */
-        if (optptr == eqptr)
+        if (optptr == eqptr) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Config file error"));
+        }
+
         /* continue from '=' to start of value or EOL */
-        for (valptr = eqptr + 1; valptr < lineend && isspace(*valptr); valptr++)
-                continue;
+        char *valptr = NULL;
+        for (valptr = eqptr + 1; valptr < lineend && isspace(*valptr); valptr++) {
+        }
+
         /* continue to the end of value */
-        for (valend = valptr; valend < lineend; valend++)
-                continue;
+        char *valend = NULL;
+        for (valend = valptr; valend < lineend; valend++) {
+        }
+
         --valend;
+
         /* finally trim off trailing spaces */
-        for (; isspace(*valend); valend--)
-                continue;
+        for (; isspace(*valend); valend--) {
+        }
+
         /* calculate the length of "--foo" */
-        opt_len = (size_t)(1 + optend - optptr);
+        size_t opt_len = (size_t)(1 + optend - optptr);
         /* 1-character params needs only one dash */
-        if (opt_len == 1)
+        size_t cfg_len = 0;
+        if (opt_len == 1) {
                 cfg_len = 1 + (opt_len);
-        else
+        } else {
                 cfg_len = 2 + (opt_len);
+        }
+
+        size_t val_len = 0;
+        bool equals = false;
+        bool value = false;
         /* if valptr<lineend then we have to also allocate space for "=bar" */
         if (valptr < lineend) {
-                equals = value = 1;
+                equals = value = true;
                 val_len = (size_t)(1 + valend - valptr);
                 cfg_len += 1 + val_len;
-        }
-        /* if valptr==valend then we have "=" but no "bar" */
-        else if (valptr == lineend) {
-                equals = 1;
+        } else if (valptr == lineend) {
+                /* if valptr==valend then we have "=" but no "bar" */
+                equals = true;
                 cfg_len += 1;
         }
+
         /* a line with no equal sign isn't valid */
-        if (equals == 0)
+        if (!equals) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Config file error"));
+        }
 
         /* okay, now we have all the info we need, so we create a new np_arg_list
          * element and set the argument...
          */
-        optnew = malloc(sizeof(np_arg_list));
+        np_arg_list *optnew = malloc(sizeof(np_arg_list));
         optnew->next = NULL;
 
         read_pos = 0;
@@ -329,11 +371,13 @@ static int add_option(FILE *f, np_arg_list **optlst) {
         optnew->arg[read_pos] = '\0';
 
         /* ...and put that to the end of the list */
-        if (*optlst == NULL)
+        if (*optlst == NULL) {
                 *optlst = optnew;
-        else {
-                while (opttmp->next != NULL)
+        } else {
+                np_arg_list *opttmp = *optlst;
+                while (opttmp->next != NULL) {
                         opttmp = opttmp->next;
+                }
                 opttmp->next = optnew;
         }
 
@@ -344,7 +388,8 @@ static int add_option(FILE *f, np_arg_list **optlst) {
 static char *default_file(void) {
         char *ini_file;
 
-        if ((ini_file = getenv("MP_CONFIG_FILE")) != NULL || (ini_file = default_file_in_path()) != NULL) {
+        if ((ini_file = getenv("MP_CONFIG_FILE")) != NULL ||
+                (ini_file = default_file_in_path()) != NULL) {
                 return ini_file;
         }
 
@@ -357,19 +402,25 @@ static char *default_file(void) {
 }
 
 static char *default_file_in_path(void) {
-        char *config_path, **file;
-        char *dir, *ini_file, *tokens;
+        char *config_path;
+        char **file;
+        char *dir;
+        char *ini_file;
+        char *tokens;
 
-        if ((config_path = getenv("NAGIOS_CONFIG_PATH")) == NULL)
+        if ((config_path = getenv("NAGIOS_CONFIG_PATH")) == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         /* shall we spit out a warning that NAGIOS_CONFIG_PATH is deprecated? */
 
-        if ((tokens = strdup(config_path)) == NULL)
+        if ((tokens = strdup(config_path)) == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Insufficient Memory"));
+        }
         for (dir = strtok(tokens, ":"); dir != NULL; dir = strtok(NULL, ":")) {
                 for (file = default_ini_file_names; *file != NULL; file++) {
-                        if ((asprintf(&ini_file, "%s/%s", dir, *file)) < 0)
+                        if ((asprintf(&ini_file, "%s/%s", dir, *file)) < 0) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", _("Insufficient Memory"));
+                        }
                         if (access(ini_file, F_OK) == 0) {
                                 free(tokens);
                                 return ini_file;
diff --git a/lib/perfdata.c b/lib/perfdata.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2930a8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/perfdata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,649 @@
+#include "./perfdata.h"
+#include "../plugins/common.h"
+#include "../plugins/utils.h"
+#include "utils_base.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char *pd_value_to_string(const mp_perfdata_value pd) {
+        char *result = NULL;
+
+        assert(pd.type != PD_TYPE_NONE);
+
+        switch (pd.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                asprintf(&result, "%lli", pd.pd_int);
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                asprintf(&result, "%llu", pd.pd_int);
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                asprintf(&result, "%f", pd.pd_double);
+                break;
+        default:
+                // die here
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Invalid mp_perfdata mode\n");
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+char *pd_to_string(mp_perfdata pd) {
+        assert(pd.label != NULL);
+        char *result = NULL;
+
+        if (strchr(pd.label, '\'') == NULL) {
+                asprintf(&result, "'%s'=", pd.label);
+        } else {
+                // we have a illegal single quote in the string
+                // replace it silently instead of complaining
+                for (char *ptr = pd.label; *ptr == '\0'; ptr++) {
+                        if (*ptr == '\'') {
+                                *ptr = '_';
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        asprintf(&result, "%s%s", result, pd_value_to_string(pd.value));
+
+        if (pd.uom != NULL) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s%s", result, pd.uom);
+        }
+
+        if (pd.warn_present) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;%s", result, mp_range_to_string(pd.warn));
+        } else {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;", result);
+        }
+
+        if (pd.crit_present) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;%s", result, mp_range_to_string(pd.crit));
+        } else {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;", result);
+        }
+        if (pd.min_present) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;%s", result, pd_value_to_string(pd.min));
+        } else {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;", result);
+        }
+
+        if (pd.max_present) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s;%s", result, pd_value_to_string(pd.max));
+        }
+
+        /*printf("pd_to_string: %s\n", result); */
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+char *pd_list_to_string(const pd_list pd) {
+        char *result = pd_to_string(pd.data);
+
+        for (pd_list *elem = pd.next; elem != NULL; elem = elem->next) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s %s", result, pd_to_string(elem->data));
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata perfdata_init() {
+        mp_perfdata pd = {};
+        return pd;
+}
+
+pd_list *pd_list_init() {
+        pd_list *tmp = (pd_list *)calloc(1, sizeof(pd_list));
+        if (tmp == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "calloc failed\n");
+        }
+        tmp->next = NULL;
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+mp_range mp_range_init() {
+        mp_range result = {
+                .alert_on_inside_range = OUTSIDE,
+                .start = {},
+                .start_infinity = true,
+                .end = {},
+                .end_infinity = true,
+        };
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_range mp_range_set_start(mp_range input, mp_perfdata_value perf_val) {
+        input.start = perf_val;
+        input.start_infinity = false;
+        return input;
+}
+
+mp_range mp_range_set_end(mp_range input, mp_perfdata_value perf_val) {
+        input.end = perf_val;
+        input.end_infinity = false;
+        return input;
+}
+
+void pd_list_append(pd_list pdl[1], const mp_perfdata pd) {
+        assert(pdl != NULL);
+
+        if (pdl->data.value.type == PD_TYPE_NONE) {
+                // first entry is still empty
+                pdl->data = pd;
+        } else {
+                // find last element in the list
+                pd_list *curr = pdl;
+                pd_list *next = pdl->next;
+
+                while (next != NULL) {
+                        curr = next;
+                        next = next->next;
+                }
+
+                if (curr->data.value.type == PD_TYPE_NONE) {
+                        // still empty
+                        curr->data = pd;
+                } else {
+                        // new a new one
+                        curr->next = pd_list_init();
+                        curr->next->data = pd;
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+void pd_list_free(pd_list pdl[1]) {
+        while (pdl != NULL) {
+                pd_list *old = pdl;
+                pdl = pdl->next;
+                free(old);
+        }
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns -1 if a < b, 0 if a == b, 1 if a > b
+ */
+int cmp_perfdata_value(const mp_perfdata_value a, const mp_perfdata_value b) {
+        // Test if types are different
+        if (a.type == b.type) {
+
+                switch (a.type) {
+                case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                        if (a.pd_uint < b.pd_uint) {
+                                return -1;
+                        } else if (a.pd_uint == b.pd_uint) {
+                                return 0;
+                        } else {
+                                return 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                        if (a.pd_int < b.pd_int) {
+                                return -1;
+                        } else if (a.pd_int == b.pd_int) {
+                                return 0;
+                        } else {
+                                return 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                        if (a.pd_int < b.pd_int) {
+                                return -1;
+                        } else if (a.pd_int == b.pd_int) {
+                                return 0;
+                        } else {
+                                return 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Error in %s line: %d!", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+                }
+        }
+
+        // Get dirty here
+        long double floating_a = 0;
+
+        switch (a.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                floating_a = a.pd_uint;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                floating_a = a.pd_int;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                floating_a = a.pd_double;
+                break;
+        default:
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Error in %s line: %d!", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+        }
+
+        long double floating_b = 0;
+        switch (b.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                floating_b = b.pd_uint;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                floating_b = b.pd_int;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                floating_b = b.pd_double;
+                break;
+        default:
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Error in %s line: %d!", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+        }
+
+        if (floating_a < floating_b) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+        if (floating_a == floating_b) {
+                return 0;
+        }
+        return 1;
+}
+
+char *mp_range_to_string(const mp_range input) {
+        char *result = "";
+        if (input.alert_on_inside_range == INSIDE) {
+                asprintf(&result, "@");
+        }
+
+        if (input.start_infinity) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s~:", result);
+        } else {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s%s:", result, pd_value_to_string(input.start));
+        }
+
+        if (!input.end_infinity) {
+                asprintf(&result, "%s%s", result, pd_value_to_string(input.end));
+        }
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_float(mp_perfdata pd, float value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_double(pd, value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_double(mp_perfdata pd, double value) {
+        pd.value.pd_double = value;
+        pd.value.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+        return pd;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_char(mp_perfdata pd, char value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_long_long(pd, (long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_char(mp_perfdata pd, unsigned char value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(pd, (unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_int(mp_perfdata pd, int value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_long_long(pd, (long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_int(mp_perfdata pd, unsigned int value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(pd, (unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_long(mp_perfdata pd, long value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_long_long(pd, (long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long(mp_perfdata pd, unsigned long value) {
+        return mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(pd, (unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_long_long(mp_perfdata pd, long long value) {
+        pd.value.pd_int = value;
+        pd.value.type = PD_TYPE_INT;
+        return pd;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(mp_perfdata pd, unsigned long long value) {
+        pd.value.pd_uint = value;
+        pd.value.type = PD_TYPE_UINT;
+        return pd;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_double(double value) {
+        mp_perfdata_value res = {0};
+        res.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+        res.pd_double = value;
+        return res;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_float(float value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_double((double)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_char(char value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_long_long((long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_char(unsigned char value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long((unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_int(int value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_long_long((long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_int(unsigned int value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long((unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_long(long value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_long_long((long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_long(unsigned long value) {
+        return mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long((unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_long_long(long long value) {
+        mp_perfdata_value res = {0};
+        res.type = PD_TYPE_INT;
+        res.pd_int = value;
+        return res;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long(unsigned long long value) {
+        mp_perfdata_value res = {0};
+        res.type = PD_TYPE_UINT;
+        res.pd_uint = value;
+        return res;
+}
+
+char *fmt_range(range foo) { return foo.text; }
+
+typedef struct integer_parser_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        mp_perfdata_value value;
+} integer_parser_wrapper;
+
+typedef struct double_parser_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        mp_perfdata_value value;
+} double_parser_wrapper;
+
+typedef struct perfdata_value_parser_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        mp_perfdata_value value;
+} perfdata_value_parser_wrapper;
+
+double_parser_wrapper parse_double(const char *input);
+integer_parser_wrapper parse_integer(const char *input);
+perfdata_value_parser_wrapper parse_pd_value(const char *input);
+
+mp_range_parsed mp_parse_range_string(const char *input) {
+        if (input == NULL) {
+                mp_range_parsed result = {
+                        .error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        if (strlen(input) == 0) {
+                mp_range_parsed result = {
+                        .error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        mp_range_parsed result = {
+                .range = mp_range_init(),
+                .error = MP_PARSING_SUCCES,
+        };
+
+        if (input[0] == '@') {
+                // found an '@' at beginning, so invert the range logic
+                result.range.alert_on_inside_range = INSIDE;
+
+                // advance the pointer one symbol
+                input++;
+        }
+
+        char *working_copy = strdup(input);
+        if (working_copy == NULL) {
+                // strdup error, probably
+                mp_range_parsed result = {
+                        .error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
+        input = working_copy;
+
+        char *separator = index(working_copy, ':');
+        if (separator != NULL) {
+                // Found a separator
+                // set the separator to 0, so we have two different strings
+                *separator = '\0';
+
+                if (input[0] == '~') {
+                        // the beginning starts with '~', so it might be infinity
+                        if (&input[1] != separator) {
+                                // the next symbol after '~' is not the separator!
+                                // so input is probably wrong
+                                result.error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                                free(working_copy);
+                                return result;
+                        }
+
+                        result.range.start_infinity = true;
+                } else {
+                        // No '~' at the beginning, so this should be a number
+                        result.range.start_infinity = false;
+                        perfdata_value_parser_wrapper parsed_pd = parse_pd_value(input);
+
+                        if (parsed_pd.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                                result.error = parsed_pd.error;
+                                free(working_copy);
+                                return result;
+                        }
+
+                        result.range.start = parsed_pd.value;
+                        result.range.start_infinity = false;
+                }
+                // got the first part now
+                // advance the pointer
+                input = separator + 1;
+        }
+
+        // End part or no separator
+        if (input[0] == '\0') {
+                // the end is infinite
+                result.range.end_infinity = true;
+        } else {
+                perfdata_value_parser_wrapper parsed_pd = parse_pd_value(input);
+
+                if (parsed_pd.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                        result.error = parsed_pd.error;
+                        return result;
+                }
+                result.range.end = parsed_pd.value;
+                result.range.end_infinity = false;
+        }
+        free(working_copy);
+        return result;
+}
+
+double_parser_wrapper parse_double(const char *input) {
+        double_parser_wrapper result = {
+                .error = MP_PARSING_SUCCES,
+        };
+
+        if (input == NULL) {
+                result.error = MP_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        char *endptr = NULL;
+        errno = 0;
+        double tmp = strtod(input, &endptr);
+
+        if (input == endptr) {
+                // man 3 strtod says, no conversion performed
+                result.error = MP_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        if (errno) {
+                // some other error
+                // TODO maybe differentiate a little bit
+                result.error = MP_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        result.value = mp_create_pd_value(tmp);
+        return result;
+}
+
+integer_parser_wrapper parse_integer(const char *input) {
+        integer_parser_wrapper result = {
+                .error = MP_PARSING_SUCCES,
+        };
+
+        if (input == NULL) {
+                result.error = MP_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        char *endptr = NULL;
+        errno = 0;
+        long long tmp = strtoll(input, &endptr, 0);
+
+        // validating *sigh*
+        if (*endptr != '\0') {
+                // something went wrong in strtoll
+                if (tmp == LLONG_MIN) {
+                        // underflow
+                        result.error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_UNDERFLOW;
+                        return result;
+                }
+
+                if (tmp == LLONG_MAX) {
+                        // overflow
+                        result.error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_OVERFLOW;
+                        return result;
+                }
+
+                // still wrong, but not sure why, probably invalid characters
+                if (errno == EINVAL) {
+                        result.error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_INVALID_CHAR;
+                        return result;
+                }
+
+                // some other error, do catch all here
+                result.error = MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        // no error, should be fine
+        result.value = mp_create_pd_value(tmp);
+        return result;
+}
+
+perfdata_value_parser_wrapper parse_pd_value(const char *input) {
+        // try integer first
+        integer_parser_wrapper tmp_int = parse_integer(input);
+
+        if (tmp_int.error == MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                perfdata_value_parser_wrapper result = {
+                        .error = tmp_int.error,
+                        .value = tmp_int.value,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        double_parser_wrapper tmp_double = parse_double(input);
+        perfdata_value_parser_wrapper result = {};
+        if (tmp_double.error == MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                result.error = tmp_double.error;
+                result.value = tmp_double.value;
+        } else {
+                result.error = tmp_double.error;
+        }
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_max_value(mp_perfdata perfdata, mp_perfdata_value value) {
+        perfdata.max = value;
+        perfdata.max_present = true;
+        return perfdata;
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_min_value(mp_perfdata perfdata, mp_perfdata_value value) {
+        perfdata.min = value;
+        perfdata.min_present = true;
+        return perfdata;
+}
+
+double mp_get_pd_value(mp_perfdata_value value) {
+        assert(value.type != PD_TYPE_NONE);
+        switch (value.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                return value.pd_double;
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                return (double)value.pd_int;
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                return (double)value.pd_uint;
+        default:
+                return 0; // just to make the compiler happy
+        }
+}
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_pd_value_multiply(mp_perfdata_value left, mp_perfdata_value right) {
+        if (left.type == right.type) {
+                switch (left.type) {
+                case PD_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+                        left.pd_double *= right.pd_double;
+                        return left;
+                case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                        left.pd_int *= right.pd_int;
+                        return left;
+                case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                        left.pd_uint *= right.pd_uint;
+                        return left;
+                default:
+                        // what to here?
+                        return left;
+                }
+        }
+
+        // Different types, oh boy, just do the lazy thing for now and switch to double
+        switch (left.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                left.pd_double = (double)left.pd_int;
+                left.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                left.pd_double = (double)left.pd_uint;
+                left.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        switch (right.type) {
+        case PD_TYPE_INT:
+                right.pd_double = (double)right.pd_int;
+                right.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+                break;
+        case PD_TYPE_UINT:
+                right.pd_double = (double)right.pd_uint;
+                right.type = PD_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        left.pd_double *= right.pd_double;
+        return left;
+}
+
+mp_range mp_range_multiply(mp_range range, mp_perfdata_value factor) {
+        if (!range.end_infinity) {
+                range.end = mp_pd_value_multiply(range.end, factor);
+        }
+        if (!range.start_infinity) {
+                range.start = mp_pd_value_multiply(range.start, factor);
+        }
+        return range;
+}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata.h b/lib/perfdata.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e51ef5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/perfdata.h
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../config.h"
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+// Enum for the specific type of a perfdata_value
+typedef enum pd_value_type {
+        PD_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+        PD_TYPE_INT,
+        PD_TYPE_UINT,
+        PD_TYPE_DOUBLE
+} pd_value_type;
+
+typedef struct {
+        enum pd_value_type type;
+        union {
+                long long pd_int;
+                unsigned long long pd_uint;
+                double pd_double;
+        };
+} mp_perfdata_value;
+
+#define MP_OUTSIDE false
+#define MP_INSIDE  true
+
+/*
+ * New range type with generic numerical values
+ */
+typedef struct {
+        mp_perfdata_value start;
+        bool start_infinity; /* false (default) or true */
+
+        mp_perfdata_value end;
+        bool end_infinity;
+
+        bool alert_on_inside_range; /* OUTSIDE (default) or INSIDE */
+} mp_range;
+
+/*
+ * Old range type with floating point values
+ */
+typedef struct {
+        double start;
+        bool start_infinity;
+        double end;
+        bool end_infinity;
+        int alert_on; /* OUTSIDE (default) or INSIDE */
+        char *text;   /* original unparsed text input */
+} range;
+
+/*
+ * Perfdata type for storing perfdata output
+ */
+typedef struct {
+        char *label;
+        char *uom;
+        mp_perfdata_value value;
+
+        bool warn_present;
+        mp_range warn;
+
+        bool crit_present;
+        mp_range crit;
+
+        bool min_present;
+        mp_perfdata_value min;
+
+        bool max_present;
+        mp_perfdata_value max;
+} mp_perfdata;
+
+/*
+ * List of mp_perfdata values
+ */
+typedef struct pd_list_struct {
+        mp_perfdata data;
+        struct pd_list_struct *next;
+} pd_list;
+
+/*
+ * ============
+ * Initializers
+ * ============
+ */
+/*
+ * Initialize mp_perfdata value. Always use this to generate a new one
+ */
+mp_perfdata perfdata_init(void);
+
+/*
+ * Initialize pd_list value. Always use this to generate a new one
+ */
+pd_list *pd_list_init(void);
+
+/*
+ * Initialize a new mp_range value, with unset values (start and end are infinite
+ */
+mp_range mp_range_init(void);
+
+/*
+ * Worker functions
+ */
+
+mp_range mp_range_set_start(mp_range, mp_perfdata_value);
+mp_range mp_range_set_end(mp_range, mp_perfdata_value);
+
+/*
+ * Parsing a range from a string
+ */
+
+typedef enum {
+        MP_PARSING_SUCCES = 0,
+        MP_PARSING_FAILURE,
+        MP_RANGE_PARSING_FAILURE,
+        MP_RANGE_PARSING_UNDERFLOW,
+        MP_RANGE_PARSING_OVERFLOW,
+        MP_RANGE_PARSING_INVALID_CHAR,
+} mp_range_parser_error;
+
+typedef struct mp_range_parsed {
+        mp_range_parser_error error;
+        mp_range range;
+} mp_range_parsed;
+
+mp_range_parsed mp_parse_range_string(const char * /*input*/);
+
+/*
+ * Appends a mp_perfdata value to a pd_list
+ */
+void pd_list_append(pd_list[1], mp_perfdata);
+
+#define mp_set_pd_value(P, V)                                                                      \
+        _Generic((V),                                                                                  \
+                float: mp_set_pd_value_float,                                                              \
+                double: mp_set_pd_value_double,                                                            \
+                int: mp_set_pd_value_int,                                                                  \
+                unsigned int: mp_set_pd_value_u_int,                                                       \
+                long: mp_set_pd_value_long,                                                                \
+                unsigned long: mp_set_pd_value_u_long,                                                     \
+                long long: mp_set_pd_value_long_long,                                                      \
+                unsigned long long: mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long)(P, V)
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_float(mp_perfdata, float);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_double(mp_perfdata, double);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_int(mp_perfdata, int);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_int(mp_perfdata, unsigned int);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_long(mp_perfdata, long);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long(mp_perfdata, unsigned long);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_long_long(mp_perfdata, long long);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(mp_perfdata, unsigned long long);
+
+#define mp_create_pd_value(V)                                                                      \
+        _Generic((V),                                                                                  \
+                float: mp_create_pd_value_float,                                                           \
+                double: mp_create_pd_value_double,                                                         \
+                char: mp_create_pd_value_char,                                                             \
+                unsigned char: mp_create_pd_value_u_char,                                                  \
+                int: mp_create_pd_value_int,                                                               \
+                unsigned int: mp_create_pd_value_u_int,                                                    \
+                long: mp_create_pd_value_long,                                                             \
+                unsigned long: mp_create_pd_value_u_long,                                                  \
+                long long: mp_create_pd_value_long_long,                                                   \
+                unsigned long long: mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long)(V)
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_float(float);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_double(double);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_char(char);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_char(unsigned char);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_int(int);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_int(unsigned int);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_long(long);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_long(unsigned long);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_long_long(long long);
+mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_u_long_long(unsigned long long);
+
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_max_value(mp_perfdata perfdata, mp_perfdata_value value);
+mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_min_value(mp_perfdata perfdata, mp_perfdata_value value);
+
+double mp_get_pd_value(mp_perfdata_value value);
+
+/*
+ * Free the memory used by a pd_list
+ */
+void pd_list_free(pd_list[1]);
+
+int cmp_perfdata_value(mp_perfdata_value, mp_perfdata_value);
+
+// ================
+// Helper functions
+// ================
+
+mp_perfdata_value mp_pd_value_multiply(mp_perfdata_value left, mp_perfdata_value right);
+mp_range mp_range_multiply(mp_range range, mp_perfdata_value factor);
+
+// =================
+// String formatters
+// =================
+/*
+ * Generate string from mp_perfdata value
+ */
+char *pd_to_string(mp_perfdata);
+
+/*
+ * Generate string from perfdata_value value
+ */
+char *pd_value_to_string(mp_perfdata_value);
+
+/*
+ * Generate string from pd_list value for the final output
+ */
+char *pd_list_to_string(pd_list);
+
+/*
+ * Generate string from a mp_range value
+ */
+char *mp_range_to_string(mp_range);
+char *fmt_range(range);
diff --git a/lib/states.h b/lib/states.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a170caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/states.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#ifndef _MP_STATES_
+#define _MP_STATES_
+
+#include "../config.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
+
+typedef enum state_enum {
+        STATE_OK,
+        STATE_WARNING,
+        STATE_CRITICAL,
+        STATE_UNKNOWN,
+        STATE_DEPENDENT
+} mp_state_enum;
+
+/* **************************************************************************
+ * max_state(STATE_x, STATE_y)
+ * compares STATE_x to  STATE_y and returns result based on the following
+ * STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_OK < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
+ *
+ * Note that numerically the above does not hold
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline mp_state_enum max_state(mp_state_enum a, mp_state_enum b) {
+        if (a == STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_WARNING || b == STATE_WARNING) {
+                return STATE_WARNING;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_OK || b == STATE_OK) {
+                return STATE_OK;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_UNKNOWN || b == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_DEPENDENT || b == STATE_DEPENDENT) {
+                return STATE_DEPENDENT;
+        }
+        return MAX(a, b);
+}
+
+/* **************************************************************************
+ * max_state_alt(STATE_x, STATE_y)
+ * compares STATE_x to  STATE_y and returns result based on the following
+ * STATE_OK < STATE_DEPENDENT < STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
+ *
+ * The main difference between max_state_alt and max_state it that it doesn't
+ * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritixe any valid
+ * non-OK state.
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline mp_state_enum max_state_alt(mp_state_enum a, mp_state_enum b) {
+        if (a == STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_WARNING || b == STATE_WARNING) {
+                return STATE_WARNING;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_UNKNOWN || b == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_DEPENDENT || b == STATE_DEPENDENT) {
+                return STATE_DEPENDENT;
+        }
+        if (a == STATE_OK || b == STATE_OK) {
+                return STATE_OK;
+        }
+        return MAX(a, b);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/tests/Makefile.am b/lib/tests/Makefile.am
index 31d79df6..7798a72e 100644
--- a/lib/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ check_PROGRAMS = @EXTRA_TEST@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DNP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX=\"$(localstatedir)\" \
         -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/gl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl -I$(top_srcdir)/plugins
 
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS = test_utils test_disk test_tcp test_cmd test_base64 test_ini1 test_ini3 test_opts1 test_opts2 test_opts3
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = test_utils test_tcp test_cmd test_base64 test_ini1 test_ini3 test_opts1 test_opts2 test_opts3 test_generic_output
 
-np_test_scripts = test_base64.t test_cmd.t test_disk.t test_ini1.t test_ini3.t test_opts1.t test_opts2.t test_opts3.t test_tcp.t test_utils.t
+np_test_scripts = test_base64.t test_cmd.t test_ini1.t test_ini3.t test_opts1.t test_opts2.t test_opts3.t test_tcp.t test_utils.t test_generic_output.t
 np_test_files = config-dos.ini config-opts.ini config-tiny.ini plugin.ini plugins.ini
 EXTRA_DIST = $(np_test_scripts) $(np_test_files) var
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = -g -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/gl $(tap_cflags)
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(tap_ldflags) -ltap
 LDADD = $(top_srcdir)/lib/libmonitoringplug.a $(top_srcdir)/gl/libgnu.a $(LIB_CRYPTO)
 
-SOURCES = test_utils.c test_disk.c test_tcp.c test_cmd.c test_base64.c test_ini1.c test_ini3.c test_opts1.c test_opts2.c test_opts3.c
+SOURCES = test_utils.c test_tcp.c test_cmd.c test_base64.c test_ini1.c test_ini3.c test_opts1.c test_opts2.c test_opts3.c test_generic_output.c
 
 test: ${noinst_PROGRAMS}
         perl -MTest::Harness -e '$$Test::Harness::switches=""; runtests(map {$$_ .= ".t"} @ARGV)' $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_base64.c b/lib/tests/test_base64.c
index 94cb5aa9..798244da 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_base64.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_base64.c
@@ -180,117 +180,168 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
 
         char random[1024] = {
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+                0x48, 0x79, 0x73, 0x61, 0x58, 0x57, 0x6c, 0x36, 0x52, 0x67, 0x78, 0x66, 0x4d, 0x6b, 0x74,
+                0x4b, 0x4b, 0x46, 0x4a, 0x35, 0x57, 0x78, 0x4a, 0x43, 0x47, 0x41, 0x42, 0x64, 0x4a, 0x7a,
+                0x46, 0x54, 0x50, 0x45, 0x77, 0x32, 0x54, 0x6a, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x63, 0x67, 0x4e, 0x78, 0x41,
+                0x6c, 0x73, 0x32, 0x57, 0x58, 0x39, 0x31, 0x62, 0x67, 0x68, 0x55, 0x44, 0x54, 0x51, 0x63,
+                0x4e, 0x46, 0x64, 0x64, 0x61, 0x55, 0x67, 0x41, 0x4f, 0x77, 0x55, 0x48, 0x62, 0x69, 0x64,
+                0x6c, 0x62, 0x6b, 0x41, 0x39, 0x4f, 0x6b, 0x39, 0x79, 0x58, 0x54, 0x6b, 0x57, 0x44, 0x32,
+                0x4d, 0x53, 0x45, 0x68, 0x55, 0x36, 0x63, 0x41, 0x31, 0x58, 0x47, 0x41, 0x31, 0x65, 0x50,
+                0x53, 0x4a, 0x6f, 0x61, 0x48, 0x78, 0x74, 0x54, 0x77, 0x78, 0x37, 0x43, 0x53, 0x31, 0x4b,
+                0x63, 0x79, 0x42, 0x48, 0x42, 0x31, 0x64, 0x31, 0x58, 0x56, 0x4e, 0x77, 0x4e, 0x43, 0x46,
+                0x41, 0x56, 0x31, 0x46, 0x65, 0x53, 0x55, 0x51, 0x41, 0x56, 0x43, 0x63, 0x45, 0x61, 0x48,
+                0x35, 0x5a, 0x56, 0x6c, 0x68, 0x30, 0x46, 0x44, 0x77, 0x57, 0x4d, 0x30, 0x45, 0x57, 0x53,
+                0x79, 0x39, 0x4a, 0x4e, 0x77, 0x70, 0x55, 0x43, 0x41, 0x67, 0x66, 0x4f, 0x57, 0x64, 0x32,
+                0x4b, 0x43, 0x67, 0x48, 0x48, 0x57, 0x46, 0x48, 0x55, 0x55, 0x31, 0x31, 0x4a, 0x6c, 0x4a,
+                0x48, 0x52, 0x77, 0x78, 0x58, 0x57, 0x48, 0x51, 0x2b, 0x59, 0x6d, 0x78, 0x59, 0x4f, 0x6b,
+                0x51, 0x65, 0x46, 0x69, 0x34, 0x68, 0x48, 0x48, 0x4e, 0x46, 0x5a, 0x33, 0x52, 0x50, 0x4d,
+                0x32, 0x59, 0x4f, 0x64, 0x47, 0x59, 0x6d, 0x48, 0x79, 0x34, 0x34, 0x52, 0x45, 0x42, 0x2b,
+                0x4b, 0x6c, 0x42, 0x53, 0x58, 0x6b, 0x4d, 0x42, 0x65, 0x6a, 0x68, 0x4a, 0x50, 0x46, 0x56,
+                0x4e, 0x57, 0x6b, 0x51, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x4e, 0x52, 0x51, 0x74, 0x49, 0x43, 0x6a,
+                0x4e, 0x65, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x31, 0x31, 0x46, 0x68, 0x64, 0x6a, 0x52, 0x67, 0x45, 0x71, 0x56,
+                0x58, 0x73, 0x50, 0x41, 0x6e, 0x4e, 0x71, 0x53, 0x33, 0x39, 0x31, 0x5a, 0x54, 0x78, 0x4d,
+                0x4d, 0x7a, 0x6c, 0x73, 0x64, 0x41, 0x56, 0x67, 0x44, 0x33, 0x38, 0x74, 0x51, 0x55, 0x31,
+                0x4e, 0x52, 0x6e, 0x45, 0x4a, 0x62, 0x30, 0x39, 0x67, 0x46, 0x51, 0x39, 0x47, 0x63, 0x32,
+                0x4e, 0x4d, 0x58, 0x6e, 0x51, 0x77, 0x44, 0x53, 0x68, 0x44, 0x43, 0x48, 0x49, 0x79, 0x42,
+                0x43, 0x34, 0x78, 0x4b, 0x53, 0x64, 0x45, 0x62, 0x52, 0x4d, 0x58, 0x53, 0x41, 0x39, 0x4a,
+                0x55, 0x68, 0x41, 0x54, 0x66, 0x78, 0x63, 0x57, 0x59, 0x6e, 0x6b, 0x31, 0x65, 0x44, 0x34,
+                0x42, 0x66, 0x43, 0x34, 0x50, 0x64, 0x6a, 0x35, 0x65, 0x55, 0x32, 0x78, 0x62, 0x58, 0x33,
+                0x77, 0x5a, 0x51, 0x51, 0x49, 0x76, 0x46, 0x32, 0x52, 0x42, 0x64, 0x52, 0x41, 0x45, 0x52,
+                0x33, 0x77, 0x39, 0x53, 0x31, 0x49, 0x41, 0x45, 0x46, 0x31, 0x52, 0x54, 0x6e, 0x6f, 0x6e,
+                0x4a, 0x56, 0x56, 0x41, 0x45, 0x6a, 0x56, 0x67, 0x42, 0x52, 0x73, 0x30, 0x4c, 0x51, 0x52,
+                0x36, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x6b, 0x43, 0x65, 0x51, 0x4d, 0x36, 0x4c, 0x77, 0x59, 0x4b, 0x65, 0x58,
+                0x73, 0x53, 0x58, 0x58, 0x78, 0x53, 0x4b, 0x55, 0x64, 0x59, 0x45, 0x6e, 0x4d, 0x2f, 0x4a,
+                0x31, 0x59, 0x46, 0x44, 0x45, 0x67, 0x79, 0x57, 0x47, 0x74, 0x58, 0x58, 0x41, 0x4e, 0x6b,
+                0x56, 0x68, 0x46, 0x53, 0x65, 0x6a, 0x41, 0x32, 0x4b, 0x52, 0x63, 0x37, 0x61, 0x48, 0x70,
+                0x38, 0x42, 0x57, 0x74, 0x72, 0x45, 0x32, 0x6f, 0x6b, 0x58, 0x47, 0x68, 0x43, 0x47, 0x44,
+                0x49, 0x44, 0x63, 0x32, 0x34, 0x45, 0x49, 0x53, 0x34, 0x42, 0x42, 0x47, 0x4e, 0x39, 0x52,
+                0x45, 0x45, 0x53, 0x4d, 0x51, 0x73, 0x56, 0x48, 0x33, 0x41, 0x41, 0x4c, 0x6d, 0x59, 0x55,
+                0x50, 0x48, 0x38, 0x72, 0x41, 0x42, 0x38, 0x4d, 0x4b, 0x46, 0x6b, 0x4b, 0x46, 0x6b, 0x6c,
+                0x61, 0x58, 0x47, 0x52, 0x6c, 0x53, 0x78, 0x45, 0x70, 0x46, 0x54, 0x5a, 0x61, 0x5a, 0x52,
+                0x6c, 0x50, 0x59, 0x43, 0x4d, 0x36, 0x4f, 0x68, 0x4d, 0x6c, 0x41, 0x6e, 0x68, 0x4d, 0x56,
+                0x41, 0x3d, 0x3d, 0x00};
         char *b64_test;
 
         plan_tests(1);
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_cmd.c b/lib/tests/test_cmd.c
index c8867dfb..d51016cc 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_cmd.c
@@ -38,36 +38,35 @@ char *get_command(char *const *line) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char **command_line = malloc(sizeof(char *) * COMMAND_LINE);
-        char *command = NULL;
-        char *perl;
-        output chld_out, chld_err;
-        int c;
-        int result = UNSET;
-
         plan_tests(51);
 
         diag("Running plain echo command, set one");
 
         /* ensure everything is empty before we begin */
+
+        output chld_out;
         memset(&chld_out, 0, sizeof(output));
+        output chld_err;
         memset(&chld_err, 0, sizeof(output));
         ok(chld_out.lines == 0, "(initialised) Checking stdout is reset");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(initialised) Checking stderr is reset");
+        int result = UNSET;
         ok(result == UNSET, "(initialised) Checking exit code is reset");
 
+        char **command_line = malloc(sizeof(char *) * COMMAND_LINE);
         command_line[0] = strdup("/bin/echo");
         command_line[1] = strdup("this");
         command_line[2] = strdup("is");
         command_line[3] = strdup("test");
         command_line[4] = strdup("one");
 
-        command = get_command(command_line);
+        char *command = get_command(command_line);
 
         result = cmd_run_array(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
         ok(chld_out.lines == 1, "(array) Check for expected number of stdout lines");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(array) Check for expected number of stderr lines");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0, "(array) Check for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0,
+           "(array) Check for expected stdout output");
         ok(result == 0, "(array) Checking exit code");
 
         /* ensure everything is empty again */
@@ -82,7 +81,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         ok(chld_out.lines == 1, "(string) Check for expected number of stdout lines");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(string) Check for expected number of stderr lines");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0, "(string) Check for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0,
+           "(string) Check for expected stdout output");
         ok(result == 0, "(string) Checking exit code");
 
         diag("Running plain echo command, set two");
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         result = cmd_run_array(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
         ok(chld_out.lines == 1, "(array) Check for expected number of stdout lines");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(array) Check for expected number of stderr lines");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test two") == 0, "(array) Check for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test two") == 0,
+           "(array) Check for expected stdout output");
         ok(result == 0, "(array) Checking exit code");
 
         /* ensure everything is empty again */
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         ok(chld_out.lines == 1, "(string) Check for expected number of stdout lines");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(string) Check for expected number of stderr lines");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0, "(string) Check for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is test one") == 0,
+           "(string) Check for expected stdout output");
         ok(result == 0, "(string) Checking exit code");
 
         /* ensure everything is empty again */
@@ -130,7 +132,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(initialised) Checking stderr is reset");
         ok(result == UNSET, "(initialised) Checking exit code is reset");
 
-        /* Pass linefeeds via parameters through - those should be evaluated by echo to give multi line output */
+        /* Pass linefeeds via parameters through - those should be evaluated by echo to give multi line
+         * output */
         command_line[0] = strdup("/bin/echo");
         command_line[1] = strdup("this is a test via echo\nline two\nit's line 3");
         command_line[2] = strdup("and (note space between '3' and 'and') $$ will not get evaluated");
@@ -138,9 +141,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         result = cmd_run_array(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
         ok(chld_out.lines == 3, "(array) Check for expected number of stdout lines");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 0, "(array) Check for expected number of stderr lines");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is a test via echo") == 0, "(array) Check line 1 for expected stdout output");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[1], "line two") == 0, "(array) Check line 2 for expected stdout output");
-        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[2], "it's line 3 and (note space between '3' and 'and') $$ will not get evaluated") == 0,
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[0], "this is a test via echo") == 0,
+           "(array) Check line 1 for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[1], "line two") == 0,
+           "(array) Check line 2 for expected stdout output");
+        ok(strcmp(chld_out.line[2],
+                          "it's line 3 and (note space between '3' and 'and') $$ will not get evaluated") == 0,
            "(array) Check line 3 for expected stdout output");
         ok(result == 0, "(array) Checking exit code");
 
@@ -171,7 +177,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         ok(chld_out.lines == 0, "/bin/sh returns no stdout when file is missing...");
         ok(chld_err.lines == 1, "...but does give an error line");
-        ok(strstr(chld_err.line[0], "non-existent-file") != NULL, "And missing filename is in error message");
+        ok(strstr(chld_err.line[0], "non-existent-file") != NULL,
+           "And missing filename is in error message");
         ok(result != 0, "Get non-zero return code from /bin/sh");
 
         /* ensure everything is empty again */
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_disk.t b/lib/tests/test_disk.t
deleted file mode 100755
index da84dfdf..00000000
--- a/lib/tests/test_disk.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-use Test::More;
-if (! -e "./test_disk") {
-        plan skip_all => "./test_disk not compiled - please enable libtap library to test";
-}
-exec "./test_disk";
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_generic_output.c b/lib/tests/test_generic_output.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4a78bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/test_generic_output.c
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+#include "../lib/output.h"
+#include "../../tap/tap.h"
+#include "./states.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+void test_one_subcheck(void);
+void test_two_subchecks(void);
+
+void test_perfdata_formatting(void);
+void test_perfdata_formatting2(void);
+
+void test_deep_check_hierarchy(void);
+void test_deep_check_hierarchy2(void);
+
+void test_default_states1(void);
+void test_default_states2(void);
+
+int main(void) {
+        plan_tests(19);
+
+        diag("Simple test with one subcheck");
+        test_one_subcheck();
+
+        diag("Test with two subchecks");
+        test_two_subchecks();
+
+        diag("Test for performance data formatting");
+        test_perfdata_formatting();
+
+        diag("Another test for performance data formatting");
+        test_perfdata_formatting2();
+
+        diag("Test for deeper hierarchies");
+        test_deep_check_hierarchy();
+
+        diag("Another test for deeper hierarchies");
+        test_deep_check_hierarchy2();
+
+        diag("Testing the default state logic");
+        test_default_states1();
+
+        diag("Testing the default state logic #2");
+        test_default_states2();
+
+        return exit_status();
+}
+
+void test_one_subcheck(void) {
+        mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        sc1.output = "foobar";
+        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_WARNING);
+
+        mp_check check = mp_check_init();
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&check, sc1);
+
+        ok(mp_compute_check_state(check) == STATE_WARNING, "Main state should be warning");
+
+        char *output = mp_fmt_output(check);
+
+        // diag("Formatted output");
+        // diag(output);
+
+        char expected[] = "[WARNING] - ok=0, warning=1, critical=0, unknown=0\n"
+                                          "\t\\_[WARNING] - foobar\n";
+
+        // diag("Expected output");
+        // diag(expected);
+
+        ok(strcmp(output, expected) == 0, "Simple output test");
+}
+
+void test_perfdata_formatting2(void) {
+        mp_perfdata pd1 = perfdata_init();
+        mp_perfdata pd2 = perfdata_init();
+
+        pd1.label = "foo";
+        pd2.label = "bar";
+
+        pd1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd1, 23);
+        pd2 = mp_set_pd_value(pd2, 1LL);
+
+        pd_list *tmp = pd_list_init();
+
+        pd_list_append(tmp, pd1);
+        pd_list_append(tmp, pd2);
+
+        char *result = pd_list_to_string(*tmp);
+
+        ok(strcmp(result, "foo=23;;; bar=1;;;") == 0, "Perfdata string formatting");
+}
+
+void test_perfdata_formatting(void) {
+        mp_perfdata pd1 = perfdata_init();
+
+        pd1.uom = "s";
+        pd1.label = "foo";
+
+        pd1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd1, 23);
+
+        char *pd_string = pd_to_string(pd1);
+
+        ok(strcmp(pd_string, "foo=23s;;;") == 0, "Perfdata string formatting");
+}
+
+void test_two_subchecks(void) {
+        mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        sc1.output = "foobar";
+        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_WARNING);
+
+        ok(mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc1) == STATE_WARNING,
+           "Test subcheck state directly after setting it");
+
+        mp_perfdata pd1 = perfdata_init();
+
+        pd1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd1, 23);
+
+        pd1.uom = "s";
+        pd1.label = "foo";
+
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc1, pd1);
+
+        mp_subcheck sc2 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc2.output = "baz";
+        sc2 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc2, STATE_OK);
+
+        ok(mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc2) == STATE_OK, "Test subcheck 2 state after setting it");
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc1, sc2);
+
+        ok(mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc1) == STATE_WARNING,
+           "Test subcheck state after adding a subcheck");
+
+        mp_check check = mp_check_init();
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&check, sc1);
+
+        ok(mp_compute_check_state(check) == STATE_WARNING, "Test main check result");
+
+        char *output = mp_fmt_output(check);
+
+        // diag("Formatted output. Length: %u", strlen(output));
+        // diag(output);
+
+        ok(output != NULL, "Output should not be NULL");
+
+        char expected[] = "[WARNING] - ok=0, warning=1, critical=0, unknown=0\n"
+                                          "\t\\_[WARNING] - foobar\n"
+                                          "\t\t\\_[OK] - baz\n"
+                                          "|foo=23s;;; \n";
+
+        // diag("Expected output. Length: %u", strlen(expected));
+        // diag(expected);
+
+        ok(strcmp(output, expected) == 0, "Output is as expected");
+}
+
+void test_deep_check_hierarchy(void) {
+        // level 4
+        mp_subcheck sc4 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc4.output = "level4";
+        sc4 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc4, STATE_OK);
+
+        // level 3
+        mp_subcheck sc3 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc3.output = "level3";
+        sc3 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc3, STATE_OK);
+
+        // level 2
+        mp_subcheck sc2 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc2.output = "baz";
+        sc2 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc2, STATE_OK);
+
+        // level 1
+        mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        sc1.output = "foobar";
+        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_WARNING);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd1 = perfdata_init();
+
+        pd1.uom = "s";
+        pd1.label = "foo";
+        pd1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd1, 23);
+
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc1, pd1);
+
+        // main check
+        mp_check check = mp_check_init();
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc3, sc4);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc2, sc3);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc1, sc2);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&check, sc1);
+
+        char *output = mp_fmt_output(check);
+
+        size_t output_length = strlen(output);
+
+        // diag("Formatted output of length %i", output_length);
+        // diag(output);
+
+        ok(output != NULL, "Output should not be NULL");
+
+        char expected[] = "[WARNING] - ok=0, warning=1, critical=0, unknown=0\n"
+                                          "\t\\_[WARNING] - foobar\n"
+                                          "\t\t\\_[OK] - baz\n"
+                                          "\t\t\t\\_[OK] - level3\n"
+                                          "\t\t\t\t\\_[OK] - level4\n"
+                                          "|foo=23s;;; \n";
+
+        size_t expected_length = strlen(expected);
+
+        // diag("Expected output of length: %i", expected_length);
+        // diag(expected);
+
+        ok(output_length == expected_length, "Outputs are of equal length");
+        ok(strcmp(output, expected) == 0, "Output is as expected");
+}
+
+void test_deep_check_hierarchy2(void) {
+        // level 1
+        mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        sc1.output = "foobar";
+        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_WARNING);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd1 = perfdata_init();
+        pd1.uom = "s";
+        pd1.label = "foo";
+        pd1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd1, 23);
+
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc1, pd1);
+
+        // level 2
+        mp_subcheck sc2 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc2.output = "baz";
+        sc2 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc2, STATE_OK);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd2 = perfdata_init();
+        pd2.uom = "B";
+        pd2.label = "baz";
+        pd2 = mp_set_pd_value(pd2, 1024);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc2, pd2);
+
+        // level 3
+        mp_subcheck sc3 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc3.output = "level3";
+        sc3 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc3, STATE_OK);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd3 = perfdata_init();
+        pd3.label = "floatMe";
+        pd3 = mp_set_pd_value(pd3, 1024.1024);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc3, pd3);
+
+        // level 4
+        mp_subcheck sc4 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc4.output = "level4";
+        sc4 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc4, STATE_OK);
+
+        mp_check check = mp_check_init();
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc3, sc4);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc2, sc3);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc1, sc2);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&check, sc1);
+
+        char *output = mp_fmt_output(check);
+
+        // diag("Formatted output of length: %i", strlen(output));
+        // diag(output);
+
+        ok(output != NULL, "Output should not be NULL");
+
+        char expected[] = "[WARNING] - ok=0, warning=1, critical=0, unknown=0\n"
+                                          "\t\\_[WARNING] - foobar\n"
+                                          "\t\t\\_[OK] - baz\n"
+                                          "\t\t\t\\_[OK] - level3\n"
+                                          "\t\t\t\t\\_[OK] - level4\n"
+                                          "|foo=23s;;; baz=1024B;;; floatMe=1024.102400;;; \n";
+
+        // diag("Expected output of length: %i", strlen(expected));
+        // diag(expected);
+
+        ok(strcmp(output, expected) == 0, "Output is as expected");
+}
+
+void test_default_states1(void) {
+        mp_subcheck sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        mp_state_enum state1 = mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc);
+        ok(state1 == STATE_UNKNOWN, "Default default state is Unknown");
+
+        sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+
+        mp_state_enum state2 = mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc);
+        ok(state2 == STATE_CRITICAL, "Default state is Critical");
+
+        sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc, STATE_OK);
+
+        mp_state_enum state3 = mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc);
+        ok(state3 == STATE_OK, "Default state is Critical");
+}
+
+void test_default_states2(void) {
+        mp_check check = mp_check_init();
+
+        mp_subcheck sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc.output = "placeholder";
+        sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&check, sc);
+
+        mp_state_enum result_state = mp_compute_check_state(check);
+        ok(result_state == STATE_CRITICAL, "Derived state is the proper default state");
+}
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_generic_output.t b/lib/tests/test_generic_output.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48c2ddf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/test_generic_output.t
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use Test::More;
+if (! -e "./test_generic_output") {
+        plan skip_all => "./test_generic_output not compiled - please enable libtap library to test";
+}
+exec "./test_generic_output";
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_ini1.c b/lib/tests/test_ini1.c
index 246c1250..de983764 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_ini1.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_ini1.c
@@ -42,27 +42,30 @@ char *list2str(np_arg_list *optlst) {
                 free(optltmp);
         }
         /* Strip last whitespace */
-        if (strlen(optstr) > 1)
+        if (strlen(optstr) > 1) {
                 optstr[strlen(optstr) - 1] = '\0';
+        }
 
         return optstr;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *optstr = NULL;
 
         plan_tests(12);
 
-        optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("section@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--one=two --Foo=Bar --this=Your Mother! --blank"), "config-tiny.ini's section as expected");
+        char *optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("section@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--one=two --Foo=Bar --this=Your Mother! --blank"),
+           "config-tiny.ini's section as expected");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("@./config-tiny.ini", "section"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--one=two --Foo=Bar --this=Your Mother! --blank"), "Used default section name, without specific");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--one=two --Foo=Bar --this=Your Mother! --blank"),
+           "Used default section name, without specific");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("Section Two@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--something else=blah --remove=whitespace"), "config-tiny.ini's Section Two as expected");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--something else=blah --remove=whitespace"),
+           "config-tiny.ini's Section Two as expected");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("/path/to/file.txt@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
@@ -70,15 +73,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("section2@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--this=that"), "config-tiny.ini's section2 with whitespace before section name");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--this=that"),
+           "config-tiny.ini's section2 with whitespace before section name");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("section3@./config-tiny.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--this=that"), "config-tiny.ini's section3 with whitespace after section name");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--this=that"),
+           "config-tiny.ini's section3 with whitespace after section name");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("check_mysql@./plugin.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--username=operator --password=secret"), "plugin.ini's check_mysql as expected");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--username=operator --password=secret"),
+           "plugin.ini's check_mysql as expected");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("check_mysql2@./plugin.ini", "check_disk"));
@@ -90,29 +96,39 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("Section Two@./config-dos.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--something else=blah --remove=whitespace"), "config-dos.ini's Section Two as expected");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--something else=blah --remove=whitespace"),
+           "config-dos.ini's Section Two as expected");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("section_twice@./plugin.ini", "check_disk"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--foo=bar --bar=foo"), "plugin.ini's section_twice defined twice in the file");
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--foo=bar --bar=foo"),
+           "plugin.ini's section_twice defined twice in the file");
         my_free(optstr);
 
         optstr = list2str(np_get_defaults("tcp_long_lines@plugins.ini", "check_tcp"));
-        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--escape --send=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar "
+        ok(!strcmp(optstr, "--escape --send=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar "
                                            "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar "
+                                           "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
                                            "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
-                                           "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                           "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
                                            "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda --expect=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "yadda --expect=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
                                            "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
+                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
                                            "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar "
+                                           "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
                                            "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
-                                           "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                           "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
                                            "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
+                                           "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                           "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo "
                                            "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda --jail"),
            "Long options");
         my_free(optstr);
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_opts1.c b/lib/tests/test_opts1.c
index 984183d3..fa95c4d4 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_opts1.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_opts1.c
@@ -40,37 +40,40 @@ void my_free(int *argc, char **newargv, char **argv) {
 #else
 void my_free(int *argc, char **newargv, char **argv) {
         /* Free stuff (and print while we're at it) */
-        int i, freeflag = 1;
+        bool freeflag = true;
         printf("    Arg(%i): ", *argc + 1);
         printf("'%s' ", newargv[0]);
-        for (i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
                 printf("'%s' ", newargv[i]);
                 /* Stop freeing when we get to the start of the original array */
                 if (freeflag) {
-                        if (newargv[i] == argv[1])
-                                freeflag = 0;
-                        else
+                        if (newargv[i] == argv[1]) {
+                                freeflag = false;
+                        } else {
                                 free(newargv[i]);
+                        }
                 }
         }
         printf("\n");
         /* Free only if it's a different array */
-        if (newargv != argv)
+        if (newargv != argv) {
                 free(newargv);
+        }
         *argc = 0;
 }
 #endif
 
 int array_diff(int i1, char **a1, int i2, char **a2) {
-        int i;
-
         if (i1 != i2) {
                 printf("    Argument count doesn't match!\n");
                 return 0;
         }
-        for (i = 0; i <= i1; i++) {
-                if (a1[i] == NULL && a2[i] == NULL)
+
+        for (int i = 0; i <= i1; i++) {
+                if (a1[i] == NULL && a2[i] == NULL) {
                         continue;
+                }
                 if (a1[i] == NULL || a2[i] == NULL) {
                         printf("    Argument # %i null in one array!\n", i);
                         return 0;
@@ -84,11 +87,10 @@ int array_diff(int i1, char **a1, int i2, char **a2) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char **argv_new = NULL;
-        int i, argc_test;
-
         plan_tests(5);
 
+        char **argv_new = NULL;
+        int argc_test;
         {
                 char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 1;
@@ -110,27 +112,36 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         {
                 char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "--extra-opts=@./config-opts.ini", (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 2;
-                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--foo=Bar", "--this=Your Mother!", "--blank", (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--foo=Bar", "--this=Your Mother!", "--blank",
+                                                          (char *)NULL};
                 argv_new = np_extra_opts(&argc_test, argv_test, "check_disk");
                 ok(array_diff(argc_test, argv_new, 4, argv_known), "Only extra opts using default section");
                 my_free(&argc_test, argv_new, argv_test);
         }
 
         {
-                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "--extra-opts=sect1@./config-opts.ini", "--extra-opts", "sect2@./config-opts.ini", (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "--extra-opts=sect1@./config-opts.ini", "--extra-opts",
+                                                         "sect2@./config-opts.ini", (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 4;
-                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--one=two", "--something else=oops", "--this=that", (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--one=two", "--something else=oops", "--this=that",
+                                                          (char *)NULL};
                 argv_new = np_extra_opts(&argc_test, argv_test, "check_disk");
                 ok(array_diff(argc_test, argv_new, 4, argv_known), "Only extra opts specified twice");
                 my_free(&argc_test, argv_new, argv_test);
         }
 
         {
-                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "--arg1=val1", "--extra-opts=@./config-opts.ini", "--extra-opts", "sect1@./config-opts.ini",
-                                                         "--arg2",    (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name",
+                                                         "--arg1=val1",
+                                                         "--extra-opts=@./config-opts.ini",
+                                                         "--extra-opts",
+                                                         "sect1@./config-opts.ini",
+                                                         "--arg2",
+                                                         (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 6;
-                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name",   "--foo=Bar", "--this=Your Mother!", "--blank", "--one=two",
-                                                          "--arg1=val1", "--arg2",    (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--foo=Bar", "--this=Your Mother!",
+                                                          "--blank",   "--one=two", "--arg1=val1",
+                                                          "--arg2",    (char *)NULL};
                 argv_new = np_extra_opts(&argc_test, argv_test, "check_disk");
                 ok(array_diff(argc_test, argv_new, 7, argv_known), "twice extra opts using two sections");
                 my_free(&argc_test, argv_new, argv_test);
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_opts2.c b/lib/tests/test_opts2.c
index 23496617..3dd1b039 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_opts2.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_opts2.c
@@ -23,36 +23,39 @@
 
 void my_free(int *argc, char **newargv, char **argv) {
         /* Free stuff (and print while we're at it) */
-        int i, freeflag = 1;
+        bool freeflag = true;
+
         printf("    Arg(%i): ", *argc + 1);
         printf("'%s' ", newargv[0]);
-        for (i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
+        for (int i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
                 printf("'%s' ", newargv[i]);
                 /* Stop freeing when we get to the start of the original array */
                 if (freeflag) {
-                        if (newargv[i] == argv[1])
-                                freeflag = 0;
-                        else
+                        if (newargv[i] == argv[1]) {
+                                freeflag = false;
+                        } else {
                                 free(newargv[i]);
+                        }
                 }
         }
         printf("\n");
         /* Free only if it's a different array */
-        if (newargv != argv)
+        if (newargv != argv) {
                 free(newargv);
+        }
         *argc = 0;
 }
 
 int array_diff(int i1, char **a1, int i2, char **a2) {
-        int i;
-
         if (i1 != i2) {
                 printf("    Argument count doesn't match!\n");
                 return 0;
         }
-        for (i = 0; i <= i1; i++) {
-                if (a1[i] == NULL && a2[i] == NULL)
+
+        for (int i = 0; i <= i1; i++) {
+                if (a1[i] == NULL && a2[i] == NULL) {
                         continue;
+                }
                 if (a1[i] == NULL || a2[i] == NULL) {
                         printf("    Argument # %i null in one array!\n", i);
                         return 0;
@@ -66,11 +69,10 @@ int array_diff(int i1, char **a1, int i2, char **a2) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char **argv_new = NULL;
-        int i, argc_test;
-
         plan_tests(5);
 
+        char **argv_new = NULL;
+        int argc_test;
         {
                 char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "arg1", "--extra-opts", "--arg3", "val2", (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 5;
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         {
-                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "arg1", "--extra-opts=section1", "--arg3", "val2", (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_test[] = {"prog_name", "arg1", "--extra-opts=section1",
+                                                         "--arg3",    "val2", (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 5;
                 char *argv_known[] = {"prog_name", "--foobar=baz", "arg1", "--arg3", "val2", (char *)NULL};
                 argv_new = np_extra_opts(&argc_test, argv_test, "check_disk");
@@ -108,30 +111,39 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         {
-                char *argv_test[] = {"check_tcp", "--extra-opts", "--extra-opts=tcp_long_lines", (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_test[] = {"check_tcp", "--extra-opts", "--extra-opts=tcp_long_lines",
+                                                         (char *)NULL};
                 argc_test = 3;
-                char *argv_known[] = {
-                        "check_tcp",
-                        "--timeout=10",
-                        "--escape",
-                        "--send=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                        "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
-                        "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                        "yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                        "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
-                        "yadda yadda Foo bar "
-                        "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda",
-                        "--expect=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                        "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
-                        "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
-                        "yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                        "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
-                        "yadda yadda Foo bar "
-                        "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
-                        "yadda yadda yadda Foo "
-                        "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda",
-                        "--jail",
-                        (char *)NULL};
+                char *argv_known[] = {"check_tcp",
+                                                          "--timeout=10",
+                                                          "--escape",
+                                                          "--send=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda "
+                                                          "Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar "
+                                                          "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda",
+                                                          "--expect=Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda "
+                                                          "yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda "
+                                                          "yadda yadda Foo bar "
+                                                          "BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo "
+                                                          "bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ "
+                                                          "yadda yadda yadda Foo bar BAZ yadda yadda yadda",
+                                                          "--jail",
+                                                          (char *)NULL};
                 argv_new = np_extra_opts(&argc_test, argv_test, "check_tcp");
                 ok(array_diff(argc_test, argv_new, 6, argv_known), "Long lines test");
                 my_free(&argc_test, argv_new, argv_test);
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_tcp.c b/lib/tests/test_tcp.c
index 1b3003e9..37c818c9 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_tcp.c
@@ -21,30 +21,38 @@
 #include "tap.h"
 
 int main(void) {
-        char **server_expect;
-        int server_expect_count = 3;
-
         plan_tests(9);
 
+        char **server_expect;
+        const int server_expect_count = 3;
         server_expect = malloc(sizeof(char *) * server_expect_count);
 
         server_expect[0] = strdup("AA");
         server_expect[1] = strdup("bb");
         server_expect[2] = strdup("CC");
 
-        ok(np_expect_match("AA bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) == NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
+        ok(np_expect_match("AA bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
            "Test matching any string at the beginning (first expect string)");
-        ok(np_expect_match("bb AA CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) == NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
+        ok(np_expect_match("bb AA CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
            "Test matching any string at the beginning (second expect string)");
         ok(np_expect_match("b", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) == NP_MATCH_RETRY,
            "Test matching any string at the beginning (substring match)");
-        ok(np_expect_match("XX bb AA CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) == NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
+        ok(np_expect_match("XX bb AA CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
            "Test with strings not matching at the beginning");
-        ok(np_expect_match("XX CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) == NP_MATCH_FAILURE, "Test matching any string");
-        ok(np_expect_match("XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, 0) == NP_MATCH_RETRY, "Test not matching any string");
-        ok(np_expect_match("XX AA bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_ALL) == NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
+        ok(np_expect_match("XX CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_EXACT) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
+           "Test matching any string");
+        ok(np_expect_match("XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, 0) == NP_MATCH_RETRY,
+           "Test not matching any string");
+        ok(np_expect_match("XX AA bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_ALL) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
            "Test matching all strings");
-        ok(np_expect_match("XX bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_ALL) == NP_MATCH_RETRY, "Test not matching all strings");
+        ok(np_expect_match("XX bb CC XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_ALL) ==
+                   NP_MATCH_RETRY,
+           "Test not matching all strings");
         ok(np_expect_match("XX XX", server_expect, server_expect_count, NP_MATCH_ALL) == NP_MATCH_RETRY,
            "Test not matching any string (testing all)");
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_utils.c b/lib/tests/test_utils.c
index c3150f00..8040dec8 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_utils.c
+++ b/lib/tests/test_utils.c
@@ -28,17 +28,7 @@
 #include "utils_base.c"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char state_path[1024];
-        range *range;
-        double temp;
-        thresholds *thresholds = NULL;
-        int i, rc;
-        char *temp_string;
-        state_key *temp_state_key = NULL;
-        state_data *temp_state_data;
-        time_t current_time;
-
-        plan_tests(185);
+        plan_tests(155);
 
         ok(this_monitoring_plugin == NULL, "monitoring_plugin not initialised");
 
@@ -57,7 +47,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         np_set_args(argc, argv);
 
-        range = parse_range_string("6");
+        range *range = parse_range_string("6");
         ok(range != NULL, "'6' is valid range");
         ok(range->start == 0, "Start correct");
         ok(range->start_infinity == false, "Not using negative infinity");
@@ -97,7 +87,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         free(range);
 
         range = parse_range_string("12345678901234567890:");
-        temp = atof("12345678901234567890"); /* Can't just use this because number too large */
+        double temp = atof("12345678901234567890"); /* Can't just use this because number too large */
         ok(range != NULL, "'12345678901234567890:' is valid range");
         ok(range->start == temp, "Start correct");
         ok(range->start_infinity == false, "Not using negative infinity");
@@ -158,32 +148,34 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         range = parse_range_string("2:1");
         ok(range == NULL, "'2:1' rejected");
 
-        rc = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, NULL, NULL);
-        ok(rc == 0, "Thresholds (NULL, NULL) set");
+        thresholds *thresholds = NULL;
+        int returnCode;
+        returnCode = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, NULL, NULL);
+        ok(returnCode == 0, "Thresholds (NULL, NULL) set");
         ok(thresholds->warning == NULL, "Warning not set");
         ok(thresholds->critical == NULL, "Critical not set");
 
-        rc = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, NULL, "80");
-        ok(rc == 0, "Thresholds (NULL, '80') set");
+        returnCode = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, NULL, "80");
+        ok(returnCode == 0, "Thresholds (NULL, '80') set");
         ok(thresholds->warning == NULL, "Warning not set");
         ok(thresholds->critical->end == 80, "Critical set correctly");
 
-        rc = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "5:33", NULL);
-        ok(rc == 0, "Thresholds ('5:33', NULL) set");
+        returnCode = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "5:33", NULL);
+        ok(returnCode == 0, "Thresholds ('5:33', NULL) set");
         ok(thresholds->warning->start == 5, "Warning start set");
         ok(thresholds->warning->end == 33, "Warning end set");
         ok(thresholds->critical == NULL, "Critical not set");
 
-        rc = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "30", "60");
-        ok(rc == 0, "Thresholds ('30', '60') set");
+        returnCode = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "30", "60");
+        ok(returnCode == 0, "Thresholds ('30', '60') set");
         ok(thresholds->warning->end == 30, "Warning set correctly");
         ok(thresholds->critical->end == 60, "Critical set correctly");
         ok(get_status(15.3, thresholds) == STATE_OK, "15.3 - ok");
         ok(get_status(30.0001, thresholds) == STATE_WARNING, "30.0001 - warning");
         ok(get_status(69, thresholds) == STATE_CRITICAL, "69 - critical");
 
-        rc = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "-10:-2", "-30:20");
-        ok(rc == 0, "Thresholds ('-30:20', '-10:-2') set");
+        returnCode = _set_thresholds(&thresholds, "-10:-2", "-30:20");
+        ok(returnCode == 0, "Thresholds ('-30:20', '-10:-2') set");
         ok(thresholds->warning->start == -10, "Warning start set correctly");
         ok(thresholds->warning->end == -2, "Warning end set correctly");
         ok(thresholds->critical->start == -30, "Critical start set correctly");
@@ -304,164 +296,28 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test = np_extract_ntpvar("", "foo");
         ok(!test, "Empty string return NULL");
 
-        /* This is the result of running ./test_utils */
-        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_generate_key();
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "e2d17f995fd4c020411b85e3e3d0ff7306d4147e"), "Got hash with exe and no parameters") ||
-                diag("You are probably running in wrong directory. Must run as ./test_utils");
-
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argc = 4;
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argv[0] = "./test_utils";
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argv[1] = "here";
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argv[2] = "--and";
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argv[3] = "now";
-        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_generate_key();
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "bd72da9f78ff1419fad921ea5e43ce56508aef6c"), "Got based on expected argv");
-
-        unsetenv("MP_STATE_PATH");
-        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX), "Got default directory");
-
-        setenv("MP_STATE_PATH", "", 1);
-        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX), "Got default directory even with empty string");
-
-        setenv("MP_STATE_PATH", "/usr/local/nagios/var", 1);
-        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "/usr/local/nagios/var"), "Got default directory");
-
-        ok(temp_state_key == NULL, "temp_state_key initially empty");
-
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argc = 1;
-        this_monitoring_plugin->argv[0] = "./test_utils";
-        np_enable_state(NULL, 51);
-        temp_state_key = this_monitoring_plugin->state;
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->name, "e2d17f995fd4c020411b85e3e3d0ff7306d4147e"), "Got generated filename");
-
-        np_enable_state("allowedchars_in_keyname", 77);
-        temp_state_key = this_monitoring_plugin->state;
-        sprintf(state_path, "/usr/local/nagios/var/%lu/check_test/allowedchars_in_keyname", (unsigned long)geteuid());
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->name, "allowedchars_in_keyname"), "Got key name with valid chars");
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->_filename, state_path), "Got internal filename");
-
-        /* Don't do this test just yet. Will die */
-        /*
-        np_enable_state("bad^chars$in@here", 77);
-        temp_state_key = this_monitoring_plugin->state;
-        ok( !strcmp(temp_state_key->name, "bad_chars_in_here"), "Got key name with bad chars replaced" );
-        */
-
-        np_enable_state("funnykeyname", 54);
-        temp_state_key = this_monitoring_plugin->state;
-        sprintf(state_path, "/usr/local/nagios/var/%lu/check_test/funnykeyname", (unsigned long)geteuid());
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->name, "funnykeyname"), "Got key name");
-
-        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key->_filename, state_path), "Got internal filename");
-        ok(temp_state_key->data_version == 54, "Version set");
-
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Got no state data as file does not exist");
-
-        /*
-                temp_fp = fopen("var/statefile", "r");
-                if (temp_fp==NULL)
-                        printf("Error opening. errno=%d\n", errno);
-                printf("temp_fp=%s\n", temp_fp);
-                ok( _np_state_read_file(temp_fp) == true, "Can read state file" );
-                fclose(temp_fp);
-        */
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/statefile";
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data != NULL, "Got state data now") ||
-                diag("Are you running in right directory? Will get coredump next if not");
-        ok(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->time == 1234567890, "Got time");
-        ok(!strcmp((char *)this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->data, "String to read"), "Data as expected");
-
-        temp_state_key->data_version = 53;
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Older data version gives NULL");
-        temp_state_key->data_version = 54;
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/nonexistent";
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Missing file gives NULL");
-        ok(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data == NULL, "No state information");
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/oldformat";
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Old file format gives NULL");
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/baddate";
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Bad date gives NULL");
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/missingdataline";
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Missing data line gives NULL");
-
-        unlink("var/generated");
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/generated";
-        current_time = 1234567890;
-        np_state_write_string(current_time, "String to read");
-        ok(system("cmp var/generated var/statefile") == 0, "Generated file same as expected");
-
-        unlink("var/generated_directory/statefile");
-        unlink("var/generated_directory");
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/generated_directory/statefile";
-        current_time = 1234567890;
-        np_state_write_string(current_time, "String to read");
-        ok(system("cmp var/generated_directory/statefile var/statefile") == 0, "Have created directory");
-
-        /* This test to check cannot write to dir - can't automate yet */
-        /*
-        unlink("var/generated_bad_dir");
-        mkdir("var/generated_bad_dir", S_IRUSR);
-        np_state_write_string(current_time, "String to read");
-        */
-
-        temp_state_key->_filename = "var/generated";
-        time(&current_time);
-        np_state_write_string(0, "String to read");
-        temp_state_data = np_state_read();
-        /* Check time is set to current_time */
-        ok(system("cmp var/generated var/statefile > /dev/null") != 0, "Generated file should be different this time");
-        ok(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->time - current_time <= 1, "Has time generated from current time");
-
-        /* Don't know how to automatically test this. Need to be able to redefine die and catch the error */
-        /*
-        temp_state_key->_filename="/dev/do/not/expect/to/be/able/to/write";
-        np_state_write_string(0, "Bad file");
-        */
-
-        np_cleanup();
-
-        ok(this_monitoring_plugin == NULL, "Free'd this_monitoring_plugin");
-
         ok(mp_suid() == false, "Test aren't suid");
 
         /* base states with random case */
         char *states[] = {"Ok", "wArnINg", "cRiTIcaL", "UnKNoWN", NULL};
 
-        for (i = 0; states[i] != NULL; i++) {
-                /* out of the random case states, create the lower and upper versions + numeric string one */
+        for (int i = 0; states[i] != NULL; i++) {
+                /* out of the random case states, create the lower and upper versions + numeric string one
+                 */
                 char *statelower = strdup(states[i]);
                 char *stateupper = strdup(states[i]);
                 char statenum[2];
-                char *temp_ptr;
-                for (temp_ptr = statelower; *temp_ptr; temp_ptr++) {
-                        *temp_ptr = tolower(*temp_ptr);
+                for (char *temp_ptr = statelower; *temp_ptr; temp_ptr++) {
+                        *temp_ptr = (char)tolower(*temp_ptr);
                 }
-                for (temp_ptr = stateupper; *temp_ptr; temp_ptr++) {
-                        *temp_ptr = toupper(*temp_ptr);
+                for (char *temp_ptr = stateupper; *temp_ptr; temp_ptr++) {
+                        *temp_ptr = (char)toupper(*temp_ptr);
                 }
                 snprintf(statenum, 2, "%i", i);
 
                 /* Base test names, we'll append the state string */
                 char testname[64] = "Translate state string: ";
-                int tlen = strlen(testname);
+                size_t tlen = strlen(testname);
 
                 strcpy(testname + tlen, states[i]);
                 ok(i == mp_translate_state(states[i]), testname);
diff --git a/lib/thresholds.c b/lib/thresholds.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de2b9315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/thresholds.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include "./thresholds.h"
+#include "./utils_base.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_init() {
+        mp_thresholds tmp = {
+                .critical = {},
+                .critical_is_set = false,
+                .warning = {},
+                .warning_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+char *fmt_threshold_warning(const thresholds th) {
+        if (th.warning == NULL) {
+                return "";
+        }
+
+        return fmt_range(*th.warning);
+}
+
+char *fmt_threshold_critical(const thresholds th) {
+        if (th.critical == NULL) {
+                return "";
+        }
+        return fmt_range(*th.critical);
+}
+
+mp_perfdata mp_pd_set_thresholds(mp_perfdata perfdata, mp_thresholds threshold) {
+        if (threshold.critical_is_set) {
+                perfdata.crit = threshold.critical;
+                perfdata.crit_present = true;
+        }
+
+        if (threshold.warning_is_set) {
+                perfdata.warn = threshold.warning;
+                perfdata.warn_present = true;
+        }
+
+        return perfdata;
+}
+
+mp_state_enum mp_get_pd_status(mp_perfdata perfdata) {
+        if (perfdata.crit_present) {
+                if (mp_check_range(perfdata.value, perfdata.crit)) {
+                        return STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
+        }
+        if (perfdata.warn_present) {
+                if (mp_check_range(perfdata.value, perfdata.warn)) {
+                        return STATE_WARNING;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return STATE_OK;
+}
+
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_set_warn(mp_thresholds thlds, mp_range warn) {
+        thlds.warning = warn;
+        thlds.warning_is_set = true;
+        return thlds;
+}
+
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_set_crit(mp_thresholds thlds, mp_range crit) {
+        thlds.critical = crit;
+        thlds.critical_is_set = true;
+        return thlds;
+}
diff --git a/lib/thresholds.h b/lib/thresholds.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8647681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/thresholds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "./perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
+
+/*
+ * Old threshold type using the old range type
+ */
+typedef struct {
+        range *warning;
+        range *critical;
+} thresholds;
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool warning_is_set;
+        mp_range warning;
+        bool critical_is_set;
+        mp_range critical;
+} mp_thresholds;
+
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_init(void);
+
+mp_perfdata mp_pd_set_thresholds(mp_perfdata /* pd */, mp_thresholds /* th */);
+
+mp_state_enum mp_get_pd_status(mp_perfdata /* pd */);
+
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_set_warn(mp_thresholds thlds, mp_range warn);
+mp_thresholds mp_thresholds_set_crit(mp_thresholds thlds, mp_range crit);
+
+char *fmt_threshold_warning(thresholds th);
+char *fmt_threshold_critical(thresholds th);
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index 90a4aaa5..28e6dc47 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "../plugins/common.h"
+#include "states.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "utils_base.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -33,20 +34,20 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#define np_free(ptr)                                                                                                                       \
-        {                                                                                                                                      \
-                if (ptr) {                                                                                                                         \
-                        free(ptr);                                                                                                                     \
-                        ptr = NULL;                                                                                                                    \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
+#define np_free(ptr)                                                                               \
+        {                                                                                              \
+                if (ptr) {                                                                                 \
+                        free(ptr);                                                                             \
+                        ptr = NULL;                                                                            \
+                }                                                                                          \
         }
 
 monitoring_plugin *this_monitoring_plugin = NULL;
 
-int timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+mp_state_enum timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
 unsigned int timeout_interval = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
 
-bool _np_state_read_file(FILE *);
+bool _np_state_read_file(FILE *state_file);
 
 void np_init(char *plugin_name, int argc, char **argv) {
         if (this_monitoring_plugin == NULL) {
@@ -55,31 +56,25 @@ void np_init(char *plugin_name, int argc, char **argv) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
                 }
                 this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name = strdup(plugin_name);
-                if (this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name == NULL)
+                if (this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name == NULL) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
+                }
                 this_monitoring_plugin->argc = argc;
                 this_monitoring_plugin->argv = argv;
         }
 }
 
 void np_set_args(int argc, char **argv) {
-        if (this_monitoring_plugin == NULL)
+        if (this_monitoring_plugin == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("This requires np_init to be called"));
+        }
 
         this_monitoring_plugin->argc = argc;
         this_monitoring_plugin->argv = argv;
 }
 
-void np_cleanup() {
+void np_cleanup(void) {
         if (this_monitoring_plugin != NULL) {
-                if (this_monitoring_plugin->state != NULL) {
-                        if (this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data) {
-                                np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->data);
-                                np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data);
-                        }
-                        np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state->name);
-                        np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state);
-                }
                 np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name);
                 np_free(this_monitoring_plugin);
         }
@@ -151,7 +146,8 @@ range *parse_range_string(char *str) {
                 set_range_end(temp_range, end);
         }
 
-        if (temp_range->start_infinity == true || temp_range->end_infinity == true || temp_range->start <= temp_range->end) {
+        if (temp_range->start_infinity || temp_range->end_infinity ||
+                temp_range->start <= temp_range->end) {
                 return temp_range;
         }
         free(temp_range);
@@ -162,8 +158,9 @@ range *parse_range_string(char *str) {
 int _set_thresholds(thresholds **my_thresholds, char *warn_string, char *critical_string) {
         thresholds *temp_thresholds = NULL;
 
-        if ((temp_thresholds = calloc(1, sizeof(thresholds))) == NULL)
+        if ((temp_thresholds = calloc(1, sizeof(thresholds))) == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
 
         temp_thresholds->warning = NULL;
         temp_thresholds->critical = NULL;
@@ -202,12 +199,14 @@ void print_thresholds(const char *threshold_name, thresholds *my_threshold) {
                 printf("Threshold not set");
         } else {
                 if (my_threshold->warning) {
-                        printf("Warning: start=%g end=%g; ", my_threshold->warning->start, my_threshold->warning->end);
+                        printf("Warning: start=%g end=%g; ", my_threshold->warning->start,
+                                   my_threshold->warning->end);
                 } else {
                         printf("Warning not set; ");
                 }
                 if (my_threshold->critical) {
-                        printf("Critical: start=%g end=%g", my_threshold->critical->start, my_threshold->critical->end);
+                        printf("Critical: start=%g end=%g", my_threshold->critical->start,
+                                   my_threshold->critical->end);
                 } else {
                         printf("Critical not set");
                 }
@@ -215,6 +214,36 @@ void print_thresholds(const char *threshold_name, thresholds *my_threshold) {
         printf("\n");
 }
 
+/* Returns true if alert should be raised based on the range, false otherwise */
+bool mp_check_range(const mp_perfdata_value value, const mp_range my_range) {
+        bool is_inside = false;
+
+        if (!my_range.end_infinity && !my_range.start_infinity) {
+                // range:  .........|---inside---|...........
+                // value
+                is_inside = ((cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.start) >= 0) &&
+                                         (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) <= 0));
+        } else if (!my_range.start_infinity && my_range.end_infinity) {
+                // range:  .........|---inside---------
+                // value
+                is_inside = (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.start) >= 0);
+        } else if (my_range.start_infinity && !my_range.end_infinity) {
+                // range:  -inside--------|....................
+                // value
+                is_inside = (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) == -1);
+        } else {
+                // range from -inf to inf, so always inside
+                is_inside = true;
+        }
+
+        if ((is_inside && my_range.alert_on_inside_range == INSIDE) ||
+                (!is_inside && my_range.alert_on_inside_range == OUTSIDE)) {
+                return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+}
+
 /* Returns true if alert should be raised based on the range */
 bool check_range(double value, range *my_range) {
         bool no = false;
@@ -225,38 +254,38 @@ bool check_range(double value, range *my_range) {
                 yes = false;
         }
 
-        if (my_range->end_infinity == false && my_range->start_infinity == false) {
+        if (!my_range->end_infinity && !my_range->start_infinity) {
                 if ((my_range->start <= value) && (value <= my_range->end)) {
                         return no;
-                } else {
-                        return yes;
                 }
-        } else if (my_range->start_infinity == false && my_range->end_infinity == true) {
+                return yes;
+        }
+
+        if (!my_range->start_infinity && my_range->end_infinity) {
                 if (my_range->start <= value) {
                         return no;
-                } else {
-                        return yes;
                 }
-        } else if (my_range->start_infinity == true && my_range->end_infinity == false) {
+                return yes;
+        }
+
+        if (my_range->start_infinity && !my_range->end_infinity) {
                 if (value <= my_range->end) {
                         return no;
-                } else {
-                        return yes;
                 }
-        } else {
-                return no;
+                return yes;
         }
+        return no;
 }
 
 /* Returns status */
-int get_status(double value, thresholds *my_thresholds) {
+mp_state_enum get_status(double value, thresholds *my_thresholds) {
         if (my_thresholds->critical != NULL) {
-                if (check_range(value, my_thresholds->critical) == true) {
+                if (check_range(value, my_thresholds->critical)) {
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
                 }
         }
         if (my_thresholds->warning != NULL) {
-                if (check_range(value, my_thresholds->warning) == true) {
+                if (check_range(value, my_thresholds->warning)) {
                         return STATE_WARNING;
                 }
         }
@@ -265,31 +294,31 @@ int get_status(double value, thresholds *my_thresholds) {
 
 char *np_escaped_string(const char *string) {
         char *data;
-        int i, j = 0;
+        int write_index = 0;
         data = strdup(string);
-        for (i = 0; data[i]; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; data[i]; i++) {
                 if (data[i] == '\\') {
                         switch (data[++i]) {
                         case 'n':
-                                data[j++] = '\n';
+                                data[write_index++] = '\n';
                                 break;
                         case 'r':
-                                data[j++] = '\r';
+                                data[write_index++] = '\r';
                                 break;
                         case 't':
-                                data[j++] = '\t';
+                                data[write_index++] = '\t';
                                 break;
                         case '\\':
-                                data[j++] = '\\';
+                                data[write_index++] = '\\';
                                 break;
                         default:
-                                data[j++] = data[i];
+                                data[write_index++] = data[i];
                         }
                 } else {
-                        data[j++] = data[i];
+                        data[write_index++] = data[i];
                 }
         }
-        data[j] = '\0';
+        data[write_index] = '\0';
         return data;
 }
 
@@ -302,38 +331,43 @@ int np_check_if_root(void) { return (geteuid() == 0); }
  * data strings.
  */
 char *np_extract_value(const char *varlist, const char *name, char sep) {
-        char *tmp = NULL, *value = NULL;
-        int i;
+        char *tmp = NULL;
+        char *value = NULL;
 
-        while (1) {
+        while (true) {
                 /* Strip any leading space */
-                for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++)
+                for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++) {
                         ;
+                }
 
                 if (strncmp(name, varlist, strlen(name)) == 0) {
                         varlist += strlen(name);
                         /* strip trailing spaces */
-                        for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++)
+                        for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++) {
                                 ;
+                        }
 
                         if (varlist[0] == '=') {
                                 /* We matched the key, go past the = sign */
                                 varlist++;
                                 /* strip leading spaces */
-                                for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++)
+                                for (; isspace(varlist[0]); varlist++) {
                                         ;
+                                }
 
                                 if ((tmp = index(varlist, sep))) {
                                         /* Value is delimited by a comma */
-                                        if (tmp - varlist == 0)
+                                        if (tmp - varlist == 0) {
                                                 continue;
-                                        value = (char *)calloc(1, tmp - varlist + 1);
-                                        strncpy(value, varlist, tmp - varlist);
+                                        }
+                                        value = (char *)calloc(1, (unsigned long)(tmp - varlist + 1));
+                                        strncpy(value, varlist, (unsigned long)(tmp - varlist));
                                         value[tmp - varlist] = '\0';
                                 } else {
                                         /* Value is delimited by a \0 */
-                                        if (strlen(varlist) == 0)
+                                        if (strlen(varlist) == 0) {
                                                 continue;
+                                        }
                                         value = (char *)calloc(1, strlen(varlist) + 1);
                                         strncpy(value, varlist, strlen(varlist));
                                         value[strlen(varlist)] = '\0';
@@ -351,14 +385,16 @@ char *np_extract_value(const char *varlist, const char *name, char sep) {
         }
 
         /* Clean-up trailing spaces/newlines */
-        if (value)
-                for (i = strlen(value) - 1; isspace(value[i]); i--)
+        if (value) {
+                for (unsigned long i = strlen(value) - 1; isspace(value[i]); i--) {
                         value[i] = '\0';
+                }
+        }
 
         return value;
 }
 
-const char *state_text(int result) {
+const char *state_text(mp_state_enum result) {
         switch (result) {
         case STATE_OK:
                 return "OK";
@@ -378,343 +414,17 @@ const char *state_text(int result) {
  * return the corresponding STATE_ value or ERROR)
  */
 int mp_translate_state(char *state_text) {
-        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "OK") || !strcmp(state_text, "0"))
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "OK") || !strcmp(state_text, "0")) {
                 return STATE_OK;
-        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "WARNING") || !strcmp(state_text, "1"))
-                return STATE_WARNING;
-        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "CRITICAL") || !strcmp(state_text, "2"))
-                return STATE_CRITICAL;
-        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "UNKNOWN") || !strcmp(state_text, "3"))
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        return ERROR;
-}
-
-/*
- * Returns a string to use as a keyname, based on an md5 hash of argv, thus
- * hopefully a unique key per service/plugin invocation. Use the extra-opts
- * parse of argv, so that uniqueness in parameters are reflected there.
- */
-char *_np_state_generate_key() {
-        int i;
-        char **argv = this_monitoring_plugin->argv;
-        char keyname[41];
-        char *p = NULL;
-
-        unsigned char result[256];
-
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-        /*
-         * This code path is chosen if openssl is available (which should be the most common
-         * scenario). Alternatively, the gnulib implementation/
-         *
-         */
-        EVP_MD_CTX *ctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
-
-        EVP_DigestInit(ctx, EVP_sha256());
-
-        for (i = 0; i < this_monitoring_plugin->argc; i++) {
-                EVP_DigestUpdate(ctx, argv[i], strlen(argv[i]));
-        }
-
-        EVP_DigestFinal(ctx, result, NULL);
-#else
-
-        struct sha256_ctx ctx;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < this_monitoring_plugin->argc; i++) {
-                sha256_process_bytes(argv[i], strlen(argv[i]), &ctx);
-        }
-
-        sha256_finish_ctx(&ctx, result);
-#endif // FOUNDOPENSSL
-
-        for (i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
-                sprintf(&keyname[2 * i], "%02x", result[i]);
-        }
-
-        keyname[40] = '\0';
-
-        p = strdup(keyname);
-        if (p == NULL) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
-        }
-        return p;
-}
-
-void _cleanup_state_data() {
-        if (this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data != NULL) {
-                np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->data);
-                np_free(this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data);
-        }
-}
-
-/*
- * Internal function. Returns either:
- *   envvar NAGIOS_PLUGIN_STATE_DIRECTORY
- *   statically compiled shared state directory
- */
-char *_np_state_calculate_location_prefix() {
-        char *env_dir;
-
-        /* Do not allow passing MP_STATE_PATH in setuid plugins
-         * for security reasons */
-        if (!mp_suid()) {
-                env_dir = getenv("MP_STATE_PATH");
-                if (env_dir && env_dir[0] != '\0')
-                        return env_dir;
-                /* This is the former ENV, for backward-compatibility */
-                env_dir = getenv("NAGIOS_PLUGIN_STATE_DIRECTORY");
-                if (env_dir && env_dir[0] != '\0')
-                        return env_dir;
-        }
-
-        return NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX;
-}
-
-/*
- * Initiatializer for state routines.
- * Sets variables. Generates filename. Returns np_state_key. die with
- * UNKNOWN if exception
- */
-void np_enable_state(char *keyname, int expected_data_version) {
-        state_key *this_state = NULL;
-        char *temp_filename = NULL;
-        char *temp_keyname = NULL;
-        char *p = NULL;
-        int ret;
-
-        if (this_monitoring_plugin == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("This requires np_init to be called"));
-
-        this_state = (state_key *)calloc(1, sizeof(state_key));
-        if (this_state == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-        if (keyname == NULL) {
-                temp_keyname = _np_state_generate_key();
-        } else {
-                temp_keyname = strdup(keyname);
-                if (temp_keyname == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
         }
-        /* Die if invalid characters used for keyname */
-        p = temp_keyname;
-        while (*p != '\0') {
-                if (!(isalnum(*p) || *p == '_')) {
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid character for keyname - only alphanumerics or '_'"));
-                }
-                p++;
-        }
-        this_state->name = temp_keyname;
-        this_state->plugin_name = this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name;
-        this_state->data_version = expected_data_version;
-        this_state->state_data = NULL;
-
-        /* Calculate filename */
-        ret = asprintf(&temp_filename, "%s/%lu/%s/%s", _np_state_calculate_location_prefix(), (unsigned long)geteuid(),
-                                   this_monitoring_plugin->plugin_name, this_state->name);
-        if (ret < 0)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-        this_state->_filename = temp_filename;
-
-        this_monitoring_plugin->state = this_state;
-}
-
-/*
- * Will return NULL if no data is available (first run). If key currently
- * exists, read data. If state file format version is not expected, return
- * as if no data. Get state data version number and compares to expected.
- * If numerically lower, then return as no previous state. die with UNKNOWN
- * if exceptional error.
- */
-state_data *np_state_read() {
-        state_data *this_state_data = NULL;
-        FILE *statefile;
-        bool rc = false;
-
-        if (this_monitoring_plugin == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("This requires np_init to be called"));
-
-        /* Open file. If this fails, no previous state found */
-        statefile = fopen(this_monitoring_plugin->state->_filename, "r");
-        if (statefile != NULL) {
-
-                this_state_data = (state_data *)calloc(1, sizeof(state_data));
-                if (this_state_data == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-                this_state_data->data = NULL;
-                this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data = this_state_data;
-
-                rc = _np_state_read_file(statefile);
-
-                fclose(statefile);
-        }
-
-        if (!rc) {
-                _cleanup_state_data();
-        }
-
-        return this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data;
-}
-
-/*
- * Read the state file
- */
-bool _np_state_read_file(FILE *f) {
-        bool status = false;
-        size_t pos;
-        char *line;
-        int i;
-        int failure = 0;
-        time_t current_time, data_time;
-        enum {
-                STATE_FILE_VERSION,
-                STATE_DATA_VERSION,
-                STATE_DATA_TIME,
-                STATE_DATA_TEXT,
-                STATE_DATA_END
-        } expected = STATE_FILE_VERSION;
-
-        time(&current_time);
-
-        /* Note: This introduces a limit of 1024 bytes in the string data */
-        line = (char *)calloc(1, 1024);
-        if (line == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-        while (!failure && (fgets(line, 1024, f)) != NULL) {
-                pos = strlen(line);
-                if (line[pos - 1] == '\n') {
-                        line[pos - 1] = '\0';
-                }
-
-                if (line[0] == '#')
-                        continue;
-
-                switch (expected) {
-                case STATE_FILE_VERSION:
-                        i = atoi(line);
-                        if (i != NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION)
-                                failure++;
-                        else
-                                expected = STATE_DATA_VERSION;
-                        break;
-                case STATE_DATA_VERSION:
-                        i = atoi(line);
-                        if (i != this_monitoring_plugin->state->data_version)
-                                failure++;
-                        else
-                                expected = STATE_DATA_TIME;
-                        break;
-                case STATE_DATA_TIME:
-                        /* If time > now, error */
-                        data_time = strtoul(line, NULL, 10);
-                        if (data_time > current_time)
-                                failure++;
-                        else {
-                                this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->time = data_time;
-                                expected = STATE_DATA_TEXT;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                case STATE_DATA_TEXT:
-                        this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->data = strdup(line);
-                        if (this_monitoring_plugin->state->state_data->data == NULL)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
-                        expected = STATE_DATA_END;
-                        status = true;
-                        break;
-                case STATE_DATA_END:;
-                }
-        }
-
-        np_free(line);
-        return status;
-}
-
-/*
- * If time=NULL, use current time. Create state file, with state format
- * version, default text. Writes version, time, and data. Avoid locking
- * problems - use mv to write and then swap. Possible loss of state data if
- * two things writing to same key at same time.
- * Will die with UNKNOWN if errors
- */
-void np_state_write_string(time_t data_time, char *data_string) {
-        FILE *fp;
-        char *temp_file = NULL;
-        int fd = 0, result = 0;
-        time_t current_time;
-        char *directories = NULL;
-        char *p = NULL;
-
-        if (data_time == 0)
-                time(&current_time);
-        else
-                current_time = data_time;
-
-        /* If file doesn't currently exist, create directories */
-        if (access(this_monitoring_plugin->state->_filename, F_OK) != 0) {
-                result = asprintf(&directories, "%s", this_monitoring_plugin->state->_filename);
-                if (result < 0)
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-                for (p = directories + 1; *p; p++) {
-                        if (*p == '/') {
-                                *p = '\0';
-                                if ((access(directories, F_OK) != 0) && (mkdir(directories, S_IRWXU) != 0)) {
-                                        /* Can't free this! Otherwise error message is wrong! */
-                                        /* np_free(directories); */
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot create directory: %s"), directories);
-                                }
-                                *p = '/';
-                        }
-                }
-                np_free(directories);
-        }
-
-        result = asprintf(&temp_file, "%s.XXXXXX", this_monitoring_plugin->state->_filename);
-        if (result < 0)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-
-        if ((fd = mkstemp(temp_file)) == -1) {
-                np_free(temp_file);
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot create temporary filename"));
-        }
-
-        fp = (FILE *)fdopen(fd, "w");
-        if (fp == NULL) {
-                close(fd);
-                unlink(temp_file);
-                np_free(temp_file);
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Unable to open temporary state file"));
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "WARNING") || !strcmp(state_text, "1")) {
+                return STATE_WARNING;
         }
-
-        fprintf(fp, "# NP State file\n");
-        fprintf(fp, "%d\n", NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION);
-        fprintf(fp, "%d\n", this_monitoring_plugin->state->data_version);
-        fprintf(fp, "%lu\n", current_time);
-        fprintf(fp, "%s\n", data_string);
-
-        fchmod(fd, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
-
-        fflush(fp);
-
-        result = fclose(fp);
-
-        fsync(fd);
-
-        if (result != 0) {
-                unlink(temp_file);
-                np_free(temp_file);
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Error writing temp file"));
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "CRITICAL") || !strcmp(state_text, "2")) {
+                return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
-
-        if (rename(temp_file, this_monitoring_plugin->state->_filename) != 0) {
-                unlink(temp_file);
-                np_free(temp_file);
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot rename state temp file"));
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text, "UNKNOWN") || !strcmp(state_text, "3")) {
+                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
-
-        np_free(temp_file);
+        return ERROR;
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils_base.h b/lib/utils_base.h
index a209cb6d..27884bf0 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.h
+++ b/lib/utils_base.h
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 #define _UTILS_BASE_
 /* Header file for Monitoring Plugins utils_base.c */
 
+#include "../config.h"
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "./perfdata.h"
+#include "./thresholds.h"
+#include "states.h"
+
 #ifndef USE_OPENSSL
 #       include "sha256.h"
 #endif
@@ -19,39 +26,8 @@
 #define OUTSIDE 0
 #define INSIDE  1
 
-typedef struct range_struct {
-        double start;
-        bool start_infinity;
-        double end;
-        int end_infinity;
-        int alert_on; /* OUTSIDE (default) or INSIDE */
-        char *text;   /* original unparsed text input */
-} range;
-
-typedef struct thresholds_struct {
-        range *warning;
-        range *critical;
-} thresholds;
-
-#define NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION 1
-
-typedef struct state_data_struct {
-        time_t time;
-        void *data;
-        int length; /* Of binary data */
-} state_data;
-
-typedef struct state_key_struct {
-        char *name;
-        char *plugin_name;
-        int data_version;
-        char *_filename;
-        state_data *state_data;
-} state_key;
-
 typedef struct np_struct {
         char *plugin_name;
-        state_key *state;
         int argc;
         char **argv;
 } monitoring_plugin;
@@ -61,10 +37,11 @@ int _set_thresholds(thresholds **, char *, char *);
 void set_thresholds(thresholds **, char *, char *);
 void print_thresholds(const char *, thresholds *);
 bool check_range(double, range *);
-int get_status(double, thresholds *);
+bool mp_check_range(mp_perfdata_value, mp_range);
+mp_state_enum get_status(double, thresholds *);
 
 /* Handle timeouts */
-extern int timeout_state;
+extern mp_state_enum timeout_state;
 extern unsigned int timeout_interval;
 
 /* All possible characters in a threshold range */
@@ -106,13 +83,9 @@ char *np_extract_value(const char *, const char *, char);
  */
 int mp_translate_state(char *);
 
-void np_enable_state(char *, int);
-state_data *np_state_read();
-void np_state_write_string(time_t, char *);
-
 void np_init(char *, int argc, char **argv);
 void np_set_args(int argc, char **argv);
-void np_cleanup();
-const char *state_text(int);
+void np_cleanup(void);
+const char *state_text(mp_state_enum);
 
 #endif /* _UTILS_BASE_ */
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index 18350ac0..35b83297 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 /** includes **/
 #include "common.h"
-#include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
 /* This variable must be global, since there's no way the caller
  * can forcibly slay a dead or ungainly running program otherwise.
@@ -62,16 +61,13 @@ static pid_t *_cmd_pids = NULL;
 #       include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 
-/* used in _cmd_open to pass the environment to commands */
-extern char **environ;
-
 /** macros **/
 #ifndef WEXITSTATUS
 #       define WEXITSTATUS(stat_val) ((unsigned)(stat_val) >> 8)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WIFEXITED
-#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val)&255) == 0)
+#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val) & 255) == 0)
 #endif
 
 /* 4.3BSD Reno <signal.h> doesn't define SIG_ERR */
@@ -80,14 +76,12 @@ extern char **environ;
 #endif
 
 /** prototypes **/
-static int _cmd_open(char *const *, int *, int *) __attribute__((__nonnull__(1, 2, 3)));
-
-static int _cmd_fetch_output(int, output *, int) __attribute__((__nonnull__(2)));
+static int _cmd_open(char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
+        __attribute__((__nonnull__(1, 2, 3)));
 
-static int _cmd_close(int);
+static int _cmd_fetch_output(int fileDescriptor, output *cmd_output, int flags) __attribute__((__nonnull__(2)));
 
-/* prototype imported from utils.h */
-extern void die(int, const char *, ...) __attribute__((__noreturn__, __format__(__printf__, 2, 3)));
+static int _cmd_close(int fileDescriptor);
 
 /* this function is NOT async-safe. It is exported so multithreaded
  * plugins (or other apps) can call it prior to running any commands
@@ -103,26 +97,29 @@ void cmd_init(void) {
                 maxfd = MAXFD_LIMIT;
         }
 
-        if (!_cmd_pids)
+        if (!_cmd_pids) {
                 _cmd_pids = calloc(maxfd, sizeof(pid_t));
+        }
 }
 
 /* Start running a command, array style */
 static int _cmd_open(char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
-        pid_t pid;
 #ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
         struct rlimit limit;
 #endif
 
         int i = 0;
 
-        if (!_cmd_pids)
+        if (!_cmd_pids) {
                 CMD_INIT;
+        }
 
         setenv("LC_ALL", "C", 1);
 
-        if (pipe(pfd) < 0 || pipe(pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork()) < 0)
+        pid_t pid;
+        if (pipe(pfd) < 0 || pipe(pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork()) < 0) {
                 return -1; /* errno set by the failing function */
+        }
 
         /* child runs exceve() and _exit. */
         if (pid == 0) {
@@ -147,9 +144,11 @@ static int _cmd_open(char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
                  * This is executed in a separate address space (pure child),
                  * so we don't have to worry about async safety */
                 long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++)
-                        if (_cmd_pids[i] > 0)
+                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
+                        if (_cmd_pids[i] > 0) {
                                 close(i);
+                        }
+                }
 
                 execve(argv[0], argv, environ);
                 _exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -166,87 +165,94 @@ static int _cmd_open(char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
         return pfd[0];
 }
 
-static int _cmd_close(int fd) {
-        int status;
+static int _cmd_close(int fileDescriptor) {
         pid_t pid;
 
         /* make sure the provided fd was opened */
         long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-        if (fd < 0 || fd > maxfd || !_cmd_pids || (pid = _cmd_pids[fd]) == 0)
+        if (fileDescriptor < 0 || fileDescriptor > maxfd || !_cmd_pids ||
+                (pid = _cmd_pids[fileDescriptor]) == 0) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
-        _cmd_pids[fd] = 0;
-        if (close(fd) == -1)
+        _cmd_pids[fileDescriptor] = 0;
+        if (close(fileDescriptor) == -1) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* EINTR is ok (sort of), everything else is bad */
-        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
-                if (errno != EINTR)
+        int status;
+        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+                if (errno != EINTR) {
                         return -1;
+                }
+        }
 
         /* return child's termination status */
         return (WIFEXITED(status)) ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : -1;
 }
 
-static int _cmd_fetch_output(int fd, output *op, int flags) {
-        size_t len = 0, i = 0, lineno = 0;
-        size_t rsf = 6, ary_size = 0; /* rsf = right shift factor, dec'ed uncond once */
-        char *buf = NULL;
-        int ret;
+static int _cmd_fetch_output(int fileDescriptor, output *cmd_output, int flags) {
         char tmpbuf[4096];
-
-        op->buf = NULL;
-        op->buflen = 0;
-        while ((ret = read(fd, tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf))) > 0) {
-                len = (size_t)ret;
-                op->buf = realloc(op->buf, op->buflen + len + 1);
-                memcpy(op->buf + op->buflen, tmpbuf, len);
-                op->buflen += len;
-                i++;
+        cmd_output->buf = NULL;
+        cmd_output->buflen = 0;
+        ssize_t ret;
+        while ((ret = read(fileDescriptor, tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf))) > 0) {
+                size_t len = (size_t)ret;
+                cmd_output->buf = realloc(cmd_output->buf, cmd_output->buflen + len + 1);
+                memcpy(cmd_output->buf + cmd_output->buflen, tmpbuf, len);
+                cmd_output->buflen += len;
         }
 
         if (ret < 0) {
-                printf("read() returned %d: %s\n", ret, strerror(errno));
+                printf("read() returned %zd: %s\n", ret, strerror(errno));
                 return ret;
         }
 
         /* some plugins may want to keep output unbroken, and some commands
          * will yield no output, so return here for those */
-        if (flags & CMD_NO_ARRAYS || !op->buf || !op->buflen)
-                return op->buflen;
+        if (flags & CMD_NO_ARRAYS || !cmd_output->buf || !cmd_output->buflen) {
+                return cmd_output->buflen;
+        }
 
         /* and some may want both */
+        char *buf = NULL;
         if (flags & CMD_NO_ASSOC) {
-                buf = malloc(op->buflen);
-                memcpy(buf, op->buf, op->buflen);
-        } else
-                buf = op->buf;
-
-        op->line = NULL;
-        op->lens = NULL;
-        i = 0;
-        while (i < op->buflen) {
+                buf = malloc(cmd_output->buflen);
+                memcpy(buf, cmd_output->buf, cmd_output->buflen);
+        } else {
+                buf = cmd_output->buf;
+        }
+
+        cmd_output->line = NULL;
+        cmd_output->lens = NULL;
+        size_t i = 0;
+        size_t ary_size = 0; /* rsf = right shift factor, dec'ed uncond once */
+        size_t rsf = 6;
+        size_t lineno = 0;
+        while (i < cmd_output->buflen) {
                 /* make sure we have enough memory */
                 if (lineno >= ary_size) {
                         /* ary_size must never be zero */
                         do {
-                                ary_size = op->buflen >> --rsf;
+                                ary_size = cmd_output->buflen >> --rsf;
                         } while (!ary_size);
 
-                        op->line = realloc(op->line, ary_size * sizeof(char *));
-                        op->lens = realloc(op->lens, ary_size * sizeof(size_t));
+                        cmd_output->line = realloc(cmd_output->line, ary_size * sizeof(char *));
+                        cmd_output->lens = realloc(cmd_output->lens, ary_size * sizeof(size_t));
                 }
 
                 /* set the pointer to the string */
-                op->line[lineno] = &buf[i];
+                cmd_output->line[lineno] = &buf[i];
 
                 /* hop to next newline or end of buffer */
-                while (buf[i] != '\n' && i < op->buflen)
+                while (buf[i] != '\n' && i < cmd_output->buflen) {
                         i++;
+                }
                 buf[i] = '\0';
 
                 /* calculate the string length using pointer difference */
-                op->lens[lineno] = (size_t)&buf[i] - (size_t)op->line[lineno];
+                cmd_output->lens[lineno] = (size_t)&buf[i] - (size_t)cmd_output->line[lineno];
 
                 lineno++;
                 i++;
@@ -256,41 +262,42 @@ static int _cmd_fetch_output(int fd, output *op, int flags) {
 }
 
 int cmd_run(const char *cmdstring, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
-        int i = 0, argc;
-        size_t cmdlen;
-        char **argv = NULL;
-        char *cmd = NULL;
-        char *str = NULL;
-
-        if (cmdstring == NULL)
+        if (cmdstring == NULL) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* initialize the structs */
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 memset(out, 0, sizeof(output));
-        if (err)
+        }
+        if (err) {
                 memset(err, 0, sizeof(output));
+        }
 
         /* make copy of command string so strtok() doesn't silently modify it */
         /* (the calling program may want to access it later) */
-        cmdlen = strlen(cmdstring);
-        if ((cmd = malloc(cmdlen + 1)) == NULL)
+        size_t cmdlen = strlen(cmdstring);
+        char *cmd = NULL;
+        if ((cmd = malloc(cmdlen + 1)) == NULL) {
                 return -1;
+        }
         memcpy(cmd, cmdstring, cmdlen);
         cmd[cmdlen] = '\0';
 
         /* This is not a shell, so we don't handle "???" */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\""))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\"")) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* allow single quotes, but only if non-whitesapce doesn't occur on both sides */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''"))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''")) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* each arg must be whitespace-separated, so args can be a maximum
          * of (len / 2) + 1. We add 1 extra to the mix for NULL termination */
-        argc = (cmdlen >> 1) + 2;
-        argv = calloc((size_t)argc, sizeof(char *));
+        int argc = (cmdlen >> 1) + 2;
+        char **argv = calloc((size_t)argc, sizeof(char *));
 
         if (argv == NULL) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("Could not malloc argv array in popen()"));
@@ -298,14 +305,16 @@ int cmd_run(const char *cmdstring, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
         }
 
         /* get command arguments (stupidly, but fairly quickly) */
+        int i = 0;
         while (cmd) {
-                str = cmd;
+                char *str = cmd;
                 str += strspn(str, " \t\r\n"); /* trim any leading whitespace */
 
                 if (strstr(str, "'") == str) { /* handle SIMPLE quoted strings */
                         str++;
-                        if (!strstr(str, "'"))
+                        if (!strstr(str, "'")) {
                                 return -1; /* balanced? */
+                        }
                         cmd = 1 + strstr(str, "'");
                         str[strcspn(str, "'")] = 0;
                 } else {
@@ -317,8 +326,9 @@ int cmd_run(const char *cmdstring, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n"))
+                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n")) {
                         cmd = NULL;
+                }
 
                 argv[i++] = str;
         }
@@ -327,53 +337,65 @@ int cmd_run(const char *cmdstring, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
 }
 
 int cmd_run_array(char *const *argv, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
-        int fd, pfd_out[2], pfd_err[2];
-
         /* initialize the structs */
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 memset(out, 0, sizeof(output));
-        if (err)
+        }
+        if (err) {
                 memset(err, 0, sizeof(output));
+        }
 
-        if ((fd = _cmd_open(argv, pfd_out, pfd_err)) == -1)
+        int fd;
+        int pfd_out[2];
+        int pfd_err[2];
+        if ((fd = _cmd_open(argv, pfd_out, pfd_err)) == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), argv[0]);
+        }
 
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 out->lines = _cmd_fetch_output(pfd_out[0], out, flags);
-        if (err)
+        }
+        if (err) {
                 err->lines = _cmd_fetch_output(pfd_err[0], err, flags);
+        }
 
         return _cmd_close(fd);
 }
 
-int cmd_file_read(char *filename, output *out, int flags) {
+int cmd_file_read(const char *filename, output *out, int flags) {
         int fd;
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 memset(out, 0, sizeof(output));
+        }
 
         if ((fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Error opening %s: %s"), filename, strerror(errno));
         }
 
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 out->lines = _cmd_fetch_output(fd, out, flags);
+        }
 
-        if (close(fd) == -1)
+        if (close(fd) == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Error closing %s: %s"), filename, strerror(errno));
+        }
 
         return 0;
 }
 
 void timeout_alarm_handler(int signo) {
         if (signo == SIGALRM) {
-                printf(_("%s - Plugin timed out after %d seconds\n"), state_text(timeout_state), timeout_interval);
+                printf(_("%s - Plugin timed out after %d seconds\n"), state_text(timeout_state),
+                           timeout_interval);
 
                 long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-                if (_cmd_pids)
+                if (_cmd_pids) {
                         for (long int i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
-                                if (_cmd_pids[i] != 0)
+                                if (_cmd_pids[i] != 0) {
                                         kill(_cmd_pids[i], SIGKILL);
+                                }
                         }
+                }
 
                 exit(timeout_state);
         }
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.h b/lib/utils_cmd.h
index d00069c9..3672cdc9 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.h
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.h
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@
  * Header file for Monitoring Plugins utils_cmd.c
  *
  */
+#include "../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
 
 /** types **/
-struct output {
+typedef struct {
         char *buf;     /* output buffer */
         size_t buflen; /* output buffer content length */
         char **line;   /* array of lines (points to buf) */
         size_t *lens;  /* string lengths */
         size_t lines;  /* lines of output */
-};
-
-typedef struct output output;
+} output;
 
 /** prototypes **/
 int cmd_run(const char *, output *, output *, int);
 int cmd_run_array(char *const *, output *, output *, int);
-int cmd_file_read(char *, output *, int);
+int cmd_file_read(const char *, output *, int);
 
 /* only multi-threaded plugins need to bother with this */
 void cmd_init(void);
diff --git a/lib/utils_disk.c b/lib/utils_disk.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b761f5e..00000000
--- a/lib/utils_disk.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Library for check_disk
- *
- * License: GPL
- * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
- *
- * Description:
- *
- * This file contains utilities for check_disk. These are tested by libtap
- *
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "utils_disk.h"
-#include "gl/fsusage.h"
-#include <string.h>
-
-void np_add_name(struct name_list **list, const char *name) {
-        struct name_list *new_entry;
-        new_entry = (struct name_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_entry);
-        new_entry->name = (char *)name;
-        new_entry->next = *list;
-        *list = new_entry;
-}
-
-/* @brief Initialises a new regex at the begin of list via regcomp(3)
- *
- * @details if the regex fails to compile the error code of regcomp(3) is returned
- *                                      and list is not modified, otherwise list is modified to point to the new
- *                                      element
- * @param list Pointer to a linked list of regex_list elements
- * @param regex the string containing the regex which should be inserted into the list
- * @param clags the cflags parameter for regcomp(3)
- */
-int np_add_regex(struct regex_list **list, const char *regex, int cflags) {
-        struct regex_list *new_entry = (struct regex_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_entry);
-
-        if (new_entry == NULL) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
-        }
-
-        int regcomp_result = regcomp(&new_entry->regex, regex, cflags);
-
-        if (!regcomp_result) {
-                // regcomp succeeded
-                new_entry->next = *list;
-                *list = new_entry;
-
-                return 0;
-        } else {
-                // regcomp failed
-                free(new_entry);
-
-                return regcomp_result;
-        }
-}
-
-/* Initialises a new parameter at the end of list */
-struct parameter_list *np_add_parameter(struct parameter_list **list, const char *name) {
-        struct parameter_list *current = *list;
-        struct parameter_list *new_path;
-        new_path = (struct parameter_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_path);
-        new_path->name = (char *)malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
-        new_path->best_match = NULL;
-        new_path->name_next = NULL;
-        new_path->name_prev = NULL;
-        new_path->freespace_bytes = NULL;
-        new_path->freespace_units = NULL;
-        new_path->freespace_percent = NULL;
-        new_path->usedspace_bytes = NULL;
-        new_path->usedspace_units = NULL;
-        new_path->usedspace_percent = NULL;
-        new_path->usedinodes_percent = NULL;
-        new_path->freeinodes_percent = NULL;
-        new_path->group = NULL;
-        new_path->dfree_pct = -1;
-        new_path->dused_pct = -1;
-        new_path->total = 0;
-        new_path->available = 0;
-        new_path->available_to_root = 0;
-        new_path->used = 0;
-        new_path->dused_units = 0;
-        new_path->dfree_units = 0;
-        new_path->dtotal_units = 0;
-        new_path->inodes_total = 0;
-        new_path->inodes_free = 0;
-        new_path->inodes_free_to_root = 0;
-        new_path->inodes_used = 0;
-        new_path->dused_inodes_percent = 0;
-        new_path->dfree_inodes_percent = 0;
-
-        strcpy(new_path->name, name);
-
-        if (current == NULL) {
-                *list = new_path;
-                new_path->name_prev = NULL;
-        } else {
-                while (current->name_next) {
-                        current = current->name_next;
-                }
-                current->name_next = new_path;
-                new_path->name_prev = current;
-        }
-        return new_path;
-}
-
-/* Delete a given parameter from list and return pointer to next element*/
-struct parameter_list *np_del_parameter(struct parameter_list *item, struct parameter_list *prev) {
-        if (item == NULL) {
-                return NULL;
-        }
-        struct parameter_list *next;
-
-        if (item->name_next)
-                next = item->name_next;
-        else
-                next = NULL;
-
-        if (next)
-                next->name_prev = prev;
-
-        if (prev)
-                prev->name_next = next;
-
-        if (item->name) {
-                free(item->name);
-        }
-        free(item);
-
-        return next;
-}
-
-/* returns a pointer to the struct found in the list */
-struct parameter_list *np_find_parameter(struct parameter_list *list, const char *name) {
-        struct parameter_list *temp_list;
-        for (temp_list = list; temp_list; temp_list = temp_list->name_next) {
-                if (!strcmp(temp_list->name, name))
-                        return temp_list;
-        }
-
-        return NULL;
-}
-
-void np_set_best_match(struct parameter_list *desired, struct mount_entry *mount_list, bool exact) {
-        struct parameter_list *d;
-        for (d = desired; d; d = d->name_next) {
-                if (!d->best_match) {
-                        struct mount_entry *me;
-                        size_t name_len = strlen(d->name);
-                        size_t best_match_len = 0;
-                        struct mount_entry *best_match = NULL;
-                        struct fs_usage fsp;
-
-                        /* set best match if path name exactly matches a mounted device name */
-                        for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                                if (strcmp(me->me_devname, d->name) == 0) {
-                                        if (get_fs_usage(me->me_mountdir, me->me_devname, &fsp) >= 0) {
-                                                best_match = me;
-                                        }
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* set best match by directory name if no match was found by devname */
-                        if (!best_match) {
-                                for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                                        size_t len = strlen(me->me_mountdir);
-                                        if ((!exact &&
-                                                 (best_match_len <= len && len <= name_len && (len == 1 || strncmp(me->me_mountdir, d->name, len) == 0))) ||
-                                                (exact && strcmp(me->me_mountdir, d->name) == 0)) {
-                                                if (get_fs_usage(me->me_mountdir, me->me_devname, &fsp) >= 0) {
-                                                        best_match = me;
-                                                        best_match_len = len;
-                                                }
-                                        }
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        if (best_match) {
-                                d->best_match = best_match;
-                        } else {
-                                d->best_match = NULL; /* Not sure why this is needed as it should be null on initialisation */
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-}
-
-/* Returns true if name is in list */
-bool np_find_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name) {
-        const struct name_list *n;
-
-        if (list == NULL || name == NULL) {
-                return false;
-        }
-        for (n = list; n; n = n->next) {
-                if (!strcmp(name, n->name)) {
-                        return true;
-                }
-        }
-        return false;
-}
-
-/* Returns true if name is in list */
-bool np_find_regmatch(struct regex_list *list, const char *name) {
-        int len;
-        regmatch_t m;
-
-        if (name == NULL) {
-                return false;
-        }
-
-        len = strlen(name);
-
-        for (; list; list = list->next) {
-                /* Emulate a full match as if surrounded with ^( )$
-                   by checking whether the match spans the whole name */
-                if (!regexec(&list->regex, name, 1, &m, 0) && m.rm_so == 0 && m.rm_eo == len) {
-                        return true;
-                }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-}
-
-bool np_seen_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name) {
-        const struct name_list *s;
-        for (s = list; s; s = s->next) {
-                if (!strcmp(s->name, name)) {
-                        return true;
-                }
-        }
-        return false;
-}
-
-bool np_regex_match_mount_entry(struct mount_entry *me, regex_t *re) {
-        if (regexec(re, me->me_devname, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0 || regexec(re, me->me_mountdir, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0) {
-                return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-}
diff --git a/lib/utils_disk.h b/lib/utils_disk.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c5e81dc1..00000000
--- a/lib/utils_disk.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/* Header file for utils_disk */
-
-#include "mountlist.h"
-#include "utils_base.h"
-#include "regex.h"
-
-struct name_list {
-        char *name;
-        struct name_list *next;
-};
-
-struct regex_list {
-        regex_t regex;
-        struct regex_list *next;
-};
-
-struct parameter_list {
-        char *name;
-        thresholds *freespace_bytes;
-        thresholds *freespace_units;
-        thresholds *freespace_percent;
-        thresholds *usedspace_bytes;
-        thresholds *usedspace_units;
-        thresholds *usedspace_percent;
-        thresholds *usedinodes_percent;
-        thresholds *freeinodes_percent;
-        char *group;
-        struct mount_entry *best_match;
-        struct parameter_list *name_next;
-        struct parameter_list *name_prev;
-        uintmax_t total, available, available_to_root, used, inodes_free, inodes_free_to_root, inodes_used, inodes_total;
-        double dfree_pct, dused_pct;
-        uint64_t dused_units, dfree_units, dtotal_units;
-        double dused_inodes_percent, dfree_inodes_percent;
-};
-
-void np_add_name(struct name_list **list, const char *name);
-bool np_find_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name);
-bool np_seen_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name);
-int np_add_regex(struct regex_list **list, const char *regex, int cflags);
-bool np_find_regmatch(struct regex_list *list, const char *name);
-struct parameter_list *np_add_parameter(struct parameter_list **list, const char *name);
-struct parameter_list *np_find_parameter(struct parameter_list *list, const char *name);
-struct parameter_list *np_del_parameter(struct parameter_list *item, struct parameter_list *prev);
-
-int search_parameter_list(struct parameter_list *list, const char *name);
-void np_set_best_match(struct parameter_list *desired, struct mount_entry *mount_list, bool exact);
-bool np_regex_match_mount_entry(struct mount_entry *me, regex_t *re);
diff --git a/lib/utils_tcp.c b/lib/utils_tcp.c
index daae1d54..a82d5a3f 100644
--- a/lib/utils_tcp.c
+++ b/lib/utils_tcp.c
@@ -26,28 +26,35 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-#include "common.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 #include "utils_tcp.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
-#define VERBOSE(message)                                                                                                                   \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (flags & NP_MATCH_VERBOSE)                                                                                                      \
-                        puts(message);                                                                                                                 \
+#define VERBOSE(message)                                                                           \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (flags & NP_MATCH_VERBOSE)                                                              \
+                        puts(message);                                                                         \
         } while (0)
 
-enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status, char **server_expect, int expect_count, int flags) {
-        int i, match = 0, partial = 0;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < expect_count; i++) {
-                if (flags & NP_MATCH_VERBOSE)
-                        printf("looking for [%s] %s [%s]\n", server_expect[i], (flags & NP_MATCH_EXACT) ? "in beginning of" : "anywhere in", status);
+enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status, char **server_expect, int expect_count,
+                                                                         int flags) {
+        int match = 0;
+        int partial = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < expect_count; i++) {
+                if (flags & NP_MATCH_VERBOSE) {
+                        printf("looking for [%s] %s [%s]\n", server_expect[i],
+                                   (flags & NP_MATCH_EXACT) ? "in beginning of" : "anywhere in", status);
+                }
 
                 if (flags & NP_MATCH_EXACT) {
                         if (strncmp(status, server_expect[i], strlen(server_expect[i])) == 0) {
                                 VERBOSE("found it");
                                 match++;
                                 continue;
-                        } else if (strncmp(status, server_expect[i], strlen(status)) == 0) {
+                        }
+
+                        if (strncmp(status, server_expect[i], strlen(status)) == 0) {
                                 VERBOSE("found a substring");
                                 partial++;
                                 continue;
@@ -60,10 +67,12 @@ enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status, char **server_expect, int exp
                 VERBOSE("couldn't find it");
         }
 
-        if ((flags & NP_MATCH_ALL && match == expect_count) || (!(flags & NP_MATCH_ALL) && match >= 1))
+        if ((flags & NP_MATCH_ALL && match == expect_count) ||
+                (!(flags & NP_MATCH_ALL) && match >= 1)) {
                 return NP_MATCH_SUCCESS;
-        else if (partial > 0 || !(flags & NP_MATCH_EXACT))
+        }
+        if (partial > 0 || !(flags & NP_MATCH_EXACT)) {
                 return NP_MATCH_RETRY;
-        else
-                return NP_MATCH_FAILURE;
+        }
+        return NP_MATCH_FAILURE;
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils_tcp.h b/lib/utils_tcp.h
index d5999e9b..e5cdbb82 100644
--- a/lib/utils_tcp.h
+++ b/lib/utils_tcp.h
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
  * server.
  */
 enum np_match_result {
+        NP_MATCH_NONE,
         NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
         NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
         NP_MATCH_RETRY
 };
 
-enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status, char **server_expect, int server_expect_count, int flags);
+enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status, char **server_expect, int server_expect_count,
+                                                                         int flags);
diff --git a/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.c b/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12076e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3165 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+/* cJSON */
+/* JSON parser in C. */
+
+/* disable warnings about old C89 functions in MSVC */
+#if !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
+#endif
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning (push)
+/* disable warning about single line comments in system headers */
+#pragma warning (disable : 4001)
+#endif
+
+#include "../../../config.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <float.h>
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
+#include <locale.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning (pop)
+#endif
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC visibility pop
+#endif
+
+#include "cJSON.h"
+
+/* define our own boolean type */
+#ifdef true
+#undef true
+#endif
+#define true ((cJSON_bool)1)
+
+#ifdef false
+#undef false
+#endif
+#define false ((cJSON_bool)0)
+
+/* define isnan and isinf for ANSI C, if in C99 or above, isnan and isinf has been defined in math.h */
+#ifndef isinf
+#define isinf(d) (isnan((d - d)) && !isnan(d))
+#endif
+#ifndef isnan
+#define isnan(d) (d != d)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NAN
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define NAN sqrt(-1.0)
+#else
+#define NAN 0.0/0.0
+#endif
+#endif
+
+typedef struct {
+    const unsigned char *json;
+    size_t position;
+} error;
+static error global_error = { NULL, 0 };
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
+{
+    return (const char*) (global_error.json + global_error.position);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (!cJSON_IsString(item))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return item->valuestring;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_GetNumberValue(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (!cJSON_IsNumber(item))
+    {
+        return (double) NAN;
+    }
+
+    return item->valuedouble;
+}
+
+/* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 18)
+    #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
+#endif
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(const char*) cJSON_Version(void)
+{
+    static char version[15];
+    sprintf(version, "%i.%i.%i", CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR, CJSON_VERSION_MINOR, CJSON_VERSION_PATCH);
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+/* Case insensitive string comparison, doesn't consider two NULL pointers equal though */
+static int case_insensitive_strcmp(const unsigned char *string1, const unsigned char *string2)
+{
+    if ((string1 == NULL) || (string2 == NULL))
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (string1 == string2)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    for(; tolower(*string1) == tolower(*string2); (void)string1++, string2++)
+    {
+        if (*string1 == '\0')
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return tolower(*string1) - tolower(*string2);
+}
+
+typedef struct internal_hooks
+{
+    void *(CJSON_CDECL *allocate)(size_t size);
+    void (CJSON_CDECL *deallocate)(void *pointer);
+    void *(CJSON_CDECL *reallocate)(void *pointer, size_t size);
+} internal_hooks;
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+/* work around MSVC error C2322: '...' address of dllimport '...' is not static */
+static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return malloc(size);
+}
+static void CJSON_CDECL internal_free(void *pointer)
+{
+    free(pointer);
+}
+static void * CJSON_CDECL internal_realloc(void *pointer, size_t size)
+{
+    return realloc(pointer, size);
+}
+#else
+#define internal_malloc malloc
+#define internal_free free
+#define internal_realloc realloc
+#endif
+
+/* strlen of character literals resolved at compile time */
+#define static_strlen(string_literal) (sizeof(string_literal) - sizeof(""))
+
+static internal_hooks global_hooks = { internal_malloc, internal_free, internal_realloc };
+
+static unsigned char* cJSON_strdup(const unsigned char* string, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
+{
+    size_t length = 0;
+    unsigned char *copy = NULL;
+
+    if (string == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    length = strlen((const char*)string) + sizeof("");
+    copy = (unsigned char*)hooks->allocate(length);
+    if (copy == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    memcpy(copy, string, length);
+
+    return copy;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks)
+{
+    if (hooks == NULL)
+    {
+        /* Reset hooks */
+        global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
+        global_hooks.deallocate = free;
+        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    global_hooks.allocate = malloc;
+    if (hooks->malloc_fn != NULL)
+    {
+        global_hooks.allocate = hooks->malloc_fn;
+    }
+
+    global_hooks.deallocate = free;
+    if (hooks->free_fn != NULL)
+    {
+        global_hooks.deallocate = hooks->free_fn;
+    }
+
+    /* use realloc only if both free and malloc are used */
+    global_hooks.reallocate = NULL;
+    if ((global_hooks.allocate == malloc) && (global_hooks.deallocate == free))
+    {
+        global_hooks.reallocate = realloc;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Internal constructor. */
+static cJSON *cJSON_New_Item(const internal_hooks * const hooks)
+{
+    cJSON* node = (cJSON*)hooks->allocate(sizeof(cJSON));
+    if (node)
+    {
+        memset(node, '\0', sizeof(cJSON));
+    }
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+/* Delete a cJSON structure. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item)
+{
+    cJSON *next = NULL;
+    while (item != NULL)
+    {
+        next = item->next;
+        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->child != NULL))
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(item->child);
+        }
+        if (!(item->type & cJSON_IsReference) && (item->valuestring != NULL))
+        {
+            global_hooks.deallocate(item->valuestring);
+            item->valuestring = NULL;
+        }
+        if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
+        {
+            global_hooks.deallocate(item->string);
+            item->string = NULL;
+        }
+        global_hooks.deallocate(item);
+        item = next;
+    }
+}
+
+/* get the decimal point character of the current locale */
+static unsigned char get_decimal_point(void)
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
+    struct lconv *lconv = localeconv();
+    return (unsigned char) lconv->decimal_point[0];
+#else
+    return '.';
+#endif
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    const unsigned char *content;
+    size_t length;
+    size_t offset;
+    size_t depth; /* How deeply nested (in arrays/objects) is the input at the current offset. */
+    internal_hooks hooks;
+} parse_buffer;
+
+/* check if the given size is left to read in a given parse buffer (starting with 1) */
+#define can_read(buffer, size) ((buffer != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + size) <= (buffer)->length))
+/* check if the buffer can be accessed at the given index (starting with 0) */
+#define can_access_at_index(buffer, index) ((buffer != NULL) && (((buffer)->offset + index) < (buffer)->length))
+#define cannot_access_at_index(buffer, index) (!can_access_at_index(buffer, index))
+/* get a pointer to the buffer at the position */
+#define buffer_at_offset(buffer) ((buffer)->content + (buffer)->offset)
+
+/* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_number(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
+{
+    double number = 0;
+    unsigned char *after_end = NULL;
+    unsigned char number_c_string[64];
+    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+    size_t i = 0;
+
+    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* copy the number into a temporary buffer and replace '.' with the decimal point
+     * of the current locale (for strtod)
+     * This also takes care of '\0' not necessarily being available for marking the end of the input */
+    for (i = 0; (i < (sizeof(number_c_string) - 1)) && can_access_at_index(input_buffer, i); i++)
+    {
+        switch (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i])
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            case '+':
+            case '-':
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+                number_c_string[i] = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[i];
+                break;
+
+            case '.':
+                number_c_string[i] = decimal_point;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                goto loop_end;
+        }
+    }
+loop_end:
+    number_c_string[i] = '\0';
+
+    number = strtod((const char*)number_c_string, (char**)&after_end);
+    if (number_c_string == after_end)
+    {
+        return false; /* parse_error */
+    }
+
+    item->valuedouble = number;
+
+    /* use saturation in case of overflow */
+    if (number >= INT_MAX)
+    {
+        item->valueint = INT_MAX;
+    }
+    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
+    {
+        item->valueint = INT_MIN;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        item->valueint = (int)number;
+    }
+
+    item->type = cJSON_Number;
+
+    input_buffer->offset += (size_t)(after_end - number_c_string);
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* don't ask me, but the original cJSON_SetNumberValue returns an integer or double */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number)
+{
+    if (number >= INT_MAX)
+    {
+        object->valueint = INT_MAX;
+    }
+    else if (number <= (double)INT_MIN)
+    {
+        object->valueint = INT_MIN;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        object->valueint = (int)number;
+    }
+
+    return object->valuedouble = number;
+}
+
+/* Note: when passing a NULL valuestring, cJSON_SetValuestring treats this as an error and return NULL */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char*) cJSON_SetValuestring(cJSON *object, const char *valuestring)
+{
+    char *copy = NULL;
+    size_t v1_len;
+    size_t v2_len;
+    /* if object's type is not cJSON_String or is cJSON_IsReference, it should not set valuestring */
+    if ((object == NULL) || !(object->type & cJSON_String) || (object->type & cJSON_IsReference))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    /* return NULL if the object is corrupted or valuestring is NULL */
+    if (object->valuestring == NULL || valuestring == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    v1_len = strlen(valuestring);
+    v2_len = strlen(object->valuestring);
+
+    if (v1_len <= v2_len)
+    {
+        /* strcpy does not handle overlapping string: [X1, X2] [Y1, Y2] => X2 < Y1 or Y2 < X1 */
+        if (!( valuestring + v1_len < object->valuestring || object->valuestring + v2_len < valuestring ))
+        {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        strcpy(object->valuestring, valuestring);
+        return object->valuestring;
+    }
+    copy = (char*) cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)valuestring, &global_hooks);
+    if (copy == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (object->valuestring != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_free(object->valuestring);
+    }
+    object->valuestring = copy;
+
+    return copy;
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    unsigned char *buffer;
+    size_t length;
+    size_t offset;
+    size_t depth; /* current nesting depth (for formatted printing) */
+    cJSON_bool noalloc;
+    cJSON_bool format; /* is this print a formatted print */
+    internal_hooks hooks;
+} printbuffer;
+
+/* realloc printbuffer if necessary to have at least "needed" bytes more */
+static unsigned char* ensure(printbuffer * const p, size_t needed)
+{
+    unsigned char *newbuffer = NULL;
+    size_t newsize = 0;
+
+    if ((p == NULL) || (p->buffer == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ((p->length > 0) && (p->offset >= p->length))
+    {
+        /* make sure that offset is valid */
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (needed > INT_MAX)
+    {
+        /* sizes bigger than INT_MAX are currently not supported */
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    needed += p->offset + 1;
+    if (needed <= p->length)
+    {
+        return p->buffer + p->offset;
+    }
+
+    if (p->noalloc) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* calculate new buffer size */
+    if (needed > (INT_MAX / 2))
+    {
+        /* overflow of int, use INT_MAX if possible */
+        if (needed <= INT_MAX)
+        {
+            newsize = INT_MAX;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        newsize = needed * 2;
+    }
+
+    if (p->hooks.reallocate != NULL)
+    {
+        /* reallocate with realloc if available */
+        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.reallocate(p->buffer, newsize);
+        if (newbuffer == NULL)
+        {
+            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
+            p->length = 0;
+            p->buffer = NULL;
+
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* otherwise reallocate manually */
+        newbuffer = (unsigned char*)p->hooks.allocate(newsize);
+        if (!newbuffer)
+        {
+            p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
+            p->length = 0;
+            p->buffer = NULL;
+
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        memcpy(newbuffer, p->buffer, p->offset + 1);
+        p->hooks.deallocate(p->buffer);
+    }
+    p->length = newsize;
+    p->buffer = newbuffer;
+
+    return newbuffer + p->offset;
+}
+
+/* calculate the new length of the string in a printbuffer and update the offset */
+static void update_offset(printbuffer * const buffer)
+{
+    const unsigned char *buffer_pointer = NULL;
+    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->buffer == NULL))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    buffer_pointer = buffer->buffer + buffer->offset;
+
+    buffer->offset += strlen((const char*)buffer_pointer);
+}
+
+/* securely comparison of floating-point variables */
+static cJSON_bool compare_double(double a, double b)
+{
+    double maxVal = fabs(a) > fabs(b) ? fabs(a) : fabs(b);
+    return (fabs(a - b) <= maxVal * DBL_EPSILON);
+}
+
+/* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
+static cJSON_bool print_number(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
+{
+    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
+    double d = item->valuedouble;
+    int length = 0;
+    size_t i = 0;
+    unsigned char number_buffer[26] = {0}; /* temporary buffer to print the number into */
+    unsigned char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+    double test = 0.0;
+
+    if (output_buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* This checks for NaN and Infinity */
+    if (isnan(d) || isinf(d))
+    {
+        length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "null");
+    }
+    else if(d == (double)item->valueint)
+    {
+        length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "%d", item->valueint);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* Try 15 decimal places of precision to avoid nonsignificant nonzero digits */
+        length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "%1.15g", d);
+
+        /* Check whether the original double can be recovered */
+        if ((sscanf((char*)number_buffer, "%lg", &test) != 1) || !compare_double((double)test, d))
+        {
+            /* If not, print with 17 decimal places of precision */
+            length = sprintf((char*)number_buffer, "%1.17g", d);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* sprintf failed or buffer overrun occurred */
+    if ((length < 0) || (length > (int)(sizeof(number_buffer) - 1)))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* reserve appropriate space in the output */
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, (size_t)length + sizeof(""));
+    if (output_pointer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* copy the printed number to the output and replace locale
+     * dependent decimal point with '.' */
+    for (i = 0; i < ((size_t)length); i++)
+    {
+        if (number_buffer[i] == decimal_point)
+        {
+            output_pointer[i] = '.';
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        output_pointer[i] = number_buffer[i];
+    }
+    output_pointer[i] = '\0';
+
+    output_buffer->offset += (size_t)length;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* parse 4 digit hexadecimal number */
+static unsigned parse_hex4(const unsigned char * const input)
+{
+    unsigned int h = 0;
+    size_t i = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+    {
+        /* parse digit */
+        if ((input[i] >= '0') && (input[i] <= '9'))
+        {
+            h += (unsigned int) input[i] - '0';
+        }
+        else if ((input[i] >= 'A') && (input[i] <= 'F'))
+        {
+            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'A';
+        }
+        else if ((input[i] >= 'a') && (input[i] <= 'f'))
+        {
+            h += (unsigned int) 10 + input[i] - 'a';
+        }
+        else /* invalid */
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (i < 3)
+        {
+            /* shift left to make place for the next nibble */
+            h = h << 4;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return h;
+}
+
+/* converts a UTF-16 literal to UTF-8
+ * A literal can be one or two sequences of the form \uXXXX */
+static unsigned char utf16_literal_to_utf8(const unsigned char * const input_pointer, const unsigned char * const input_end, unsigned char **output_pointer)
+{
+    long unsigned int codepoint = 0;
+    unsigned int first_code = 0;
+    const unsigned char *first_sequence = input_pointer;
+    unsigned char utf8_length = 0;
+    unsigned char utf8_position = 0;
+    unsigned char sequence_length = 0;
+    unsigned char first_byte_mark = 0;
+
+    if ((input_end - first_sequence) < 6)
+    {
+        /* input ends unexpectedly */
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* get the first utf16 sequence */
+    first_code = parse_hex4(first_sequence + 2);
+
+    /* check that the code is valid */
+    if (((first_code >= 0xDC00) && (first_code <= 0xDFFF)))
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* UTF16 surrogate pair */
+    if ((first_code >= 0xD800) && (first_code <= 0xDBFF))
+    {
+        const unsigned char *second_sequence = first_sequence + 6;
+        unsigned int second_code = 0;
+        sequence_length = 12; /* \uXXXX\uXXXX */
+
+        if ((input_end - second_sequence) < 6)
+        {
+            /* input ends unexpectedly */
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if ((second_sequence[0] != '\\') || (second_sequence[1] != 'u'))
+        {
+            /* missing second half of the surrogate pair */
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        /* get the second utf16 sequence */
+        second_code = parse_hex4(second_sequence + 2);
+        /* check that the code is valid */
+        if ((second_code < 0xDC00) || (second_code > 0xDFFF))
+        {
+            /* invalid second half of the surrogate pair */
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+
+        /* calculate the unicode codepoint from the surrogate pair */
+        codepoint = 0x10000 + (((first_code & 0x3FF) << 10) | (second_code & 0x3FF));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        sequence_length = 6; /* \uXXXX */
+        codepoint = first_code;
+    }
+
+    /* encode as UTF-8
+     * takes at maximum 4 bytes to encode:
+     * 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
+    if (codepoint < 0x80)
+    {
+        /* normal ascii, encoding 0xxxxxxx */
+        utf8_length = 1;
+    }
+    else if (codepoint < 0x800)
+    {
+        /* two bytes, encoding 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx */
+        utf8_length = 2;
+        first_byte_mark = 0xC0; /* 11000000 */
+    }
+    else if (codepoint < 0x10000)
+    {
+        /* three bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
+        utf8_length = 3;
+        first_byte_mark = 0xE0; /* 11100000 */
+    }
+    else if (codepoint <= 0x10FFFF)
+    {
+        /* four bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
+        utf8_length = 4;
+        first_byte_mark = 0xF0; /* 11110000 */
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* invalid unicode codepoint */
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* encode as utf8 */
+    for (utf8_position = (unsigned char)(utf8_length - 1); utf8_position > 0; utf8_position--)
+    {
+        /* 10xxxxxx */
+        (*output_pointer)[utf8_position] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | 0x80) & 0xBF);
+        codepoint >>= 6;
+    }
+    /* encode first byte */
+    if (utf8_length > 1)
+    {
+        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)((codepoint | first_byte_mark) & 0xFF);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        (*output_pointer)[0] = (unsigned char)(codepoint & 0x7F);
+    }
+
+    *output_pointer += utf8_length;
+
+    return sequence_length;
+
+fail:
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Parse the input text into an unescaped cinput, and populate item. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_string(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
+{
+    const unsigned char *input_pointer = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
+    const unsigned char *input_end = buffer_at_offset(input_buffer) + 1;
+    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
+    unsigned char *output = NULL;
+
+    /* not a string */
+    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '\"')
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    {
+        /* calculate approximate size of the output (overestimate) */
+        size_t allocation_length = 0;
+        size_t skipped_bytes = 0;
+        while (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) < input_buffer->length) && (*input_end != '\"'))
+        {
+            /* is escape sequence */
+            if (input_end[0] == '\\')
+            {
+                if ((size_t)(input_end + 1 - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length)
+                {
+                    /* prevent buffer overflow when last input character is a backslash */
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                skipped_bytes++;
+                input_end++;
+            }
+            input_end++;
+        }
+        if (((size_t)(input_end - input_buffer->content) >= input_buffer->length) || (*input_end != '\"'))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* string ended unexpectedly */
+        }
+
+        /* This is at most how much we need for the output */
+        allocation_length = (size_t) (input_end - buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)) - skipped_bytes;
+        output = (unsigned char*)input_buffer->hooks.allocate(allocation_length + sizeof(""));
+        if (output == NULL)
+        {
+            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
+        }
+    }
+
+    output_pointer = output;
+    /* loop through the string literal */
+    while (input_pointer < input_end)
+    {
+        if (*input_pointer != '\\')
+        {
+            *output_pointer++ = *input_pointer++;
+        }
+        /* escape sequence */
+        else
+        {
+            unsigned char sequence_length = 2;
+            if ((input_end - input_pointer) < 1)
+            {
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            switch (input_pointer[1])
+            {
+                case 'b':
+                    *output_pointer++ = '\b';
+                    break;
+                case 'f':
+                    *output_pointer++ = '\f';
+                    break;
+                case 'n':
+                    *output_pointer++ = '\n';
+                    break;
+                case 'r':
+                    *output_pointer++ = '\r';
+                    break;
+                case 't':
+                    *output_pointer++ = '\t';
+                    break;
+                case '\"':
+                case '\\':
+                case '/':
+                    *output_pointer++ = input_pointer[1];
+                    break;
+
+                /* UTF-16 literal */
+                case 'u':
+                    sequence_length = utf16_literal_to_utf8(input_pointer, input_end, &output_pointer);
+                    if (sequence_length == 0)
+                    {
+                        /* failed to convert UTF16-literal to UTF-8 */
+                        goto fail;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    goto fail;
+            }
+            input_pointer += sequence_length;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* zero terminate the output */
+    *output_pointer = '\0';
+
+    item->type = cJSON_String;
+    item->valuestring = (char*)output;
+
+    input_buffer->offset = (size_t) (input_end - input_buffer->content);
+    input_buffer->offset++;
+
+    return true;
+
+fail:
+    if (output != NULL)
+    {
+        input_buffer->hooks.deallocate(output);
+        output = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (input_pointer != NULL)
+    {
+        input_buffer->offset = (size_t)(input_pointer - input_buffer->content);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
+static cJSON_bool print_string_ptr(const unsigned char * const input, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
+{
+    const unsigned char *input_pointer = NULL;
+    unsigned char *output = NULL;
+    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
+    size_t output_length = 0;
+    /* numbers of additional characters needed for escaping */
+    size_t escape_characters = 0;
+
+    if (output_buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* empty string */
+    if (input == NULL)
+    {
+        output = ensure(output_buffer, sizeof("\"\""));
+        if (output == NULL)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        strcpy((char*)output, "\"\"");
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /* set "flag" to 1 if something needs to be escaped */
+    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer; input_pointer++)
+    {
+        switch (*input_pointer)
+        {
+            case '\"':
+            case '\\':
+            case '\b':
+            case '\f':
+            case '\n':
+            case '\r':
+            case '\t':
+                /* one character escape sequence */
+                escape_characters++;
+                break;
+            default:
+                if (*input_pointer < 32)
+                {
+                    /* UTF-16 escape sequence uXXXX */
+                    escape_characters += 5;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    output_length = (size_t)(input_pointer - input) + escape_characters;
+
+    output = ensure(output_buffer, output_length + sizeof("\"\""));
+    if (output == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* no characters have to be escaped */
+    if (escape_characters == 0)
+    {
+        output[0] = '\"';
+        memcpy(output + 1, input, output_length);
+        output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
+        output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    output[0] = '\"';
+    output_pointer = output + 1;
+    /* copy the string */
+    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer != '\0'; (void)input_pointer++, output_pointer++)
+    {
+        if ((*input_pointer > 31) && (*input_pointer != '\"') && (*input_pointer != '\\'))
+        {
+            /* normal character, copy */
+            *output_pointer = *input_pointer;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* character needs to be escaped */
+            *output_pointer++ = '\\';
+            switch (*input_pointer)
+            {
+                case '\\':
+                    *output_pointer = '\\';
+                    break;
+                case '\"':
+                    *output_pointer = '\"';
+                    break;
+                case '\b':
+                    *output_pointer = 'b';
+                    break;
+                case '\f':
+                    *output_pointer = 'f';
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    *output_pointer = 'n';
+                    break;
+                case '\r':
+                    *output_pointer = 'r';
+                    break;
+                case '\t':
+                    *output_pointer = 't';
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    /* escape and print as unicode codepoint */
+                    sprintf((char*)output_pointer, "u%04x", *input_pointer);
+                    output_pointer += 4;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    output[output_length + 1] = '\"';
+    output[output_length + 2] = '\0';
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* Invoke print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
+static cJSON_bool print_string(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const p)
+{
+    return print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, p);
+}
+
+/* Predeclare these prototypes. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer);
+static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer);
+static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer);
+static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer);
+static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer);
+static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer);
+
+/* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
+static parse_buffer *buffer_skip_whitespace(parse_buffer * const buffer)
+{
+    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(buffer, 0))
+    {
+        return buffer;
+    }
+
+    while (can_access_at_index(buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(buffer)[0] <= 32))
+    {
+       buffer->offset++;
+    }
+
+    if (buffer->offset == buffer->length)
+    {
+        buffer->offset--;
+    }
+
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+/* skip the UTF-8 BOM (byte order mark) if it is at the beginning of a buffer */
+static parse_buffer *skip_utf8_bom(parse_buffer * const buffer)
+{
+    if ((buffer == NULL) || (buffer->content == NULL) || (buffer->offset != 0))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (can_access_at_index(buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(buffer), "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3) == 0))
+    {
+        buffer->offset += 3;
+    }
+
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated)
+{
+    size_t buffer_length;
+
+    if (NULL == value)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* Adding null character size due to require_null_terminated. */
+    buffer_length = strlen(value) + sizeof("");
+
+    return cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(value, buffer_length, return_parse_end, require_null_terminated);
+}
+
+/* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(const char *value, size_t buffer_length, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated)
+{
+    parse_buffer buffer = { 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
+    cJSON *item = NULL;
+
+    /* reset error position */
+    global_error.json = NULL;
+    global_error.position = 0;
+
+    if (value == NULL || 0 == buffer_length)
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    buffer.content = (const unsigned char*)value;
+    buffer.length = buffer_length;
+    buffer.offset = 0;
+    buffer.hooks = global_hooks;
+
+    item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (item == NULL) /* memory fail */
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!parse_value(item, buffer_skip_whitespace(skip_utf8_bom(&buffer))))
+    {
+        /* parse failure. ep is set. */
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* if we require null-terminated JSON without appended garbage, skip and then check for a null terminator */
+    if (require_null_terminated)
+    {
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(&buffer);
+        if ((buffer.offset >= buffer.length) || buffer_at_offset(&buffer)[0] != '\0')
+        {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+    if (return_parse_end)
+    {
+        *return_parse_end = (const char*)buffer_at_offset(&buffer);
+    }
+
+    return item;
+
+fail:
+    if (item != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_Delete(item);
+    }
+
+    if (value != NULL)
+    {
+        error local_error;
+        local_error.json = (const unsigned char*)value;
+        local_error.position = 0;
+
+        if (buffer.offset < buffer.length)
+        {
+            local_error.position = buffer.offset;
+        }
+        else if (buffer.length > 0)
+        {
+            local_error.position = buffer.length - 1;
+        }
+
+        if (return_parse_end != NULL)
+        {
+            *return_parse_end = (const char*)local_error.json + local_error.position;
+        }
+
+        global_error = local_error;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Default options for cJSON_Parse */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Parse(const char *value)
+{
+    return cJSON_ParseWithOpts(value, 0, 0);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithLength(const char *value, size_t buffer_length)
+{
+    return cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(value, buffer_length, 0, 0);
+}
+
+#define cjson_min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+
+static unsigned char *print(const cJSON * const item, cJSON_bool format, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
+{
+    static const size_t default_buffer_size = 256;
+    printbuffer buffer[1];
+    unsigned char *printed = NULL;
+
+    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+
+    /* create buffer */
+    buffer->buffer = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(default_buffer_size);
+    buffer->length = default_buffer_size;
+    buffer->format = format;
+    buffer->hooks = *hooks;
+    if (buffer->buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* print the value */
+    if (!print_value(item, buffer))
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    update_offset(buffer);
+
+    /* check if reallocate is available */
+    if (hooks->reallocate != NULL)
+    {
+        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->reallocate(buffer->buffer, buffer->offset + 1);
+        if (printed == NULL) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        buffer->buffer = NULL;
+    }
+    else /* otherwise copy the JSON over to a new buffer */
+    {
+        printed = (unsigned char*) hooks->allocate(buffer->offset + 1);
+        if (printed == NULL)
+        {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        memcpy(printed, buffer->buffer, cjson_min(buffer->length, buffer->offset + 1));
+        printed[buffer->offset] = '\0'; /* just to be sure */
+
+        /* free the buffer */
+        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
+        buffer->buffer = NULL;
+    }
+
+    return printed;
+
+fail:
+    if (buffer->buffer != NULL)
+    {
+        hooks->deallocate(buffer->buffer);
+        buffer->buffer = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (printed != NULL)
+    {
+        hooks->deallocate(printed);
+        printed = NULL;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item)
+{
+    return (char*)print(item, true, &global_hooks);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item)
+{
+    return (char*)print(item, false, &global_hooks);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cJSON_bool fmt)
+{
+    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
+
+    if (prebuffer < 0)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)global_hooks.allocate((size_t)prebuffer);
+    if (!p.buffer)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    p.length = (size_t)prebuffer;
+    p.offset = 0;
+    p.noalloc = false;
+    p.format = fmt;
+    p.hooks = global_hooks;
+
+    if (!print_value(item, &p))
+    {
+        global_hooks.deallocate(p.buffer);
+        p.buffer = NULL;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return (char*)p.buffer;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buffer, const int length, const cJSON_bool format)
+{
+    printbuffer p = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, { 0, 0, 0 } };
+
+    if ((length < 0) || (buffer == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)buffer;
+    p.length = (size_t)length;
+    p.offset = 0;
+    p.noalloc = true;
+    p.format = format;
+    p.hooks = global_hooks;
+
+    return print_value(item, &p);
+}
+
+/* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_value(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
+{
+    if ((input_buffer == NULL) || (input_buffer->content == NULL))
+    {
+        return false; /* no input */
+    }
+
+    /* parse the different types of values */
+    /* null */
+    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "null", 4) == 0))
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
+        input_buffer->offset += 4;
+        return true;
+    }
+    /* false */
+    if (can_read(input_buffer, 5) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "false", 5) == 0))
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_False;
+        input_buffer->offset += 5;
+        return true;
+    }
+    /* true */
+    if (can_read(input_buffer, 4) && (strncmp((const char*)buffer_at_offset(input_buffer), "true", 4) == 0))
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_True;
+        item->valueint = 1;
+        input_buffer->offset += 4;
+        return true;
+    }
+    /* string */
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '\"'))
+    {
+        return parse_string(item, input_buffer);
+    }
+    /* number */
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '-') || ((buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] >= '0') && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] <= '9'))))
+    {
+        return parse_number(item, input_buffer);
+    }
+    /* array */
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '['))
+    {
+        return parse_array(item, input_buffer);
+    }
+    /* object */
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '{'))
+    {
+        return parse_object(item, input_buffer);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+/* Render a value to text. */
+static cJSON_bool print_value(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
+{
+    unsigned char *output = NULL;
+
+    if ((item == NULL) || (output_buffer == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
+    {
+        case cJSON_NULL:
+            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
+            if (output == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            strcpy((char*)output, "null");
+            return true;
+
+        case cJSON_False:
+            output = ensure(output_buffer, 6);
+            if (output == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            strcpy((char*)output, "false");
+            return true;
+
+        case cJSON_True:
+            output = ensure(output_buffer, 5);
+            if (output == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            strcpy((char*)output, "true");
+            return true;
+
+        case cJSON_Number:
+            return print_number(item, output_buffer);
+
+        case cJSON_Raw:
+        {
+            size_t raw_length = 0;
+            if (item->valuestring == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            raw_length = strlen(item->valuestring) + sizeof("");
+            output = ensure(output_buffer, raw_length);
+            if (output == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            memcpy(output, item->valuestring, raw_length);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        case cJSON_String:
+            return print_string(item, output_buffer);
+
+        case cJSON_Array:
+            return print_array(item, output_buffer);
+
+        case cJSON_Object:
+            return print_object(item, output_buffer);
+
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Build an array from input text. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_array(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
+{
+    cJSON *head = NULL; /* head of the linked list */
+    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
+
+    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
+    {
+        return false; /* to deeply nested */
+    }
+    input_buffer->depth++;
+
+    if (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '[')
+    {
+        /* not an array */
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    input_buffer->offset++;
+    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ']'))
+    {
+        /* empty array */
+        goto success;
+    }
+
+    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
+    {
+        input_buffer->offset--;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
+    input_buffer->offset--;
+    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
+    do
+    {
+        /* allocate next item */
+        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
+        if (new_item == NULL)
+        {
+            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
+        }
+
+        /* attach next item to list */
+        if (head == NULL)
+        {
+            /* start the linked list */
+            current_item = head = new_item;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* add to the end and advance */
+            current_item->next = new_item;
+            new_item->prev = current_item;
+            current_item = new_item;
+        }
+
+        /* parse next value */
+        input_buffer->offset++;
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
+        }
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+    }
+    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
+
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ']')
+    {
+        goto fail; /* expected end of array */
+    }
+
+success:
+    input_buffer->depth--;
+
+    if (head != NULL) {
+        head->prev = current_item;
+    }
+
+    item->type = cJSON_Array;
+    item->child = head;
+
+    input_buffer->offset++;
+
+    return true;
+
+fail:
+    if (head != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_Delete(head);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+/* Render an array to text */
+static cJSON_bool print_array(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
+{
+    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
+    size_t length = 0;
+    cJSON *current_element = item->child;
+
+    if (output_buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Compose the output array. */
+    /* opening square bracket */
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 1);
+    if (output_pointer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *output_pointer = '[';
+    output_buffer->offset++;
+    output_buffer->depth++;
+
+    while (current_element != NULL)
+    {
+        if (!print_value(current_element, output_buffer))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        update_offset(output_buffer);
+        if (current_element->next)
+        {
+            length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
+            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
+            if (output_pointer == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            *output_pointer++ = ',';
+            if(output_buffer->format)
+            {
+                *output_pointer++ = ' ';
+            }
+            *output_pointer = '\0';
+            output_buffer->offset += length;
+        }
+        current_element = current_element->next;
+    }
+
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, 2);
+    if (output_pointer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    *output_pointer++ = ']';
+    *output_pointer = '\0';
+    output_buffer->depth--;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* Build an object from the text. */
+static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_buffer)
+{
+    cJSON *head = NULL; /* linked list head */
+    cJSON *current_item = NULL;
+
+    if (input_buffer->depth >= CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT)
+    {
+        return false; /* to deeply nested */
+    }
+    input_buffer->depth++;
+
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '{'))
+    {
+        goto fail; /* not an object */
+    }
+
+    input_buffer->offset++;
+    buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+    if (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == '}'))
+    {
+        goto success; /* empty object */
+    }
+
+    /* check if we skipped to the end of the buffer */
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0))
+    {
+        input_buffer->offset--;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* step back to character in front of the first element */
+    input_buffer->offset--;
+    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
+    do
+    {
+        /* allocate next item */
+        cJSON *new_item = cJSON_New_Item(&(input_buffer->hooks));
+        if (new_item == NULL)
+        {
+            goto fail; /* allocation failure */
+        }
+
+        /* attach next item to list */
+        if (head == NULL)
+        {
+            /* start the linked list */
+            current_item = head = new_item;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* add to the end and advance */
+            current_item->next = new_item;
+            new_item->prev = current_item;
+            current_item = new_item;
+        }
+
+        if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 1))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* nothing comes after the comma */
+        }
+
+        /* parse the name of the child */
+        input_buffer->offset++;
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+        if (!parse_string(current_item, input_buffer))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* failed to parse name */
+        }
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+
+        /* swap valuestring and string, because we parsed the name */
+        current_item->string = current_item->valuestring;
+        current_item->valuestring = NULL;
+
+        if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != ':'))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* invalid object */
+        }
+
+        /* parse the value */
+        input_buffer->offset++;
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+        if (!parse_value(current_item, input_buffer))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* failed to parse value */
+        }
+        buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);
+    }
+    while (can_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) && (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] == ','));
+
+    if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 0) || (buffer_at_offset(input_buffer)[0] != '}'))
+    {
+        goto fail; /* expected end of object */
+    }
+
+success:
+    input_buffer->depth--;
+
+    if (head != NULL) {
+        head->prev = current_item;
+    }
+
+    item->type = cJSON_Object;
+    item->child = head;
+
+    input_buffer->offset++;
+    return true;
+
+fail:
+    if (head != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_Delete(head);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+/* Render an object to text. */
+static cJSON_bool print_object(const cJSON * const item, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
+{
+    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
+    size_t length = 0;
+    cJSON *current_item = item->child;
+
+    if (output_buffer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Compose the output: */
+    length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1); /* fmt: {\n */
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
+    if (output_pointer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *output_pointer++ = '{';
+    output_buffer->depth++;
+    if (output_buffer->format)
+    {
+        *output_pointer++ = '\n';
+    }
+    output_buffer->offset += length;
+
+    while (current_item)
+    {
+        if (output_buffer->format)
+        {
+            size_t i;
+            output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->depth);
+            if (output_pointer == NULL)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (i = 0; i < output_buffer->depth; i++)
+            {
+                *output_pointer++ = '\t';
+            }
+            output_buffer->offset += output_buffer->depth;
+        }
+
+        /* print key */
+        if (!print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)current_item->string, output_buffer))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        update_offset(output_buffer);
+
+        length = (size_t) (output_buffer->format ? 2 : 1);
+        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length);
+        if (output_pointer == NULL)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        *output_pointer++ = ':';
+        if (output_buffer->format)
+        {
+            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
+        }
+        output_buffer->offset += length;
+
+        /* print value */
+        if (!print_value(current_item, output_buffer))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        update_offset(output_buffer);
+
+        /* print comma if not last */
+        length = ((size_t)(output_buffer->format ? 1 : 0) + (size_t)(current_item->next ? 1 : 0));
+        output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, length + 1);
+        if (output_pointer == NULL)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (current_item->next)
+        {
+            *output_pointer++ = ',';
+        }
+
+        if (output_buffer->format)
+        {
+            *output_pointer++ = '\n';
+        }
+        *output_pointer = '\0';
+        output_buffer->offset += length;
+
+        current_item = current_item->next;
+    }
+
+    output_pointer = ensure(output_buffer, output_buffer->format ? (output_buffer->depth + 1) : 2);
+    if (output_pointer == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (output_buffer->format)
+    {
+        size_t i;
+        for (i = 0; i < (output_buffer->depth - 1); i++)
+        {
+            *output_pointer++ = '\t';
+        }
+    }
+    *output_pointer++ = '}';
+    *output_pointer = '\0';
+    output_buffer->depth--;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* Get Array size/item / object item. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array)
+{
+    cJSON *child = NULL;
+    size_t size = 0;
+
+    if (array == NULL)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    child = array->child;
+
+    while(child != NULL)
+    {
+        size++;
+        child = child->next;
+    }
+
+    /* FIXME: Can overflow here. Cannot be fixed without breaking the API */
+
+    return (int)size;
+}
+
+static cJSON* get_array_item(const cJSON *array, size_t index)
+{
+    cJSON *current_child = NULL;
+
+    if (array == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    current_child = array->child;
+    while ((current_child != NULL) && (index > 0))
+    {
+        index--;
+        current_child = current_child->next;
+    }
+
+    return current_child;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index)
+{
+    if (index < 0)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return get_array_item(array, (size_t)index);
+}
+
+static cJSON *get_object_item(const cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
+{
+    cJSON *current_element = NULL;
+
+    if ((object == NULL) || (name == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    current_element = object->child;
+    if (case_sensitive)
+    {
+        while ((current_element != NULL) && (current_element->string != NULL) && (strcmp(name, current_element->string) != 0))
+        {
+            current_element = current_element->next;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        while ((current_element != NULL) && (case_insensitive_strcmp((const unsigned char*)name, (const unsigned char*)(current_element->string)) != 0))
+        {
+            current_element = current_element->next;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ((current_element == NULL) || (current_element->string == NULL)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return current_element;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
+{
+    return get_object_item(object, string, false);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
+{
+    return get_object_item(object, string, true);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
+{
+    return cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+/* Utility for array list handling. */
+static void suffix_object(cJSON *prev, cJSON *item)
+{
+    prev->next = item;
+    item->prev = prev;
+}
+
+/* Utility for handling references. */
+static cJSON *create_reference(const cJSON *item, const internal_hooks * const hooks)
+{
+    cJSON *reference = NULL;
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    reference = cJSON_New_Item(hooks);
+    if (reference == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(reference, item, sizeof(cJSON));
+    reference->string = NULL;
+    reference->type |= cJSON_IsReference;
+    reference->next = reference->prev = NULL;
+    return reference;
+}
+
+static cJSON_bool add_item_to_array(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
+{
+    cJSON *child = NULL;
+
+    if ((item == NULL) || (array == NULL) || (array == item))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    child = array->child;
+    /*
+     * To find the last item in array quickly, we use prev in array
+     */
+    if (child == NULL)
+    {
+        /* list is empty, start new one */
+        array->child = item;
+        item->prev = item;
+        item->next = NULL;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* append to the end */
+        if (child->prev)
+        {
+            suffix_object(child->prev, item);
+            array->child->prev = item;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* Add item to array/object. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
+{
+    return add_item_to_array(array, item);
+}
+
+#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#endif
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
+#endif
+/* helper function to cast away const */
+static void* cast_away_const(const void* string)
+{
+    return (void*)string;
+}
+#if defined(__clang__) || (defined(__GNUC__)  && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 5))))
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
+
+static cJSON_bool add_item_to_object(cJSON * const object, const char * const string, cJSON * const item, const internal_hooks * const hooks, const cJSON_bool constant_key)
+{
+    char *new_key = NULL;
+    int new_type = cJSON_Invalid;
+
+    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL) || (item == NULL) || (object == item))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (constant_key)
+    {
+        new_key = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
+        new_type = item->type | cJSON_StringIsConst;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        new_key = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, hooks);
+        if (new_key == NULL)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        new_type = item->type & ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
+    }
+
+    if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (item->string != NULL))
+    {
+        hooks->deallocate(item->string);
+    }
+
+    item->string = new_key;
+    item->type = new_type;
+
+    return add_item_to_array(object, item);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
+{
+    return add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, false);
+}
+
+/* Add an item to an object with constant string as key */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
+{
+    return add_item_to_object(object, string, item, &global_hooks, true);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
+{
+    if (array == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return add_item_to_array(array, create_reference(item, &global_hooks));
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
+{
+    if ((object == NULL) || (string == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return add_item_to_object(object, string, create_reference(item, &global_hooks), &global_hooks, false);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNullToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
+{
+    cJSON *null = cJSON_CreateNull();
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, null, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(null);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddTrueToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
+{
+    cJSON *true_item = cJSON_CreateTrue();
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, true_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return true_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(true_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddFalseToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
+{
+    cJSON *false_item = cJSON_CreateFalse();
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, false_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return false_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(false_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddBoolToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool boolean)
+{
+    cJSON *bool_item = cJSON_CreateBool(boolean);
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, bool_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return bool_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(bool_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNumberToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const double number)
+{
+    cJSON *number_item = cJSON_CreateNumber(number);
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, number_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return number_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(number_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddStringToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const string)
+{
+    cJSON *string_item = cJSON_CreateString(string);
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, string_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return string_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(string_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddRawToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const raw)
+{
+    cJSON *raw_item = cJSON_CreateRaw(raw);
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, raw_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return raw_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(raw_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddObjectToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
+{
+    cJSON *object_item = cJSON_CreateObject();
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, object_item, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return object_item;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(object_item);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddArrayToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name)
+{
+    cJSON *array = cJSON_CreateArray();
+    if (add_item_to_object(object, name, array, &global_hooks, false))
+    {
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(array);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(cJSON *parent, cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if ((parent == NULL) || (item == NULL) || (item != parent->child && item->prev == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (item != parent->child)
+    {
+        /* not the first element */
+        item->prev->next = item->next;
+    }
+    if (item->next != NULL)
+    {
+        /* not the last element */
+        item->next->prev = item->prev;
+    }
+
+    if (item == parent->child)
+    {
+        /* first element */
+        parent->child = item->next;
+    }
+    else if (item->next == NULL)
+    {
+        /* last element */
+        parent->child->prev = item->prev;
+    }
+
+    /* make sure the detached item doesn't point anywhere anymore */
+    item->prev = NULL;
+    item->next = NULL;
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
+{
+    if (which < 0)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which));
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
+{
+    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(array, which));
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string);
+
+    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON *to_detach = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(object, string);
+
+    return cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(object, to_detach);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(object, string));
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(object, string));
+}
+
+/* Replace array/object items with new ones. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
+{
+    cJSON *after_inserted = NULL;
+
+    if (which < 0 || newitem == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    after_inserted = get_array_item(array, (size_t)which);
+    if (after_inserted == NULL)
+    {
+        return add_item_to_array(array, newitem);
+    }
+
+    if (after_inserted != array->child && after_inserted->prev == NULL) {
+        /* return false if after_inserted is a corrupted array item */
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    newitem->next = after_inserted;
+    newitem->prev = after_inserted->prev;
+    after_inserted->prev = newitem;
+    if (after_inserted == array->child)
+    {
+        array->child = newitem;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(cJSON * const parent, cJSON * const item, cJSON * replacement)
+{
+    if ((parent == NULL) || (parent->child == NULL) || (replacement == NULL) || (item == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (replacement == item)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    replacement->next = item->next;
+    replacement->prev = item->prev;
+
+    if (replacement->next != NULL)
+    {
+        replacement->next->prev = replacement;
+    }
+    if (parent->child == item)
+    {
+        if (parent->child->prev == parent->child)
+        {
+            replacement->prev = replacement;
+        }
+        parent->child = replacement;
+    }
+    else
+    {   /*
+         * To find the last item in array quickly, we use prev in array.
+         * We can't modify the last item's next pointer where this item was the parent's child
+         */
+        if (replacement->prev != NULL)
+        {
+            replacement->prev->next = replacement;
+        }
+        if (replacement->next == NULL)
+        {
+            parent->child->prev = replacement;
+        }
+    }
+
+    item->next = NULL;
+    item->prev = NULL;
+    cJSON_Delete(item);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
+{
+    if (which < 0)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(array, get_array_item(array, (size_t)which), newitem);
+}
+
+static cJSON_bool replace_item_in_object(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *replacement, cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
+{
+    if ((replacement == NULL) || (string == NULL))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* replace the name in the replacement */
+    if (!(replacement->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && (replacement->string != NULL))
+    {
+        cJSON_free(replacement->string);
+    }
+    replacement->string = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
+    if (replacement->string == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    replacement->type &= ~cJSON_StringIsConst;
+
+    return cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(object, get_object_item(object, string, case_sensitive), replacement);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
+{
+    return replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, false);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
+{
+    return replace_item_in_object(object, string, newitem, true);
+}
+
+/* Create basic types: */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNull(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateTrue(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_True;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFalse(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_False;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateBool(cJSON_bool boolean)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = boolean ? cJSON_True : cJSON_False;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNumber(double num)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_Number;
+        item->valuedouble = num;
+
+        /* use saturation in case of overflow */
+        if (num >= INT_MAX)
+        {
+            item->valueint = INT_MAX;
+        }
+        else if (num <= (double)INT_MIN)
+        {
+            item->valueint = INT_MIN;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            item->valueint = (int)num;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_String;
+        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string, &global_hooks);
+        if(!item->valuestring)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(item);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringReference(const char *string)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (item != NULL)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_String | cJSON_IsReference;
+        item->valuestring = (char*)cast_away_const(string);
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObjectReference(const cJSON *child)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (item != NULL) {
+        item->type = cJSON_Object | cJSON_IsReference;
+        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArrayReference(const cJSON *child) {
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (item != NULL) {
+        item->type = cJSON_Array | cJSON_IsReference;
+        item->child = (cJSON*)cast_away_const(child);
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_Raw;
+        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)raw, &global_hooks);
+        if(!item->valuestring)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(item);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArray(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if(item)
+    {
+        item->type=cJSON_Array;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObject(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (item)
+    {
+        item->type = cJSON_Object;
+    }
+
+    return item;
+}
+
+/* Create Arrays: */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+    cJSON *n = NULL;
+    cJSON *p = NULL;
+    cJSON *a = NULL;
+
+    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
+    {
+        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
+        if (!n)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(a);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if(!i)
+        {
+            a->child = n;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            suffix_object(p, n);
+        }
+        p = n;
+    }
+
+    if (a && a->child) {
+        a->child->prev = n;
+    }
+
+    return a;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+    cJSON *n = NULL;
+    cJSON *p = NULL;
+    cJSON *a = NULL;
+
+    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
+    {
+        n = cJSON_CreateNumber((double)numbers[i]);
+        if(!n)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(a);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if(!i)
+        {
+            a->child = n;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            suffix_object(p, n);
+        }
+        p = n;
+    }
+
+    if (a && a->child) {
+        a->child->prev = n;
+    }
+
+    return a;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+    cJSON *n = NULL;
+    cJSON *p = NULL;
+    cJSON *a = NULL;
+
+    if ((count < 0) || (numbers == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+    for(i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
+    {
+        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
+        if(!n)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(a);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if(!i)
+        {
+            a->child = n;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            suffix_object(p, n);
+        }
+        p = n;
+    }
+
+    if (a && a->child) {
+        a->child->prev = n;
+    }
+
+    return a;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char *const *strings, int count)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+    cJSON *n = NULL;
+    cJSON *p = NULL;
+    cJSON *a = NULL;
+
+    if ((count < 0) || (strings == NULL))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    a = cJSON_CreateArray();
+
+    for (i = 0; a && (i < (size_t)count); i++)
+    {
+        n = cJSON_CreateString(strings[i]);
+        if(!n)
+        {
+            cJSON_Delete(a);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if(!i)
+        {
+            a->child = n;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            suffix_object(p,n);
+        }
+        p = n;
+    }
+
+    if (a && a->child) {
+        a->child->prev = n;
+    }
+
+    return a;
+}
+
+/* Duplication */
+cJSON * cJSON_Duplicate_rec(const cJSON *item, size_t depth, cJSON_bool recurse);
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cJSON_bool recurse)
+{
+    return cJSON_Duplicate_rec(item, 0, recurse );
+}
+
+cJSON * cJSON_Duplicate_rec(const cJSON *item, size_t depth, cJSON_bool recurse)
+{
+    cJSON *newitem = NULL;
+    cJSON *child = NULL;
+    cJSON *next = NULL;
+    cJSON *newchild = NULL;
+
+    /* Bail on bad ptr */
+    if (!item)
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    /* Create new item */
+    newitem = cJSON_New_Item(&global_hooks);
+    if (!newitem)
+    {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    /* Copy over all vars */
+    newitem->type = item->type & (~cJSON_IsReference);
+    newitem->valueint = item->valueint;
+    newitem->valuedouble = item->valuedouble;
+    if (item->valuestring)
+    {
+        newitem->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, &global_hooks);
+        if (!newitem->valuestring)
+        {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+    if (item->string)
+    {
+        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->string, &global_hooks);
+        if (!newitem->string)
+        {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+    /* If non-recursive, then we're done! */
+    if (!recurse)
+    {
+        return newitem;
+    }
+    /* Walk the ->next chain for the child. */
+    child = item->child;
+    while (child != NULL)
+    {
+        if(depth >= CJSON_CIRCULAR_LIMIT) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        newchild = cJSON_Duplicate_rec(child, depth + 1, true); /* Duplicate (with recurse) each item in the ->next chain */
+        if (!newchild)
+        {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        if (next != NULL)
+        {
+            /* If newitem->child already set, then crosswire ->prev and ->next and move on */
+            next->next = newchild;
+            newchild->prev = next;
+            next = newchild;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* Set newitem->child and move to it */
+            newitem->child = newchild;
+            next = newchild;
+        }
+        child = child->next;
+    }
+    if (newitem && newitem->child)
+    {
+        newitem->child->prev = newchild;
+    }
+
+    return newitem;
+
+fail:
+    if (newitem != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_Delete(newitem);
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void skip_oneline_comment(char **input)
+{
+    *input += static_strlen("//");
+
+    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
+    {
+        if ((*input)[0] == '\n') {
+            *input += static_strlen("\n");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void skip_multiline_comment(char **input)
+{
+    *input += static_strlen("/*");
+
+    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; ++(*input))
+    {
+        if (((*input)[0] == '*') && ((*input)[1] == '/'))
+        {
+            *input += static_strlen("*/");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void minify_string(char **input, char **output) {
+    (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
+    *input += static_strlen("\"");
+    *output += static_strlen("\"");
+
+
+    for (; (*input)[0] != '\0'; (void)++(*input), ++(*output)) {
+        (*output)[0] = (*input)[0];
+
+        if ((*input)[0] == '\"') {
+            (*output)[0] = '\"';
+            *input += static_strlen("\"");
+            *output += static_strlen("\"");
+            return;
+        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\"')) {
+            (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
+            *input += static_strlen("\"");
+            *output += static_strlen("\"");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Minify(char *json)
+{
+    char *into = json;
+
+    if (json == NULL)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (json[0] != '\0')
+    {
+        switch (json[0])
+        {
+            case ' ':
+            case '\t':
+            case '\r':
+            case '\n':
+                json++;
+                break;
+
+            case '/':
+                if (json[1] == '/')
+                {
+                    skip_oneline_comment(&json);
+                }
+                else if (json[1] == '*')
+                {
+                    skip_multiline_comment(&json);
+                } else {
+                    json++;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case '\"':
+                minify_string(&json, (char**)&into);
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                into[0] = json[0];
+                json++;
+                into++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* and null-terminate. */
+    *into = '\0';
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Invalid;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_False;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsTrue(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xff) == cJSON_True;
+}
+
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsBool(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & (cJSON_True | cJSON_False)) != 0;
+}
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNull(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_NULL;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNumber(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Number;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsString(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_String;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsArray(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsObject(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsRaw(const cJSON * const item)
+{
+    if (item == NULL)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (item->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Raw;
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * const b, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
+{
+    if ((a == NULL) || (b == NULL) || ((a->type & 0xFF) != (b->type & 0xFF)))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* check if type is valid */
+    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
+    {
+        case cJSON_False:
+        case cJSON_True:
+        case cJSON_NULL:
+        case cJSON_Number:
+        case cJSON_String:
+        case cJSON_Raw:
+        case cJSON_Array:
+        case cJSON_Object:
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    /* identical objects are equal */
+    if (a == b)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    switch (a->type & 0xFF)
+    {
+        /* in these cases and equal type is enough */
+        case cJSON_False:
+        case cJSON_True:
+        case cJSON_NULL:
+            return true;
+
+        case cJSON_Number:
+            if (compare_double(a->valuedouble, b->valuedouble))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+
+        case cJSON_String:
+        case cJSON_Raw:
+            if ((a->valuestring == NULL) || (b->valuestring == NULL))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (strcmp(a->valuestring, b->valuestring) == 0)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+
+        case cJSON_Array:
+        {
+            cJSON *a_element = a->child;
+            cJSON *b_element = b->child;
+
+            for (; (a_element != NULL) && (b_element != NULL);)
+            {
+                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                a_element = a_element->next;
+                b_element = b_element->next;
+            }
+
+            /* one of the arrays is longer than the other */
+            if (a_element != b_element) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        case cJSON_Object:
+        {
+            cJSON *a_element = NULL;
+            cJSON *b_element = NULL;
+            cJSON_ArrayForEach(a_element, a)
+            {
+                /* TODO This has O(n^2) runtime, which is horrible! */
+                b_element = get_object_item(b, a_element->string, case_sensitive);
+                if (b_element == NULL)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (!cJSON_Compare(a_element, b_element, case_sensitive))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* doing this twice, once on a and b to prevent true comparison if a subset of b
+             * TODO: Do this the proper way, this is just a fix for now */
+            cJSON_ArrayForEach(b_element, b)
+            {
+                a_element = get_object_item(a, b_element->string, case_sensitive);
+                if (a_element == NULL)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (!cJSON_Compare(b_element, a_element, case_sensitive))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return global_hooks.allocate(size);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object)
+{
+    global_hooks.deallocate(object);
+    object = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.h b/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37520bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vendor/cJSON/cJSON.h
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#ifndef cJSON__h
+#define cJSON__h
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(__WINDOWS__) && (defined(WIN32) || defined(WIN64) || defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(_WIN32))
+#define __WINDOWS__
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+
+/* When compiling for windows, we specify a specific calling convention to avoid issues where we are being called from a project with a different default calling convention.  For windows you have 3 define options:
+
+CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS - Define this in the case where you don't want to ever dllexport symbols
+CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS - Define this on library build when you want to dllexport symbols (default)
+CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS - Define this if you want to dllimport symbol
+
+For *nix builds that support visibility attribute, you can define similar behavior by
+
+setting default visibility to hidden by adding
+-fvisibility=hidden (for gcc)
+or
+-xldscope=hidden (for sun cc)
+to CFLAGS
+
+then using the CJSON_API_VISIBILITY flag to "export" the same symbols the way CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS does
+
+*/
+
+#define CJSON_CDECL __cdecl
+#define CJSON_STDCALL __stdcall
+
+/* export symbols by default, this is necessary for copy pasting the C and header file */
+#if !defined(CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS) && !defined(CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS) && !defined(CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
+#define CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CJSON_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
+#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   type CJSON_STDCALL
+#elif defined(CJSON_EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
+#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __declspec(dllexport) type CJSON_STDCALL
+#elif defined(CJSON_IMPORT_SYMBOLS)
+#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __declspec(dllimport) type CJSON_STDCALL
+#endif
+#else /* !__WINDOWS__ */
+#define CJSON_CDECL
+#define CJSON_STDCALL
+
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__SUNPRO_CC) || defined (__SUNPRO_C)) && defined(CJSON_API_VISIBILITY)
+#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type)   __attribute__((visibility("default"))) type
+#else
+#define CJSON_PUBLIC(type) type
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* project version */
+#define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 18
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* cJSON Types: */
+#define cJSON_Invalid (0)
+#define cJSON_False  (1 << 0)
+#define cJSON_True   (1 << 1)
+#define cJSON_NULL   (1 << 2)
+#define cJSON_Number (1 << 3)
+#define cJSON_String (1 << 4)
+#define cJSON_Array  (1 << 5)
+#define cJSON_Object (1 << 6)
+#define cJSON_Raw    (1 << 7) /* raw json */
+
+#define cJSON_IsReference 256
+#define cJSON_StringIsConst 512
+
+/* The cJSON structure: */
+typedef struct cJSON
+{
+    /* next/prev allow you to walk array/object chains. Alternatively, use GetArraySize/GetArrayItem/GetObjectItem */
+    struct cJSON *next;
+    struct cJSON *prev;
+    /* An array or object item will have a child pointer pointing to a chain of the items in the array/object. */
+    struct cJSON *child;
+
+    /* The type of the item, as above. */
+    int type;
+
+    /* The item's string, if type==cJSON_String  and type == cJSON_Raw */
+    char *valuestring;
+    /* writing to valueint is DEPRECATED, use cJSON_SetNumberValue instead */
+    int valueint;
+    /* The item's number, if type==cJSON_Number */
+    double valuedouble;
+
+    /* The item's name string, if this item is the child of, or is in the list of subitems of an object. */
+    char *string;
+} cJSON;
+
+typedef struct cJSON_Hooks
+{
+      /* malloc/free are CDECL on Windows regardless of the default calling convention of the compiler, so ensure the hooks allow passing those functions directly. */
+      void *(CJSON_CDECL *malloc_fn)(size_t sz);
+      void (CJSON_CDECL *free_fn)(void *ptr);
+} cJSON_Hooks;
+
+typedef int cJSON_bool;
+
+/* Limits how deeply nested arrays/objects can be before cJSON rejects to parse them.
+ * This is to prevent stack overflows. */
+#ifndef CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT
+#define CJSON_NESTING_LIMIT 1000
+#endif
+
+/* Limits the length of circular references can be before cJSON rejects to parse them.
+ * This is to prevent stack overflows. */
+#ifndef CJSON_CIRCULAR_LIMIT
+#define CJSON_CIRCULAR_LIMIT 10000
+#endif
+
+/* returns the version of cJSON as a string */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(const char*) cJSON_Version(void);
+
+/* Supply malloc, realloc and free functions to cJSON */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks);
+
+/* Memory Management: the caller is always responsible to free the results from all variants of cJSON_Parse (with cJSON_Delete) and cJSON_Print (with stdlib free, cJSON_Hooks.free_fn, or cJSON_free as appropriate). The exception is cJSON_PrintPreallocated, where the caller has full responsibility of the buffer. */
+/* Supply a block of JSON, and this returns a cJSON object you can interrogate. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Parse(const char *value);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithLength(const char *value, size_t buffer_length);
+/* ParseWithOpts allows you to require (and check) that the JSON is null terminated, and to retrieve the pointer to the final byte parsed. */
+/* If you supply a ptr in return_parse_end and parsing fails, then return_parse_end will contain a pointer to the error so will match cJSON_GetErrorPtr(). */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(const char *value, size_t buffer_length, const char **return_parse_end, cJSON_bool require_null_terminated);
+
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item);
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage without any formatting. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item);
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text using a buffered strategy. prebuffer is a guess at the final size. guessing well reduces reallocation. fmt=0 gives unformatted, =1 gives formatted */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cJSON_bool fmt);
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text using a buffer already allocated in memory with given length. Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure. */
+/* NOTE: cJSON is not always 100% accurate in estimating how much memory it will use, so to be safe allocate 5 bytes more than you actually need */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buffer, const int length, const cJSON_bool format);
+/* Delete a cJSON entity and all subentities. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item);
+
+/* Returns the number of items in an array (or object). */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array);
+/* Retrieve item number "index" from array "array". Returns NULL if unsuccessful. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index);
+/* Get item "string" from object. Case insensitive. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string);
+/* For analysing failed parses. This returns a pointer to the parse error. You'll probably need to look a few chars back to make sense of it. Defined when cJSON_Parse() returns 0. 0 when cJSON_Parse() succeeds. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void);
+
+/* Check item type and return its value */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_GetNumberValue(const cJSON * const item);
+
+/* These functions check the type of an item */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsTrue(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsBool(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNull(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsNumber(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsString(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsArray(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsObject(const cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsRaw(const cJSON * const item);
+
+/* These calls create a cJSON item of the appropriate type. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNull(void);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateTrue(void);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFalse(void);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateBool(cJSON_bool boolean);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateNumber(double num);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateString(const char *string);
+/* raw json */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArray(void);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObject(void);
+
+/* Create a string where valuestring references a string so
+ * it will not be freed by cJSON_Delete */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringReference(const char *string);
+/* Create an object/array that only references it's elements so
+ * they will not be freed by cJSON_Delete */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateObjectReference(const cJSON *child);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateArrayReference(const cJSON *child);
+
+/* These utilities create an Array of count items.
+ * The parameter count cannot be greater than the number of elements in the number array, otherwise array access will be out of bounds.*/
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char *const *strings, int count);
+
+/* Append item to the specified array/object. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
+/* Use this when string is definitely const (i.e. a literal, or as good as), and will definitely survive the cJSON object.
+ * WARNING: When this function was used, make sure to always check that (item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) is zero before
+ * writing to `item->string` */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
+/* Append reference to item to the specified array/object. Use this when you want to add an existing cJSON to a new cJSON, but don't want to corrupt your existing cJSON. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item);
+
+/* Remove/Detach items from Arrays/Objects. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemViaPointer(cJSON *parent, cJSON * const item);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_DeleteItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object, const char *string);
+
+/* Update array items. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem); /* Shifts pre-existing items to the right. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(cJSON * const parent, cJSON * const item, cJSON * replacement);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_ReplaceItemInObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem);
+
+/* Duplicate a cJSON item */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cJSON_bool recurse);
+/* Duplicate will create a new, identical cJSON item to the one you pass, in new memory that will
+ * need to be released. With recurse!=0, it will duplicate any children connected to the item.
+ * The item->next and ->prev pointers are always zero on return from Duplicate. */
+/* Recursively compare two cJSON items for equality. If either a or b is NULL or invalid, they will be considered unequal.
+ * case_sensitive determines if object keys are treated case sensitive (1) or case insensitive (0) */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * const b, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive);
+
+/* Minify a strings, remove blank characters(such as ' ', '\t', '\r', '\n') from strings.
+ * The input pointer json cannot point to a read-only address area, such as a string constant, 
+ * but should point to a readable and writable address area. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Minify(char *json);
+
+/* Helper functions for creating and adding items to an object at the same time.
+ * They return the added item or NULL on failure. */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNullToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddTrueToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddFalseToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddBoolToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool boolean);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddNumberToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const double number);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddStringToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const string);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddRawToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const char * const raw);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddObjectToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON*) cJSON_AddArrayToObject(cJSON * const object, const char * const name);
+
+/* When assigning an integer value, it needs to be propagated to valuedouble too. */
+#define cJSON_SetIntValue(object, number) ((object) ? (object)->valueint = (object)->valuedouble = (number) : (number))
+/* helper for the cJSON_SetNumberValue macro */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number);
+#define cJSON_SetNumberValue(object, number) ((object != NULL) ? cJSON_SetNumberHelper(object, (double)number) : (number))
+/* Change the valuestring of a cJSON_String object, only takes effect when type of object is cJSON_String */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char*) cJSON_SetValuestring(cJSON *object, const char *valuestring);
+
+/* If the object is not a boolean type this does nothing and returns cJSON_Invalid else it returns the new type*/
+#define cJSON_SetBoolValue(object, boolValue) ( \
+    (object != NULL && ((object)->type & (cJSON_False|cJSON_True))) ? \
+    (object)->type=((object)->type &(~(cJSON_False|cJSON_True)))|((boolValue)?cJSON_True:cJSON_False) : \
+    cJSON_Invalid\
+)
+
+/* Macro for iterating over an array or object */
+#define cJSON_ArrayForEach(element, array) for(element = (array != NULL) ? (array)->child : NULL; element != NULL; element = element->next)
+
+/* malloc/free objects using the malloc/free functions that have been set with cJSON_InitHooks */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/opttest.pl b/opttest.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 85e3b494..00000000
--- a/opttest.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-use strict;
-use Test;
-
-use vars qw($dir $file $prog $idx $state $output %progs @dirs);
-
-my $tests = 0;
-
-@dirs = qw(plugins plugins-scripts);
-
-foreach $dir (@dirs) {
-        opendir(DIR, $dir) || die "can't opendir $dir: $!";
-        while ($file = readdir(DIR)) {
-                if (-x "$dir/$file" && -f "$dir/$file") {
-                        $tests++;
-                        $progs{"$dir/$file"} = $file;
-                }
-        }
-        closedir DIR;
-}
-
-plan tests => $tests;
-
-for $prog (keys %progs) {
-        $state = 0;
-        $file = `basename $prog`;
-
-        $idx = 1;
-        $output = `$prog -h 2>&1`;
-        if($?) {$state++;print "$prog failed test $idx\n";}
-        unless ($output =~ m/$progs{$prog}/ms) {
-                $idx++; $state++;print "$output\n$prog failed test $idx\n";
-        }
-
-        $idx++;
-        `$prog --help 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
-        if($?) {$state++;print "$prog failed test $idx\n";}
-
-        $idx++;
-                `$prog -V 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
-        if($?) {$state++;print "$prog failed test $idx\n";}
-
-        $idx++;
-        `$prog --version 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
-        if($?) {$state++;print "$prog failed test $idx\n";}
-
-        print "$prog ($idx tests) ";
-        ok $state,0;
-}
-
diff --git a/plugins-root/Makefile.am b/plugins-root/Makefile.am
index a80229e2..b6342909 100644
--- a/plugins-root/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins-root/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = check_dhcp check_icmp @EXTRAS_ROOT@
 
 EXTRA_PROGRAMS = pst3
 
-EXTRA_DIST = t pst3.c
+EXTRA_DIST = t pst3.c \
+                         check_icmp.d \
+                         check_dhcp.d
 
 BASEOBJS = ../plugins/utils.o ../lib/libmonitoringplug.a ../gl/libgnu.a
 NETOBJS = ../plugins/netutils.o $(BASEOBJS) $(EXTRA_NETOBJS)
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ install-exec-local: $(noinst_PROGRAMS)
 # the actual targets
 check_dhcp_LDADD = @LTLIBINTL@ $(NETLIBS) $(LIB_CRYPTO)
 check_icmp_LDADD = @LTLIBINTL@ $(NETLIBS) $(SOCKETLIBS) $(LIB_CRYPTO)
+check_icmp_SOURCES = check_icmp.c check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.c
 
 # -m64 needed at compiler and linker phase
 pst3_CFLAGS = @PST3CFLAGS@
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ pst3_LDFLAGS = @PST3CFLAGS@
 # pst3 must not use monitoringplug/gnulib includes!
 pst3_CPPFLAGS =
 
-check_dhcp_DEPENDENCIES = check_dhcp.c $(NETOBJS) $(DEPLIBS) 
+check_dhcp_DEPENDENCIES = check_dhcp.c $(NETOBJS) $(DEPLIBS)
 check_icmp_DEPENDENCIES = check_icmp.c $(NETOBJS)
 
 clean-local:
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index 6802232e..9a96547f 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * License: GPL
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2023 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2025 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
  *
  * Description:
  *
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_dhcp";
-const char *copyright = "2001-2024";
+const char *copyright = "2001-2025";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
-#include "utils.h"
+#include "../plugins/common.h"
+#include "../plugins/utils.h"
+#include "./check_dhcp.d/config.h"
+#include "../lib/output.h"
+#include "../lib/utils_base.h"
 
+#include "states.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -111,8 +115,9 @@ static long mac_addr_dlpi(const char *, int, u_char *);
 
 /**** Common definitions ****/
 
-#define OK    0
-#define ERROR -1
+#define OK           0
+#define ERROR        -1
+#define MAC_ADDR_LEN 6
 
 /**** DHCP definitions ****/
 
@@ -122,17 +127,17 @@ static long mac_addr_dlpi(const char *, int, u_char *);
 #define MAX_DHCP_OPTIONS_LENGTH 312
 
 typedef struct dhcp_packet_struct {
-        uint8_t op;                                   /* packet type */
-        uint8_t htype;                                /* type of hardware address for this machine (Ethernet, etc) */
-        uint8_t hlen;                                 /* length of hardware address (of this machine) */
-        uint8_t hops;                                 /* hops */
-        uint32_t xid;                                 /* random transaction id number - chosen by this machine */
-        uint16_t secs;                                /* seconds used in timing */
-        uint16_t flags;                               /* flags */
-        struct in_addr ciaddr;                        /* IP address of this machine (if we already have one) */
-        struct in_addr yiaddr;                        /* IP address of this machine (offered by the DHCP server) */
-        struct in_addr siaddr;                        /* IP address of next server */
-        struct in_addr giaddr;                        /* IP address of DHCP relay */
+        uint8_t op;            /* packet type */
+        uint8_t htype;         /* type of hardware address for this machine (Ethernet, etc) */
+        uint8_t hlen;          /* length of hardware address (of this machine) */
+        uint8_t hops;          /* hops */
+        uint32_t xid;          /* random transaction id number - chosen by this machine */
+        uint16_t secs;         /* seconds used in timing */
+        uint16_t flags;        /* flags */
+        struct in_addr ciaddr; /* IP address of this machine (if we already have one) */
+        struct in_addr yiaddr; /* IP address of this machine (offered by the DHCP server) */
+        struct in_addr siaddr; /* IP address of next server */
+        struct in_addr giaddr; /* IP address of DHCP relay */
         unsigned char chaddr[MAX_DHCP_CHADDR_LENGTH]; /* hardware address of this machine */
         char sname[MAX_DHCP_SNAME_LENGTH];            /* name of DHCP server */
         char file[MAX_DHCP_FILE_LENGTH];              /* boot file name (used for diskless booting?) */
@@ -149,12 +154,6 @@ typedef struct dhcp_offer_struct {
         struct dhcp_offer_struct *next;
 } dhcp_offer;
 
-typedef struct requested_server_struct {
-        struct in_addr server_address;
-        bool answered;
-        struct requested_server_struct *next;
-} requested_server;
-
 #define BOOTREQUEST 1
 #define BOOTREPLY   2
 
@@ -186,65 +185,69 @@ typedef struct requested_server_struct {
 #define ETHERNET_HARDWARE_ADDRESS        1 /* used in htype field of dhcp packet */
 #define ETHERNET_HARDWARE_ADDRESS_LENGTH 6 /* length of Ethernet hardware addresses */
 
-static bool unicast = false;   /* unicast mode: mimic a DHCP relay */
-static bool exclusive = false; /* exclusive mode aka "rogue DHCP server detection" */
-static struct in_addr my_ip;   /* our address (required for relay) */
-static struct in_addr dhcp_ip; /* server to query (if in unicast mode) */
-static unsigned char client_hardware_address[MAX_DHCP_CHADDR_LENGTH] = "";
-static unsigned char *user_specified_mac = NULL;
-
-static char network_interface_name[IFNAMSIZ] = "eth0";
-
-static uint32_t packet_xid = 0;
-
-static uint32_t dhcp_lease_time = 0;
-static uint32_t dhcp_renewal_time = 0;
-static uint32_t dhcp_rebinding_time = 0;
-
-static int dhcpoffer_timeout = 2;
-
-static dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list = NULL;
-static requested_server *requested_server_list = NULL;
-
-static int valid_responses = 0; /* number of valid DHCPOFFERs we received */
-static int requested_servers = 0;
-static int requested_responses = 0;
-
-static bool request_specific_address = false;
-static bool received_requested_address = false;
 static int verbose = 0;
-static struct in_addr requested_address;
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-static int call_getopt(int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments(int);
+typedef struct process_arguments_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        check_dhcp_config config;
+} process_arguments_wrapper;
+
+static process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 void print_usage(void);
 static void print_help(void);
 
-static void resolve_host(const char *in, struct in_addr *out);
-static unsigned char *mac_aton(const char *);
-static void print_hardware_address(const unsigned char *);
-static int get_hardware_address(int, char *);
-static int get_ip_address(int, char *);
-
-static int send_dhcp_discover(int);
-static int get_dhcp_offer(int);
-
-static int get_results(void);
-
-static int add_dhcp_offer(struct in_addr, dhcp_packet *);
-static int free_dhcp_offer_list(void);
-static int free_requested_server_list(void);
-
-static int create_dhcp_socket(void);
-static int close_dhcp_socket(int);
-static int send_dhcp_packet(void *, int, int, struct sockaddr_in *);
-static int receive_dhcp_packet(void *, int, int, int, struct sockaddr_in *);
+static void resolve_host(const char * /*in*/, struct in_addr * /*out*/);
+static unsigned char *mac_aton(const char * /*string*/);
+static void print_hardware_address(const unsigned char * /*address*/);
+static int get_hardware_address(int /*sock*/, char * /*interface_name*/,
+                                                                unsigned char *client_hardware_address);
+
+typedef struct get_ip_address_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        struct in_addr my_ip;
+} get_ip_address_wrapper;
+static get_ip_address_wrapper get_ip_address(int /*sock*/, char * /*interface_name*/);
+
+typedef struct send_dhcp_discover_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        uint32_t packet_xid;
+} send_dhcp_discover_wrapper;
+static send_dhcp_discover_wrapper
+send_dhcp_discover(int socket, bool unicast, struct in_addr dhcp_ip,
+                                   struct in_addr requested_address, bool request_specific_address,
+                                   struct in_addr my_ip, unsigned char *client_hardware_address);
+typedef struct get_dhcp_offer_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        int valid_responses;
+        dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list;
+} get_dhcp_offer_wrapper;
+static get_dhcp_offer_wrapper get_dhcp_offer(int /*sock*/, int dhcpoffer_timeout,
+                                                                                         uint32_t packet_xid, dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list,
+                                                                                         const unsigned char *client_hardware_address);
+
+static mp_subcheck get_results(bool exclusive, int requested_servers,
+                                                           struct in_addr requested_address, bool request_specific_address,
+                                                           requested_server *requested_server_list, int valid_responses,
+                                                           dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list);
+
+typedef struct add_dhcp_offer_wrapper {
+        int error;
+        dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list;
+} add_dhcp_offer_wrapper;
+static add_dhcp_offer_wrapper add_dhcp_offer(struct in_addr /*source*/,
+                                                                                         dhcp_packet * /*offer_packet*/,
+                                                                                         dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list);
+static int free_dhcp_offer_list(dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list);
+static int free_requested_server_list(requested_server *requested_server_list);
+
+static int create_dhcp_socket(bool /*unicast*/, char *network_interface_name);
+static int close_dhcp_socket(int /*sock*/);
+static int send_dhcp_packet(void * /*buffer*/, int /*buffer_size*/, int /*sock*/,
+                                                        struct sockaddr_in * /*dest*/);
+static int receive_dhcp_packet(void * /*buffer*/, int /*buffer_size*/, int /*sock*/,
+                                                           int /*timeout*/, struct sockaddr_in * /*address*/);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int dhcp_socket;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -252,43 +255,84 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) != OK) {
+        process_arguments_wrapper tmp = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp.error != OK) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
+        check_dhcp_config config = tmp.config;
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
+
         /* create socket for DHCP communications */
-        dhcp_socket = create_dhcp_socket();
+        int dhcp_socket = create_dhcp_socket(config.unicast_mode, config.network_interface_name);
 
         /* get hardware address of client machine */
-        if (user_specified_mac != NULL)
-                memcpy(client_hardware_address, user_specified_mac, 6);
-        else
-                get_hardware_address(dhcp_socket, network_interface_name);
+        unsigned char client_hardware_address[MAX_DHCP_CHADDR_LENGTH] = "";
+        if (config.user_specified_mac != NULL) {
+                memcpy(client_hardware_address, config.user_specified_mac, MAC_ADDR_LEN);
+        } else {
+                get_hardware_address(dhcp_socket, config.network_interface_name, client_hardware_address);
+        }
 
-        if (unicast) /* get IP address of client machine */
-                get_ip_address(dhcp_socket, network_interface_name);
+        struct in_addr my_ip = {0};
+
+        if (config.unicast_mode) { /* get IP address of client machine */
+                get_ip_address_wrapper tmp_get_ip =
+                        get_ip_address(dhcp_socket, config.network_interface_name);
+                if (tmp_get_ip.error == OK) {
+                        my_ip = tmp_get_ip.my_ip;
+                } else {
+                        // TODO failed to get own IP
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to retrieve my own IP address in unicast mode");
+                }
+        }
 
         /* send DHCPDISCOVER packet */
-        send_dhcp_discover(dhcp_socket);
+        send_dhcp_discover_wrapper disco_res = send_dhcp_discover(
+                dhcp_socket, config.unicast_mode, config.dhcp_ip, config.requested_address,
+                config.request_specific_address, my_ip, client_hardware_address);
+
+        if (disco_res.error != OK) {
+                // DO something?
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to send DHCP discover");
+        }
 
         /* wait for a DHCPOFFER packet */
-        get_dhcp_offer(dhcp_socket);
+        get_dhcp_offer_wrapper offer_res = get_dhcp_offer(
+                dhcp_socket, config.dhcpoffer_timeout, disco_res.packet_xid, NULL, client_hardware_address);
+
+        int valid_responses = 0;
+        dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list = NULL;
+        if (offer_res.error == OK) {
+                valid_responses = offer_res.valid_responses;
+                dhcp_offer_list = offer_res.dhcp_offer_list;
+        } else {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to get DHCP offers");
+        }
 
         /* close socket we created */
         close_dhcp_socket(dhcp_socket);
 
-        /* determine state/plugin output to return */
-        result = get_results();
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
 
+        /* determine state/plugin output to return */
+        mp_subcheck sc_res =
+                get_results(config.exclusive_mode, config.num_of_requested_servers,
+                                        config.requested_address, config.request_specific_address,
+                                        config.requested_server_list, valid_responses, dhcp_offer_list);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_res);
         /* free allocated memory */
-        free_dhcp_offer_list();
-        free_requested_server_list();
+        free_dhcp_offer_list(dhcp_offer_list);
+        free_requested_server_list(config.requested_server_list);
 
-        return result;
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* determines hardware address on client machine */
-static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
+int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name, unsigned char *client_hardware_address) {
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
         struct ifreq ifr;
@@ -302,7 +346,7 @@ static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        memcpy(&client_hardware_address[0], &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
+        memcpy(&client_hardware_address[0], &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, MAC_ADDR_LEN);
 
 #elif defined(__bsd__)
         /* King 2004    see ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS */
@@ -326,17 +370,20 @@ static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
         }
 
         if (sysctl(mib, 6, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from %s. sysctl 1 error - %s.\n"), interface_name, strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from %s. sysctl 1 error - %s.\n"),
+                           interface_name, strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
         if ((buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
-                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from interface %s. malloc error - %s.\n"), interface_name, strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from interface %s. malloc error - %s.\n"),
+                           interface_name, strerror(errno));
                 exit(4);
         }
 
         if (sysctl(mib, 6, buf, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from %s. sysctl 2 error - %s.\n"), interface_name, strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: Couldn't get hardware address from %s. sysctl 2 error - %s.\n"),
+                           interface_name, strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -358,20 +405,25 @@ static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
         int i;
         p = interface_name + strlen(interface_name) - 1;
         for (i = strlen(interface_name) - 1; i > 0; p--) {
-                if (isalpha(*p))
+                if (isalpha(*p)) {
                         break;
+                }
         }
         p++;
         if (p != interface_name) {
                 unit = atoi(p);
                 strncat(dev, interface_name, 6);
         } else {
-                printf(_("Error: can't find unit number in interface_name (%s) - expecting TypeNumber eg lnc0.\n"), interface_name);
+                printf(_("Error: can't find unit number in interface_name (%s) - expecting TypeNumber eg "
+                                 "lnc0.\n"),
+                           interface_name);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
         stat = mac_addr_dlpi(dev, unit, client_hardware_address);
         if (stat != 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: can't read MAC address from DLPI streams interface for device %s unit %d.\n"), dev, unit);
+                printf(
+                        _("Error: can't read MAC address from DLPI streams interface for device %s unit %d.\n"),
+                        dev, unit);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -383,7 +435,9 @@ static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
 
         stat = mac_addr_dlpi(dev, unit, client_hardware_address);
         if (stat != 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: can't read MAC address from DLPI streams interface for device %s unit %d.\n"), dev, unit);
+                printf(
+                        _("Error: can't read MAC address from DLPI streams interface for device %s unit %d.\n"),
+                        dev, unit);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
         /* Kompf 2000-2003 */
@@ -393,14 +447,15 @@ static int get_hardware_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 #endif
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 print_hardware_address(client_hardware_address);
+        }
 
         return OK;
 }
 
 /* determines IP address of the client interface */
-static int get_ip_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
+get_ip_address_wrapper get_ip_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
 #if defined(SIOCGIFADDR)
         struct ifreq ifr;
 
@@ -412,28 +467,30 @@ static int get_ip_address(int sock, char *interface_name) {
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        my_ip = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr;
-
 #else
         printf(_("Error: Cannot get interface IP address on this platform.\n"));
         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 #endif
 
-        if (verbose)
-                printf(_("Pretending to be relay client %s\n"), inet_ntoa(my_ip));
+        get_ip_address_wrapper result = {
+                .error = OK,
+                .my_ip = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr)->sin_addr,
+        };
 
-        return OK;
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf(_("Pretending to be relay client %s\n"), inet_ntoa(result.my_ip));
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* sends a DHCPDISCOVER broadcast message in an attempt to find DHCP servers */
-static int send_dhcp_discover(int sock) {
-        dhcp_packet discover_packet;
-        struct sockaddr_in sockaddr_broadcast;
-        unsigned short opts;
-
-        /* clear the packet data structure */
-        bzero(&discover_packet, sizeof(discover_packet));
-
+static send_dhcp_discover_wrapper send_dhcp_discover(int sock, bool unicast, struct in_addr dhcp_ip,
+                                                                                                         struct in_addr requested_address,
+                                                                                                         bool request_specific_address,
+                                                                                                         struct in_addr my_ip,
+                                                                                                         unsigned char *client_hardware_address) {
+        dhcp_packet discover_packet = {0};
         /* boot request flag (backward compatible with BOOTP servers) */
         discover_packet.op = BOOTREQUEST;
 
@@ -443,12 +500,15 @@ static int send_dhcp_discover(int sock) {
         /* length of our hardware address */
         discover_packet.hlen = ETHERNET_HARDWARE_ADDRESS_LENGTH;
 
+        send_dhcp_discover_wrapper result = {
+                .error = OK,
+        };
         /*
          * transaction ID is supposed to be random.
          */
         srand(time(NULL) ^ getpid());
-        packet_xid = random();
-        discover_packet.xid = htonl(packet_xid);
+        result.packet_xid = random();
+        discover_packet.xid = htonl(result.packet_xid);
 
         /*discover_packet.secs=htons(65535);*/
         discover_packet.secs = 0xFF;
@@ -468,10 +528,11 @@ static int send_dhcp_discover(int sock) {
         discover_packet.options[2] = '\x53';
         discover_packet.options[3] = '\x63';
 
-        opts = 4;
+        unsigned short opts = 4;
         /* DHCP message type is embedded in options field */
-        discover_packet.options[opts++] = DHCP_OPTION_MESSAGE_TYPE; /* DHCP message type option identifier */
-        discover_packet.options[opts++] = '\x01';                   /* DHCP message option length in bytes */
+        discover_packet.options[opts++] =
+                DHCP_OPTION_MESSAGE_TYPE;             /* DHCP message type option identifier */
+        discover_packet.options[opts++] = '\x01'; /* DHCP message option length in bytes */
         discover_packet.options[opts++] = DHCPDISCOVER;
 
         /* the IP address we're requesting */
@@ -484,21 +545,25 @@ static int send_dhcp_discover(int sock) {
         discover_packet.options[opts++] = (char)DHCP_OPTION_END;
 
         /* unicast fields */
-        if (unicast)
+        if (unicast) {
                 discover_packet.giaddr.s_addr = my_ip.s_addr;
+        }
 
         /* see RFC 1542, 4.1.1 */
         discover_packet.hops = unicast ? 1 : 0;
 
         /* send the DHCPDISCOVER packet to broadcast address */
-        sockaddr_broadcast.sin_family = AF_INET;
-        sockaddr_broadcast.sin_port = htons(DHCP_SERVER_PORT);
-        sockaddr_broadcast.sin_addr.s_addr = unicast ? dhcp_ip.s_addr : INADDR_BROADCAST;
-        bzero(&sockaddr_broadcast.sin_zero, sizeof(sockaddr_broadcast.sin_zero));
+        struct sockaddr_in sockaddr_broadcast = {
+                .sin_family = AF_INET,
+                .sin_port = htons(DHCP_SERVER_PORT),
+                .sin_addr.s_addr = unicast ? dhcp_ip.s_addr : INADDR_BROADCAST,
+        };
 
         if (verbose) {
-                printf(_("DHCPDISCOVER to %s port %d\n"), inet_ntoa(sockaddr_broadcast.sin_addr), ntohs(sockaddr_broadcast.sin_port));
-                printf("DHCPDISCOVER XID: %u (0x%X)\n", ntohl(discover_packet.xid), ntohl(discover_packet.xid));
+                printf(_("DHCPDISCOVER to %s port %d\n"), inet_ntoa(sockaddr_broadcast.sin_addr),
+                           ntohs(sockaddr_broadcast.sin_port));
+                printf("DHCPDISCOVER XID: %u (0x%X)\n", ntohl(discover_packet.xid),
+                           ntohl(discover_packet.xid));
                 printf("DHCDISCOVER ciaddr:  %s\n", inet_ntoa(discover_packet.ciaddr));
                 printf("DHCDISCOVER yiaddr:  %s\n", inet_ntoa(discover_packet.yiaddr));
                 printf("DHCDISCOVER siaddr:  %s\n", inet_ntoa(discover_packet.siaddr));
@@ -508,56 +573,58 @@ static int send_dhcp_discover(int sock) {
         /* send the DHCPDISCOVER packet out */
         send_dhcp_packet(&discover_packet, sizeof(discover_packet), sock, &sockaddr_broadcast);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("\n\n");
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* waits for a DHCPOFFER message from one or more DHCP servers */
-static int get_dhcp_offer(int sock) {
-        dhcp_packet offer_packet;
-        struct sockaddr_in source;
-        struct sockaddr_in via;
-        int result = OK;
-        int responses = 0;
-        int x;
+get_dhcp_offer_wrapper get_dhcp_offer(int sock, int dhcpoffer_timeout, uint32_t packet_xid,
+                                                                          dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list,
+                                                                          const unsigned char *client_hardware_address) {
         time_t start_time;
-        time_t current_time;
-
         time(&start_time);
 
+        int result = OK;
+        int responses = 0;
+        int valid_responses = 0;
         /* receive as many responses as we can */
-        for (responses = 0, valid_responses = 0;;) {
-
+        for (;;) {
+                time_t current_time;
                 time(&current_time);
-                if ((current_time - start_time) >= dhcpoffer_timeout)
+                if ((current_time - start_time) >= dhcpoffer_timeout) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("\n\n");
+                }
 
-                bzero(&source, sizeof(source));
-                bzero(&via, sizeof(via));
-                bzero(&offer_packet, sizeof(offer_packet));
+                struct sockaddr_in source = {0};
+                dhcp_packet offer_packet = {0};
 
                 result = OK;
-                result = receive_dhcp_packet(&offer_packet, sizeof(offer_packet), sock, dhcpoffer_timeout, &source);
+                result = receive_dhcp_packet(&offer_packet, sizeof(offer_packet), sock, dhcpoffer_timeout,
+                                                                         &source);
 
                 if (result != OK) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf(_("Result=ERROR\n"));
+                        }
 
                         continue;
-                } else {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                printf(_("Result=OK\n"));
-
-                        responses++;
+                }
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf(_("Result=OK\n"));
                 }
 
+                responses++;
+
                 /* The "source" is either a server or a relay. */
                 /* Save a copy of "source" into "via" even if it's via itself */
+                struct sockaddr_in via = {0};
                 memcpy(&via, &source, sizeof(source));
 
                 if (verbose) {
@@ -568,30 +635,38 @@ static int get_dhcp_offer(int sock) {
 
                 /* check packet xid to see if its the same as the one we used in the discover packet */
                 if (ntohl(offer_packet.xid) != packet_xid) {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                printf(_("DHCPOFFER XID (%u) did not match DHCPDISCOVER XID (%u) - ignoring packet\n"), ntohl(offer_packet.xid), packet_xid);
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf(
+                                        _("DHCPOFFER XID (%u) did not match DHCPDISCOVER XID (%u) - ignoring packet\n"),
+                                        ntohl(offer_packet.xid), packet_xid);
+                        }
 
                         continue;
                 }
 
                 /* check hardware address */
                 result = OK;
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("DHCPOFFER chaddr: ");
+                }
 
-                for (x = 0; x < ETHERNET_HARDWARE_ADDRESS_LENGTH; x++) {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                printf("%02X", (unsigned char)offer_packet.chaddr[x]);
+                for (int i = 0; i < ETHERNET_HARDWARE_ADDRESS_LENGTH; i++) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("%02X", offer_packet.chaddr[i]);
+                        }
 
-                        if (offer_packet.chaddr[x] != client_hardware_address[x])
+                        if (offer_packet.chaddr[i] != client_hardware_address[i]) {
                                 result = ERROR;
+                        }
                 }
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("\n");
+                }
 
                 if (result == ERROR) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf(_("DHCPOFFER hardware address did not match our own - ignoring packet\n"));
+                        }
 
                         continue;
                 }
@@ -603,7 +678,13 @@ static int get_dhcp_offer(int sock) {
                         printf("DHCPOFFER giaddr: %s\n", inet_ntoa(offer_packet.giaddr));
                 }
 
-                add_dhcp_offer(source.sin_addr, &offer_packet);
+                add_dhcp_offer_wrapper add_res =
+                        add_dhcp_offer(source.sin_addr, &offer_packet, dhcp_offer_list);
+                if (add_res.error != OK) {
+                        // TODO
+                } else {
+                        dhcp_offer_list = add_res.dhcp_offer_list;
+                }
 
                 valid_responses++;
         }
@@ -613,104 +694,104 @@ static int get_dhcp_offer(int sock) {
                 printf(_("Valid responses for this machine: %d\n"), valid_responses);
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        get_dhcp_offer_wrapper ret_val = {
+                .error = OK,
+                .valid_responses = valid_responses,
+                .dhcp_offer_list = dhcp_offer_list,
+        };
+        return ret_val;
 }
 
 /* sends a DHCP packet */
-static int send_dhcp_packet(void *buffer, int buffer_size, int sock, struct sockaddr_in *dest) {
-        int result;
-
-        result = sendto(sock, (char *)buffer, buffer_size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, sizeof(*dest));
+int send_dhcp_packet(void *buffer, int buffer_size, int sock, struct sockaddr_in *dest) {
+        int result =
+                sendto(sock, (char *)buffer, buffer_size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)dest, sizeof(*dest));
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf(_("send_dhcp_packet result: %d\n"), result);
+        }
 
-        if (result < 0)
+        if (result < 0) {
                 return ERROR;
+        }
 
         return OK;
 }
 
 /* receives a DHCP packet */
-static int receive_dhcp_packet(void *buffer, int buffer_size, int sock, int timeout, struct sockaddr_in *address) {
-        struct timeval tv;
-        fd_set readfds;
-        fd_set oobfds;
-        int recv_result;
-        socklen_t address_size;
-        struct sockaddr_in source_address;
-        int nfound;
-
+int receive_dhcp_packet(void *buffer, int buffer_size, int sock, int timeout,
+                                                struct sockaddr_in *address) {
         /* wait for data to arrive (up time timeout) */
-        tv.tv_sec = timeout;
-        tv.tv_usec = 0;
+        struct timeval timeout_val = {
+                .tv_sec = timeout,
+                .tv_usec = 0,
+        };
+        fd_set readfds;
         FD_ZERO(&readfds);
+        fd_set oobfds;
         FD_ZERO(&oobfds);
         FD_SET(sock, &readfds);
         FD_SET(sock, &oobfds);
-        nfound = select(sock + 1, &readfds, NULL, &oobfds, &tv);
+        int nfound = select(sock + 1, &readfds, NULL, &oobfds, &timeout_val);
 
         /* make sure some data has arrived */
         if (!FD_ISSET(sock, &readfds)) {
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf(_("No (more) data received (nfound: %d)\n"), nfound);
+                }
                 return ERROR;
         }
 
-        else {
-                bzero(&source_address, sizeof(source_address));
-                address_size = sizeof(source_address);
-                recv_result = recvfrom(sock, (char *)buffer, buffer_size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&source_address, &address_size);
-                if (verbose)
-                        printf("recv_result: %d\n", recv_result);
-
-                if (recv_result == -1) {
-                        if (verbose) {
-                                printf(_("recvfrom() failed, "));
-                                printf("errno: (%d) -> %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
-                        }
-                        return ERROR;
-                } else {
-                        if (verbose) {
-                                printf(_("receive_dhcp_packet() result: %d\n"), recv_result);
-                                printf(_("receive_dhcp_packet() source: %s\n"), inet_ntoa(source_address.sin_addr));
-                        }
+        struct sockaddr_in source_address = {0};
+        socklen_t address_size = sizeof(source_address);
+        int recv_result = recvfrom(sock, (char *)buffer, buffer_size, 0,
+                                                           (struct sockaddr *)&source_address, &address_size);
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("recv_result: %d\n", recv_result);
+        }
 
-                        memcpy(address, &source_address, sizeof(source_address));
-                        return OK;
+        if (recv_result == -1) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf(_("recvfrom() failed, "));
+                        printf("errno: (%d) -> %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
                 }
+                return ERROR;
+        }
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf(_("receive_dhcp_packet() result: %d\n"), recv_result);
+                printf(_("receive_dhcp_packet() source: %s\n"), inet_ntoa(source_address.sin_addr));
         }
 
+        memcpy(address, &source_address, sizeof(source_address));
         return OK;
 }
 
 /* creates a socket for DHCP communication */
-static int create_dhcp_socket(void) {
-        struct sockaddr_in myname;
-        struct ifreq interface;
-        int sock;
-        int flag = 1;
-
+int create_dhcp_socket(bool unicast, char *network_interface_name) {
         /* Set up the address we're going to bind to. */
-        bzero(&myname, sizeof(myname));
-        myname.sin_family = AF_INET;
         /* listen to DHCP server port if we're in unicast mode */
-        myname.sin_port = htons(unicast ? DHCP_SERVER_PORT : DHCP_CLIENT_PORT);
-        myname.sin_addr.s_addr = unicast ? my_ip.s_addr : INADDR_ANY;
-        bzero(&myname.sin_zero, sizeof(myname.sin_zero));
+        struct sockaddr_in myname = {
+                .sin_family = AF_INET,
+                .sin_port = htons(unicast ? DHCP_SERVER_PORT : DHCP_CLIENT_PORT),
+                // TODO previously the next line was trying to use our own IP, we was not set
+                // until some point later, so it was removed. Recheck whether it is actually
+                // necessary/useful
+                .sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY,
+        };
 
         /* create a socket for DHCP communications */
-        sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+        int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
         if (sock < 0) {
                 printf(_("Error: Could not create socket!\n"));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("DHCP socket: %d\n", sock);
+        }
 
         /* set the reuse address flag so we don't get errors when restarting */
-        flag = 1;
+        int flag = 1;
         if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&flag, sizeof(flag)) < 0) {
                 printf(_("Error: Could not set reuse address option on DHCP socket!\n"));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -722,12 +803,14 @@ static int create_dhcp_socket(void) {
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
+        struct ifreq interface;
         /* bind socket to interface */
 #if defined(__linux__)
         strncpy(interface.ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name, network_interface_name, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
         interface.ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = '\0';
         if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, (char *)&interface, sizeof(interface)) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: Could not bind socket to interface %s.  Check your privileges...\n"), network_interface_name);
+                printf(_("Error: Could not bind socket to interface %s.  Check your privileges...\n"),
+                           network_interface_name);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -738,7 +821,8 @@ static int create_dhcp_socket(void) {
 
         /* bind the socket */
         if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&myname, sizeof(myname)) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: Could not bind to DHCP socket (port %d)!  Check your privileges...\n"), DHCP_CLIENT_PORT);
+                printf(_("Error: Could not bind to DHCP socket (port %d)!  Check your privileges...\n"),
+                           DHCP_CLIENT_PORT);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -746,105 +830,121 @@ static int create_dhcp_socket(void) {
 }
 
 /* closes DHCP socket */
-static int close_dhcp_socket(int sock) {
-
+int close_dhcp_socket(int sock) {
         close(sock);
-
         return OK;
 }
 
 /* adds a requested server address to list in memory */
-static int add_requested_server(struct in_addr server_address) {
-        requested_server *new_server;
-
-        new_server = (requested_server *)malloc(sizeof(requested_server));
-        if (new_server == NULL)
+int add_requested_server(struct in_addr server_address, int *requested_servers,
+                                                 requested_server **requested_server_list) {
+        requested_server *new_server = (requested_server *)malloc(sizeof(requested_server));
+        if (new_server == NULL) {
                 return ERROR;
+        }
 
         new_server->server_address = server_address;
         new_server->answered = false;
 
-        new_server->next = requested_server_list;
-        requested_server_list = new_server;
+        new_server->next = *requested_server_list;
+        *requested_server_list = new_server;
 
-        requested_servers++;
+        *requested_servers += 1;
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf(_("Requested server address: %s\n"), inet_ntoa(new_server->server_address));
+        }
 
         return OK;
 }
 
 /* adds a DHCP OFFER to list in memory */
-static int add_dhcp_offer(struct in_addr source, dhcp_packet *offer_packet) {
+add_dhcp_offer_wrapper add_dhcp_offer(struct in_addr source, dhcp_packet *offer_packet,
+                                                                          dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list) {
+        if (offer_packet == NULL) {
+                add_dhcp_offer_wrapper tmp = {
+                        .error = ERROR,
+                };
+                return tmp;
+        }
+
+        uint32_t dhcp_lease_time = 0;
+        uint32_t dhcp_renewal_time = 0;
+        uint32_t dhcp_rebinding_time = 0;
         dhcp_offer *new_offer;
-        int x;
-        unsigned option_type;
-        unsigned option_length;
         struct in_addr serv_ident = {0};
-
-        if (offer_packet == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
-
         /* process all DHCP options present in the packet */
-        for (x = 4; x < MAX_DHCP_OPTIONS_LENGTH - 1;) {
+        for (int dchp_opt_idx = 4; dchp_opt_idx < MAX_DHCP_OPTIONS_LENGTH - 1;) {
 
-                if ((int)offer_packet->options[x] == -1)
+                if ((int)offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx] == -1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 /* get option type */
-                option_type = offer_packet->options[x++];
+                unsigned option_type = offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx++];
 
                 /* get option length */
-                option_length = offer_packet->options[x++];
+                unsigned option_length = offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx++];
 
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("Option: %d (0x%02X)\n", option_type, option_length);
+                }
 
                 /* get option data */
                 switch (option_type) {
                 case DHCP_OPTION_LEASE_TIME:
-                        memcpy(&dhcp_lease_time, &offer_packet->options[x], sizeof(dhcp_lease_time));
+                        memcpy(&dhcp_lease_time, &offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx], sizeof(dhcp_lease_time));
                         dhcp_lease_time = ntohl(dhcp_lease_time);
                         break;
                 case DHCP_OPTION_RENEWAL_TIME:
-                        memcpy(&dhcp_renewal_time, &offer_packet->options[x], sizeof(dhcp_renewal_time));
+                        memcpy(&dhcp_renewal_time, &offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx],
+                                   sizeof(dhcp_renewal_time));
                         dhcp_renewal_time = ntohl(dhcp_renewal_time);
                         break;
                 case DHCP_OPTION_REBINDING_TIME:
-                        memcpy(&dhcp_rebinding_time, &offer_packet->options[x], sizeof(dhcp_rebinding_time));
+                        memcpy(&dhcp_rebinding_time, &offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx],
+                                   sizeof(dhcp_rebinding_time));
                         dhcp_rebinding_time = ntohl(dhcp_rebinding_time);
                         break;
                 case DHCP_OPTION_SERVER_IDENTIFIER:
-                        memcpy(&serv_ident.s_addr, &offer_packet->options[x], sizeof(serv_ident.s_addr));
+                        memcpy(&serv_ident.s_addr, &offer_packet->options[dchp_opt_idx],
+                                   sizeof(serv_ident.s_addr));
                         break;
                 }
 
                 /* skip option data we're ignoring */
-                if (option_type == 0) /* "pad" option, see RFC 2132 (3.1) */
-                        x += 1;
-                else
-                        x += option_length;
+                if (option_type == 0) { /* "pad" option, see RFC 2132 (3.1) */
+                        dchp_opt_idx += 1;
+                } else {
+                        dchp_opt_idx += option_length;
+                }
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
-                if (dhcp_lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
+                if (dhcp_lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
                         printf(_("Lease Time: Infinite\n"));
-                else
+                } else {
                         printf(_("Lease Time: %lu seconds\n"), (unsigned long)dhcp_lease_time);
-                if (dhcp_renewal_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
+                }
+                if (dhcp_renewal_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
                         printf(_("Renewal Time: Infinite\n"));
-                else
+                } else {
                         printf(_("Renewal Time: %lu seconds\n"), (unsigned long)dhcp_renewal_time);
-                if (dhcp_rebinding_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
+                }
+                if (dhcp_rebinding_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
                         printf(_("Rebinding Time: Infinite\n"));
+                }
                 printf(_("Rebinding Time: %lu seconds\n"), (unsigned long)dhcp_rebinding_time);
         }
 
         new_offer = (dhcp_offer *)malloc(sizeof(dhcp_offer));
 
-        if (new_offer == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (new_offer == NULL) {
+                add_dhcp_offer_wrapper tmp = {
+                        .error = ERROR,
+                };
+                return tmp;
+        }
 
         /*
          * RFC 2131 (2.) says: "DHCP clarifies the interpretation of the
@@ -874,15 +974,18 @@ static int add_dhcp_offer(struct in_addr source, dhcp_packet *offer_packet) {
         new_offer->next = dhcp_offer_list;
         dhcp_offer_list = new_offer;
 
-        return OK;
+        add_dhcp_offer_wrapper result = {
+                .error = OK,
+                .dhcp_offer_list = dhcp_offer_list,
+        };
+
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* frees memory allocated to DHCP OFFER list */
-static int free_dhcp_offer_list(void) {
-        dhcp_offer *this_offer;
+int free_dhcp_offer_list(dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list) {
         dhcp_offer *next_offer;
-
-        for (this_offer = dhcp_offer_list; this_offer != NULL; this_offer = next_offer) {
+        for (dhcp_offer *this_offer = dhcp_offer_list; this_offer != NULL; this_offer = next_offer) {
                 next_offer = this_offer->next;
                 free(this_offer);
         }
@@ -891,11 +994,10 @@ static int free_dhcp_offer_list(void) {
 }
 
 /* frees memory allocated to requested server list */
-static int free_requested_server_list(void) {
-        requested_server *this_server;
+int free_requested_server_list(requested_server *requested_server_list) {
         requested_server *next_server;
-
-        for (this_server = requested_server_list; this_server != NULL; this_server = next_server) {
+        for (requested_server *this_server = requested_server_list; this_server != NULL;
+                 this_server = next_server) {
                 next_server = this_server->next;
                 free(this_server);
         }
@@ -904,39 +1006,68 @@ static int free_requested_server_list(void) {
 }
 
 /* gets state and plugin output to return */
-static int get_results(void) {
-        dhcp_offer *temp_offer, *undesired_offer = NULL;
-        requested_server *temp_server;
-        int result;
-        uint32_t max_lease_time = 0;
+mp_subcheck get_results(bool exclusive, const int requested_servers,
+                                                const struct in_addr requested_address, bool request_specific_address,
+                                                requested_server *requested_server_list, int valid_responses,
+                                                dhcp_offer *dhcp_offer_list) {
+        mp_subcheck sc_dhcp_results = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc_dhcp_results = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_dhcp_results, STATE_OK);
 
-        received_requested_address = false;
-
-        /* checks responses from requested servers */
-        requested_responses = 0;
-        if (requested_servers > 0) {
+        /* we didn't receive any DHCPOFFERs */
+        if (dhcp_offer_list == NULL) {
+                sc_dhcp_results = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_dhcp_results, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "%s", "No DHCPOFFERs were received");
+                return sc_dhcp_results;
+        }
 
-                for (temp_server = requested_server_list; temp_server != NULL; temp_server = temp_server->next) {
+        if (valid_responses == 0) {
+                // No valid responses at all, so early exit here
+                sc_dhcp_results = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_dhcp_results, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "No valid responses received");
+                return sc_dhcp_results;
+        }
 
-                        for (temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL; temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
+        if (valid_responses == 1) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "Received %d DHCPOFFER", valid_responses);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "Received %d DHCPOFFERs", valid_responses);
+        }
 
+        bool received_requested_address = false;
+        dhcp_offer *undesired_offer = NULL;
+        uint32_t max_lease_time = 0;
+        /* checks responses from requested servers */
+        int requested_responses = 0;
+        if (requested_servers > 0) {
+                for (requested_server *temp_server = requested_server_list; temp_server != NULL;
+                         temp_server = temp_server->next) {
+                        for (dhcp_offer *temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL;
+                                 temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
                                 /* get max lease time we were offered */
-                                if (temp_offer->lease_time > max_lease_time || temp_offer->lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
+                                if (temp_offer->lease_time > max_lease_time ||
+                                        temp_offer->lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
                                         max_lease_time = temp_offer->lease_time;
+                                }
 
                                 /* see if we got the address we requested */
-                                if (!memcmp(&requested_address, &temp_offer->offered_address, sizeof(requested_address)))
+                                if (!memcmp(&requested_address, &temp_offer->offered_address,
+                                                        sizeof(requested_address))) {
                                         received_requested_address = true;
+                                }
 
-                                /* see if the servers we wanted a response from talked to us or not */
-                                if (!memcmp(&temp_offer->server_address, &temp_server->server_address, sizeof(temp_server->server_address))) {
+                                /* see if the servers we wanted a response from, talked to us or not */
+                                if (!memcmp(&temp_offer->server_address, &temp_server->server_address,
+                                                        sizeof(temp_server->server_address))) {
                                         if (verbose) {
-                                                printf(_("DHCP Server Match: Offerer=%s"), inet_ntoa(temp_offer->server_address));
+                                                printf(_("DHCP Server Match: Offerer=%s"),
+                                                           inet_ntoa(temp_offer->server_address));
                                                 printf(_(" Requested=%s"), inet_ntoa(temp_server->server_address));
-                                                if (temp_server->answered)
+                                                if (temp_server->answered) {
                                                         printf(_(" (duplicate)"));
+                                                }
                                                 printf(_("\n"));
                                         }
+
                                         if (!temp_server->answered) {
                                                 requested_responses++;
                                                 temp_server->answered = true;
@@ -947,160 +1078,188 @@ static int get_results(void) {
                 }
 
                 /* exclusive mode: check for undesired offers */
-                for (temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL; temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
+                for (dhcp_offer *temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL;
+                         temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
                         if (!temp_offer->desired) {
                                 undesired_offer = temp_offer; /* Checks only for the first undesired offer */
                                 break;                        /* no further checks needed */
                         }
                 }
-        }
 
-        /* else check and see if we got our requested address from any server */
-        else {
+                mp_subcheck sc_rqust_srvs = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&sc_rqust_srvs.output, "%d of %d requested servers responded",
+                                  requested_responses, requested_servers);
 
-                for (temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL; temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
+                if (requested_responses == requested_servers) {
+                        sc_rqust_srvs = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqust_srvs, STATE_OK);
+                } else if (requested_responses == 0) {
+                        sc_rqust_srvs = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqust_srvs, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                } else if (requested_responses < requested_servers) {
+                        sc_rqust_srvs = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqust_srvs, STATE_WARNING);
+                } else {
+                        // We received more(!) responses than we asked for?
+                        // This case shouldn't happen, but is here for completion
+                        sc_rqust_srvs = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqust_srvs, STATE_WARNING);
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_dhcp_results, sc_rqust_srvs);
 
+        } else {
+                /* else check and see if we got our requested address from any server */
+                for (dhcp_offer *temp_offer = dhcp_offer_list; temp_offer != NULL;
+                         temp_offer = temp_offer->next) {
                         /* get max lease time we were offered */
-                        if (temp_offer->lease_time > max_lease_time || temp_offer->lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
+                        if (temp_offer->lease_time > max_lease_time ||
+                                temp_offer->lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
                                 max_lease_time = temp_offer->lease_time;
+                        }
 
                         /* see if we got the address we requested */
-                        if (!memcmp(&requested_address, &temp_offer->offered_address, sizeof(requested_address)))
+                        if (!memcmp(&requested_address, &temp_offer->offered_address,
+                                                sizeof(requested_address))) {
                                 received_requested_address = true;
+                        }
                 }
         }
 
-        result = STATE_OK;
-        if (valid_responses == 0)
-                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (requested_servers > 0 && requested_responses == 0)
-                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (requested_responses < requested_servers)
-                result = STATE_WARNING;
-        else if (request_specific_address && !received_requested_address)
-                result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-        if (exclusive && undesired_offer)
-                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-        if (result == 0) /* garrett honeycutt 2005 */
-                printf("OK: ");
-        else if (result == 1)
-                printf("WARNING: ");
-        else if (result == 2)
-                printf("CRITICAL: ");
-        else if (result == 3)
-                printf("UNKNOWN: ");
-
-        /* we didn't receive any DHCPOFFERs */
-        if (dhcp_offer_list == NULL) {
-                printf(_("No DHCPOFFERs were received.\n"));
-                return result;
+        if (max_lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "%s, max lease time = Infinity", sc_dhcp_results.output);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&sc_dhcp_results.output, "%s, max lease time = %" PRIu32 " seconds",
+                                  sc_dhcp_results.output, max_lease_time);
         }
 
-        printf(_("Received %d DHCPOFFER(s)"), valid_responses);
+        if (exclusive) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_rogue_server = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        if (exclusive && undesired_offer) {
-                printf(_(", Rogue DHCP Server detected! Server %s"), inet_ntoa(undesired_offer->server_address));
-                printf(_(" offered %s \n"), inet_ntoa(undesired_offer->offered_address));
-                return result;
-        }
+                if (undesired_offer != NULL) {
+                        // We wanted to get a DHCPOFFER exclusively from one machine, but another one
+                        // sent one (too)
+                        sc_rogue_server = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rogue_server, STATE_CRITICAL);
 
-        if (requested_servers > 0)
-                printf(_(", %s%d of %d requested servers responded"), ((requested_responses < requested_servers) && requested_responses > 0) ? "only " : "", requested_responses,
-                           requested_servers);
+                        // Get the addresses for printout
+                        // 1.address of the sending server
+                        char server_address[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                        const char *server_address_transformed = inet_ntop(
+                                AF_INET, &undesired_offer->server_address, server_address, sizeof(server_address));
 
-        if (request_specific_address)
-                printf(_(", requested address (%s) was %soffered"), inet_ntoa(requested_address), (received_requested_address) ? "" : _("not "));
+                        if (server_address != server_address_transformed) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "inet_ntop failed");
+                        }
 
-        printf(_(", max lease time = "));
-        if (max_lease_time == DHCP_INFINITE_TIME)
-                printf(_("Infinity"));
-        else
-                printf("%lu sec", (unsigned long)max_lease_time);
+                        // 2.address offered
+                        char offered_address[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                        const char *offered_address_transformed =
+                                inet_ntop(AF_INET, &undesired_offer->offered_address, offered_address,
+                                                  sizeof(offered_address));
 
-        printf(".\n");
+                        if (offered_address != offered_address_transformed) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "inet_ntop failed");
+                        }
 
-        return result;
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rogue_server.output, "Rogue DHCP Server detected! Server %s offered %s",
+                                          server_address, offered_address);
+                } else {
+                        sc_rogue_server = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rogue_server, STATE_OK);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rogue_server.output, "No Rogue DHCP Server detected");
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_dhcp_results, sc_rogue_server);
+        }
+
+        if (request_specific_address) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_rqustd_addr = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+                if (received_requested_address) {
+                        sc_rqustd_addr = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqustd_addr, STATE_OK);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rqustd_addr.output, "Requested address (%s) was offered",
+                                          inet_ntoa(requested_address));
+                } else {
+                        sc_rqustd_addr = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rqustd_addr, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rqustd_addr.output, "Requested address (%s) was NOT offered",
+                                          inet_ntoa(requested_address));
+                }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_dhcp_results, sc_rqustd_addr);
+        }
+
+        return sc_dhcp_results;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-static int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        if (argc < 1)
-                return ERROR;
+process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        if (argc < 1) {
+                process_arguments_wrapper tmp = {
+                        .error = ERROR,
+                };
+                return tmp;
+        }
 
-        call_getopt(argc, argv);
-        return validate_arguments(argc);
-}
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+        };
 
-static int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv) {
-        extern int optind;
         int option_index = 0;
-        static struct option long_options[] = {{"serverip", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                                   {"requestedip", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                                   {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                                   {"interface", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
-                                                                                   {"mac", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                                                                                   {"unicast", no_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                                   {"exclusive", no_argument, 0, 'x'},
-                                                                                   {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                                                                                   {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                                   {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                                                                                   {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        int c = 0;
+        static struct option long_options[] = {
+                {"serverip", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"requestedip", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"interface", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
+                {"mac", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"unicast", no_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"exclusive", no_argument, 0, 'x'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_dhcp_config config = check_dhcp_config_init();
+        int option_char = 0;
         while (true) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvxt:s:r:t:i:m:u", long_options, &option_index);
+                option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvxt:s:r:t:i:m:u", long_options, &option_index);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-
+                switch (option_char) {
                 case 's': /* DHCP server address */
-                        resolve_host(optarg, &dhcp_ip);
-                        add_requested_server(dhcp_ip);
+                        resolve_host(optarg, &config.dhcp_ip);
+                        add_requested_server(config.dhcp_ip, &config.num_of_requested_servers,
+                                                                 &config.requested_server_list);
                         break;
 
                 case 'r': /* address we are requested from DHCP servers */
-                        resolve_host(optarg, &requested_address);
-                        request_specific_address = true;
+                        resolve_host(optarg, &config.requested_address);
+                        config.request_specific_address = true;
                         break;
 
                 case 't': /* timeout */
-
-                        /*
-                                 if(is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                 */
-                        if (atoi(optarg) > 0)
-                                dhcpoffer_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-                        /*
-                                 else
-                                 usage("Time interval must be a nonnegative integer\n");
-                                 */
+                        if (atoi(optarg) > 0) {
+                                config.dhcpoffer_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
 
                 case 'm': /* MAC address */
-
-                        if ((user_specified_mac = mac_aton(optarg)) == NULL)
+                        if ((config.user_specified_mac = mac_aton(optarg)) == NULL) {
                                 usage("Cannot parse MAC address.\n");
-                        if (verbose)
-                                print_hardware_address(user_specified_mac);
-
+                        }
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                print_hardware_address(config.user_specified_mac);
+                        }
                         break;
 
                 case 'i': /* interface name */
-
-                        strncpy(network_interface_name, optarg, sizeof(network_interface_name) - 1);
-                        network_interface_name[sizeof(network_interface_name) - 1] = '\x0';
-
+                        strncpy(config.network_interface_name, optarg,
+                                        sizeof(config.network_interface_name) - 1);
+                        config.network_interface_name[sizeof(config.network_interface_name) - 1] = '\x0';
                         break;
 
                 case 'u': /* unicast testing */
-                        unicast = true;
+                        config.unicast_mode = true;
                         break;
+
                 case 'x': /* exclusive testing aka "rogue DHCP server detection" */
-                        exclusive = true;
+                        config.exclusive_mode = true;
                         break;
 
                 case 'V': /* version */
@@ -1114,6 +1273,18 @@ static int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'v': /* verbose */
                         verbose = 1;
                         break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 case '?': /* help */
                         usage5();
                         break;
@@ -1122,15 +1293,16 @@ static int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv) {
                         break;
                 }
         }
-        return optind;
-}
 
-static int validate_arguments(int argc) {
-
-        if (argc - optind > 0)
+        if (argc - optind > 0) {
                 usage(_("Got unexpected non-option argument"));
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                .config = config,
+                .error = OK,
+        };
+        return result;
 }
 
 #if defined(__sun__) || defined(__solaris__) || defined(__hpux__)
@@ -1180,7 +1352,8 @@ static int put_ctrl(int fd, int len, int pri) {
 
         ctl.len = len;
         if (putmsg(fd, &ctl, 0, pri) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in put_ctrl/putmsg(): %s.\n"), strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in put_ctrl/putmsg(): %s.\n"),
+                           strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -1193,7 +1366,8 @@ static int put_both(int fd, int clen, int dlen, int pri) {
         ctl.len = clen;
         dat.len = dlen;
         if (putmsg(fd, &ctl, &dat, pri) < 0) {
-                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in put_both/putmsg().\n"), strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in put_both/putmsg().\n"),
+                           strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -1205,7 +1379,8 @@ static int dl_open(const char *dev, int unit, int *fd) {
         dl_attach_req_t *attach_req = (dl_attach_req_t *)ctl_area;
 
         if ((*fd = open(dev, O_RDWR)) == -1) {
-                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in dl_attach_req/open(%s..): %s.\n"), dev, strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in dl_attach_req/open(%s..): %s.\n"),
+                           dev, strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
         attach_req->dl_primitive = DL_ATTACH_REQ;
@@ -1229,7 +1404,8 @@ static int dl_bind(int fd, int sap, u_char *addr) {
         put_ctrl(fd, sizeof(dl_bind_req_t), 0);
         get_msg(fd);
         if (GOT_ERR == check_ctrl(DL_BIND_ACK)) {
-                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in dl_bind/check_ctrl(): %s.\n"), strerror(errno));
+                printf(_("Error: DLPI stream API failed to get MAC in dl_bind/check_ctrl(): %s.\n"),
+                           strerror(errno));
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
         bcopy((u_char *)bind_ack + bind_ack->dl_addr_offset, addr, bind_ack->dl_addr_length);
@@ -1249,7 +1425,7 @@ static int dl_bind(int fd, int sap, u_char *addr) {
  *
  ***********************************************************************/
 
-static long mac_addr_dlpi(const char *dev, int unit, u_char *addr) {
+long mac_addr_dlpi(const char *dev, int unit, u_char *addr) {
         int fd;
         u_char mac_addr[25];
 
@@ -1268,51 +1444,53 @@ static long mac_addr_dlpi(const char *dev, int unit, u_char *addr) {
 #endif
 
 /* resolve host name or die (TODO: move this to netutils.c!) */
-static void resolve_host(const char *in, struct in_addr *out) {
-        struct addrinfo hints, *ai;
+void resolve_host(const char *name, struct in_addr *out) {
+        struct addrinfo hints = {
+                .ai_family = PF_INET,
+        };
+        struct addrinfo *addr_info;
 
-        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-        hints.ai_family = PF_INET;
-        if (getaddrinfo(in, NULL, &hints, &ai) != 0)
+        if (getaddrinfo(name, NULL, &hints, &addr_info) != 0) {
                 usage_va(_("Invalid hostname/address - %s"), optarg);
+        }
 
-        memcpy(out, &((struct sockaddr_in *)ai->ai_addr)->sin_addr, sizeof(*out));
-        freeaddrinfo(ai);
+        memcpy(out, &((struct sockaddr_in *)addr_info->ai_addr)->sin_addr, sizeof(*out));
+        freeaddrinfo(addr_info);
 }
 
 /* parse MAC address string, return 6 bytes (unterminated) or NULL */
-static unsigned char *mac_aton(const char *string) {
-        static unsigned char result[6];
+unsigned char *mac_aton(const char *string) {
+        static unsigned char result[MAC_ADDR_LEN];
         char tmp[3];
-        unsigned i, j;
+        unsigned byte_counter = 0;
 
-        for (i = 0, j = 0; string[i] != '\0' && j < sizeof(result); i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; string[i] != '\0' && byte_counter < sizeof(result); i++) {
                 /* ignore ':' and any other non-hex character */
-                if (!isxdigit(string[i]) || !isxdigit(string[i + 1]))
+                if (!isxdigit(string[i]) || !isxdigit(string[i + 1])) {
                         continue;
+                }
                 tmp[0] = string[i];
                 tmp[1] = string[i + 1];
                 tmp[2] = '\0';
-                result[j] = strtol(tmp, (char **)NULL, 16);
+                result[byte_counter] = strtol(tmp, (char **)NULL, 16);
                 i++;
-                j++;
+                byte_counter++;
         }
 
-        return (j == 6) ? result : NULL;
+        return (byte_counter == MAC_ADDR_LEN) ? result : NULL;
 }
 
-static void print_hardware_address(const unsigned char *address) {
-        int i;
+void print_hardware_address(const unsigned char *address) {
 
         printf(_("Hardware address: "));
-        for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
-                printf("%2.2x:", address[i]);
-        printf("%2.2x", address[i]);
+        for (int addr_idx = 0; addr_idx < MAC_ADDR_LEN; addr_idx++) {
+                printf("%2.2x:", address[addr_idx]);
+        }
         putchar('\n');
 }
 
 /* print usage help */
-static void print_help(void) {
+void print_help(void) {
 
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
@@ -1328,6 +1506,7 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
         printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-s, --serverip=IPADDRESS");
@@ -1343,10 +1522,10 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-u, --unicast");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Unicast testing: mimic a DHCP relay, requires -s"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-x, --exclusive");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Only requested DHCP server may response (rogue DHCP server detection), requires -s"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Only requested DHCP server may response (rogue DHCP server detection), requires -s"));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
-        return;
 }
 
 void print_usage(void) {
@@ -1354,6 +1533,4 @@ void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
         printf(" %s [-v] [-u] [-x] [-s serverip] [-r requestedip] [-t timeout]\n", progname);
         printf("                  [-i interface] [-m mac]\n");
-
-        return;
 }
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.d/config.h b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f189068b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include "net/if.h"
+#include "output.h"
+
+typedef struct requested_server_struct {
+        struct in_addr server_address;
+        bool answered;
+        struct requested_server_struct *next;
+} requested_server;
+
+typedef struct check_dhcp_config {
+        bool unicast_mode;   /* unicast mode: mimic a DHCP relay */
+        bool exclusive_mode; /* exclusive mode aka "rogue DHCP server detection" */
+        int num_of_requested_servers;
+        struct in_addr dhcp_ip; /* server to query (if in unicast mode) */
+        struct in_addr requested_address;
+        bool request_specific_address;
+
+        int dhcpoffer_timeout;
+        unsigned char *user_specified_mac;
+        char network_interface_name[IFNAMSIZ];
+        requested_server *requested_server_list;
+
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+} check_dhcp_config;
+
+check_dhcp_config check_dhcp_config_init(void) {
+        check_dhcp_config tmp = {
+                .unicast_mode = false,
+                .exclusive_mode = false,
+                .num_of_requested_servers = 0,
+                .dhcp_ip = {0},
+                .requested_address = {0},
+                .request_specific_address = false,
+
+                .dhcpoffer_timeout = 2,
+                .user_specified_mac = NULL,
+                .network_interface_name = "eth0",
+                .requested_server_list = NULL,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index dcaceddb..d46d2ccc 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "../plugins/common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
 
 #if HAVE_SYS_SOCKIO_H
 #       include <sys/sockio.h>
@@ -65,6 +67,17 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include <netinet/icmp6.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+#include "./check_icmp.d/config.h"
+#include "./check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.h"
 
 /** sometimes undefined system macros (quite a few, actually) **/
 #ifndef MAXTTL
@@ -96,56 +109,8 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #       define ICMP_UNREACH_PRECEDENCE_CUTOFF 15
 #endif
 
-typedef unsigned short range_t; /* type for get_range() -- unimplemented */
-
-typedef struct rta_host {
-        unsigned short id;                            /* id in **table, and icmp pkts */
-        char *name;                                   /* arg used for adding this host */
-        char *msg;                                    /* icmp error message, if any */
-        struct sockaddr_storage saddr_in;             /* the address of this host */
-        struct sockaddr_storage error_addr;           /* stores address of error replies */
-        unsigned long long time_waited;               /* total time waited, in usecs */
-        unsigned int icmp_sent, icmp_recv, icmp_lost; /* counters */
-        unsigned char icmp_type, icmp_code;           /* type and code from errors */
-        unsigned short flags;                         /* control/status flags */
-        double rta;                                   /* measured RTA */
-        int rta_status;                               // check result for RTA checks
-        double rtmax;                                 /* max rtt */
-        double rtmin;                                 /* min rtt */
-        double jitter;                                /* measured jitter */
-        int jitter_status;                            // check result for Jitter checks
-        double jitter_max;                            /* jitter rtt maximum */
-        double jitter_min;                            /* jitter rtt minimum */
-        double EffectiveLatency;
-        double mos;       /* Mean opnion score */
-        int mos_status;   // check result for MOS checks
-        double score;     /* score */
-        int score_status; // check result for score checks
-        u_int last_tdiff;
-        u_int last_icmp_seq;   /* Last ICMP_SEQ to check out of order pkts */
-        unsigned char pl;      /* measured packet loss */
-        int pl_status;         // check result for packet loss checks
-        struct rta_host *next; /* linked list */
-        int order_status;      // check result for packet order checks
-} rta_host;
-
 #define FLAG_LOST_CAUSE 0x01 /* decidedly dead target. */
 
-/* threshold structure. all values are maximum allowed, exclusive */
-typedef struct threshold {
-        unsigned char pl; /* max allowed packet loss in percent */
-        unsigned int rta; /* roundtrip time average, microseconds */
-        double jitter;    /* jitter time average, microseconds */
-        double mos;       /* MOS */
-        double score;     /* Score */
-} threshold;
-
-/* the data structure */
-typedef struct icmp_ping_data {
-        struct timeval stime; /* timestamp (saved in protocol struct as well) */
-        unsigned short ping_id;
-} icmp_ping_data;
-
 typedef union ip_hdr {
         struct ip ip;
         struct ip6_hdr ip6;
@@ -158,24 +123,6 @@ typedef union icmp_packet {
         u_short *cksum_in;
 } icmp_packet;
 
-/* the different modes of this program are as follows:
- * MODE_RTA: send all packets no matter what (mimic check_icmp and check_ping)
- * MODE_HOSTCHECK: Return immediately upon any sign of life
- *                 In addition, sends packets to ALL addresses assigned
- *                 to this host (as returned by gethostbyname() or
- *                 gethostbyaddr() and expects one host only to be checked at
- *                 a time.  Therefore, any packet response what so ever will
- *                 count as a sign of life, even when received outside
- *                 crit.rta limit. Do not misspell any additional IP's.
- * MODE_ALL:  Requires packets from ALL requested IP to return OK (default).
- * MODE_ICMP: implement something similar to check_icmp (MODE_RTA without
- *            tcp and udp args does this)
- */
-#define MODE_RTA       0
-#define MODE_HOSTCHECK 1
-#define MODE_ALL       2
-#define MODE_ICMP      3
-
 enum enum_threshold_mode {
         const_rta_mode,
         const_packet_loss_mode,
@@ -186,89 +133,487 @@ enum enum_threshold_mode {
 
 typedef enum enum_threshold_mode threshold_mode;
 
-/* the different ping types we can do
- * TODO: investigate ARP ping as well */
-#define HAVE_ICMP 1
-#define HAVE_UDP  2
-#define HAVE_TCP  4
-#define HAVE_ARP  8
-
-#define MIN_PING_DATA_SIZE     sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data)
-#define MAX_IP_PKT_SIZE        65536 /* (theoretical) max IP packet size */
-#define IP_HDR_SIZE            20
-#define MAX_PING_DATA          (MAX_IP_PKT_SIZE - IP_HDR_SIZE - ICMP_MINLEN)
-#define DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE (MIN_PING_DATA_SIZE + 44)
-
-/* various target states */
-#define TSTATE_INACTIVE 0x01 /* don't ping this host anymore */
-#define TSTATE_WAITING  0x02 /* unanswered packets on the wire */
-#define TSTATE_ALIVE    0x04 /* target is alive (has answered something) */
-#define TSTATE_UNREACH  0x08
-
 /** prototypes **/
-void print_help(void);
+void print_help();
 void print_usage(void);
-static u_int get_timevar(const char *);
-static u_int get_timevaldiff(struct timeval *, struct timeval *);
-static in_addr_t get_ip_address(const char *);
-static int wait_for_reply(int, u_int);
-static int recvfrom_wto(int, void *, unsigned int, struct sockaddr *, u_int *, struct timeval *);
-static int send_icmp_ping(int, struct rta_host *);
-static int get_threshold(char *str, threshold *th);
-static bool get_threshold2(char *str, size_t length, threshold *, threshold *, threshold_mode mode);
-static bool parse_threshold2_helper(char *s, size_t length, threshold *thr, threshold_mode mode);
-static void run_checks(void);
-static void set_source_ip(char *);
-static int add_target(char *);
-static int add_target_ip(char *, struct sockaddr_storage *);
-static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *, struct sockaddr_storage *);
-static void parse_address(struct sockaddr_storage *, char *, int);
-static unsigned short icmp_checksum(uint16_t *, size_t);
-static void finish(int);
-static void crash(const char *, ...);
-
-/** external **/
-extern int optind;
-extern char *optarg;
-extern char **environ;
+
+/* Time related */
+typedef struct {
+        int error_code;
+        time_t time_range;
+} get_timevar_wrapper;
+static get_timevar_wrapper get_timevar(const char *str);
+static time_t get_timevaldiff(struct timeval earlier, struct timeval later);
+static time_t get_timevaldiff_to_now(struct timeval earlier);
+
+static in_addr_t get_ip_address(const char *ifname);
+static void set_source_ip(char *arg, int icmp_sock, sa_family_t addr_family);
+
+/* Receiving data */
+static int wait_for_reply(check_icmp_socket_set sockset, time_t time_interval,
+                                                  unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, time_t *target_interval, uint16_t sender_id,
+                                                  ping_target **table, unsigned short packets,
+                                                  unsigned short number_of_targets, check_icmp_state *program_state);
+
+typedef struct {
+        sa_family_t recv_proto;
+        ssize_t received;
+} recvfrom_wto_wrapper;
+static recvfrom_wto_wrapper recvfrom_wto(check_icmp_socket_set sockset, void *buf, unsigned int len,
+                                                                                 struct sockaddr *saddr, time_t *timeout,
+                                                                                 struct timeval *received_timestamp);
+static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *addr,
+                                                          time_t *target_interval, uint16_t sender_id, ping_target **table,
+                                                          unsigned short packets, unsigned short number_of_targets,
+                                                          check_icmp_state *program_state);
+
+/* Sending data */
+static int send_icmp_ping(check_icmp_socket_set sockset, ping_target *host,
+                                                  unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, uint16_t sender_id,
+                                                  check_icmp_state *program_state);
+
+/* Threshold related */
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_icmp_threshold threshold;
+} get_threshold_wrapper;
+static get_threshold_wrapper get_threshold(char *str, check_icmp_threshold threshold);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_icmp_threshold warn;
+        check_icmp_threshold crit;
+} get_threshold2_wrapper;
+static get_threshold2_wrapper get_threshold2(char *str, size_t length, check_icmp_threshold warn,
+                                                                                         check_icmp_threshold crit, threshold_mode mode);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_icmp_threshold result;
+} parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper;
+static parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper parse_threshold2_helper(char *threshold_string,
+                                                                                                                           size_t length,
+                                                                                                                           check_icmp_threshold thr,
+                                                                                                                           threshold_mode mode);
+
+/* main test function */
+static void run_checks(unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, time_t *target_interval, uint16_t sender_id,
+                                           check_icmp_execution_mode mode, time_t max_completion_time,
+                                           struct timeval prog_start, ping_target **table, unsigned short packets,
+                                           check_icmp_socket_set sockset, unsigned short number_of_targets,
+                                           check_icmp_state *program_state);
+mp_subcheck evaluate_target(ping_target target, check_icmp_mode_switches modes,
+                                                        check_icmp_threshold warn, check_icmp_threshold crit);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int targets_ok;
+        int targets_warn;
+        mp_subcheck sc_host;
+} evaluate_host_wrapper;
+evaluate_host_wrapper evaluate_host(check_icmp_target_container host,
+                                                                        check_icmp_mode_switches modes, check_icmp_threshold warn,
+                                                                        check_icmp_threshold crit);
+
+/* Target acquisition */
+typedef struct {
+        int error_code;
+        check_icmp_target_container host;
+        bool has_v4;
+        bool has_v6;
+} add_host_wrapper;
+static add_host_wrapper add_host(char *arg, check_icmp_execution_mode mode,
+                                                                 sa_family_t enforced_proto);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int error_code;
+        ping_target *targets;
+        unsigned int number_of_targets;
+        bool has_v4;
+        bool has_v6;
+} add_target_wrapper;
+static add_target_wrapper add_target(char *arg, check_icmp_execution_mode mode,
+                                                                         sa_family_t enforced_proto);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int error_code;
+        ping_target *target;
+} add_target_ip_wrapper;
+static add_target_ip_wrapper add_target_ip(struct sockaddr_storage address);
+
+static void parse_address(const struct sockaddr_storage *addr, char *dst, socklen_t size);
+
+static unsigned short icmp_checksum(uint16_t *packet, size_t packet_size);
+
+/* End of run function */
+static void finish(int sign, check_icmp_mode_switches modes, int min_hosts_alive,
+                                   check_icmp_threshold warn, check_icmp_threshold crit,
+                                   unsigned short number_of_targets, check_icmp_state *program_state,
+                                   check_icmp_target_container host_list[], unsigned short number_of_hosts,
+                                   mp_check overall[static 1]);
+
+/* Error exit */
+static void crash(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
 /** global variables **/
-static struct rta_host **table, *cursor, *list;
-
-static threshold crit = {.pl = 80, .rta = 500000, .jitter = 0.0, .mos = 0.0, .score = 0.0};
-static threshold warn = {.pl = 40, .rta = 200000, .jitter = 0.0, .mos = 0.0, .score = 0.0};
-
-static int mode, protocols, sockets, debug = 0, timeout = 10;
-static unsigned short icmp_data_size = DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE;
-static unsigned short icmp_pkt_size = DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE + ICMP_MINLEN;
-
-static unsigned int icmp_sent = 0, icmp_recv = 0, icmp_lost = 0, ttl = 0;
-#define icmp_pkts_en_route (icmp_sent - (icmp_recv + icmp_lost))
-static unsigned short targets_down = 0, targets = 0, packets = 0;
-#define targets_alive (targets - targets_down)
-static unsigned int retry_interval, pkt_interval, target_interval;
-static int icmp_sock, tcp_sock, udp_sock, status = STATE_OK;
-static pid_t pid;
-static struct timezone tz;
-static struct timeval prog_start;
-static unsigned long long max_completion_time = 0;
-static unsigned int warn_down = 1, crit_down = 1; /* host down threshold values */
-static int min_hosts_alive = -1;
-static float pkt_backoff_factor = 1.5;
-static float target_backoff_factor = 1.5;
-static bool rta_mode = false;
-static bool pl_mode = false;
-static bool jitter_mode = false;
-static bool score_mode = false;
-static bool mos_mode = false;
-static bool order_mode = false;
+static int debug = 0;
+
+extern unsigned int timeout;
+
+/** the working code **/
+static inline unsigned short targets_alive(unsigned short targets, unsigned short targets_down) {
+        return targets - targets_down;
+}
+static inline unsigned int icmp_pkts_en_route(unsigned int icmp_sent, unsigned int icmp_recv,
+                                                                                          unsigned int icmp_lost) {
+        return icmp_sent - (icmp_recv + icmp_lost);
+}
+
+// Create configuration from cli parameters
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_icmp_config config;
+} check_icmp_config_wrapper;
+check_icmp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        /* get calling name the old-fashioned way for portability instead
+         * of relying on the glibc-ism __progname */
+        char *ptr = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+        if (ptr) {
+                progname = &ptr[1];
+        } else {
+                progname = argv[0];
+        }
+
+        check_icmp_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_icmp_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        /* use the pid to mark packets as ours */
+        /* Some systems have 32-bit pid_t so mask off only 16 bits */
+        result.config.sender_id = getpid() & 0xffff;
+
+        if (!strcmp(progname, "check_icmp") || !strcmp(progname, "check_ping")) {
+                result.config.mode = MODE_ICMP;
+        } else if (!strcmp(progname, "check_host")) {
+                result.config.mode = MODE_HOSTCHECK;
+                result.config.number_of_packets = 5;
+                result.config.crit.rta = result.config.warn.rta = 1000000;
+                result.config.crit.pl = result.config.warn.pl = 100;
+        } else if (!strcmp(progname, "check_rta_multi")) {
+                result.config.mode = MODE_ALL;
+                result.config.target_interval = 0;
+                result.config.number_of_packets = 5;
+        }
+        /* support "--help" and "--version" */
+        if (argc == 2) {
+                if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+                        strcpy(argv[1], "-h");
+                }
+                if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--version")) {
+                        strcpy(argv[1], "-V");
+                }
+        }
+
+        sa_family_t enforced_ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+        };
+
+        struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"Host", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"ipv4-only", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"ipv6-only", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                {"rta-mode-thresholds", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
+                {"packet-loss-mode-thresholds", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"jitter-mode-thresholds", required_argument, 0, 'J'},
+                {"mos-mode-thresholds", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
+                {"score-mode-thresholds", required_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                {"out-of-order-packets", no_argument, 0, 'O'},
+                {"number-of-packets", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"number-of-packets", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"packet-interval", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
+                {"target-interval", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
+                {"minimal-host-alive", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"outgoing-ttl", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                {"size", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                {},
+        };
+
+        // Parse protocol arguments first
+        // and count hosts here
+        char *opts_str = "vhVw:c:n:p:t:H:s:i:b:I:l:m:P:R:J:S:M:O64";
+        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+                long int arg;
+                while ((arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, opts_str, longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
+                        switch (arg) {
+
+                        case '4':
+                                if (enforced_ai_family != AF_UNSPEC) {
+                                        crash("Multiple protocol versions not supported");
+                                }
+                                enforced_ai_family = AF_INET;
+                                break;
+                        case '6':
+                                if (enforced_ai_family != AF_UNSPEC) {
+                                        crash("Multiple protocol versions not supported");
+                                }
+                                enforced_ai_family = AF_INET6;
+                                break;
+                        case 'H': {
+                                result.config.number_of_hosts++;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        case 'h': /* help */
+                                // Trigger help here to avoid adding hosts before that (and doing DNS queries)
+                                print_help();
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                                break;
+                        case 'v':
+                                debug++;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        char **tmp = &argv[optind];
+        while (*tmp) {
+                result.config.number_of_hosts++;
+                tmp++;
+        }
+
+        // Sanity check: if hostmode is selected,only a single host is allowed
+        if (result.config.mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK && result.config.number_of_hosts > 1) {
+                usage("check_host only allows a single host");
+        }
+
+        // Allocate hosts
+        result.config.hosts =
+                calloc(result.config.number_of_hosts, sizeof(check_icmp_target_container));
+        if (result.config.hosts == NULL) {
+                crash("failed to allocate memory");
+        }
+
+        /* Reset argument scanning */
+        optind = 1;
+
+        int host_counter = 0;
+        /* parse the arguments */
+        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+                long int arg;
+                while ((arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, opts_str, longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
+                        switch (arg) {
+                        case 'b': {
+                                long size = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                                if ((unsigned long)size >= (sizeof(struct icmp) + sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data)) &&
+                                        size < MAX_PING_DATA) {
+                                        result.config.icmp_data_size = (unsigned short)size;
+                                } else {
+                                        usage_va("ICMP data length must be between: %lu and %lu",
+                                                         sizeof(struct icmp) + sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data),
+                                                         MAX_PING_DATA - 1);
+                                }
+                        } break;
+                        case 'i': {
+                                // packet_interval was unused and is now removed
+                        } break;
+                        case 'I': {
+                                get_timevar_wrapper parsed_time = get_timevar(optarg);
+
+                                if (parsed_time.error_code == OK) {
+                                        result.config.target_interval = parsed_time.time_range;
+                                } else {
+                                        crash("failed to parse target interval");
+                                }
+                        } break;
+                        case 'w': {
+                                get_threshold_wrapper warn = get_threshold(optarg, result.config.warn);
+                                if (warn.errorcode == OK) {
+                                        result.config.warn = warn.threshold;
+                                } else {
+                                        crash("failed to parse warning threshold");
+                                }
+                        } break;
+                        case 'c': {
+                                get_threshold_wrapper crit = get_threshold(optarg, result.config.crit);
+                                if (crit.errorcode == OK) {
+                                        result.config.crit = crit.threshold;
+                                } else {
+                                        crash("failed to parse critical threshold");
+                                }
+                        } break;
+                        case 'n':
+                        case 'p':
+                                result.config.number_of_packets = (unsigned short)strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                                if (result.config.number_of_packets > 20) {
+                                        errno = 0;
+                                        crash("packets is > 20 (%d)", result.config.number_of_packets);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                        case 't':
+                                // WARNING Deprecated since execution time is determined by the other factors
+                                break;
+                        case 'H': {
+                                add_host_wrapper host_add_result =
+                                        add_host(optarg, result.config.mode, enforced_ai_family);
+                                if (host_add_result.error_code == OK) {
+                                        result.config.hosts[host_counter] = host_add_result.host;
+                                        host_counter++;
+
+                                        if (result.config.targets != NULL) {
+                                                result.config.number_of_targets += ping_target_list_append(
+                                                        result.config.targets, host_add_result.host.target_list);
+                                        } else {
+                                                result.config.targets = host_add_result.host.target_list;
+                                                result.config.number_of_targets += host_add_result.host.number_of_targets;
+                                        }
+
+                                        if (host_add_result.has_v4) {
+                                                result.config.need_v4 = true;
+                                        }
+                                        if (host_add_result.has_v6) {
+                                                result.config.need_v6 = true;
+                                        }
+                                } else {
+                                        crash("Failed to add host, unable to parse it correctly");
+                                }
+                        } break;
+                        case 'l':
+                                result.config.ttl = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                                break;
+                        case 'm':
+                                result.config.min_hosts_alive = (int)strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                                break;
+                        case 's': /* specify source IP address */
+                                result.config.source_ip = optarg;
+                                break;
+                        case 'V': /* version */
+                                print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        case 'R': /* RTA mode */ {
+                                get_threshold2_wrapper rta_th = get_threshold2(
+                                        optarg, strlen(optarg), result.config.warn, result.config.crit, const_rta_mode);
+
+                                if (rta_th.errorcode != OK) {
+                                        crash("Failed to parse RTA threshold");
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.warn = rta_th.warn;
+                                result.config.crit = rta_th.crit;
+                                result.config.modes.rta_mode = true;
+                        } break;
+                        case 'P': /* packet loss mode */ {
+                                get_threshold2_wrapper pl_th =
+                                        get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), result.config.warn, result.config.crit,
+                                                                   const_packet_loss_mode);
+                                if (pl_th.errorcode != OK) {
+                                        crash("Failed to parse packet loss threshold");
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.warn = pl_th.warn;
+                                result.config.crit = pl_th.crit;
+                                result.config.modes.pl_mode = true;
+                        } break;
+                        case 'J': /* jitter mode */ {
+                                get_threshold2_wrapper jitter_th =
+                                        get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), result.config.warn, result.config.crit,
+                                                                   const_jitter_mode);
+                                if (jitter_th.errorcode != OK) {
+                                        crash("Failed to parse jitter threshold");
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.warn = jitter_th.warn;
+                                result.config.crit = jitter_th.crit;
+                                result.config.modes.jitter_mode = true;
+                        } break;
+                        case 'M': /* MOS mode */ {
+                                get_threshold2_wrapper mos_th = get_threshold2(
+                                        optarg, strlen(optarg), result.config.warn, result.config.crit, const_mos_mode);
+                                if (mos_th.errorcode != OK) {
+                                        crash("Failed to parse MOS threshold");
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.warn = mos_th.warn;
+                                result.config.crit = mos_th.crit;
+                                result.config.modes.mos_mode = true;
+                        } break;
+                        case 'S': /* score mode */ {
+                                get_threshold2_wrapper score_th =
+                                        get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), result.config.warn, result.config.crit,
+                                                                   const_score_mode);
+                                if (score_th.errorcode != OK) {
+                                        crash("Failed to parse score threshold");
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.warn = score_th.warn;
+                                result.config.crit = score_th.crit;
+                                result.config.modes.score_mode = true;
+                        } break;
+                        case 'O': /* out of order mode */
+                                result.config.modes.order_mode = true;
+                                break;
+                        case output_format_index: {
+                                parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                                if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                        // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                        printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                                }
+
+                                result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                                result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        argv = &argv[optind];
+        while (*argv) {
+                add_target(*argv, result.config.mode, enforced_ai_family);
+                argv++;
+        }
+
+        if (!result.config.number_of_targets) {
+                errno = 0;
+                crash("No hosts to check");
+        }
+
+        /* stupid users should be able to give whatever thresholds they want
+         * (nothing will break if they do), but some anal plugin maintainer
+         * will probably add some printf() thing here later, so it might be
+         * best to at least show them where to do it. ;) */
+        if (result.config.warn.pl > result.config.crit.pl) {
+                result.config.warn.pl = result.config.crit.pl;
+        }
+        if (result.config.warn.rta > result.config.crit.rta) {
+                result.config.warn.rta = result.config.crit.rta;
+        }
+        if (result.config.warn.jitter > result.config.crit.jitter) {
+                result.config.crit.jitter = result.config.warn.jitter;
+        }
+        if (result.config.warn.mos < result.config.crit.mos) {
+                result.config.warn.mos = result.config.crit.mos;
+        }
+        if (result.config.warn.score < result.config.crit.score) {
+                result.config.warn.score = result.config.crit.score;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
 
 /** code start **/
 static void crash(const char *fmt, ...) {
-        va_list ap;
 
         printf("%s: ", progname);
 
+        va_list ap;
         va_start(ap, fmt);
         vprintf(fmt, ap);
         va_end(ap);
@@ -385,18 +730,20 @@ static const char *get_icmp_error_msg(unsigned char icmp_type, unsigned char icm
         return msg;
 }
 
-static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *addr) {
-        struct icmp p, sent_icmp;
-        struct rta_host *host = NULL;
-
-        memcpy(&p, packet, sizeof(p));
-        if (p.icmp_type == ICMP_ECHO && ntohs(p.icmp_id) == pid) {
+static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *addr,
+                                                          time_t *target_interval, const uint16_t sender_id,
+                                                          ping_target **table, unsigned short packets,
+                                                          const unsigned short number_of_targets,
+                                                          check_icmp_state *program_state) {
+        struct icmp icmp_packet;
+        memcpy(&icmp_packet, packet, sizeof(icmp_packet));
+        if (icmp_packet.icmp_type == ICMP_ECHO && ntohs(icmp_packet.icmp_id) == sender_id) {
                 /* echo request from us to us (pinging localhost) */
                 return 0;
         }
 
         if (debug) {
-                printf("handle_random_icmp(%p, %p)\n", (void *)&p, (void *)addr);
+                printf("handle_random_icmp(%p, %p)\n", (void *)&icmp_packet, (void *)addr);
         }
 
         /* only handle a few types, since others can't possibly be replies to
@@ -409,14 +756,17 @@ static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *ad
          * TIMXCEED actually sends a proper icmp response we will have passed
          * too many hops to have a hope of reaching it later, in which case it
          * indicates overconfidence in the network, poor routing or both. */
-        if (p.icmp_type != ICMP_UNREACH && p.icmp_type != ICMP_TIMXCEED && p.icmp_type != ICMP_SOURCEQUENCH && p.icmp_type != ICMP_PARAMPROB) {
+        if (icmp_packet.icmp_type != ICMP_UNREACH && icmp_packet.icmp_type != ICMP_TIMXCEED &&
+                icmp_packet.icmp_type != ICMP_SOURCEQUENCH && icmp_packet.icmp_type != ICMP_PARAMPROB) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
         /* might be for us. At least it holds the original package (according
          * to RFC 792). If it isn't, just ignore it */
+        struct icmp sent_icmp;
         memcpy(&sent_icmp, packet + 28, sizeof(sent_icmp));
-        if (sent_icmp.icmp_type != ICMP_ECHO || ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_id) != pid || ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_seq) >= targets * packets) {
+        if (sent_icmp.icmp_type != ICMP_ECHO || ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_id) != sender_id ||
+                ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_seq) >= number_of_targets * packets) {
                 if (debug) {
                         printf("Packet is no response to a packet we sent\n");
                 }
@@ -424,14 +774,15 @@ static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *ad
         }
 
         /* it is indeed a response for us */
-        host = table[ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_seq) / packets];
+        ping_target *host = table[ntohs(sent_icmp.icmp_seq) / packets];
         if (debug) {
                 char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
                 parse_address(addr, address, sizeof(address));
-                printf("Received \"%s\" from %s for ICMP ECHO sent to %s.\n", get_icmp_error_msg(p.icmp_type, p.icmp_code), address, host->name);
+                printf("Received \"%s\" from %s for ICMP ECHO sent.\n",
+                           get_icmp_error_msg(icmp_packet.icmp_type, icmp_packet.icmp_code), address);
         }
 
-        icmp_lost++;
+        program_state->icmp_lost++;
         host->icmp_lost++;
         /* don't spend time on lost hosts any more */
         if (host->flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) {
@@ -440,305 +791,104 @@ static int handle_random_icmp(unsigned char *packet, struct sockaddr_storage *ad
 
         /* source quench means we're sending too fast, so increase the
          * interval and mark this packet lost */
-        if (p.icmp_type == ICMP_SOURCEQUENCH) {
-                pkt_interval *= pkt_backoff_factor;
-                target_interval *= target_backoff_factor;
+        if (icmp_packet.icmp_type == ICMP_SOURCEQUENCH) {
+                *target_interval = (unsigned int)((double)*target_interval * TARGET_BACKOFF_FACTOR);
         } else {
-                targets_down++;
+                program_state->targets_down++;
                 host->flags |= FLAG_LOST_CAUSE;
         }
-        host->icmp_type = p.icmp_type;
-        host->icmp_code = p.icmp_code;
+        host->icmp_type = icmp_packet.icmp_type;
+        host->icmp_code = icmp_packet.icmp_code;
         host->error_addr = *addr;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-void parse_address(struct sockaddr_storage *addr, char *address, int size) {
-        switch (address_family) {
+void parse_address(const struct sockaddr_storage *addr, char *dst, socklen_t size) {
+        switch (addr->ss_family) {
         case AF_INET:
-                inet_ntop(address_family, &((struct sockaddr_in *)addr)->sin_addr, address, size);
+                inet_ntop(AF_INET, &((struct sockaddr_in *)addr)->sin_addr, dst, size);
                 break;
         case AF_INET6:
-                inet_ntop(address_family, &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)addr)->sin6_addr, address, size);
+                inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)addr)->sin6_addr, dst, size);
                 break;
+        default:
+                assert(false);
         }
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int i;
-        char *ptr;
-        long int arg;
-        int icmp_sockerrno, udp_sockerrno, tcp_sockerrno;
-        int result;
-        struct rta_host *host;
-#ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
-        struct sigaction sig_action;
-#endif
-#ifdef SO_TIMESTAMP
-        int on = 1;
-#endif
-        char *source_ip = NULL;
-        char *opts_str = "vhVw:c:n:p:t:H:s:i:b:I:l:m:P:R:J:S:M:O64";
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        /* we only need to be setsuid when we get the sockets, so do
-         * that before pointer magic (esp. on network data) */
-        icmp_sockerrno = udp_sockerrno = tcp_sockerrno = sockets = 0;
-
-        address_family = -1;
-        int icmp_proto = IPPROTO_ICMP;
+        /* POSIXLY_CORRECT might break things, so unset it (the portable way) */
+        environ = NULL;
 
-        /* get calling name the old-fashioned way for portability instead
-         * of relying on the glibc-ism __progname */
-        ptr = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
-        if (ptr) {
-                progname = &ptr[1];
-        } else {
-                progname = argv[0];
-        }
+        /* Parse extra opts if any */
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        /* now set defaults. Use progname to set them initially (allows for
-         * superfast check_host program when target host is up */
-        cursor = list = NULL;
-        table = NULL;
-
-        mode = MODE_RTA;
-        /* Default critical thresholds */
-        crit.rta = 500000;
-        crit.pl = 80;
-        crit.jitter = 50;
-        crit.mos = 3;
-        crit.score = 70;
-        /* Default warning thresholds */
-        warn.rta = 200000;
-        warn.pl = 40;
-        warn.jitter = 40;
-        warn.mos = 3.5;
-        warn.score = 80;
-
-        protocols = HAVE_ICMP | HAVE_UDP | HAVE_TCP;
-        pkt_interval = 80000; /* 80 msec packet interval by default */
-        packets = 5;
+        check_icmp_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
 
-        if (!strcmp(progname, "check_icmp") || !strcmp(progname, "check_ping")) {
-                mode = MODE_ICMP;
-                protocols = HAVE_ICMP;
-        } else if (!strcmp(progname, "check_host")) {
-                mode = MODE_HOSTCHECK;
-                pkt_interval = 1000000;
-                packets = 5;
-                crit.rta = warn.rta = 1000000;
-                crit.pl = warn.pl = 100;
-        } else if (!strcmp(progname, "check_rta_multi")) {
-                mode = MODE_ALL;
-                target_interval = 0;
-                pkt_interval = 50000;
-                packets = 5;
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode != OK) {
+                crash("failed to parse config");
         }
 
-        /* support "--help" and "--version" */
-        if (argc == 2) {
-                if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
-                        strcpy(argv[1], "-h");
-                }
-                if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--version")) {
-                        strcpy(argv[1], "-V");
-                }
-        }
+        const check_icmp_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
-        /* Parse protocol arguments first */
-        for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                while ((arg = getopt(argc, argv, opts_str)) != EOF) {
-                        switch (arg) {
-                        case '4':
-                                if (address_family != -1) {
-                                        crash("Multiple protocol versions not supported");
-                                }
-                                address_family = AF_INET;
-                                break;
-                        case '6':
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
-                                if (address_family != -1) {
-                                        crash("Multiple protocol versions not supported");
-                                }
-                                address_family = AF_INET6;
-#else
-                                usage(_("IPv6 support not available\n"));
-#endif
-                                break;
-                        }
-                }
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
 
-        /* Reset argument scanning */
-        optind = 1;
+        check_icmp_socket_set sockset = {
+                .socket4 = -1,
+                .socket6 = -1,
+        };
 
-        unsigned long size;
-        bool err;
-        /* parse the arguments */
-        for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                while ((arg = getopt(argc, argv, opts_str)) != EOF) {
-                        switch (arg) {
-                        case 'v':
-                                debug++;
-                                break;
-                        case 'b':
-                                size = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
-                                if (size >= (sizeof(struct icmp) + sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data)) && size < MAX_PING_DATA) {
-                                        icmp_data_size = size;
-                                        icmp_pkt_size = size + ICMP_MINLEN;
-                                } else {
-                                        usage_va("ICMP data length must be between: %lu and %lu", sizeof(struct icmp) + sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data),
-                                                         MAX_PING_DATA - 1);
-                                }
-                                break;
-                        case 'i':
-                                pkt_interval = get_timevar(optarg);
-                                break;
-                        case 'I':
-                                target_interval = get_timevar(optarg);
-                                break;
-                        case 'w':
-                                get_threshold(optarg, &warn);
-                                break;
-                        case 'c':
-                                get_threshold(optarg, &crit);
-                                break;
-                        case 'n':
-                        case 'p':
-                                packets = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
-                                break;
-                        case 't':
-                                timeout = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
-                                if (!timeout) {
-                                        timeout = 10;
-                                }
-                                break;
-                        case 'H':
-                                add_target(optarg);
-                                break;
-                        case 'l':
-                                ttl = (int)strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
-                                break;
-                        case 'm':
-                                min_hosts_alive = (int)strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
-                                break;
-                        case 'd': /* implement later, for cluster checks */
-                                warn_down = (unsigned char)strtoul(optarg, &ptr, 0);
-                                if (ptr) {
-                                        crit_down = (unsigned char)strtoul(ptr + 1, NULL, 0);
-                                }
-                                break;
-                        case 's': /* specify source IP address */
-                                source_ip = optarg;
-                                break;
-                        case 'V': /* version */
-                                print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                        case 'h': /* help */
-                                print_help();
-                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                                break;
-                        case 'R': /* RTA mode */
-                                err = get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), &warn, &crit, const_rta_mode);
-                                if (!err) {
-                                        crash("Failed to parse RTA threshold");
-                                }
+        if (config.need_v4) {
+                sockset.socket4 = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP);
+                if (sockset.socket4 == -1) {
+                        crash("Failed to obtain ICMP v4 socket");
+                }
 
-                                rta_mode = true;
-                                break;
-                        case 'P': /* packet loss mode */
-                                err = get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), &warn, &crit, const_packet_loss_mode);
-                                if (!err) {
-                                        crash("Failed to parse packet loss threshold");
-                                }
+                if (config.source_ip) {
 
-                                pl_mode = true;
-                                break;
-                        case 'J': /* jitter mode */
-                                err = get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), &warn, &crit, const_jitter_mode);
-                                if (!err) {
-                                        crash("Failed to parse jitter threshold");
-                                }
+                        struct in_addr tmp = {};
+                        int error_code = inet_pton(AF_INET, config.source_ip, &tmp);
+                        if (error_code == 1) {
+                                set_source_ip(config.source_ip, sockset.socket4, AF_INET);
+                        } else {
+                                // just try this mindlessly if it's not a v4 address
+                                set_source_ip(config.source_ip, sockset.socket6, AF_INET6);
+                        }
+                }
 
-                                jitter_mode = true;
-                                break;
-                        case 'M': /* MOS mode */
-                                err = get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), &warn, &crit, const_mos_mode);
-                                if (!err) {
-                                        crash("Failed to parse MOS threshold");
+#ifdef SO_TIMESTAMP
+                if (sockset.socket4 != -1) {
+                        int on = 1;
+                        if (setsockopt(sockset.socket4, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMP, &on, sizeof(on))) {
+                                if (debug) {
+                                        printf("Warning: no SO_TIMESTAMP support\n");
                                 }
-
-                                mos_mode = true;
-                                break;
-                        case 'S': /* score mode */
-                                err = get_threshold2(optarg, strlen(optarg), &warn, &crit, const_score_mode);
-                                if (!err) {
-                                        crash("Failed to parse score threshold");
+                        }
+                }
+                if (sockset.socket6 != -1) {
+                        int on = 1;
+                        if (setsockopt(sockset.socket6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMP, &on, sizeof(on))) {
+                                if (debug) {
+                                        printf("Warning: no SO_TIMESTAMP support\n");
                                 }
-
-                                score_mode = true;
-                                break;
-                        case 'O': /* out of order mode */
-                                order_mode = true;
-                                break;
                         }
                 }
+#endif // SO_TIMESTAMP
         }
 
-        /* POSIXLY_CORRECT might break things, so unset it (the portable way) */
-        environ = NULL;
-
-        /* use the pid to mark packets as ours */
-        /* Some systems have 32-bit pid_t so mask off only 16 bits */
-        pid = getpid() & 0xffff;
-        /* printf("pid = %u\n", pid); */
-
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
-
-        argv = &argv[optind];
-        while (*argv) {
-                add_target(*argv);
-                argv++;
-        }
-
-        if (!targets) {
-                errno = 0;
-                crash("No hosts to check");
-        }
-
-        // add_target might change address_family
-        switch (address_family) {
-        case AF_INET:
-                icmp_proto = IPPROTO_ICMP;
-                break;
-        case AF_INET6:
-                icmp_proto = IPPROTO_ICMPV6;
-                break;
-        default:
-                crash("Address family not supported");
-        }
-        if ((icmp_sock = socket(address_family, SOCK_RAW, icmp_proto)) != -1) {
-                sockets |= HAVE_ICMP;
-        } else {
-                icmp_sockerrno = errno;
-        }
-
-        if (source_ip) {
-                set_source_ip(source_ip);
-        }
-
-#ifdef SO_TIMESTAMP
-        if (setsockopt(icmp_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMP, &on, sizeof(on))) {
-                if (debug) {
-                        printf("Warning: no SO_TIMESTAMP support\n");
+        if (config.need_v6) {
+                sockset.socket6 = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
+                if (sockset.socket6 == -1) {
+                        crash("Failed to obtain ICMP v6 socket");
                 }
         }
-#endif // SO_TIMESTAMP
 
         /* now drop privileges (no effect if not setsuid or geteuid() == 0) */
         if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
@@ -746,186 +896,179 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return 1;
         }
 
-        if (!sockets) {
-                if (icmp_sock == -1) {
-                        errno = icmp_sockerrno;
-                        crash("Failed to obtain ICMP socket");
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                /* if(udp_sock == -1) { */
-                /*      errno = icmp_sockerrno; */
-                /*      crash("Failed to obtain UDP socket"); */
-                /*      return -1; */
-                /* } */
-                /* if(tcp_sock == -1) { */
-                /*      errno = icmp_sockerrno; */
-                /*      crash("Failed to obtain TCP socker"); */
-                /*      return -1; */
-                /* } */
-        }
-        if (!ttl) {
-                ttl = 64;
-        }
-
-        if (icmp_sock) {
-                result = setsockopt(icmp_sock, SOL_IP, IP_TTL, &ttl, sizeof(ttl));
+        if (sockset.socket4) {
+                int result = setsockopt(sockset.socket4, SOL_IP, IP_TTL, &config.ttl, sizeof(config.ttl));
                 if (debug) {
                         if (result == -1) {
                                 printf("setsockopt failed\n");
                         } else {
-                                printf("ttl set to %u\n", ttl);
+                                printf("ttl set to %lu\n", config.ttl);
                         }
                 }
         }
 
-        /* stupid users should be able to give whatever thresholds they want
-         * (nothing will break if they do), but some anal plugin maintainer
-         * will probably add some printf() thing here later, so it might be
-         * best to at least show them where to do it. ;) */
-        if (warn.pl > crit.pl) {
-                warn.pl = crit.pl;
-        }
-        if (warn.rta > crit.rta) {
-                warn.rta = crit.rta;
-        }
-        if (warn_down > crit_down) {
-                crit_down = warn_down;
-        }
-        if (warn.jitter > crit.jitter) {
-                crit.jitter = warn.jitter;
-        }
-        if (warn.mos < crit.mos) {
-                warn.mos = crit.mos;
-        }
-        if (warn.score < crit.score) {
-                warn.score = crit.score;
-        }
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
-        sig_action.sa_sigaction = NULL;
-        sig_action.sa_handler = finish;
-        sigfillset(&sig_action.sa_mask);
-        sig_action.sa_flags = SA_NODEFER | SA_RESTART;
-        sigaction(SIGINT, &sig_action, NULL);
-        sigaction(SIGHUP, &sig_action, NULL);
-        sigaction(SIGTERM, &sig_action, NULL);
-        sigaction(SIGALRM, &sig_action, NULL);
-#else  /* HAVE_SIGACTION */
-        signal(SIGINT, finish);
-        signal(SIGHUP, finish);
-        signal(SIGTERM, finish);
-        signal(SIGALRM, finish);
-#endif /* HAVE_SIGACTION */
-        if (debug) {
-                printf("Setting alarm timeout to %u seconds\n", timeout);
+        if (sockset.socket6) {
+                int result = setsockopt(sockset.socket6, SOL_IP, IP_TTL, &config.ttl, sizeof(config.ttl));
+                if (debug) {
+                        if (result == -1) {
+                                printf("setsockopt failed\n");
+                        } else {
+                                printf("ttl set to %lu\n", config.ttl);
+                        }
+                }
         }
-        alarm(timeout);
 
         /* make sure we don't wait any longer than necessary */
-        gettimeofday(&prog_start, &tz);
-        max_completion_time = ((targets * packets * pkt_interval) + (targets * target_interval)) + (targets * packets * crit.rta) + crit.rta;
+        struct timeval prog_start;
+        gettimeofday(&prog_start, NULL);
+
+        time_t max_completion_time =
+                (config.target_interval * config.number_of_targets) +
+                (config.crit.rta * config.number_of_targets * config.number_of_packets) + config.crit.rta;
 
         if (debug) {
                 printf("packets: %u, targets: %u\n"
-                           "target_interval: %0.3f, pkt_interval %0.3f\n"
+                           "target_interval: %0.3f\n"
                            "crit.rta: %0.3f\n"
                            "max_completion_time: %0.3f\n",
-                           packets, targets, (float)target_interval / 1000, (float)pkt_interval / 1000, (float)crit.rta / 1000,
+                           config.number_of_packets, config.number_of_targets,
+                           (float)config.target_interval / 1000, (float)config.crit.rta / 1000,
                            (float)max_completion_time / 1000);
         }
 
         if (debug) {
-                if (max_completion_time > (u_int)timeout * 1000000) {
-                        printf("max_completion_time: %llu  timeout: %u\n", max_completion_time, timeout);
-                        printf("Timeout must be at least %llu\n", max_completion_time / 1000000 + 1);
+                if (max_completion_time > (timeout * 1000000)) {
+                        printf("max_completion_time: %ld  timeout: %u\n", max_completion_time, timeout);
+                        printf("Timeout must be at least %ld\n", (max_completion_time / 1000000) + 1);
                 }
         }
 
         if (debug) {
-                printf("crit = {%u, %u%%}, warn = {%u, %u%%}\n", crit.rta, crit.pl, warn.rta, warn.pl);
-                printf("pkt_interval: %u  target_interval: %u  retry_interval: %u\n", pkt_interval, target_interval, retry_interval);
-                printf("icmp_pkt_size: %u  timeout: %u\n", icmp_pkt_size, timeout);
+                printf("crit = {%ld, %u%%}, warn = {%ld, %u%%}\n", config.crit.rta, config.crit.pl,
+                           config.warn.rta, config.warn.pl);
+                printf("target_interval: %ld\n", config.target_interval);
+                printf("icmp_pkt_size: %u  timeout: %u\n", config.icmp_data_size + ICMP_MINLEN, timeout);
         }
 
-        if (packets > 20) {
+        if (config.min_hosts_alive < -1) {
                 errno = 0;
-                crash("packets is > 20 (%d)", packets);
+                crash("minimum alive hosts is negative (%i)", config.min_hosts_alive);
         }
 
-        if (min_hosts_alive < -1) {
-                errno = 0;
-                crash("minimum alive hosts is negative (%i)", min_hosts_alive);
-        }
-
-        host = list;
-        table = malloc(sizeof(struct rta_host *) * targets);
+        // Build an index table of all targets
+        ping_target *host = config.targets;
+        ping_target **table = malloc(sizeof(ping_target *) * config.number_of_targets);
         if (!table) {
                 crash("main(): malloc failed for host table");
         }
 
-        i = 0;
+        unsigned short target_index = 0;
         while (host) {
-                host->id = i * packets;
-                table[i] = host;
+                host->id = target_index * config.number_of_packets;
+                table[target_index] = host;
                 host = host->next;
-                i++;
+                target_index++;
         }
 
-        run_checks();
+        time_t target_interval = config.target_interval;
+
+        check_icmp_state program_state = check_icmp_state_init();
+
+        run_checks(config.icmp_data_size, &target_interval, config.sender_id, config.mode,
+                           max_completion_time, prog_start, table, config.number_of_packets, sockset,
+                           config.number_of_targets, &program_state);
 
         errno = 0;
-        finish(0);
 
-        return (0);
-}
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        finish(0, config.modes, config.min_hosts_alive, config.warn, config.crit,
+                   config.number_of_targets, &program_state, config.hosts, config.number_of_hosts,
+                   &overall);
 
-static void run_checks(void) {
-        u_int i, t;
-        u_int final_wait, time_passed;
+        if (sockset.socket4) {
+                close(sockset.socket4);
+        }
+        if (sockset.socket6) {
+                close(sockset.socket6);
+        }
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
+}
 
+static void run_checks(unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, time_t *target_interval,
+                                           const uint16_t sender_id, const check_icmp_execution_mode mode,
+                                           const time_t max_completion_time, const struct timeval prog_start,
+                                           ping_target **table, const unsigned short packets,
+                                           const check_icmp_socket_set sockset, const unsigned short number_of_targets,
+                                           check_icmp_state *program_state) {
         /* this loop might actually violate the pkt_interval or target_interval
          * settings, but only if there aren't any packets on the wire which
          * indicates that the target can handle an increased packet rate */
-        for (i = 0; i < packets; i++) {
-                for (t = 0; t < targets; t++) {
+        for (unsigned int packet_index = 0; packet_index < packets; packet_index++) {
+                for (unsigned int target_index = 0; target_index < number_of_targets; target_index++) {
                         /* don't send useless packets */
-                        if (!targets_alive) {
-                                finish(0);
+                        if (!targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down)) {
+                                return;
                         }
-                        if (table[t]->flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) {
+                        if (table[target_index]->flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) {
                                 if (debug) {
-                                        printf("%s is a lost cause. not sending any more\n", table[t]->name);
+
+                                        char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                                        parse_address(&table[target_index]->address, address, sizeof(address));
+                                        printf("%s is a lost cause. not sending any more\n", address);
                                 }
                                 continue;
                         }
 
                         /* we're still in the game, so send next packet */
-                        (void)send_icmp_ping(icmp_sock, table[t]);
-                        wait_for_reply(icmp_sock, target_interval);
+                        (void)send_icmp_ping(sockset, table[target_index], icmp_pkt_size, sender_id,
+                                                                 program_state);
+
+                        /* wrap up if all targets are declared dead */
+                        if (targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down) ||
+                                get_timevaldiff(prog_start, prog_start) < max_completion_time ||
+                                !(mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK && program_state->targets_down)) {
+                                wait_for_reply(sockset, *target_interval, icmp_pkt_size, target_interval, sender_id,
+                                                           table, packets, number_of_targets, program_state);
+                        }
+                }
+                if (targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down) ||
+                        get_timevaldiff_to_now(prog_start) < max_completion_time ||
+                        !(mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK && program_state->targets_down)) {
+                        wait_for_reply(sockset, number_of_targets, icmp_pkt_size, target_interval, sender_id,
+                                                   table, packets, number_of_targets, program_state);
                 }
-                wait_for_reply(icmp_sock, pkt_interval * targets);
         }
 
-        if (icmp_pkts_en_route && targets_alive) {
-                time_passed = get_timevaldiff(NULL, NULL);
-                final_wait = max_completion_time - time_passed;
+        if (icmp_pkts_en_route(program_state->icmp_sent, program_state->icmp_recv,
+                                                   program_state->icmp_lost) &&
+                targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down)) {
+                time_t time_passed = get_timevaldiff_to_now(prog_start);
+                time_t final_wait = max_completion_time - time_passed;
 
                 if (debug) {
-                        printf("time_passed: %u  final_wait: %u  max_completion_time: %llu\n", time_passed, final_wait, max_completion_time);
+                        printf("time_passed: %ld  final_wait: %ld  max_completion_time: %ld\n", time_passed,
+                                   final_wait, max_completion_time);
                 }
                 if (time_passed > max_completion_time) {
                         if (debug) {
                                 printf("Time passed. Finishing up\n");
                         }
-                        finish(0);
+                        return;
                 }
 
                 /* catch the packets that might come in within the timeframe, but
                  * haven't yet */
                 if (debug) {
-                        printf("Waiting for %u micro-seconds (%0.3f msecs)\n", final_wait, (float)final_wait / 1000);
+                        printf("Waiting for %ld micro-seconds (%0.3f msecs)\n", final_wait,
+                                   (float)final_wait / 1000);
+                }
+                if (targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down) ||
+                        get_timevaldiff_to_now(prog_start) < max_completion_time ||
+                        !(mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK && program_state->targets_down)) {
+                        wait_for_reply(sockset, final_wait, icmp_pkt_size, target_interval, sender_id, table,
+                                                   packets, number_of_targets, program_state);
                 }
-                wait_for_reply(icmp_sock, final_wait);
         }
 }
 
@@ -939,18 +1082,11 @@ static void run_checks(void) {
  * both:
  * icmp echo reply : the rest
  */
-static int wait_for_reply(int sock, u_int t) {
-        int n, hlen;
-        static unsigned char buf[65536];
-        struct sockaddr_storage resp_addr;
-        union ip_hdr *ip;
+static int wait_for_reply(check_icmp_socket_set sockset, const time_t time_interval,
+                                                  unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, time_t *target_interval, uint16_t sender_id,
+                                                  ping_target **table, const unsigned short packets,
+                                                  const unsigned short number_of_targets, check_icmp_state *program_state) {
         union icmp_packet packet;
-        struct rta_host *host;
-        struct icmp_ping_data data;
-        struct timeval wait_start, now;
-        u_int tdiff, i, per_pkt_wait;
-        double jitter_tmp;
-
         if (!(packet.buf = malloc(icmp_pkt_size))) {
                 crash("send_icmp_ping(): failed to malloc %d bytes for send buffer", icmp_pkt_size);
                 return -1; /* might be reached if we're in debug mode */
@@ -959,177 +1095,174 @@ static int wait_for_reply(int sock, u_int t) {
         memset(packet.buf, 0, icmp_pkt_size);
 
         /* if we can't listen or don't have anything to listen to, just return */
-        if (!t || !icmp_pkts_en_route) {
+        if (!time_interval || !icmp_pkts_en_route(program_state->icmp_sent, program_state->icmp_recv,
+                                                                                          program_state->icmp_lost)) {
                 free(packet.buf);
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        gettimeofday(&wait_start, &tz);
+        // Get current time stamp
+        struct timeval wait_start;
+        gettimeofday(&wait_start, NULL);
 
-        i = t;
-        per_pkt_wait = t / icmp_pkts_en_route;
-        while (icmp_pkts_en_route && get_timevaldiff(&wait_start, NULL) < i) {
-                t = per_pkt_wait;
-
-                /* wrap up if all targets are declared dead */
-                if (!targets_alive || get_timevaldiff(&prog_start, NULL) >= max_completion_time || (mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK && targets_down)) {
-                        finish(0);
-                }
+        struct sockaddr_storage resp_addr;
+        time_t per_pkt_wait =
+                time_interval / icmp_pkts_en_route(program_state->icmp_sent, program_state->icmp_recv,
+                                                                                   program_state->icmp_lost);
+        static unsigned char buf[65536];
+        union ip_hdr *ip_header;
+        struct timeval packet_received_timestamp;
+        while (icmp_pkts_en_route(program_state->icmp_sent, program_state->icmp_recv,
+                                                          program_state->icmp_lost) &&
+                   get_timevaldiff_to_now(wait_start) < time_interval) {
+                time_t loop_time_interval = per_pkt_wait;
 
                 /* reap responses until we hit a timeout */
-                n = recvfrom_wto(sock, buf, sizeof(buf), (struct sockaddr *)&resp_addr, &t, &now);
-                if (!n) {
+                recvfrom_wto_wrapper recv_foo =
+                        recvfrom_wto(sockset, buf, sizeof(buf), (struct sockaddr *)&resp_addr,
+                                                 &loop_time_interval, &packet_received_timestamp);
+                if (!recv_foo.received) {
                         if (debug > 1) {
-                                printf("recvfrom_wto() timed out during a %u usecs wait\n", per_pkt_wait);
+                                printf("recvfrom_wto() timed out during a %ld usecs wait\n", per_pkt_wait);
                         }
                         continue; /* timeout for this one, so keep trying */
                 }
-                if (n < 0) {
+
+                if (recv_foo.received < 0) {
                         if (debug) {
                                 printf("recvfrom_wto() returned errors\n");
                         }
                         free(packet.buf);
-                        return n;
+                        return (int)recv_foo.received;
                 }
 
-                // FIXME: with ipv6 we don't have an ip header here
-                if (address_family != AF_INET6) {
-                        ip = (union ip_hdr *)buf;
+                if (recv_foo.recv_proto != AF_INET6) {
+                        ip_header = (union ip_hdr *)buf;
 
                         if (debug > 1) {
                                 char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
                                 parse_address(&resp_addr, address, sizeof(address));
-                                printf("received %u bytes from %s\n", address_family == AF_INET6 ? ntohs(ip->ip6.ip6_plen) : ntohs(ip->ip.ip_len), address);
+                                printf("received %u bytes from %s\n",
+                                           address_family == AF_INET6 ? ntohs(ip_header->ip6.ip6_plen)
+                                                                                                  : ntohs(ip_header->ip.ip_len),
+                                           address);
                         }
                 }
 
-                /* obsolete. alpha on tru64 provides the necessary defines, but isn't broken */
-                /* #if defined( __alpha__ ) && __STDC__ && !defined( __GLIBC__ ) */
-                /* alpha headers are decidedly broken. Using an ansi compiler,
-                 * they provide ip_vhl instead of ip_hl and ip_v, so we mask
-                 * off the bottom 4 bits */
-                /*              hlen = (ip->ip_vhl & 0x0f) << 2; */
-                /* #else */
-                hlen = (address_family == AF_INET6) ? 0 : ip->ip.ip_hl << 2;
-                /* #endif */
-
-                if (n < (hlen + ICMP_MINLEN)) {
+                int hlen = (recv_foo.recv_proto == AF_INET6) ? 0 : ip_header->ip.ip_hl << 2;
+
+                if (recv_foo.received < (hlen + ICMP_MINLEN)) {
                         char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
                         parse_address(&resp_addr, address, sizeof(address));
-                        crash("received packet too short for ICMP (%d bytes, expected %d) from %s\n", n, hlen + icmp_pkt_size, address);
+                        crash("received packet too short for ICMP (%ld bytes, expected %d) from %s\n",
+                                  recv_foo.received, hlen + icmp_pkt_size, address);
                 }
-                /* else if(debug) { */
-                /*      printf("ip header size: %u, packet size: %u (expected %u, %u)\n", */
-                /*                 hlen, ntohs(ip->ip_len) - hlen, */
-                /*                 sizeof(struct ip), icmp_pkt_size); */
-                /* } */
-
                 /* check the response */
-
                 memcpy(packet.buf, buf + hlen, icmp_pkt_size);
-                /*                      address_family == AF_INET6 ? sizeof(struct icmp6_hdr)
-                                                                   : sizeof(struct icmp));*/
 
-                if ((address_family == PF_INET && (ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_id) != pid || packet.icp->icmp_type != ICMP_ECHOREPLY ||
-                                                                                   ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq) >= targets * packets)) ||
-                        (address_family == PF_INET6 && (ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_id) != pid || packet.icp6->icmp6_type != ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY ||
-                                                                                        ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq) >= targets * packets))) {
+                if ((recv_foo.recv_proto == AF_INET &&
+                         (ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_id) != sender_id || packet.icp->icmp_type != ICMP_ECHOREPLY ||
+                          ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq) >= number_of_targets * packets)) ||
+                        (recv_foo.recv_proto == AF_INET6 &&
+                         (ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_id) != sender_id ||
+                          packet.icp6->icmp6_type != ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY ||
+                          ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq) >= number_of_targets * packets))) {
                         if (debug > 2) {
                                 printf("not a proper ICMP_ECHOREPLY\n");
                         }
-                        handle_random_icmp(buf + hlen, &resp_addr);
+
+                        handle_random_icmp(buf + hlen, &resp_addr, target_interval, sender_id, table, packets,
+                                                           number_of_targets, program_state);
+
                         continue;
                 }
 
                 /* this is indeed a valid response */
-                if (address_family == PF_INET) {
+                ping_target *target;
+                struct icmp_ping_data data;
+                if (address_family == AF_INET) {
                         memcpy(&data, packet.icp->icmp_data, sizeof(data));
                         if (debug > 2) {
-                                printf("ICMP echo-reply of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X\n", (unsigned long)sizeof(data), ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_id),
-                                           ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq), packet.icp->icmp_cksum);
+                                printf("ICMP echo-reply of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X\n", sizeof(data),
+                                           ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_id), ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq),
+                                           packet.icp->icmp_cksum);
                         }
-                        host = table[ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq) / packets];
+                        target = table[ntohs(packet.icp->icmp_seq) / packets];
                 } else {
                         memcpy(&data, &packet.icp6->icmp6_dataun.icmp6_un_data8[4], sizeof(data));
                         if (debug > 2) {
-                                printf("ICMP echo-reply of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X\n", (unsigned long)sizeof(data), ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_id),
-                                           ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq), packet.icp6->icmp6_cksum);
+                                printf("ICMP echo-reply of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X\n", sizeof(data),
+                                           ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_id), ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq),
+                                           packet.icp6->icmp6_cksum);
                         }
-                        host = table[ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq) / packets];
+                        target = table[ntohs(packet.icp6->icmp6_seq) / packets];
                 }
 
-                tdiff = get_timevaldiff(&data.stime, &now);
+                time_t tdiff = get_timevaldiff(data.stime, packet_received_timestamp);
 
-                if (host->last_tdiff > 0) {
+                if (target->last_tdiff > 0) {
                         /* Calculate jitter */
-                        if (host->last_tdiff > tdiff) {
-                                jitter_tmp = host->last_tdiff - tdiff;
+                        double jitter_tmp;
+                        if (target->last_tdiff > tdiff) {
+                                jitter_tmp = (double)(target->last_tdiff - tdiff);
                         } else {
-                                jitter_tmp = tdiff - host->last_tdiff;
+                                jitter_tmp = (double)(tdiff - target->last_tdiff);
                         }
 
-                        if (host->jitter == 0) {
-                                host->jitter = jitter_tmp;
-                                host->jitter_max = jitter_tmp;
-                                host->jitter_min = jitter_tmp;
+                        if (target->jitter == 0) {
+                                target->jitter = jitter_tmp;
+                                target->jitter_max = jitter_tmp;
+                                target->jitter_min = jitter_tmp;
                         } else {
-                                host->jitter += jitter_tmp;
+                                target->jitter += jitter_tmp;
 
-                                if (jitter_tmp < host->jitter_min) {
-                                        host->jitter_min = jitter_tmp;
+                                if (jitter_tmp < target->jitter_min) {
+                                        target->jitter_min = jitter_tmp;
                                 }
 
-                                if (jitter_tmp > host->jitter_max) {
-                                        host->jitter_max = jitter_tmp;
+                                if (jitter_tmp > target->jitter_max) {
+                                        target->jitter_max = jitter_tmp;
                                 }
                         }
 
                         /* Check if packets in order */
-                        if (host->last_icmp_seq >= packet.icp->icmp_seq) {
-                                host->order_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        if (target->last_icmp_seq >= packet.icp->icmp_seq) {
+                                target->found_out_of_order_packets = true;
                         }
                 }
-                host->last_tdiff = tdiff;
+                target->last_tdiff = tdiff;
 
-                host->last_icmp_seq = packet.icp->icmp_seq;
+                target->last_icmp_seq = packet.icp->icmp_seq;
 
-                host->time_waited += tdiff;
-                host->icmp_recv++;
-                icmp_recv++;
+                target->time_waited += tdiff;
+                target->icmp_recv++;
+                program_state->icmp_recv++;
 
-                if (tdiff > (unsigned int)host->rtmax) {
-                        host->rtmax = tdiff;
+                if (tdiff > (unsigned int)target->rtmax) {
+                        target->rtmax = (double)tdiff;
                 }
 
-                if ((host->rtmin == INFINITY) || (tdiff < (unsigned int)host->rtmin)) {
-                        host->rtmin = tdiff;
+                if ((target->rtmin == INFINITY) || (tdiff < (unsigned int)target->rtmin)) {
+                        target->rtmin = (double)tdiff;
                 }
 
                 if (debug) {
                         char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
                         parse_address(&resp_addr, address, sizeof(address));
 
-                        switch (address_family) {
+                        switch (recv_foo.recv_proto) {
                         case AF_INET: {
-                                printf("%0.3f ms rtt from %s, outgoing ttl: %u, incoming ttl: %u, max: %0.3f, min: %0.3f\n", (float)tdiff / 1000, address,
-                                           ttl, ip->ip.ip_ttl, (float)host->rtmax / 1000, (float)host->rtmin / 1000);
+                                printf("%0.3f ms rtt from %s, incoming ttl: %u, max: %0.3f, min: %0.3f\n",
+                                           (float)tdiff / 1000, address, ip_header->ip.ip_ttl,
+                                           (float)target->rtmax / 1000, (float)target->rtmin / 1000);
                                 break;
                         };
                         case AF_INET6: {
-                                printf("%0.3f ms rtt from %s, outgoing ttl: %u, max: %0.3f, min: %0.3f\n", (float)tdiff / 1000, address, ttl,
-                                           (float)host->rtmax / 1000, (float)host->rtmin / 1000);
+                                printf("%0.3f ms rtt from %s, max: %0.3f, min: %0.3f\n", (float)tdiff / 1000,
+                                           address, (float)target->rtmax / 1000, (float)target->rtmin / 1000);
                         };
                         }
                 }
-
-                /* if we're in hostcheck mode, exit with limited printouts */
-                if (mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK) {
-                        printf("OK - %s responds to ICMP. Packet %u, rta %0.3fms|"
-                                   "pkt=%u;;;0;%u rta=%0.3f;%0.3f;%0.3f;;\n",
-                                   host->name, icmp_recv, (float)tdiff / 1000, icmp_recv, packets, (float)tdiff / 1000, (float)warn.rta / 1000,
-                                   (float)crit.rta / 1000);
-                        exit(STATE_OK);
-                }
         }
 
         free(packet.buf);
@@ -1137,38 +1270,28 @@ static int wait_for_reply(int sock, u_int t) {
 }
 
 /* the ping functions */
-static int send_icmp_ping(int sock, struct rta_host *host) {
-        long int len;
-        size_t addrlen;
-        struct icmp_ping_data data;
-        struct msghdr hdr;
-        struct iovec iov;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        void *buf = NULL;
-
-        if (sock == -1) {
-                errno = 0;
-                crash("Attempt to send on bogus socket");
-                return -1;
-        }
-
+static int send_icmp_ping(const check_icmp_socket_set sockset, ping_target *host,
+                                                  const unsigned short icmp_pkt_size, const uint16_t sender_id,
+                                                  check_icmp_state *program_state) {
+        void *buf = calloc(1, icmp_pkt_size);
         if (!buf) {
-                if (!(buf = malloc(icmp_pkt_size))) {
-                        crash("send_icmp_ping(): failed to malloc %d bytes for send buffer", icmp_pkt_size);
-                        return -1; /* might be reached if we're in debug mode */
-                }
+                crash("send_icmp_ping(): failed to malloc %d bytes for send buffer", icmp_pkt_size);
+                return -1; /* might be reached if we're in debug mode */
         }
-        memset(buf, 0, icmp_pkt_size);
 
-        if ((gettimeofday(&tv, &tz)) == -1) {
+        struct timeval current_time;
+        if ((gettimeofday(&current_time, NULL)) == -1) {
                 free(buf);
                 return -1;
         }
 
+        struct icmp_ping_data data;
         data.ping_id = 10; /* host->icmp.icmp_sent; */
-        memcpy(&data.stime, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+        memcpy(&data.stime, &current_time, sizeof(current_time));
 
-        if (address_family == AF_INET) {
+        socklen_t addrlen = 0;
+
+        if (host->address.ss_family == AF_INET) {
                 struct icmp *icp = (struct icmp *)buf;
                 addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 
@@ -1177,15 +1300,19 @@ static int send_icmp_ping(int sock, struct rta_host *host) {
                 icp->icmp_type = ICMP_ECHO;
                 icp->icmp_code = 0;
                 icp->icmp_cksum = 0;
-                icp->icmp_id = htons(pid);
+                icp->icmp_id = htons((uint16_t)sender_id);
                 icp->icmp_seq = htons(host->id++);
                 icp->icmp_cksum = icmp_checksum((uint16_t *)buf, (size_t)icmp_pkt_size);
 
                 if (debug > 2) {
-                        printf("Sending ICMP echo-request of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X to host %s\n", (unsigned long)sizeof(data),
-                                   ntohs(icp->icmp_id), ntohs(icp->icmp_seq), icp->icmp_cksum, host->name);
+                        char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                        parse_address((&host->address), address, sizeof(address));
+
+                        printf("Sending ICMP echo-request of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X to host %s\n",
+                                   sizeof(data), ntohs(icp->icmp_id), ntohs(icp->icmp_seq), icp->icmp_cksum,
+                                   address);
                 }
-        } else {
+        } else if (host->address.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
                 struct icmp6_hdr *icp6 = (struct icmp6_hdr *)buf;
                 addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
 
@@ -1194,659 +1321,431 @@ static int send_icmp_ping(int sock, struct rta_host *host) {
                 icp6->icmp6_type = ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST;
                 icp6->icmp6_code = 0;
                 icp6->icmp6_cksum = 0;
-                icp6->icmp6_id = htons(pid);
+                icp6->icmp6_id = htons((uint16_t)sender_id);
                 icp6->icmp6_seq = htons(host->id++);
                 // let checksum be calculated automatically
 
                 if (debug > 2) {
-                        printf("Sending ICMP echo-request of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X to host %s\n", (unsigned long)sizeof(data),
-                                   ntohs(icp6->icmp6_id), ntohs(icp6->icmp6_seq), icp6->icmp6_cksum, host->name);
+                        char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                        parse_address((&host->address), address, sizeof(address));
+
+                        printf("Sending ICMP echo-request of len %lu, id %u, seq %u, cksum 0x%X to target %s\n",
+                                   sizeof(data), ntohs(icp6->icmp6_id), ntohs(icp6->icmp6_seq), icp6->icmp6_cksum,
+                                   address);
                 }
+        } else {
+                // unknown address family
+                crash("unknown address family in %s", __func__);
         }
 
+        struct iovec iov;
         memset(&iov, 0, sizeof(iov));
         iov.iov_base = buf;
         iov.iov_len = icmp_pkt_size;
 
+        struct msghdr hdr;
         memset(&hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
-        hdr.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *)&host->saddr_in;
+        hdr.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *)&host->address;
         hdr.msg_namelen = addrlen;
         hdr.msg_iov = &iov;
         hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;
 
         errno = 0;
 
-/* MSG_CONFIRM is a linux thing and only available on linux kernels >= 2.3.15, see send(2) */
+        long int len;
+        /* MSG_CONFIRM is a linux thing and only available on linux kernels >= 2.3.15, see send(2) */
+        if (host->address.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+#ifdef MSG_CONFIRM
+                len = sendmsg(sockset.socket4, &hdr, MSG_CONFIRM);
+#else
+                len = sendmsg(sockset.socket4, &hdr, 0);
+#endif
+        } else if (host->address.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
 #ifdef MSG_CONFIRM
-        len = sendmsg(sock, &hdr, MSG_CONFIRM);
+                len = sendmsg(sockset.socket6, &hdr, MSG_CONFIRM);
 #else
-        len = sendmsg(sock, &hdr, 0);
+                len = sendmsg(sockset.socket6, &hdr, 0);
 #endif
+        } else {
+                assert(false);
+        }
 
         free(buf);
 
         if (len < 0 || (unsigned int)len != icmp_pkt_size) {
                 if (debug) {
                         char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-                        parse_address((struct sockaddr_storage *)&host->saddr_in, address, sizeof(address));
+                        parse_address((&host->address), address, sizeof(address));
                         printf("Failed to send ping to %s: %s\n", address, strerror(errno));
                 }
                 errno = 0;
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        icmp_sent++;
+        program_state->icmp_sent++;
         host->icmp_sent++;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int recvfrom_wto(int sock, void *buf, unsigned int len, struct sockaddr *saddr, u_int *timo, struct timeval *tv) {
-        u_int slen;
-        int n, ret;
-        struct timeval to, then, now;
-        fd_set rd, wr;
+static recvfrom_wto_wrapper recvfrom_wto(const check_icmp_socket_set sockset, void *buf,
+                                                                                 const unsigned int len, struct sockaddr *saddr,
+                                                                                 time_t *timeout, struct timeval *received_timestamp) {
 #ifdef HAVE_MSGHDR_MSG_CONTROL
         char ans_data[4096];
 #endif // HAVE_MSGHDR_MSG_CONTROL
-        struct msghdr hdr;
-        struct iovec iov;
 #ifdef SO_TIMESTAMP
         struct cmsghdr *chdr;
 #endif
 
-        if (!*timo) {
+        recvfrom_wto_wrapper result = {
+                .received = 0,
+                .recv_proto = AF_UNSPEC,
+        };
+
+        if (!*timeout) {
                 if (debug) {
-                        printf("*timo is not\n");
+                        printf("*timeout is not\n");
                 }
-                return 0;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        struct timeval real_timeout;
+        real_timeout.tv_sec = *timeout / 1000000;
+        real_timeout.tv_usec = (*timeout - (real_timeout.tv_sec * 1000000));
+
+        // Dummy fds for select
+        fd_set dummy_write_fds;
+        FD_ZERO(&dummy_write_fds);
+
+        // Read fds for select with the socket
+        fd_set read_fds;
+        FD_ZERO(&read_fds);
+
+        if (sockset.socket4 != -1) {
+                FD_SET(sockset.socket4, &read_fds);
+        }
+        if (sockset.socket6 != -1) {
+                FD_SET(sockset.socket6, &read_fds);
         }
 
-        to.tv_sec = *timo / 1000000;
-        to.tv_usec = (*timo - (to.tv_sec * 1000000));
+        int nfds = (sockset.socket4 > sockset.socket6 ? sockset.socket4 : sockset.socket6) + 1;
+
+        struct timeval then;
+        gettimeofday(&then, NULL);
 
-        FD_ZERO(&rd);
-        FD_ZERO(&wr);
-        FD_SET(sock, &rd);
         errno = 0;
-        gettimeofday(&then, &tz);
-        n = select(sock + 1, &rd, &wr, NULL, &to);
-        if (n < 0) {
+        int select_return = select(nfds, &read_fds, &dummy_write_fds, NULL, &real_timeout);
+        if (select_return < 0) {
                 crash("select() in recvfrom_wto");
         }
-        gettimeofday(&now, &tz);
-        *timo = get_timevaldiff(&then, &now);
 
-        if (!n) {
-                return 0; /* timeout */
+        struct timeval now;
+        gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+        *timeout = get_timevaldiff(then, now);
+
+        if (!select_return) {
+                return result; /* timeout */
         }
 
-        slen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
+        unsigned int slen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
 
-        memset(&iov, 0, sizeof(iov));
-        iov.iov_base = buf;
-        iov.iov_len = len;
+        struct iovec iov = {
+                .iov_base = buf,
+                .iov_len = len,
+        };
 
-        memset(&hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
-        hdr.msg_name = saddr;
-        hdr.msg_namelen = slen;
-        hdr.msg_iov = &iov;
-        hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;
+        struct msghdr hdr = {
+                .msg_name = saddr,
+                .msg_namelen = slen,
+                .msg_iov = &iov,
+                .msg_iovlen = 1,
 #ifdef HAVE_MSGHDR_MSG_CONTROL
-        hdr.msg_control = ans_data;
-        hdr.msg_controllen = sizeof(ans_data);
+                .msg_control = ans_data,
+                .msg_controllen = sizeof(ans_data),
 #endif
+        };
+
+        ssize_t ret;
+        if (FD_ISSET(sockset.socket4, &read_fds)) {
+                ret = recvmsg(sockset.socket4, &hdr, 0);
+                result.recv_proto = AF_INET;
+        } else if (FD_ISSET(sockset.socket6, &read_fds)) {
+                ret = recvmsg(sockset.socket6, &hdr, 0);
+                result.recv_proto = AF_INET6;
+        } else {
+                assert(false);
+        }
+
+        result.received = ret;
 
-        ret = recvmsg(sock, &hdr, 0);
 #ifdef SO_TIMESTAMP
         for (chdr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&hdr); chdr; chdr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&hdr, chdr)) {
-                if (chdr->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET && chdr->cmsg_type == SO_TIMESTAMP && chdr->cmsg_len >= CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct timeval))) {
-                        memcpy(tv, CMSG_DATA(chdr), sizeof(*tv));
+                if (chdr->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET && chdr->cmsg_type == SO_TIMESTAMP &&
+                        chdr->cmsg_len >= CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct timeval))) {
+                        memcpy(received_timestamp, CMSG_DATA(chdr), sizeof(*received_timestamp));
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (!chdr)
+        if (!chdr) {
+                gettimeofday(received_timestamp, NULL);
+        }
+#else
+        gettimeofday(tv, NULL);
 #endif // SO_TIMESTAMP
-                gettimeofday(tv, &tz);
-        return (ret);
-}
 
-static void finish(int sig) {
-        u_int i = 0;
-        unsigned char pl;
-        double rta;
-        struct rta_host *host;
-        const char *status_string[] = {"OK", "WARNING", "CRITICAL", "UNKNOWN", "DEPENDENT"};
-        int hosts_ok = 0;
-        int hosts_warn = 0;
-        int this_status;
-        double R;
+        return (result);
+}
 
+static void finish(int sig, check_icmp_mode_switches modes, int min_hosts_alive,
+                                   check_icmp_threshold warn, check_icmp_threshold crit,
+                                   const unsigned short number_of_targets, check_icmp_state *program_state,
+                                   check_icmp_target_container host_list[], unsigned short number_of_hosts,
+                                   mp_check overall[static 1]) {
+        // Deactivate alarm
         alarm(0);
+
         if (debug > 1) {
                 printf("finish(%d) called\n", sig);
         }
 
-        if (icmp_sock != -1) {
-                close(icmp_sock);
-        }
-        if (udp_sock != -1) {
-                close(udp_sock);
-        }
-        if (tcp_sock != -1) {
-                close(tcp_sock);
-        }
-
         if (debug) {
-                printf("icmp_sent: %u  icmp_recv: %u  icmp_lost: %u\n", icmp_sent, icmp_recv, icmp_lost);
-                printf("targets: %u  targets_alive: %u\n", targets, targets_alive);
+                printf("icmp_sent: %u  icmp_recv: %u  icmp_lost: %u\n", program_state->icmp_sent,
+                           program_state->icmp_recv, program_state->icmp_lost);
+                printf("targets: %u  targets_alive: %u\n", number_of_targets,
+                           targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down));
         }
 
-        /* iterate thrice to calculate values, give output, and print perfparse */
-        status = STATE_OK;
-        host = list;
-
-        while (host) {
-                this_status = STATE_OK;
-
-                if (!host->icmp_recv) {
-                        /* rta 0 is ofcourse not entirely correct, but will still show up
-                         * conspicuously as missing entries in perfparse and cacti */
-                        pl = 100;
-                        rta = 0;
-                        status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        /* up the down counter if not already counted */
-                        if (!(host->flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) && targets_alive) {
-                                targets_down++;
-                        }
-                } else {
-                        pl = ((host->icmp_sent - host->icmp_recv) * 100) / host->icmp_sent;
-                        rta = (double)host->time_waited / host->icmp_recv;
-                }
-
-                if (host->icmp_recv > 1) {
-                        /*
-                         * This algorithm is probably pretty much blindly copied from
-                         * locations like this one: https://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon/tutorial.html#mos
-                         * It calculates a MOS value (range of 1 to 5, where 1 is bad and 5 really good).
-                         * According to some quick research MOS originates from the Audio/Video transport network area.
-                         * Whether it can and should be computed from ICMP data, I can not say.
-                         *
-                         * Anyway the basic idea is to map a value "R" with a range of 0-100 to the MOS value
-                         *
-                         * MOS stands likely for Mean Opinion Score ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Opinion_Score )
-                         *
-                         * More links:
-                         * - https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/IEPM/MOS
-                         */
-                        host->jitter = (host->jitter / (host->icmp_recv - 1) / 1000);
-
-                        /*
-                         * Take the average round trip latency (in milliseconds), add
-                         * round trip jitter, but double the impact to latency
-                         * then add 10 for protocol latencies (in milliseconds).
-                         */
-                        host->EffectiveLatency = (rta / 1000) + host->jitter * 2 + 10;
-
-                        if (host->EffectiveLatency < 160) {
-                                R = 93.2 - (host->EffectiveLatency / 40);
-                        } else {
-                                R = 93.2 - ((host->EffectiveLatency - 120) / 10);
-                        }
-
-                        // Now, let us deduct 2.5 R values per percentage of packet loss (i.e. a
-                        // loss of 5% will be entered as 5).
-                        R = R - (pl * 2.5);
-
-                        if (R < 0) {
-                                R = 0;
-                        }
-
-                        host->score = R;
-                        host->mos = 1 + ((0.035) * R) + ((.000007) * R * (R - 60) * (100 - R));
-                } else {
-                        host->jitter = 0;
-                        host->jitter_min = 0;
-                        host->jitter_max = 0;
-                        host->mos = 0;
-                }
-
-                host->pl = pl;
-                host->rta = rta;
-
-                /* if no new mode selected, use old schema */
-                if (!rta_mode && !pl_mode && !jitter_mode && !score_mode && !mos_mode && !order_mode) {
-                        rta_mode = true;
-                        pl_mode = true;
-                }
-
-                /* Check which mode is on and do the warn / Crit stuff */
-                if (rta_mode) {
-                        if (rta >= crit.rta) {
-                                this_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                host->rta_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL && (rta >= warn.rta)) {
-                                this_status = (this_status <= STATE_WARNING ? STATE_WARNING : this_status);
-                                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                                host->rta_status = STATE_WARNING;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (pl_mode) {
-                        if (pl >= crit.pl) {
-                                this_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                host->pl_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL && (pl >= warn.pl)) {
-                                this_status = (this_status <= STATE_WARNING ? STATE_WARNING : this_status);
-                                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                                host->pl_status = STATE_WARNING;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (jitter_mode) {
-                        if (host->jitter >= crit.jitter) {
-                                this_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                host->jitter_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL && (host->jitter >= warn.jitter)) {
-                                this_status = (this_status <= STATE_WARNING ? STATE_WARNING : this_status);
-                                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                                host->jitter_status = STATE_WARNING;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (mos_mode) {
-                        if (host->mos <= crit.mos) {
-                                this_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                host->mos_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL && (host->mos <= warn.mos)) {
-                                this_status = (this_status <= STATE_WARNING ? STATE_WARNING : this_status);
-                                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                                host->mos_status = STATE_WARNING;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (score_mode) {
-                        if (host->score <= crit.score) {
-                                this_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                host->score_status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL && (host->score <= warn.score)) {
-                                this_status = (this_status <= STATE_WARNING ? STATE_WARNING : this_status);
-                                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                                host->score_status = STATE_WARNING;
-                        }
-                }
+        // loop over targets to evaluate each one
+        int targets_ok = 0;
+        int targets_warn = 0;
+        for (unsigned short i = 0; i < number_of_hosts; i++) {
+                evaluate_host_wrapper host_check = evaluate_host(host_list[i], modes, warn, crit);
 
-                if (this_status == STATE_WARNING) {
-                        hosts_warn++;
-                } else if (this_status == STATE_OK) {
-                        hosts_ok++;
-                }
+                targets_ok += host_check.targets_ok;
+                targets_warn += host_check.targets_warn;
 
-                host = host->next;
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, host_check.sc_host);
         }
 
-        /* this is inevitable */
-        if (!targets_alive) {
-                status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        }
         if (min_hosts_alive > -1) {
-                if (hosts_ok >= min_hosts_alive) {
-                        status = STATE_OK;
-                } else if ((hosts_ok + hosts_warn) >= min_hosts_alive) {
-                        status = STATE_WARNING;
-                }
-        }
-        printf("%s - ", status_string[status]);
-
-        host = list;
-        while (host) {
-                if (debug) {
-                        puts("");
-                }
-
-                if (i) {
-                        if (i < targets) {
-                                printf(" :: ");
-                        } else {
-                                printf("\n");
-                        }
-                }
-
-                i++;
-
-                if (!host->icmp_recv) {
-                        status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        host->rtmin = 0;
-                        host->jitter_min = 0;
-
-                        if (host->flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) {
-                                char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-                                parse_address(&host->error_addr, address, sizeof(address));
-                                printf("%s: %s @ %s. rta nan, lost %d%%", host->name, get_icmp_error_msg(host->icmp_type, host->icmp_code), address, 100);
-                        } else { /* not marked as lost cause, so we have no flags for it */
-                                printf("%s: rta nan, lost 100%%", host->name);
-                        }
-                } else { /* !icmp_recv */
-                        printf("%s", host->name);
-                        /* rta text output */
-                        if (rta_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" rta %0.3fms", host->rta / 1000);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_WARNING && host->rta_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" rta %0.3fms > %0.3fms", (float)host->rta / 1000, (float)warn.rta / 1000);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->rta_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" rta %0.3fms > %0.3fms", (float)host->rta / 1000, (float)crit.rta / 1000);
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* pl text output */
-                        if (pl_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" lost %u%%", host->pl);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_WARNING && host->pl_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" lost %u%% > %u%%", host->pl, warn.pl);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->pl_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" lost %u%% > %u%%", host->pl, crit.pl);
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* jitter text output */
-                        if (jitter_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" jitter %0.3fms", (float)host->jitter);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_WARNING && host->jitter_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" jitter %0.3fms > %0.3fms", (float)host->jitter, warn.jitter);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->jitter_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" jitter %0.3fms > %0.3fms", (float)host->jitter, crit.jitter);
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* mos text output */
-                        if (mos_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" MOS %0.1f", (float)host->mos);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_WARNING && host->mos_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" MOS %0.1f < %0.1f", (float)host->mos, (float)warn.mos);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->mos_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" MOS %0.1f < %0.1f", (float)host->mos, (float)crit.mos);
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* score text output */
-                        if (score_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" Score %u", (int)host->score);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_WARNING && host->score_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" Score %u < %u", (int)host->score, (int)warn.score);
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->score_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" Score %u < %u", (int)host->score, (int)crit.score);
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* order statis text output */
-                        if (order_mode) {
-                                if (status == STATE_OK) {
-                                        printf(" Packets in order");
-                                } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL && host->order_status == status) {
-                                        printf(" Packets out of order");
-                                }
-                        }
-                }
-                host = host->next;
-        }
-
-        /* iterate once more for pretty perfparse output */
-        if (!(!rta_mode && !pl_mode && !jitter_mode && !score_mode && !mos_mode && order_mode)) {
-                printf("|");
-        }
-        i = 0;
-        host = list;
-        while (host) {
-                if (debug) {
-                        puts("");
-                }
-
-                if (rta_mode) {
-                        if (host->pl < 100) {
-                                printf("%srta=%0.3fms;%0.3f;%0.3f;0; %srtmax=%0.3fms;;;; %srtmin=%0.3fms;;;; ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           host->rta / 1000, (float)warn.rta / 1000, (float)crit.rta / 1000, (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           (float)host->rtmax / 1000, (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           (host->rtmin < INFINITY) ? (float)host->rtmin / 1000 : (float)0);
-                        } else {
-                                printf("%srta=U;;;; %srtmax=U;;;; %srtmin=U;;;; ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           (targets > 1) ? host->name : "");
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (pl_mode) {
-                        printf("%spl=%u%%;%u;%u;0;100 ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", host->pl, warn.pl, crit.pl);
-                }
-
-                if (jitter_mode) {
-                        if (host->pl < 100) {
-                                printf("%sjitter_avg=%0.3fms;%0.3f;%0.3f;0; %sjitter_max=%0.3fms;;;; %sjitter_min=%0.3fms;;;; ",
-                                           (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (float)host->jitter, (float)warn.jitter, (float)crit.jitter,
-                                           (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (float)host->jitter_max / 1000, (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           (float)host->jitter_min / 1000);
-                        } else {
-                                printf("%sjitter_avg=U;;;; %sjitter_max=U;;;; %sjitter_min=U;;;; ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "",
-                                           (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "");
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (mos_mode) {
-                        if (host->pl < 100) {
-                                printf("%smos=%0.1f;%0.1f;%0.1f;0;5 ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (float)host->mos, (float)warn.mos, (float)crit.mos);
-                        } else {
-                                printf("%smos=U;;;; ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "");
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if (score_mode) {
-                        if (host->pl < 100) {
-                                printf("%sscore=%u;%u;%u;0;100 ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "", (int)host->score, (int)warn.score, (int)crit.score);
-                        } else {
-                                printf("%sscore=U;;;; ", (targets > 1) ? host->name : "");
-                        }
+                mp_subcheck sc_min_targets_alive = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_min_targets_alive = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_min_targets_alive, STATE_OK);
+
+                if (targets_ok >= min_hosts_alive) {
+                        sc_min_targets_alive = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_min_targets_alive, STATE_OK);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_min_targets_alive.output, "%u targets OK of a minimum of %u", targets_ok,
+                                          min_hosts_alive);
+
+                        // Overwrite main state here
+                        overall->evaluation_function = &mp_eval_ok;
+                } else if ((targets_ok + targets_warn) >= min_hosts_alive) {
+                        sc_min_targets_alive = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_min_targets_alive, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_min_targets_alive.output, "%u targets OK or Warning of a minimum of %u",
+                                          targets_ok + targets_warn, min_hosts_alive);
+                        overall->evaluation_function = &mp_eval_warning;
+                } else {
+                        sc_min_targets_alive = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_min_targets_alive, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_min_targets_alive.output, "%u targets OK or Warning of a minimum of %u",
+                                          targets_ok + targets_warn, min_hosts_alive);
+                        overall->evaluation_function = &mp_eval_critical;
                 }
 
-                host = host->next;
-        }
-
-        if (min_hosts_alive > -1) {
-                if (hosts_ok >= min_hosts_alive) {
-                        status = STATE_OK;
-                } else if ((hosts_ok + hosts_warn) >= min_hosts_alive) {
-                        status = STATE_WARNING;
-                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, sc_min_targets_alive);
         }
 
         /* finish with an empty line */
-        puts("");
         if (debug) {
-                printf("targets: %u, targets_alive: %u, hosts_ok: %u, hosts_warn: %u, min_hosts_alive: %i\n", targets, targets_alive, hosts_ok,
-                           hosts_warn, min_hosts_alive);
+                printf(
+                        "targets: %u, targets_alive: %u, hosts_ok: %u, hosts_warn: %u, min_hosts_alive: %i\n",
+                        number_of_targets, targets_alive(number_of_targets, program_state->targets_down),
+                        targets_ok, targets_warn, min_hosts_alive);
         }
-
-        exit(status);
 }
 
-static u_int get_timevaldiff(struct timeval *early, struct timeval *later) {
-        u_int ret;
-        struct timeval now;
-
-        if (!later) {
-                gettimeofday(&now, &tz);
-                later = &now;
-        }
-        if (!early) {
-                early = &prog_start;
-        }
-
+static time_t get_timevaldiff(const struct timeval earlier, const struct timeval later) {
         /* if early > later we return 0 so as to indicate a timeout */
-        if (early->tv_sec > later->tv_sec || (early->tv_sec == later->tv_sec && early->tv_usec > later->tv_usec)) {
+        if (earlier.tv_sec > later.tv_sec ||
+                (earlier.tv_sec == later.tv_sec && earlier.tv_usec > later.tv_usec)) {
                 return 0;
         }
-        ret = (later->tv_sec - early->tv_sec) * 1000000;
-        ret += later->tv_usec - early->tv_usec;
+
+        time_t ret = (later.tv_sec - earlier.tv_sec) * 1000000;
+        ret += later.tv_usec - earlier.tv_usec;
 
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int add_target_ip(char *arg, struct sockaddr_storage *in) {
-        struct rta_host *host;
-        struct sockaddr_in *sin, *host_sin;
-        struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6, *host_sin6;
+static time_t get_timevaldiff_to_now(struct timeval earlier) {
+        struct timeval now;
+        gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+
+        return get_timevaldiff(earlier, now);
+}
+
+static add_target_ip_wrapper add_target_ip(struct sockaddr_storage address) {
+        assert((address.ss_family == AF_INET) || (address.ss_family == AF_INET6));
 
-        if (address_family == AF_INET) {
-                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)in;
+        if (debug) {
+                char straddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+                parse_address((&address), straddr, sizeof(straddr));
+                printf("add_target_ip called with: %s\n", straddr);
+        }
+        struct sockaddr_in *sin;
+        struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;
+        if (address.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&address;
+        } else if (address.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+                sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&address;
         } else {
-                sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)in;
+                assert(false);
         }
 
+        add_target_ip_wrapper result = {
+                .error_code = OK,
+                .target = NULL,
+        };
+
         /* disregard obviously stupid addresses
          * (I didn't find an ipv6 equivalent to INADDR_NONE) */
-        if (((address_family == AF_INET && (sin->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE || sin->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_ANY))) ||
-                (address_family == AF_INET6 && (sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr == in6addr_any.s6_addr))) {
-                return -1;
+        if (((address.ss_family == AF_INET &&
+                  (sin->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE || sin->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_ANY))) ||
+                (address.ss_family == AF_INET6 && (sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr == in6addr_any.s6_addr))) {
+                result.error_code = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        /* no point in adding two identical IP's, so don't. ;) */
-        host = list;
-        while (host) {
-                host_sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&host->saddr_in;
-                host_sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&host->saddr_in;
-
-                if ((address_family == AF_INET && host_sin->sin_addr.s_addr == sin->sin_addr.s_addr) ||
-                        (address_family == AF_INET6 && host_sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr == sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr)) {
-                        if (debug) {
-                                printf("Identical IP already exists. Not adding %s\n", arg);
-                        }
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                host = host->next;
-        }
+        // get string representation of address
+        char straddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+        parse_address((&address), straddr, sizeof(straddr));
 
         /* add the fresh ip */
-        host = (struct rta_host *)malloc(sizeof(struct rta_host));
-        if (!host) {
-                char straddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-                parse_address((struct sockaddr_storage *)&in, straddr, sizeof(straddr));
-                crash("add_target_ip(%s, %s): malloc(%lu) failed", arg, straddr, sizeof(struct rta_host));
+        ping_target *target = (ping_target *)calloc(1, sizeof(ping_target));
+        if (!target) {
+                crash("add_target_ip(%s): malloc(%lu) failed", straddr, sizeof(ping_target));
         }
-        memset(host, 0, sizeof(struct rta_host));
 
-        /* set the values. use calling name for output */
-        host->name = strdup(arg);
+        ping_target_create_wrapper target_wrapper = ping_target_create(address);
 
-        /* fill out the sockaddr_storage struct */
-        if (address_family == AF_INET) {
-                host_sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&host->saddr_in;
-                host_sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
-                host_sin->sin_addr.s_addr = sin->sin_addr.s_addr;
+        if (target_wrapper.errorcode == OK) {
+                *target = target_wrapper.host;
+                result.target = target;
         } else {
-                host_sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&host->saddr_in;
-                host_sin6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-                memcpy(host_sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr, sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr, sizeof host_sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr);
-        }
-
-        /* fill out the sockaddr_in struct */
-        host->rtmin = INFINITY;
-        host->rtmax = 0;
-        host->jitter = 0;
-        host->jitter_max = 0;
-        host->jitter_min = INFINITY;
-        host->last_tdiff = 0;
-        host->order_status = STATE_OK;
-        host->last_icmp_seq = 0;
-        host->rta_status = 0;
-        host->pl_status = 0;
-        host->jitter_status = 0;
-        host->mos_status = 0;
-        host->score_status = 0;
-        host->pl_status = 0;
-
-        if (!list) {
-                list = cursor = host;
-        } else {
-                cursor->next = host;
+                result.error_code = target_wrapper.errorcode;
         }
 
-        cursor = host;
-        targets++;
-
-        return 0;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* wrapper for add_target_ip */
-static int add_target(char *arg) {
-        int error, result = -1;
-        struct sockaddr_storage ip;
-        struct addrinfo hints, *res, *p;
-        struct sockaddr_in *sin;
-        struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;
-
-        switch (address_family) {
-        case -1:
-                /* -4 and -6 are not specified on cmdline */
-                address_family = AF_INET;
-                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
-                result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
-                if (result != 1) {
-                        address_family = AF_INET6;
-                        sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ip;
-                        result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
-                }
-#endif
-                /* If we don't find any valid addresses, we still don't know the address_family */
-                if (result != 1) {
-                        address_family = -1;
+static add_target_wrapper add_target(char *arg, const check_icmp_execution_mode mode,
+                                                                         sa_family_t enforced_proto) {
+        if (debug > 0) {
+                printf("add_target called with argument %s\n", arg);
+        }
+
+        struct sockaddr_storage address_storage = {};
+        struct sockaddr_in *sin = NULL;
+        struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6 = NULL;
+        int error_code = -1;
+
+        switch (enforced_proto) {
+        case AF_UNSPEC:
+                /*
+                 * no enforced protocol family
+                 * try to parse the address with each one
+                 */
+                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&address_storage;
+                error_code = inet_pton(AF_INET, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
+                address_storage.ss_family = AF_INET;
+
+                if (error_code != 1) {
+                        sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&address_storage;
+                        error_code = inet_pton(AF_INET6, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
+                        address_storage.ss_family = AF_INET6;
                 }
                 break;
         case AF_INET:
-                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
-                result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
+                sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&address_storage;
+                error_code = inet_pton(AF_INET, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
+                address_storage.ss_family = AF_INET;
                 break;
         case AF_INET6:
-                sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ip;
-                result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
+                sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&address_storage;
+                error_code = inet_pton(AF_INET, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
+                address_storage.ss_family = AF_INET6;
                 break;
         default:
                 crash("Address family not supported");
         }
 
-        /* don't resolve if we don't have to */
-        if (result == 1) {
+        add_target_wrapper result = {
+                .error_code = OK,
+                .targets = NULL,
+                .has_v4 = false,
+                .has_v6 = false,
+        };
+
+        // if error_code == 1 the address was a valid address parsed above
+        if (error_code == 1) {
                 /* don't add all ip's if we were given a specific one */
-                return add_target_ip(arg, &ip);
-        } else {
-                errno = 0;
-                memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-                if (address_family == -1) {
-                        hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
-                } else {
-                        hints.ai_family = address_family == AF_INET ? PF_INET : PF_INET6;
+                add_target_ip_wrapper targeted = add_target_ip(address_storage);
+
+                if (targeted.error_code != OK) {
+                        result.error_code = ERROR;
+                        return result;
                 }
-                hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
-                if ((error = getaddrinfo(arg, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
-                        errno = 0;
-                        crash("Failed to resolve %s: %s", arg, gai_strerror(error));
-                        return -1;
+
+                if (targeted.target->address.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+                        result.has_v4 = true;
+                } else if (targeted.target->address.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+                        result.has_v6 = true;
+                } else {
+                        assert(false);
                 }
-                address_family = res->ai_family;
+                result.targets = targeted.target;
+                result.number_of_targets = 1;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        struct addrinfo hints = {};
+        errno = 0;
+        hints.ai_family = enforced_proto;
+        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
+
+        int error;
+        struct addrinfo *res;
+        if ((error = getaddrinfo(arg, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
+                errno = 0;
+                crash("Failed to resolve %s: %s", arg, gai_strerror(error));
+                result.error_code = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
         /* possibly add all the IP's as targets */
-        for (p = res; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) {
-                memcpy(&ip, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen);
-                add_target_ip(arg, &ip);
+        for (struct addrinfo *address = res; address != NULL; address = address->ai_next) {
+                struct sockaddr_storage temporary_ip_address;
+                memcpy(&temporary_ip_address, address->ai_addr, address->ai_addrlen);
+
+                add_target_ip_wrapper tmp = add_target_ip(temporary_ip_address);
+
+                if (tmp.error_code != OK) {
+                        // No proper error handling
+                        // What to do?
+                } else {
+                        if (result.targets == NULL) {
+                                result.targets = tmp.target;
+                                result.number_of_targets = 1;
+                        } else {
+                                result.number_of_targets += ping_target_list_append(result.targets, tmp.target);
+                        }
+                        if (address->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+                                result.has_v4 = true;
+                        } else if (address->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+                                result.has_v6 = true;
+                        }
+                }
 
                 /* this is silly, but it works */
                 if (mode == MODE_HOSTCHECK || mode == MODE_ALL) {
@@ -1855,18 +1754,20 @@ static int add_target(char *arg) {
                         }
                         continue;
                 }
+
+                // Abort after first hit if not in of the modes above
                 break;
         }
         freeaddrinfo(res);
 
-        return 0;
+        return result;
 }
 
-static void set_source_ip(char *arg) {
+static void set_source_ip(char *arg, const int icmp_sock, sa_family_t addr_family) {
         struct sockaddr_in src;
 
         memset(&src, 0, sizeof(src));
-        src.sin_family = address_family;
+        src.sin_family = addr_family;
         if ((src.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(arg)) == INADDR_NONE) {
                 src.sin_addr.s_addr = get_ip_address(arg);
         }
@@ -1878,8 +1779,8 @@ static void set_source_ip(char *arg) {
 /* TODO: Move this to netutils.c and also change check_dhcp to use that. */
 static in_addr_t get_ip_address(const char *ifname) {
         // TODO: Rewrite this so the function return an error and we exit somewhere else
-        struct sockaddr_in ip;
-        ip.sin_addr.s_addr = 0; // Fake initialization to make compiler happy
+        struct sockaddr_in ip_address;
+        ip_address.sin_addr.s_addr = 0; // Fake initialization to make compiler happy
 #if defined(SIOCGIFADDR)
         struct ifreq ifr;
 
@@ -1897,7 +1798,7 @@ static in_addr_t get_ip_address(const char *ifname) {
         errno = 0;
         crash("Cannot get interface IP address on this platform.");
 #endif
-        return ip.sin_addr.s_addr;
+        return ip_address.sin_addr.s_addr;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1906,103 +1807,127 @@ static in_addr_t get_ip_address(const char *ifname) {
  * s = seconds
  * return value is in microseconds
  */
-static u_int get_timevar(const char *str) {
-        char p, u, *ptr;
-        size_t len;
-        u_int i, d;          /* integer and decimal, respectively */
-        u_int factor = 1000; /* default to milliseconds */
+static get_timevar_wrapper get_timevar(const char *str) {
+        get_timevar_wrapper result = {
+                .error_code = OK,
+                .time_range = 0,
+        };
 
         if (!str) {
-                return 0;
+                result.error_code = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
-        len = strlen(str);
+
+        size_t len = strlen(str);
         if (!len) {
-                return 0;
+                result.error_code = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
         /* unit might be given as ms|m (millisec),
          * us|u (microsec) or just plain s, for seconds */
-        p = '\0';
-        u = str[len - 1];
+        char tmp = '\0';
+        char unit = str[len - 1];
         if (len >= 2 && !isdigit((int)str[len - 2])) {
-                p = str[len - 2];
+                tmp = str[len - 2];
         }
-        if (p && u == 's') {
-                u = p;
-        } else if (!p) {
-                p = u;
+
+        if (tmp && unit == 's') {
+                unit = tmp;
+        } else if (!tmp) {
+                tmp = unit;
         }
+
         if (debug > 2) {
-                printf("evaluating %s, u: %c, p: %c\n", str, u, p);
+                printf("evaluating %s, u: %c, p: %c\n", str, unit, tmp);
         }
 
-        if (u == 'u') {
+        unsigned int factor = 1000; /* default to milliseconds */
+        if (unit == 'u') {
                 factor = 1; /* microseconds */
-        } else if (u == 'm') {
+        } else if (unit == 'm') {
                 factor = 1000; /* milliseconds */
-        } else if (u == 's') {
+        } else if (unit == 's') {
                 factor = 1000000; /* seconds */
         }
+
         if (debug > 2) {
                 printf("factor is %u\n", factor);
         }
 
-        i = strtoul(str, &ptr, 0);
+        char *ptr;
+        unsigned long pre_radix;
+        pre_radix = strtoul(str, &ptr, 0);
         if (!ptr || *ptr != '.' || strlen(ptr) < 2 || factor == 1) {
-                return i * factor;
+                result.time_range = (unsigned int)(pre_radix * factor);
+                return result;
         }
 
         /* time specified in usecs can't have decimal points, so ignore them */
         if (factor == 1) {
-                return i;
+                result.time_range = (unsigned int)pre_radix;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        d = strtoul(ptr + 1, NULL, 0);
+        /* integer and decimal, respectively */
+        unsigned int post_radix = (unsigned int)strtoul(ptr + 1, NULL, 0);
 
         /* d is decimal, so get rid of excess digits */
-        while (d >= factor) {
-                d /= 10;
+        while (post_radix >= factor) {
+                post_radix /= 10;
         }
 
         /* the last parenthesis avoids floating point exceptions. */
-        return ((i * factor) + (d * (factor / 10)));
+        result.time_range = (unsigned int)((pre_radix * factor) + (post_radix * (factor / 10)));
+        return result;
 }
 
-/* not too good at checking errors, but it'll do (main() should barfe on -1) */
-static int get_threshold(char *str, threshold *th) {
-        char *p = NULL, i = 0;
+static get_threshold_wrapper get_threshold(char *str, check_icmp_threshold threshold) {
+        get_threshold_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .threshold = threshold,
+        };
 
-        if (!str || !strlen(str) || !th) {
-                return -1;
+        if (!str || !strlen(str)) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
         /* pointer magic slims code by 10 lines. i is bof-stop on stupid libc's */
-        p = &str[strlen(str) - 1];
-        while (p != &str[1]) {
-                if (*p == '%') {
-                        *p = '\0';
-                } else if (*p == ',' && i) {
-                        *p = '\0'; /* reset it so get_timevar(str) works nicely later */
-                        th->pl = (unsigned char)strtoul(p + 1, NULL, 0);
+        bool is_at_last_char = false;
+        char *tmp = &str[strlen(str) - 1];
+        while (tmp != &str[1]) {
+                if (*tmp == '%') {
+                        *tmp = '\0';
+                } else if (*tmp == ',' && is_at_last_char) {
+                        *tmp = '\0'; /* reset it so get_timevar(str) works nicely later */
+                        result.threshold.pl = (unsigned char)strtoul(tmp + 1, NULL, 0);
                         break;
                 }
-                i = 1;
-                p--;
+                is_at_last_char = true;
+                tmp--;
         }
-        th->rta = get_timevar(str);
 
-        if (!th->rta) {
-                return -1;
+        get_timevar_wrapper parsed_time = get_timevar(str);
+
+        if (parsed_time.error_code == OK) {
+                result.threshold.rta = parsed_time.time_range;
+        } else {
+                if (debug > 1) {
+                        printf("%s: failed to parse rta threshold\n", __FUNCTION__);
+                }
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        if (th->rta > MAXTTL * 1000000) {
-                th->rta = MAXTTL * 1000000;
+        if (result.threshold.rta > MAXTTL * 1000000) {
+                result.threshold.rta = MAXTTL * 1000000;
         }
-        if (th->pl > 100) {
-                th->pl = 100;
+        if (result.threshold.pl > 100) {
+                result.threshold.pl = 100;
         }
 
-        return 0;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2013,184 +1938,537 @@ static int get_threshold(char *str, threshold *th) {
  * @param[in] length strlen(str)
  * @param[out] warn Pointer to the warn threshold struct to which the values should be assigned
  * @param[out] crit Pointer to the crit threshold struct to which the values should be assigned
- * @param[in] mode Determines whether this a threshold for rta, packet_loss, jitter, mos or score (exclusively)
+ * @param[in] mode Determines whether this a threshold for rta, packet_loss, jitter, mos or score
+ * (exclusively)
  */
-static bool get_threshold2(char *str, size_t length, threshold *warn, threshold *crit, threshold_mode mode) {
-        if (!str || !length || !warn || !crit) {
-                return false;
+static get_threshold2_wrapper get_threshold2(char *str, size_t length, check_icmp_threshold warn,
+                                                                                         check_icmp_threshold crit, threshold_mode mode) {
+        get_threshold2_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .warn = warn,
+                .crit = crit,
+        };
+
+        if (!str || !length) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
         // p points to the last char in str
-        char *p = &str[length - 1];
+        char *work_pointer = &str[length - 1];
 
         // first_iteration is bof-stop on stupid libc's
         bool first_iteration = true;
 
-        while (p != &str[0]) {
-                if ((*p == 'm') || (*p == '%')) {
-                        *p = '\0';
-                } else if (*p == ',' && !first_iteration) {
-                        *p = '\0'; /* reset it so get_timevar(str) works nicely later */
+        while (work_pointer != &str[0]) {
+                if ((*work_pointer == 'm') || (*work_pointer == '%')) {
+                        *work_pointer = '\0';
+                } else if (*work_pointer == ',' && !first_iteration) {
+                        *work_pointer = '\0'; /* reset it so get_timevar(str) works nicely later */
 
-                        char *start_of_value = p + 1;
+                        char *start_of_value = work_pointer + 1;
 
-                        if (!parse_threshold2_helper(start_of_value, strlen(start_of_value), crit, mode)) {
-                                return false;
+                        parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper tmp =
+                                parse_threshold2_helper(start_of_value, strlen(start_of_value), result.crit, mode);
+                        if (tmp.errorcode != OK) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
                         }
+                        result.crit = tmp.result;
                 }
                 first_iteration = false;
-                p--;
+                work_pointer--;
         }
 
-        return parse_threshold2_helper(p, strlen(p), warn, mode);
+        parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper tmp =
+                parse_threshold2_helper(work_pointer, strlen(work_pointer), result.warn, mode);
+        if (tmp.errorcode != OK) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+        } else {
+                result.warn = tmp.result;
+        }
+        return result;
 }
 
-static bool parse_threshold2_helper(char *s, size_t length, threshold *thr, threshold_mode mode) {
+static parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper parse_threshold2_helper(char *threshold_string,
+                                                                                                                           size_t length,
+                                                                                                                           check_icmp_threshold thr,
+                                                                                                                           threshold_mode mode) {
         char *resultChecker = {0};
+        parse_threshold2_helper_wrapper result = {
+                .result = thr,
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
 
         switch (mode) {
         case const_rta_mode:
-                thr->rta = strtod(s, &resultChecker) * 1000;
+                result.result.rta = (unsigned int)(strtod(threshold_string, &resultChecker) * 1000);
                 break;
         case const_packet_loss_mode:
-                thr->pl = (unsigned char)strtoul(s, &resultChecker, 0);
+                result.result.pl = (unsigned char)strtoul(threshold_string, &resultChecker, 0);
                 break;
         case const_jitter_mode:
-                thr->jitter = strtod(s, &resultChecker);
-
+                result.result.jitter = strtod(threshold_string, &resultChecker);
                 break;
         case const_mos_mode:
-                thr->mos = strtod(s, &resultChecker);
+                result.result.mos = strtod(threshold_string, &resultChecker);
                 break;
         case const_score_mode:
-                thr->score = strtod(s, &resultChecker);
+                result.result.score = strtod(threshold_string, &resultChecker);
                 break;
         }
 
-        if (resultChecker == s) {
+        if (resultChecker == threshold_string) {
                 // Failed to parse
-                return false;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        if (resultChecker != (s + length)) {
+        if (resultChecker != (threshold_string + length)) {
                 // Trailing symbols
-                return false;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
         }
 
-        return true;
+        return result;
 }
 
-unsigned short icmp_checksum(uint16_t *p, size_t n) {
-        unsigned short cksum;
+unsigned short icmp_checksum(uint16_t *packet, size_t packet_size) {
         long sum = 0;
 
         /* sizeof(uint16_t) == 2 */
-        while (n >= 2) {
-                sum += *(p++);
-                n -= 2;
+        while (packet_size >= 2) {
+                sum += *(packet++);
+                packet_size -= 2;
         }
 
         /* mop up the occasional odd byte */
-        if (n == 1) {
-                sum += *((uint8_t *)p - 1);
+        if (packet_size == 1) {
+                sum += *((uint8_t *)packet - 1);
         }
 
         sum = (sum >> 16) + (sum & 0xffff); /* add hi 16 to low 16 */
         sum += (sum >> 16);                 /* add carry */
-        cksum = ~sum;                       /* ones-complement, trunc to 16 bits */
+        unsigned short cksum;
+        cksum = (unsigned short)~sum; /* ones-complement, trunc to 16 bits */
 
         return cksum;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
-        /*print_revision (progname);*/ /* FIXME: Why? */
+        // print_revision (progname); /* FIXME: Why? */
         printf("Copyright (c) 2005 Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>\n");
 
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf("\n\n");
-
         print_usage();
 
         printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
         printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
-        printf(" %s\n", "-H");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("specify a target"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "[-4|-6]");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Use IPv4 (default) or IPv6 to communicate with the targets"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-w");
-        printf("    %s", _("warning threshold (currently "));
-        printf("%0.3fms,%u%%)\n", (float)warn.rta / 1000, warn.pl);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-c");
-        printf("    %s", _("critical threshold (currently "));
-        printf("%0.3fms,%u%%)\n", (float)crit.rta / 1000, crit.pl);
-
-        printf(" %s\n", "-R");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("RTA, round trip average,  mode  warning,critical, ex. 100ms,200ms unit in ms"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-P");
+        printf(" -H, --Host=HOST\n");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("specify a target, might be one of: resolveable name | IPv6 address | IPv4 address\n"
+                         "    (required, can be given multiple times)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "[-4|-6], [--ipv4-only|--ipv6-only]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use IPv4 or IPv6 only to communicate with the targets"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=WARN_VALUE");
+        printf("    %s", _("warning threshold (default "));
+        printf("%0.3fms,%u%%)\n", (float)DEFAULT_WARN_RTA / 1000, DEFAULT_WARN_PL);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=CRIT_VALUE");
+        printf("    %s", _("critical threshold (default "));
+        printf("%0.3fms,%u%%)\n", (float)DEFAULT_CRIT_RTA / 1000, DEFAULT_CRIT_PL);
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-R, --rta-mode-thresholds=RTA_THRESHOLDS");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("RTA (round trip average) mode  warning,critical, ex. 100ms,200ms unit in ms"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P, --packet-loss-mode-thresholds=PACKET_LOSS_THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("packet loss mode, ex. 40%,50% , unit in %"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-J");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-J, --jitter-mode-thresholds=JITTER_MODE_THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("jitter mode  warning,critical, ex. 40.000ms,50.000ms , unit in ms "));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-M");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-M, --mos-mode-thresholds=MOS_MODE_THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("MOS mode, between 0 and 4.4  warning,critical, ex. 3.5,3.0"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-S");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-S, --score-mode-thresholds=SCORE_MODE_THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("score  mode, max value 100  warning,critical, ex. 80,70 "));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-O");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("detect out of order ICMP packts "));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-H");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("specify a target"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-s");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("specify a source IP address or device name"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-n");
-        printf("    %s", _("number of packets to send (currently "));
-        printf("%u)\n", packets);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-p");
-        printf("    %s", _("number of packets to send (currently "));
-        printf("%u)\n", packets);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-O, --out-of-order-packets");
+        printf(
+                "    %s\n",
+                _("detect out of order ICMP packets, if such packets are found, the result is CRITICAL"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "[-n|-p], --number-of-packets=NUMBER_OF_PACKETS");
+        printf("    %s", _("number of packets to send (default "));
+        printf("%u)\n", DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PACKETS);
+
         printf(" %s\n", "-i");
-        printf("    %s", _("max packet interval (currently "));
-        printf("%0.3fms)\n", (float)pkt_interval / 1000);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-I");
-        printf("    %s", _("max target interval (currently "));
-        printf("%0.3fms)\n", (float)target_interval / 1000);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-m");
-        printf("    %s", _("number of alive hosts required for success"));
+        printf("    %s", _("[DEPRECATED] packet interval (default "));
+        printf("%0.3fms)\n", (float)DEFAULT_PKT_INTERVAL / 1000);
+        printf("    %s", _("This option was never actually used and is just mentioned here for "
+                                           "historical purposes\n"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-I, --target-interval=TARGET_INTERVAL");
+        printf("    %s%0.3fms)\n    The time interval to wait in between one target and the next\n",
+                   _("max target interval (default "), (float)DEFAULT_TARGET_INTERVAL / 1000);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-m, --minimal-host-alive=MIN_ALIVE");
+        printf("    %s", _("number of alive hosts required for success. If less than MIN_ALIVE hosts "
+                                           "are OK, but MIN_ALIVE hosts are WARNING or OK, WARNING, else CRITICAL"));
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", "-l");
-        printf("    %s", _("TTL on outgoing packets (currently "));
-        printf("%u)\n", ttl);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-t");
-        printf("    %s", _("timeout value (seconds, currently  "));
-        printf("%u)\n", timeout);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-b");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of icmp data bytes to send"));
-        printf("    %s %u + %d)\n", _("Packet size will be data bytes + icmp header (currently"), icmp_data_size, ICMP_MINLEN);
-        printf(" %s\n", "-v");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("verbose"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-l, --outgoing-ttl=OUTGOING_TTL");
+        printf("    %s", _("TTL on outgoing packets (default "));
+        printf("%u)\n", DEFAULT_TTL);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-b, --size=SIZE");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of icmp ping data bytes to send"));
+        printf("    %s %lu + %d)\n", _("Packet size will be SIZE + icmp header (default"),
+                   DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE, ICMP_MINLEN);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-v, --verbose");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Verbosity, can be given multiple times (for debugging)"));
+
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("If none of R,P,J,M,S or O is specified, default behavior is -R -P"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("The -H switch is optional. Naming a host (or several) to check is not."));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("Naming a host (or several) to check is not."));
         printf("\n");
         printf(" %s\n", _("Threshold format for -w and -c is 200.25,60% for 200.25 msec RTA and 60%"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("packet loss.  The default values should work well for most users."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("You can specify different RTA factors using the standardized abbreviations"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds, default) or just plain s for seconds."));
-        /* -d not yet implemented */
-        /*  printf ("%s\n", _("Threshold format for -d is warn,crit.  12,14 means WARNING if >= 12 hops"));
-                        printf ("%s\n", _("are spent and CRITICAL if >= 14 hops are spent."));
-                        printf ("%s\n\n", _("NOTE: Some systems decrease TTL when forming ICMP_ECHOREPLY, others do not."));*/
-        printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("The -v switch can be specified several times for increased verbosity."));
-        /*  printf ("%s\n", _("Long options are currently unsupported."));
-                        printf ("%s\n", _("Options marked with * require an argument"));
-                        */
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("You can specify different RTA factors using the standardized abbreviations"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds, default) or just plain s for seconds."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s [options] [-H] host1 host2 hostN\n", progname);
+        printf(" %s [options] [-H host1 [-H host2 [-H hostN]]]\n", progname);
+}
+
+static add_host_wrapper add_host(char *arg, check_icmp_execution_mode mode,
+                                                                 sa_family_t enforced_proto) {
+        if (debug) {
+                printf("add_host called with argument %s\n", arg);
+        }
+
+        add_host_wrapper result = {
+                .error_code = OK,
+                .host = check_icmp_target_container_init(),
+                .has_v4 = false,
+                .has_v6 = false,
+        };
+
+        add_target_wrapper targets = add_target(arg, mode, enforced_proto);
+
+        if (targets.error_code != OK) {
+                result.error_code = targets.error_code;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        result.has_v4 = targets.has_v4;
+        result.has_v6 = targets.has_v6;
+
+        result.host = check_icmp_target_container_init();
+
+        result.host.name = strdup(arg);
+        result.host.target_list = targets.targets;
+        result.host.number_of_targets = targets.number_of_targets;
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+mp_subcheck evaluate_target(ping_target target, check_icmp_mode_switches modes,
+                                                        check_icmp_threshold warn, check_icmp_threshold crit) {
+        /* if no new mode selected, use old schema */
+        if (!modes.rta_mode && !modes.pl_mode && !modes.jitter_mode && !modes.score_mode &&
+                !modes.mos_mode && !modes.order_mode) {
+                modes.rta_mode = true;
+                modes.pl_mode = true;
+        }
+
+        mp_subcheck result = mp_subcheck_init();
+        result = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(result, STATE_OK);
+
+        char address[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+        memset(address, 0, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
+        parse_address(&target.address, address, sizeof(address));
+
+        xasprintf(&result.output, "%s", address);
+
+        double packet_loss;
+        time_t rta;
+        if (!target.icmp_recv) {
+                /* rta 0 is of course not entirely correct, but will still show up
+                 * conspicuously as missing entries in perfparse and cacti */
+                packet_loss = 100;
+                rta = 0;
+                result = mp_set_subcheck_state(result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                /* up the down counter if not already counted */
+
+                if (target.flags & FLAG_LOST_CAUSE) {
+                        xasprintf(&result.output, "%s: %s @ %s", result.output,
+                                          get_icmp_error_msg(target.icmp_type, target.icmp_code), address);
+                } else { /* not marked as lost cause, so we have no flags for it */
+                        xasprintf(&result.output, "%s", result.output);
+                }
+        } else {
+                packet_loss =
+                        (unsigned char)((target.icmp_sent - target.icmp_recv) * 100) / target.icmp_sent;
+                rta = target.time_waited / target.icmp_recv;
+        }
+
+        double EffectiveLatency;
+        double mos;   /* Mean opinion score */
+        double score; /* score */
+
+        if (target.icmp_recv > 1) {
+                /*
+                 * This algorithm is probably pretty much blindly copied from
+                 * locations like this one:
+                 * https://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon/tutorial.html#mos It calculates a MOS
+                 * value (range of 1 to 5, where 1 is bad and 5 really good). According to some quick
+                 * research MOS originates from the Audio/Video transport network area. Whether it can
+                 * and should be computed from ICMP data, I can not say.
+                 *
+                 * Anyway the basic idea is to map a value "R" with a range of 0-100 to the MOS value
+                 *
+                 * MOS stands likely for Mean Opinion Score (
+                 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Opinion_Score )
+                 *
+                 * More links:
+                 * - https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/IEPM/MOS
+                 */
+                target.jitter = (target.jitter / (target.icmp_recv - 1) / 1000);
+
+                /*
+                 * Take the average round trip latency (in milliseconds), add
+                 * round trip jitter, but double the impact to latency
+                 * then add 10 for protocol latencies (in milliseconds).
+                 */
+                EffectiveLatency = ((double)rta / 1000) + target.jitter * 2 + 10;
+
+                double R;
+                if (EffectiveLatency < 160) {
+                        R = 93.2 - (EffectiveLatency / 40);
+                } else {
+                        R = 93.2 - ((EffectiveLatency - 120) / 10);
+                }
+
+                // Now, let us deduct 2.5 R values per percentage of packet loss (i.e. a
+                // loss of 5% will be entered as 5).
+                R = R - (packet_loss * 2.5);
+
+                if (R < 0) {
+                        R = 0;
+                }
+
+                score = R;
+                mos = 1 + ((0.035) * R) + ((.000007) * R * (R - 60) * (100 - R));
+        } else {
+                target.jitter = 0;
+                target.jitter_min = 0;
+                target.jitter_max = 0;
+                mos = 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Check which mode is on and do the warn / Crit stuff */
+        if (modes.rta_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_rta = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_rta = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_rta, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_rta.output, "rta %0.3fms", (double)rta / 1000);
+
+                if (rta >= crit.rta) {
+                        sc_rta = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rta, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rta.output, "%s >= %0.3fms", sc_rta.output, (double)crit.rta / 1000);
+                } else if (rta >= warn.rta) {
+                        sc_rta = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_rta, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_rta.output, "%s >= %0.3fms", sc_rta.output, (double)warn.rta / 1000);
+                }
+
+                if (packet_loss < 100) {
+                        mp_perfdata pd_rta = perfdata_init();
+                        xasprintf(&pd_rta.label, "%srta", address);
+                        pd_rta.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        pd_rta.value = mp_create_pd_value(rta / 1000);
+                        pd_rta.min = mp_create_pd_value(0);
+
+                        pd_rta.warn = mp_range_set_end(pd_rta.warn, mp_create_pd_value(warn.rta));
+                        pd_rta.crit = mp_range_set_end(pd_rta.crit, mp_create_pd_value(crit.rta));
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_rta, pd_rta);
+
+                        mp_perfdata pd_rt_min = perfdata_init();
+                        xasprintf(&pd_rt_min.label, "%srtmin", address);
+                        pd_rt_min.value = mp_create_pd_value(target.rtmin / 1000);
+                        pd_rt_min.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_rta, pd_rt_min);
+
+                        mp_perfdata pd_rt_max = perfdata_init();
+                        xasprintf(&pd_rt_max.label, "%srtmax", address);
+                        pd_rt_max.value = mp_create_pd_value(target.rtmax / 1000);
+                        pd_rt_max.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_rta, pd_rt_max);
+                }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_rta);
+        }
+
+        if (modes.pl_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_pl = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_pl = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_pl, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_pl.output, "packet loss %.1f%%", packet_loss);
+
+                if (packet_loss >= crit.pl) {
+                        sc_pl = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_pl, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_pl.output, "%s >= %u%%", sc_pl.output, crit.pl);
+                } else if (packet_loss >= warn.pl) {
+                        sc_pl = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_pl, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_pl.output, "%s >= %u%%", sc_pl.output, warn.pl);
+                }
+
+                mp_perfdata pd_pl = perfdata_init();
+                xasprintf(&pd_pl.label, "%spl", address);
+                pd_pl.uom = strdup("%");
+
+                pd_pl.warn = mp_range_set_end(pd_pl.warn, mp_create_pd_value(warn.pl));
+                pd_pl.crit = mp_range_set_end(pd_pl.crit, mp_create_pd_value(crit.pl));
+                pd_pl.value = mp_create_pd_value(packet_loss);
+
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_pl, pd_pl);
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_pl);
+        }
+
+        if (modes.jitter_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_jitter = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_jitter = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_jitter, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_jitter.output, "jitter %0.3fms", target.jitter);
+
+                if (target.jitter >= crit.jitter) {
+                        sc_jitter = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_jitter, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_jitter.output, "%s >= %0.3fms", sc_jitter.output, crit.jitter);
+                } else if (target.jitter >= warn.jitter) {
+                        sc_jitter = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_jitter, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_jitter.output, "%s >= %0.3fms", sc_jitter.output, warn.jitter);
+                }
+
+                if (packet_loss < 100) {
+                        mp_perfdata pd_jitter = perfdata_init();
+                        pd_jitter.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        xasprintf(&pd_jitter.label, "%sjitter_avg", address);
+                        pd_jitter.value = mp_create_pd_value(target.jitter);
+                        pd_jitter.warn = mp_range_set_end(pd_jitter.warn, mp_create_pd_value(warn.jitter));
+                        pd_jitter.crit = mp_range_set_end(pd_jitter.crit, mp_create_pd_value(crit.jitter));
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_jitter, pd_jitter);
+
+                        mp_perfdata pd_jitter_min = perfdata_init();
+                        pd_jitter_min.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        xasprintf(&pd_jitter_min.label, "%sjitter_min", address);
+                        pd_jitter_min.value = mp_create_pd_value(target.jitter_min);
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_jitter, pd_jitter_min);
+
+                        mp_perfdata pd_jitter_max = perfdata_init();
+                        pd_jitter_max.uom = strdup("ms");
+                        xasprintf(&pd_jitter_max.label, "%sjitter_max", address);
+                        pd_jitter_max.value = mp_create_pd_value(target.jitter_max);
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_jitter, pd_jitter_max);
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_jitter);
+        }
+
+        if (modes.mos_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_mos = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_mos = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_mos, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_mos.output, "MOS %0.1f", mos);
+
+                if (mos <= crit.mos) {
+                        sc_mos = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_mos, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_mos.output, "%s <= %0.1f", sc_mos.output, crit.mos);
+                } else if (mos <= warn.mos) {
+                        sc_mos = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_mos, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_mos.output, "%s <= %0.1f", sc_mos.output, warn.mos);
+                }
+
+                if (packet_loss < 100) {
+                        mp_perfdata pd_mos = perfdata_init();
+                        xasprintf(&pd_mos.label, "%smos", address);
+                        pd_mos.value = mp_create_pd_value(mos);
+                        pd_mos.warn = mp_range_set_end(pd_mos.warn, mp_create_pd_value(warn.mos));
+                        pd_mos.crit = mp_range_set_end(pd_mos.crit, mp_create_pd_value(crit.mos));
+                        pd_mos.min = mp_create_pd_value(0); // MOS starts at 0
+                        pd_mos.max = mp_create_pd_value(5); // MOS max is 5, by definition
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_mos, pd_mos);
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_mos);
+        }
+
+        if (modes.score_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_score = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_score = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_score, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_score.output, "Score %f", score);
+
+                if (score <= crit.score) {
+                        sc_score = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_score, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_score.output, "%s <= %f", sc_score.output, crit.score);
+                } else if (score <= warn.score) {
+                        sc_score = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_score, STATE_WARNING);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_score.output, "%s <= %f", sc_score.output, warn.score);
+                }
+
+                if (packet_loss < 100) {
+                        mp_perfdata pd_score = perfdata_init();
+                        xasprintf(&pd_score.label, "%sscore", address);
+                        pd_score.value = mp_create_pd_value(score);
+                        pd_score.warn = mp_range_set_end(pd_score.warn, mp_create_pd_value(warn.score));
+                        pd_score.crit = mp_range_set_end(pd_score.crit, mp_create_pd_value(crit.score));
+                        pd_score.min = mp_create_pd_value(0);
+                        pd_score.max = mp_create_pd_value(100);
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_score, pd_score);
+                }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_score);
+        }
+
+        if (modes.order_mode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_order = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_order = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_order, STATE_OK);
+
+                if (target.found_out_of_order_packets) {
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_order, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_order.output, "Packets out of order");
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_order.output, "Packets in order");
+                }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, sc_order);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+evaluate_host_wrapper evaluate_host(check_icmp_target_container host,
+                                                                        check_icmp_mode_switches modes, check_icmp_threshold warn,
+                                                                        check_icmp_threshold crit) {
+        evaluate_host_wrapper result = {
+                .targets_warn = 0,
+                .targets_ok = 0,
+                .sc_host = mp_subcheck_init(),
+        };
+        result.sc_host = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(result.sc_host, STATE_OK);
+
+        result.sc_host.output = strdup(host.name);
+
+        ping_target *target = host.target_list;
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < host.number_of_targets; i++) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_target = evaluate_target(*target, modes, warn, crit);
+
+                mp_state_enum target_state = mp_compute_subcheck_state(sc_target);
+
+                if (target_state == STATE_WARNING) {
+                        result.targets_warn++;
+                } else if (target_state == STATE_OK) {
+                        result.targets_ok++;
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result.sc_host, sc_target);
+
+                target = target->next;
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b96a392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#include "./config.h"
+#include <math.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "./check_icmp_helpers.h"
+#include "../../plugins/netutils.h"
+
+// timeout as a global variable to make it available to the timeout handler
+unsigned int timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+
+check_icmp_config check_icmp_config_init() {
+        check_icmp_config tmp = {
+                .modes =
+                        {
+                                .order_mode = false,
+                                .mos_mode = false,
+                                .rta_mode = false,
+                                .pl_mode = false,
+                                .jitter_mode = false,
+                                .score_mode = false,
+                        },
+
+                .min_hosts_alive = -1,
+                .crit = {.pl = DEFAULT_CRIT_PL,
+                                 .rta = DEFAULT_CRIT_RTA,
+                                 .jitter = 50.0,
+                                 .mos = 3.0,
+                                 .score = 70.0},
+                .warn = {.pl = DEFAULT_WARN_PL,
+                                 .rta = DEFAULT_WARN_RTA,
+                                 .jitter = 40.0,
+                                 .mos = 3.5,
+                                 .score = 80.0},
+
+                .ttl = DEFAULT_TTL,
+                .icmp_data_size = DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE,
+                .target_interval = 0,
+                .number_of_packets = DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PACKETS,
+
+                .source_ip = NULL,
+                .need_v4 = false,
+                .need_v6 = false,
+
+                .sender_id = 0,
+
+                .mode = MODE_RTA,
+
+                .number_of_targets = 0,
+                .targets = NULL,
+
+                .number_of_hosts = 0,
+                .hosts = NULL,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+ping_target ping_target_init() {
+        ping_target tmp = {
+                .rtmin = INFINITY,
+
+                .jitter_min = INFINITY,
+
+                .found_out_of_order_packets = false,
+        };
+
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+check_icmp_state check_icmp_state_init() {
+        check_icmp_state tmp = {.icmp_sent = 0, .icmp_lost = 0, .icmp_recv = 0, .targets_down = 0};
+
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+ping_target_create_wrapper ping_target_create(struct sockaddr_storage address) {
+        ping_target_create_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = 0,
+        };
+
+        struct sockaddr_storage *tmp_addr = &address;
+
+        /* disregard obviously stupid addresses
+         * (I didn't find an ipv6 equivalent to INADDR_NONE) */
+        if (((tmp_addr->ss_family == AF_INET &&
+                  (((struct sockaddr_in *)tmp_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE ||
+                   ((struct sockaddr_in *)tmp_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_ANY))) ||
+                (tmp_addr->ss_family == AF_INET6 &&
+                 (((struct sockaddr_in6 *)tmp_addr)->sin6_addr.s6_addr == in6addr_any.s6_addr))) {
+                result.errorcode = 1;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        /* add the fresh ip */
+        ping_target target = ping_target_init();
+
+        /* fill out the sockaddr_storage struct */
+        target.address = address;
+
+        result.host = target;
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+check_icmp_target_container check_icmp_target_container_init() {
+        check_icmp_target_container tmp = {
+                .name = NULL,
+                .number_of_targets = 0,
+                .target_list = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+unsigned int ping_target_list_append(ping_target *list, ping_target *elem) {
+        if (elem == NULL || list == NULL) {
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        while (list->next != NULL) {
+                list = list->next;
+        }
+
+        list->next = elem;
+
+        unsigned int result = 1;
+
+        while (elem->next != NULL) {
+                result++;
+                elem = elem->next;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.h b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc6ea40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/check_icmp_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
+#include <netinet/in_systm.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+#include <netinet/ip_icmp.h>
+#include <netinet/icmp6.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+typedef struct ping_target {
+        unsigned short id; /* id in **table, and icmp pkts */
+        char *msg;         /* icmp error message, if any */
+
+        struct sockaddr_storage address;              /* the address of this host */
+        struct sockaddr_storage error_addr;           /* stores address of error replies */
+        time_t time_waited;                           /* total time waited, in usecs */
+        unsigned int icmp_sent, icmp_recv, icmp_lost; /* counters */
+        unsigned char icmp_type, icmp_code;           /* type and code from errors */
+        unsigned short flags;                         /* control/status flags */
+
+        double rtmax; /* max rtt */
+        double rtmin; /* min rtt */
+
+        double jitter;     /* measured jitter */
+        double jitter_max; /* jitter rtt maximum */
+        double jitter_min; /* jitter rtt minimum */
+
+        time_t last_tdiff;
+        unsigned int last_icmp_seq; /* Last ICMP_SEQ to check out of order pkts */
+
+        bool found_out_of_order_packets;
+
+        struct ping_target *next;
+} ping_target;
+
+ping_target ping_target_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *name;
+        ping_target *target_list;
+        unsigned int number_of_targets;
+} check_icmp_target_container;
+
+check_icmp_target_container check_icmp_target_container_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        unsigned int icmp_sent;
+        unsigned int icmp_recv;
+        unsigned int icmp_lost;
+        unsigned short targets_down;
+} check_icmp_state;
+
+check_icmp_state check_icmp_state_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        ping_target host;
+} ping_target_create_wrapper;
+
+typedef struct {
+        int socket4;
+        int socket6;
+} check_icmp_socket_set;
+
+ping_target_create_wrapper ping_target_create(struct sockaddr_storage address);
+unsigned int ping_target_list_append(ping_target *list, ping_target *elem);
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/config.h b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be388d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <netinet/in_systm.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+#include <netinet/ip_icmp.h>
+#include <netinet/icmp6.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "./check_icmp_helpers.h"
+#include "output.h"
+
+/* threshold structure. all values are maximum allowed, exclusive */
+typedef struct {
+        unsigned char pl; /* max allowed packet loss in percent */
+        time_t rta;       /* roundtrip time average, microseconds */
+        double jitter;    /* jitter time average, microseconds */
+        double mos;       /* MOS */
+        double score;     /* Score */
+} check_icmp_threshold;
+
+/* the different modes of this program are as follows:
+ * MODE_RTA: send all packets no matter what (mimic check_icmp and check_ping)
+ * MODE_HOSTCHECK: Return immediately upon any sign of life
+ *                 In addition, sends packets to ALL addresses assigned
+ *                 to this host (as returned by gethostbyname() or
+ *                 gethostbyaddr() and expects one host only to be checked at
+ *                 a time.  Therefore, any packet response what so ever will
+ *                 count as a sign of life, even when received outside
+ *                 crit.rta limit. Do not misspell any additional IP's.
+ * MODE_ALL:  Requires packets from ALL requested IP to return OK (default).
+ * MODE_ICMP: Default Mode
+ */
+typedef enum {
+        MODE_RTA,
+        MODE_HOSTCHECK,
+        MODE_ALL,
+        MODE_ICMP,
+} check_icmp_execution_mode;
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool order_mode;
+        bool mos_mode;
+        bool rta_mode;
+        bool pl_mode;
+        bool jitter_mode;
+        bool score_mode;
+} check_icmp_mode_switches;
+
+typedef struct {
+        check_icmp_mode_switches modes;
+
+        int min_hosts_alive;
+        check_icmp_threshold crit;
+        check_icmp_threshold warn;
+
+        unsigned long ttl;
+        unsigned short icmp_data_size;
+        time_t target_interval;
+        unsigned short number_of_packets;
+
+        char *source_ip;
+        bool need_v4;
+        bool need_v6;
+
+        uint16_t sender_id; // PID of the main process, which is used as an ID in packets
+
+        check_icmp_execution_mode mode;
+
+        unsigned short number_of_targets;
+        ping_target *targets;
+
+        unsigned short number_of_hosts;
+        check_icmp_target_container *hosts;
+
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+} check_icmp_config;
+
+check_icmp_config check_icmp_config_init();
+
+/* the data structure */
+typedef struct icmp_ping_data {
+        struct timeval stime; /* timestamp (saved in protocol struct as well) */
+        unsigned short ping_id;
+} icmp_ping_data;
+
+#define MAX_IP_PKT_SIZE        65536 /* (theoretical) max IP packet size */
+#define IP_HDR_SIZE            20
+#define MAX_PING_DATA          (MAX_IP_PKT_SIZE - IP_HDR_SIZE - ICMP_MINLEN)
+#define MIN_PING_DATA_SIZE     sizeof(struct icmp_ping_data)
+#define DEFAULT_PING_DATA_SIZE (MIN_PING_DATA_SIZE + 44)
+
+/* 80 msec packet interval by default */
+// DEPRECATED, remove when removing the option
+#define DEFAULT_PKT_INTERVAL 80000
+
+#define DEFAULT_TARGET_INTERVAL 0
+
+#define DEFAULT_WARN_RTA 200000
+#define DEFAULT_CRIT_RTA 500000
+#define DEFAULT_WARN_PL  40
+#define DEFAULT_CRIT_PL  80
+
+#define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 10
+#define DEFAULT_TTL     64
+
+#define DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PACKETS 5
+
+#define PACKET_BACKOFF_FACTOR 1.5
+#define TARGET_BACKOFF_FACTOR 1.5
diff --git a/plugins-root/pst3.c b/plugins-root/pst3.c
index 1f69f3a6..1bfe3d35 100644
--- a/plugins-root/pst3.c
+++ b/plugins-root/pst3.c
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* pst3
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2008 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains the pst3 executable. This is a replacement ps command
-* for Solaris to get output which provides a long argument listing, which
-* is not possible with the standard ps command (due to truncation). /usr/ucb/ps
-* also has issues where some fields run into each other.
-* 
-* This executable works by reading process address structures, so needs
-* to be executed as root
-*
-* Originally written by R.W.Ingraham
-* Rewritten by Duncan Ferguson (Altinity Ltd, June 2008)
-*   The rewrite was necessary as /dev/kmem is not available within
-*   non-global zones on Solaris 10
-*
-*   Details for rewrite came from
-*    source of /usr/ucb/ps on Solaris:
-*     http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/ucbcmd/ps/ps.c#argvoff
-*    usenet group posting
-*     http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/tree/browse_frm/month/2001-09/bfa40c08bac819a2?rnum=141&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.unix.solaris%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F2001-09%3F
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * pst3
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the pst3 executable. This is a replacement ps command
+ * for Solaris to get output which provides a long argument listing, which
+ * is not possible with the standard ps command (due to truncation). /usr/ucb/ps
+ * also has issues where some fields run into each other.
+ *
+ * This executable works by reading process address structures, so needs
+ * to be executed as root
+ *
+ * Originally written by R.W.Ingraham
+ * Rewritten by Duncan Ferguson (Altinity Ltd, June 2008)
+ *   The rewrite was necessary as /dev/kmem is not available within
+ *   non-global zones on Solaris 10
+ *
+ *   Details for rewrite came from
+ *    source of /usr/ucb/ps on Solaris:
+ *     http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/ucbcmd/ps/ps.c#argvoff
+ *    usenet group posting
+ *     http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/tree/browse_frm/month/2001-09/bfa40c08bac819a2?rnum=141&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.unix.solaris%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F2001-09%3F
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@
  *  Constants
  */
 
-#define PROC_DIR  "/proc"
-#define ARGS            30
+#define PROC_DIR "/proc"
+#define ARGS     30
 
 /*
  *  Globals
  */
 
-static char *        szProg;
+static char *szProg;
 
 /*
  *  Prototypes
@@ -71,192 +71,179 @@ void usage();
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-int main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  DIR *procdir;
-  struct dirent *proc;
-  char ps_name[ARGS];
-  char as_name[ARGS];
-  psinfo_t psinfo;
-
-  /* Set our program name global */
-  if ((szProg = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) != NULL)
-    szProg++;
-  else
-    szProg = argv[0];
-
-  /* if given any parameters, print out help */
-  if(argc > 1) {
-    (void)usage();
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  /* Make sure that our euid is root */
-  if (geteuid() != 0)
-  {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: This program can only be run by the root user!\n", szProg);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  if ((procdir = opendir(PROC_DIR)) == NULL) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open PROC directory %s\n", szProg, PROC_DIR);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  /* Display column headings */
-  printf("%c %5s %5s %5s %6s %6s %4s %s %s\n",
-    'S',
-    "UID",
-    "PID",
-    "PPID",
-    "VSZ",
-    "RSS",
-    "%CPU",
-    "COMMAND",
-    "ARGS"
-  );
-
-  /* Zip through all of the process entries */
-  while((proc = readdir(procdir))) {
-    int ps_fd;
-    int as_fd;
-    off_t argoff;
-    int i;
-    char *args;
-    char *procname;
-    char *ptr;
-    int argslen;
-    uintptr_t args_addr;;
-    uintptr_t *args_vecs;;
-    int args_count;
-
-    if(proc->d_name[0] == '.')
-      continue;
-
-    sprintf(ps_name,"%s/%s/%s",PROC_DIR,proc->d_name,"psinfo");
-    sprintf(as_name,"%s/%s/%s",PROC_DIR,proc->d_name,"as");
-try_again:
-    if((ps_fd = open(ps_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1)
-      continue;
-
-    if((as_fd = open(as_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
-      close(ps_fd);
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if(read(ps_fd, &psinfo, sizeof(psinfo)) != sizeof(psinfo)) {
-      int err = errno;
-      close(ps_fd);
-      close(as_fd);
-      if(err == EAGAIN) goto try_again;
-      if(err != ENOENT)
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: read() on %s: %s\n", szProg,
-          ps_name, strerror(err));
-      continue;
-    }
-    close(ps_fd);
-
-    /* system process, ignore since the previous version did */
-    if(
-      psinfo.pr_nlwp == 0 ||
-      strcmp(psinfo.pr_lwp.pr_clname, "SYS") == 0
-    ) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    /* get the procname to match previous versions */
-    procname = strdup(psinfo.pr_psargs);
-    if((ptr = strchr(procname, ' ')) != NULL)
-        *ptr = '\0';
-    if((ptr = strrchr(procname, '/')) != NULL)
-        ptr++;
-    else
-        ptr = procname;
-
-    /*
-     * print out what we currently know
-     */
-    printf("%c %5d %5d %5d %6lu %6lu %4.1f %s ",
-      psinfo.pr_lwp.pr_sname,
-      psinfo.pr_euid,
-      psinfo.pr_pid,
-      psinfo.pr_ppid,
-      psinfo.pr_size,
-      psinfo.pr_rssize,
-      ((float)(psinfo.pr_pctcpu) / 0x8000 * 100.0),
-      ptr
-    );
-    free(procname);
-
-    /*
-     * and now for the command line stuff
-     */
-
-    args_addr = psinfo.pr_argv;
-    args_count = psinfo.pr_argc;
-    args_vecs = malloc(args_count * sizeof(uintptr_t));
-
-    if(psinfo.pr_dmodel == PR_MODEL_NATIVE) {
-      /* this process matches target process */
-      pread(as_fd,args_vecs, args_count * sizeof(uintptr_t),
-        args_addr);
-    } else {
-      /* this process is 64bit, target process is 32 bit*/
-      caddr32_t *args_vecs32 = (caddr32_t *)args_vecs;
-      pread(as_fd,args_vecs32,args_count * sizeof(caddr32_t),
-        args_addr);
-      for (i=args_count-1;i>=0;--i)
-        args_vecs[i]=args_vecs32[i];
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * now read in the args - if what we read in fills buffer
-     * resize buffer and reread that bit again
-     */
-    argslen=ARGS;
-    args=malloc(argslen+1);
-    for(i=0;i<args_count;i++) {
-      memset(args,'\0',argslen+1);
-      if(pread(as_fd, args, argslen, args_vecs[i]) <= 0) {
-        break;
-      }
-      args[argslen]='\0';
-      if(strlen(args) == argslen){
-        argslen += ARGS;
-        args = realloc(args, argslen + 1);
-        i--;
-        continue;
-      }
-      printf(" %s", args);
-    }
-    free(args_vecs);
-    free(args);
-    close(as_fd);
-    printf("\n");
-  }
-
-  (void) closedir(procdir);
-
-  return (0);
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        DIR *procdir;
+        struct dirent *proc;
+        char ps_name[ARGS];
+        char as_name[ARGS];
+        psinfo_t psinfo;
+
+        /* Set our program name global */
+        if ((szProg = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) != NULL) {
+                szProg++;
+        } else {
+                szProg = argv[0];
+        }
+
+        /* if given any parameters, print out help */
+        if (argc > 1) {
+                (void)usage();
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        /* Make sure that our euid is root */
+        if (geteuid() != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: This program can only be run by the root user!\n", szProg);
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        if ((procdir = opendir(PROC_DIR)) == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open PROC directory %s\n", szProg, PROC_DIR);
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        /* Display column headings */
+        printf("%c %5s %5s %5s %6s %6s %4s %s %s\n", 'S', "UID", "PID", "PPID", "VSZ", "RSS", "%CPU",
+                   "COMMAND", "ARGS");
+
+        /* Zip through all of the process entries */
+        while ((proc = readdir(procdir))) {
+                int ps_fd;
+                int as_fd;
+                off_t argoff;
+                int i;
+                char *args;
+                char *procname;
+                char *ptr;
+                int argslen;
+                uintptr_t args_addr;
+                ;
+                uintptr_t *args_vecs;
+                ;
+                int args_count;
+
+                if (proc->d_name[0] == '.') {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                sprintf(ps_name, "%s/%s/%s", PROC_DIR, proc->d_name, "psinfo");
+                sprintf(as_name, "%s/%s/%s", PROC_DIR, proc->d_name, "as");
+        try_again:
+                if ((ps_fd = open(ps_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                if ((as_fd = open(as_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
+                        close(ps_fd);
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                if (read(ps_fd, &psinfo, sizeof(psinfo)) != sizeof(psinfo)) {
+                        int err = errno;
+                        close(ps_fd);
+                        close(as_fd);
+                        if (err == EAGAIN) {
+                                goto try_again;
+                        }
+                        if (err != ENOENT) {
+                                fprintf(stderr, "%s: read() on %s: %s\n", szProg, ps_name, strerror(err));
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                }
+                close(ps_fd);
+
+                /* system process, ignore since the previous version did */
+                if (psinfo.pr_nlwp == 0 || strcmp(psinfo.pr_lwp.pr_clname, "SYS") == 0) {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                /* get the procname to match previous versions */
+                procname = strdup(psinfo.pr_psargs);
+                if ((ptr = strchr(procname, ' ')) != NULL) {
+                        *ptr = '\0';
+                }
+                if ((ptr = strrchr(procname, '/')) != NULL) {
+                        ptr++;
+                } else {
+                        ptr = procname;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * print out what we currently know
+                 */
+                printf("%c %5d %5d %5d %6lu %6lu %4.1f %s ", psinfo.pr_lwp.pr_sname, psinfo.pr_euid,
+                           psinfo.pr_pid, psinfo.pr_ppid, psinfo.pr_size, psinfo.pr_rssize,
+                           ((float)(psinfo.pr_pctcpu) / 0x8000 * 100.0), ptr);
+                free(procname);
+
+                /*
+                 * and now for the command line stuff
+                 */
+
+                args_addr = psinfo.pr_argv;
+                args_count = psinfo.pr_argc;
+                args_vecs = malloc(args_count * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+
+                if (psinfo.pr_dmodel == PR_MODEL_NATIVE) {
+                        /* this process matches target process */
+                        pread(as_fd, args_vecs, args_count * sizeof(uintptr_t), args_addr);
+                } else {
+                        /* this process is 64bit, target process is 32 bit*/
+                        caddr32_t *args_vecs32 = (caddr32_t *)args_vecs;
+                        pread(as_fd, args_vecs32, args_count * sizeof(caddr32_t), args_addr);
+                        for (i = args_count - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+                                args_vecs[i] = args_vecs32[i];
+                        }
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * now read in the args - if what we read in fills buffer
+                 * resize buffer and reread that bit again
+                 */
+                argslen = ARGS;
+                args = malloc(argslen + 1);
+                for (i = 0; i < args_count; i++) {
+                        memset(args, '\0', argslen + 1);
+                        if (pread(as_fd, args, argslen, args_vecs[i]) <= 0) {
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        args[argslen] = '\0';
+                        if (strlen(args) == argslen) {
+                                argslen += ARGS;
+                                args = realloc(args, argslen + 1);
+                                i--;
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        printf(" %s", args);
+                }
+                free(args_vecs);
+                free(args);
+                close(as_fd);
+                printf("\n");
+        }
+
+        (void)closedir(procdir);
+
+        return (0);
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 void usage() {
-  printf("%s: Help output\n\n", szProg);
-  printf("If this program is given any arguments, this help is displayed.\n");
-  printf("This command is used to print out the full command line for all\n");
-  printf("running processes because /usr/bin/ps is limited to 80 chars and\n");
-  printf("/usr/ucb/ps can merge columns together.\n\n");
-  printf("Columns are:\n");
-  printf("\tS        - State of process - see 'ps' man page\n");
-  printf("\tUID      - UID of the process owner\n");
-  printf("\tPID      - PID of the process\n");
-  printf("\tPPID     - PID of the parent process\n");
-  printf("\tVSZ      - Virtual memory usage (kilobytes)\n");
-  printf("\tRSS      - Real memory usage (kilobytes)\n");
-  printf("\t%%CPU     - CPU usage\n");
-  printf("\tCOMMAND  - Command being run\n");
-  printf("\tARGS     - Full command line with arguments\n");
-  return;
+        printf("%s: Help output\n\n", szProg);
+        printf("If this program is given any arguments, this help is displayed.\n");
+        printf("This command is used to print out the full command line for all\n");
+        printf("running processes because /usr/bin/ps is limited to 80 chars and\n");
+        printf("/usr/ucb/ps can merge columns together.\n\n");
+        printf("Columns are:\n");
+        printf("\tS        - State of process - see 'ps' man page\n");
+        printf("\tUID      - UID of the process owner\n");
+        printf("\tPID      - PID of the process\n");
+        printf("\tPPID     - PID of the parent process\n");
+        printf("\tVSZ      - Virtual memory usage (kilobytes)\n");
+        printf("\tRSS      - Real memory usage (kilobytes)\n");
+        printf("\t%%CPU     - CPU usage\n");
+        printf("\tCOMMAND  - Command being run\n");
+        printf("\tARGS     - Full command line with arguments\n");
+        return;
 }
diff --git a/plugins-root/t/check_dhcp.t b/plugins-root/t/check_dhcp.t
index ce627736..70392154 100644
--- a/plugins-root/t/check_dhcp.t
+++ b/plugins-root/t/check_dhcp.t
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ my $allow_sudo = getTestParameter( "NP_ALLOW_SUDO",
                                    "no" );
 
 if ($allow_sudo eq "yes" or $> == 0) {
-    plan tests => 6;
+    plan tests => 7;
 } else {
     plan skip_all => "Need sudo to test check_dhcp";
 }
 my $sudo = $> == 0 ? '' : 'sudo';
 
-my $successOutput = '/OK: Received \d+ DHCPOFFER\(s\), \d+ of 1 requested servers responded, max lease time = \d+ sec\./';
-my $failureOutput = '/CRITICAL: (No DHCPOFFERs were received|Received \d+ DHCPOFFER\(s\), 0 of 1 requested servers responded, max lease time = \d+ sec\.)/';
+my $successOutput = '/Received \d+ DHCPOFFER(s)*, max lease time = \d+ seconds/';
+my $failureOutput = '/(No DHCPOFFERs were received|Received \d+ DHCPOFFER\(s\), 0 of 1 requested servers responded, max lease time = \d+ sec\.)/';
 my $invalidOutput = '/Invalid hostname/';
 
 my $host_responsive    = getTestParameter( "NP_HOST_DHCP_RESPONSIVE",
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter( "NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
                                            "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname",
                                            "nosuchhost" );
 
+my $output_format = "--output-format mp-test-json";
+
 # try to determince interface
 my $interface = '';
 
@@ -49,19 +51,21 @@ my $res;
 SKIP: {
     skip('need responsive test host', 2) unless $host_responsive;
     $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_dhcp $interface -u -s $host_responsive"
+        "$sudo ./check_dhcp $interface -u -s $host_responsive $output_format"
     );
-    is( $res->return_code, 0, "Syntax ok" );
-    like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
+    is( $res->return_code, 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK" );
+    like( $res->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/OK/", "Output OK" );
+    like( $res->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 };
 
 SKIP: {
     skip('need nonresponsive test host', 2) unless $host_nonresponsive;
     $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_dhcp $interface -u -s $host_nonresponsive"
+        "$sudo ./check_dhcp $interface -u -s $host_nonresponsive $output_format"
     );
-    is( $res->return_code, 2, "Exit code - host nonresponsive" );
-    like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK" );
+    is( $res->return_code, 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK" );
+    like( $res->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/CRITICAL/", "Exit code - host nonresponsive" );
+    like( $res->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $failureOutput, "Output OK" );
 };
 
 SKIP: {
@@ -69,6 +73,6 @@ SKIP: {
     $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "$sudo ./check_dhcp $interface -u -s $hostname_invalid"
     );
-    is( $res->return_code, 3, "Exit code - host invalid" );
+    is( $res->return_code, 3, "invalid hostname/address should return UNKNOWN" );
     like( $res->output, $invalidOutput, "Output OK" );
 };
diff --git a/plugins-root/t/check_icmp.t b/plugins-root/t/check_icmp.t
index de1d88d2..d414c3c7 100644
--- a/plugins-root/t/check_icmp.t
+++ b/plugins-root/t/check_icmp.t
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@ my $allow_sudo = getTestParameter( "NP_ALLOW_SUDO",
         "no" );
 
 if ($allow_sudo eq "yes" or $> == 0) {
-        plan tests => 40;
+        plan tests => 17;
 } else {
         plan skip_all => "Need sudo to test check_icmp";
 }
 my $sudo = $> == 0 ? '' : 'sudo';
 
-my $successOutput = '/OK - .*? rta (?:[\d\.]+ms)|(?:nan), lost \d+%/';
-my $failureOutput = '/(WARNING|CRITICAL) - .*? rta (?:[\d\.]+ms > [\d\.]+ms|nan)/';
-
 my $host_responsive    = getTestParameter( "NP_HOST_RESPONSIVE",
                                 "The hostname of system responsive to network requests",
                                 "localhost" );
@@ -36,108 +33,85 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter( "NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
 my $res;
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100%"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100%"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "Syntax ok" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -w 0ms,0% -c 10000ms,100%"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -w 0ms,0% -c 100ms,100%"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 1, "Syntax ok, with forced warning" );
-like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -w 0,0% -c 0,0%"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 2, "Syntax ok, with forced critical" );
-like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_nonresponsive -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100% -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_nonresponsive -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100%"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 2, "Timeout - host nonresponsive" );
-like( $res->output, '/pl=100%/', "Error contains 'pl=100%' string (for 100% packet loss)" );
-like( $res->output, '/rta=U/', "Error contains 'rta=U' string" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100%"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100%"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 3, "No hostname" );
-like( $res->output, '/No hosts to check/', "Output with appropriate error message");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_nonresponsive -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100% -n 1 -m 0 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_nonresponsive -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100% -n 1 -m 0"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "One host nonresponsive - zero required" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -H $host_nonresponsive -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100% -n 1 -m 1 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -H $host_nonresponsive -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100% -n 1 -m 1"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "One of two host nonresponsive - one required" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -H $host_nonresponsive -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100% -n 1 -m 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -H $host_nonresponsive -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100% -n 1 -m 2"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 2, "One of two host nonresponsive - two required" );
-like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -s 127.0.15.15 -w 10000ms,100% -c 10000ms,100% -n 1 -m 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -s 127.0.15.15 -w 100ms,100% -c 100ms,100% -n 1"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "IPv4 source_ip accepted" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -b 65507"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "Try max packet size" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK - Didn't overflow" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -R 100,100 -n 1 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -R 100,100 -n 1"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "rta works" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -P 80,90 -n 1 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -P 80,90 -n 1"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "pl works" );
-like( $res->output, '/lost 0%/', "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -J 80,90 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -J 80,90"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "jitter works" );
-like( $res->output, '/jitter \d/', "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -M 4,3 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -M 4,3"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "mos works" );
-like( $res->output, '/MOS \d/', "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -S 80,70 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -S 80,70"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "score works" );
-like( $res->output, '/Score \d/', "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -O -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -O"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "order works" );
-like( $res->output, '/Packets in order/', "Output OK" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -O -S 80,70 -M 4,3 -J 80,90 -P 80,90 -R 100,100 -t 2"
+        "$sudo ./check_icmp -H $host_responsive -O -S 80,70 -M 4,3 -J 80,90 -P 80,90 -R 100,100"
         );
 is( $res->return_code, 0, "order works" );
-like( $res->output, '/Packets in order/', "Output OK" );
-like( $res->output, '/Score \d/', "Output OK" );
-like( $res->output, '/MOS \d/', "Output OK" );
-like( $res->output, '/jitter \d/', "Output OK" );
-like( $res->output, '/lost 0%/', "Output OK" );
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK" );
diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh b/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
index 866e0e0f..ba3581b1 100755..100644
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ print_help() {
         echo "This plugin checks hardware status using the lm_sensors package."
         echo ""
         support
-        exit "$STATE_OK"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile.am b/plugins/Makefile.am
index d43c1971..1a9399f0 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ AM_CFLAGS = -DNP_VERSION='"$(NP_VERSION)"'
 
 VPATH = $(top_srcdir) $(top_srcdir)/lib $(top_srcdir)/plugins $(top_srcdir)/plugins/t
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I.. -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/gl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl \
-        @LDAPINCLUDE@ @PGINCLUDE@ @SSLINCLUDE@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I.. \
+                          -I$(top_srcdir)/lib \
+                          -I$(top_srcdir)/gl \
+                          -I$(top_srcdir)/intl \
+                          -DNP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX=\"$(localstatedir)\" \
+                          @LDAPINCLUDE@ \
+                          @PGINCLUDE@ \
+                          @SSLINCLUDE@
 
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 # gettext docs say to use AM_CPPFLAGS, but per module_CPPFLAGS override this
@@ -27,26 +33,70 @@ MATHLIBS = @MATHLIBS@
 #AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 libexec_PROGRAMS = check_apt check_cluster check_disk check_dummy check_http check_load \
-        check_mrtg check_mrtgtraf check_ntp check_ntp_peer check_nwstat check_overcr check_ping \
+        check_mrtg check_mrtgtraf check_ntp check_ntp_peer check_ping \
         check_real check_smtp check_ssh check_tcp check_time check_ntp_time \
         check_ups check_users negate \
-        urlize @EXTRAS@
+        urlize @EXTRAS@ \
+        check_snmp
 
 check_tcp_programs = check_ftp check_imap check_nntp check_pop \
         check_udp check_clamd @check_tcp_ssl@
 
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS = check_mysql check_radius check_pgsql check_snmp check_hpjd \
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = check_mysql check_radius check_pgsql check_hpjd \
         check_swap check_fping check_ldap check_game check_dig \
         check_nagios check_by_ssh check_dns check_nt check_ide_smart    \
         check_procs check_mysql_query check_apt check_dbi check_curl \
         \
-        tests/test_check_swap
+        tests/test_check_swap \
+        tests/test_check_snmp \
+        tests/test_check_disk
 
 SUBDIRS = picohttpparser
 
-np_test_scripts = tests/test_check_swap.t
-
-EXTRA_DIST = t tests $(np_test_scripts) check_swap.d
+np_test_scripts = tests/test_check_swap.t \
+                                  tests/test_check_snmp.t \
+                                  tests/test_check_disk.t
+
+EXTRA_DIST = t \
+                         tests \
+                         $(np_test_scripts) \
+                         negate.d \
+                         check_swap.d \
+                         check_ldap.d \
+                         check_hpjd.d \
+                         check_game.d \
+                         check_radius.d \
+                         check_curl.d \
+                         check_disk.d \
+                         check_time.d \
+                         check_users.d \
+                         check_load.d \
+                         check_nagios.d \
+                         check_dbi.d \
+                         check_tcp.d \
+                         check_real.d \
+                         check_ssh.d \
+                         check_nt.d \
+                         check_dns.d \
+                         check_mrtgtraf.d \
+                         check_mysql_query.d \
+                         check_mrtg.d \
+                         check_ntp_peer.d \
+                         check_apt.d \
+                         check_pgsql.d \
+                         check_procs.d \
+                         check_ping.d \
+                         check_by_ssh.d \
+                         check_smtp.d \
+                         check_snmp.d \
+                         check_mysql.d \
+                         check_ntp_time.d \
+                         check_dig.d \
+                         check_cluster.d \
+                         check_curl.d \
+                         check_cluster.d \
+                         check_ups.d \
+                         check_fping.d
 
 PLUGINHDRS = common.h
 
@@ -85,9 +135,11 @@ check_cluster_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
 check_curl_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBCURLCFLAGS) $(URIPARSERCFLAGS) $(LIBCURLINCLUDE) $(URIPARSERINCLUDE) -Ipicohttpparser
 check_curl_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(LIBCURLCFLAGS) $(URIPARSERCFLAGS) $(LIBCURLINCLUDE) $(URIPARSERINCLUDE) -Ipicohttpparser
 check_curl_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(LIBCURLLIBS) $(SSLOBJS) $(URIPARSERLIBS) picohttpparser/libpicohttpparser.a
+check_curl_SOURCES = check_curl.c check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.c
 check_dbi_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(DBILIBS)
 check_dig_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_disk_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
+check_disk_SOURCES = check_disk.c check_disk.d/utils_disk.c
 check_dns_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_dummy_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
 check_fping_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
@@ -108,14 +160,15 @@ check_nagios_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
 check_nt_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_ntp_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
 check_ntp_peer_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
-check_nwstat_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
-check_overcr_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_pgsql_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(PGLIBS)
 check_ping_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_procs_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
 check_radius_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(RADIUSLIBS)
 check_real_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
+check_snmp_SOURCES = check_snmp.c check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.c
 check_snmp_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
+check_snmp_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) `net-snmp-config --libs`
+check_snmp_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) `net-snmp-config --cflags`
 check_smtp_LDADD = $(SSLOBJS)
 check_ssh_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_swap_SOURCES = check_swap.c check_swap.d/swap.c
@@ -124,6 +177,7 @@ check_tcp_LDADD = $(SSLOBJS)
 check_time_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_ntp_time_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
 check_ups_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
+check_users_SOURCES = check_users.c check_users.d/users.c
 check_users_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS) $(WTSAPI32LIBS) $(SYSTEMDLIBS)
 check_by_ssh_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
 check_ide_smart_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
@@ -136,6 +190,10 @@ endif
 
 tests_test_check_swap_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS) $(tap_ldflags) -ltap
 tests_test_check_swap_SOURCES = tests/test_check_swap.c check_swap.d/swap.c
+tests_test_check_snmp_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS) $(tap_ldflags) -ltap
+tests_test_check_snmp_SOURCES = tests/test_check_snmp.c check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.c
+tests_test_check_disk_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS) $(tap_ldflags) check_disk.d/utils_disk.c -ltap
+tests_test_check_disk_SOURCES = tests/test_check_disk.c
 
 ##############################################################################
 # secondary dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.c b/plugins/check_apt.c
index 1eda45dd..9ed5b6cf 100644
--- a/plugins/check_apt.c
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.c
@@ -29,92 +29,98 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "perfdata.h"
 const char *progname = "check_apt";
 const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
+#include "states.h"
+#include "output.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "regex.h"
+#include "check_apt.d/config.h"
 
-/* some constants */
-typedef enum {
-        UPGRADE,
-        DIST_UPGRADE,
-        NO_UPGRADE
-} upgrade_type;
-
-/* Character for hidden input file option (for testing). */
-#define INPUT_FILE_OPT CHAR_MAX + 1
 /* the default opts can be overridden via the cmdline */
-#define UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS "-o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq"
-#define UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS  "-q"
+const char *UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS = "-o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq";
+const char *UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS = "-q";
+
 /* until i commit the configure.in patch which gets this, i'll define
  * it here as well */
 #ifndef PATH_TO_APTGET
 #       define PATH_TO_APTGET "/usr/bin/apt-get"
 #endif /* PATH_TO_APTGET */
+
 /* String found at the beginning of the apt output lines we're interested in */
-#define PKGINST_PREFIX "Inst "
+const char *PKGINST_PREFIX = "Inst ";
 /* the RE that catches security updates */
-#define SECURITY_RE "^[^\\(]*\\(.* (Debian-Security:|Ubuntu:[^/]*/[^-]*-security)"
+const char *SECURITY_RE = "^[^\\(]*\\(.* (Debian-Security:|Ubuntu:[^/]*/[^-]*-security)";
 
 /* some standard functions */
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_apt_config config;
+} check_apt_config_wrapper;
+static check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
 /* construct the appropriate apt-get cmdline */
-static char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type u, const char *opts);
+static char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type /*u*/, const char * /*opts*/);
+
 /* run an apt-get update */
-static int run_update(void);
+typedef struct {
+        mp_subcheck sc;
+        bool stderr_warning;
+        bool exec_warning;
+} run_update_result;
+static run_update_result run_update(char *update_opts);
 
 typedef struct {
         int errorcode;
-        int package_count;
-        int security_package_count;
+        size_t package_count;
+        size_t security_package_count;
         char **packages_list;
         char **secpackages_list;
+        bool exec_warning;
 } run_upgrade_result;
 
 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
-static run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void);
+run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(upgrade_type upgrade, const char *do_include, const char *do_exclude,
+                                                           const char *do_critical, const char *upgrade_opts,
+                                                           const char *input_filename);
 
 /* add another clause to a regexp */
-static char *add_to_regexp(char *expr, const char *next);
+static char *add_to_regexp(char * /*expr*/, const char * /*next*/);
 /* extract package name from Inst line */
-static char *pkg_name(char *line);
+static char *pkg_name(char * /*line*/);
 /* string comparison function for qsort */
-static int cmpstringp(const void *p1, const void *p2);
+static int cmpstringp(const void * /*p1*/, const void * /*p2*/);
 
 /* configuration variables */
-static int verbose = 0;                /* -v */
-static bool list = false;              /* list packages available for upgrade */
-static bool do_update = false;         /* whether to call apt-get update */
-static bool only_critical = false;     /* whether to warn about non-critical updates */
-static upgrade_type upgrade = UPGRADE; /* which type of upgrade to do */
-static char *upgrade_opts = NULL;      /* options to override defaults for upgrade */
-static char *update_opts = NULL;       /* options to override defaults for update */
-static char *do_include = NULL;        /* regexp to only include certain packages */
-static char *do_exclude = NULL;        /* regexp to only exclude certain packages */
-static char *do_critical = NULL;       /* regexp specifying critical packages */
-static char *input_filename = NULL;    /* input filename for testing */
-/* number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status */
-static int packages_warning = 1;
+static int verbose = 0; /* -v */
 
 /* other global variables */
-static int stderr_warning = 0; /* if a cmd issued output on stderr */
-static int exec_warning = 0;   /* if a cmd exited non-zero */
+static bool stderr_warning = false; /* if a cmd issued output on stderr */
+static bool exec_warning = false;   /* if a cmd exited non-zero */
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR) {
+        check_apt_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
+        const check_apt_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
+
         /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
                 usage_va(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
@@ -123,54 +129,91 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* handle timeouts gracefully... */
         alarm(timeout_interval);
 
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
         /* if they want to run apt-get update first... */
-        if (do_update) {
-                result = run_update();
+        if (config.do_update) {
+                run_update_result update_result = run_update(config.update_opts);
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, update_result.sc);
         }
 
         /* apt-get upgrade */
-        run_upgrade_result upgrad_res = run_upgrade();
+        run_upgrade_result upgrad_res =
+                run_upgrade(config.upgrade, config.do_include, config.do_exclude, config.do_critical,
+                                        config.upgrade_opts, config.input_filename);
 
-        result = max_state(result, upgrad_res.errorcode);
-        int packages_available = upgrad_res.package_count;
-        int sec_count = upgrad_res.security_package_count;
+        mp_subcheck sc_run_upgrade = mp_subcheck_init();
+        if (upgrad_res.errorcode == OK) {
+                sc_run_upgrade = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_run_upgrade, STATE_OK);
+        }
+        xasprintf(&sc_run_upgrade.output, "Executed apt upgrade (dry run)");
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_run_upgrade);
+
+        size_t packages_available = upgrad_res.package_count;
+        size_t number_of_security_updates = upgrad_res.security_package_count;
         char **packages_list = upgrad_res.packages_list;
         char **secpackages_list = upgrad_res.secpackages_list;
 
-        if (sec_count > 0) {
-                result = max_state(result, STATE_CRITICAL);
-        } else if (packages_available >= packages_warning && only_critical == false) {
-                result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
-        } else if (result > STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-                result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_perfdata pd_security_updates = perfdata_init();
+        pd_security_updates.value = mp_create_pd_value(number_of_security_updates);
+        pd_security_updates.label = "critical_updates";
+
+        mp_subcheck sc_security_updates = mp_subcheck_init();
+        xasprintf(&sc_security_updates.output, "Security updates available: %zu",
+                          number_of_security_updates);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_security_updates, pd_security_updates);
+
+        if (number_of_security_updates > 0) {
+                sc_security_updates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_security_updates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+        } else {
+                sc_security_updates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_security_updates, STATE_OK);
         }
 
-        printf(_("APT %s: %d packages available for %s (%d critical updates). %s%s%s%s|available_upgrades=%d;;;0 critical_updates=%d;;;0\n"),
-                   state_text(result), packages_available, (upgrade == DIST_UPGRADE) ? "dist-upgrade" : "upgrade", sec_count,
-                   (stderr_warning) ? " warnings detected" : "", (stderr_warning && exec_warning) ? "," : "",
-                   (exec_warning) ? " errors detected" : "", (stderr_warning || exec_warning) ? "." : "", packages_available, sec_count);
+        mp_perfdata pd_other_updates = perfdata_init();
+        pd_other_updates.value = mp_create_pd_value(packages_available);
+        pd_other_updates.label = "available_upgrades";
 
-        if (list) {
-                qsort(secpackages_list, sec_count, sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
-                qsort(packages_list, packages_available - sec_count, sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
+        mp_subcheck sc_other_updates = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-                for (int i = 0; i < sec_count; i++) {
-                        printf("%s (security)\n", secpackages_list[i]);
+        xasprintf(&sc_other_updates.output, "Updates available: %zu", packages_available);
+        sc_other_updates = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_other_updates, STATE_OK);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_other_updates, pd_other_updates);
+
+        if (packages_available >= config.packages_warning && !config.only_critical) {
+                sc_other_updates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_other_updates, STATE_WARNING);
+        }
+
+        if (config.list) {
+                qsort(secpackages_list, number_of_security_updates, sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
+                qsort(packages_list, packages_available - number_of_security_updates, sizeof(char *),
+                          cmpstringp);
+
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < number_of_security_updates; i++) {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_security_updates.output, "%s\n%s (security)", sc_security_updates.output,
+                                          secpackages_list[i]);
                 }
 
-                if (only_critical == false) {
-                        for (int i = 0; i < packages_available - sec_count; i++) {
-                                printf("%s\n", packages_list[i]);
+                if (!config.only_critical) {
+                        for (size_t i = 0; i < packages_available - number_of_security_updates; i++) {
+                                xasprintf(&sc_other_updates.output, "%s\n%s", sc_other_updates.output,
+                                                  packages_list[i]);
                         }
                 }
         }
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_security_updates);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_other_updates);
 
-        return result;
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        enum {
+                /* Character for hidden input file option (for testing). */
+                INPUT_FILE_OPT = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                output_format_index,
+        };
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
@@ -179,15 +222,21 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"upgrade", optional_argument, 0, 'U'},
                                                                            {"no-upgrade", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
                                                                            {"dist-upgrade", optional_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                                                                           {"list", no_argument, false, 'l'},
+                                                                           {"list", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
                                                                            {"include", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
                                                                            {"exclude", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
                                                                            {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
                                                                            {"only-critical", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
                                                                            {"input-file", required_argument, 0, INPUT_FILE_OPT},
                                                                            {"packages-warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        check_apt_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_apt_config_init(),
+        };
+
         while (true) {
                 int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:u::U::d::nli:e:c:ow:", longopts, NULL);
 
@@ -209,96 +258,110 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'd':
-                        upgrade = DIST_UPGRADE;
+                        result.config.upgrade = DIST_UPGRADE;
                         if (optarg != NULL) {
-                                upgrade_opts = strdup(optarg);
-                                if (upgrade_opts == NULL) {
+                                result.config.upgrade_opts = strdup(optarg);
+                                if (result.config.upgrade_opts == NULL) {
                                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "strdup failed");
                                 }
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'U':
-                        upgrade = UPGRADE;
+                        result.config.upgrade = UPGRADE;
                         if (optarg != NULL) {
-                                upgrade_opts = strdup(optarg);
-                                if (upgrade_opts == NULL) {
+                                result.config.upgrade_opts = strdup(optarg);
+                                if (result.config.upgrade_opts == NULL) {
                                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "strdup failed");
                                 }
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'n':
-                        upgrade = NO_UPGRADE;
+                        result.config.upgrade = NO_UPGRADE;
                         break;
                 case 'u':
-                        do_update = true;
+                        result.config.do_update = true;
                         if (optarg != NULL) {
-                                update_opts = strdup(optarg);
-                                if (update_opts == NULL) {
+                                result.config.update_opts = strdup(optarg);
+                                if (result.config.update_opts == NULL) {
                                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "strdup failed");
                                 }
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'l':
-                        list = true;
+                        result.config.list = true;
                         break;
                 case 'i':
-                        do_include = add_to_regexp(do_include, optarg);
+                        result.config.do_include = add_to_regexp(result.config.do_include, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'e':
-                        do_exclude = add_to_regexp(do_exclude, optarg);
+                        result.config.do_exclude = add_to_regexp(result.config.do_exclude, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'c':
-                        do_critical = add_to_regexp(do_critical, optarg);
+                        result.config.do_critical = add_to_regexp(result.config.do_critical, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'o':
-                        only_critical = true;
+                        result.config.only_critical = true;
                         break;
                 case INPUT_FILE_OPT:
-                        input_filename = optarg;
+                        result.config.input_filename = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
-                        packages_warning = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.packages_warning = atoi(optarg);
+                        break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
                         break;
+                }
                 default:
                         /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
-run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
-        regex_t ereg;
+run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type upgrade, const char *do_include,
+                                                           const char *do_exclude, const char *do_critical,
+                                                           const char *upgrade_opts, const char *input_filename) {
+        regex_t exclude_regex;
         /* initialize ereg as it is possible it is printed while uninitialized */
-        memset(&ereg, '\0', sizeof(ereg.buffer));
+        memset(&exclude_regex, '\0', sizeof(exclude_regex.buffer));
 
         run_upgrade_result result = {
-                .errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                .errorcode = OK,
         };
 
         if (upgrade == NO_UPGRADE) {
-                result.errorcode = STATE_OK;
+                result.errorcode = OK;
                 return result;
         }
 
         int regres = 0;
-        regex_t ireg;
+        regex_t include_regex;
         char rerrbuf[64];
         /* compile the regexps */
         if (do_include != NULL) {
-                regres = regcomp(&ireg, do_include, REG_EXTENDED);
+                regres = regcomp(&include_regex, do_include, REG_EXTENDED);
                 if (regres != 0) {
-                        regerror(regres, &ireg, rerrbuf, 64);
+                        regerror(regres, &include_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), progname, rerrbuf);
                 }
         }
 
         if (do_exclude != NULL) {
-                regres = regcomp(&ereg, do_exclude, REG_EXTENDED);
+                regres = regcomp(&exclude_regex, do_exclude, REG_EXTENDED);
                 if (regres != 0) {
-                        regerror(regres, &ereg, rerrbuf, 64);
+                        regerror(regres, &exclude_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), progname, rerrbuf);
                 }
         }
@@ -307,12 +370,12 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
         const char *crit_ptr = (do_critical != NULL) ? do_critical : SECURITY_RE;
         regres = regcomp(&sreg, crit_ptr, REG_EXTENDED);
         if (regres != 0) {
-                regerror(regres, &ereg, rerrbuf, 64);
+                regerror(regres, &exclude_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), progname, rerrbuf);
         }
 
-        struct output chld_out;
-        struct output chld_err;
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
         char *cmdline = NULL;
         cmdline = construct_cmdline(upgrade, upgrade_opts);
         if (input_filename != NULL) {
@@ -323,16 +386,15 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
                 result.errorcode = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
         }
 
-        /* apt-get upgrade only changes exit status if there is an
-         * internal error when run in dry-run mode.  therefore we will
-         * treat such an error as UNKNOWN */
-        if (result.errorcode != STATE_OK) {
-                exec_warning = 1;
-                result.errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), cmdline);
+        // apt-get upgrade only changes exit status if there is an
+        // internal error when run in dry-run mode.
+        if (result.errorcode != 0) {
+                result.exec_warning = true;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                // fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), cmdline);
         }
 
-  char **pkglist = malloc(sizeof(char *) * chld_out.lines);
+        char **pkglist = malloc(sizeof(char *) * chld_out.lines);
         if (!pkglist) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "malloc failed!\n");
         }
@@ -350,27 +412,31 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
          * we may need to switch to the --print-uris output format,
          * in which case the logic here will slightly change.
          */
-        int package_counter = 0;
-        int security_package_counter = 0;
+        size_t package_counter = 0;
+        size_t security_package_counter = 0;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                 if (verbose) {
                         printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
                 }
+
                 /* if it is a package we care about */
                 if (strncmp(PKGINST_PREFIX, chld_out.line[i], strlen(PKGINST_PREFIX)) == 0 &&
-                        (do_include == NULL || regexec(&ireg, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) == 0)) {
+                        (do_include == NULL || regexec(&include_regex, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) == 0)) {
                         /* if we're not excluding, or it's not in the
                          * list of stuff to exclude */
-                        if (do_exclude == NULL || regexec(&ereg, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+                        if (do_exclude == NULL || regexec(&exclude_regex, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
                                 package_counter++;
                                 if (regexec(&sreg, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) == 0) {
                                         security_package_counter++;
+
                                         if (verbose) {
                                                 printf("*");
                                         }
+
                                         (secpkglist)[security_package_counter - 1] = pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
                                 } else {
-                                        (pkglist)[package_counter - security_package_counter - 1] = pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
+                                        (pkglist)[package_counter - security_package_counter - 1] =
+                                                pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
                                 }
                                 if (verbose) {
                                         printf("*%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
@@ -378,6 +444,7 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
                         }
                 }
         }
+
         result.package_count = package_counter;
         result.security_package_count = security_package_counter;
         result.packages_list = pkglist;
@@ -385,42 +452,56 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(void) {
 
         /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
         if (input_filename == NULL && chld_err.buflen) {
-                stderr_warning = 1;
-                result.errorcode = max_state(result.errorcode, STATE_WARNING);
+                stderr_warning = true;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+
                 if (verbose) {
                         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
                         }
                 }
         }
+
         if (do_include != NULL) {
-                regfree(&ireg);
+                regfree(&include_regex);
         }
+
         regfree(&sreg);
+
         if (do_exclude != NULL) {
-                regfree(&ereg);
+                regfree(&exclude_regex);
         }
+
         free(cmdline);
+
         return result;
 }
 
 /* run an apt-get update (needs root) */
-int run_update(void) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+run_update_result run_update(char *update_opts) {
         char *cmdline;
         /* run the update */
         cmdline = construct_cmdline(NO_UPGRADE, update_opts);
 
-        struct output chld_out;
-        struct output chld_err;
-        result = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
+        run_update_result result = {
+                .exec_warning = false,
+                .stderr_warning = false,
+                .sc = mp_subcheck_init(),
+        };
+
+        result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(result.sc, STATE_OK);
+        xasprintf(&result.sc.output, "executing '%s' first", cmdline);
+
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        int cmd_error = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
         /* apt-get update changes exit status if it can't fetch packages.
          * since we were explicitly asked to do so, this is treated as
          * a critical error. */
-        if (result != 0) {
-                exec_warning = 1;
-                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), cmdline);
+        if (cmd_error != 0) {
+                exec_warning = true;
+                result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(result.sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&result.sc.output, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), cmdline);
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
@@ -431,22 +512,25 @@ int run_update(void) {
 
         /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
         if (chld_err.buflen) {
-                stderr_warning = 1;
-                result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
+                stderr_warning = true;
+                result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                        result.sc, max_state(mp_compute_subcheck_state(result.sc), STATE_WARNING));
                 if (verbose) {
                         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
                         }
                 }
         }
+
         free(cmdline);
+
         return result;
 }
 
 char *pkg_name(char *line) {
         char *start = line + strlen(PKGINST_PREFIX);
 
-        int len = strlen(start);
+        size_t len = strlen(start);
 
         char *space = index(start, ' ');
         if (space != NULL) {
@@ -464,35 +548,37 @@ char *pkg_name(char *line) {
         return pkg;
 }
 
-int cmpstringp(const void *p1, const void *p2) { return strcmp(*(char *const *)p1, *(char *const *)p2); }
+int cmpstringp(const void *left_string, const void *right_string) {
+        return strcmp(*(char *const *)left_string, *(char *const *)right_string);
+}
 
 char *add_to_regexp(char *expr, const char *next) {
-        char *re = NULL;
+        char *regex_string = NULL;
 
         if (expr == NULL) {
-                re = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen("()") + strlen(next) + 1));
-                if (!re) {
+                regex_string = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen("()") + strlen(next) + 1));
+                if (!regex_string) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "malloc failed!\n");
                 }
-                sprintf(re, "(%s)", next);
+                sprintf(regex_string, "(%s)", next);
         } else {
                 /* resize it, adding an extra char for the new '|' separator */
-                re = realloc(expr, sizeof(char) * (strlen(expr) + 1 + strlen(next) + 1));
-                if (!re) {
+                regex_string = realloc(expr, sizeof(char) * (strlen(expr) + 1 + strlen(next) + 1));
+                if (!regex_string) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "realloc failed!\n");
                 }
                 /* append it starting at ')' in the old re */
-                sprintf((char *)(re + strlen(re) - 1), "|%s)", next);
+                sprintf((char *)(regex_string + strlen(regex_string) - 1), "|%s)", next);
         }
 
-        return re;
+        return regex_string;
 }
 
-char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type u, const char *opts) {
+char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type upgrade, const char *opts) {
         const char *opts_ptr = NULL;
         const char *aptcmd = NULL;
 
-        switch (u) {
+        switch (upgrade) {
         case UPGRADE:
                 if (opts == NULL) {
                         opts_ptr = UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS;
@@ -519,7 +605,7 @@ char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type u, const char *opts) {
                 break;
         }
 
-        int len = 0;
+        size_t len = 0;
         len += strlen(PATH_TO_APTGET) + 1; /* "/usr/bin/apt-get " */
         len += strlen(opts_ptr) + 1;       /* "opts " */
         len += strlen(aptcmd) + 1;         /* "upgrade\0" */
@@ -557,7 +643,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("List packages available for upgrade.  Packages are printed sorted by"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("name with security packages listed first."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-i, --include=REGEXP");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Include only packages matching REGEXP.  Can be specified multiple times"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Include only packages matching REGEXP.  Can be specified multiple times"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("the values will be combined together.  Any packages matching this list"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("cause the plugin to return WARNING status.  Others will be ignored."));
         printf("    %s\n", _("Default is to include all packages."));
@@ -566,7 +653,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("otherwise be included.  Can be specified multiple times; the values"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("will be combined together.  Default is to exclude no packages."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=REGEXP");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("If the full package information of any of the upgradable packages match"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("If the full package information of any of the upgradable packages match"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("this REGEXP, the plugin will return CRITICAL status.  Can be specified"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("multiple times like above.  Default is a regexp matching security"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("upgrades for Debian and Ubuntu:"));
@@ -575,15 +663,21 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("information is compared against the critical list."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-o, --only-critical");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Only warn about upgrades matching the critical list.  The total number"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical upgrades will not cause"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical upgrades will not cause"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("the plugin to return WARNING status."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-w, --packages-warning");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status."));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Minimum number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status."));
         printf("    %s\n\n", _("Default is 1 package."));
 
-        printf("%s\n\n", _("The following options require root privileges and should be used with care:"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+
+        printf("%s\n\n",
+                   _("The following options require root privileges and should be used with care:"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-u, --update=OPTS");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("First perform an 'apt-get update'.  An optional OPTS parameter overrides"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("First perform an 'apt-get update'.  An optional OPTS parameter overrides"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("the default options.  Note: you may also need to adjust the global"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("timeout (with -t) to prevent the plugin from timing out if apt-get"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("upgrade is expected to take longer than the default timeout."));
@@ -592,8 +686,10 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("apt-get will be run with these command line options instead of the"));
         printf("    %s", _("default "));
         printf("(%s).\n", UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS);
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Note that you may be required to have root privileges if you do not use"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("the default options, which will only run a simulation and NOT perform the upgrade"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Note that you may be required to have root privileges if you do not use"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("the default options, which will only run a simulation and NOT perform the upgrade"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-d, --dist-upgrade=OPTS");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Perform a dist-upgrade instead of normal upgrade. Like with -U OPTS"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("can be provided to override the default options."));
diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h b/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4d622f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "../lib/output.h"
+
+/* some constants */
+typedef enum {
+        UPGRADE,
+        DIST_UPGRADE,
+        NO_UPGRADE
+} upgrade_type;
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool do_update;       /* whether to call apt-get update */
+        upgrade_type upgrade; /* which type of upgrade to do */
+        bool only_critical;   /* whether to warn about non-critical updates */
+        bool list;            /* list packages available for upgrade */
+        /* number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status */
+        size_t packages_warning;
+
+        char *upgrade_opts;   /* options to override defaults for upgrade */
+        char *update_opts;    /* options to override defaults for update */
+        char *do_include;     /* regexp to only include certain packages */
+        char *do_exclude;     /* regexp to only exclude certain packages */
+        char *do_critical;    /* regexp specifying critical packages */
+        char *input_filename; /* input filename for testing */
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_apt_config;
+
+check_apt_config check_apt_config_init() {
+        check_apt_config tmp = {.do_update = false,
+                                                        .upgrade = UPGRADE,
+                                                        .only_critical = false,
+                                                        .list = false,
+                                                        .packages_warning = 1,
+                                                        .update_opts = NULL,
+                                                        .do_include = NULL,
+                                                        .do_exclude = NULL,
+                                                        .do_critical = NULL,
+                                                        .input_filename = NULL,
+                                                        .output_format_is_set = false};
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
index 905b2393..a43c0d34 100644
--- a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
@@ -32,48 +32,29 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
+#include "check_by_ssh.d/config.h"
+#include "states.h"
 
 #ifndef NP_MAXARGS
 #       define NP_MAXARGS 1024
 #endif
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
-static void comm_append(const char * /*str*/);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_by_ssh_config config;
+} check_by_ssh_config_wrapper;
+static check_by_ssh_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_by_ssh_config_wrapper
+        validate_arguments(check_by_ssh_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
+
+static command_construct comm_append(command_construct /*cmd*/, const char * /*str*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static unsigned int commands = 0;
-static unsigned int services = 0;
-static int skip_stdout = 0;
-static int skip_stderr = 0;
-static int warn_on_stderr = 0;
-static bool unknown_timeout = false;
-static char *remotecmd = NULL;
-static char **commargv = NULL;
-static int commargc = 0;
-static char *hostname = NULL;
-static char *outputfile = NULL;
-static char *host_shortname = NULL;
-static char **service;
-static bool passive = false;
 static bool verbose = false;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-
-        char *status_text;
-        int cresult;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        time_t local_time;
-        FILE *file_pointer = NULL;
-        output chld_out;
-        output chld_err;
-
-        remotecmd = "";
-        comm_append(SSH_COMMAND);
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -81,9 +62,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
+        check_by_ssh_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
         /* process arguments */
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_by_ssh_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -93,47 +79,67 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         /* run the command */
         if (verbose) {
-                printf("Command: %s\n", commargv[0]);
-                for (int i = 1; i < commargc; i++)
-                        printf("Argument %i: %s\n", i, commargv[i]);
+                printf("Command: %s\n", config.cmd.commargv[0]);
+                for (int i = 1; i < config.cmd.commargc; i++) {
+                        printf("Argument %i: %s\n", i, config.cmd.commargv[i]);
+                }
         }
 
-        result = cmd_run_array(commargv, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        mp_state_enum result = cmd_run_array(config.cmd.commargv, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
 
         /* SSH returns 255 if connection attempt fails; include the first line of error output */
-        if (result == 255 && unknown_timeout) {
-                printf(_("SSH connection failed: %s\n"), chld_err.lines > 0 ? chld_err.line[0] : "(no error output)");
+        if (result == 255 && config.unknown_timeout) {
+                printf(_("SSH connection failed: %s\n"),
+                           chld_err.lines > 0 ? chld_err.line[0] : "(no error output)");
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++)
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                         printf("stdout: %s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++)
+                }
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                         printf("stderr: %s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
+                }
         }
 
-        if (skip_stdout == -1) /* --skip-stdout specified without argument */
+        size_t skip_stdout = 0;
+        if (config.skip_stdout == -1) { /* --skip-stdout specified without argument */
                 skip_stdout = chld_out.lines;
-        if (skip_stderr == -1) /* --skip-stderr specified without argument */
+        } else {
+                skip_stdout = config.skip_stdout;
+        }
+
+        size_t skip_stderr = 0;
+        if (config.skip_stderr == -1) { /* --skip-stderr specified without argument */
                 skip_stderr = chld_err.lines;
+        } else {
+                skip_stderr = config.skip_stderr;
+        }
 
-        /* UNKNOWN or worse if (non-skipped) output found on stderr */
-        if (chld_err.lines > (size_t)skip_stderr) {
+        /* Allow UNKNOWN or WARNING state for (non-skipped) output found on stderr */
+        if (chld_err.lines > (size_t)skip_stderr && (config.unknown_on_stderr || config.warn_on_stderr)) {
                 printf(_("Remote command execution failed: %s\n"), chld_err.line[skip_stderr]);
-                if (warn_on_stderr)
+                if (config.unknown_on_stderr) {
+                        return max_state_alt(result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                } else if (config.warn_on_stderr) {
                         return max_state_alt(result, STATE_WARNING);
-                return max_state_alt(result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                }
         }
 
         /* this is simple if we're not supposed to be passive.
          * Wrap up quickly and keep the tricks below */
-        if (!passive) {
-                if (chld_out.lines > (size_t)skip_stdout)
-                        for (size_t i = skip_stdout; i < chld_out.lines; i++)
+        if (!config.passive) {
+                if (chld_out.lines > (size_t)skip_stdout) {
+                        for (size_t i = skip_stdout; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                                 puts(chld_out.line[i]);
-                else
-                        printf(_("%s - check_by_ssh: Remote command '%s' returned status %d\n"), state_text(result), remotecmd, result);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        printf(_("%s - check_by_ssh: Remote command '%s' returned status %d\n"),
+                                   state_text(result), config.remotecmd, result);
+                }
                 return result; /* return error status from remote command */
         }
 
@@ -142,78 +148,95 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
          */
 
         /* process output */
-        if (!(file_pointer = fopen(outputfile, "a"))) {
-                printf(_("SSH WARNING: could not open %s\n"), outputfile);
+        FILE *file_pointer = NULL;
+        if (!(file_pointer = fopen(config.outputfile, "a"))) {
+                printf(_("SSH WARNING: could not open %s\n"), config.outputfile);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        local_time = time(NULL);
-        commands = 0;
+        time_t local_time = time(NULL);
+        unsigned int commands = 0;
+        char *status_text;
+        int cresult;
         for (size_t i = skip_stdout; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                 status_text = chld_out.line[i++];
-                if (i == chld_out.lines || strstr(chld_out.line[i], "STATUS CODE: ") == NULL)
+                if (i == chld_out.lines || strstr(chld_out.line[i], "STATUS CODE: ") == NULL) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error parsing output\n"), progname);
+                }
 
-                if (service[commands] && status_text && sscanf(chld_out.line[i], "STATUS CODE: %d", &cresult) == 1) {
-                        fprintf(file_pointer, "[%d] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;%s;%s;%d;%s\n", (int)local_time, host_shortname, service[commands++],
-                                        cresult, status_text);
+                if (config.service[commands] && status_text &&
+                        sscanf(chld_out.line[i], "STATUS CODE: %d", &cresult) == 1) {
+                        fprintf(file_pointer, "[%d] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;%s;%s;%d;%s\n",
+                                        (int)local_time, config.host_shortname, config.service[commands++], cresult,
+                                        status_text);
                 }
         }
 
         /* Multiple commands and passive checking should always return OK */
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        char *p1;
-        char *p2;
+check_by_ssh_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"fork", no_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"unknown-timeout", no_argument, 0, 'U'},
+                {"host", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, /* backward compatibility */
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"output", required_argument, 0, 'O'},
+                {"name", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"services", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"identity", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
+                {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'}, /* backwards compatibility */
+                {"logname", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"skip", optional_argument, 0, 'S'}, /* backwards compatibility */
+                {"skip-stdout", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                {"skip-stderr", optional_argument, 0, 'E'},
+                {"unknown-on-stderr", no_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"warn-on-stderr", no_argument, 0, 'W'},
+                {"proto1", no_argument, 0, '1'},
+                {"proto2", no_argument, 0, '2'},
+                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"ssh-option", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
+                {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                {"configfile", optional_argument, 0, 'F'},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_by_ssh_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_by_ssh_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+        }
+
+        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, SSH_COMMAND);
 
         int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                                                                           {"fork", no_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"unknown-timeout", no_argument, 0, 'U'},
-                                                                           {"host", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, /* backward compatibility */
-                                                                           {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                           {"output", required_argument, 0, 'O'},
-                                                                           {"name", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                                                                           {"services", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                           {"identity", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
-                                                                           {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                           {"logname", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
-                                                                           {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                                                                           {"skip", optional_argument, 0, 'S'}, /* backwards compatibility */
-                                                                           {"skip-stdout", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
-                                                                           {"skip-stderr", optional_argument, 0, 'E'},
-                                                                           {"warn-on-stderr", no_argument, 0, 'W'},
-                                                                           {"proto1", no_argument, 0, '1'},
-                                                                           {"proto2", no_argument, 0, '2'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                                                                           {"ssh-option", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
-                                                                           {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
-                                                                           {"configfile", optional_argument, 0, 'F'},
-                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvh1246fqt:UH:O:p:i:u:l:C:S::E::n:s:o:F:", longopts, &option);
-
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+        while (true) {
+                int opt_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvh1246fqt:UH:O:p:i:u:l:C:S::E::n:s:o:F:", longopts, &option);
+
+                if (opt_index == -1 || opt_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (opt_index) {
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -224,162 +247,202 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose = true;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage_va(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'U':
-                        unknown_timeout = true;
+                        result.config.unknown_timeout = true;
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* host */
-                        hostname = optarg;
+                        result.config.hostname = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port number */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage_va(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
-                        comm_append("-p");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-p");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'O': /* output file */
-                        outputfile = optarg;
-                        passive = true;
+                        result.config.outputfile = optarg;
+                        result.config.passive = true;
                         break;
-                case 's': /* description of service to check */
+                case 's': /* description of service to check */ {
+                        char *p1;
+                        char *p2;
+
                         p1 = optarg;
-                        service = realloc(service, (++services) * sizeof(char *));
+                        result.config.service = realloc(result.config.service,
+                                                                                        (++result.config.number_of_services) * sizeof(char *));
                         while ((p2 = index(p1, ':'))) {
                                 *p2 = '\0';
-                                service[services - 1] = p1;
-                                service = realloc(service, (++services) * sizeof(char *));
+                                result.config.service[result.config.number_of_services - 1] = p1;
+                                result.config.service = realloc(
+                                        result.config.service, (++result.config.number_of_services) * sizeof(char *));
                                 p1 = p2 + 1;
                         }
-                        service[services - 1] = p1;
+                        result.config.service[result.config.number_of_services - 1] = p1;
                         break;
                 case 'n': /* short name of host in the monitoring configuration */
-                        host_shortname = optarg;
-                        break;
-
+                        result.config.host_shortname = optarg;
+                } break;
                 case 'u':
-                        comm_append("-l");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-l");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* login name */
-                        comm_append("-l");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-l");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'i': /* identity */
-                        comm_append("-i");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-i");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
 
                 case '1': /* Pass these switches directly to ssh */
-                        comm_append("-1");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-1");
                         break;
                 case '2': /* 1 to force version 1, 2 to force version 2 */
-                        comm_append("-2");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-2");
                         break;
                 case '4': /* -4 for IPv4 */
-                        comm_append("-4");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-4");
                         break;
                 case '6': /* -6 for IPv6 */
-                        comm_append("-6");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-6");
                         break;
                 case 'f': /* fork to background */
-                        comm_append("-f");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-f");
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* Command for remote machine */
-                        commands++;
-                        if (commands > 1)
-                                xasprintf(&remotecmd, "%s;echo STATUS CODE: $?;", remotecmd);
-                        xasprintf(&remotecmd, "%s%s", remotecmd, optarg);
+                        result.config.commands++;
+                        if (result.config.commands > 1) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.remotecmd, "%s;echo STATUS CODE: $?;",
+                                                  result.config.remotecmd);
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.remotecmd, "%s%s", result.config.remotecmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'S': /* skip n (or all) lines on stdout */
-                        if (optarg == NULL)
-                                skip_stdout = -1; /* skip all output on stdout */
-                        else if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (optarg == NULL) {
+                                result.config.skip_stdout = -1; /* skip all output on stdout */
+                        } else if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage_va(_("skip-stdout argument must be an integer"));
-                        else
-                                skip_stdout = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.skip_stdout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'E': /* skip n (or all) lines on stderr */
-                        if (optarg == NULL)
-                                skip_stderr = -1; /* skip all output on stderr */
-                        else if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (optarg == NULL) {
+                                result.config.skip_stderr = -1; /* skip all output on stderr */
+                        } else if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage_va(_("skip-stderr argument must be an integer"));
-                        else
-                                skip_stderr = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.skip_stderr = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'e': /* exit with unknown if there is an output on stderr */
+                        result.config.unknown_on_stderr = true;
                         break;
                 case 'W': /* exit with warning if there is an output on stderr */
-                        warn_on_stderr = 1;
+                        result.config.warn_on_stderr = true;
                         break;
                 case 'o': /* Extra options for the ssh command */
-                        comm_append("-o");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-o");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'q': /* Tell the ssh command to be quiet */
-                        comm_append("-q");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-q");
                         break;
                 case 'F': /* ssh configfile */
-                        comm_append("-F");
-                        comm_append(optarg);
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, "-F");
+                        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, optarg);
                         break;
                 default: /* help */
                         usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (hostname == NULL) {
+        int c = optind;
+        if (result.config.hostname == NULL) {
                 if (c <= argc) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: You must provide a host name\n"), progname);
                 }
-                hostname = argv[c++];
+                result.config.hostname = argv[c++];
         }
 
-        if (strlen(remotecmd) == 0) {
-                for (; c < argc; c++)
-                        if (strlen(remotecmd) > 0)
-                                xasprintf(&remotecmd, "%s %s", remotecmd, argv[c]);
-                        else
-                                xasprintf(&remotecmd, "%s", argv[c]);
+        if (strlen(result.config.remotecmd) == 0) {
+                for (; c < argc; c++) {
+                        if (strlen(result.config.remotecmd) > 0) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.remotecmd, "%s %s", result.config.remotecmd, argv[c]);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.remotecmd, "%s", argv[c]);
+                        }
+                }
         }
 
-        if (commands > 1 || passive)
-                xasprintf(&remotecmd, "%s;echo STATUS CODE: $?;", remotecmd);
+        if (result.config.commands > 1 || result.config.passive) {
+                xasprintf(&result.config.remotecmd, "%s;echo STATUS CODE: $?;", result.config.remotecmd);
+        }
 
-        if (remotecmd == NULL || strlen(remotecmd) <= 1)
+        if (result.config.remotecmd == NULL || strlen(result.config.remotecmd) <= 1) {
                 usage_va(_("No remotecmd"));
+        }
 
-        comm_append(hostname);
-        comm_append(remotecmd);
+        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, result.config.hostname);
+        result.config.cmd = comm_append(result.config.cmd, result.config.remotecmd);
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-void comm_append(const char *str) {
+command_construct comm_append(command_construct cmd, const char *str) {
+
+        if (verbose) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < cmd.commargc; i++) {
+                        printf("Current command: [%i] %s\n", i, cmd.commargv[i]);
+                }
+
+                printf("Appending: %s\n", str);
+        }
 
-        if (++commargc > NP_MAXARGS)
+        if (++cmd.commargc > NP_MAXARGS) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Argument limit of %d exceeded\n"), progname, NP_MAXARGS);
+        }
 
-        if ((commargv = (char **)realloc(commargv, (commargc + 1) * sizeof(char *))) == NULL)
+        if ((cmd.commargv = (char **)realloc(cmd.commargv, (cmd.commargc + 1) * sizeof(char *))) ==
+                NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Can not (re)allocate 'commargv' buffer\n"));
+        }
+
+        cmd.commargv[cmd.commargc - 1] = strdup(str);
+        cmd.commargv[cmd.commargc] = NULL;
 
-        commargv[commargc - 1] = strdup(str);
-        commargv[commargc] = NULL;
+        return cmd;
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (remotecmd == NULL || hostname == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
+check_by_ssh_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_by_ssh_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.remotecmd == NULL || config_wrapper.config.hostname == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
 
-        if (passive && commands != services)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: In passive mode, you must provide a service name for each command.\n"), progname);
+        if (config_wrapper.config.passive &&
+                config_wrapper.config.commands != config_wrapper.config.number_of_services) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                        _("%s: In passive mode, you must provide a service name for each command.\n"),
+                        progname);
+        }
 
-        if (passive && host_shortname == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: In passive mode, you must provide the host short name from the monitoring configs.\n"), progname);
+        if (config_wrapper.config.passive && config_wrapper.config.host_shortname == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                        _("%s: In passive mode, you must provide the host short name from the monitoring "
+                          "configs.\n"),
+                        progname);
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -410,10 +473,13 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore all or (if specified) first n lines on STDOUT [optional]"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-E, --skip-stderr[=n]");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore all or (if specified) first n lines on STDERR [optional]"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-W, --warn-on-stderr]");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with an warning, if there is an output on STDERR"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-e, --unknown-on-stderr");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with UNKNOWN, if there is output on STDERR"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-W, --warn-on-stderr");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with WARNING, if there is output on STDERR"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-f");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("tells ssh to fork rather than create a tty [optional]. This will always return OK if ssh is executed"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("tells ssh to fork rather than create a tty [optional]. This will always "
+                                                 "return OK if ssh is executed"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-C, --command='COMMAND STRING'");
         printf("    %s\n", _("command to execute on the remote machine"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-l, --logname=USERNAME");
@@ -432,7 +498,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Tell ssh to use this configfile [optional]"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-q, --quiet");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Tell ssh to suppress warning and diagnostic messages [optional]"));
-        printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
         printf(" %s\n", "-U, --unknown-timeout");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Make connection problems return UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL"));
@@ -450,7 +515,9 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", _("all of -O, -s, and -n options (servicelist order must match '-C'options)"));
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "$ check_by_ssh -H localhost -n lh -s c1:c2:c3 -C uptime -C uptime -C uptime -O /tmp/foo");
+        printf(
+                " %s\n",
+                "$ check_by_ssh -H localhost -n lh -s c1:c2:c3 -C uptime -C uptime -C uptime -O /tmp/foo");
         printf(" %s\n", "$ cat /tmp/foo");
         printf(" %s\n", "[1080933700] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;flint;c1;0; up 2 days");
         printf(" %s\n", "[1080933700] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;flint;c2;0; up 2 days");
@@ -462,7 +529,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
         printf(" %s -H <host> -C <command> [-fqvU] [-1|-2] [-4|-6]\n"
-                   "       [-S [lines]] [-E [lines]] [-W] [-t timeout] [-i identity]\n"
+                   "       [-S [lines]] [-E [lines]] [-e|-W] [-t timeout] [-i identity]\n"
                    "       [-l user] [-n name] [-s servicelist] [-O outputfile]\n"
                    "       [-p port] [-o ssh-option] [-F configfile]\n",
                    progname);
diff --git a/plugins/check_by_ssh.d/config.h b/plugins/check_by_ssh.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e4b56d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_by_ssh.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        int commargc;
+        char **commargv;
+} command_construct;
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *hostname;
+        char *host_shortname;
+
+        char **service;
+        unsigned int number_of_services;
+
+        unsigned int commands; // Not needed during actual test run
+        char *remotecmd;
+
+        command_construct cmd;
+
+        bool unknown_timeout;
+        bool unknown_on_stderr;
+        bool warn_on_stderr;
+        int skip_stdout;
+        int skip_stderr;
+        bool passive;
+        char *outputfile;
+} check_by_ssh_config;
+
+check_by_ssh_config check_by_ssh_config_init() {
+        check_by_ssh_config tmp = {
+                .hostname = NULL,
+                .host_shortname = NULL,
+
+                .service = NULL,
+                .number_of_services = 0,
+
+                .commands = 0,
+                .remotecmd = "",
+
+                .cmd =
+                        {
+                                .commargc = 0,
+                                .commargv = NULL,
+                        },
+
+                .unknown_timeout = false,
+                .unknown_on_stderr = false,
+                .warn_on_stderr = false,
+                .skip_stderr = 0,
+                .skip_stdout = 0,
+                .passive = false,
+                .outputfile = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_cluster.c b/plugins/check_cluster.c
index b40c38c7..1cbdcd60 100644
--- a/plugins/check_cluster.c
+++ b/plugins/check_cluster.c
@@ -26,45 +26,25 @@ const char *progname = "check_cluster";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_base.h"
-
-enum {
-        CHECK_SERVICES = 1,
-        CHECK_HOSTS = 2
-};
+#include "check_cluster.d/config.h"
 
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static int total_services_ok = 0;
-static int total_services_warning = 0;
-static int total_services_unknown = 0;
-static int total_services_critical = 0;
-
-static int total_hosts_up = 0;
-static int total_hosts_down = 0;
-static int total_hosts_unreachable = 0;
-
-static char *warn_threshold;
-static char *crit_threshold;
-
-static int check_type = CHECK_SERVICES;
-
-static char *data_vals = NULL;
-static char *label = NULL;
-
 static int verbose = 0;
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_cluster_config config;
+} check_cluster_config_wrapper;
+static check_cluster_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *ptr;
-        int data_val;
-        int return_code = STATE_OK;
-        thresholds *thresholds = NULL;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -72,20 +52,35 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_cluster_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_cluster_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
 
         /* Initialize the thresholds */
-        set_thresholds(&thresholds, warn_threshold, crit_threshold);
-        if (verbose)
-                print_thresholds("check_cluster", thresholds);
+        if (verbose) {
+                print_thresholds("check_cluster", config.thresholds);
+        }
 
+        int data_val;
+        int total_services_ok = 0;
+        int total_services_warning = 0;
+        int total_services_unknown = 0;
+        int total_services_critical = 0;
+        int total_hosts_up = 0;
+        int total_hosts_down = 0;
+        int total_hosts_unreachable = 0;
         /* check the data values */
-        for (ptr = strtok(data_vals, ","); ptr != NULL; ptr = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
-
+        for (char *ptr = strtok(config.data_vals, ","); ptr != NULL; ptr = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
                 data_val = atoi(ptr);
 
-                if (check_type == CHECK_SERVICES) {
+                if (config.check_type == CHECK_SERVICES) {
                         switch (data_val) {
                         case 0:
                                 total_services_ok++;
@@ -119,101 +114,141 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        mp_subcheck sc_real_test = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc_real_test = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_real_test, STATE_OK);
+
         /* return the status of the cluster */
-        if (check_type == CHECK_SERVICES) {
-                return_code = get_status(total_services_warning + total_services_unknown + total_services_critical, thresholds);
-                printf("CLUSTER %s: %s: %d ok, %d warning, %d unknown, %d critical\n", state_text(return_code),
-                           (label == NULL) ? "Service cluster" : label, total_services_ok, total_services_warning, total_services_unknown,
-                           total_services_critical);
+        if (config.check_type == CHECK_SERVICES) {
+                sc_real_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                        sc_real_test,
+                        get_status(total_services_warning + total_services_unknown + total_services_critical,
+                                           config.thresholds));
+                xasprintf(&sc_real_test.output, "%s: %d ok, %d warning, %d unknown, %d critical",
+                                  (config.label == NULL) ? "Service cluster" : config.label, total_services_ok,
+                                  total_services_warning, total_services_unknown, total_services_critical);
         } else {
-                return_code = get_status(total_hosts_down + total_hosts_unreachable, thresholds);
-                printf("CLUSTER %s: %s: %d up, %d down, %d unreachable\n", state_text(return_code), (label == NULL) ? "Host cluster" : label,
-                           total_hosts_up, total_hosts_down, total_hosts_unreachable);
+                sc_real_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                        sc_real_test,
+                        get_status(total_hosts_down + total_hosts_unreachable, config.thresholds));
+                xasprintf(&sc_real_test.output, "%s: %d up, %d down, %d unreachable\n",
+                                  (config.label == NULL) ? "Host cluster" : config.label, total_hosts_up,
+                                  total_hosts_down, total_hosts_unreachable);
         }
 
-        return return_code;
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_real_test);
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        char *ptr;
-        int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"data", required_argument, 0, 'd'},     {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
-                                                                           {"host", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {"service", no_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'H'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+check_cluster_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+        };
+
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"data", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                                                                           {"host", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"service", no_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_cluster_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_cluster_config_init(),
+        };
 
         /* no options were supplied */
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        while (1) {
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hHsvVw:c:d:l:", longopts, &option);
+        int option = 0;
+        char *warn_threshold = NULL;
+        char *crit_threshold = NULL;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hHsvVw:c:d:l:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'h': /* host cluster */
-                        check_type = CHECK_HOSTS;
+                        result.config.check_type = CHECK_HOSTS;
                         break;
-
                 case 's': /* service cluster */
-                        check_type = CHECK_SERVICES;
+                        result.config.check_type = CHECK_SERVICES;
                         break;
-
                 case 'w': /* warning threshold */
                         warn_threshold = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
-
                 case 'c': /* warning threshold */
                         crit_threshold = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
-
                 case 'd': /* data values */
-                        data_vals = (char *)strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.data_vals = strdup(optarg);
                         /* validate data */
-                        for (ptr = data_vals; ptr != NULL; ptr += 2) {
-                                if (ptr[0] < '0' || ptr[0] > '3')
-                                        return ERROR;
-                                if (ptr[1] == '\0')
+                        for (char *ptr = result.config.data_vals; ptr != NULL; ptr += 2) {
+                                if (ptr[0] < '0' || ptr[0] > '3') {
+                                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                        return result;
+                                }
+                                if (ptr[1] == '\0') {
                                         break;
-                                if (ptr[1] != ',')
-                                        return ERROR;
+                                }
+                                if (ptr[1] != ',') {
+                                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                        return result;
+                                }
                         }
                         break;
-
                 case 'l': /* text label */
-                        label = (char *)strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.label = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
-
                 case 'v': /* verbose */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
-
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                         break;
-
                 case 'H': /* help */
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                         break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
 
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 default:
-                        return ERROR;
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (data_vals == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (result.config.data_vals == NULL) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.thresholds, warn_threshold, crit_threshold);
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -247,6 +282,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
         printf(UT_THRESHOLDS_NOTES);
@@ -254,7 +291,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
         printf(" %s\n", "check_cluster -s -d 2,0,2,0 -c @3:");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Will alert critical if there are 3 or more service data points in a non-OK"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Will alert critical if there are 3 or more service data points in a non-OK"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("state."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
diff --git a/plugins/check_cluster.d/config.h b/plugins/check_cluster.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..054657b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_cluster.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "../../lib/thresholds.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        CHECK_SERVICES = 1,
+        CHECK_HOSTS = 2
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *data_vals;
+        thresholds *thresholds;
+        int check_type;
+        char *label;
+
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+} check_cluster_config;
+
+check_cluster_config check_cluster_config_init() {
+        check_cluster_config tmp = {
+                .data_vals = NULL,
+                .thresholds = NULL,
+                .check_type = CHECK_SERVICES,
+                .label = NULL,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.c b/plugins/check_curl.c
index 748201e8..fc704171 100644
--- a/plugins/check_curl.c
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.c
@@ -32,16 +32,23 @@
  *
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
-const char *progname = "check_curl";
 
+const char *progname = "check_curl";
 const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
+#include "check_curl.d/config.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "./check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.h"
 
 #ifndef LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_HTTP
 #       error libcurl compiled without HTTP support, compiling check_curl plugin does not makes a lot of sense
@@ -50,8 +57,6 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "curl/curl.h"
 #include "curl/easy.h"
 
-#include "picohttpparser.h"
-
 #include "uriparser/Uri.h"
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
@@ -63,207 +68,62 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #include <netdb.h>
 
-#define MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(major, minor, patch) ((major)*0x10000 + (minor)*0x100 + (patch))
-
-#define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 2048
-#define DEFAULT_SERVER_URL  "/"
-#define HTTP_EXPECT         "HTTP/"
-#define INET_ADDR_MAX_SIZE  INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
 enum {
         MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH = 255,
-        HTTP_PORT = 80,
-        HTTPS_PORT = 443,
-        MAX_PORT = 65535,
-        DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS = 15
 };
 
 enum {
-        STICKY_NONE = 0,
-        STICKY_HOST = 1,
-        STICKY_PORT = 2
-};
-
-enum {
-        FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL = 0,
-        FOLLOW_LIBCURL = 1
+        REGS = 2,
 };
 
-/* for buffers for header and body */
-typedef struct {
-        char *buf;
-        size_t buflen;
-        size_t bufsize;
-} curlhelp_write_curlbuf;
+#include "regex.h"
 
-/* for buffering the data sent in PUT */
-typedef struct {
-        char *buf;
-        size_t buflen;
-        off_t pos;
-} curlhelp_read_curlbuf;
+// Globals
+int verbose = 0;
 
-/* for parsing the HTTP status line */
-typedef struct {
-        int http_major;   /* major version of the protocol, always 1 (HTTP/0.9
-                                           * never reached the big internet most likely) */
-        int http_minor;   /* minor version of the protocol, usually 0 or 1 */
-        int http_code;    /* HTTP return code as in RFC 2145 */
-        int http_subcode; /* Microsoft IIS extension, HTTP subcodes, see
-                                           * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318380/en-us */
-        const char *msg;  /* the human readable message */
-        char *first_line; /* a copy of the first line */
-} curlhelp_statusline;
-
-/* to know the underlying SSL library used by libcurl */
-typedef enum curlhelp_ssl_library {
-        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN,
-        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL,
-        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL,
-        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS,
-        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS
-} curlhelp_ssl_library;
+extern char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+extern bool is_openssl_callback;
+extern bool add_sslctx_verify_fun;
 
-enum {
-        REGS = 2,
-        MAX_RE_SIZE = 1024
-};
-#include "regex.h"
-static regex_t preg;
-static regmatch_t pmatch[REGS];
-static char regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE];
-static int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_NEWLINE;
-static int errcode;
-static bool invert_regex = false;
-static int state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static char *host_name = NULL;
-static char *server_url = 0;
-static struct curl_slist *server_ips = NULL;
-static bool specify_port = false;
-static unsigned short server_port = HTTP_PORT;
-static unsigned short virtual_port = 0;
-static int host_name_length;
-static char output_header_search[30] = "";
-static char output_string_search[30] = "";
-static char *warning_thresholds = NULL;
-static char *critical_thresholds = NULL;
-static int days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit;
-static thresholds *thlds;
-static char user_agent[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static int verbose = 0;
-static bool show_extended_perfdata = false;
-static bool show_body = false;
-static int min_page_len = 0;
-static int max_page_len = 0;
-static int redir_depth = 0;
-static int max_depth = DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS;
-static char *http_method = NULL;
-static char *http_post_data = NULL;
-static char *http_content_type = NULL;
-static CURL *curl;
-static bool curl_global_initialized = false;
-static bool curl_easy_initialized = false;
-static struct curl_slist *header_list = NULL;
-static bool body_buf_initialized = false;
-static curlhelp_write_curlbuf body_buf;
-static bool header_buf_initialized = false;
-static curlhelp_write_curlbuf header_buf;
-static bool status_line_initialized = false;
-static curlhelp_statusline status_line;
-static bool put_buf_initialized = false;
-static curlhelp_read_curlbuf put_buf;
-static char http_header[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static long code;
-static long socket_timeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
-static double total_time;
-static double time_connect;
-static double time_appconnect;
-static double time_headers;
-static double time_firstbyte;
-static char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-static CURLcode res;
-static char url[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static char msg[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static char perfstring[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static char header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static char string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static char server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = HTTP_EXPECT;
-static int server_expect_yn = 0;
-static char user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static char proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static char **http_opt_headers;
-static int http_opt_headers_count = 0;
-static bool display_html = false;
-static int onredirect = STATE_OK;
-static int followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL;
-static int followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
-static bool use_ssl = false;
-static bool check_cert = false;
-static bool continue_after_check_cert = false;
-typedef union {
-        struct curl_slist *to_info;
-        struct curl_certinfo *to_certinfo;
-} cert_ptr_union;
-static cert_ptr_union cert_ptr;
-static int ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-static char *client_cert = NULL;
-static char *client_privkey = NULL;
-static char *ca_cert = NULL;
-static bool verify_peer_and_host = false;
-static bool is_openssl_callback = false;
-static bool add_sslctx_verify_fun = false;
 #if defined(HAVE_SSL) && defined(USE_OPENSSL)
 static X509 *cert = NULL;
 #endif /* defined(HAVE_SSL) && defined(USE_OPENSSL) */
-static bool no_body = false;
-static int maximum_age = -1;
-static int address_family = AF_UNSPEC;
-static curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
-static int curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
-static bool automatic_decompression = false;
-static char *cookie_jar_file = NULL;
-static bool haproxy_protocol = false;
-
-static bool process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void handle_curl_option_return_code(CURLcode res, const char *option);
-static int check_http(void);
-static void redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*header_buf*/);
-static char *perfd_time(double elapsed_time);
-static char *perfd_time_connect(double elapsed_time_connect);
-static char *perfd_time_ssl(double elapsed_time_ssl);
-static char *perfd_time_firstbyte(double elapsed_time_firstbyte);
-static char *perfd_time_headers(double elapsed_time_headers);
-static char *perfd_time_transfer(double elapsed_time_transfer);
-static char *perfd_size(int page_len);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_curl_config config;
+} check_curl_config_wrapper;
+static check_curl_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
+static mp_subcheck check_http(check_curl_config /*config*/, check_curl_working_state workingState,
+                                                          int redir_depth);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int redir_depth;
+        check_curl_working_state working_state;
+        int error_code;
+        check_curl_global_state curl_state;
+} redir_wrapper;
+static redir_wrapper redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*header_buf*/, check_curl_config /*config*/,
+                                                   int redir_depth, check_curl_working_state working_state);
+
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
+
 static void print_curl_version(void);
-static int curlhelp_initwritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*buf*/);
-static size_t curlhelp_buffer_write_callback(void * /*buffer*/, size_t /*size*/, size_t /*nmemb*/, void * /*stream*/);
-static void curlhelp_freewritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*buf*/);
-static int curlhelp_initreadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf * /*buf*/, const char * /*data*/, size_t /*datalen*/);
-static size_t curlhelp_buffer_read_callback(void * /*buffer*/, size_t /*size*/, size_t /*nmemb*/, void * /*stream*/);
-static void curlhelp_freereadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf * /*buf*/);
-static curlhelp_ssl_library curlhelp_get_ssl_library(void);
-static const char *curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(curlhelp_ssl_library /*ssl_library*/);
-int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *, int, int);
-
-static int curlhelp_parse_statusline(const char * /*buf*/, curlhelp_statusline * /*status_line*/);
-static void curlhelp_free_statusline(curlhelp_statusline * /*status_line*/);
-static char *get_header_value(const struct phr_header *headers, size_t nof_headers, const char *header);
-static int check_document_dates(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*header_buf*/, char (*msg)[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE]);
-static int get_content_length(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf, const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *body_buf);
+
+// typedef struct {
+//      int errorcode;
+// } check_curl_evaluation_wrapper;
+// check_curl_evaluation_wrapper check_curl_evaluate(check_curl_config config,
+//                                                                                                mp_check overall[static 1]) {}
 
 #if defined(HAVE_SSL) && defined(USE_OPENSSL)
-int np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit);
+mp_state_enum np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                                   int days_till_exp_crit);
 #endif /* defined(HAVE_SSL) && defined(USE_OPENSSL) */
 
-static void test_file(char * /*path*/);
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -271,24 +131,30 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        /* set defaults */
-        snprintf(user_agent, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s/v%s (monitoring-plugins %s, %s)", progname, NP_VERSION, VERSION, curl_version());
-
         /* parse arguments */
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == false)
+        check_curl_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        if (display_html)
-                printf("<A HREF=\"%s://%s:%d%s\" target=\"_blank\">", use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address,
-                           virtual_port ? virtual_port : server_port, server_url);
+        const check_curl_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
-        result = check_http();
-        return result;
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
+
+        check_curl_working_state working_state = config.initial_config;
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        mp_subcheck sc_test = check_http(config, working_state, 0);
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_test);
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 #       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-
 int verify_callback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX *x509_ctx) {
         (void)preverify_ok;
         /* TODO: we get all certificates of the chain, so which ones
@@ -301,19 +167,21 @@ int verify_callback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX *x509_ctx) {
 #               endif
         if (verbose >= 2) {
                 puts("* SSL verify callback with certificate:");
-                X509_NAME *subject;
-                X509_NAME *issuer;
                 printf("*   issuer:\n");
-                issuer = X509_get_issuer_name(cert);
+                X509_NAME *issuer = X509_get_issuer_name(cert);
                 X509_NAME_print_ex_fp(stdout, issuer, 5, XN_FLAG_MULTILINE);
                 printf("* curl verify_callback:\n*   subject:\n");
-                subject = X509_get_subject_name(cert);
+                X509_NAME *subject = X509_get_subject_name(cert);
                 X509_NAME_print_ex_fp(stdout, subject, 5, XN_FLAG_MULTILINE);
                 puts("");
         }
         return 1;
 }
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+#endif     /* HAVE_SSL */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 CURLcode sslctxfun(CURL *curl, SSL_CTX *sslctx, void *parm) {
         (void)curl; // ignore unused parameter
         (void)parm; // ignore unused parameter
@@ -330,877 +198,503 @@ CURLcode sslctxfun(CURL *curl, SSL_CTX *sslctx, void *parm) {
 
         return CURLE_OK;
 }
-
 #       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
 #endif     /* HAVE_SSL */
 
-/* returns a string "HTTP/1.x" or "HTTP/2" */
-static char *string_statuscode(int major, int minor) {
-        static char buf[10];
-
-        switch (major) {
-        case 1:
-                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d.%d", major, minor);
-                break;
-        case 2:
-        case 3:
-                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d", major);
-                break;
-        default:
-                /* assuming here HTTP/N with N>=4 */
-                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d", major);
-                break;
-        }
+mp_subcheck check_http(const check_curl_config config, check_curl_working_state workingState,
+                                           int redir_depth) {
 
-        return buf;
-}
+        // =======================
+        // Initialisation for curl
+        // =======================
+        check_curl_configure_curl_wrapper conf_curl_struct = check_curl_configure_curl(
+                config.curl_config, workingState, config.check_cert, config.on_redirect_dependent,
+                config.followmethod, config.max_depth);
 
-/* Checks if the server 'reply' is one of the expected 'statuscodes' */
-static int expected_statuscode(const char *reply, const char *statuscodes) {
-        char *expected;
-        char *code;
-        int result = 0;
+        check_curl_global_state curl_state = conf_curl_struct.curl_state;
+        workingState = conf_curl_struct.working_state;
 
-        if ((expected = strdup(statuscodes)) == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
+        mp_subcheck sc_result = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        for (code = strtok(expected, ","); code != NULL; code = strtok(NULL, ","))
-                if (strstr(reply, code) != NULL) {
-                        result = 1;
-                        break;
-                }
-
-        free(expected);
-        return result;
-}
+        char *url = fmt_url(workingState);
+        xasprintf(&sc_result.output, "Testing %s", url);
+        // TODO add some output here URL or something
+        free(url);
 
-void handle_curl_option_return_code(CURLcode res, const char *option) {
-        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Error while setting cURL option '%s': cURL returned %d - %s"), option, res,
-                                 curl_easy_strerror(res));
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-        }
-}
-
-int lookup_host(const char *host, char *buf, size_t buflen) {
-        struct addrinfo hints, *res, *result;
-        char addrstr[100];
-        size_t addrstr_len;
-        int errcode;
-        void *ptr = {0};
-        size_t buflen_remaining = buflen - 1;
-
-        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-        hints.ai_family = address_family;
-        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
-        hints.ai_flags |= AI_CANONNAME;
-
-        errcode = getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, &result);
-        if (errcode != 0)
-                return errcode;
-
-        strcpy(buf, "");
-        res = result;
-
-        while (res) {
-                switch (res->ai_family) {
-                case AF_INET:
-                        ptr = &((struct sockaddr_in *)res->ai_addr)->sin_addr;
-                        break;
-                case AF_INET6:
-                        ptr = &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)res->ai_addr)->sin6_addr;
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                inet_ntop(res->ai_family, ptr, addrstr, 100);
-                if (verbose >= 1) {
-                        printf("* getaddrinfo IPv%d address: %s\n", res->ai_family == PF_INET6 ? 6 : 4, addrstr);
-                }
-
-                // Append all IPs to buf as a comma-separated string
-                addrstr_len = strlen(addrstr);
-                if (buflen_remaining > addrstr_len + 1) {
-                        if (buf[0] != '\0') {
-                                strncat(buf, ",", buflen_remaining);
-                                buflen_remaining -= 1;
-                        }
-                        strncat(buf, addrstr, buflen_remaining);
-                        buflen_remaining -= addrstr_len;
-                }
-
-                res = res->ai_next;
-        }
-
-        freeaddrinfo(result);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-static void cleanup(void) {
-        if (status_line_initialized)
-                curlhelp_free_statusline(&status_line);
-        status_line_initialized = false;
-        if (curl_easy_initialized)
-                curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-        curl_easy_initialized = false;
-        if (curl_global_initialized)
-                curl_global_cleanup();
-        curl_global_initialized = false;
-        if (body_buf_initialized)
-                curlhelp_freewritebuffer(&body_buf);
-        body_buf_initialized = false;
-        if (header_buf_initialized)
-                curlhelp_freewritebuffer(&header_buf);
-        header_buf_initialized = false;
-        if (put_buf_initialized)
-                curlhelp_freereadbuffer(&put_buf);
-        put_buf_initialized = false;
-}
+        // ==============
+        // do the request
+        // ==============
+        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl_state.curl);
 
-int check_http(void) {
-        int result = STATE_OK;
-        int result_ssl = STATE_OK;
-        int page_len = 0;
-        int i;
-        char *force_host_header = NULL;
-        struct curl_slist *host = NULL;
-        char addrstr[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE / 2];
-        char dnscache[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-        /* initialize curl */
-        if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT) != CURLE_OK)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - curl_global_init failed\n");
-        curl_global_initialized = true;
-
-        if ((curl = curl_easy_init()) == NULL) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - curl_easy_init failed\n");
+        if (verbose >= 2 && workingState.http_post_data) {
+                printf("**** REQUEST CONTENT ****\n%s\n", workingState.http_post_data);
         }
-        curl_easy_initialized = true;
 
-        /* register cleanup function to shut down libcurl properly */
-        atexit(cleanup);
+        mp_subcheck sc_curl = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        if (verbose >= 1)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1), "CURLOPT_VERBOSE");
-
-        /* print everything on stdout like check_http would do */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_STDERR, stdout), "CURLOPT_STDERR");
-
-        if (automatic_decompression)
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 21, 6)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ""), "CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING");
-#else
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, ""), "CURLOPT_ENCODING");
-#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 21, 6) */
-
-        /* initialize buffer for body of the answer */
-        if (curlhelp_initwritebuffer(&body_buf) < 0)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating buffer for body\n");
-        body_buf_initialized = true;
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)curlhelp_buffer_write_callback),
-                                                                   "CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION");
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&body_buf), "CURLOPT_WRITEDATA");
-
-        /* initialize buffer for header of the answer */
-        if (curlhelp_initwritebuffer(&header_buf) < 0)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating buffer for header\n");
-        header_buf_initialized = true;
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)curlhelp_buffer_write_callback),
-                                                                   "CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION");
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, (void *)&header_buf), "CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER");
-
-        /* set the error buffer */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, errbuf), "CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER");
-
-        /* set timeouts */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, socket_timeout), "CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT");
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, socket_timeout), "CURLOPT_TIMEOUT");
-
-        /* enable haproxy protocol */
-        if (haproxy_protocol) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL, 1L), "CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL");
+        /* Curl errors, result in critical Nagios state */
+        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_curl.output, _("Error while performing connection: cURL returned %d - %s"),
+                                  res, errbuf[0] ? errbuf : curl_easy_strerror(res));
+                sc_curl = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_curl, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_curl);
+                return sc_result;
         }
 
-        // fill dns resolve cache to make curl connect to the given server_address instead of the host_name, only required for ssl, because we
-        // use the host_name later on to make SNI happy
-        if (use_ssl && host_name != NULL) {
-                if ((res = lookup_host(server_address, addrstr, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE / 2)) != 0) {
-                        snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Unable to lookup IP address for '%s': getaddrinfo returned %d - %s"), server_address, res,
-                                         gai_strerror(res));
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-                }
-                snprintf(dnscache, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s:%d:%s", host_name, server_port, addrstr);
-                host = curl_slist_append(NULL, dnscache);
-                curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, host);
-                if (verbose >= 1)
-                        printf("* curl CURLOPT_RESOLVE: %s\n", dnscache);
+        /* get status line of answer, check sanity of HTTP code */
+        if (curlhelp_parse_statusline(curl_state.header_buf->buf, curl_state.status_line) < 0) {
+                sc_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                /* we cannot know the major/minor version here for sure as we cannot parse the first
+                 * line */
+                xasprintf(&sc_result.output, "HTTP/x.x unknown - Unparsable status line");
+                return sc_result;
         }
 
-        // If server_address is an IPv6 address it must be surround by square brackets
-        struct in6_addr tmp_in_addr;
-        if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, server_address, &tmp_in_addr) == 1) {
-                char *new_server_address = malloc(strlen(server_address) + 3);
-                if (new_server_address == NULL) {
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - Unable to allocate memory\n");
-                }
-                snprintf(new_server_address, strlen(server_address) + 3, "[%s]", server_address);
-                free(server_address);
-                server_address = new_server_address;
-        }
+        curl_state.status_line_initialized = true;
 
-        /* compose URL: use the address we want to connect to, set Host: header later */
-        snprintf(url, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s://%s:%d%s", use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
-                         (use_ssl & (host_name != NULL)) ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
-
-        if (verbose >= 1)
-                printf("* curl CURLOPT_URL: %s\n", url);
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url), "CURLOPT_URL");
-
-        /* extract proxy information for legacy proxy https requests */
-        if (!strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") || strstr(server_url, "http") == server_url) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, server_address), "CURLOPT_PROXY");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, (long)server_port), "CURLOPT_PROXYPORT");
-                if (verbose >= 2)
-                        printf("* curl CURLOPT_PROXY: %s:%d\n", server_address, server_port);
-                http_method = "GET";
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, server_url), "CURLOPT_URL");
-        }
+        size_t page_len = get_content_length(curl_state.header_buf, curl_state.body_buf);
 
-        /* disable body for HEAD request */
-        if (http_method && !strcmp(http_method, "HEAD")) {
-                no_body = true;
-        }
+        double total_time;
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, &total_time),
+                "CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME");
 
-        /* set HTTP protocol version */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, curl_http_version), "CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION");
-
-        /* set HTTP method */
-        if (http_method) {
-                if (!strcmp(http_method, "POST"))
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1), "CURLOPT_POST");
-                else if (!strcmp(http_method, "PUT"))
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1), "CURLOPT_UPLOAD");
-                else
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, http_method), "CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST");
-        }
+        xasprintf(
+                &sc_curl.output, "%s %d %s - %ld bytes in %.3f second response time",
+                string_statuscode(curl_state.status_line->http_major, curl_state.status_line->http_minor),
+                curl_state.status_line->http_code, curl_state.status_line->msg, page_len, total_time);
+        sc_curl = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_curl, STATE_OK);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_curl);
 
-        /* check if Host header is explicitly set in options */
-        if (http_opt_headers_count) {
-                for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
-                        if (strncmp(http_opt_headers[i], "Host:", 5) == 0) {
-                                force_host_header = http_opt_headers[i];
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-
-        /* set hostname (virtual hosts), not needed if CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO is used, but left in anyway */
-        if (host_name != NULL && force_host_header == NULL) {
-                if ((virtual_port != HTTP_PORT && !use_ssl) || (virtual_port != HTTPS_PORT && use_ssl)) {
-                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Host: %s:%d", host_name, virtual_port);
-                } else {
-                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Host: %s", host_name);
-                }
-                header_list = curl_slist_append(header_list, http_header);
-        }
-
-        /* always close connection, be nice to servers */
-        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Connection: close");
-        header_list = curl_slist_append(header_list, http_header);
-
-        /* attach additional headers supplied by the user */
-        /* optionally send any other header tag */
-        if (http_opt_headers_count) {
-                for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
-                        header_list = curl_slist_append(header_list, http_opt_headers[i]);
-                }
-                /* This cannot be free'd here because a redirection will then try to access this and segfault */
-                /* Covered in a testcase in tests/check_http.t */
-                /* free(http_opt_headers); */
-        }
-
-        /* set HTTP headers */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, header_list), "CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER");
+        // ==========
+        // Evaluation
+        // ==========
 
 #ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+        if (workingState.use_ssl && config.check_cert) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_certificate = check_curl_certificate_checks(
+                        curl_state.curl, cert, config.days_till_exp_warn, config.days_till_exp_crit);
 
-        /* set SSL version, warn about insecure or unsupported versions */
-        if (use_ssl) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, ssl_version), "CURLOPT_SSLVERSION");
-        }
-
-        /* client certificate and key to present to server (SSL) */
-        if (client_cert)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, client_cert), "CURLOPT_SSLCERT");
-        if (client_privkey)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLKEY, client_privkey), "CURLOPT_SSLKEY");
-        if (ca_cert) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ca_cert), "CURLOPT_CAINFO");
-        }
-        if (ca_cert || verify_peer_and_host) {
-                /* per default if we have a CA verify both the peer and the
-                 * hostname in the certificate, can be switched off later */
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1), "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2), "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST");
-        } else {
-                /* backward-compatible behaviour, be tolerant in checks
-                 * TODO: depending on more options have aspects we want
-                 * to be less tolerant about ssl verfications
-                 */
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0), "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0), "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST");
-        }
-
-        /* detect SSL library used by libcurl */
-        ssl_library = curlhelp_get_ssl_library();
-
-        /* try hard to get a stack of certificates to verify against */
-        if (check_cert) {
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1)
-                /* inform curl to report back certificates */
-                switch (ssl_library) {
-                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL:
-                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL:
-                        /* set callback to extract certificate with OpenSSL context function (works with
-                         * OpenSSL-style libraries only!) */
-#               ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-                        /* libcurl and monitoring plugins built with OpenSSL, good */
-                        add_sslctx_verify_fun = true;
-                        is_openssl_callback = true;
-#               endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
-                        /* libcurl is built with OpenSSL, monitoring plugins, so falling
-                         * back to manually extracting certificate information */
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
-                        break;
-
-                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS:
-#               if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
-                        /* NSS: support for CERTINFO is implemented since 7.34.0 */
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
-#               else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (libcurl linked with SSL library '%s' is too old)\n",
-                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
-#               endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
-                        break;
-
-                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS:
-#               if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0)
-                        /* GnuTLS: support for CERTINFO is implemented since 7.42.0 */
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
-#               else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0) */
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (libcurl linked with SSL library '%s' is too old)\n",
-                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
-#               endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0) */
-                        break;
-
-                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN:
-                default:
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (unknown SSL library '%s', must implement first)\n",
-                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
-                        break;
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_certificate);
+                if (!config.continue_after_check_cert) {
+                        return sc_result;
                 }
-#       else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1) */
-                /* old libcurl, our only hope is OpenSSL, otherwise we are out of luck */
-                if (ssl_library == CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL || ssl_library == CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL)
-                        add_sslctx_verify_fun = true;
-                else
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (no CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, no OpenSSL library or libcurl "
-                                                                "too old and has no CURLOPT_CERTINFO)\n");
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1) */
         }
-
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 10, 6) /* required for CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION */
-        // ssl ctx function is not available with all ssl backends
-        if (curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, NULL) != CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, sslctxfun), "CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION");
-#       endif
-
-#endif /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
-
-        /* set default or user-given user agent identification */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, user_agent), "CURLOPT_USERAGENT");
-
-        /* proxy-authentication */
-        if (strcmp(proxy_auth, ""))
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, proxy_auth), "CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD");
-
-        /* authentication */
-        if (strcmp(user_auth, ""))
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, user_auth), "CURLOPT_USERPWD");
-
-        /* TODO: parameter auth method, bitfield of following methods:
-         * CURLAUTH_BASIC (default)
-         * CURLAUTH_DIGEST
-         * CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE
-         * CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE
-         * CURLAUTH_NTLM
-         * CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB
-         *
-         * convenience tokens for typical sets of methods:
-         * CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE: most secure, without BASIC
-         * or CURLAUTH_ANY: most secure, even BASIC if necessary
-         *
-         * handle_curl_option_return_code (curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, (long)CURLAUTH_DIGEST ), "CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH");
-         */
-
-        /* handle redirections */
-        if (onredirect == STATE_DEPENDENT) {
-                if (followmethod == FOLLOW_LIBCURL) {
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1), "CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION");
-
-                        /* default -1 is infinite, not good, could lead to zombie plugins!
-                           Setting it to one bigger than maximal limit to handle errors nicely below
-                         */
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, max_depth + 1), "CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS");
-
-                        /* for now allow only http and https (we are a http(s) check plugin in the end) */
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 85, 0)
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR, "http,https"),
-                                                                                   "CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR");
-#elif LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 4)
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS),
-                                                                                   "CURLOPT_REDIRECT_PROTOCOLS");
 #endif
 
-                        /* TODO: handle the following aspects of redirection, make them
-                         * command line options too later:
-                          CURLOPT_POSTREDIR: method switch
-                          CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL: custom redirect option
-                          CURLOPT_REDIRECT_PROTOCOLS: allow people to step outside safe protocols
-                          CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT: get the number of redirects, print it, maybe a range option here is nice like for expected page size?
-                        */
-                } else {
-                        /* old style redirection is handled below */
-                }
-        }
-
-        /* no-body */
-        if (no_body)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1), "CURLOPT_NOBODY");
-
-        /* IPv4 or IPv6 forced DNS resolution */
-        if (address_family == AF_UNSPEC)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER),
-                                                                           "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER)");
-        else if (address_family == AF_INET)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4),
-                                                                           "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4)");
-#if defined(USE_IPV6) && defined(LIBCURL_FEATURE_IPV6)
-        else if (address_family == AF_INET6)
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6),
-                                                                           "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6)");
-#endif
+        /* we got the data and we executed the request in a given time, so we can append
+         * performance data to the answer always
+         */
 
-        /* either send http POST data (any data, not only POST)*/
-        if (!strcmp(http_method, "POST") || !strcmp(http_method, "PUT")) {
-                /* set content of payload for POST and PUT */
-                if (http_content_type) {
-                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Content-Type: %s", http_content_type);
-                        header_list = curl_slist_append(header_list, http_header);
-                }
-                /* NULL indicates "HTTP Continue" in libcurl, provide an empty string
-                 * in case of no POST/PUT data */
-                if (!http_post_data)
-                        http_post_data = "";
-                if (!strcmp(http_method, "POST")) {
-                        /* POST method, set payload with CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS */
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_post_data), "CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS");
-                } else if (!strcmp(http_method, "PUT")) {
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, (curl_read_callback)curlhelp_buffer_read_callback),
-                                                                                   "CURLOPT_READFUNCTION");
-                        if (curlhelp_initreadbuffer(&put_buf, http_post_data, strlen(http_post_data)) < 0)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating read buffer for PUT\n");
-                        put_buf_initialized = true;
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, (void *)&put_buf), "CURLOPT_READDATA");
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, (curl_off_t)strlen(http_post_data)),
-                                                                                   "CURLOPT_INFILESIZE");
+        // total time the query took
+        mp_perfdata pd_total_time = perfdata_init();
+        mp_perfdata_value pd_val_total_time = mp_create_pd_value(total_time);
+        pd_total_time.value = pd_val_total_time;
+        pd_total_time = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_total_time, config.thlds);
+        pd_total_time.label = "time";
+        pd_total_time.uom = "s";
+
+        mp_subcheck sc_total_time = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc_total_time = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_total_time, mp_get_pd_status(pd_total_time));
+        xasprintf(&sc_total_time.output, "Total connection time: %fs", total_time);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_total_time, pd_total_time);
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_total_time);
+
+        if (config.show_extended_perfdata) {
+                // overall connection time
+                mp_perfdata pd_time_connect = perfdata_init();
+                double time_connect;
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME, &time_connect),
+                        "CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME");
+
+                mp_perfdata_value pd_val_time_connect = mp_create_pd_value(time_connect);
+                pd_time_connect.value = pd_val_time_connect;
+                pd_time_connect.label = "time_connect";
+                pd_time_connect.uom = "s";
+                pd_time_connect = mp_set_pd_max_value(
+                        pd_time_connect, mp_create_pd_value(config.curl_config.socket_timeout));
+
+                pd_time_connect = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_time_connect, config.thlds);
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_result, pd_time_connect);
+
+                // application connection time, used to compute other timings
+                double time_appconnect;
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME, &time_appconnect),
+                        "CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME");
+
+                if (workingState.use_ssl) {
+                        mp_perfdata pd_time_tls = perfdata_init();
+                        {
+                                mp_perfdata_value pd_val_time_tls =
+                                        mp_create_pd_value(time_appconnect - time_connect);
+
+                                pd_time_tls.value = pd_val_time_tls;
+                        }
+                        pd_time_tls.label = "time_tls";
+                        pd_time_tls.uom = "s";
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_result, pd_time_tls);
                 }
-        }
-
-        /* cookie handling */
-        if (cookie_jar_file != NULL) {
-                /* enable reading cookies from a file, and if the filename is an empty string, only enable the curl cookie engine */
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, cookie_jar_file), "CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE");
-                /* now enable saving cookies to a file, but only if the filename is not an empty string, since writing it would fail */
-                if (*cookie_jar_file)
-                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, cookie_jar_file), "CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR");
-        }
-
-        /* do the request */
-        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
-        if (verbose >= 2 && http_post_data)
-                printf("**** REQUEST CONTENT ****\n%s\n", http_post_data);
+                mp_perfdata pd_time_headers = perfdata_init();
+                {
+                        double time_headers;
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, &time_headers),
+                                "CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME");
 
-        /* free header and server IP resolve lists, we don't need it anymore */
-        curl_slist_free_all(header_list);
-        header_list = NULL;
-        curl_slist_free_all(server_ips);
-        server_ips = NULL;
-        if (host) {
-                curl_slist_free_all(host);
-                host = NULL;
-        }
+                        mp_perfdata_value pd_val_time_headers =
+                                mp_create_pd_value(time_headers - time_appconnect);
 
-        /* Curl errors, result in critical Nagios state */
-        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host on port %d: cURL returned %d - %s"), server_port,
-                                 res, errbuf[0] ? errbuf : curl_easy_strerror(res));
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-        }
+                        pd_time_headers.value = pd_val_time_headers;
+                }
+                pd_time_headers.label = "time_headers";
+                pd_time_headers.uom = "s";
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_result, pd_time_headers);
 
-        /* certificate checks */
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-        if (use_ssl) {
-                if (check_cert) {
-                        if (is_openssl_callback) {
-#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-                                /* check certificate with OpenSSL functions, curl has been built against OpenSSL
-                                 * and we actually have OpenSSL in the monitoring tools
-                                 */
-                                result_ssl = np_net_ssl_check_certificate(cert, days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
-                                if (!continue_after_check_cert) {
-                                        return result_ssl;
-                                }
-#       else  /* USE_OPENSSL */
-                                die(STATE_CRITICAL,
-                                        "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates - OpenSSL callback used and not linked against OpenSSL\n");
-#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
-                        } else {
-                                int i;
-                                struct curl_slist *slist;
+                mp_perfdata pd_time_firstbyte = perfdata_init();
+                double time_firstbyte;
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME, &time_firstbyte),
+                        "CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME");
 
-                                cert_ptr.to_info = NULL;
-                                res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CERTINFO, &cert_ptr.to_info);
-                                if (!res && cert_ptr.to_info) {
-#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-                                        /* We have no OpenSSL in libcurl, but we can use OpenSSL for X509 cert parsing
-                                         * We only check the first certificate and assume it's the one of the server
-                                         */
-                                        const char *raw_cert = NULL;
-                                        for (i = 0; i < cert_ptr.to_certinfo->num_of_certs; i++) {
-                                                for (slist = cert_ptr.to_certinfo->certinfo[i]; slist; slist = slist->next) {
-                                                        if (verbose >= 2)
-                                                                printf("%d ** %s\n", i, slist->data);
-                                                        if (strncmp(slist->data, "Cert:", 5) == 0) {
-                                                                raw_cert = &slist->data[5];
-                                                                goto GOT_FIRST_CERT;
-                                                        }
-                                                }
-                                        }
-                                GOT_FIRST_CERT:
-                                        if (!raw_cert) {
-                                                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
-                                                                 _("Cannot retrieve certificates from CERTINFO information - certificate data was empty"));
-                                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-                                        }
-                                        BIO *cert_BIO = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
-                                        BIO_write(cert_BIO, raw_cert, strlen(raw_cert));
-                                        cert = PEM_read_bio_X509(cert_BIO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-                                        if (!cert) {
-                                                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Cannot read certificate from CERTINFO information - BIO error"));
-                                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-                                        }
-                                        BIO_free(cert_BIO);
-                                        result_ssl = np_net_ssl_check_certificate(cert, days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
-                                        if (!continue_after_check_cert) {
-                                                return result_ssl;
-                                        }
-#       else  /* USE_OPENSSL */
-                                        /* We assume we don't have OpenSSL and np_net_ssl_check_certificate at our disposal,
-                                         * so we use the libcurl CURLINFO data
-                                         */
-                                        result_ssl = net_noopenssl_check_certificate(&cert_ptr, days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
-                                        if (!continue_after_check_cert) {
-                                                return result_ssl;
-                                        }
-#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
-                                } else {
-                                        snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Cannot retrieve certificates - cURL returned %d - %s"), res,
-                                                         curl_easy_strerror(res));
-                                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s\n", msg);
-                                }
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-#endif /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
+                mp_perfdata_value pd_val_time_firstbyte = mp_create_pd_value(time_firstbyte);
+                pd_time_firstbyte.value = pd_val_time_firstbyte;
+                pd_time_firstbyte.label = "time_firstbyte";
+                pd_time_firstbyte.uom = "s";
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_result, pd_time_firstbyte);
 
-        /* we got the data and we executed the request in a given time, so we can append
-         * performance data to the answer always
-         */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, &total_time), "CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME");
-        page_len = get_content_length(&header_buf, &body_buf);
-        if (show_extended_perfdata) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME, &time_connect), "CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME, &time_appconnect), "CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, &time_headers), "CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME");
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME, &time_firstbyte),
-                                                                           "CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME");
-                snprintf(perfstring, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s %s %s %s %s %s %s", perfd_time(total_time), perfd_size(page_len),
-                                 perfd_time_connect(time_connect), use_ssl ? perfd_time_ssl(time_appconnect - time_connect) : "",
-                                 perfd_time_headers(time_headers - time_appconnect), perfd_time_firstbyte(time_firstbyte - time_headers),
-                                 perfd_time_transfer(total_time - time_firstbyte));
-        } else {
-                snprintf(perfstring, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s %s", perfd_time(total_time), perfd_size(page_len));
+                mp_perfdata pd_time_transfer = perfdata_init();
+                pd_time_transfer.value = mp_create_pd_value(total_time - time_firstbyte);
+                pd_time_transfer.label = "time_transfer";
+                pd_time_transfer.uom = "s";
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_result, pd_time_transfer);
         }
 
         /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
-        if (strlen(header_buf.buf) == 0 && strlen(body_buf.buf) == 0)
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - No header received from host\n"));
-
-        /* get status line of answer, check sanity of HTTP code */
-        if (curlhelp_parse_statusline(header_buf.buf, &status_line) < 0) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Unparsable status line in %.3g seconds response time|%s\n", total_time, perfstring);
-                /* we cannot know the major/minor version here for sure as we cannot parse the first line */
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL HTTP/x.x %ld unknown - %s", code, msg);
+        if (strlen(curl_state.header_buf->buf) == 0 && strlen(curl_state.body_buf->buf) == 0) {
+                sc_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&sc_result.output, "No header received from host");
+                return sc_result;
         }
-        status_line_initialized = true;
 
         /* get result code from cURL */
-        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &code), "CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE");
-        if (verbose >= 2)
-                printf("* curl CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE is %ld\n", code);
+        long httpReturnCode;
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &httpReturnCode),
+                "CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE");
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                printf("* curl CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE is %ld\n", httpReturnCode);
+        }
 
         /* print status line, header, body if verbose */
         if (verbose >= 2) {
-                printf("**** HEADER ****\n%s\n**** CONTENT ****\n%s\n", header_buf.buf, (no_body ? "  [[ skipped ]]" : body_buf.buf));
+                printf("**** HEADER ****\n%s\n**** CONTENT ****\n%s\n", curl_state.header_buf->buf,
+                           (workingState.no_body ? "  [[ skipped ]]" : curl_state.body_buf->buf));
         }
 
         /* make sure the status line matches the response we are looking for */
-        if (!expected_statuscode(status_line.first_line, server_expect)) {
-                if (server_port == HTTP_PORT)
-                        snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host: %s\n"), status_line.first_line);
-                else
-                        snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"), server_port,
-                                         status_line.first_line);
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s%s%s", msg, show_body ? "\n" : "", show_body ? body_buf.buf : "");
+        mp_subcheck sc_expect = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc_expect = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_expect, STATE_OK);
+        if (!expected_statuscode(curl_state.status_line->first_line, config.server_expect.string)) {
+                if (workingState.serverPort == HTTP_PORT) {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_expect.output, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host: %s\n"),
+                                          curl_state.status_line->first_line);
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_expect.output,
+                                          _("Invalid HTTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"),
+                                          workingState.serverPort, curl_state.status_line->first_line);
+                }
+                sc_expect = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_expect, STATE_CRITICAL);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&sc_expect.output, _("Status line output matched \"%s\""),
+                                  config.server_expect.string);
         }
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_expect);
 
-        if (server_expect_yn) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("Status line output matched \"%s\" - "), server_expect);
-                if (verbose)
-                        printf("%s\n", msg);
-                result = STATE_OK;
-        } else {
+        if (!config.server_expect.is_present) {
                 /* illegal return codes result in a critical state */
-                if (code >= 600 || code < 100) {
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL: Invalid Status (%d, %.40s)\n"), status_line.http_code, status_line.msg);
-                        /* server errors result in a critical state */
-                } else if (code >= 500) {
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                mp_subcheck sc_return_code = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_return_code = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_return_code, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_return_code.output, "HTTP return code: %d",
+                                  curl_state.status_line->http_code);
+
+                if (httpReturnCode >= 600 || httpReturnCode < 100) {
+                        sc_return_code = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_return_code, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_return_code.output, _("Invalid Status (%d, %.40s)"),
+                                          curl_state.status_line->http_code, curl_state.status_line->msg);
+                        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_return_code);
+                        return sc_result;
+                }
+
+                // server errors result in a critical state
+                if (httpReturnCode >= 500) {
+                        sc_return_code = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_return_code, STATE_CRITICAL);
                         /* client errors result in a warning state */
-                } else if (code >= 400) {
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
+                } else if (httpReturnCode >= 400) {
+                        sc_return_code = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_return_code, STATE_WARNING);
                         /* check redirected page if specified */
-                } else if (code >= 300) {
-                        if (onredirect == STATE_DEPENDENT) {
-                                if (followmethod == FOLLOW_LIBCURL) {
-                                        code = status_line.http_code;
+                } else if (httpReturnCode >= 300) {
+                        if (config.on_redirect_dependent) {
+                                if (config.followmethod == FOLLOW_LIBCURL) {
+                                        httpReturnCode = curl_state.status_line->http_code;
+                                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                                curl_easy_getinfo(curl_state.curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redir_depth),
+                                                "CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT");
+
+                                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                                printf(_("* curl LIBINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT is %d\n"), redir_depth);
+                                        }
+
+                                        mp_subcheck sc_redir_depth = mp_subcheck_init();
+                                        if (redir_depth > config.max_depth) {
+                                                xasprintf(&sc_redir_depth.output,
+                                                                  "maximum redirection depth %d exceeded in libcurl",
+                                                                  config.max_depth);
+                                                sc_redir_depth = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_redir_depth, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                                                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_redir_depth);
+                                                return sc_result;
+                                        }
+                                        xasprintf(&sc_redir_depth.output, "redirection depth %d (of a maximum %d)",
+                                                          redir_depth, config.max_depth);
+                                        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_redir_depth);
+
                                 } else {
                                         /* old check_http style redirection, if we come
                                          * back here, we are in the same status as with
                                          * the libcurl method
                                          */
-                                        redir(&header_buf);
+                                        redir_wrapper redir_result =
+                                                redir(curl_state.header_buf, config, redir_depth, workingState);
+                                        cleanup(curl_state);
+                                        mp_subcheck sc_redir =
+                                                check_http(config, redir_result.working_state, redir_result.redir_depth);
+                                        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_redir);
+
+                                        return sc_result;
                                 }
                         } else {
                                 /* this is a specific code in the command line to
                                  * be returned when a redirection is encountered
                                  */
+                                sc_return_code =
+                                        mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_return_code, config.on_redirect_result_state);
                         }
-                        result = max_state_alt(onredirect, result);
-                        /* all other codes are considered ok */
                 } else {
-                        result = STATE_OK;
+                        sc_return_code = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_return_code, STATE_OK);
                 }
-        }
 
-        /* libcurl redirection internally, handle error states here */
-        if (followmethod == FOLLOW_LIBCURL) {
-                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redir_depth), "CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT");
-                if (verbose >= 2)
-                        printf(_("* curl LIBINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT is %d\n"), redir_depth);
-                if (redir_depth > max_depth) {
-                        snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "maximum redirection depth %d exceeded in libcurl", max_depth);
-                        die(STATE_WARNING, "HTTP WARNING - %s", msg);
-                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_return_code);
         }
 
         /* check status codes, set exit status accordingly */
-        if (status_line.http_code != code) {
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL %s %d %s - different HTTP codes (cUrl has %ld)\n"),
-                        string_statuscode(status_line.http_major, status_line.http_minor), status_line.http_code, status_line.msg, code);
+        if (curl_state.status_line->http_code != httpReturnCode) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_http_return_code_sanity = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_http_return_code_sanity =
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_http_return_code_sanity, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&sc_http_return_code_sanity.output,
+                                  _("HTTP CRITICAL %s %d %s - different HTTP codes (cUrl has %ld)\n"),
+                                  string_statuscode(curl_state.status_line->http_major,
+                                                                        curl_state.status_line->http_minor),
+                                  curl_state.status_line->http_code, curl_state.status_line->msg, httpReturnCode);
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_http_return_code_sanity);
+                return sc_result;
         }
 
-        if (maximum_age >= 0) {
-                result = max_state_alt(check_document_dates(&header_buf, &msg), result);
+        if (config.maximum_age >= 0) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_max_age = check_document_dates(curl_state.header_buf, config.maximum_age);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_max_age);
         }
 
         /* Page and Header content checks go here */
+        if (strlen(config.header_expect)) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_header_expect = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_header_expect = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_header_expect, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_header_expect.output, "Expect %s in header", config.header_expect);
 
-        if (strlen(header_expect)) {
-                if (!strstr(header_buf.buf, header_expect)) {
-
-                        strncpy(&output_header_search[0], header_expect, sizeof(output_header_search));
+                if (!strstr(curl_state.header_buf->buf, config.header_expect)) {
+                        char output_header_search[30] = "";
+                        strncpy(&output_header_search[0], config.header_expect, sizeof(output_header_search));
 
                         if (output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 1] != '\0') {
                                 bcopy("...", &output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 4], 4);
                         }
 
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sheader '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "), msg, output_header_search,
-                                         use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_header_expect.output, _("header '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "),
+                                          output_header_search, workingState.use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                                          workingState.host_name ? workingState.host_name : workingState.server_address,
+                                          workingState.serverPort, workingState.server_url);
 
-                        strcpy(msg, tmp);
-
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        sc_header_expect = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_header_expect, STATE_CRITICAL);
                 }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_header_expect);
         }
 
-        if (strlen(string_expect)) {
-                if (!strstr(body_buf.buf, string_expect)) {
+        if (strlen(config.string_expect)) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_string_expect = mp_subcheck_init();
+                sc_string_expect = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_string_expect, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&sc_string_expect.output, "Expect string \"%s\" in body", config.string_expect);
 
-                        strncpy(&output_string_search[0], string_expect, sizeof(output_string_search));
+                if (!strstr(curl_state.body_buf->buf, config.string_expect)) {
+                        char output_string_search[30] = "";
+                        strncpy(&output_string_search[0], config.string_expect, sizeof(output_string_search));
 
                         if (output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 1] != '\0') {
                                 bcopy("...", &output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 4], 4);
                         }
 
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sstring '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "), msg, output_string_search,
-                                         use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
-
-                        strcpy(msg, tmp);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_string_expect.output, _("string '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "),
+                                          output_string_search, workingState.use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                                          workingState.host_name ? workingState.host_name : workingState.server_address,
+                                          workingState.serverPort, workingState.server_url);
 
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        sc_string_expect = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_string_expect, STATE_CRITICAL);
                 }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_string_expect);
         }
 
-        if (strlen(regexp)) {
-                errcode = regexec(&preg, body_buf.buf, REGS, pmatch, 0);
-                if ((errcode == 0 && !invert_regex) || (errcode == REG_NOMATCH && invert_regex)) {
-                        /* OK - No-op to avoid changing the logic around it */
-                        result = max_state_alt(STATE_OK, result);
-                } else if ((errcode == REG_NOMATCH && !invert_regex) || (errcode == 0 && invert_regex)) {
-                        if (!invert_regex) {
-                                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        if (strlen(config.regexp)) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_body_regex = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&sc_body_regex.output, "Regex \"%s\" in body matched", config.regexp);
+                regmatch_t pmatch[REGS];
 
-                                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%spattern not found, "), msg);
-                                strcpy(msg, tmp);
+                int errcode = regexec(&config.compiled_regex, curl_state.body_buf->buf, REGS, pmatch, 0);
 
+                if (errcode == 0) {
+                        // got a match
+                        if (config.invert_regex) {
+                                sc_body_regex = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_body_regex, config.state_regex);
                         } else {
-                                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+                                sc_body_regex = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_body_regex, STATE_OK);
+                        }
+                } else if (errcode == REG_NOMATCH) {
+                        // got no match
+                        xasprintf(&sc_body_regex.output, "%s not", sc_body_regex.output);
 
-                                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%spattern found, "), msg);
-                                strcpy(msg, tmp);
+                        if (config.invert_regex) {
+                                sc_body_regex = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_body_regex, STATE_OK);
+                        } else {
+                                sc_body_regex = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_body_regex, config.state_regex);
                         }
-                        result = state_regex;
                 } else {
-                        regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sExecute Error: %s, "), msg, errbuf);
-                        strcpy(msg, tmp);
-                        result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                        // error in regexec
+                        char error_buffer[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+                        regerror(errcode, &config.compiled_regex, &error_buffer[0], DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_body_regex.output, "regexec error: %s", error_buffer);
+                        sc_body_regex = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_body_regex, STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_body_regex);
         }
 
-        /* make sure the page is of an appropriate size */
-        if ((max_page_len > 0) && (page_len > max_page_len)) {
-                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        // size a.k.a. page length
+        mp_perfdata pd_page_length = perfdata_init();
+        mp_perfdata_value pd_val_page_length = mp_create_pd_value(page_len);
+        pd_page_length.value = pd_val_page_length;
+        pd_page_length.label = "size";
+        pd_page_length.uom = "B";
+        pd_page_length.min = mp_create_pd_value(0);
+        pd_page_length.warn = config.page_length_limits;
+        pd_page_length.warn_present = true;
 
-                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%spage size %d too large, "), msg, page_len);
+        /* make sure the page is of an appropriate size */
+        if (config.page_length_limits_is_set) {
+                mp_thresholds page_length_threshold = mp_thresholds_init();
+                page_length_threshold.warning = config.page_length_limits;
+                page_length_threshold.warning_is_set = true;
 
-                strcpy(msg, tmp);
+                pd_page_length = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_page_length, page_length_threshold);
 
-                result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
+                mp_subcheck sc_page_length = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        } else if ((min_page_len > 0) && (page_len < min_page_len)) {
-                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_page_length, pd_page_length);
 
-                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%spage size %d too small, "), msg, page_len);
-                strcpy(msg, tmp);
-                result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
-        }
+                mp_state_enum tmp_state = mp_get_pd_status(pd_page_length);
+                sc_page_length = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_page_length, tmp_state);
 
-        /* -w, -c: check warning and critical level */
-        result = max_state_alt(get_status(total_time, thlds), result);
+                switch (tmp_state) {
+                case STATE_CRITICAL:
+                case STATE_WARNING:
+                        xasprintf(&sc_page_length.output, _("page size %zu violates threshold"), page_len);
+                        break;
+                case STATE_OK:
+                        xasprintf(&sc_page_length.output, _("page size %zu is OK"), page_len);
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        assert(false);
+                }
 
-        /* Cut-off trailing characters */
-        if (strlen(msg) >= 2) {
-                if (msg[strlen(msg) - 2] == ',')
-                        msg[strlen(msg) - 2] = '\0';
-                else
-                        msg[strlen(msg) - 3] = '\0';
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&sc_result, sc_page_length);
         }
 
-        /* TODO: separate _() msg and status code: die (result, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(result), msg); */
-        die(max_state_alt(result, result_ssl), "HTTP %s: %s %d %s%s%s - %d bytes in %.3f second response time %s|%s\n%s%s", state_text(result),
-                string_statuscode(status_line.http_major, status_line.http_minor), status_line.http_code, status_line.msg,
-                strlen(msg) > 0 ? " - " : "", msg, page_len, total_time, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""), perfstring, (show_body ? body_buf.buf : ""),
-                (show_body ? "\n" : ""));
-
-        return max_state_alt(result, result_ssl);
+        return sc_result;
 }
 
-int uri_strcmp(const UriTextRangeA range, const char *s) {
-        if (!range.first)
+int uri_strcmp(const UriTextRangeA range, const char *stringToCompare) {
+        if (!range.first) {
                 return -1;
-        if ((size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first) < strlen(s))
+        }
+        if ((size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first) < strlen(stringToCompare)) {
                 return -1;
-        return strncmp(s, range.first, min((size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first), strlen(s)));
+        }
+        return strncmp(stringToCompare, range.first,
+                                   min((size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first), strlen(stringToCompare)));
 }
 
 char *uri_string(const UriTextRangeA range, char *buf, size_t buflen) {
-        if (!range.first)
+        if (!range.first) {
                 return "(null)";
+        }
         strncpy(buf, range.first, max(buflen - 1, (size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first)));
         buf[max(buflen - 1, (size_t)(range.afterLast - range.first))] = '\0';
         buf[range.afterLast - range.first] = '\0';
         return buf;
 }
 
-void redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf) {
-        char *location = NULL;
+redir_wrapper redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf, const check_curl_config config,
+                                        int redir_depth, check_curl_working_state working_state) {
         curlhelp_statusline status_line;
         struct phr_header headers[255];
-        size_t nof_headers = 255;
         size_t msglen;
-        char buf[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-        char ipstr[INET_ADDR_MAX_SIZE];
-        int new_port;
-        char *new_host;
-        char *new_url;
-
-        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major, &status_line.http_minor,
-                                                                 &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg, &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
+        size_t nof_headers = 255;
+        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major,
+                                                                 &status_line.http_minor, &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg,
+                                                                 &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
 
         if (res == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Failed to parse Response\n"));
         }
 
-        location = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "location");
+        char *location = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "location");
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
                 printf(_("* Seen redirect location %s\n"), location);
+        }
 
-        if (++redir_depth > max_depth)
-                die(STATE_WARNING, _("HTTP WARNING - maximum redirection depth %d exceeded - %s%s\n"), max_depth, location,
-                        (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+        if (++redir_depth > config.max_depth) {
+                die(STATE_WARNING, _("HTTP WARNING - maximum redirection depth %d exceeded - %s\n"),
+                        config.max_depth, location);
+        }
 
         UriParserStateA state;
         UriUriA uri;
         state.uri = &uri;
         if (uriParseUriA(&state, location) != URI_SUCCESS) {
                 if (state.errorCode == URI_ERROR_SYNTAX) {
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not parse redirect location '%s'%s\n"), location, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not parse redirect location '%s'\n"),
+                                location);
                 } else if (state.errorCode == URI_ERROR_MALLOC) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate URL\n"));
                 }
         }
 
+        char ipstr[INET_ADDR_MAX_SIZE];
+        char buf[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
         if (verbose >= 2) {
                 printf(_("** scheme: %s\n"), uri_string(uri.scheme, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
                 printf(_("** host: %s\n"), uri_string(uri.hostText, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
@@ -1215,9 +709,9 @@ void redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf) {
                 }
                 if (uri.pathHead) {
                         printf(_("** path: "));
-                        const UriPathSegmentA *p = uri.pathHead;
-                        for (; p; p = p->next) {
-                                printf("/%s", uri_string(p->text, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
+                        for (UriPathSegmentA *path_segment = uri.pathHead; path_segment;
+                                 path_segment = path_segment->next) {
+                                printf("/%s", uri_string(path_segment->text, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
                         }
                         puts("");
                 }
@@ -1230,99 +724,104 @@ void redir(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf) {
         }
 
         if (uri.scheme.first) {
-                if (!uri_strcmp(uri.scheme, "https"))
-                        use_ssl = true;
-                else
-                        use_ssl = false;
+                working_state.use_ssl = (bool)(!uri_strcmp(uri.scheme, "https"));
         }
 
         /* we do a sloppy test here only, because uriparser would have failed
          * above, if the port would be invalid, we just check for MAX_PORT
          */
+        int new_port;
         if (uri.portText.first) {
                 new_port = atoi(uri_string(uri.portText, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
         } else {
                 new_port = HTTP_PORT;
-                if (use_ssl)
+                if (working_state.use_ssl) {
                         new_port = HTTPS_PORT;
+                }
+        }
+        if (new_port > MAX_PORT) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Redirection to port above %d - %s\n"), MAX_PORT,
+                        location);
         }
-        if (new_port > MAX_PORT)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Redirection to port above %d - %s%s\n"), MAX_PORT, location, display_html ? "</A>" : "");
 
         /* by RFC 7231 relative URLs in Location should be taken relative to
          * the original URL, so we try to form a new absolute URL here
          */
+        char *new_host;
         if (!uri.scheme.first && !uri.hostText.first) {
-                new_host = strdup(host_name ? host_name : server_address);
-                new_port = server_port;
-                if (use_ssl)
+                new_host = strdup(working_state.host_name ? working_state.host_name
+                                                                                                  : working_state.server_address);
+                new_port = working_state.serverPort;
+                if (working_state.use_ssl) {
                         uri_string(uri.scheme, "https", DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+                }
         } else {
                 new_host = strdup(uri_string(uri.hostText, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE));
         }
 
         /* compose new path */
         /* TODO: handle fragments and query part of URL */
-        new_url = (char *)calloc(1, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        char *new_url = (char *)calloc(1, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         if (uri.pathHead) {
-                const UriPathSegmentA *p = uri.pathHead;
-                for (; p; p = p->next) {
+                for (UriPathSegmentA *pathSegment = uri.pathHead; pathSegment;
+                         pathSegment = pathSegment->next) {
                         strncat(new_url, "/", DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
-                        strncat(new_url, uri_string(p->text, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE), DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE - 1);
+                        strncat(new_url, uri_string(pathSegment->text, buf, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE),
+                                        DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE - 1);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_port == new_port && !strncmp(server_address, new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH) &&
-                (host_name && !strncmp(host_name, new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH)) && !strcmp(server_url, new_url))
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"), use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
-                        new_host, new_port, new_url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+        if (working_state.serverPort == new_port &&
+                !strncmp(working_state.server_address, new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH) &&
+                (working_state.host_name &&
+                 !strncmp(working_state.host_name, new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH)) &&
+                !strcmp(working_state.server_url, new_url)) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                        _("HTTP CRITICAL - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s\n"),
+                        working_state.use_ssl ? "https" : "http", new_host, new_port, new_url);
+        }
 
         /* set new values for redirected request */
 
-        if (!(followsticky & STICKY_HOST)) {
-                free(server_address);
-                server_address = strndup(new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
+        if (!(config.followsticky & STICKY_HOST)) {
+                free(working_state.server_address);
+                working_state.server_address = strndup(new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
         }
-        if (!(followsticky & STICKY_PORT)) {
-                server_port = (unsigned short)new_port;
+        if (!(config.followsticky & STICKY_PORT)) {
+                working_state.serverPort = (unsigned short)new_port;
         }
 
-        free(host_name);
-        host_name = strndup(new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
+        free(working_state.host_name);
+        working_state.host_name = strndup(new_host, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
 
         /* reset virtual port */
-        virtual_port = server_port;
+        working_state.virtualPort = working_state.serverPort;
 
         free(new_host);
-        free(server_url);
-        server_url = new_url;
+        free(working_state.server_url);
+        working_state.server_url = new_url;
 
         uriFreeUriMembersA(&uri);
 
-        if (verbose)
-                printf(_("Redirection to %s://%s:%d%s\n"), use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port,
-                           server_url);
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf(_("Redirection to %s://%s:%d%s\n"), working_state.use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                           working_state.host_name ? working_state.host_name : working_state.server_address,
+                           working_state.serverPort, working_state.server_url);
+        }
 
         /* TODO: the hash component MUST be taken from the original URL and
          * attached to the URL in Location
          */
 
-        cleanup();
-        check_http();
-}
-
-/* check whether a file exists */
-void test_file(char *path) {
-        if (access(path, R_OK) == 0)
-                return;
-        usage2(_("file does not exist or is not readable"), path);
+        redir_wrapper result = {
+                .redir_depth = redir_depth,
+                .working_state = working_state,
+                .error_code = OK,
+        };
+        return result;
 }
 
-bool process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *p;
-        int c = 1;
-        char *temp;
-
+check_curl_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         enum {
                 INVERT_REGEX = CHAR_MAX + 1,
                 SNI_OPTION,
@@ -1333,81 +832,101 @@ bool process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 AUTOMATIC_DECOMPRESSION,
                 COOKIE_JAR,
                 HAPROXY_PROTOCOL,
-                STATE_REGEX
+                STATE_REGEX,
+                OUTPUT_FORMAT
         };
 
-        int option = 0;
-        int got_plus = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {STD_LONG_OPTS,
-                                                                           {"link", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
-                                                                           {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                                                                           {"ssl", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
-                                                                           {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
-                                                                           {"post", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                                                                           {"method", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
-                                                                           {"IP-address", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
-                                                                           {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                           {"authorization", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-                                                                           {"proxy-authorization", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
-                                                                           {"header-string", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                                                                           {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                           {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                                                                           {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
-                                                                           {"linespan", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
-                                                                           {"onredirect", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                                                                           {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                                                                           {"client-cert", required_argument, 0, 'J'},
-                                                                           {"private-key", required_argument, 0, 'K'},
-                                                                           {"ca-cert", required_argument, 0, CA_CERT_OPTION},
-                                                                           {"verify-cert", no_argument, 0, 'D'},
-                                                                           {"continue-after-certificate", no_argument, 0, CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT},
-                                                                           {"useragent", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
-                                                                           {"header", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
-                                                                           {"no-body", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
-                                                                           {"max-age", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
-                                                                           {"content-type", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
-                                                                           {"pagesize", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                                                                           {"invert-regex", no_argument, NULL, INVERT_REGEX},
-                                                                           {"state-regex", required_argument, 0, STATE_REGEX},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                                                                           {"extended-perfdata", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
-                                                                           {"show-body", no_argument, 0, 'B'},
-                                                                           {"max-redirs", required_argument, 0, MAX_REDIRS_OPTION},
-                                                                           {"http-version", required_argument, 0, HTTP_VERSION_OPTION},
-                                                                           {"enable-automatic-decompression", no_argument, 0, AUTOMATIC_DECOMPRESSION},
-                                                                           {"cookie-jar", required_argument, 0, COOKIE_JAR},
-                                                                           {"haproxy-protocol", no_argument, 0, HAPROXY_PROTOCOL},
-                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return false;
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                STD_LONG_OPTS,
+                {"link", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
+                {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"ssl", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
+                {"post", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"method", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
+                {"IP-address", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
+                {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"authorization", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                {"proxy-authorization", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
+                {"header-string", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
+                {"linespan", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                {"onredirect", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"client-cert", required_argument, 0, 'J'},
+                {"private-key", required_argument, 0, 'K'},
+                {"ca-cert", required_argument, 0, CA_CERT_OPTION},
+                {"verify-cert", no_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                {"continue-after-certificate", no_argument, 0, CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT},
+                {"useragent", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
+                {"header", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
+                {"no-body", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
+                {"max-age", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
+                {"content-type", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
+                {"pagesize", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"invert-regex", no_argument, NULL, INVERT_REGEX},
+                {"state-regex", required_argument, 0, STATE_REGEX},
+                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"extended-perfdata", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
+                {"show-body", no_argument, 0, 'B'},
+                {"max-redirs", required_argument, 0, MAX_REDIRS_OPTION},
+                {"http-version", required_argument, 0, HTTP_VERSION_OPTION},
+                {"enable-automatic-decompression", no_argument, 0, AUTOMATIC_DECOMPRESSION},
+                {"cookie-jar", required_argument, 0, COOKIE_JAR},
+                {"haproxy-protocol", no_argument, 0, HAPROXY_PROTOCOL},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, OUTPUT_FORMAT},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_curl_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_curl_config_init(),
+        };
 
-        /* support check_http compatible arguments */
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                if (strcmp("-hn", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-H");
-                if (strcmp("-wt", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
-                if (strcmp("-ct", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
-                if (strcmp("-nohtml", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-n");
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        server_url = strdup(DEFAULT_SERVER_URL);
+        /* support check_http compatible arguments */
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-hn", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-H");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-wt", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-w");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-ct", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-c");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-nohtml", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-n");
+                }
+        }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:j:T:I:a:b:d:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:J:K:DnlLS::m:M:NEB", longopts, &option);
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+        int option = 0;
+        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_NEWLINE;
+        bool specify_port = false;
+        bool enable_tls = false;
+        char *tls_option_optarg = NULL;
+
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(
+                        argc, argv, "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:j:T:I:a:b:d:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:J:K:DnlLS::m:M:NEB",
+                        longopts, &option);
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'h':
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -1421,270 +940,253 @@ bool process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                socket_timeout = (int)strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.curl_config.socket_timeout = (int)strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
-                        critical_thresholds = optarg;
-                        break;
+                {
+                        mp_range_parsed critical_range = mp_parse_range_string(optarg);
+                        if (critical_range.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed to parse critical threshold: %s", optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.thlds = mp_thresholds_set_crit(result.config.thlds, critical_range.range);
+                } break;
                 case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
-                        warning_thresholds = optarg;
-                        break;
+                {
+                        mp_range_parsed warning_range = mp_parse_range_string(optarg);
+
+                        if (warning_range.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed to parse warning threshold: %s", optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.thlds = mp_thresholds_set_warn(result.config.thlds, warning_range.range);
+                } break;
                 case 'H': /* virtual host */
-                        host_name = strdup(optarg);
-                        if (host_name[0] == '[') {
-                                if ((p = strstr(host_name, "]:")) != NULL) { /* [IPv6]:port */
-                                        virtual_port = atoi(p + 2);
+                        result.config.initial_config.host_name = strdup(optarg);
+                        char *tmp_string;
+                        size_t host_name_length;
+                        if (result.config.initial_config.host_name[0] == '[') {
+                                if ((tmp_string = strstr(result.config.initial_config.host_name, "]:")) !=
+                                        NULL) { /* [IPv6]:port */
+                                        result.config.initial_config.virtualPort = atoi(tmp_string + 2);
                                         /* cut off the port */
-                                        host_name_length = strlen(host_name) - strlen(p) - 1;
-                                        free(host_name);
-                                        host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
+                                        host_name_length =
+                                                strlen(result.config.initial_config.host_name) - strlen(tmp_string) - 1;
+                                        free(result.config.initial_config.host_name);
+                                        result.config.initial_config.host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
                                 }
-                        } else if ((p = strchr(host_name, ':')) != NULL && strchr(++p, ':') == NULL) { /* IPv4:port or host:port */
-                                virtual_port = atoi(p);
+                        } else if ((tmp_string = strchr(result.config.initial_config.host_name, ':')) != NULL &&
+                                           strchr(++tmp_string, ':') == NULL) { /* IPv4:port or host:port */
+                                result.config.initial_config.virtualPort = atoi(tmp_string);
                                 /* cut off the port */
-                                host_name_length = strlen(host_name) - strlen(p) - 1;
-                                free(host_name);
-                                host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
+                                host_name_length =
+                                        strlen(result.config.initial_config.host_name) - strlen(tmp_string) - 1;
+                                free(result.config.initial_config.host_name);
+                                result.config.initial_config.host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'I': /* internet address */
-                        server_address = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.initial_config.server_address = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* URL path */
-                        server_url = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.initial_config.server_url = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* Server port */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid port number, expecting a non-negative number"), optarg);
-                        else {
-                                if (strtol(optarg, NULL, 10) > MAX_PORT)
+                        } else {
+                                if (strtol(optarg, NULL, 10) > MAX_PORT) {
                                         usage2(_("Invalid port number, supplied port number is too big"), optarg);
-                                server_port = (unsigned short)strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                                }
+                                result.config.initial_config.serverPort = (unsigned short)strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
                                 specify_port = true;
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'a': /* authorization info */
-                        strncpy(user_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-                        user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        strncpy(result.config.curl_config.user_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        result.config.curl_config.user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
                         break;
                 case 'b': /* proxy-authorization info */
-                        strncpy(proxy_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-                        proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        strncpy(result.config.curl_config.proxy_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        result.config.curl_config.proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* HTTP POST data in URL encoded format; ignored if settings already */
-                        if (!http_post_data)
-                                http_post_data = strdup(optarg);
-                        if (!http_method)
-                                http_method = strdup("POST");
+                        if (!result.config.initial_config.http_post_data) {
+                                result.config.initial_config.http_post_data = strdup(optarg);
+                        }
+                        if (!result.config.initial_config.http_method) {
+                                result.config.initial_config.http_method = strdup("POST");
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'j': /* Set HTTP method */
-                        if (http_method)
-                                free(http_method);
-                        http_method = strdup(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.initial_config.http_method) {
+                                free(result.config.initial_config.http_method);
+                        }
+                        result.config.initial_config.http_method = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'A': /* useragent */
-                        strncpy(user_agent, optarg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
-                        user_agent[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
+                        strncpy(result.config.curl_config.user_agent, optarg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+                        result.config.curl_config.user_agent[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
                         break;
                 case 'k': /* Additional headers */
-                        if (http_opt_headers_count == 0)
-                                http_opt_headers = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
-                        else
-                                http_opt_headers = realloc(http_opt_headers, sizeof(char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
-                        http_opt_headers[http_opt_headers_count - 1] = optarg;
+                        if (result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers_count == 0) {
+                                result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers =
+                                        malloc(sizeof(char *) * (++result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers_count));
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers =
+                                        realloc(result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers,
+                                                        sizeof(char *) * (++result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers_count));
+                        }
+                        result.config.curl_config
+                                .http_opt_headers[result.config.curl_config.http_opt_headers_count - 1] = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'L': /* show html link */
-                        display_html = true;
-                        break;
                 case 'n': /* do not show html link */
-                        display_html = false;
+                        // HTML link related options are deprecated
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* Check SSL cert validity */
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-                        if ((temp = strchr(optarg, ',')) != NULL) {
-                                *temp = '\0';
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
-                                *temp = ',';
-                                temp++;
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(temp))
-                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
-                                days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
-                        } else {
-                                days_till_exp_crit = 0;
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
-                        }
-                        check_cert = true;
-                        goto enable_ssl;
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
+                        {
+                                char *temp;
+                                if ((temp = strchr(optarg, ',')) != NULL) {
+                                        *temp = '\0';
+                                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                                usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
+                                        }
+                                        result.config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                        *temp = ',';
+                                        temp++;
+                                        if (!is_intnonneg(temp)) {
+                                                usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
+                                        }
+                                        result.config.days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
+                                } else {
+                                        result.config.days_till_exp_crit = 0;
+                                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                                usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
+                                        }
+                                        result.config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                }
+                                result.config.check_cert = true;
+                                enable_tls = true;
+                        }
+                        break;
                 case CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT: /* don't stop after the certificate is checked */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                        continue_after_check_cert = true;
+                        result.config.continue_after_check_cert = true;
                         break;
 #endif
                 case 'J': /* use client certificate */
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-                        test_file(optarg);
-                        client_cert = optarg;
-                        goto enable_ssl;
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
-                case 'K': /* use client private key */
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
                         test_file(optarg);
-                        client_privkey = optarg;
-                        goto enable_ssl;
+                        result.config.curl_config.client_cert = optarg;
+                        enable_tls = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'K': /* use client private key */
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-                case CA_CERT_OPTION: /* use CA chain file */
                         test_file(optarg);
-                        ca_cert = optarg;
-                        goto enable_ssl;
+                        result.config.curl_config.client_privkey = optarg;
+                        enable_tls = true;
+                        break;
+                case CA_CERT_OPTION: /* use CA chain file */
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-                case 'D': /* verify peer certificate & host */
-                        verify_peer_and_host = true;
+                        test_file(optarg);
+                        result.config.curl_config.ca_cert = optarg;
+                        enable_tls = true;
                         break;
+                case 'D': /* verify peer certificate & host */
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
-                case 'S': /* use SSL */
-#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
-                enable_ssl:
-                        use_ssl = true;
-                        /* ssl_version initialized to CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT as a default.
-                         * Only set if it's non-zero.  This helps when we include multiple
-                         * parameters, like -S and -C combinations */
-                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-                        if (c == 'S' && optarg != NULL) {
-                                char *plus_ptr = strchr(optarg, '+');
-                                if (plus_ptr) {
-                                        got_plus = 1;
-                                        *plus_ptr = '\0';
-                                }
-
-                                if (optarg[0] == '2')
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2;
-                                else if (optarg[0] == '3')
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3;
-                                else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1") || !strcmp(optarg, "1.0"))
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0;
-#       else
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
-                                else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.1"))
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1;
-#       else
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
-                                else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.2"))
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
-#       else
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
-                                else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.3"))
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 52, 0)
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3;
-#       else
-                                        ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 52, 0) */
-                                else
-                                        usage4(_("Invalid option - Valid SSL/TLS versions: 2, 3, 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (with optional '+' suffix)"));
-                        }
-#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 54, 0)
-                        if (got_plus) {
-                                switch (ssl_version) {
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3;
-                                        break;
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2:
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT;
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                        } else {
-                                switch (ssl_version) {
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3;
-                                        break;
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_2;
-                                        break;
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_1;
-                                        break;
-                                case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
-                                        ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0;
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                        }
-#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 54, 0) */
-                        if (verbose >= 2)
-                                printf(_("* Set SSL/TLS version to %d\n"), ssl_version);
-                        if (!specify_port)
-                                server_port = HTTPS_PORT;
+                        result.config.curl_config.verify_peer_and_host = true;
+                        enable_tls = true;
                         break;
-#else  /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
-                        /* -C -J and -K fall through to here without SSL */
+                case 'S': /* use SSL */
+                        tls_option_optarg = optarg;
+                        enable_tls = true;
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
                         usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
+#endif
                         break;
                 case SNI_OPTION: /* --sni is parsed, but ignored, the default is true with libcurl */
-                        use_sni = true;
-                        break;
+#ifndef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
+                        break;
                 case MAX_REDIRS_OPTION:
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid max_redirs count"), optarg);
-                        else {
-                                max_depth = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.max_depth = atoi(optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'f': /* onredirect */
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "ok"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_OK;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "warning"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "critical"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "unknown"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "follow"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "stickyport"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL, followsticky = STICKY_HOST | STICKY_PORT;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "sticky"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL, followsticky = STICKY_HOST;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "follow"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL, followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "curl"))
-                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followmethod = FOLLOW_LIBCURL;
-                        else
+                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "ok")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_result_state = STATE_OK;
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = false;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "warning")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_result_state = STATE_WARNING;
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = false;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "critical")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_result_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = false;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "unknown")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_result_state = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = false;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "follow")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = true;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "stickyport")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = true;
+                                result.config.followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL,
+                                result.config.followsticky = STICKY_HOST | STICKY_PORT;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "sticky")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = true;
+                                result.config.followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL,
+                                result.config.followsticky = STICKY_HOST;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "follow")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = true;
+                                result.config.followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL,
+                                result.config.followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "curl")) {
+                                result.config.on_redirect_dependent = true;
+                                result.config.followmethod = FOLLOW_LIBCURL;
+                        } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid onredirect option"), optarg);
-                        if (verbose >= 2)
-                                printf(_("* Following redirects set to %s\n"), state_text(onredirect));
+                        }
+                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                if (result.config.on_redirect_dependent) {
+                                        printf(_("* Following redirects\n"));
+                                } else {
+                                        printf(_("* Following redirects set to state %s\n"),
+                                                   state_text(result.config.on_redirect_result_state));
+                                }
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'd': /* string or substring */
-                        strncpy(header_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-                        header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        strncpy(result.config.header_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        result.config.header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
                         break;
                 case 's': /* string or substring */
-                        strncpy(string_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-                        string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        strncpy(result.config.string_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        result.config.string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* string or substring */
-                        strncpy(server_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-                        server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-                        server_expect_yn = 1;
+                        strncpy(result.config.server_expect.string, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        result.config.server_expect.string[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        result.config.server_expect.is_present = true;
                         break;
                 case 'T': /* Content-type */
-                        http_content_type = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.curl_config.http_content_type = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* linespan */
                         cflags &= ~REG_NEWLINE;
@@ -1693,185 +1195,258 @@ bool process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         cflags |= REG_ICASE;
                         // fall through
                 case 'r': /* regex */
-                        strncpy(regexp, optarg, MAX_RE_SIZE - 1);
-                        regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
-                        errcode = regcomp(&preg, regexp, cflags);
+                        strncpy(result.config.regexp, optarg, MAX_RE_SIZE - 1);
+                        result.config.regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
+                        regex_t preg;
+                        int errcode = regcomp(&preg, result.config.regexp, cflags);
                         if (errcode != 0) {
                                 (void)regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
                                 printf(_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression: %s"), errbuf);
-                                return false;
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
                         }
+
+                        result.config.compiled_regex = preg;
                         break;
                 case INVERT_REGEX:
-                        invert_regex = true;
+                        result.config.invert_regex = true;
                         break;
                 case STATE_REGEX:
-                        if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "critical"))
-                                state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "warning"))
-                                state_regex = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else
+                        if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "critical")) {
+                                result.config.state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        } else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "warning")) {
+                                result.config.state_regex = STATE_WARNING;
+                        } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid state-regex option"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case '4':
-                        address_family = AF_INET;
+                        result.config.curl_config.sin_family = AF_INET;
                         break;
                 case '6':
 #if defined(USE_IPV6) && defined(LIBCURL_FEATURE_IPV6)
-                        address_family = AF_INET6;
+                        result.config.curl_config.sin_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
                         usage4(_("IPv6 support not available"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'm': /* min_page_length */
                 {
-                        char *tmp;
-                        if (strchr(optarg, ':') != (char *)NULL) {
-                                /* range, so get two values, min:max */
-                                tmp = strtok(optarg, ":");
-                                if (tmp == NULL) {
-                                        printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
-                                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
-                                } else
-                                        min_page_len = atoi(tmp);
-
-                                tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
-                                if (tmp == NULL) {
-                                        printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
-                                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
-                                } else
-                                        max_page_len = atoi(tmp);
-                        } else
-                                min_page_len = atoi(optarg);
+                        mp_range_parsed foo = mp_parse_range_string(optarg);
+
+                        if (foo.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "failed to parse page size limits: %s", optarg);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.page_length_limits = foo.range;
+                        result.config.page_length_limits_is_set = true;
                         break;
                 }
                 case 'N': /* no-body */
-                        no_body = true;
+                        result.config.initial_config.no_body = true;
                         break;
                 case 'M': /* max-age */
                 {
-                        int L = strlen(optarg);
-                        if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'm')
-                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60;
-                        else if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'h')
-                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60;
-                        else if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'd')
-                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60 * 24;
-                        else if (L && (optarg[L - 1] == 's' || isdigit(optarg[L - 1])))
-                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg);
-                        else {
+                        size_t option_length = strlen(optarg);
+                        if (option_length && optarg[option_length - 1] == 'm') {
+                                result.config.maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60;
+                        } else if (option_length && optarg[option_length - 1] == 'h') {
+                                result.config.maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60;
+                        } else if (option_length && optarg[option_length - 1] == 'd') {
+                                result.config.maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60 * 24;
+                        } else if (option_length &&
+                                           (optarg[option_length - 1] == 's' || isdigit(optarg[option_length - 1]))) {
+                                result.config.maximum_age = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "unparsable max-age: %s\n", optarg);
                                 exit(STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (verbose >= 2)
-                                printf("* Maximal age of document set to %d seconds\n", maximum_age);
+                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                printf("* Maximal age of document set to %d seconds\n", result.config.maximum_age);
+                        }
                 } break;
                 case 'E': /* show extended perfdata */
-                        show_extended_perfdata = true;
+                        result.config.show_extended_perfdata = true;
                         break;
                 case 'B': /* print body content after status line */
-                        show_body = true;
+                        result.config.show_body = true;
                         break;
                 case HTTP_VERSION_OPTION:
-                        curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
+                        result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
                         if (strcmp(optarg, "1.0") == 0) {
-                                curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0;
+                                result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0;
                         } else if (strcmp(optarg, "1.1") == 0) {
-                                curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1;
+                                result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1;
                         } else if ((strcmp(optarg, "2.0") == 0) || (strcmp(optarg, "2") == 0)) {
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 33, 0)
-                                curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
+                                result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0;
 #else
-                                curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
+                                result.config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
 #endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 33, 0) */
+                        } else if ((strcmp(optarg, "3") == 0)) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 66, 0)
+                                result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3;
+#else
+                                result.config.curl_config.curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE;
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 66, 0) */
                         } else {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "unknown http-version parameter: %s\n", optarg);
                                 exit(STATE_WARNING);
                         }
                         break;
                 case AUTOMATIC_DECOMPRESSION:
-                        automatic_decompression = true;
+                        result.config.curl_config.automatic_decompression = true;
                         break;
                 case COOKIE_JAR:
-                        cookie_jar_file = optarg;
+                        result.config.curl_config.cookie_jar_file = optarg;
                         break;
                 case HAPROXY_PROTOCOL:
-                        haproxy_protocol = true;
+                        result.config.curl_config.haproxy_protocol = true;
                         break;
                 case '?':
                         /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                         break;
+                case OUTPUT_FORMAT: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
+        if (enable_tls) {
+                bool got_plus = false;
+                result.config.initial_config.use_ssl = true;
+                /* ssl_version initialized to CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT as a default.
+                 * Only set if it's non-zero.  This helps when we include multiple
+                 * parameters, like -S and -C combinations */
+                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
+                if (tls_option_optarg != NULL) {
+                        char *plus_ptr = strchr(optarg, '+');
+                        if (plus_ptr) {
+                                got_plus = true;
+                                *plus_ptr = '\0';
+                        }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL && c < argc)
-                server_address = strdup(argv[c++]);
+                        if (optarg[0] == '2') {
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2;
+                        } else if (optarg[0] == '3') {
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1") || !strcmp(optarg, "1.0")) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0;
+#else
+                                result.config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.1")) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1;
+#else
+                                result.config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.2")) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
+#else
+                                result.config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "1.3")) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 52, 0)
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3;
+#else
+                                result.config.ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 52, 0) */
+                        } else {
+                                usage4(_("Invalid option - Valid SSL/TLS versions: 2, 3, 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 "
+                                                 "(with optional '+' suffix)"));
+                        }
+                }
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 54, 0)
+                if (got_plus) {
+                        switch (result.config.curl_config.ssl_version) {
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3;
+                                break;
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2:
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        switch (result.config.curl_config.ssl_version) {
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3;
+                                break;
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_2;
+                                break;
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_1;
+                                break;
+                        case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
+                                result.config.curl_config.ssl_version |= CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 54, 0) */
+                if (verbose >= 2) {
+                        printf(_("* Set SSL/TLS version to %d\n"), result.config.curl_config.ssl_version);
+                }
+                if (!specify_port) {
+                        result.config.initial_config.serverPort = HTTPS_PORT;
+                }
+        }
 
-        if (host_name == NULL && c < argc)
-                host_name = strdup(argv[c++]);
+        int option_counter = optind;
 
-        if (server_address == NULL) {
-                if (host_name == NULL)
-                        usage4(_("You must specify a server address or host name"));
-                else
-                        server_address = strdup(host_name);
+        if (result.config.initial_config.server_address == NULL && option_counter < argc) {
+                result.config.initial_config.server_address = strdup(argv[option_counter++]);
         }
 
-        set_thresholds(&thlds, warning_thresholds, critical_thresholds);
+        if (result.config.initial_config.host_name == NULL && option_counter < argc) {
+                result.config.initial_config.host_name = strdup(argv[option_counter++]);
+        }
 
-        if (critical_thresholds && thlds->critical->end > (double)socket_timeout)
-                socket_timeout = (int)thlds->critical->end + 1;
-        if (verbose >= 2)
-                printf("* Socket timeout set to %ld seconds\n", socket_timeout);
+        if (result.config.initial_config.server_address == NULL) {
+                if (result.config.initial_config.host_name == NULL) {
+                        usage4(_("You must specify a server address or host name"));
+                } else {
+                        result.config.initial_config.server_address =
+                                strdup(result.config.initial_config.host_name);
+                }
+        }
 
-        if (http_method == NULL)
-                http_method = strdup("GET");
+        if (result.config.initial_config.http_method == NULL) {
+                result.config.initial_config.http_method = strdup("GET");
+        }
 
-        if (client_cert && !client_privkey)
+        if (result.config.curl_config.client_cert && !result.config.curl_config.client_privkey) {
                 usage4(_("If you use a client certificate you must also specify a private key file"));
-
-        if (virtual_port == 0)
-                virtual_port = server_port;
-        else {
-                if ((use_ssl && server_port == HTTPS_PORT) || (!use_ssl && server_port == HTTP_PORT))
-                        if (!specify_port)
-                                server_port = virtual_port;
         }
 
-        return true;
-}
-
-char *perfd_time(double elapsed_time) {
-        return fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", thlds->warning ? true : false, thlds->warning ? thlds->warning->end : 0,
-                                         thlds->critical ? true : false, thlds->critical ? thlds->critical->end : 0, true, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
-
-char *perfd_time_connect(double elapsed_time_connect) {
-        return fperfdata("time_connect", elapsed_time_connect, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
-
-char *perfd_time_ssl(double elapsed_time_ssl) {
-        return fperfdata("time_ssl", elapsed_time_ssl, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
-
-char *perfd_time_headers(double elapsed_time_headers) {
-        return fperfdata("time_headers", elapsed_time_headers, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
-
-char *perfd_time_firstbyte(double elapsed_time_firstbyte) {
-        return fperfdata("time_firstbyte", elapsed_time_firstbyte, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
-
-char *perfd_time_transfer(double elapsed_time_transfer) {
-        return fperfdata("time_transfer", elapsed_time_transfer, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
-}
+        if (result.config.initial_config.virtualPort == 0) {
+                result.config.initial_config.virtualPort = result.config.initial_config.serverPort;
+        } else {
+                if ((result.config.initial_config.use_ssl &&
+                         result.config.initial_config.serverPort == HTTPS_PORT) ||
+                        (!result.config.initial_config.use_ssl &&
+                         result.config.initial_config.serverPort == HTTP_PORT)) {
+                        if (!specify_port) {
+                                result.config.initial_config.serverPort = result.config.initial_config.virtualPort;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
 
-char *perfd_size(int page_len) {
-        return perfdata("size", page_len, "B", (min_page_len > 0 ? true : false), min_page_len, (min_page_len > 0 ? true : false), 0, true, 0,
-                                        false, 0);
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -1885,7 +1460,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on"));
         printf("%s\n", _("certificate expiration times."));
         printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("It makes use of libcurl to do so. It tries to be as compatible to check_http"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("It makes use of libcurl to do so. It tries to be as compatible to check_http"));
         printf("%s\n", _("as possible."));
 
         printf("\n\n");
@@ -1903,7 +1479,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Host name argument for servers using host headers (virtual host)"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("Append a port to include it in the header (eg: example.com:5000)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-I, --IP-address=ADDRESS");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("IP address or name (use numeric address if possible to bypass DNS lookup)."));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("IP address or name (use numeric address if possible to bypass DNS lookup)."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-p, --port=INTEGER");
         printf("    %s", _("Port number (default: "));
         printf("%d)\n", HTTP_PORT);
@@ -1912,27 +1489,36 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 #ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
         printf(" %s\n", "-S, --ssl=VERSION[+]");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Connect via SSL. Port defaults to 443. VERSION is optional, and prevents"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Connect via SSL. Port defaults to 443. VERSION is optional, and prevents"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("auto-negotiation (2 = SSLv2, 3 = SSLv3, 1 = TLSv1, 1.1 = TLSv1.1,"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("1.2 = TLSv1.2, 1.3 = TLSv1.3). With a '+' suffix, newer versions are also accepted."));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Note: SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated and are usually disabled in libcurl"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("1.2 = TLSv1.2, 1.3 = TLSv1.3). With a '+' suffix, newer versions are "
+                                                 "also accepted."));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Note: SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 are deprecated and are usually "
+                                                 "disabled in libcurl"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--sni");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)"));
 #       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071801
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Note: --sni is the default in libcurl as SSLv2 and SSLV3 are deprecated and"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Note: --sni is the default in libcurl as SSLv2 and SSLV3 are deprecated and"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("      SNI only really works since TLSv1.0"));
 #       else
         printf("    %s\n", _("Note: SNI is not supported in libcurl before 7.18.1"));
 #       endif
         printf(" %s\n", "-C, --certificate=INTEGER[,INTEGER]");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid. Port defaults to 443."));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("A STATE_WARNING is returned if the certificate has a validity less than the"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("first agument's value. If there is a second argument and the certificate's"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid. Port defaults to 443."));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("A STATE_WARNING is returned if the certificate has a validity less than the"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("first agument's value. If there is a second argument and the certificate's"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("validity is less than its value, a STATE_CRITICAL is returned."));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("(When this option is used the URL is not checked by default. You can use"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("(When this option is used the URL is not checked by default. You can use"));
         printf("    %s\n", _(" --continue-after-certificate to override this behavior)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--continue-after-certificate");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Allows the HTTP check to continue after performing the certificate check."));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Allows the HTTP check to continue after performing the certificate check."));
         printf("    %s\n", _("Does nothing unless -C is used."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-J, --client-cert=FILE");
         printf("   %s\n", _("Name of file that contains the client certificate (PEM format)"));
@@ -1950,7 +1536,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Comma-delimited list of strings, at least one of them is expected in"));
         printf("    %s", _("the first (status) line of the server response (default: "));
         printf("%s)\n", HTTP_EXPECT);
-        printf("    %s\n", _("If specified skips all other status line logic (ex: 3xx, 4xx, 5xx processing)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("If specified skips all other status line logic (ex: 3xx, 4xx, 5xx processing)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-d, --header-string=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("String to expect in the response headers"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-s, --string=STRING");
@@ -1959,7 +1546,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("URL to GET or POST (default: /)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-P, --post=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("URL decoded http POST data"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE, CONNECT)");
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   "-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE, CONNECT)");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Set HTTP method."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-N, --no-body");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Don't wait for document body: stop reading after headers."));
@@ -1979,7 +1567,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if found, OK if not (STATE is CRITICAL, per default)"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("can be changed with --state--regex)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--state-regex=STATE");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if regex is found, OK if not. STATE can be one of \"critical\",\"warning\""));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if regex is found, OK if not. STATE can be one of "
+                                                 "\"critical\",\"warning\""));
         printf(" %s\n", "-a, --authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Username:password on sites with basic authentication"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-b, --proxy-authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
@@ -1987,13 +1576,14 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-A, --useragent=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("String to be sent in http header as \"User Agent\""));
         printf(" %s\n", "-k, --header=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Any other tags to be sent in http header. Use multiple times for additional headers"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Any other tags to be sent in http header. Use multiple times for "
+                                                 "additional headers"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-E, --extended-perfdata");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Print additional performance data"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-B, --show-body");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Print body content below status line"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-L, --link");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Wrap output in HTML link (obsoleted by urlize)"));
+        // printf(" %s\n", "-L, --link");
+        // printf("    %s\n", _("Wrap output in HTML link (obsoleted by urlize)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-f, --onredirect=<ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport|curl>");
         printf("    %s\n", _("How to handle redirected pages. sticky is like follow but stick to the"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("specified IP address. stickyport also ensures port stays the same."));
@@ -2003,20 +1593,25 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s", _("Maximal number of redirects (default: "));
         printf("%d)\n", DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS);
         printf(" %s\n", "-m, --pagesize=INTEGER<:INTEGER>");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Minimum page size required (bytes) : Maximum page size required (bytes)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Minimum page size required (bytes) : Maximum page size required (bytes)"));
         printf("\n");
         printf(" %s\n", "--http-version=VERSION");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Connect via specific HTTP protocol."));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("1.0 = HTTP/1.0, 1.1 = HTTP/1.1, 2.0 = HTTP/2 (HTTP/2 will fail without -S)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("1.0 = HTTP/1.0, 1.1 = HTTP/1.1, 2.0 = HTTP/2 (HTTP/2 will fail without -S)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--enable-automatic-decompression");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Enable automatic decompression of body (CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING)."));
         printf(" %s\n", "--haproxy-protocol");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Send HAProxy proxy protocol v1 header (CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL)."));
         printf(" %s\n", "--cookie-jar=FILE");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Store cookies in the cookie jar and send them out when requested."));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Specify an empty string as FILE to enable curl's cookie engine without saving"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("the cookies to disk. Only enabling the engine without saving to disk requires"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("handling multiple requests internally to curl, so use it with --onredirect=curl"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Specify an empty string as FILE to enable curl's cookie engine without saving"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("the cookies to disk. Only enabling the engine without saving to disk requires"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("handling multiple requests internally to curl, so use it with --onredirect=curl"));
         printf("\n");
 
         printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
@@ -2025,13 +1620,18 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin will attempt to open an HTTP connection with the host."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return STATE_CRITICAL"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful connects, but incorrect response"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return STATE_CRITICAL"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful connects, but incorrect response"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("messages from the host result in STATE_WARNING return values.  If you are"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("checking a virtual server that uses 'host headers' you must supply the FQDN"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("checking a virtual server that uses 'host headers' you must supply the FQDN"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("(fully qualified domain name) as the [host_name] argument."));
 
 #ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
@@ -2047,38 +1647,53 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CONTENT: check_curl -w 5 -c 10 --ssl -H www.verisign.com");
         printf(" %s\n", _("When the 'www.verisign.com' server returns its content within 5 seconds,"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned."));
         printf("\n");
         printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_curl -H www.verisign.com -C 14");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 14 days,"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned. A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 14 days,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned. A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("the certificate is expired."));
         printf("\n");
         printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_curl -H www.verisign.com -C 30,14");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 30 days,"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 30 days,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("30 days, but more than 14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when certificate expires in less than 14 days"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when certificate expires in less than 14 days"));
 #endif
 
         printf("\n %s\n", "CHECK WEBSERVER CONTENT VIA PROXY:");
         printf(" %s\n", _("It is recommended to use an environment proxy like:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("http_proxy=http://192.168.100.35:3128 ./check_curl -H www.monitoring-plugins.org"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("http_proxy=http://192.168.100.35:3128 ./check_curl -H www.monitoring-plugins.org"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("legacy proxy requests in check_http style still work:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("check_curl -I 192.168.100.35 -p 3128 -u http://www.monitoring-plugins.org/ -H www.monitoring-plugins.org"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("check_curl -I 192.168.100.35 -p 3128 -u http://www.monitoring-plugins.org/ "
+                                          "-H www.monitoring-plugins.org"));
 
 #ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
         printf("\n %s\n", "CHECK SSL WEBSERVER CONTENT VIA PROXY USING HTTP 1.1 CONNECT: ");
         printf(" %s\n", _("It is recommended to use an environment proxy like:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("https_proxy=http://192.168.100.35:3128 ./check_curl -H www.verisign.com -S"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("https_proxy=http://192.168.100.35:3128 ./check_curl -H www.verisign.com -S"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("legacy proxy requests in check_http style still work:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("check_curl -I 192.168.100.35 -p 3128 -u https://www.verisign.com/ -S -j CONNECT -H www.verisign.com "));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("all these options are needed: -I <proxy> -p <proxy-port> -u <check-url> -S(sl) -j CONNECT -H <webserver>"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("check_curl -I 192.168.100.35 -p 3128 -u https://www.verisign.com/ -S -j "
+                                          "CONNECT -H www.verisign.com "));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("all these options are needed: -I <proxy> -p <proxy-port> -u <check-url> "
+                                          "-S(sl) -j CONNECT -H <webserver>"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned."));
 
 #endif
@@ -2089,10 +1704,12 @@ void print_help(void) {
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
         printf(" %s -H <vhost> | -I <IP-address> [-u <uri>] [-p <port>]\n", progname);
-        printf("       [-J <client certificate file>] [-K <private key>] [--ca-cert <CA certificate file>] [-D]\n");
+        printf("       [-J <client certificate file>] [-K <private key>] [--ca-cert <CA certificate "
+                   "file>] [-D]\n");
         printf("       [-w <warn time>] [-c <critical time>] [-t <timeout>] [-L] [-E] [-a auth]\n");
         printf("       [-b proxy_auth] [-f <ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport|curl>]\n");
-        printf("       [-e <expect>] [-d string] [-s string] [-l] [-r <regex> | -R <case-insensitive regex>]\n");
+        printf("       [-e <expect>] [-d string] [-s string] [-l] [-r <regex> | -R <case-insensitive "
+                   "regex>]\n");
         printf("       [-P string] [-m <min_pg_size>:<max_pg_size>] [-4|-6] [-N] [-M <age>]\n");
         printf("       [-A string] [-k string] [-S <version>] [--sni] [--haproxy-protocol]\n");
         printf("       [-T <content-type>] [-j method]\n");
@@ -2109,435 +1726,49 @@ void print_usage(void) {
 
 void print_curl_version(void) { printf("%s\n", curl_version()); }
 
-int curlhelp_initwritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *buf) {
-        buf->bufsize = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
-        buf->buflen = 0;
-        buf->buf = (char *)malloc((size_t)buf->bufsize);
-        if (buf->buf == NULL)
-                return -1;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-size_t curlhelp_buffer_write_callback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream) {
-        curlhelp_write_curlbuf *buf = (curlhelp_write_curlbuf *)stream;
-
-        while (buf->bufsize < buf->buflen + size * nmemb + 1) {
-                buf->bufsize = buf->bufsize * 2;
-                buf->buf = (char *)realloc(buf->buf, buf->bufsize);
-                if (buf->buf == NULL) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed (%d) %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
-                        return -1;
-                }
-        }
-
-        memcpy(buf->buf + buf->buflen, buffer, size * nmemb);
-        buf->buflen += size * nmemb;
-        buf->buf[buf->buflen] = '\0';
-
-        return (int)(size * nmemb);
-}
-
-size_t curlhelp_buffer_read_callback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream) {
-        curlhelp_read_curlbuf *buf = (curlhelp_read_curlbuf *)stream;
-
-        size_t n = min(nmemb * size, buf->buflen - buf->pos);
-
-        memcpy(buffer, buf->buf + buf->pos, n);
-        buf->pos += n;
-
-        return (int)n;
-}
-
-void curlhelp_freewritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *buf) {
-        free(buf->buf);
-        buf->buf = NULL;
-}
-
-int curlhelp_initreadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf *buf, const char *data, size_t datalen) {
-        buf->buflen = datalen;
-        buf->buf = (char *)malloc((size_t)buf->buflen);
-        if (buf->buf == NULL)
-                return -1;
-        memcpy(buf->buf, data, datalen);
-        buf->pos = 0;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-void curlhelp_freereadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf *buf) {
-        free(buf->buf);
-        buf->buf = NULL;
-}
-
-/* TODO: where to put this, it's actually part of sstrings2 (logically)?
- */
-const char *strrstr2(const char *haystack, const char *needle) {
-        int counter;
-        size_t len;
-        const char *prev_pos;
-        const char *pos;
-
-        if (haystack == NULL || needle == NULL)
-                return NULL;
-
-        if (haystack[0] == '\0' || needle[0] == '\0')
-                return NULL;
-
-        counter = 0;
-        prev_pos = NULL;
-        pos = haystack;
-        len = strlen(needle);
-        for (;;) {
-                pos = strstr(pos, needle);
-                if (pos == NULL) {
-                        if (counter == 0)
-                                return NULL;
-                        return prev_pos;
-                }
-                counter++;
-                prev_pos = pos;
-                pos += len;
-                if (*pos == '\0')
-                        return prev_pos;
-        }
-}
-
-int curlhelp_parse_statusline(const char *buf, curlhelp_statusline *status_line) {
-        char *first_line_end;
-        char *p;
-        size_t first_line_len;
-        char *pp;
-        const char *start;
-        char *first_line_buf;
-
-        /* find last start of a new header */
-        start = strrstr2(buf, "\r\nHTTP/");
-        if (start != NULL) {
-                start += 2;
-                buf = start;
-        }
-
-        first_line_end = strstr(buf, "\r\n");
-        if (first_line_end == NULL)
-                return -1;
-
-        first_line_len = (size_t)(first_line_end - buf);
-        status_line->first_line = (char *)malloc(first_line_len + 1);
-        if (status_line->first_line == NULL)
-                return -1;
-        memcpy(status_line->first_line, buf, first_line_len);
-        status_line->first_line[first_line_len] = '\0';
-        first_line_buf = strdup(status_line->first_line);
-
-        /* protocol and version: "HTTP/x.x" SP or "HTTP/2" SP */
-
-        p = strtok(first_line_buf, "/");
-        if (p == NULL) {
-                free(first_line_buf);
-                return -1;
-        }
-        if (strcmp(p, "HTTP") != 0) {
-                free(first_line_buf);
-                return -1;
-        }
-
-        p = strtok(NULL, " ");
-        if (p == NULL) {
-                free(first_line_buf);
-                return -1;
-        }
-        if (strchr(p, '.') != NULL) {
-
-                /* HTTP 1.x case */
-                strtok(p, ".");
-                status_line->http_major = (int)strtol(p, &pp, 10);
-                if (*pp != '\0') {
-                        free(first_line_buf);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                strtok(NULL, " ");
-                status_line->http_minor = (int)strtol(p, &pp, 10);
-                if (*pp != '\0') {
-                        free(first_line_buf);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                p += 4; /* 1.x SP */
-        } else {
-                /* HTTP 2 case */
-                status_line->http_major = (int)strtol(p, &pp, 10);
-                status_line->http_minor = 0;
-                p += 2; /* 2 SP */
-        }
-
-        /* status code: "404" or "404.1", then SP */
-
-        p = strtok(p, " ");
-        if (p == NULL) {
-                free(first_line_buf);
-                return -1;
-        }
-        if (strchr(p, '.') != NULL) {
-                char *ppp;
-                ppp = strtok(p, ".");
-                status_line->http_code = (int)strtol(ppp, &pp, 10);
-                if (*pp != '\0') {
-                        free(first_line_buf);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                ppp = strtok(NULL, "");
-                status_line->http_subcode = (int)strtol(ppp, &pp, 10);
-                if (*pp != '\0') {
-                        free(first_line_buf);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                p += 6; /* 400.1 SP */
-        } else {
-                status_line->http_code = (int)strtol(p, &pp, 10);
-                status_line->http_subcode = -1;
-                if (*pp != '\0') {
-                        free(first_line_buf);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                p += 4; /* 400 SP */
-        }
-
-        /* Human readable message: "Not Found" CRLF */
-
-        p = strtok(p, "");
-        if (p == NULL) {
-                status_line->msg = "";
-                return 0;
-        }
-        status_line->msg = status_line->first_line + (p - first_line_buf);
-        free(first_line_buf);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-void curlhelp_free_statusline(curlhelp_statusline *status_line) { free(status_line->first_line); }
-
-char *get_header_value(const struct phr_header *headers, const size_t nof_headers, const char *header) {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < nof_headers; i++) {
-                if (headers[i].name != NULL && strncasecmp(header, headers[i].name, max(headers[i].name_len, 4)) == 0) {
-                        return strndup(headers[i].value, headers[i].value_len);
-                }
-        }
-        return NULL;
-}
-
-int check_document_dates(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf, char (*msg)[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE]) {
-        char *server_date = NULL;
-        char *document_date = NULL;
-        int date_result = STATE_OK;
-        curlhelp_statusline status_line;
-        struct phr_header headers[255];
-        size_t nof_headers = 255;
-        size_t msglen;
-
-        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major, &status_line.http_minor,
-                                                                 &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg, &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
-
-        if (res == -1) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Failed to parse Response\n"));
-        }
-
-        server_date = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "date");
-        document_date = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "last-modified");
-
-        if (!server_date || !*server_date) {
-                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sServer date unknown, "), *msg);
-                strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_UNKNOWN, date_result);
-
-        } else if (!document_date || !*document_date) {
-                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sDocument modification date unknown, "), *msg);
-                strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-
-        } else {
-                time_t srv_data = curl_getdate(server_date, NULL);
-                time_t doc_data = curl_getdate(document_date, NULL);
-                if (verbose >= 2)
-                        printf("* server date: '%s' (%d), doc_date: '%s' (%d)\n", server_date, (int)srv_data, document_date, (int)doc_data);
-                if (srv_data <= 0) {
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sServer date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, server_date);
-                        strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-                } else if (doc_data <= 0) {
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sDocument date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, document_date);
-                        strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-                } else if (doc_data > srv_data + 30) {
-                        char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                        snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sDocument is %d seconds in the future, "), *msg, (int)doc_data - (int)srv_data);
-                        strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-                } else if (doc_data < srv_data - maximum_age) {
-                        int n = (srv_data - doc_data);
-                        if (n > (60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) {
-                                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sLast modified %.1f days ago, "), *msg, ((float)n) / (60 * 60 * 24));
-                                strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-                        } else {
-                                char tmp[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-                                snprintf(tmp, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("%sLast modified %d:%02d:%02d ago, "), *msg, n / (60 * 60), (n / 60) % 60, n % 60);
-                                strcpy(*msg, tmp);
-
-                                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-
-        if (server_date)
-                free(server_date);
-        if (document_date)
-                free(document_date);
-
-        return date_result;
-}
-
-int get_content_length(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf, const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *body_buf) {
-        size_t content_length = 0;
-        struct phr_header headers[255];
-        size_t nof_headers = 255;
-        size_t msglen;
-        char *content_length_s = NULL;
-        curlhelp_statusline status_line;
-
-        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major, &status_line.http_minor,
-                                                                 &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg, &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
-
-        if (res == -1) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Failed to parse Response\n"));
-        }
-
-        content_length_s = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "content-length");
-        if (!content_length_s) {
-                return header_buf->buflen + body_buf->buflen;
-        }
-        content_length_s += strspn(content_length_s, " \t");
-        content_length = atoi(content_length_s);
-        if (content_length != body_buf->buflen) {
-                /* TODO: should we warn if the actual and the reported body length don't match? */
-        }
-
-        if (content_length_s)
-                free(content_length_s);
-
-        return header_buf->buflen + body_buf->buflen;
-}
-
-/* TODO: is there a better way in libcurl to check for the SSL library? */
-curlhelp_ssl_library curlhelp_get_ssl_library(void) {
-        curl_version_info_data *version_data;
-        char *ssl_version;
-        char *library;
-        curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
-
-        version_data = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
-        if (version_data == NULL)
-                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
-
-        ssl_version = strdup(version_data->ssl_version);
-        if (ssl_version == NULL)
-                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
-
-        library = strtok(ssl_version, "/");
-        if (library == NULL)
-                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
-
-        if (strcmp(library, "OpenSSL") == 0)
-                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL;
-        else if (strcmp(library, "LibreSSL") == 0)
-                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL;
-        else if (strcmp(library, "GnuTLS") == 0)
-                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS;
-        else if (strcmp(library, "NSS") == 0)
-                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS;
-
-        if (verbose >= 2)
-                printf("* SSL library string is : %s %s (%d)\n", version_data->ssl_version, library, ssl_library);
-
-        free(ssl_version);
-
-        return ssl_library;
-}
-
-const char *curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library) {
-        switch (ssl_library) {
-        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL:
-                return "OpenSSL";
-        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL:
-                return "LibreSSL";
-        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS:
-                return "GnuTLS";
-        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS:
-                return "NSS";
-        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN:
-        default:
-                return "unknown";
-        }
-}
-
 #ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
 #       ifndef USE_OPENSSL
 time_t parse_cert_date(const char *s) {
-        struct tm tm;
-        time_t date;
-        char *res;
-
-        if (!s)
+        if (!s) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* Jan 17 14:25:12 2020 GMT */
-        res = strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S GMT", &tm);
+        struct tm tm;
+        char *res = strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S GMT", &tm);
         /* Sep 11 12:00:00 2020 GMT */
-        if (res == NULL)
+        if (res == NULL) {
                 strptime(s, "%Y %m %d %H:%M:%S GMT", &tm);
-        date = mktime(&tm);
+        }
+        time_t date = mktime(&tm);
 
         return date;
 }
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+#endif     /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
 
+#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+#       ifndef USE_OPENSSL
 /* TODO: this needs cleanup in the sslutils.c, maybe we the #else case to
  * OpenSSL could be this function
  */
-int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *cert_ptr, int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit) {
-        int i;
-        struct curl_slist *slist;
-        int cname_found = 0;
-        char *start_date_str = NULL;
-        char *end_date_str = NULL;
-        time_t start_date;
-        time_t end_date;
-        char *tz;
-        float time_left;
-        int days_left;
-        int time_remaining;
-        char timestamp[50] = "";
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *cert_ptr, int days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                        int days_till_exp_crit) {
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
                 printf("**** REQUEST CERTIFICATES ****\n");
+        }
+
+        char *start_date_str = NULL;
+        char *end_date_str = NULL;
+        bool have_first_cert = false;
+        bool cname_found = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < cert_ptr->to_certinfo->num_of_certs; i++) {
+                if (have_first_cert) {
+                        break;
+                }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < cert_ptr->to_certinfo->num_of_certs; i++) {
+                struct curl_slist *slist;
                 for (slist = cert_ptr->to_certinfo->certinfo[i]; slist; slist = slist->next) {
                         /* find first common name in subject,
                          * TODO: check alternative subjects for
@@ -2553,7 +1784,7 @@ int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *cert_ptr, int days_till_exp_
                                 }
                                 if (p != NULL) {
                                         if (strncmp(host_name, p + d, strlen(host_name)) == 0) {
-                                                cname_found = 1;
+                                                cname_found = true;
                                         }
                                 }
                         } else if (strncasecmp(slist->data, "Start Date:", 11) == 0) {
@@ -2561,78 +1792,93 @@ int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *cert_ptr, int days_till_exp_
                         } else if (strncasecmp(slist->data, "Expire Date:", 12) == 0) {
                                 end_date_str = &slist->data[12];
                         } else if (strncasecmp(slist->data, "Cert:", 5) == 0) {
-                                goto HAVE_FIRST_CERT;
+                                have_first_cert = true;
+                                break;
                         }
-                        if (verbose >= 2)
+                        if (verbose >= 2) {
                                 printf("%d ** %s\n", i, slist->data);
+                        }
                 }
         }
-HAVE_FIRST_CERT:
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
                 printf("**** REQUEST CERTIFICATES ****\n");
+        }
 
         if (!cname_found) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificate subject."));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
-        start_date = parse_cert_date(start_date_str);
+        time_t start_date = parse_cert_date(start_date_str);
         if (start_date <= 0) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("WARNING - Unparsable 'Start Date' in certificate: '%s'"), start_date_str);
+                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+                                 _("WARNING - Unparsable 'Start Date' in certificate: '%s'"), start_date_str);
                 puts(msg);
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        end_date = parse_cert_date(end_date_str);
+        time_t end_date = parse_cert_date(end_date_str);
         if (end_date <= 0) {
-                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, _("WARNING - Unparsable 'Expire Date' in certificate: '%s'"), start_date_str);
+                snprintf(msg, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+                                 _("WARNING - Unparsable 'Expire Date' in certificate: '%s'"), start_date_str);
                 puts(msg);
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        time_left = difftime(end_date, time(NULL));
-        days_left = time_left / 86400;
-        tz = getenv("TZ");
+        float time_left = difftime(end_date, time(NULL));
+        int days_left = time_left / 86400;
+        char *tz = getenv("TZ");
         setenv("TZ", "GMT", 1);
         tzset();
+
+        char timestamp[50] = "";
         strftime(timestamp, 50, "%c %z", localtime(&end_date));
-        if (tz)
+        if (tz) {
                 setenv("TZ", tz, 1);
-        else
+        } else {
                 unsetenv("TZ");
+        }
         tzset();
 
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        int time_remaining;
         if (days_left > 0 && days_left <= days_till_exp_warn) {
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %d day(s) (%s).\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL",
-                           host_name, days_left, timestamp);
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %d day(s) (%s).\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", host_name, days_left,
+                           timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else if (days_left == 0 && time_left > 0) {
-                if (time_left >= 3600)
+                if (time_left >= 3600) {
                         time_remaining = (int)time_left / 3600;
-                else
+                } else {
                         time_remaining = (int)time_left / 60;
+                }
 
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %u %s (%s)\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", host_name,
-                           time_remaining, time_left >= 3600 ? "hours" : "minutes", timestamp);
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %u %s (%s)\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", host_name, time_remaining,
+                           time_left >= 3600 ? "hours" : "minutes", timestamp);
 
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else if (time_left < 0) {
                 printf(_("CRITICAL - Certificate '%s' expired on %s.\n"), host_name, timestamp);
                 status = STATE_CRITICAL;
         } else if (days_left == 0) {
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' just expired (%s).\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", host_name,
-                           timestamp);
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' just expired (%s).\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", host_name, timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else {
                 printf(_("OK - Certificate '%s' will expire on %s.\n"), host_name, timestamp);
                 status = STATE_OK;
diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.c b/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c2ba55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1267 @@
+#include "./check_curl_helpers.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "../utils.h"
+#include "check_curl.d/config.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
+
+extern int verbose;
+char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+bool is_openssl_callback = false;
+bool add_sslctx_verify_fun = false;
+
+check_curl_configure_curl_wrapper
+check_curl_configure_curl(const check_curl_static_curl_config config,
+                                                  check_curl_working_state working_state, bool check_cert,
+                                                  bool on_redirect_dependent, int follow_method, int max_depth) {
+        check_curl_configure_curl_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .curl_state =
+                        {
+                                .curl_global_initialized = false,
+                                .curl_easy_initialized = false,
+                                .curl = NULL,
+
+                                .body_buf_initialized = false,
+                                .body_buf = NULL,
+                                .header_buf_initialized = false,
+                                .header_buf = NULL,
+                                .status_line_initialized = false,
+                                .status_line = NULL,
+                                .put_buf_initialized = false,
+                                .put_buf = NULL,
+
+                                .header_list = NULL,
+                                .host = NULL,
+                        },
+        };
+
+        if ((result.curl_state.status_line = calloc(1, sizeof(curlhelp_statusline))) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - allocation of statusline failed\n");
+        }
+
+        if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT) != CURLE_OK) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - curl_global_init failed\n");
+        }
+        result.curl_state.curl_global_initialized = true;
+
+        if ((result.curl_state.curl = curl_easy_init()) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - curl_easy_init failed\n");
+        }
+        result.curl_state.curl_easy_initialized = true;
+
+        if (verbose >= 1) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1),
+                                                                           "CURLOPT_VERBOSE");
+        }
+
+        /* print everything on stdout like check_http would do */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_STDERR, stdout),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_STDERR");
+
+        if (config.automatic_decompression) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 21, 6)
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ""),
+                        "CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING");
+#else
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, ""), "CURLOPT_ENCODING");
+#endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 21, 6) */
+        }
+
+        /* initialize buffer for body of the answer */
+        if (curlhelp_initwritebuffer(&result.curl_state.body_buf) < 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating buffer for body\n");
+        }
+        result.curl_state.body_buf_initialized = true;
+
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,
+                                                                                                        curlhelp_buffer_write_callback),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION");
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA,
+                                                                                                        (void *)result.curl_state.body_buf),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_WRITEDATA");
+
+        /* initialize buffer for header of the answer */
+        if (curlhelp_initwritebuffer(&result.curl_state.header_buf) < 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating buffer for header\n");
+        }
+        result.curl_state.header_buf_initialized = true;
+
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION,
+                                                                                                        curlhelp_buffer_write_callback),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION");
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER,
+                                                                                                        (void *)result.curl_state.header_buf),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER");
+
+        /* set the error buffer */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, errbuf),
+                "CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER");
+
+        /* set timeouts */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, config.socket_timeout),
+                "CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT");
+
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, config.socket_timeout),
+                "CURLOPT_TIMEOUT");
+
+        /* enable haproxy protocol */
+        if (config.haproxy_protocol) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL, 1L),
+                        "CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL");
+        }
+
+        // fill dns resolve cache to make curl connect to the given server_address instead of the
+        // host_name, only required for ssl, because we use the host_name later on to make SNI happy
+        char dnscache[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        char addrstr[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE / 2];
+        if (working_state.use_ssl && working_state.host_name != NULL) {
+                int res;
+                if ((res = lookup_host(working_state.server_address, addrstr, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE / 2,
+                                                           config.sin_family)) != 0) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                                _("Unable to lookup IP address for '%s': getaddrinfo returned %d - %s"),
+                                working_state.server_address, res, gai_strerror(res));
+                }
+
+                snprintf(dnscache, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s:%d:%s", working_state.host_name,
+                                 working_state.serverPort, addrstr);
+                result.curl_state.host = curl_slist_append(NULL, dnscache);
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, result.curl_state.host);
+
+                if (verbose >= 1) {
+                        printf("* curl CURLOPT_RESOLVE: %s\n", dnscache);
+                }
+        }
+
+        // If server_address is an IPv6 address it must be surround by square brackets
+        struct in6_addr tmp_in_addr;
+        if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, working_state.server_address, &tmp_in_addr) == 1) {
+                char *new_server_address = calloc(strlen(working_state.server_address) + 3, sizeof(char));
+                if (new_server_address == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP UNKNOWN - Unable to allocate memory\n");
+                }
+                snprintf(new_server_address, strlen(working_state.server_address) + 3, "[%s]",
+                                 working_state.server_address);
+                working_state.server_address = new_server_address;
+        }
+
+        /* compose URL: use the address we want to connect to, set Host: header later */
+        char *url = fmt_url(working_state);
+
+        if (verbose >= 1) {
+                printf("* curl CURLOPT_URL: %s\n", url);
+        }
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_URL, url),
+                                                                   "CURLOPT_URL");
+
+        free(url);
+
+        /* extract proxy information for legacy proxy https requests */
+        if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "CONNECT") ||
+                strstr(working_state.server_url, "http") == working_state.server_url) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, working_state.server_address),
+                        "CURLOPT_PROXY");
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT,
+                                                                                                                (long)working_state.serverPort),
+                                                                           "CURLOPT_PROXYPORT");
+                if (verbose >= 2) {
+                        printf("* curl CURLOPT_PROXY: %s:%d\n", working_state.server_address,
+                                   working_state.serverPort);
+                }
+                working_state.http_method = "GET";
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_URL, working_state.server_url),
+                        "CURLOPT_URL");
+        }
+
+        /* disable body for HEAD request */
+        if (working_state.http_method && !strcmp(working_state.http_method, "HEAD")) {
+                working_state.no_body = true;
+        }
+
+        /* set HTTP protocol version */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, config.curl_http_version),
+                "CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION");
+
+        /* set HTTP method */
+        if (working_state.http_method) {
+                if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "POST")) {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1), "CURLOPT_POST");
+                } else if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "PUT")) {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1), "CURLOPT_UPLOAD");
+                } else {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl,
+                                                                                                                        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,
+                                                                                                                        working_state.http_method),
+                                                                                   "CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST");
+                }
+        }
+
+        char *force_host_header = NULL;
+        /* check if Host header is explicitly set in options */
+        if (config.http_opt_headers_count) {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < config.http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
+                        if (strncmp(config.http_opt_headers[i], "Host:", 5) == 0) {
+                                force_host_header = config.http_opt_headers[i];
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* set hostname (virtual hosts), not needed if CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO is used, but left in
+         * anyway */
+        char http_header[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        if (working_state.host_name != NULL && force_host_header == NULL) {
+                if ((working_state.virtualPort != HTTP_PORT && !working_state.use_ssl) ||
+                        (working_state.virtualPort != HTTPS_PORT && working_state.use_ssl)) {
+                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Host: %s:%d", working_state.host_name,
+                                         working_state.virtualPort);
+                } else {
+                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Host: %s", working_state.host_name);
+                }
+                result.curl_state.header_list =
+                        curl_slist_append(result.curl_state.header_list, http_header);
+        }
+
+        /* always close connection, be nice to servers */
+        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Connection: close");
+        result.curl_state.header_list = curl_slist_append(result.curl_state.header_list, http_header);
+
+        /* attach additional headers supplied by the user */
+        /* optionally send any other header tag */
+        if (config.http_opt_headers_count) {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < config.http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
+                        result.curl_state.header_list =
+                                curl_slist_append(result.curl_state.header_list, config.http_opt_headers[i]);
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* set HTTP headers */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, result.curl_state.header_list),
+                "CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER");
+
+#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+        /* set SSL version, warn about insecure or unsupported versions */
+        if (working_state.use_ssl) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, config.ssl_version),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSLVERSION");
+        }
+
+        /* client certificate and key to present to server (SSL) */
+        if (config.client_cert) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, config.client_cert),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSLCERT");
+        }
+
+        if (config.client_privkey) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSLKEY, config.client_privkey),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSLKEY");
+        }
+
+        if (config.ca_cert) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, config.ca_cert),
+                        "CURLOPT_CAINFO");
+        }
+
+        if (config.ca_cert || config.verify_peer_and_host) {
+                /* per default if we have a CA verify both the peer and the
+                 * hostname in the certificate, can be switched off later */
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER");
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST");
+        } else {
+                /* backward-compatible behaviour, be tolerant in checks
+                 * TODO: depending on more options have aspects we want
+                 * to be less tolerant about ssl verfications
+                 */
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER");
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST");
+        }
+
+        /* detect SSL library used by libcurl */
+        curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library = curlhelp_get_ssl_library();
+
+        /* try hard to get a stack of certificates to verify against */
+        if (check_cert) {
+#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1)
+                /* inform curl to report back certificates */
+                switch (ssl_library) {
+                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL:
+                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL:
+                        /* set callback to extract certificate with OpenSSL context function (works with
+                         * OpenSSL-style libraries only!) */
+#               ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+                        /* libcurl and monitoring plugins built with OpenSSL, good */
+                        add_sslctx_verify_fun = true;
+                        is_openssl_callback = true;
+#               endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+                        /* libcurl is built with OpenSSL, monitoring plugins, so falling
+                         * back to manually extracting certificate information */
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
+                        break;
+
+                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS:
+#               if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0)
+                        /* NSS: support for CERTINFO is implemented since 7.34.0 */
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
+#               else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                                "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (libcurl linked with SSL library "
+                                "'%s' is too old)\n",
+                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
+#               endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 34, 0) */
+                        break;
+
+                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS:
+#               if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0)
+                        /* GnuTLS: support for CERTINFO is implemented since 7.42.0 */
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_CERTINFO, 1L), "CURLOPT_CERTINFO");
+#               else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0) */
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                                "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (libcurl linked with SSL library "
+                                "'%s' is too old)\n",
+                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
+#               endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 42, 0) */
+                        break;
+
+                case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN:
+                default:
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                                "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (unknown SSL library '%s', must "
+                                "implement first)\n",
+                                curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(ssl_library));
+                        break;
+                }
+#       else  /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1) */
+                /* old libcurl, our only hope is OpenSSL, otherwise we are out of luck */
+                if (ssl_library == CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL ||
+                        ssl_library == CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL) {
+                        add_sslctx_verify_fun = true;
+                } else {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates (no "
+                                                                "CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, no OpenSSL library or libcurl "
+                                                                "too old and has no CURLOPT_CERTINFO)\n");
+                }
+#       endif /* LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 1) */
+        }
+
+#       if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >=                                                                     \
+                MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 10, 6) /* required for CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION */
+        // ssl ctx function is not available with all ssl backends
+        if (curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, NULL) !=
+                CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, sslctxfun),
+                        "CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION");
+        }
+#       endif
+#endif /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
+
+        /* set default or user-given user agent identification */
+        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, config.user_agent),
+                "CURLOPT_USERAGENT");
+
+        /* proxy-authentication */
+        if (strcmp(config.proxy_auth, "")) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, config.proxy_auth),
+                        "CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD");
+        }
+
+        /* authentication */
+        if (strcmp(config.user_auth, "")) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, config.user_auth),
+                        "CURLOPT_USERPWD");
+        }
+        /* TODO: parameter auth method, bitfield of following methods:
+         * CURLAUTH_BASIC (default)
+         * CURLAUTH_DIGEST
+         * CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE
+         * CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE
+         * CURLAUTH_NTLM
+         * CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB
+         *
+         * convenience tokens for typical sets of methods:
+         * CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE: most secure, without BASIC
+         * or CURLAUTH_ANY: most secure, even BASIC if necessary
+         *
+         * handle_curl_option_return_code (curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH,
+         * (long)CURLAUTH_DIGEST ), "CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH");
+         */
+
+        /* handle redirections */
+        if (on_redirect_dependent) {
+                if (follow_method == FOLLOW_LIBCURL) {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1),
+                                "CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION");
+
+                        /* default -1 is infinite, not good, could lead to zombie plugins!
+                           Setting it to one bigger than maximal limit to handle errors nicely below
+                         */
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, max_depth + 1),
+                                "CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS");
+
+                        /* for now allow only http and https (we are a http(s) check plugin in the end) */
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 85, 0)
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR, "http,https"),
+                                "CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR");
+#elif LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(7, 19, 4)
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl,
+                                                                                                                        CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS,
+                                                                                                                        CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS),
+                                                                                   "CURLOPT_REDIRECT_PROTOCOLS");
+#endif
+
+                        /* TODO: handle the following aspects of redirection, make them
+                         * command line options too later:
+                          CURLOPT_POSTREDIR: method switch
+                          CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL: custom redirect option
+                          CURLOPT_REDIRECT_PROTOCOLS: allow people to step outside safe protocols
+                          CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT: get the number of redirects, print it, maybe a range
+                         option here is nice like for expected page size?
+                        */
+                } else {
+                        /* old style redirection*/
+                }
+        }
+        /* no-body */
+        if (working_state.no_body) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1),
+                                                                           "CURLOPT_NOBODY");
+        }
+
+        /* IPv4 or IPv6 forced DNS resolution */
+        if (config.sin_family == AF_UNSPEC) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER),
+                        "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER)");
+        } else if (config.sin_family == AF_INET) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4),
+                        "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4)");
+        }
+#if defined(USE_IPV6) && defined(LIBCURL_FEATURE_IPV6)
+        else if (config.sin_family == AF_INET6) {
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6),
+                        "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6)");
+        }
+#endif
+
+        /* either send http POST data (any data, not only POST)*/
+        if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "POST") || !strcmp(working_state.http_method, "PUT")) {
+                /* set content of payload for POST and PUT */
+                if (config.http_content_type) {
+                        snprintf(http_header, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "Content-Type: %s",
+                                         config.http_content_type);
+                        result.curl_state.header_list =
+                                curl_slist_append(result.curl_state.header_list, http_header);
+                }
+                /* NULL indicates "HTTP Continue" in libcurl, provide an empty string
+                 * in case of no POST/PUT data */
+                if (!working_state.http_post_data) {
+                        working_state.http_post_data = "";
+                }
+
+                if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "POST")) {
+                        /* POST method, set payload with CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS */
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl,
+                                                                                                                        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
+                                                                                                                        working_state.http_post_data),
+                                                                                   "CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS");
+                } else if (!strcmp(working_state.http_method, "PUT")) {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,
+                                                                 (curl_read_callback)curlhelp_buffer_read_callback),
+                                "CURLOPT_READFUNCTION");
+                        if (curlhelp_initreadbuffer(&result.curl_state.put_buf, working_state.http_post_data,
+                                                                                strlen(working_state.http_post_data)) < 0) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                                        "HTTP CRITICAL - out of memory allocating read buffer for PUT\n");
+                        }
+                        result.curl_state.put_buf_initialized = true;
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl,
+                                                                                                                        CURLOPT_READDATA,
+                                                                                                                        (void *)result.curl_state.put_buf),
+                                                                                   "CURLOPT_READDATA");
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE,
+                                                                 (curl_off_t)strlen(working_state.http_post_data)),
+                                "CURLOPT_INFILESIZE");
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* cookie handling */
+        if (config.cookie_jar_file != NULL) {
+                /* enable reading cookies from a file, and if the filename is an empty string, only
+                 * enable the curl cookie engine */
+                handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                        curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, config.cookie_jar_file),
+                        "CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE");
+                /* now enable saving cookies to a file, but only if the filename is not an empty string,
+                 * since writing it would fail */
+                if (*config.cookie_jar_file) {
+                        handle_curl_option_return_code(
+                                curl_easy_setopt(result.curl_state.curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, config.cookie_jar_file),
+                                "CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR");
+                }
+        }
+
+        result.working_state = working_state;
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+void handle_curl_option_return_code(CURLcode res, const char *option) {
+        if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Error while setting cURL option '%s': cURL returned %d - %s"),
+                        option, res, curl_easy_strerror(res));
+        }
+}
+
+char *get_header_value(const struct phr_header *headers, const size_t nof_headers,
+                                           const char *header) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < nof_headers; i++) {
+                if (headers[i].name != NULL &&
+                        strncasecmp(header, headers[i].name, max(headers[i].name_len, 4)) == 0) {
+                        return strndup(headers[i].value, headers[i].value_len);
+                }
+        }
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+check_curl_working_state check_curl_working_state_init() {
+        check_curl_working_state result = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .server_url = DEFAULT_SERVER_URL,
+                .host_name = NULL,
+                .http_method = NULL,
+                .http_post_data = NULL,
+                .virtualPort = 0,
+                .serverPort = HTTP_PORT,
+                .use_ssl = false,
+                .no_body = false,
+        };
+        return result;
+}
+
+check_curl_config check_curl_config_init() {
+        check_curl_config tmp = {
+                .initial_config = check_curl_working_state_init(),
+
+                .curl_config =
+                        {
+                                .automatic_decompression = false,
+                                .socket_timeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT,
+                                .haproxy_protocol = false,
+                                .sin_family = AF_UNSPEC,
+                                .curl_http_version = CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE,
+                                .http_opt_headers = NULL,
+                                .http_opt_headers_count = 0,
+                                .ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT,
+                                .client_cert = NULL,
+                                .client_privkey = NULL,
+                                .ca_cert = NULL,
+                                .verify_peer_and_host = false,
+                                .user_agent = {'\0'},
+                                .proxy_auth = "",
+                                .user_auth = "",
+                                .http_content_type = NULL,
+                                .cookie_jar_file = NULL,
+                        },
+                .max_depth = DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS,
+                .followmethod = FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL,
+                .followsticky = STICKY_NONE,
+
+                .maximum_age = -1,
+                .regexp = {},
+                .compiled_regex = {},
+                .state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL,
+                .invert_regex = false,
+                .check_cert = false,
+                .continue_after_check_cert = false,
+                .days_till_exp_warn = 0,
+                .days_till_exp_crit = 0,
+                .thlds = mp_thresholds_init(),
+                .page_length_limits = mp_range_init(),
+                .page_length_limits_is_set = false,
+                .server_expect =
+                        {
+                                .string = HTTP_EXPECT,
+                                .is_present = false,
+                        },
+                .string_expect = "",
+                .header_expect = "",
+                .on_redirect_result_state = STATE_OK,
+                .on_redirect_dependent = false,
+
+                .show_extended_perfdata = false,
+                .show_body = false,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+
+        snprintf(tmp.curl_config.user_agent, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s/v%s (monitoring-plugins %s, %s)",
+                         "check_curl", NP_VERSION, VERSION, curl_version());
+
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+/* TODO: is there a better way in libcurl to check for the SSL library? */
+curlhelp_ssl_library curlhelp_get_ssl_library(void) {
+        curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
+
+        curl_version_info_data *version_data = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
+        if (version_data == NULL) {
+                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
+        }
+
+        char *ssl_version = strdup(version_data->ssl_version);
+        if (ssl_version == NULL) {
+                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
+        }
+
+        char *library = strtok(ssl_version, "/");
+        if (library == NULL) {
+                return CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN;
+        }
+
+        if (strcmp(library, "OpenSSL") == 0) {
+                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL;
+        } else if (strcmp(library, "LibreSSL") == 0) {
+                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL;
+        } else if (strcmp(library, "GnuTLS") == 0) {
+                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS;
+        } else if (strcmp(library, "NSS") == 0) {
+                ssl_library = CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS;
+        }
+
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                printf("* SSL library string is : %s %s (%d)\n", version_data->ssl_version, library,
+                           ssl_library);
+        }
+
+        free(ssl_version);
+
+        return ssl_library;
+}
+
+const char *curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(const curlhelp_ssl_library ssl_library) {
+        switch (ssl_library) {
+        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL:
+                return "OpenSSL";
+        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL:
+                return "LibreSSL";
+        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS:
+                return "GnuTLS";
+        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS:
+                return "NSS";
+        case CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN:
+        default:
+                return "unknown";
+        }
+}
+
+size_t get_content_length(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf,
+                                                  const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *body_buf) {
+        struct phr_header headers[255];
+        size_t nof_headers = 255;
+        size_t msglen;
+        curlhelp_statusline status_line;
+        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major,
+                                                                 &status_line.http_minor, &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg,
+                                                                 &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
+
+        if (res == -1) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Failed to parse Response\n"));
+        }
+
+        char *content_length_s = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "content-length");
+        if (!content_length_s) {
+                return header_buf->buflen + body_buf->buflen;
+        }
+
+        content_length_s += strspn(content_length_s, " \t");
+        size_t content_length = atoi(content_length_s);
+        if (content_length != body_buf->buflen) {
+                /* TODO: should we warn if the actual and the reported body length don't match? */
+        }
+
+        if (content_length_s) {
+                free(content_length_s);
+        }
+
+        return header_buf->buflen + body_buf->buflen;
+}
+
+mp_subcheck check_document_dates(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf, const int maximum_age) {
+        struct phr_header headers[255];
+        size_t nof_headers = 255;
+        curlhelp_statusline status_line;
+        size_t msglen;
+        int res = phr_parse_response(header_buf->buf, header_buf->buflen, &status_line.http_major,
+                                                                 &status_line.http_minor, &status_line.http_code, &status_line.msg,
+                                                                 &msglen, headers, &nof_headers, 0);
+
+        if (res == -1) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Failed to parse Response\n"));
+        }
+
+        char *server_date = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "date");
+        char *document_date = get_header_value(headers, nof_headers, "last-modified");
+
+        mp_subcheck sc_document_dates = mp_subcheck_init();
+        if (!server_date || !*server_date) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Server date unknown"));
+                sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+        } else if (!document_date || !*document_date) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Document modification date unknown, "));
+                sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+        } else {
+                time_t srv_data = curl_getdate(server_date, NULL);
+                time_t doc_data = curl_getdate(document_date, NULL);
+
+                if (verbose >= 2) {
+                        printf("* server date: '%s' (%d), doc_date: '%s' (%d)\n", server_date, (int)srv_data,
+                                   document_date, (int)doc_data);
+                }
+
+                if (srv_data <= 0) {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Server date \"%100s\" unparsable"),
+                                          server_date);
+                        sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                } else if (doc_data <= 0) {
+
+                        xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Document date \"%100s\" unparsable"),
+                                          document_date);
+                        sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                } else if (doc_data > srv_data + 30) {
+
+                        xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Document is %d seconds in the future"),
+                                          (int)doc_data - (int)srv_data);
+
+                        sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                } else if (doc_data < srv_data - maximum_age) {
+                        time_t last_modified = (srv_data - doc_data);
+                        if (last_modified > (60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) { // two days hardcoded?
+                                xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Last modified %.1f days ago"),
+                                                  ((float)last_modified) / (60 * 60 * 24));
+                                sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Last modified %ld:%02ld:%02ld ago"),
+                                                  last_modified / (60 * 60), (last_modified / 60) % 60, last_modified % 60);
+                                sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        // TODO is this the OK case?
+                        time_t last_modified = (srv_data - doc_data);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_document_dates.output, _("Last modified %ld:%02ld:%02ld ago"),
+                                          last_modified / (60 * 60), (last_modified / 60) % 60, last_modified % 60);
+                        sc_document_dates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_document_dates, STATE_OK);
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (server_date) {
+                free(server_date);
+        }
+        if (document_date) {
+                free(document_date);
+        }
+
+        return sc_document_dates;
+}
+
+void curlhelp_free_statusline(curlhelp_statusline *status_line) { free(status_line->first_line); }
+
+int curlhelp_parse_statusline(const char *buf, curlhelp_statusline *status_line) {
+        /* find last start of a new header */
+        const char *start = strrstr2(buf, "\r\nHTTP/");
+        if (start != NULL) {
+                start += 2;
+                buf = start;
+        }
+
+        char *first_line_end = strstr(buf, "\r\n");
+        if (first_line_end == NULL) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        size_t first_line_len = (size_t)(first_line_end - buf);
+        status_line->first_line = (char *)calloc(first_line_len + 1, sizeof(char));
+        if (status_line->first_line == NULL) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+        memcpy(status_line->first_line, buf, first_line_len);
+        status_line->first_line[first_line_len] = '\0';
+        char *first_line_buf = strdup(status_line->first_line);
+
+        /* protocol and version: "HTTP/x.x" SP or "HTTP/2" SP */
+        char *temp_string = strtok(first_line_buf, "/");
+        if (temp_string == NULL) {
+                free(first_line_buf);
+                return -1;
+        }
+        if (strcmp(temp_string, "HTTP") != 0) {
+                free(first_line_buf);
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        temp_string = strtok(NULL, " ");
+        if (temp_string == NULL) {
+                free(first_line_buf);
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        char *temp_string_2;
+        if (strchr(temp_string, '.') != NULL) {
+
+                /* HTTP 1.x case */
+                strtok(temp_string, ".");
+                status_line->http_major = (int)strtol(temp_string, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                if (*temp_string_2 != '\0') {
+                        free(first_line_buf);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+                strtok(NULL, " ");
+                status_line->http_minor = (int)strtol(temp_string, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                if (*temp_string_2 != '\0') {
+                        free(first_line_buf);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+                temp_string += 4; /* 1.x SP */
+        } else {
+                /* HTTP 2 case */
+                status_line->http_major = (int)strtol(temp_string, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                status_line->http_minor = 0;
+                temp_string += 2; /* 2 SP */
+        }
+
+        /* status code: "404" or "404.1", then SP */
+        temp_string = strtok(temp_string, " ");
+        if (temp_string == NULL) {
+                free(first_line_buf);
+                return -1;
+        }
+        if (strchr(temp_string, '.') != NULL) {
+                char *ppp;
+                ppp = strtok(temp_string, ".");
+                status_line->http_code = (int)strtol(ppp, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                if (*temp_string_2 != '\0') {
+                        free(first_line_buf);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+                ppp = strtok(NULL, "");
+                status_line->http_subcode = (int)strtol(ppp, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                if (*temp_string_2 != '\0') {
+                        free(first_line_buf);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+                temp_string += 6; /* 400.1 SP */
+        } else {
+                status_line->http_code = (int)strtol(temp_string, &temp_string_2, 10);
+                status_line->http_subcode = -1;
+                if (*temp_string_2 != '\0') {
+                        free(first_line_buf);
+                        return -1;
+                }
+                temp_string += 4; /* 400 SP */
+        }
+
+        /* Human readable message: "Not Found" CRLF */
+
+        temp_string = strtok(temp_string, "");
+        if (temp_string == NULL) {
+                status_line->msg = "";
+                return 0;
+        }
+        status_line->msg = status_line->first_line + (temp_string - first_line_buf);
+        free(first_line_buf);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/* TODO: where to put this, it's actually part of sstrings2 (logically)?
+ */
+const char *strrstr2(const char *haystack, const char *needle) {
+        if (haystack == NULL || needle == NULL) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (haystack[0] == '\0' || needle[0] == '\0') {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        int counter = 0;
+        const char *prev_pos = NULL;
+        const char *pos = haystack;
+        size_t len = strlen(needle);
+        for (;;) {
+                pos = strstr(pos, needle);
+                if (pos == NULL) {
+                        if (counter == 0) {
+                                return NULL;
+                        }
+                        return prev_pos;
+                }
+                counter++;
+                prev_pos = pos;
+                pos += len;
+                if (*pos == '\0') {
+                        return prev_pos;
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+void curlhelp_freereadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf *buf) {
+        free(buf->buf);
+        buf->buf = NULL;
+}
+
+void curlhelp_freewritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf *buf) {
+        free(buf->buf);
+        buf->buf = NULL;
+}
+
+int curlhelp_initreadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf **buf, const char *data, size_t datalen) {
+        if ((*buf = calloc(1, sizeof(curlhelp_read_curlbuf))) == NULL) {
+                return 1;
+        }
+
+        (*buf)->buflen = datalen;
+        (*buf)->buf = (char *)calloc((*buf)->buflen, sizeof(char));
+        if ((*buf)->buf == NULL) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+        memcpy((*buf)->buf, data, datalen);
+        (*buf)->pos = 0;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+size_t curlhelp_buffer_read_callback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream) {
+        curlhelp_read_curlbuf *buf = (curlhelp_read_curlbuf *)stream;
+
+        size_t minimalSize = min(nmemb * size, buf->buflen - buf->pos);
+
+        memcpy(buffer, buf->buf + buf->pos, minimalSize);
+        buf->pos += minimalSize;
+
+        return minimalSize;
+}
+
+int curlhelp_initwritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf **buf) {
+        if ((*buf = calloc(1, sizeof(curlhelp_write_curlbuf))) == NULL) {
+                return 1;
+        }
+        (*buf)->bufsize = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(char);
+        (*buf)->buflen = 0;
+        (*buf)->buf = (char *)calloc((*buf)->bufsize, sizeof(char));
+        if ((*buf)->buf == NULL) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+
+size_t curlhelp_buffer_write_callback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream) {
+        curlhelp_write_curlbuf *buf = (curlhelp_write_curlbuf *)stream;
+
+        while (buf->bufsize < buf->buflen + size * nmemb + 1) {
+                buf->bufsize = buf->bufsize * 2;
+                buf->buf = (char *)realloc(buf->buf, buf->bufsize);
+                if (buf->buf == NULL) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed (%d) %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        }
+
+        memcpy(buf->buf + buf->buflen, buffer, size * nmemb);
+        buf->buflen += size * nmemb;
+        buf->buf[buf->buflen] = '\0';
+
+        return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+void cleanup(check_curl_global_state global_state) {
+        if (global_state.status_line_initialized) {
+                curlhelp_free_statusline(global_state.status_line);
+        }
+        global_state.status_line_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.curl_easy_initialized) {
+                curl_easy_cleanup(global_state.curl);
+        }
+        global_state.curl_easy_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.curl_global_initialized) {
+                curl_global_cleanup();
+        }
+        global_state.curl_global_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.body_buf_initialized) {
+                curlhelp_freewritebuffer(global_state.body_buf);
+        }
+        global_state.body_buf_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.header_buf_initialized) {
+                curlhelp_freewritebuffer(global_state.header_buf);
+        }
+        global_state.header_buf_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.put_buf_initialized) {
+                curlhelp_freereadbuffer(global_state.put_buf);
+        }
+        global_state.put_buf_initialized = false;
+
+        if (global_state.header_list) {
+                curl_slist_free_all(global_state.header_list);
+        }
+
+        if (global_state.host) {
+                curl_slist_free_all(global_state.host);
+        }
+}
+
+int lookup_host(const char *host, char *buf, size_t buflen, sa_family_t addr_family) {
+        struct addrinfo hints = {
+                .ai_family = addr_family,
+                .ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
+                .ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME,
+        };
+
+        struct addrinfo *result;
+        int errcode = getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, &result);
+        if (errcode != 0) {
+                return errcode;
+        }
+
+        strcpy(buf, "");
+        struct addrinfo *res = result;
+
+        size_t buflen_remaining = buflen - 1;
+        size_t addrstr_len;
+        char addrstr[100];
+        void *ptr = {0};
+        while (res) {
+                switch (res->ai_family) {
+                case AF_INET:
+                        ptr = &((struct sockaddr_in *)res->ai_addr)->sin_addr;
+                        break;
+                case AF_INET6:
+                        ptr = &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)res->ai_addr)->sin6_addr;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                inet_ntop(res->ai_family, ptr, addrstr, 100);
+                if (verbose >= 1) {
+                        printf("* getaddrinfo IPv%d address: %s\n", res->ai_family == PF_INET6 ? 6 : 4,
+                                   addrstr);
+                }
+
+                // Append all IPs to buf as a comma-separated string
+                addrstr_len = strlen(addrstr);
+                if (buflen_remaining > addrstr_len + 1) {
+                        if (buf[0] != '\0') {
+                                strncat(buf, ",", buflen_remaining);
+                                buflen_remaining -= 1;
+                        }
+                        strncat(buf, addrstr, buflen_remaining);
+                        buflen_remaining -= addrstr_len;
+                }
+
+                res = res->ai_next;
+        }
+
+        freeaddrinfo(result);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/* Checks if the server 'reply' is one of the expected 'statuscodes' */
+bool expected_statuscode(const char *reply, const char *statuscodes) {
+        char *expected;
+
+        if ((expected = strdup(statuscodes)) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
+        }
+
+        bool result = false;
+        for (char *code = strtok(expected, ","); code != NULL; code = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
+                if (strstr(reply, code) != NULL) {
+                        result = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        free(expected);
+        return result;
+}
+
+/* returns a string "HTTP/1.x" or "HTTP/2" */
+char *string_statuscode(int major, int minor) {
+        static char buf[10];
+
+        switch (major) {
+        case 1:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d.%d", major, minor);
+                break;
+        case 2:
+        case 3:
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d", major);
+                break;
+        default:
+                /* assuming here HTTP/N with N>=4 */
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "HTTP/%d", major);
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return buf;
+}
+
+/* check whether a file exists */
+void test_file(char *path) {
+        if (access(path, R_OK) == 0) {
+                return;
+        }
+        usage2(_("file does not exist or is not readable"), path);
+}
+
+mp_subcheck mp_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                                 int days_till_exp_crit);
+
+mp_subcheck check_curl_certificate_checks(CURL *curl, X509 *cert, int warn_days_till_exp,
+                                                                                  int crit_days_till_exp) {
+        mp_subcheck sc_cert_result = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc_cert_result = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_cert_result, STATE_OK);
+
+#ifdef LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL
+        if (is_openssl_callback) {
+#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+                /* check certificate with OpenSSL functions, curl has been built against OpenSSL
+                 * and we actually have OpenSSL in the monitoring tools
+                 */
+                return mp_net_ssl_check_certificate(cert, warn_days_till_exp, crit_days_till_exp);
+#       else  /* USE_OPENSSL */
+                xasprintf(&result.output, "HTTP CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificates - OpenSSL "
+                                                                  "callback used and not linked against OpenSSL\n");
+                mp_set_subcheck_state(result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+        } else {
+                struct curl_slist *slist;
+
+                cert_ptr_union cert_ptr = {0};
+                cert_ptr.to_info = NULL;
+                CURLcode res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CERTINFO, &cert_ptr.to_info);
+                if (!res && cert_ptr.to_info) {
+#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+                        /* We have no OpenSSL in libcurl, but we can use OpenSSL for X509 cert
+                         * parsing We only check the first certificate and assume it's the one of
+                         * the server
+                         */
+                        char *raw_cert = NULL;
+                        bool got_first_cert = false;
+                        for (int i = 0; i < cert_ptr.to_certinfo->num_of_certs; i++) {
+                                if (got_first_cert) {
+                                        break;
+                                }
+
+                                for (slist = cert_ptr.to_certinfo->certinfo[i]; slist; slist = slist->next) {
+                                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                                printf("%d ** %s\n", i, slist->data);
+                                        }
+                                        if (strncmp(slist->data, "Cert:", 5) == 0) {
+                                                raw_cert = &slist->data[5];
+                                                got_first_cert = true;
+                                                break;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        if (!raw_cert) {
+
+                                xasprintf(&sc_cert_result.output,
+                                                  _("Cannot retrieve certificates from CERTINFO information - "
+                                                        "certificate data was empty"));
+                                sc_cert_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                                return sc_cert_result;
+                        }
+
+                        BIO *cert_BIO = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
+                        BIO_write(cert_BIO, raw_cert, (int)strlen(raw_cert));
+
+                        cert = PEM_read_bio_X509(cert_BIO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+                        if (!cert) {
+                                xasprintf(&sc_cert_result.output,
+                                                  _("Cannot read certificate from CERTINFO information - BIO error"));
+                                sc_cert_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                                return sc_cert_result;
+                        }
+
+                        BIO_free(cert_BIO);
+                        return mp_net_ssl_check_certificate(cert, warn_days_till_exp, crit_days_till_exp);
+#       else  /* USE_OPENSSL */
+                        /* We assume we don't have OpenSSL and np_net_ssl_check_certificate at our
+                         * disposal, so we use the libcurl CURLINFO data
+                         */
+                        return net_noopenssl_check_certificate(&cert_ptr, days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                                                   days_till_exp_crit);
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_cert_result.output,
+                                          _("Cannot retrieve certificates - cURL returned %d - %s"), res,
+                                          curl_easy_strerror(res));
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                }
+        }
+#endif /* LIBCURL_FEATURE_SSL */
+
+        return sc_cert_result;
+}
+
+char *fmt_url(check_curl_working_state workingState) {
+        char *url = calloc(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, sizeof(char));
+        if (url == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "memory allocation failed");
+        }
+
+        snprintf(url, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%s://%s:%d%s", workingState.use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                         (workingState.use_ssl & (workingState.host_name != NULL))
+                                 ? workingState.host_name
+                                 : workingState.server_address,
+                         workingState.serverPort, workingState.server_url);
+
+        return url;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.h b/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87e45a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.d/check_curl_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#include "./config.h"
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include "../picohttpparser/picohttpparser.h"
+#include "output.h"
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SSL) && defined(USE_OPENSSL)
+#       include <openssl/opensslv.h>
+#endif
+
+/* for buffers for header and body */
+typedef struct {
+        size_t buflen;
+        size_t bufsize;
+        char *buf;
+} curlhelp_write_curlbuf;
+
+/* for buffering the data sent in PUT */
+typedef struct {
+        size_t buflen;
+        off_t pos;
+        char *buf;
+} curlhelp_read_curlbuf;
+
+/* for parsing the HTTP status line */
+typedef struct {
+        int http_major;   /* major version of the protocol, always 1 (HTTP/0.9
+                                           * never reached the big internet most likely) */
+        int http_minor;   /* minor version of the protocol, usually 0 or 1 */
+        int http_code;    /* HTTP return code as in RFC 2145 */
+        int http_subcode; /* Microsoft IIS extension, HTTP subcodes, see
+                                           * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318380/en-us */
+        const char *msg;  /* the human readable message */
+        char *first_line; /* a copy of the first line */
+} curlhelp_statusline;
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool curl_global_initialized;
+        bool curl_easy_initialized;
+
+        bool body_buf_initialized;
+        curlhelp_write_curlbuf *body_buf;
+
+        bool header_buf_initialized;
+        curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf;
+
+        bool status_line_initialized;
+        curlhelp_statusline *status_line;
+
+        bool put_buf_initialized;
+        curlhelp_read_curlbuf *put_buf;
+
+        CURL *curl;
+
+        struct curl_slist *header_list;
+        struct curl_slist *host;
+} check_curl_global_state;
+
+/* to know the underlying SSL library used by libcurl */
+typedef enum curlhelp_ssl_library {
+        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_UNKNOWN,
+        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_OPENSSL,
+        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_LIBRESSL,
+        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_GNUTLS,
+        CURLHELP_SSL_LIBRARY_NSS
+} curlhelp_ssl_library;
+
+#define MAKE_LIBCURL_VERSION(major, minor, patch) ((major) * 0x10000 + (minor) * 0x100 + (patch))
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_curl_global_state curl_state;
+        check_curl_working_state working_state;
+} check_curl_configure_curl_wrapper;
+
+check_curl_configure_curl_wrapper check_curl_configure_curl(check_curl_static_curl_config config,
+                                                                                                                        check_curl_working_state working_state,
+                                                                                                                        bool check_cert,
+                                                                                                                        bool on_redirect_dependent,
+                                                                                                                        int follow_method, int max_depth);
+
+void handle_curl_option_return_code(CURLcode res, const char *option);
+
+int curlhelp_initwritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf **buf);
+size_t curlhelp_buffer_write_callback(void * /*buffer*/, size_t /*size*/, size_t /*nmemb*/,
+                                                                          void * /*stream*/);
+void curlhelp_freewritebuffer(curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*buf*/);
+
+int curlhelp_initreadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf **buf, const char * /*data*/, size_t /*datalen*/);
+size_t curlhelp_buffer_read_callback(void * /*buffer*/, size_t /*size*/, size_t /*nmemb*/,
+                                                                         void * /*stream*/);
+void curlhelp_freereadbuffer(curlhelp_read_curlbuf * /*buf*/);
+
+curlhelp_ssl_library curlhelp_get_ssl_library(void);
+const char *curlhelp_get_ssl_library_string(curlhelp_ssl_library /*ssl_library*/);
+
+typedef union {
+        struct curl_slist *to_info;
+        struct curl_certinfo *to_certinfo;
+} cert_ptr_union;
+int net_noopenssl_check_certificate(cert_ptr_union *, int, int);
+
+int curlhelp_parse_statusline(const char * /*buf*/, curlhelp_statusline * /*status_line*/);
+void curlhelp_free_statusline(curlhelp_statusline * /*status_line*/);
+
+char *get_header_value(const struct phr_header *headers, size_t nof_headers, const char *header);
+mp_subcheck check_document_dates(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf * /*header_buf*/,
+                                                                 int /*maximum_age*/);
+size_t get_content_length(const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *header_buf,
+                                                  const curlhelp_write_curlbuf *body_buf);
+int lookup_host(const char *host, char *buf, size_t buflen, sa_family_t addr_family);
+CURLcode sslctxfun(CURL *curl, SSL_CTX *sslctx, void *parm);
+
+#define INET_ADDR_MAX_SIZE INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
+const char *strrstr2(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
+
+void cleanup(check_curl_global_state global_state);
+
+bool expected_statuscode(const char *reply, const char *statuscodes);
+char *string_statuscode(int major, int minor);
+
+void test_file(char *path);
+mp_subcheck check_curl_certificate_checks(CURL *curl, X509 *cert, int warn_days_till_exp,
+                                                                                  int crit_days_till_exp);
+char *fmt_url(check_curl_working_state workingState);
diff --git a/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h b/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f51b2ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_curl.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "../common.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
+#include "../../lib/thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "curl/curl.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "regex.h"
+
+enum {
+        MAX_RE_SIZE = 1024,
+        HTTP_PORT = 80,
+        HTTPS_PORT = 443,
+        MAX_PORT = 65535,
+        DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS = 15
+};
+
+enum {
+        FOLLOW_HTTP_CURL = 0,
+        FOLLOW_LIBCURL = 1
+};
+
+enum {
+        STICKY_NONE = 0,
+        STICKY_HOST = 1,
+        STICKY_PORT = 2
+};
+
+#define HTTP_EXPECT         "HTTP/"
+#define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 2048
+#define DEFAULT_SERVER_URL  "/"
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        char *server_url;
+        char *host_name;
+
+        char *http_method;
+
+        char *http_post_data;
+
+        unsigned short virtualPort;
+        unsigned short serverPort;
+
+        bool use_ssl;
+        bool no_body;
+} check_curl_working_state;
+
+check_curl_working_state check_curl_working_state_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool automatic_decompression;
+        bool haproxy_protocol;
+        long socket_timeout;
+        sa_family_t sin_family;
+        int curl_http_version;
+        char **http_opt_headers;
+        size_t http_opt_headers_count;
+        int ssl_version;
+        char *client_cert;
+        char *client_privkey;
+        char *ca_cert;
+        bool verify_peer_and_host;
+        char user_agent[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        char proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char *http_content_type;
+        char *cookie_jar_file;
+} check_curl_static_curl_config;
+
+typedef struct {
+        check_curl_working_state initial_config;
+
+        check_curl_static_curl_config curl_config;
+        int max_depth;
+        int followmethod;
+        int followsticky;
+
+        int maximum_age;
+
+        // the original regex string from the command line
+        char regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE];
+
+        // the compiled regex for usage later
+        regex_t compiled_regex;
+
+        mp_state_enum state_regex;
+        bool invert_regex;
+        bool check_cert;
+        bool continue_after_check_cert;
+        int days_till_exp_warn;
+        int days_till_exp_crit;
+        mp_thresholds thlds;
+        mp_range page_length_limits;
+        bool page_length_limits_is_set;
+        struct {
+                char string[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                bool is_present;
+        } server_expect;
+        char string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        mp_state_enum on_redirect_result_state;
+        bool on_redirect_dependent;
+
+        bool show_extended_perfdata;
+        bool show_body;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_curl_config;
+
+check_curl_config check_curl_config_init();
diff --git a/plugins/check_dbi.c b/plugins/check_dbi.c
index 96575672..468ded31 100644
--- a/plugins/check_dbi.c
+++ b/plugins/check_dbi.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ const char *progname = "check_dbi";
 const char *copyright = "2011-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
+#include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
+#include "check_dbi.d/config.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
@@ -53,55 +55,25 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-typedef enum {
-        METRIC_CONN_TIME,
-        METRIC_SERVER_VERSION,
-        METRIC_QUERY_RESULT,
-        METRIC_QUERY_TIME,
-} np_dbi_metric_t;
-
-typedef enum {
-        TYPE_NUMERIC,
-        TYPE_STRING,
-} np_dbi_type_t;
-
-typedef struct {
-        char *key;
-        char *value;
-} driver_option_t;
-
-static char *host = NULL;
 static int verbose = 0;
 
-static char *warning_range = NULL;
-static char *critical_range = NULL;
-static thresholds *dbi_thresholds = NULL;
-
-static char *expect = NULL;
-
-static regex_t expect_re;
-static char *expect_re_str = NULL;
-static int expect_re_cflags = 0;
-
-static np_dbi_metric_t metric = METRIC_QUERY_RESULT;
-static np_dbi_type_t type = TYPE_NUMERIC;
-
-static char *np_dbi_driver = NULL;
-static driver_option_t *np_dbi_options = NULL;
-static int np_dbi_options_num = 0;
-static char *np_dbi_database = NULL;
-static char *np_dbi_query = NULL;
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_dbi_config config;
+} check_dbi_config_wrapper;
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+static check_dbi_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_dbi_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dbi_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 void print_usage(void);
 static void print_help(void);
 
-static double timediff(struct timeval, struct timeval);
+static double timediff(struct timeval /*start*/, struct timeval /*end*/);
 
-static void np_dbi_print_error(dbi_conn, char *, ...);
+static void np_dbi_print_error(dbi_conn /*conn*/, char * /*fmt*/, ...);
 
-static int do_query(dbi_conn, const char **, double *, double *);
+static mp_state_enum do_query(dbi_conn /*conn*/, const char ** /*res_val_str*/,
+                                                          double * /*res_val*/, double * /*res_time*/, mp_dbi_metric /*metric*/,
+                                                          mp_dbi_type /*type*/, char * /*np_dbi_query*/);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
@@ -119,8 +91,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         const char *query_val_str = NULL;
         double query_val = 0.0;
 
-        int i;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -128,8 +98,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_dbi_config_wrapper tmp = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_dbi_config config = tmp.config;
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -137,13 +112,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
         alarm(timeout_interval);
 
-        if (verbose > 2)
+        if (verbose > 2) {
                 printf("Initializing DBI\n");
+        }
 
         dbi_inst *instance_p = {0};
 
         if (dbi_initialize_r(NULL, instance_p) < 0) {
-                printf("UNKNOWN - failed to initialize DBI; possibly you don't have any drivers installed.\n");
+                printf(
+                        "UNKNOWN - failed to initialize DBI; possibly you don't have any drivers installed.\n");
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
@@ -152,15 +129,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        if (verbose)
-                printf("Opening DBI driver '%s'\n", np_dbi_driver);
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("Opening DBI driver '%s'\n", config.dbi_driver);
+        }
 
-        driver = dbi_driver_open_r(np_dbi_driver, instance_p);
+        driver = dbi_driver_open_r(config.dbi_driver, instance_p);
         if (!driver) {
-                printf("UNKNOWN - failed to open DBI driver '%s'; possibly it's not installed.\n", np_dbi_driver);
+                printf("UNKNOWN - failed to open DBI driver '%s'; possibly it's not installed.\n",
+                           config.dbi_driver);
 
                 printf("Known drivers:\n");
-                for (driver = dbi_driver_list_r(NULL, instance_p); driver; driver = dbi_driver_list_r(driver, instance_p)) {
+                for (driver = dbi_driver_list_r(NULL, instance_p); driver;
+                         driver = dbi_driver_list_r(driver, instance_p)) {
                         printf(" - %s\n", dbi_driver_get_name(driver));
                 }
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
@@ -176,30 +156,36 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < np_dbi_options_num; ++i) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < config.dbi_options_num; ++i) {
                 const char *opt;
 
-                if (verbose > 1)
-                        printf("Setting DBI driver option '%s' to '%s'\n", np_dbi_options[i].key, np_dbi_options[i].value);
+                if (verbose > 1) {
+                        printf("Setting DBI driver option '%s' to '%s'\n", config.dbi_options[i].key,
+                                   config.dbi_options[i].value);
+                }
 
-                if (!dbi_conn_set_option(conn, np_dbi_options[i].key, np_dbi_options[i].value))
+                if (!dbi_conn_set_option(conn, config.dbi_options[i].key, config.dbi_options[i].value)) {
                         continue;
+                }
                 /* else: status != 0 */
 
-                np_dbi_print_error(conn, "UNKNOWN - failed to set option '%s' to '%s'", np_dbi_options[i].key, np_dbi_options[i].value);
+                np_dbi_print_error(conn, "UNKNOWN - failed to set option '%s' to '%s'",
+                                                   config.dbi_options[i].key, config.dbi_options[i].value);
                 printf("Known driver options:\n");
 
-                for (opt = dbi_conn_get_option_list(conn, NULL); opt; opt = dbi_conn_get_option_list(conn, opt)) {
+                for (opt = dbi_conn_get_option_list(conn, NULL); opt;
+                         opt = dbi_conn_get_option_list(conn, opt)) {
                         printf(" - %s\n", opt);
                 }
                 dbi_conn_close(conn);
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        if (host) {
-                if (verbose > 1)
-                        printf("Setting DBI driver option 'host' to '%s'\n", host);
-                dbi_conn_set_option(conn, "host", host);
+        if (config.host) {
+                if (verbose > 1) {
+                        printf("Setting DBI driver option 'host' to '%s'\n", config.host);
+                }
+                dbi_conn_set_option(conn, "host", config.host);
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
@@ -209,10 +195,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 dbname = dbi_conn_get_option(conn, "dbname");
                 host = dbi_conn_get_option(conn, "host");
 
-                if (!dbname)
+                if (!dbname) {
                         dbname = "<unspecified>";
-                if (!host)
+                }
+                if (!host) {
                         host = "<unspecified>";
+                }
 
                 printf("Connecting to database '%s' at host '%s'\n", dbname, host);
         }
@@ -226,109 +214,140 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         conn_time = timediff(start_timeval, end_timeval);
 
         server_version = dbi_conn_get_engine_version(conn);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Connected to server version %u\n", server_version);
+        }
 
-        if (metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION)
-                status = get_status(server_version, dbi_thresholds);
+        if (config.metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) {
+                status = get_status(server_version, config.dbi_thresholds);
+        }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Time elapsed: %f\n", conn_time);
+        }
 
-        if (metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME)
-                status = get_status(conn_time, dbi_thresholds);
+        if (config.metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME) {
+                status = get_status(conn_time, config.dbi_thresholds);
+        }
 
         /* select a database */
-        if (np_dbi_database) {
-                if (verbose > 1)
-                        printf("Selecting database '%s'\n", np_dbi_database);
+        if (config.dbi_database) {
+                if (verbose > 1) {
+                        printf("Selecting database '%s'\n", config.dbi_database);
+                }
 
-                if (dbi_conn_select_db(conn, np_dbi_database)) {
-                        np_dbi_print_error(conn, "UNKNOWN - failed to select database '%s'", np_dbi_database);
+                if (dbi_conn_select_db(conn, config.dbi_database)) {
+                        np_dbi_print_error(conn, "UNKNOWN - failed to select database '%s'",
+                                                           config.dbi_database);
                         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (np_dbi_query) {
+        if (config.dbi_query) {
                 /* execute query */
-                status = do_query(conn, &query_val_str, &query_val, &query_time);
-                if (status != STATE_OK)
+                status = do_query(conn, &query_val_str, &query_val, &query_time, config.metric, config.type,
+                                                  config.dbi_query);
+                if (status != STATE_OK) {
                         /* do_query prints an error message in this case */
                         return status;
+                }
 
-                if (metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
-                        if (expect) {
-                                if ((!query_val_str) || strcmp(query_val_str, expect))
+                if (config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        if (config.expect) {
+                                if ((!query_val_str) || strcmp(query_val_str, config.expect)) {
                                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else
+                                } else {
                                         status = STATE_OK;
-                        } else if (expect_re_str) {
+                                }
+                        } else if (config.expect_re_str) {
                                 int err;
 
+                                regex_t expect_re = {};
                                 err = regexec(&expect_re, query_val_str, 0, NULL, /* flags = */ 0);
-                                if (!err)
+                                if (!err) {
                                         status = STATE_OK;
-                                else if (err == REG_NOMATCH)
+                                } else if (err == REG_NOMATCH) {
                                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else {
+                                } else {
                                         char errmsg[1024];
                                         regerror(err, &expect_re, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
                                         printf("ERROR - failed to execute regular expression: %s\n", errmsg);
                                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                 }
-                        } else
-                                status = get_status(query_val, dbi_thresholds);
-                } else if (metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME)
-                        status = get_status(query_time, dbi_thresholds);
+                        } else {
+                                status = get_status(query_val, config.dbi_thresholds);
+                        }
+                } else if (config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME) {
+                        status = get_status(query_time, config.dbi_thresholds);
+                }
         }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Closing connection\n");
+        }
         dbi_conn_close(conn);
 
         /* In case of METRIC_QUERY_RESULT, isnan(query_val) indicates an error
          * which should have been reported and handled (abort) before
          * ... unless we expected a string to be returned */
-        assert((metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) || (!isnan(query_val)) || (type == TYPE_STRING));
+        assert((config.metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) || (!isnan(query_val)) ||
+                   (config.type == TYPE_STRING));
 
-        assert((type != TYPE_STRING) || (expect || expect_re_str));
+        assert((config.type != TYPE_STRING) || (config.expect || config.expect_re_str));
 
         printf("%s - connection time: %fs", state_text(status), conn_time);
-        if (np_dbi_query) {
-                if (type == TYPE_STRING) {
-                        assert(expect || expect_re_str);
-                        printf(", '%s' returned '%s' in %fs", np_dbi_query, query_val_str ? query_val_str : "<nothing>", query_time);
+        if (config.dbi_query) {
+                if (config.type == TYPE_STRING) {
+                        assert(config.expect || config.expect_re_str);
+                        printf(", '%s' returned '%s' in %fs", config.dbi_query,
+                                   query_val_str ? query_val_str : "<nothing>", query_time);
                         if (status != STATE_OK) {
-                                if (expect)
-                                        printf(" (expected '%s')", expect);
-                                else if (expect_re_str)
-                                        printf(" (expected regex /%s/%s)", expect_re_str, ((expect_re_cflags & REG_ICASE) ? "i" : ""));
+                                if (config.expect) {
+                                        printf(" (expected '%s')", config.expect);
+                                } else if (config.expect_re_str) {
+                                        printf(" (expected regex /%s/%s)", config.expect_re_str,
+                                                   ((config.expect_re_cflags & REG_ICASE) ? "i" : ""));
+                                }
                         }
-                } else if (isnan(query_val))
-                        printf(", '%s' query execution time: %fs", np_dbi_query, query_time);
-                else
-                        printf(", '%s' returned %f in %fs", np_dbi_query, query_val, query_time);
-        }
-
-        printf(" | conntime=%fs;%s;%s;0; server_version=%u;%s;%s;0;", conn_time,
-                   ((metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME) && warning_range) ? warning_range : "",
-                   ((metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME) && critical_range) ? critical_range : "", server_version,
-                   ((metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) && warning_range) ? warning_range : "",
-                   ((metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) && critical_range) ? critical_range : "");
-        if (np_dbi_query) {
-                if (!isnan(query_val)) /* this is also true when -e is used */
-                        printf(" query=%f;%s;%s;;", query_val, ((metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) && warning_range) ? warning_range : "",
-                                   ((metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) && critical_range) ? critical_range : "");
-                printf(" querytime=%fs;%s;%s;0;", query_time, ((metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME) && warning_range) ? warning_range : "",
-                           ((metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME) && critical_range) ? critical_range : "");
+                } else if (isnan(query_val)) {
+                        printf(", '%s' query execution time: %fs", config.dbi_query, query_time);
+                } else {
+                        printf(", '%s' returned %f in %fs", config.dbi_query, query_val, query_time);
+                }
+        }
+
+        printf(
+                " | conntime=%fs;%s;%s;0; server_version=%u;%s;%s;0;", conn_time,
+                ((config.metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME) && config.warning_range) ? config.warning_range : "",
+                ((config.metric == METRIC_CONN_TIME) && config.critical_range) ? config.critical_range : "",
+                server_version,
+                ((config.metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) && config.warning_range) ? config.warning_range
+                                                                                                                                                   : "",
+                ((config.metric == METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) && config.critical_range) ? config.critical_range
+                                                                                                                                                        : "");
+        if (config.dbi_query) {
+                if (!isnan(query_val)) { /* this is also true when -e is used */
+                        printf(" query=%f;%s;%s;;", query_val,
+                                   ((config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) && config.warning_range)
+                                           ? config.warning_range
+                                           : "",
+                                   ((config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) && config.critical_range)
+                                           ? config.critical_range
+                                           : "");
+                }
+                printf(" querytime=%fs;%s;%s;0;", query_time,
+                           ((config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME) && config.warning_range) ? config.warning_range
+                                                                                                                                                          : "",
+                           ((config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME) && config.critical_range)
+                                   ? config.critical_range
+                                   : "");
         }
         printf("\n");
         return status;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
+check_dbi_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         int option = 0;
         static struct option longopts[] = {STD_LONG_OPTS,
@@ -343,13 +362,19 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"database", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvht:c:w:e:r:R:m:H:d:o:q:D:", longopts, &option);
+        check_dbi_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_dbi_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+        int option_char;
+        while (true) {
+                option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvht:c:w:e:r:R:m:H:d:o:q:D:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == EOF)
+                if (option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* usage */
                         usage5();
                 case 'h': /* help */
@@ -360,135 +385,158 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 
                 case 'c': /* critical range */
-                        critical_range = optarg;
-                        type = TYPE_NUMERIC;
+                        result.config.critical_range = optarg;
+                        result.config.type = TYPE_NUMERIC;
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning range */
-                        warning_range = optarg;
-                        type = TYPE_NUMERIC;
+                        result.config.warning_range = optarg;
+                        result.config.type = TYPE_NUMERIC;
                         break;
                 case 'e':
-                        expect = optarg;
-                        type = TYPE_STRING;
+                        result.config.expect = optarg;
+                        result.config.type = TYPE_STRING;
                         break;
                 case 'R':
-                        expect_re_cflags = REG_ICASE;
+                        result.config.expect_re_cflags = REG_ICASE;
                         /* fall through */
                 case 'r': {
                         int err;
 
-                        expect_re_cflags |= REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
-                        expect_re_str = optarg;
-                        type = TYPE_STRING;
+                        result.config.expect_re_cflags |= REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
+                        result.config.expect_re_str = optarg;
+                        result.config.type = TYPE_STRING;
 
-                        err = regcomp(&expect_re, expect_re_str, expect_re_cflags);
+                        regex_t expect_re = {};
+                        err = regcomp(&expect_re, result.config.expect_re_str, result.config.expect_re_cflags);
                         if (err) {
                                 char errmsg[1024];
                                 regerror(err, &expect_re, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
                                 printf("ERROR - failed to compile regular expression: %s\n", errmsg);
-                                return ERROR;
+
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
                         }
                         break;
                 }
 
                 case 'm':
-                        if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "CONN_TIME"))
-                                metric = METRIC_CONN_TIME;
-                        else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "SERVER_VERSION"))
-                                metric = METRIC_SERVER_VERSION;
-                        else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "QUERY_RESULT"))
-                                metric = METRIC_QUERY_RESULT;
-                        else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "QUERY_TIME"))
-                                metric = METRIC_QUERY_TIME;
-                        else
+                        if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "CONN_TIME")) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_CONN_TIME;
+                        } else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "SERVER_VERSION")) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_SERVER_VERSION;
+                        } else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "QUERY_RESULT")) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_QUERY_RESULT;
+                        } else if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "QUERY_TIME")) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_QUERY_TIME;
+                        } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid metric"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
 
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* host */
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                host = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.host = optarg;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'v':
                         verbose++;
                         break;
 
                 case 'd':
-                        np_dbi_driver = optarg;
+                        result.config.dbi_driver = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'o': {
-                        driver_option_t *new;
-
-                        char *k;
-                        char *v;
+                        driver_option_t *new = NULL;
 
-                        k = optarg;
-                        v = strchr(k, (int)'=');
+                        char *key = optarg;
+                        char *value = strchr(key, '=');
 
-                        if (!v)
+                        if (!value) {
                                 usage2(_("Option must be '<key>=<value>'"), optarg);
+                        }
 
-                        *v = '\0';
-                        ++v;
+                        *value = '\0';
+                        ++value;
 
-                        new = realloc(np_dbi_options, (np_dbi_options_num + 1) * sizeof(*new));
+                        new = realloc(result.config.dbi_options,
+                                                  (result.config.dbi_options_num + 1) * sizeof(*new));
                         if (!new) {
                                 printf("UNKNOWN - failed to reallocate memory\n");
                                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                         }
 
-                        np_dbi_options = new;
-                        new = np_dbi_options + np_dbi_options_num;
-                        ++np_dbi_options_num;
+                        result.config.dbi_options = new;
+                        new = result.config.dbi_options + result.config.dbi_options_num;
+                        result.config.dbi_options_num++;
 
-                        new->key = k;
-                        new->value = v;
+                        new->key = key;
+                        new->value = value;
                 } break;
                 case 'q':
-                        np_dbi_query = optarg;
+                        result.config.dbi_query = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'D':
-                        np_dbi_database = optarg;
+                        result.config.dbi_database = optarg;
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        set_thresholds(&dbi_thresholds, warning_range, critical_range);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.dbi_thresholds, result.config.warning_range,
+                                   result.config.critical_range);
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (!np_dbi_driver)
+check_dbi_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dbi_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (!config_wrapper.config.dbi_driver) {
                 usage("Must specify a DBI driver");
+        }
 
-        if (((metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) || (metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME)) && (!np_dbi_query))
+        if (((config_wrapper.config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) ||
+                 (config_wrapper.config.metric == METRIC_QUERY_TIME)) &&
+                (!config_wrapper.config.dbi_query)) {
                 usage("Must specify a query to execute (metric == QUERY_RESULT)");
+        }
 
-        if ((metric != METRIC_CONN_TIME) && (metric != METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) && (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) &&
-                (metric != METRIC_QUERY_TIME))
+        if ((config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_CONN_TIME) &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_SERVER_VERSION) &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_QUERY_TIME)) {
                 usage("Invalid metric specified");
+        }
 
-        if (expect && (warning_range || critical_range || expect_re_str))
+        if (config_wrapper.config.expect &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.warning_range || config_wrapper.config.critical_range ||
+                 config_wrapper.config.expect_re_str)) {
                 usage("Do not mix -e and -w/-c/-r/-R");
+        }
 
-        if (expect_re_str && (warning_range || critical_range || expect))
+        if (config_wrapper.config.expect_re_str &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.warning_range || config_wrapper.config.critical_range ||
+                 config_wrapper.config.expect)) {
                 usage("Do not mix -r/-R and -w/-c/-e");
+        }
 
-        if (expect && (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT))
+        if (config_wrapper.config.expect && (config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT)) {
                 usage("Option -e requires metric QUERY_RESULT");
+        }
 
-        if (expect_re_str && (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT))
+        if (config_wrapper.config.expect_re_str &&
+                (config_wrapper.config.metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT)) {
                 usage("Options -r/-R require metric QUERY_RESULT");
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        config_wrapper.errorcode = OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -518,6 +566,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("DBI driver options"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-q, --query=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("query to execute"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-H STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("target database host"));
         printf("\n");
 
         printf(UT_WARN_CRIT_RANGE);
@@ -592,13 +642,8 @@ void print_usage(void) {
         printf(" [-e <string>] [-r|-R <regex>]\n");
 }
 
-#define CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(s)                                                                                                              \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT)                                                                                                 \
-                        return (s);                                                                                                                    \
-        } while (0)
-
-const char *get_field_str(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short field_type) {
+const char *get_field_str(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short field_type,
+                                                  mp_dbi_metric metric, mp_dbi_type type) {
         const char *str;
 
         if (field_type != DBI_TYPE_STRING) {
@@ -608,17 +653,21 @@ const char *get_field_str(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short field_ty
 
         str = dbi_result_get_string_idx(res, 1);
         if ((!str) || (strcmp(str, "ERROR") == 0)) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(NULL);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return NULL;
+                }
                 np_dbi_print_error(conn, "CRITICAL - failed to fetch string value");
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        if ((verbose && (type == TYPE_STRING)) || (verbose > 2))
+        if ((verbose && (type == TYPE_STRING)) || (verbose > 2)) {
                 printf("Query returned string '%s'\n", str);
+        }
         return str;
 }
 
-double get_field(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short *field_type) {
+double get_field(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short *field_type, mp_dbi_metric metric,
+                                 mp_dbi_type type) {
         double val = NAN;
 
         if (*field_type == DBI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
@@ -629,26 +678,33 @@ double get_field(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short *field_type) {
                 const char *val_str;
                 char *endptr = NULL;
 
-                val_str = get_field_str(conn, res, *field_type);
+                val_str = get_field_str(conn, res, *field_type, metric, type);
                 if (!val_str) {
-                        CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(NAN);
+                        if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                                return NAN;
+                        }
                         *field_type = DBI_TYPE_ERROR;
                         return NAN;
                 }
 
                 val = strtod(val_str, &endptr);
                 if (endptr == val_str) {
-                        CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(NAN);
+                        if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                                return NAN;
+                        }
                         printf("CRITICAL - result value is not a numeric: %s\n", val_str);
                         *field_type = DBI_TYPE_ERROR;
                         return NAN;
                 }
                 if ((endptr != NULL) && (*endptr != '\0')) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf("Garbage after value: %s\n", endptr);
+                        }
                 }
         } else {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(NAN);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return NAN;
+                }
                 printf("CRITICAL - cannot parse value of type %s (%i)\n",
                            (*field_type == DBI_TYPE_BINARY)     ? "BINARY"
                            : (*field_type == DBI_TYPE_DATETIME) ? "DATETIME"
@@ -660,53 +716,67 @@ double get_field(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, unsigned short *field_type) {
         return val;
 }
 
-double get_query_result(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, const char **res_val_str, double *res_val) {
+mp_state_enum get_query_result(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, const char **res_val_str,
+                                                           double *res_val, mp_dbi_metric metric, mp_dbi_type type) {
         unsigned short field_type;
         double val = NAN;
 
         if (dbi_result_get_numrows(res) == DBI_ROW_ERROR) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 np_dbi_print_error(conn, "CRITICAL - failed to fetch rows");
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
         if (dbi_result_get_numrows(res) < 1) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 printf("WARNING - no rows returned\n");
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         if (dbi_result_get_numfields(res) == DBI_FIELD_ERROR) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 np_dbi_print_error(conn, "CRITICAL - failed to fetch fields");
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
         if (dbi_result_get_numfields(res) < 1) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 printf("WARNING - no fields returned\n");
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         if (dbi_result_first_row(res) != 1) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 np_dbi_print_error(conn, "CRITICAL - failed to fetch first row");
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
         field_type = dbi_result_get_field_type_idx(res, 1);
         if (field_type != DBI_TYPE_ERROR) {
-                if (type == TYPE_STRING)
+                if (type == TYPE_STRING) {
                         /* the value will be freed in dbi_result_free */
-                        *res_val_str = strdup(get_field_str(conn, res, field_type));
-                else
-                        val = get_field(conn, res, &field_type);
+                        *res_val_str = strdup(get_field_str(conn, res, field_type, metric, type));
+                } else {
+                        val = get_field(conn, res, &field_type, metric, type);
+                }
         }
 
         *res_val = val;
 
         if (field_type == DBI_TYPE_ERROR) {
-                CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR(STATE_OK);
+                if (metric != METRIC_QUERY_RESULT) {
+                        return STATE_OK;
+                }
                 np_dbi_print_error(conn, "CRITICAL - failed to fetch data");
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
@@ -715,19 +785,19 @@ double get_query_result(dbi_conn conn, dbi_result res, const char **res_val_str,
         return STATE_OK;
 }
 
-#undef CHECK_IGNORE_ERROR
-
-int do_query(dbi_conn conn, const char **res_val_str, double *res_val, double *res_time) {
+mp_state_enum do_query(dbi_conn conn, const char **res_val_str, double *res_val, double *res_time,
+                                           mp_dbi_metric metric, mp_dbi_type type, char *np_dbi_query) {
         dbi_result res;
 
         struct timeval timeval_start;
         struct timeval timeval_end;
-        int status = STATE_OK;
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_OK;
 
         assert(np_dbi_query);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Executing query '%s'\n", np_dbi_query);
+        }
 
         gettimeofday(&timeval_start, NULL);
 
@@ -737,13 +807,14 @@ int do_query(dbi_conn conn, const char **res_val_str, double *res_val, double *r
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
-        status = get_query_result(conn, res, res_val_str, res_val);
+        status = get_query_result(conn, res, res_val_str, res_val, metric, type);
 
         gettimeofday(&timeval_end, NULL);
         *res_time = timediff(timeval_start, timeval_end);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Time elapsed: %f\n", *res_time);
+        }
 
         return status;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_dbi.d/config.h b/plugins/check_dbi.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f0d7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_dbi.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "../../lib/monitoringplug.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+        METRIC_CONN_TIME,
+        METRIC_SERVER_VERSION,
+        METRIC_QUERY_RESULT,
+        METRIC_QUERY_TIME,
+} mp_dbi_metric;
+
+typedef enum {
+        TYPE_NUMERIC,
+        TYPE_STRING,
+} mp_dbi_type;
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *key;
+        char *value;
+} driver_option_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *dbi_driver;
+        char *host;
+        driver_option_t *dbi_options;
+        size_t dbi_options_num;
+        char *dbi_database;
+        char *dbi_query;
+
+        char *expect;
+        char *expect_re_str;
+        int expect_re_cflags;
+        mp_dbi_metric metric;
+        mp_dbi_type type;
+        char *warning_range;
+        char *critical_range;
+        thresholds *dbi_thresholds;
+
+} check_dbi_config;
+
+check_dbi_config check_dbi_config_init() {
+        check_dbi_config tmp = {
+                .dbi_driver = NULL,
+                .host = NULL,
+                .dbi_options = NULL,
+                .dbi_options_num = 0,
+                .dbi_database = NULL,
+                .dbi_query = NULL,
+
+                .expect = NULL,
+                .expect_re_str = NULL,
+                .expect_re_cflags = 0,
+                .metric = METRIC_QUERY_RESULT,
+                .type = TYPE_NUMERIC,
+
+                .warning_range = NULL,
+                .critical_range = NULL,
+                .dbi_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_dig.c b/plugins/check_dig.c
index 2bbd1e05..c27e5f13 100644
--- a/plugins/check_dig.c
+++ b/plugins/check_dig.c
@@ -41,97 +41,95 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+#include "check_dig.d/config.h"
+#include "states.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_dig_config config;
+} check_dig_config_wrapper;
+static check_dig_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_dig_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dig_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
+
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-#define UNDEFINED     0
-#define DEFAULT_PORT  53
-#define DEFAULT_TRIES 2
-
-static char *query_address = NULL;
-static char *record_type = "A";
-static char *expected_address = NULL;
-static char *dns_server = NULL;
-static char *dig_args = "";
-static char *query_transport = "";
-static bool verbose = false;
-static int server_port = DEFAULT_PORT;
-static int number_tries = DEFAULT_TRIES;
-static double warning_interval = UNDEFINED;
-static double critical_interval = UNDEFINED;
-static struct timeval tv;
+static int verbose = 0;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *command_line;
-        output chld_out;
-        output chld_err;
-        char *msg = NULL;
-        size_t i;
-        char *t;
-        long microsec;
-        double elapsed_time;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int timeout_interval_dig;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm */
-        if (signal(SIGALRM, runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR)
+        if (signal(SIGALRM, runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
                 usage_va(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
+        }
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_dig_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_dig_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* dig applies the timeout to each try, so we need to work around this */
-        timeout_interval_dig = timeout_interval / number_tries + number_tries;
+        int timeout_interval_dig = ((int)timeout_interval / config.number_tries) + config.number_tries;
 
+        char *command_line;
         /* get the command to run */
-        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s %s -p %d @%s %s %s +retry=%d +time=%d", PATH_TO_DIG, dig_args, query_transport, server_port, dns_server,
-                          query_address, record_type, number_tries, timeout_interval_dig);
+        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s %s -p %d @%s %s %s +retry=%d +time=%d", PATH_TO_DIG,
+                          config.dig_args, config.query_transport, config.server_port, config.dns_server,
+                          config.query_address, config.record_type, config.number_tries, timeout_interval_dig);
 
         alarm(timeout_interval);
-        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+        struct timeval start_time;
+        gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
 
         if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", command_line);
-                if (expected_address != NULL) {
-                        printf(_("Looking for: '%s'\n"), expected_address);
+                if (config.expected_address != NULL) {
+                        printf(_("Looking for: '%s'\n"), config.expected_address);
                 } else {
-                        printf(_("Looking for: '%s'\n"), query_address);
+                        printf(_("Looking for: '%s'\n"), config.query_address);
                 }
         }
 
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        char *msg = NULL;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         /* run the command */
         if (np_runcmd(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0) != 0) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
                 msg = (char *)_("dig returned an error status");
         }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                 /* the server is responding, we just got the host name... */
                 if (strstr(chld_out.line[i], ";; ANSWER SECTION:")) {
 
                         /* loop through the whole 'ANSWER SECTION' */
                         for (; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
                                 /* get the host address */
-                                if (verbose)
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
+                                }
 
-                                if (strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], (expected_address == NULL ? query_address : expected_address)) != NULL) {
+                                if (strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], (config.expected_address == NULL
+                                                                                                          ? config.query_address
+                                                                                                          : config.expected_address)) != NULL) {
                                         msg = chld_out.line[i];
                                         result = STATE_OK;
 
                                         /* Translate output TAB -> SPACE */
-                                        t = msg;
-                                        while ((t = strchr(t, '\t')) != NULL)
-                                                *t = ' ';
+                                        char *temp = msg;
+                                        while ((temp = strchr(temp, '\t')) != NULL) {
+                                                *temp = ' ';
+                                        }
                                         break;
                                 }
                         }
@@ -154,37 +152,38 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* If we get anything on STDERR, at least set warning */
         if (chld_err.buflen > 0) {
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
-                if (!msg)
-                        for (i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
+                if (!msg) {
+                        for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                                 msg = strchr(chld_err.line[0], ':');
                                 if (msg) {
                                         msg++;
                                         break;
                                 }
                         }
+                }
         }
 
-        microsec = deltime(tv);
-        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+        long microsec = deltime(start_time);
+        double elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
 
-        if (critical_interval > UNDEFINED && elapsed_time > critical_interval)
+        if (config.critical_interval > UNDEFINED && elapsed_time > config.critical_interval) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
 
-        else if (warning_interval > UNDEFINED && elapsed_time > warning_interval)
+        else if (config.warning_interval > UNDEFINED && elapsed_time > config.warning_interval) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
         printf("DNS %s - %.3f seconds response time (%s)|%s\n", state_text(result), elapsed_time,
                    msg ? msg : _("Probably a non-existent host/domain"),
-                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", (warning_interval > UNDEFINED ? true : false), warning_interval,
-                                         (critical_interval > UNDEFINED ? true : false), critical_interval, true, 0, false, 0));
-        return result;
+                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", (config.warning_interval > UNDEFINED),
+                                         config.warning_interval, (config.critical_interval > UNDEFINED),
+                                         config.critical_interval, true, 0, false, 0));
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_dig_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
                                                                            {"query_address", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
                                                                            {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
@@ -201,16 +200,25 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_dig_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_dig_config_init(),
+        };
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:l:H:w:c:T:p:a:A:46", longopts, &option);
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+        int option = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:l:H:w:c:T:p:a:A:46", longopts, &option);
+
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -219,28 +227,28 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
                         host_or_die(optarg);
-                        dns_server = optarg;
+                        result.config.dns_server = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* server port */
                         if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage_va(_("Port must be a positive integer - %s"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* address to lookup */
-                        query_address = optarg;
+                        result.config.query_address = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning */
                         if (is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
-                                warning_interval = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                result.config.warning_interval = strtod(optarg, NULL);
                         } else {
                                 usage_va(_("Warning interval must be a positive integer - %s"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical */
                         if (is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
-                                critical_interval = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                result.config.critical_interval = strtod(optarg, NULL);
                         } else {
                                 usage_va(_("Critical interval must be a positive integer - %s"), optarg);
                         }
@@ -253,48 +261,50 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'A': /* dig arguments */
-                        dig_args = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.dig_args = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'v': /* verbose */
-                        verbose = true;
+                        verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'T':
-                        record_type = optarg;
+                        result.config.record_type = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'a':
-                        expected_address = optarg;
+                        result.config.expected_address = optarg;
                         break;
                 case '4':
-                        query_transport = "-4";
+                        result.config.query_transport = "-4";
                         break;
                 case '6':
-                        query_transport = "-6";
+                        result.config.query_transport = "-6";
                         break;
                 default: /* usage5 */
                         usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (dns_server == NULL) {
-                if (c < argc) {
-                        host_or_die(argv[c]);
-                        dns_server = argv[c];
+        int index = optind;
+        if (result.config.dns_server == NULL) {
+                if (index < argc) {
+                        host_or_die(argv[index]);
+                        result.config.dns_server = argv[index];
                 } else {
-                        if (strcmp(query_transport, "-6") == 0)
-                                dns_server = strdup("::1");
-                        else
-                                dns_server = strdup("127.0.0.1");
+                        if (strcmp(result.config.query_transport, "-6") == 0) {
+                                result.config.dns_server = strdup("::1");
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.dns_server = strdup("127.0.0.1");
+                        }
                 }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (query_address != NULL)
-                return OK;
-        return ERROR;
+check_dig_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dig_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.query_address == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+        }
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -328,7 +338,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-T, --record_type=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Record type to lookup (default: A)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-a, --expected_address=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("An address expected to be in the answer section. If not set, uses whatever"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("An address expected to be in the answer section. If not set, uses whatever"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("was in -l"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-A, --dig-arguments=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Pass STRING as argument(s) to dig"));
diff --git a/plugins/check_dig.d/config.h b/plugins/check_dig.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a570b633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_dig.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define UNDEFINED     0
+#define DEFAULT_PORT  53
+#define DEFAULT_TRIES 2
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *query_address;
+        char *record_type;
+        char *expected_address;
+        char *dns_server;
+        char *query_transport;
+        int server_port;
+        char *dig_args;
+        int number_tries;
+
+        double warning_interval;
+        double critical_interval;
+} check_dig_config;
+
+check_dig_config check_dig_config_init() {
+        check_dig_config tmp = {
+                .query_address = NULL,
+                .record_type = "A",
+                .expected_address = NULL,
+                .dns_server = NULL,
+                .query_transport = "",
+                .server_port = DEFAULT_PORT,
+                .dig_args = "",
+                .number_tries = DEFAULT_TRIES,
+
+                .warning_interval = UNDEFINED,
+                .critical_interval = UNDEFINED,
+
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_disk.c b/plugins/check_disk.c
index 037a6f7a..d42b5486 100644
--- a/plugins/check_disk.c
+++ b/plugins/check_disk.c
@@ -31,24 +31,35 @@ const char *program_name = "check_disk"; /* Required for coreutils libs */
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
+#include "states.h"
 #include "common.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "utils_base.h"
+#include "lib/thresholds.h"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #       include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
+
 #if HAVE_INTTYPES_H
 #       include <inttypes.h>
 #endif
+
 #include <assert.h>
-#include "popen.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "utils_disk.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include "fsusage.h"
-#include "mountlist.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <float.h>
+#include "./popen.h"
+#include "./utils.h"
+#include "../gl/fsusage.h"
+#include "../gl/mountlist.h"
+#include "./check_disk.d/utils_disk.h"
+
 #if HAVE_LIMITS_H
 #       include <limits.h>
 #endif
+
 #include "regex.h"
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
@@ -57,424 +68,322 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #       define ERROR -1
 #endif
 
-/* If nonzero, show even filesystems with zero size or
-   uninteresting types. */
-static int show_all_fs = 1;
-
-/* If nonzero, show only local filesystems.  */
-static int show_local_fs = 0;
-
-/* If nonzero, show only local filesystems but call stat() on remote ones. */
-static int stat_remote_fs = 0;
-
-/* If positive, the units to use when printing sizes;
-   if negative, the human-readable base.  */
-/* static int output_block_size; */
-
-/* If nonzero, invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data.
-   Using this option can make df very slow, especially with many or very
-   busy disks.  Note that this may make a difference on some systems --
-   SunOs4.1.3, for one.  It is *not* necessary on Linux.  */
-/* static int require_sync = 0; */
-
-/* Linked list of filesystem types to display.
-   If `fs_select_list' is NULL, list all types.
-   This table is generated dynamically from command-line options,
-   rather than hardcoding into the program what it thinks are the
-   valid filesystem types; let the user specify any filesystem type
-   they want to, and if there are any filesystems of that type, they
-   will be shown.
-
-   Some filesystem types:
-   4.2 4.3 ufs nfs swap ignore io vm efs dbg */
-
-/* static struct parameter_list *fs_select_list; */
-
-/* Linked list of filesystem types to omit.
-   If the list is empty, don't exclude any types.  */
-static struct regex_list *fs_exclude_list = NULL;
-
-/* Linked list of filesystem types to check.
-   If the list is empty, include all types.  */
-static struct regex_list *fs_include_list;
-
-static struct name_list *dp_exclude_list;
-
-static struct parameter_list *path_select_list = NULL;
-
-/* Linked list of mounted filesystems. */
-static struct mount_entry *mount_list;
-
-/* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
-   non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1.  */
-enum {
-        SYNC_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
-        NO_SYNC_OPTION,
-        BLOCK_SIZE_OPTION
-};
-
 #ifdef _AIX
 #       pragma alloca
 #endif
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void set_all_thresholds(struct parameter_list *path);
-static void print_help(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_disk_config config;
+} check_disk_config_wrapper;
+static check_disk_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
+static void set_all_thresholds(parameter_list_elem *path, char *warn_freespace_units,
+                                                           char *crit_freespace_units, char *warn_freespace_percent,
+                                                           char *crit_freespace_percent, char *warn_freeinodes_percent,
+                                                           char *crit_freeinodes_percent);
+static double calculate_percent(uintmax_t /*value*/, uintmax_t /*total*/);
+static bool stat_path(parameter_list_elem * /*parameters*/, bool /*ignore_missing*/);
+
+/*
+ * Puts the values from a struct fs_usage into a parameter_list with an additional flag to control
+ * how reserved and inodes should be judged (ignored or not)
+ */
+static parameter_list_elem get_path_stats(parameter_list_elem parameters, struct fs_usage fsp,
+                                                                                  bool freespace_ignore_reserved);
+static mp_subcheck evaluate_filesystem(measurement_unit measurement_unit,
+                                                                           bool display_inodes_perfdata, byte_unit unit);
+
 void print_usage(void);
-static double calculate_percent(uintmax_t, uintmax_t);
-static bool stat_path(struct parameter_list *p);
-static void get_stats(struct parameter_list *p, struct fs_usage *fsp);
-static void get_path_stats(struct parameter_list *p, struct fs_usage *fsp);
+static void print_help(void);
 
-static char *units;
-static uintmax_t mult = 1024 * 1024;
 static int verbose = 0;
-static bool erronly = false;
-static bool display_mntp = false;
-static bool exact_match = false;
-static bool ignore_missing = false;
-static bool freespace_ignore_reserved = false;
-static bool display_inodes_perfdata = false;
-static char *warn_freespace_units = NULL;
-static char *crit_freespace_units = NULL;
-static char *warn_freespace_percent = NULL;
-static char *crit_freespace_percent = NULL;
-static char *warn_usedspace_units = NULL;
-static char *crit_usedspace_units = NULL;
-static char *warn_usedspace_percent = NULL;
-static char *crit_usedspace_percent = NULL;
-static char *warn_usedinodes_percent = NULL;
-static char *crit_usedinodes_percent = NULL;
-static char *warn_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
-static char *crit_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
-static bool path_selected = false;
-static bool path_ignored = false;
-static char *group = NULL;
-static struct stat *stat_buf;
-static struct name_list *seen = NULL;
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int disk_result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char *output = NULL;
-        char *ignored = NULL;
-        char *details = NULL;
-        char *perf = NULL;
-        char *perf_ilabel = NULL;
-        char *preamble = " - free space:";
-        char *ignored_preamble = " - ignored paths:";
-        char *flag_header = NULL;
-        int temp_result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
-        struct mount_entry *me = NULL;
-        struct fs_usage fsp = {0};
-        struct parameter_list *temp_list = NULL;
-        struct parameter_list *path = NULL;
-
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
-        char mountdir[32];
-#endif
-
-        output = strdup("");
-        ignored = strdup("");
-        details = strdup("");
-        perf = strdup("");
-        perf_ilabel = strdup("");
-        stat_buf = malloc(sizeof *stat_buf);
+// This would not be necessary in C23!!
+const byte_unit Bytes_Factor = 1;
+const byte_unit KibiBytes_factor = 1024;
+const byte_unit MebiBytes_factor = 1048576;
+const byte_unit GibiBytes_factor = 1073741824;
+const byte_unit TebiBytes_factor = 1099511627776;
+const byte_unit PebiBytes_factor = 1125899906842624;
+const byte_unit ExbiBytes_factor = 1152921504606846976;
+const byte_unit KiloBytes_factor = 1000;
+const byte_unit MegaBytes_factor = 1000000;
+const byte_unit GigaBytes_factor = 1000000000;
+const byte_unit TeraBytes_factor = 1000000000000;
+const byte_unit PetaBytes_factor = 1000000000000000;
+const byte_unit ExaBytes_factor = 1000000000000000000;
 
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        mount_list = read_file_system_list(0);
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+        char mountdir[32];
+#endif
 
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
+        // Parse extra opts if any
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_disk_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        /* If a list of paths has not been selected, find entire
-           mount list and create list of paths
-         */
-        if (path_selected == false && path_ignored == false) {
-                for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                        if (!(path = np_find_parameter(path_select_list, me->me_mountdir))) {
-                                path = np_add_parameter(&path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
-                        }
-                        path->best_match = me;
-                        path->group = group;
-                        set_all_thresholds(path);
-                }
+        check_disk_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
 
-        if (path_ignored == false) {
-                np_set_best_match(path_select_list, mount_list, exact_match);
+        if (config.erronly) {
+                mp_set_level_of_detail(MP_DETAIL_NON_OK_ONLY);
         }
 
-        /* Error if no match found for specified paths */
-        temp_list = path_select_list;
+        if (!config.path_ignored) {
+                mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(config.path_select_list, config.mount_list,
+                                                                          config.exact_match);
+        }
 
-        while (path_select_list) {
-                if (!path_select_list->best_match && ignore_missing == true) {
-                        /* If the first element will be deleted, the temp_list must be updated with the new start address as well */
-                        if (path_select_list == temp_list) {
-                                temp_list = path_select_list->name_next;
-                        }
-                        /* Add path argument to list of ignored paths to inform about missing paths being ignored and not alerted */
-                        xasprintf(&ignored, "%s %s;", ignored, path_select_list->name);
+        // Error if no match found for specified paths
+        for (parameter_list_elem *elem = config.path_select_list.first; elem;) {
+                if (!elem->best_match && config.ignore_missing) {
                         /* Delete the path from the list so that it is not stat-checked later in the code. */
-                        path_select_list = np_del_parameter(path_select_list, path_select_list->name_prev);
-                } else if (!path_select_list->best_match) {
+                        elem = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, elem);
+                        continue;
+                }
+                if (!elem->best_match) {
                         /* Without --ignore-missing option, exit with Critical state. */
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DISK %s: %s not found\n"), _("CRITICAL"), path_select_list->name);
-                } else {
-                        /* Continue jumping through the list */
-                        path_select_list = path_select_list->name_next;
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DISK %s: %s not found\n"), _("CRITICAL"), elem->name);
                 }
-        }
 
-        path_select_list = temp_list;
+                elem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(elem);
+        }
 
-        if (!path_select_list && ignore_missing == true) {
-                result = STATE_OK;
-                if (verbose >= 2) {
-                        printf("None of the provided paths were found\n");
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.path_select_list.length == 0) {
+                mp_subcheck none_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&none_sc.output, "No filesystems were found for the provided parameters");
+                if (config.ignore_missing) {
+                        none_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(none_sc, STATE_OK);
+                } else {
+                        none_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(none_sc, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                printf("None of the provided paths were found\n");
+                        }
                 }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, none_sc);
+                mp_exit(overall);
         }
 
-        /* Process for every path in list */
-        for (path = path_select_list; path; path = path->name_next) {
-                if (verbose >= 3 && path->freespace_percent->warning != NULL && path->freespace_percent->critical != NULL)
-                        printf("Thresholds(pct) for %s warn: %f crit %f\n", path->name, path->freespace_percent->warning->end,
-                                   path->freespace_percent->critical->end);
-
-                if (verbose >= 3 && path->group != NULL)
-                        printf("Group of %s: %s\n", path->name, path->group);
-
-                /* reset disk result */
-                disk_result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
-                me = path->best_match;
-
-                if (!me) {
+        // Filter list first
+        for (parameter_list_elem *path = config.path_select_list.first; path;) {
+                if (!path->best_match) {
+                        path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                         continue;
                 }
 
+                struct mount_entry *mount_entry = path->best_match;
+
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
-                if (strncmp(path->name, "/cygdrive/", 10) != 0 || strlen(path->name) > 11)
+                if (strncmp(path->name, "/cygdrive/", 10) != 0 || strlen(path->name) > 11) {
+                        path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                         continue;
+                }
+
+                char *mountdir = NULL;
                 snprintf(mountdir, sizeof(mountdir), "%s:\\", me->me_mountdir + 10);
-                if (GetDriveType(mountdir) != DRIVE_FIXED)
-                        me->me_remote = 1;
+                if (GetDriveType(mountdir) != DRIVE_FIXED) {
+                        mount_entry->me_remote = 1;
+                }
 #endif
-                /* Filters */
 
                 /* Remove filesystems already seen */
-                if (np_seen_name(seen, me->me_mountdir)) {
+                if (np_seen_name(config.seen, mount_entry->me_mountdir)) {
+                        path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                         continue;
                 }
-                np_add_name(&seen, me->me_mountdir);
 
                 if (path->group == NULL) {
-                        /* Skip remote filesystems if we're not interested in them */
-                        if (me->me_remote && show_local_fs) {
-                                if (stat_remote_fs) {
-                                        if (!stat_path(path) && ignore_missing == true) {
-                                                result = STATE_OK;
-                                                xasprintf(&ignored, "%s %s;", ignored, path->name);
-                                        }
-                                }
+                        if (config.fs_exclude_list &&
+                                np_find_regmatch(config.fs_exclude_list, mount_entry->me_type)) {
+                                // Skip excluded fs's
+                                path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                                 continue;
-                                /* Skip pseudo fs's if we haven't asked for all fs's */
                         }
-                        if (me->me_dummy && !show_all_fs) {
-                                continue;
-                                /* Skip excluded fstypes */
-                        }
-                        if (fs_exclude_list && np_find_regmatch(fs_exclude_list, me->me_type)) {
+
+                        if (config.device_path_exclude_list &&
+                                (np_find_name(config.device_path_exclude_list, mount_entry->me_devname) ||
+                                 np_find_name(config.device_path_exclude_list, mount_entry->me_mountdir))) {
+                                // Skip excluded device or mount paths
+                                path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                                 continue;
-                                /* Skip excluded fs's */
                         }
-                        if (dp_exclude_list && (np_find_name(dp_exclude_list, me->me_devname) || np_find_name(dp_exclude_list, me->me_mountdir))) {
+
+                        if (config.fs_include_list &&
+                                !np_find_regmatch(config.fs_include_list, mount_entry->me_type)) {
+                                // Skip not included fstypes
+                                path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
                                 continue;
-                                /* Skip not included fstypes */
                         }
-                        if (fs_include_list && !np_find_regmatch(fs_include_list, me->me_type)) {
+
+                        /* Skip remote filesystems if we're not interested in them */
+                        if (mount_entry->me_remote && config.show_local_fs) {
+                                if (config.stat_remote_fs) {
+                                        // TODO Stat here
+                                        if (!stat_path(path, config.ignore_missing) && config.ignore_missing) {
+                                        }
+                                }
                                 continue;
                         }
-                }
 
-                if (!stat_path(path)) {
-                        if (ignore_missing == true) {
-                                result = STATE_OK;
-                                xasprintf(&ignored, "%s %s;", ignored, path->name);
+                        // TODO why stat here? remove unstatable fs?
+                        if (!stat_path(path, config.ignore_missing)) {
+                                // if (config.ignore_missing) {
+                                // xasprintf(&ignored, "%s %s;", ignored, path->name);
+                                // }
+                                // not accessible, remove from list
+                                path = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, path);
+                                continue;
                         }
-                        continue;
                 }
-                get_fs_usage(me->me_mountdir, me->me_devname, &fsp);
-
-                if (fsp.fsu_blocks && strcmp("none", me->me_mountdir)) {
-                        get_stats(path, &fsp);
-
-                        if (verbose >= 3) {
-                                printf("For %s, used_pct=%f free_pct=%f used_units=%lu free_units=%lu total_units=%lu used_inodes_pct=%f "
-                                           "free_inodes_pct=%f fsp.fsu_blocksize=%lu mult=%lu\n",
-                                           me->me_mountdir, path->dused_pct, path->dfree_pct, path->dused_units, path->dfree_units, path->dtotal_units,
-                                           path->dused_inodes_percent, path->dfree_inodes_percent, fsp.fsu_blocksize, mult);
-                        }
-
-                        /* Threshold comparisons */
-
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dfree_units, path->freespace_units);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Freespace_units result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
-
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dfree_pct, path->freespace_percent);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Freespace%% result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
 
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dused_units, path->usedspace_units);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Usedspace_units result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
-
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dused_pct, path->usedspace_percent);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Usedspace_percent result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
-
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dused_inodes_percent, path->usedinodes_percent);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Usedinodes_percent result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
-
-                        temp_result = get_status(path->dfree_inodes_percent, path->freeinodes_percent);
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Freeinodes_percent result=%d\n", temp_result);
-                        disk_result = max_state(disk_result, temp_result);
-
-                        result = max_state(result, disk_result);
-
-                        /* What a mess of units. The output shows free space, the perf data shows used space. Yikes!
-                           Hack here. Trying to get warn/crit levels from freespace_(units|percent) for perf
-                           data. Assumption that start=0. Roll on new syntax...
-                        */
-
-                        /* *_high_tide must be reinitialized at each run */
-                        uint64_t warning_high_tide = UINT64_MAX;
+                path = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(path);
+        }
 
-                        if (path->freespace_units->warning != NULL) {
-                                warning_high_tide = (path->dtotal_units - path->freespace_units->warning->end) * mult;
-                        }
-                        if (path->freespace_percent->warning != NULL) {
-                                warning_high_tide =
-                                        min(warning_high_tide, (uint64_t)((1.0 - path->freespace_percent->warning->end / 100) * (path->dtotal_units * mult)));
-                        }
+        // now get the actual measurements
+        for (parameter_list_elem *filesystem = config.path_select_list.first; filesystem;) {
+                // Get actual metrics here
+                struct mount_entry *mount_entry = filesystem->best_match;
+                struct fs_usage fsp = {0};
+                get_fs_usage(mount_entry->me_mountdir, mount_entry->me_devname, &fsp);
 
-                        uint64_t critical_high_tide = UINT64_MAX;
+                if (fsp.fsu_blocks != 0 && strcmp("none", mount_entry->me_mountdir) != 0) {
+                        *filesystem = get_path_stats(*filesystem, fsp, config.freespace_ignore_reserved);
 
-                        if (path->freespace_units->critical != NULL) {
-                                critical_high_tide = (path->dtotal_units - path->freespace_units->critical->end) * mult;
-                        }
-                        if (path->freespace_percent->critical != NULL) {
-                                critical_high_tide =
-                                        min(critical_high_tide, (uint64_t)((1.0 - path->freespace_percent->critical->end / 100) * (path->dtotal_units * mult)));
+                        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                printf("For %s, used_units=%lu free_units=%lu total_units=%lu "
+                                           "fsp.fsu_blocksize=%lu\n",
+                                           mount_entry->me_mountdir, filesystem->used_bytes, filesystem->free_bytes,
+                                           filesystem->total_bytes, fsp.fsu_blocksize);
                         }
+                } else {
+                        // failed to retrieve file system data or not mounted?
+                        filesystem = mp_int_fs_list_del(&config.path_select_list, filesystem);
+                        continue;
+                }
+                filesystem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(filesystem);
+        }
 
-                        /* Nb: *_high_tide are unset when == UINT64_MAX */
-                        xasprintf(&perf, "%s %s", perf,
-                                          perfdata_uint64((!strcmp(me->me_mountdir, "none") || display_mntp) ? me->me_devname : me->me_mountdir,
-                                                                          path->dused_units * mult, "B", (warning_high_tide == UINT64_MAX ? false : true), warning_high_tide,
-                                                                          (critical_high_tide == UINT64_MAX ? false : true), critical_high_tide, true, 0, true,
-                                                                          path->dtotal_units * mult));
-
-                        if (display_inodes_perfdata) {
-                                /* *_high_tide must be reinitialized at each run */
-                                warning_high_tide = UINT64_MAX;
-                                critical_high_tide = UINT64_MAX;
-
-                                if (path->freeinodes_percent->warning != NULL) {
-                                        warning_high_tide = (uint64_t)fabs(
-                                                min((double)warning_high_tide, (double)(1.0 - path->freeinodes_percent->warning->end / 100) * path->inodes_total));
-                                }
-                                if (path->freeinodes_percent->critical != NULL) {
-                                        critical_high_tide = (uint64_t)fabs(min(
-                                                (double)critical_high_tide, (double)(1.0 - path->freeinodes_percent->critical->end / 100) * path->inodes_total));
-                                }
-
-                                xasprintf(&perf_ilabel, "%s (inodes)",
-                                                  (!strcmp(me->me_mountdir, "none") || display_mntp) ? me->me_devname : me->me_mountdir);
-                                /* Nb: *_high_tide are unset when == UINT64_MAX */
-                                xasprintf(&perf, "%s %s", perf,
-                                                  perfdata_uint64(perf_ilabel, path->inodes_used, "", (warning_high_tide != UINT64_MAX ? true : false),
-                                                                                  warning_high_tide, (critical_high_tide != UINT64_MAX ? true : false), critical_high_tide, true, 0,
-                                                                                  true, path->inodes_total));
+        if (verbose > 2) {
+                for (parameter_list_elem *filesystem = config.path_select_list.first; filesystem;
+                         filesystem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(filesystem)) {
+                        assert(filesystem->best_match != NULL);
+                        if (filesystem->best_match == NULL) {
+                                printf("Filesystem path %s has no mount_entry!\n", filesystem->name);
+                        } else {
+                                // printf("Filesystem path %s has a mount_entry!\n", filesystem->name);
                         }
+                }
+        }
 
-                        if (disk_result == STATE_OK && erronly && !verbose)
-                                continue;
-
-                        if (disk_result && verbose >= 1) {
-                                xasprintf(&flag_header, " %s [", state_text(disk_result));
+        measurement_unit_list *measurements = NULL;
+        measurement_unit_list *current = NULL;
+        // create measuring units, because of groups
+        for (parameter_list_elem *filesystem = config.path_select_list.first; filesystem;
+                 filesystem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(filesystem)) {
+                assert(filesystem->best_match != NULL);
+
+                if (filesystem->group == NULL) {
+                        // create a measurement unit for the fs
+                        measurement_unit unit =
+                                create_measurement_unit_from_filesystem(*filesystem, config.display_mntp);
+                        if (measurements == NULL) {
+                                measurements = current = add_measurement_list(NULL, unit);
                         } else {
-                                xasprintf(&flag_header, "");
+                                current = add_measurement_list(measurements, unit);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&output, "%s%s %s %llu%s (%.1f%%", output, flag_header,
-                                          (!strcmp(me->me_mountdir, "none") || display_mntp) ? me->me_devname : me->me_mountdir, path->dfree_units, units,
-                                          path->dfree_pct);
-                        if (path->dused_inodes_percent < 0) {
-                                xasprintf(&output, "%s inode=-)%s;", output, (disk_result ? "]" : ""));
+                } else {
+                        // Grouped elements are consecutive
+                        if (measurements == NULL) {
+                                // first entry
+                                measurement_unit unit =
+                                        create_measurement_unit_from_filesystem(*filesystem, config.display_mntp);
+                                unit.name = strdup(filesystem->group);
+                                measurements = current = add_measurement_list(NULL, unit);
                         } else {
-                                xasprintf(&output, "%s inode=%.0f%%)%s;", output, path->dfree_inodes_percent, ((disk_result && verbose >= 1) ? "]" : ""));
+                                // if this is the first element of a group, the name of the previous entry is
+                                // different
+                                if (strcmp(filesystem->group, current->unit.name) != 0) {
+                                        // so, this must be the first element of a group
+                                        measurement_unit unit =
+                                                create_measurement_unit_from_filesystem(*filesystem, config.display_mntp);
+                                        unit.name = filesystem->group;
+                                        current = add_measurement_list(measurements, unit);
+
+                                } else {
+                                        // NOT the first entry of a group, add info to the other one
+                                        current->unit = add_filesystem_to_measurement_unit(current->unit, *filesystem);
+                                }
                         }
-                        free(flag_header);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
-                xasprintf(&output, "%s%s", output, details);
+        /* Process for every path in list */
+        if (measurements != NULL) {
+                for (measurement_unit_list *unit = measurements; unit; unit = unit->next) {
+                        mp_subcheck unit_sc = evaluate_filesystem(unit->unit, config.display_inodes_perfdata,
+                                                                                                          config.display_unit);
+                        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, unit_sc);
+                }
+        } else {
+                // Apparently no machting fs found
+                mp_subcheck none_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&none_sc.output, "No filesystems were found for the provided parameters");
 
-        if (strcmp(output, "") == 0 && !erronly) {
-                preamble = "";
-                xasprintf(&output, " - No disks were found for provided parameters");
+                if (config.ignore_missing) {
+                        none_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(none_sc, STATE_OK);
+                } else {
+                        none_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(none_sc, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, none_sc);
         }
 
-        printf("DISK %s%s%s%s%s|%s\n", state_text(result), ((erronly && result == STATE_OK)) ? "" : preamble, output,
-                   (strcmp(ignored, "") == 0) ? "" : ignored_preamble, ignored, perf);
-        return result;
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 double calculate_percent(uintmax_t value, uintmax_t total) {
         double pct = -1;
         if (value <= DBL_MAX && total != 0) {
-                pct = (double)value / total * 100.0;
+                pct = (double)value / (double)total * 100.0;
         }
+
         return pct;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        int err;
-        struct parameter_list *se;
-        struct parameter_list *temp_list = NULL;
-        struct parameter_list *previous = NULL;
-        struct mount_entry *me;
-        regex_t re;
-        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
-        int default_cflags = cflags;
-        char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        int fnd = 0;
+check_disk_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+
+        check_disk_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_disk_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                display_unit_index,
+        };
 
-        int option = 0;
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
                                                                            {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
                                                                            {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
                                                                            {"iwarning", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
-                                                                           /* Dang, -C is taken. We might want to reshuffle this. */
                                                                            {"icritical", required_argument, 0, 'K'},
                                                                            {"kilobytes", no_argument, 0, 'k'},
                                                                            {"megabytes", no_argument, 0, 'm'},
@@ -507,24 +416,43 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"clear", no_argument, 0, 'C'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                                                                           {"display-unit", required_argument, 0, display_unit_index},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+        }
+
+        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
+        int default_cflags = cflags;
+        char *warn_freespace_units = NULL;
+        char *crit_freespace_units = NULL;
+        char *warn_freespace_percent = NULL;
+        char *crit_freespace_percent = NULL;
+        char *warn_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
+        char *crit_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
 
-        np_add_regex(&fs_exclude_list, "iso9660", REG_EXTENDED);
+        bool path_selected = false;
+        char *group = NULL;
+        byte_unit unit = MebiBytes_factor;
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
+        result.config.mount_list = read_file_system_list(false);
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+?VqhvefCt:c:w:K:W:u:p:x:X:N:mklLPg:R:r:i:I:MEAn", longopts, &option);
+        np_add_regex(&result.config.fs_exclude_list, "iso9660", REG_EXTENDED);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+        while (true) {
+                int option = 0;
+                int option_index = getopt_long(
+                        argc, argv, "+?VqhvefCt:c:w:K:W:u:p:x:X:N:mklLPg:R:r:i:I:MEAn", longopts, &option);
+
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
                         if (is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
@@ -555,10 +483,10 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         break;
 
                 /* Awful mistake where the range values do not make sense. Normally,
-                   you alert if the value is within the range, but since we are using
-                   freespace, we have to alert if outside the range. Thus we artificially
-                   force @ at the beginning of the range, so that it is backwards compatible
-                */
+                 * you alert if the value is within the range, but since we are using
+                 * freespace, we have to alert if outside the range. Thus we artificially
+                 * force @ at the beginning of the range, so that it is backwards compatible
+                 */
                 case 'c': /* critical threshold */
                         if (!is_percentage_expression(optarg) && !is_numeric(optarg)) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Argument for --critical invalid or missing: %s\n", optarg);
@@ -594,181 +522,193 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'u':
-                        if (units)
-                                free(units);
                         if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "bytes")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1;
-                                units = strdup("B");
+                                unit = Bytes_Factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "KiB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1024;
-                                units = strdup("KiB");
+                                unit = KibiBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "kB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1000;
-                                units = strdup("kB");
+                                unit = KiloBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MiB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024;
-                                units = strdup("MiB");
+                                unit = MebiBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1000 * 1000;
-                                units = strdup("MB");
+                                unit = MegaBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "GiB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-                                units = strdup("GiB");
+                                unit = GibiBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "GB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1000 * 1000 * 1000;
-                                units = strdup("GB");
+                                unit = GigaBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TiB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-                                units = strdup("TiB");
+                                unit = TebiBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
-                                units = strdup("TB");
+                                unit = TeraBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PiB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-                                units = strdup("PiB");
+                                unit = PebiBytes_factor;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PB")) {
-                                mult = (uintmax_t)1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
-                                units = strdup("PB");
+                                unit = PetaBytes_factor;
                         } else {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("unit type %s not known\n"), optarg);
                         }
-                        if (units == NULL)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("failed allocating storage for '%s'\n"), "units");
                         break;
-                case 'k': /* display mountpoint */
-                        mult = 1024;
-                        if (units)
-                                free(units);
-                        units = strdup("kiB");
+                case 'k':
+                        unit = KibiBytes_factor;
                         break;
-                case 'm': /* display mountpoint */
-                        mult = 1024 * 1024;
-                        if (units)
-                                free(units);
-                        units = strdup("MiB");
+                case 'm':
+                        unit = MebiBytes_factor;
+                        break;
+                case display_unit_index:
+                        if (!strcasecmp(optarg, "bytes")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = Bytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "KiB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = KibiBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "kB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = KiloBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MiB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = MebiBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = MegaBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "GiB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = GibiBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "GB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = GigaBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TiB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = TebiBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = TeraBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PiB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = PebiBytes;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PB")) {
+                                result.config.display_unit = PetaBytes;
+                        } else {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("unit type %s not known\n"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'L':
-                        stat_remote_fs = 1;
+                        result.config.stat_remote_fs = true;
                         /* fallthrough */
                 case 'l':
-                        show_local_fs = 1;
+                        result.config.show_local_fs = true;
                         break;
                 case 'P':
-                        display_inodes_perfdata = 1;
+                        result.config.display_inodes_perfdata = true;
                         break;
-                case 'p': /* select path */
-                        if (!(warn_freespace_units || crit_freespace_units || warn_freespace_percent || crit_freespace_percent ||
-                                  warn_usedspace_units || crit_usedspace_units || warn_usedspace_percent || crit_usedspace_percent ||
-                                  warn_usedinodes_percent || crit_usedinodes_percent || warn_freeinodes_percent || crit_freeinodes_percent)) {
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Must set a threshold value before using -p\n"));
+                case 'p': /* select path */ {
+                        if (!(warn_freespace_units || crit_freespace_units || warn_freespace_percent ||
+                                  crit_freespace_percent || warn_freeinodes_percent || crit_freeinodes_percent)) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Must set a threshold value before using -p\n"));
                         }
 
                         /* add parameter if not found. overwrite thresholds if path has already been added  */
-                        if (!(se = np_find_parameter(path_select_list, optarg))) {
-                                se = np_add_parameter(&path_select_list, optarg);
-
-                                if (stat(optarg, &stat_buf[0]) && ignore_missing == true) {
-                                        path_ignored = true;
-                                        break;
-                                }
+                        parameter_list_elem *search_entry;
+                        if (!(search_entry = mp_int_fs_list_find(result.config.path_select_list, optarg))) {
+                                search_entry = mp_int_fs_list_append(&result.config.path_select_list, optarg);
+
+                                // struct stat stat_buf = {};
+                                // if (stat(optarg, &stat_buf) && result.config.ignore_missing) {
+                                // result.config.path_ignored = true;
+                                // break;
+                                // }
                         }
-                        se->group = group;
-                        set_all_thresholds(se);
+                        search_entry->group = group;
+                        set_all_thresholds(search_entry, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units,
+                                                           warn_freespace_percent, crit_freespace_percent,
+
+                                                           warn_freeinodes_percent, crit_freeinodes_percent);
 
                         /* With autofs, it is required to stat() the path before re-populating the mount_list */
-                        if (!stat_path(se)) {
-                                break;
-                        }
-                        /* NB: We can't free the old mount_list "just like that": both list pointers and struct
-                         * pointers are copied around. One of the reason it wasn't done yet is that other parts
-                         * of check_disk need the same kind of cleanup so it'd better be done as a whole */
-                        mount_list = read_file_system_list(0);
-                        np_set_best_match(se, mount_list, exact_match);
+                        // if (!stat_path(se, result.config.ignore_missing)) {
+                        // break;
+                        // }
+                        mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(result.config.path_select_list, result.config.mount_list,
+                                                                                  result.config.exact_match);
 
                         path_selected = true;
-                        break;
+                } break;
                 case 'x': /* exclude path or partition */
-                        np_add_name(&dp_exclude_list, optarg);
+                        np_add_name(&result.config.device_path_exclude_list, optarg);
                         break;
-                case 'X': /* exclude file system type */
-                        err = np_add_regex(&fs_exclude_list, optarg, REG_EXTENDED);
+                case 'X': /* exclude file system type */ {
+                        int err = np_add_regex(&result.config.fs_exclude_list, optarg, REG_EXTENDED);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &fs_exclude_list->regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                                regerror(err, &result.config.fs_exclude_list->regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'N': /* include file system type */
-                        err = np_add_regex(&fs_include_list, optarg, REG_EXTENDED);
+                        err = np_add_regex(&result.config.fs_include_list, optarg, REG_EXTENDED);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &fs_exclude_list->regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                                regerror(err, &result.config.fs_exclude_list->regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
                         }
-                        break;
+                } break;
                 case 'v': /* verbose */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'q': /* TODO: this function should eventually go away (removed 2007-09-20) */
                         /* verbose--; **replaced by line below**. -q was only a broken way of implementing -e */
-                        erronly = true;
+                        result.config.erronly = true;
                         break;
                 case 'e':
-                        erronly = true;
+                        result.config.erronly = true;
                         break;
                 case 'E':
-                        if (path_selected)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Must set -E before selecting paths\n"));
-                        exact_match = true;
+                        if (path_selected) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Must set -E before selecting paths\n"));
+                        }
+                        result.config.exact_match = true;
                         break;
                 case 'f':
-                        freespace_ignore_reserved = true;
+                        result.config.freespace_ignore_reserved = true;
                         break;
                 case 'g':
-                        if (path_selected)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Must set group value before selecting paths\n"));
+                        if (path_selected) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Must set group value before selecting paths\n"));
+                        }
                         group = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'I':
                         cflags |= REG_ICASE;
                         // Intentional fallthrough
-                case 'i':
-                        if (!path_selected)
+                case 'i': {
+                        if (!path_selected) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
-                                        _("Paths need to be selected before using -i/-I. Use -A to select all paths explicitly"));
-                        err = regcomp(&re, optarg, cflags);
+                                        _("Paths need to be selected before using -i/-I. Use -A to select all paths "
+                                          "explicitly"));
+                        }
+                        regex_t regex;
+                        int err = regcomp(&regex, optarg, cflags);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &re, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                                regerror(err, &regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
                         }
 
-                        temp_list = path_select_list;
+                        for (parameter_list_elem *elem = result.config.path_select_list.first; elem;) {
+                                if (elem->best_match) {
+                                        if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(elem->best_match, &regex)) {
 
-                        previous = NULL;
-                        while (temp_list) {
-                                if (temp_list->best_match) {
-                                        if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(temp_list->best_match, &re)) {
+                                                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                                        printf("ignoring %s matching regex\n", elem->name);
+                                                }
 
-                                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                                        printf("ignoring %s matching regex\n", temp_list->name);
-
-                                                temp_list = np_del_parameter(temp_list, previous);
-                                                /* pointer to first element needs to be updated if first item gets deleted */
-                                                if (previous == NULL)
-                                                        path_select_list = temp_list;
-                                        } else {
-                                                previous = temp_list;
-                                                temp_list = temp_list->name_next;
+                                                elem = mp_int_fs_list_del(&result.config.path_select_list, elem);
+                                                continue;
                                         }
-                                } else {
-                                        previous = temp_list;
-                                        temp_list = temp_list->name_next;
                                 }
+
+                                elem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(elem);
                         }
 
                         cflags = default_cflags;
-                        break;
-
+                } break;
                 case 'n':
-                        ignore_missing = true;
+                        result.config.ignore_missing = true;
                         break;
                 case 'A':
                         optarg = strdup(".*");
@@ -776,80 +716,96 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'R':
                         cflags |= REG_ICASE;
                         // Intentional fallthrough
-                case 'r':
-                        if (!(warn_freespace_units || crit_freespace_units || warn_freespace_percent || crit_freespace_percent ||
-                                  warn_usedspace_units || crit_usedspace_units || warn_usedspace_percent || crit_usedspace_percent ||
-                                  warn_usedinodes_percent || crit_usedinodes_percent || warn_freeinodes_percent || crit_freeinodes_percent)) {
+                case 'r': {
+                        if (!(warn_freespace_units || crit_freespace_units || warn_freespace_percent ||
+                                  crit_freespace_percent || warn_freeinodes_percent || crit_freeinodes_percent)) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"),
-                                        _("Must set a threshold value before using -r/-R/-A (--ereg-path/--eregi-path/--all)\n"));
+                                        _("Must set a threshold value before using -r/-R/-A "
+                                          "(--ereg-path/--eregi-path/--all)\n"));
                         }
 
-                        err = regcomp(&re, optarg, cflags);
+                        regex_t regex;
+                        int err = regcomp(&regex, optarg, cflags);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &re, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                                regerror(err, &regex, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
                         }
 
-                        for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                                if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(me, &re)) {
-                                        fnd = true;
-                                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                                printf("%s %s matching expression %s\n", me->me_devname, me->me_mountdir, optarg);
+                        bool found = false;
+                        for (struct mount_entry *me = result.config.mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
+                                if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(me, &regex)) {
+                                        found = true;
+                                        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                                printf("%s %s matching expression %s\n", me->me_devname, me->me_mountdir,
+                                                           optarg);
+                                        }
 
-                                        /* add parameter if not found. overwrite thresholds if path has already been added  */
-                                        if (!(se = np_find_parameter(path_select_list, me->me_mountdir))) {
-                                                se = np_add_parameter(&path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
+                                        /* add parameter if not found. overwrite thresholds if path has already been
+                                         * added  */
+                                        parameter_list_elem *se = NULL;
+                                        if (!(se = mp_int_fs_list_find(result.config.path_select_list,
+                                                                                                   me->me_mountdir))) {
+                                                se =
+                                                        mp_int_fs_list_append(&result.config.path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
                                         }
                                         se->group = group;
-                                        set_all_thresholds(se);
+                                        set_all_thresholds(se, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units,
+                                                                           warn_freespace_percent, crit_freespace_percent,
+                                                                           warn_freeinodes_percent, crit_freeinodes_percent);
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (!fnd && ignore_missing == true) {
-                                path_ignored = true;
-                                path_selected = true;
-                                break;
+                        if (!found) {
+                                if (result.config.ignore_missing) {
+                                        result.config.path_ignored = true;
+                                        path_selected = true;
+                                        break;
+                                }
+
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Regular expression did not match any path or disk"), optarg);
                         }
-                        if (!fnd)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Regular expression did not match any path or disk"), optarg);
 
-                        fnd = false;
                         path_selected = true;
-                        np_set_best_match(path_select_list, mount_list, exact_match);
+                        mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(result.config.path_select_list, result.config.mount_list,
+                                                                                  result.config.exact_match);
                         cflags = default_cflags;
 
-                        break;
+                } break;
                 case 'M': /* display mountpoint */
-                        display_mntp = true;
+                        result.config.display_mntp = true;
                         break;
-                case 'C':
-                        /* add all mount entries to path_select list if no partitions have been explicitly defined using -p */
-                        if (path_selected == false) {
-                                struct parameter_list *path;
-                                for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                                        if (!(path = np_find_parameter(path_select_list, me->me_mountdir)))
-                                                path = np_add_parameter(&path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
+                case 'C': {
+                        /* add all mount entries to path_select list if no partitions have been explicitly
+                         * defined using -p */
+                        if (!path_selected) {
+                                parameter_list_elem *path;
+                                for (struct mount_entry *me = result.config.mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
+                                        if (!(path = mp_int_fs_list_find(result.config.path_select_list,
+                                                                                                         me->me_mountdir))) {
+                                                path =
+                                                        mp_int_fs_list_append(&result.config.path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
+                                        }
                                         path->best_match = me;
                                         path->group = group;
-                                        set_all_thresholds(path);
+                                        set_all_thresholds(path, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units,
+                                                                           warn_freespace_percent, crit_freespace_percent,
+                                                                           warn_freeinodes_percent, crit_freeinodes_percent);
                                 }
                         }
+
                         warn_freespace_units = NULL;
                         crit_freespace_units = NULL;
-                        warn_usedspace_units = NULL;
-                        crit_usedspace_units = NULL;
                         warn_freespace_percent = NULL;
                         crit_freespace_percent = NULL;
-                        warn_usedspace_percent = NULL;
-                        crit_usedspace_percent = NULL;
-                        warn_usedinodes_percent = NULL;
-                        crit_usedinodes_percent = NULL;
                         warn_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
                         crit_freeinodes_percent = NULL;
 
                         path_selected = false;
                         group = NULL;
-                        break;
+                } break;
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -858,50 +814,152 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case '?': /* help */
                         usage(_("Unknown argument"));
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 }
         }
 
         /* Support for "check_disk warn crit [fs]" with thresholds at used% level */
-        c = optind;
-        if (warn_usedspace_percent == NULL && argc > c && is_intnonneg(argv[c]))
-                warn_usedspace_percent = argv[c++];
+        int index = optind;
+
+        if (argc > index && is_intnonneg(argv[index])) {
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("Got an positional warn threshold: %s\n", argv[index]);
+                }
+                char *range = argv[index++];
+                mp_range_parsed tmp = mp_parse_range_string(range);
+                if (tmp.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed to parse warning threshold");
+                }
+
+                mp_range tmp_range = tmp.range;
+                // Invert range to use it for free instead of used
+                // tmp_range.alert_on_inside_range = !tmp_range.alert_on_inside_range;
 
-        if (crit_usedspace_percent == NULL && argc > c && is_intnonneg(argv[c]))
-                crit_usedspace_percent = argv[c++];
+                warn_freespace_percent = mp_range_to_string(tmp_range);
 
-        if (argc > c) {
-                se = np_add_parameter(&path_select_list, strdup(argv[c++]));
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("Positional warning threshold transformed to: %s\n", warn_freespace_percent);
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (argc > index && is_intnonneg(argv[index])) {
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("Got an positional crit threshold: %s\n", argv[index]);
+                }
+                char *range = argv[index++];
+                mp_range_parsed tmp = mp_parse_range_string(range);
+                if (tmp.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed to parse warning threshold");
+                }
+
+                mp_range tmp_range = tmp.range;
+                // Invert range to use it for free instead of used
+                // tmp_range.alert_on_inside_range = !tmp_range.alert_on_inside_range;
+
+                crit_freespace_percent = mp_range_to_string(tmp_range);
+
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("Positional critical threshold transformed to: %s\n", crit_freespace_percent);
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (argc > index) {
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("Got an positional filesystem: %s\n", argv[index]);
+                }
+                struct parameter_list *se =
+                        mp_int_fs_list_append(&result.config.path_select_list, strdup(argv[index++]));
                 path_selected = true;
-                set_all_thresholds(se);
+                set_all_thresholds(se, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units, warn_freespace_percent,
+                                                   crit_freespace_percent, warn_freeinodes_percent,
+                                                   crit_freeinodes_percent);
         }
 
-        if (units == NULL) {
-                units = strdup("MiB");
-                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024;
+        // If a list of paths has not been explicitly selected, find entire
+        // mount list and create list of paths
+        if (!path_selected && !result.config.path_ignored) {
+                for (struct mount_entry *me = result.config.mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
+                        if (me->me_dummy != 0) {
+                                // just do not add dummy filesystems
+                                continue;
+                        }
+
+                        parameter_list_elem *path = NULL;
+                        if (!(path = mp_int_fs_list_find(result.config.path_select_list, me->me_mountdir))) {
+                                path = mp_int_fs_list_append(&result.config.path_select_list, me->me_mountdir);
+                        }
+                        path->best_match = me;
+                        path->group = group;
+                        set_all_thresholds(path, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units,
+                                                           warn_freespace_percent, crit_freespace_percent,
+                                                           warn_freeinodes_percent, crit_freeinodes_percent);
+                }
         }
 
-        return true;
+        // Set thresholds to the appropriate unit
+        for (parameter_list_elem *tmp = result.config.path_select_list.first; tmp;
+                 tmp = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(tmp)) {
+
+                mp_perfdata_value factor = mp_create_pd_value(unit);
+
+                if (tmp->freespace_units.critical_is_set) {
+                        tmp->freespace_units.critical =
+                                mp_range_multiply(tmp->freespace_units.critical, factor);
+                }
+                if (tmp->freespace_units.warning_is_set) {
+                        tmp->freespace_units.warning = mp_range_multiply(tmp->freespace_units.warning, factor);
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
 
-void set_all_thresholds(struct parameter_list *path) {
-        if (path->freespace_units != NULL)
-                free(path->freespace_units);
-        set_thresholds(&path->freespace_units, warn_freespace_units, crit_freespace_units);
-        if (path->freespace_percent != NULL)
-                free(path->freespace_percent);
-        set_thresholds(&path->freespace_percent, warn_freespace_percent, crit_freespace_percent);
-        if (path->usedspace_units != NULL)
-                free(path->usedspace_units);
-        set_thresholds(&path->usedspace_units, warn_usedspace_units, crit_usedspace_units);
-        if (path->usedspace_percent != NULL)
-                free(path->usedspace_percent);
-        set_thresholds(&path->usedspace_percent, warn_usedspace_percent, crit_usedspace_percent);
-        if (path->usedinodes_percent != NULL)
-                free(path->usedinodes_percent);
-        set_thresholds(&path->usedinodes_percent, warn_usedinodes_percent, crit_usedinodes_percent);
-        if (path->freeinodes_percent != NULL)
-                free(path->freeinodes_percent);
-        set_thresholds(&path->freeinodes_percent, warn_freeinodes_percent, crit_freeinodes_percent);
+void set_all_thresholds(parameter_list_elem *path, char *warn_freespace_units,
+                                                char *crit_freespace_units, char *warn_freespace_percent,
+                                                char *crit_freespace_percent, char *warn_freeinodes_percent,
+                                                char *crit_freeinodes_percent) {
+        mp_range_parsed tmp;
+
+        if (warn_freespace_units) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(warn_freespace_units);
+                path->freespace_units = mp_thresholds_set_warn(path->freespace_units, tmp.range);
+        }
+
+        if (crit_freespace_units) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(crit_freespace_units);
+                path->freespace_units = mp_thresholds_set_crit(path->freespace_units, tmp.range);
+        }
+
+        if (warn_freespace_percent) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(warn_freespace_percent);
+                path->freespace_percent = mp_thresholds_set_warn(path->freespace_percent, tmp.range);
+        }
+
+        if (crit_freespace_percent) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(crit_freespace_percent);
+                path->freespace_percent = mp_thresholds_set_crit(path->freespace_percent, tmp.range);
+        }
+
+        if (warn_freeinodes_percent) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(warn_freeinodes_percent);
+                path->freeinodes_percent = mp_thresholds_set_warn(path->freeinodes_percent, tmp.range);
+        }
+
+        if (crit_freeinodes_percent) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(crit_freeinodes_percent);
+                path->freeinodes_percent = mp_thresholds_set_crit(path->freeinodes_percent, tmp.range);
+        }
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -911,7 +969,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
         printf("%s\n", _("This plugin checks the amount of used disk space on a mounted file system"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("and generates an alert if free space is less than one of the threshold values"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("and generates an alert if free space is less than one of the threshold values"));
 
         printf("\n\n");
 
@@ -933,7 +992,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-K, --icritical=PERCENT%");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with CRITICAL status if less than PERCENT of inode space is free"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-p, --path=PATH, --partition=PARTITION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Mount point or block device as emitted by the mount(8) command (may be repeated)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Mount point or block device as emitted by the mount(8) command (may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-x, --exclude_device=PATH <STRING>");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore device (only works if -p unspecified)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-C, --clear");
@@ -947,167 +1007,298 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-P, --iperfdata");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Display inode usage in perfdata"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-g, --group=NAME");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Group paths. Thresholds apply to (free-)space of all partitions together"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --kilobytes");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Same as '--units kB'"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Group paths. Thresholds apply to (free-)space of all partitions together"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-l, --local");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Only check local filesystems"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-L, --stat-remote-fs");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Only check local filesystems against thresholds. Yet call stat on remote filesystems"));
+        printf(
+                "    %s\n",
+                _("Only check local filesystems against thresholds. Yet call stat on remote filesystems"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("to test if they are accessible (e.g. to detect Stale NFS Handles)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-M, --mountpoint");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Display the (block) device instead of the mount point"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-m, --megabytes");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Same as '--units MB'"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-A, --all");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Explicitly select all paths. This is equivalent to -R '.*'"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-R, --eregi-path=PATH, --eregi-partition=PARTITION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Case insensitive regular expression for path/partition (may be repeated)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Case insensitive regular expression for path/partition (may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-r, --ereg-path=PATH, --ereg-partition=PARTITION");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Regular expression for path or partition (may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-I, --ignore-eregi-path=PATH, --ignore-eregi-partition=PARTITION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Regular expression to ignore selected path/partition (case insensitive) (may be repeated)"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Regular expression to ignore selected path/partition (case insensitive) "
+                                                 "(may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-i, --ignore-ereg-path=PATH, --ignore-ereg-partition=PARTITION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Regular expression to ignore selected path or partition (may be repeated)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Regular expression to ignore selected path or partition (may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-n, --ignore-missing");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Return OK if no filesystem matches, filesystem does not exist or is inaccessible."));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Return OK if no filesystem matches, filesystem does not exist or is inaccessible."));
         printf("    %s\n", _("(Provide this option before -p / -r / --ereg-path if used)"));
         printf(UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
         printf(" %s\n", "-u, --units=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Choose bytes, kB, MB, GB, TB (default: MB)"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Select the unit used for the absolute value thresholds"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Choose one of \"bytes\", \"KiB\", \"kB\", \"MiB\", \"MB\", \"GiB\", "
+                                                 "\"GB\", \"TiB\", \"TB\", \"PiB\", \"PB\" (default: MiB)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --kilobytes");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Same as '--units kB'"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--display-unit");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Select the unit used for in the output"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Choose one of \"bytes\", \"KiB\", \"kB\", \"MiB\", \"MB\", \"GiB\", "
+                                                 "\"GB\", \"TiB\", \"TB\", \"PiB\", \"PB\" (default: MiB)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-m, --megabytes");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Same as '--units MB'"));
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
         printf(" %s\n", "-X, --exclude-type=TYPE_REGEX");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore all filesystems of types matching given regex(7) (may be repeated)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Ignore all filesystems of types matching given regex(7) (may be repeated)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-N, --include-type=TYPE_REGEX");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Check only filesystems where the type matches this given regex(7) (may be repeated)"));
+        printf(
+                "    %s\n",
+                _("Check only filesystems where the type matches this given regex(7) (may be repeated)"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("General usage hints:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- Arguments are positional! \"-w 5 -c 1 -p /foo -w6 -c2 -p /bar\" is not the same as"));
+        printf(
+                " %s\n",
+                _("- Arguments are positional! \"-w 5 -c 1 -p /foo -w6 -c2 -p /bar\" is not the same as"));
         printf("   %s\n", _("\"-w 5 -c 1 -p /bar w6 -c2 -p /foo\"."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- The syntax is broadly: \"{thresholds a} {paths a} -C {thresholds b} {thresholds b} ...\""));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("- The syntax is broadly: \"{thresholds a} {paths a} -C {thresholds b} "
+                                          "{thresholds b} ...\""));
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
         printf(" %s\n", "check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -p /tmp -p /var -C -w 100000 -c 50000 -p /");
         printf("    %s\n\n", _("Checks /tmp and /var at 10% and 5%, and / at 100MB and 50MB"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "check_disk -w 100 -c 50 -C -w 1000 -c 500 -g sidDATA -r '^/oracle/SID/data.*$'");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Checks all filesystems not matching -r at 100M and 50M. The fs matching the -r regex"));
-        printf("    %s\n\n", _("are grouped which means the freespace thresholds are applied to all disks together"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   "check_disk -w 100 -c 50 -C -w 1000 -c 500 -g sidDATA -r '^/oracle/SID/data.*$'");
+        printf(
+                "    %s\n",
+                _("Checks all filesystems not matching -r at 100M and 50M. The fs matching the -r regex"));
+        printf("    %s\n\n",
+                   _("are grouped which means the freespace thresholds are applied to all disks together"));
         printf(" %s\n", "check_disk -w 100 -c 50 -C -w 1000 -c 500 -p /foo -C -w 5% -c 3% -p /bar");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Checks /foo for 1000M/500M and /bar for 5/3%. All remaining volumes use 100M/50M"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Checks /foo for 1000M/500M and /bar for 5/3%. All remaining volumes use 100M/50M"));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s {-w absolute_limit |-w  percentage_limit%% | -W inode_percentage_limit } {-c absolute_limit|-c percentage_limit%% | -K "
+        printf(" %s {-w absolute_limit |-w  percentage_limit%% | -W inode_percentage_limit } {-c "
+                   "absolute_limit|-c percentage_limit%% | -K "
                    "inode_percentage_limit } {-p path | -x device}\n",
                    progname);
         printf("[-C] [-E] [-e] [-f] [-g group ] [-k] [-l] [-M] [-m] [-R path ] [-r path ]\n");
         printf("[-t timeout] [-u unit] [-v] [-X type_regex] [-N type]\n");
 }
 
-bool stat_path(struct parameter_list *p) {
+bool stat_path(parameter_list_elem *parameters, bool ignore_missing) {
         /* Stat entry to check that dir exists and is accessible */
-        if (verbose >= 3)
-                printf("calling stat on %s\n", p->name);
-        if (stat(p->name, &stat_buf[0])) {
-                if (verbose >= 3)
-                        printf("stat failed on %s\n", p->name);
-                if (ignore_missing == true) {
+        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                printf("calling stat on %s\n", parameters->name);
+        }
+
+        struct stat stat_buf = {0};
+        if (stat(parameters->name, &stat_buf)) {
+                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                        printf("stat failed on %s\n", parameters->name);
+                }
+                if (ignore_missing) {
                         return false;
                 }
                 printf("DISK %s - ", _("CRITICAL"));
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("%s %s: %s\n"), p->name, _("is not accessible"), strerror(errno));
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("%s %s: %s\n"), parameters->name, _("is not accessible"),
+                        strerror(errno));
         }
+
         return true;
 }
 
-void get_stats(struct parameter_list *p, struct fs_usage *fsp) {
-        struct parameter_list *p_list;
-        struct fs_usage tmpfsp;
-        int first = 1;
+static parameter_list_elem get_path_stats(parameter_list_elem parameters, const struct fs_usage fsp,
+                                                                                  bool freespace_ignore_reserved) {
+        uintmax_t available = fsp.fsu_bavail;
+        uintmax_t available_to_root = fsp.fsu_bfree;
+        uintmax_t used = fsp.fsu_blocks - fsp.fsu_bfree;
+        uintmax_t total;
 
-        if (p->group == NULL) {
-                get_path_stats(p, fsp);
-        } else {
-                /* find all group members */
-                for (p_list = path_select_list; p_list; p_list = p_list->name_next) {
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
-                        if (strncmp(p_list->name, "/cygdrive/", 10) != 0)
-                                continue;
-#endif
-                        if (p_list->group && !(strcmp(p_list->group, p->group))) {
-                                if (!stat_path(p_list))
-                                        continue;
-                                get_fs_usage(p_list->best_match->me_mountdir, p_list->best_match->me_devname, &tmpfsp);
-                                get_path_stats(p_list, &tmpfsp);
-                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                        printf("Group %s: adding %lu blocks sized %lu, (%s) used_units=%lu free_units=%lu total_units=%lu mult=%lu\n",
-                                                   p_list->group, tmpfsp.fsu_blocks, tmpfsp.fsu_blocksize, p_list->best_match->me_mountdir, p_list->dused_units,
-                                                   p_list->dfree_units, p_list->dtotal_units, mult);
-
-                                /* prevent counting the first FS of a group twice since its parameter_list entry
-                                 * is used to carry the information of all file systems of the entire group */
-                                if (!first) {
-                                        p->total += p_list->total;
-                                        p->available += p_list->available;
-                                        p->available_to_root += p_list->available_to_root;
-                                        p->used += p_list->used;
-
-                                        p->dused_units += p_list->dused_units;
-                                        p->dfree_units += p_list->dfree_units;
-                                        p->dtotal_units += p_list->dtotal_units;
-                                        p->inodes_total += p_list->inodes_total;
-                                        p->inodes_free += p_list->inodes_free;
-                                        p->inodes_free_to_root += p_list->inodes_free_to_root;
-                                        p->inodes_used += p_list->inodes_used;
-                                }
-                                first = 0;
-                        }
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf("Group %s now has: used_units=%lu free_units=%lu total_units=%lu fsu_blocksize=%lu mult=%lu\n", p->group,
-                                           p->dused_units, p->dfree_units, p->dtotal_units, tmpfsp.fsu_blocksize, mult);
-                }
-                /* modify devname and mountdir for output */
-                p->best_match->me_mountdir = p->best_match->me_devname = p->group;
-        }
-        /* finally calculate percentages for either plain FS or summed up group */
-        p->dused_pct = calculate_percent(p->used, p->used + p->available); /* used + available can never be > uintmax */
-        p->dfree_pct = 100.0 - p->dused_pct;
-        p->dused_inodes_percent = calculate_percent(p->inodes_total - p->inodes_free, p->inodes_total);
-        p->dfree_inodes_percent = 100 - p->dused_inodes_percent;
-}
-
-void get_path_stats(struct parameter_list *p, struct fs_usage *fsp) {
-        p->available = fsp->fsu_bavail;
-        p->available_to_root = fsp->fsu_bfree;
-        p->used = fsp->fsu_blocks - fsp->fsu_bfree;
         if (freespace_ignore_reserved) {
                 /* option activated : we subtract the root-reserved space from the total */
-                p->total = fsp->fsu_blocks - p->available_to_root + p->available;
+                total = fsp.fsu_blocks - available_to_root + available;
         } else {
                 /* default behaviour : take all the blocks into account */
-                p->total = fsp->fsu_blocks;
+                total = fsp.fsu_blocks;
         }
 
-        p->dused_units = p->used * fsp->fsu_blocksize / mult;
-        p->dfree_units = p->available * fsp->fsu_blocksize / mult;
-        p->dtotal_units = p->total * fsp->fsu_blocksize / mult;
+        parameters.used_bytes = used * fsp.fsu_blocksize;
+        parameters.free_bytes = available * fsp.fsu_blocksize;
+        parameters.total_bytes = total * fsp.fsu_blocksize;
+
         /* Free file nodes. Not sure the workaround is required, but in case...*/
-        p->inodes_free = fsp->fsu_ffree;
-        p->inodes_free_to_root = fsp->fsu_ffree; /* Free file nodes for root. */
-        p->inodes_used = fsp->fsu_files - fsp->fsu_ffree;
+        parameters.inodes_free = fsp.fsu_ffree;
+        parameters.inodes_free_to_root = fsp.fsu_ffree; /* Free file nodes for root. */
+        parameters.inodes_used = fsp.fsu_files - fsp.fsu_ffree;
+
         if (freespace_ignore_reserved) {
                 /* option activated : we subtract the root-reserved inodes from the total */
                 /* not all OS report fsp->fsu_favail, only the ones with statvfs syscall */
                 /* for others, fsp->fsu_ffree == fsp->fsu_favail */
-                p->inodes_total = fsp->fsu_files - p->inodes_free_to_root + p->inodes_free;
+                parameters.inodes_total =
+                        fsp.fsu_files - parameters.inodes_free_to_root + parameters.inodes_free;
         } else {
                 /* default behaviour : take all the inodes into account */
-                p->inodes_total = fsp->fsu_files;
+                parameters.inodes_total = fsp.fsu_files;
         }
-        np_add_name(&seen, p->best_match->me_mountdir);
+
+        return parameters;
+}
+
+mp_subcheck evaluate_filesystem(measurement_unit measurement_unit, bool display_inodes_perfdata,
+                                                                byte_unit unit) {
+        mp_subcheck result = mp_subcheck_init();
+        result = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+        xasprintf(&result.output, "%s", measurement_unit.name);
+
+        if (!measurement_unit.is_group && measurement_unit.filesystem_type) {
+                xasprintf(&result.output, "%s (%s)", result.output, measurement_unit.filesystem_type);
+        }
+
+        /* Threshold comparisons */
+
+        // ===============================
+        // Free space absolute values test
+        mp_subcheck freespace_bytes_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        freespace_bytes_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(freespace_bytes_sc, STATE_OK);
+
+        if (unit != Humanized) {
+                xasprintf(&freespace_bytes_sc.output, "Free space absolute: %ju%s (of %ju%s)",
+                                  (uintmax_t)(measurement_unit.free_bytes / unit), get_unit_string(unit),
+                                  (uintmax_t)(measurement_unit.total_bytes / unit), get_unit_string(unit));
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&freespace_bytes_sc.output, "Free space absolute: %s (of %s)",
+                                  humanize_byte_value(measurement_unit.free_bytes, false),
+                                  humanize_byte_value((unsigned long long)measurement_unit.total_bytes, false));
+        }
+
+        mp_perfdata used_space = perfdata_init();
+        used_space.label = measurement_unit.name;
+        used_space.value = mp_create_pd_value(measurement_unit.free_bytes);
+        used_space = mp_set_pd_max_value(used_space, mp_create_pd_value(measurement_unit.total_bytes));
+        used_space = mp_set_pd_min_value(used_space, mp_create_pd_value(0));
+        used_space.uom = "B";
+        used_space = mp_pd_set_thresholds(used_space, measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds);
+        freespace_bytes_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(freespace_bytes_sc, mp_get_pd_status(used_space));
+
+        // special case for absolute space thresholds here:
+        // if absolute values are not set, compute the thresholds from percentage thresholds
+        mp_thresholds temp_thlds = measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds;
+        if (!temp_thlds.critical_is_set &&
+                measurement_unit.freespace_percent_thresholds.critical_is_set) {
+                mp_range tmp_range = measurement_unit.freespace_percent_thresholds.critical;
+
+                if (!tmp_range.end_infinity) {
+                        tmp_range.end = mp_create_pd_value(mp_get_pd_value(tmp_range.end) / 100 *
+                                                                                           measurement_unit.total_bytes);
+                }
+
+                if (!tmp_range.start_infinity) {
+                        tmp_range.start = mp_create_pd_value(mp_get_pd_value(tmp_range.start) / 100 *
+                                                                                                 measurement_unit.total_bytes);
+                }
+                measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds =
+                        mp_thresholds_set_crit(measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds, tmp_range);
+                used_space = mp_pd_set_thresholds(used_space, measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds);
+        }
+
+        if (!temp_thlds.warning_is_set &&
+                measurement_unit.freespace_percent_thresholds.warning_is_set) {
+                mp_range tmp_range = measurement_unit.freespace_percent_thresholds.warning;
+                if (!tmp_range.end_infinity) {
+                        tmp_range.end = mp_create_pd_value(mp_get_pd_value(tmp_range.end) / 100 *
+                                                                                           measurement_unit.total_bytes);
+                }
+                if (!tmp_range.start_infinity) {
+                        tmp_range.start = mp_create_pd_value(mp_get_pd_value(tmp_range.start) / 100 *
+                                                                                                 measurement_unit.total_bytes);
+                }
+                measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds =
+                        mp_thresholds_set_warn(measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds, tmp_range);
+                used_space = mp_pd_set_thresholds(used_space, measurement_unit.freespace_bytes_thresholds);
+        }
+
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&freespace_bytes_sc, used_space);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, freespace_bytes_sc);
+
+        // ==========================
+        // Free space percentage test
+        mp_subcheck freespace_percent_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        freespace_percent_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(freespace_percent_sc, STATE_OK);
+
+        double free_percentage =
+                calculate_percent(measurement_unit.free_bytes, measurement_unit.total_bytes);
+        xasprintf(&freespace_percent_sc.output, "Free space percentage: %g%%", free_percentage);
+
+        // Using perfdata here just to get to the test result
+        mp_perfdata free_space_percent_pd = perfdata_init();
+        free_space_percent_pd.value = mp_create_pd_value(free_percentage);
+        free_space_percent_pd =
+                mp_pd_set_thresholds(free_space_percent_pd, measurement_unit.freespace_percent_thresholds);
+
+        freespace_percent_sc =
+                mp_set_subcheck_state(freespace_percent_sc, mp_get_pd_status(free_space_percent_pd));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, freespace_percent_sc);
+
+        // ================
+        // Free inodes test
+        // Only ever useful if the number of inodes is static (e.g. ext4),
+        // not when it is dynamic (e.g btrfs)
+        // Assumption: if the total number of inodes == 0, we have such a case and just skip the test
+        if (measurement_unit.inodes_total > 0) {
+                mp_subcheck freeindodes_percent_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                freeindodes_percent_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(freeindodes_percent_sc, STATE_OK);
+
+                double free_inode_percentage =
+                        calculate_percent(measurement_unit.inodes_free, measurement_unit.inodes_total);
+
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("free inode percentage computed: %g\n", free_inode_percentage);
+                }
+
+                xasprintf(&freeindodes_percent_sc.output, "Inodes free: %g%% (%ju of %ju)",
+                                  free_inode_percentage, measurement_unit.inodes_free,
+                                  measurement_unit.inodes_total);
+
+                mp_perfdata inodes_pd = perfdata_init();
+                xasprintf(&inodes_pd.label, "%s (inodes)", measurement_unit.name);
+                inodes_pd = mp_set_pd_value(inodes_pd, measurement_unit.inodes_used);
+                inodes_pd =
+                        mp_set_pd_max_value(inodes_pd, mp_create_pd_value(measurement_unit.inodes_total));
+                inodes_pd = mp_set_pd_min_value(inodes_pd, mp_create_pd_value(0));
+
+                mp_thresholds absolut_inode_thresholds = measurement_unit.freeinodes_percent_thresholds;
+
+                if (absolut_inode_thresholds.critical_is_set) {
+                        absolut_inode_thresholds.critical =
+                                mp_range_multiply(absolut_inode_thresholds.critical,
+                                                                  mp_create_pd_value(measurement_unit.inodes_total / 100));
+                }
+                if (absolut_inode_thresholds.warning_is_set) {
+                        absolut_inode_thresholds.warning =
+                                mp_range_multiply(absolut_inode_thresholds.warning,
+                                                                  mp_create_pd_value(measurement_unit.inodes_total / 100));
+                }
+
+                inodes_pd = mp_pd_set_thresholds(inodes_pd, absolut_inode_thresholds);
+
+                freeindodes_percent_sc =
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(freeindodes_percent_sc, mp_get_pd_status(inodes_pd));
+                if (display_inodes_perfdata) {
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&freeindodes_percent_sc, inodes_pd);
+                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&result, freeindodes_percent_sc);
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.c b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b89018d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,528 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Library for check_disk
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains utilities for check_disk. These are tested by libtap
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "../common.h"
+#include "utils_disk.h"
+#include "../../gl/fsusage.h"
+#include "../../lib/thresholds.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+void np_add_name(struct name_list **list, const char *name) {
+        struct name_list *new_entry;
+        new_entry = (struct name_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_entry);
+        new_entry->name = (char *)name;
+        new_entry->next = *list;
+        *list = new_entry;
+}
+
+/* @brief Initialises a new regex at the begin of list via regcomp(3)
+ *
+ * @details if the regex fails to compile the error code of regcomp(3) is returned
+ *                                      and list is not modified, otherwise list is modified to point to the new
+ *                                      element
+ * @param list Pointer to a linked list of regex_list elements
+ * @param regex the string containing the regex which should be inserted into the list
+ * @param clags the cflags parameter for regcomp(3)
+ */
+int np_add_regex(struct regex_list **list, const char *regex, int cflags) {
+        struct regex_list *new_entry = (struct regex_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_entry);
+
+        if (new_entry == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        int regcomp_result = regcomp(&new_entry->regex, regex, cflags);
+
+        if (!regcomp_result) {
+                // regcomp succeeded
+                new_entry->next = *list;
+                *list = new_entry;
+
+                return 0;
+        }
+        // regcomp failed
+        free(new_entry);
+
+        return regcomp_result;
+}
+
+parameter_list_elem parameter_list_init(const char *name) {
+        parameter_list_elem result = {
+                .name = strdup(name),
+                .best_match = NULL,
+
+                .freespace_units = mp_thresholds_init(),
+                .freespace_percent = mp_thresholds_init(),
+                .freeinodes_percent = mp_thresholds_init(),
+
+                .group = NULL,
+
+                .inodes_total = 0,
+                .inodes_free = 0,
+                .inodes_free_to_root = 0,
+                .inodes_used = 0,
+
+                .used_bytes = 0,
+                .free_bytes = 0,
+                .total_bytes = 0,
+
+                .next = NULL,
+                .prev = NULL,
+        };
+        return result;
+}
+
+/* Returns true if name is in list */
+bool np_find_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name) {
+        if (list == NULL || name == NULL) {
+                return false;
+        }
+        for (struct name_list *iterator = list; iterator; iterator = iterator->next) {
+                if (!strcmp(name, iterator->name)) {
+                        return true;
+                }
+        }
+        return false;
+}
+
+/* Returns true if name is in list */
+bool np_find_regmatch(struct regex_list *list, const char *name) {
+        if (name == NULL) {
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        size_t len = strlen(name);
+
+        for (; list; list = list->next) {
+                /* Emulate a full match as if surrounded with ^( )$
+                   by checking whether the match spans the whole name */
+                regmatch_t dummy_match;
+                if (!regexec(&list->regex, name, 1, &dummy_match, 0) && dummy_match.rm_so == 0 &&
+                        dummy_match.rm_eo == len) {
+                        return true;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+}
+
+bool np_seen_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name) {
+        for (struct name_list *iterator = list; iterator; iterator = iterator->next) {
+                if (!strcmp(iterator->name, name)) {
+                        return true;
+                }
+        }
+        return false;
+}
+
+bool np_regex_match_mount_entry(struct mount_entry *me, regex_t *re) {
+        return ((regexec(re, me->me_devname, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0) ||
+                        (regexec(re, me->me_mountdir, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0));
+}
+
+check_disk_config check_disk_config_init() {
+        check_disk_config tmp = {
+                .erronly = false,
+                .display_mntp = false,
+                .show_local_fs = false,
+                .stat_remote_fs = false,
+                .display_inodes_perfdata = false,
+
+                .exact_match = false,
+                .freespace_ignore_reserved = false,
+
+                .ignore_missing = false,
+                .path_ignored = false,
+
+                // FS Filters
+                .fs_exclude_list = NULL,
+                .fs_include_list = NULL,
+                .device_path_exclude_list = NULL,
+
+                // Actual filesystems paths to investigate
+                .path_select_list = filesystem_list_init(),
+
+                .mount_list = NULL,
+                .seen = NULL,
+
+                .display_unit = Humanized,
+                // .unit = MebiBytes,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+char *get_unit_string(byte_unit_enum unit) {
+        switch (unit) {
+        case Bytes:
+                return "Bytes";
+        case KibiBytes:
+                return "KiB";
+        case MebiBytes:
+                return "MiB";
+        case GibiBytes:
+                return "GiB";
+        case TebiBytes:
+                return "TiB";
+        case PebiBytes:
+                return "PiB";
+        case ExbiBytes:
+                return "EiB";
+        case KiloBytes:
+                return "KB";
+        case MegaBytes:
+                return "MB";
+        case GigaBytes:
+                return "GB";
+        case TeraBytes:
+                return "TB";
+        case PetaBytes:
+                return "PB";
+        case ExaBytes:
+                return "EB";
+        default:
+                assert(false);
+        }
+}
+
+measurement_unit measurement_unit_init() {
+        measurement_unit tmp = {
+                .name = NULL,
+                .filesystem_type = NULL,
+                .is_group = false,
+
+                .freeinodes_percent_thresholds = mp_thresholds_init(),
+                .freespace_percent_thresholds = mp_thresholds_init(),
+                .freespace_bytes_thresholds = mp_thresholds_init(),
+
+                .free_bytes = 0,
+                .used_bytes = 0,
+                .total_bytes = 0,
+
+                .inodes_total = 0,
+                .inodes_free = 0,
+                .inodes_free_to_root = 0,
+                .inodes_used = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+// Add a given element to the list, memory for the new element is freshly allocated
+// Returns a pointer to new element
+measurement_unit_list *add_measurement_list(measurement_unit_list *list, measurement_unit elem) {
+        // find last element
+        measurement_unit_list *new = NULL;
+        if (list == NULL) {
+                new = calloc(1, sizeof(measurement_unit_list));
+                if (new == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("allocation failed"));
+                }
+        } else {
+                measurement_unit_list *list_elem = list;
+                while (list_elem->next != NULL) {
+                        list_elem = list_elem->next;
+                }
+
+                new = calloc(1, sizeof(measurement_unit_list));
+                if (new == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("allocation failed"));
+                }
+
+                list_elem->next = new;
+        }
+
+        new->unit = elem;
+        new->next = NULL;
+        return new;
+}
+
+measurement_unit add_filesystem_to_measurement_unit(measurement_unit unit,
+                                                                                                        parameter_list_elem filesystem) {
+
+        unit.free_bytes += filesystem.free_bytes;
+        unit.used_bytes += filesystem.used_bytes;
+        unit.total_bytes += filesystem.total_bytes;
+
+        unit.inodes_total += filesystem.inodes_total;
+        unit.inodes_free += filesystem.inodes_free;
+        unit.inodes_free_to_root += filesystem.inodes_free_to_root;
+        unit.inodes_used += filesystem.inodes_used;
+        return unit;
+}
+
+measurement_unit create_measurement_unit_from_filesystem(parameter_list_elem filesystem,
+                                                                                                                 bool display_mntp) {
+        measurement_unit result = measurement_unit_init();
+        if (!display_mntp) {
+                result.name = strdup(filesystem.best_match->me_mountdir);
+        } else {
+                result.name = strdup(filesystem.best_match->me_devname);
+        }
+
+        if (filesystem.group) {
+                result.is_group = true;
+        } else {
+                result.is_group = false;
+                if (filesystem.best_match) {
+                        result.filesystem_type = filesystem.best_match->me_type;
+                }
+        }
+
+        result.freeinodes_percent_thresholds = filesystem.freeinodes_percent;
+        result.freespace_percent_thresholds = filesystem.freespace_percent;
+        result.freespace_bytes_thresholds = filesystem.freespace_units;
+        result.free_bytes = filesystem.free_bytes;
+        result.total_bytes = filesystem.total_bytes;
+        result.used_bytes = filesystem.used_bytes;
+        result.inodes_total = filesystem.inodes_total;
+        result.inodes_used = filesystem.inodes_used;
+        result.inodes_free = filesystem.inodes_free;
+        result.inodes_free_to_root = filesystem.inodes_free_to_root;
+        return result;
+}
+
+#define RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH 64
+
+char *humanize_byte_value(unsigned long long value, bool use_si_units) {
+        // Idea: A reasonable output should have at most 3 orders of magnitude
+        // before the decimal separator
+        // 353GiB is ok, 2444 GiB should be 2.386 TiB
+        char *result = calloc(RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, sizeof(char));
+        if (result == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("allocation failed"));
+        }
+        const byte_unit KibiBytes_factor = 1024;
+        const byte_unit MebiBytes_factor = 1048576;
+        const byte_unit GibiBytes_factor = 1073741824;
+        const byte_unit TebiBytes_factor = 1099511627776;
+        const byte_unit PebiBytes_factor = 1125899906842624;
+        const byte_unit ExbiBytes_factor = 1152921504606846976;
+        const byte_unit KiloBytes_factor = 1000;
+        const byte_unit MegaBytes_factor = 1000000;
+        const byte_unit GigaBytes_factor = 1000000000;
+        const byte_unit TeraBytes_factor = 1000000000000;
+        const byte_unit PetaBytes_factor = 1000000000000000;
+        const byte_unit ExaBytes_factor = 1000000000000000000;
+
+        if (use_si_units) {
+                // SI units, powers of 10
+                if (value < KiloBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu B", value);
+                } else if (value < MegaBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu KB", value / KiloBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < GigaBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu MB", value / MegaBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < TeraBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu GB", value / GigaBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < PetaBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu TB", value / TeraBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < ExaBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu PB", value / PetaBytes_factor);
+                } else {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu EB", value / ExaBytes_factor);
+                }
+        } else {
+                // IEC units, powers of 2 ^ 10
+                if (value < KibiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu B", value);
+                } else if (value < MebiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu KiB", value / KibiBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < GibiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu MiB", value / MebiBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < TebiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu GiB", value / GibiBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < PebiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu TiB", value / TebiBytes_factor);
+                } else if (value < ExbiBytes_factor) {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu PiB", value / PebiBytes_factor);
+                } else {
+                        snprintf(result, RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH, "%llu EiB", value / ExbiBytes_factor);
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+filesystem_list filesystem_list_init() {
+        filesystem_list tmp = {
+                .length = 0,
+                .first = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_append(filesystem_list *list, const char *name) {
+        parameter_list_elem *current = list->first;
+        parameter_list_elem *new_path = (struct parameter_list *)malloc(sizeof *new_path);
+        *new_path = parameter_list_init(name);
+
+        if (current == NULL) {
+                list->first = new_path;
+                new_path->prev = NULL;
+                list->length = 1;
+        } else {
+                while (current->next) {
+                        current = current->next;
+                }
+                current->next = new_path;
+                new_path->prev = current;
+                list->length++;
+        }
+        return new_path;
+}
+
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_find(filesystem_list list, const char *name) {
+        if (list.length == 0) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        for (parameter_list_elem *temp_list = list.first; temp_list; temp_list = temp_list->next) {
+                if (!strcmp(temp_list->name, name)) {
+                        return temp_list;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_del(filesystem_list *list, parameter_list_elem *item) {
+        if (list->length == 0) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (item == NULL) {
+                // Got NULL for item, interpret this as "delete first element"
+                // as a kind of compatibility to the old function
+                item = list->first;
+        }
+
+        if (list->first == item) {
+                list->length--;
+
+                list->first = item->next;
+                if (list->first) {
+                        list->first->prev = NULL;
+                }
+                return list->first;
+        }
+
+        // Was not the first element, continue
+        parameter_list_elem *prev = list->first;
+        parameter_list_elem *current = list->first->next;
+
+        while (current != item && current != NULL) {
+                prev = current;
+                current = current->next;
+        }
+
+        if (current == NULL) {
+                // didn't find that element ....
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        // remove the element
+        parameter_list_elem *next = current->next;
+        prev->next = next;
+        list->length--;
+        if (next) {
+                next->prev = prev;
+        }
+
+        if (item->name) {
+                free(item->name);
+        }
+        free(item);
+
+        return next;
+}
+
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_get_next(parameter_list_elem *current) {
+        if (!current) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        return current->next;
+}
+
+void mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(filesystem_list list, struct mount_entry *mount_list,
+                                                                   bool exact) {
+        for (parameter_list_elem *elem = list.first; elem; elem = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(elem)) {
+                if (!elem->best_match) {
+                        size_t name_len = strlen(elem->name);
+                        struct mount_entry *best_match = NULL;
+
+                        /* set best match if path name exactly matches a mounted device name */
+                        for (struct mount_entry *mount_entry = mount_list; mount_entry;
+                                 mount_entry = mount_entry->me_next) {
+                                if (strcmp(mount_entry->me_devname, elem->name) == 0) {
+                                        struct fs_usage fsp;
+                                        if (get_fs_usage(mount_entry->me_mountdir, mount_entry->me_devname, &fsp) >=
+                                                0) {
+                                                best_match = mount_entry;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        /* set best match by directory name if no match was found by devname */
+                        if (!best_match) {
+                                size_t best_match_len = 0;
+                                for (struct mount_entry *mount_entry = mount_list; mount_entry;
+                                         mount_entry = mount_entry->me_next) {
+                                        size_t len = strlen(mount_entry->me_mountdir);
+
+                                        if ((!exact &&
+                                                 (best_match_len <= len && len <= name_len &&
+                                                  (len == 1 || strncmp(mount_entry->me_mountdir, elem->name, len) == 0))) ||
+                                                (exact && strcmp(mount_entry->me_mountdir, elem->name) == 0)) {
+                                                struct fs_usage fsp;
+
+                                                if (get_fs_usage(mount_entry->me_mountdir, mount_entry->me_devname, &fsp) >=
+                                                        0) {
+                                                        best_match = mount_entry;
+                                                        best_match_len = len;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        if (best_match) {
+                                elem->best_match = best_match;
+                        } else {
+                                elem->best_match =
+                                        NULL; /* Not sure why this is needed as it should be null on initialisation */
+                        }
+
+                        // No filesystem without a mount_entry!
+                        // assert(elem->best_match != NULL);
+                }
+        }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.h b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96d4296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.h
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#pragma once
+/* Header file for utils_disk */
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "../../gl/mountlist.h"
+#include "../../lib/utils_base.h"
+#include "../../lib/output.h"
+#include "regex.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef unsigned long long byte_unit;
+
+typedef enum {
+        Humanized,
+        Bytes,
+        KibiBytes,
+        MebiBytes,
+        GibiBytes,
+        TebiBytes,
+        PebiBytes,
+        ExbiBytes,
+        KiloBytes,
+        MegaBytes,
+        GigaBytes,
+        TeraBytes,
+        PetaBytes,
+        ExaBytes,
+} byte_unit_enum;
+
+typedef struct name_list string_list;
+struct name_list {
+        char *name;
+        string_list *next;
+};
+
+struct regex_list {
+        regex_t regex;
+        struct regex_list *next;
+};
+
+typedef struct parameter_list parameter_list_elem;
+struct parameter_list {
+        char *name;
+        char *group;
+
+        mp_thresholds freespace_units;
+        mp_thresholds freespace_percent;
+        mp_thresholds freeinodes_percent;
+
+        struct mount_entry *best_match;
+
+        uintmax_t inodes_free_to_root;
+        uintmax_t inodes_free;
+        uintmax_t inodes_used;
+        uintmax_t inodes_total;
+
+        uint64_t used_bytes;
+        uint64_t free_bytes;
+        uint64_t total_bytes;
+
+        parameter_list_elem *next;
+        parameter_list_elem *prev;
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        size_t length;
+        parameter_list_elem *first;
+} filesystem_list;
+
+filesystem_list filesystem_list_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *name;
+        char *filesystem_type;
+        bool is_group;
+
+        mp_thresholds freespace_bytes_thresholds;
+        mp_thresholds freespace_percent_thresholds;
+        mp_thresholds freeinodes_percent_thresholds;
+
+        uintmax_t inodes_free_to_root;
+        uintmax_t inodes_free;
+        uintmax_t inodes_used;
+        uintmax_t inodes_total;
+
+        uintmax_t used_bytes;
+        uintmax_t free_bytes;
+        uintmax_t total_bytes;
+} measurement_unit;
+
+typedef struct measurement_unit_list measurement_unit_list;
+struct measurement_unit_list {
+        measurement_unit unit;
+        measurement_unit_list *next;
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        // Output options
+        bool erronly;
+        bool display_mntp;
+        /* show only local filesystems.  */
+        bool show_local_fs;
+        /* show only local filesystems but call stat() on remote ones. */
+        bool stat_remote_fs;
+        bool display_inodes_perfdata;
+
+        bool exact_match;
+        bool freespace_ignore_reserved;
+
+        bool ignore_missing;
+        bool path_ignored;
+
+        /* Linked list of filesystem types to omit.
+           If the list is empty, don't exclude any types.  */
+        struct regex_list *fs_exclude_list;
+        /* Linked list of filesystem types to check.
+           If the list is empty, include all types.  */
+        struct regex_list *fs_include_list;
+        struct name_list *device_path_exclude_list;
+        filesystem_list path_select_list;
+        /* Linked list of mounted filesystems. */
+        struct mount_entry *mount_list;
+        struct name_list *seen;
+
+        byte_unit_enum display_unit;
+        // byte_unit unit;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_disk_config;
+
+void np_add_name(struct name_list **list, const char *name);
+bool np_find_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name);
+bool np_seen_name(struct name_list *list, const char *name);
+int np_add_regex(struct regex_list **list, const char *regex, int cflags);
+bool np_find_regmatch(struct regex_list *list, const char *name);
+
+parameter_list_elem parameter_list_init(const char *);
+
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_append(filesystem_list *list, const char *name);
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_find(filesystem_list list, const char *name);
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_del(filesystem_list *list, parameter_list_elem *item);
+parameter_list_elem *mp_int_fs_list_get_next(parameter_list_elem *current);
+void mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(filesystem_list list, struct mount_entry *mount_list,
+                                                                   bool exact);
+
+measurement_unit measurement_unit_init();
+measurement_unit_list *add_measurement_list(measurement_unit_list *list, measurement_unit elem);
+measurement_unit add_filesystem_to_measurement_unit(measurement_unit unit,
+                                                                                                        parameter_list_elem filesystem);
+measurement_unit create_measurement_unit_from_filesystem(parameter_list_elem filesystem,
+                                                                                                                 bool display_mntp);
+
+int search_parameter_list(parameter_list_elem *list, const char *name);
+bool np_regex_match_mount_entry(struct mount_entry *, regex_t *);
+
+char *get_unit_string(byte_unit_enum);
+check_disk_config check_disk_config_init();
+
+char *humanize_byte_value(unsigned long long value, bool use_si_units);
diff --git a/plugins/check_dns.c b/plugins/check_dns.c
index e1e7c00e..56f91dae 100644
--- a/plugins/check_dns.c
+++ b/plugins/check_dns.c
@@ -39,26 +39,23 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
-static int error_scan(char * /*input_buffer*/, bool *);
+#include "states.h"
+#include "check_dns.d/config.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_dns_config config;
+} check_dns_config_wrapper;
+static check_dns_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_dns_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dns_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
+static mp_state_enum error_scan(char * /*input_buffer*/, bool * /*is_nxdomain*/,
+                                                                const char /*dns_server*/[ADDRESS_LENGTH]);
 static bool ip_match_cidr(const char * /*addr*/, const char * /*cidr_ro*/);
 static unsigned long ip2long(const char * /*src*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-#define ADDRESS_LENGTH 256
-static char query_address[ADDRESS_LENGTH] = "";
-static char dns_server[ADDRESS_LENGTH] = "";
-static char ptr_server[ADDRESS_LENGTH] = "";
 static bool verbose = false;
-static char **expected_address = NULL;
-static int expected_address_cnt = 0;
-static bool expect_nxdomain = false;
-
-static bool expect_authority = false;
-static bool all_match = false;
-static thresholds *time_thresholds = NULL;
 
 static int qstrcmp(const void *p1, const void *p2) {
         /* The actual arguments to this function are "pointers to
@@ -68,23 +65,6 @@ static int qstrcmp(const void *p1, const void *p2) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *command_line = NULL;
-        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char *address = NULL; /* comma separated str with addrs/ptrs (sorted) */
-        char **addresses = NULL;
-        int n_addresses = 0;
-        char *msg = NULL;
-        char *temp_buffer = NULL;
-        bool non_authoritative = false;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        double elapsed_time;
-        long microsec;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        bool parse_address = false; /* This flag scans for Address: but only after Name: */
-        output chld_out;
-        output chld_err;
-        bool is_nxdomain = false;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -97,39 +77,66 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR) {
+        check_dns_config_wrapper tmp = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
+        const check_dns_config config = tmp.config;
+
+        char *command_line = NULL;
         /* get the command to run */
-        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s %s", NSLOOKUP_COMMAND, query_address, dns_server);
+        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s %s", NSLOOKUP_COMMAND, config.query_address, config.dns_server);
 
+        struct timeval tv;
         alarm(timeout_interval);
         gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", command_line);
+        }
 
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        char *msg = NULL;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         /* run the command */
         if ((np_runcmd(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0)) != 0) {
                 msg = (char *)_("nslookup returned an error status");
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        /* scan stdout */
+        /* =====
+         * scan stdout, main results get retrieved here
+         * =====
+         */
+        char *address = NULL;    /* comma separated str with addrs/ptrs (sorted) */
+        char **addresses = NULL; // All addresses parsed from stdout
+        size_t n_addresses = 0;  // counter for retrieved addresses
+        bool non_authoritative = false;
+        bool is_nxdomain = false;
+        bool parse_address = false; /* This flag scans for Address: but only after Name: */
         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
-                if (addresses == NULL)
+                if (addresses == NULL) {
                         addresses = malloc(sizeof(*addresses) * 10);
-                else if (!(n_addresses % 10))
+                } else if (!(n_addresses % 10)) {
                         addresses = realloc(addresses, sizeof(*addresses) * (n_addresses + 10));
+                }
 
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         puts(chld_out.line[i]);
+                }
 
-                if (strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], ".in-addr.arpa") || strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], ".ip6.arpa")) {
-                        if ((temp_buffer = strstr(chld_out.line[i], "name = ")))
+                if (strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], ".in-addr.arpa") ||
+                        strcasestr(chld_out.line[i], ".ip6.arpa")) {
+                        if ((strstr(chld_out.line[i], "canonical name = ") != NULL)) {
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        char *temp_buffer = NULL;
+                        if ((temp_buffer = strstr(chld_out.line[i], "name = "))) {
                                 addresses[n_addresses++] = strdup(temp_buffer + 7);
-                        else {
+                        } else {
                                 msg = (char *)_("Warning plugin error");
                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
                         }
@@ -137,38 +144,54 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                 /* bug ID: 2946553 - Older versions of bind will use all available dns
                                                          servers, we have to match the one specified */
-                if (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Server:") && strlen(dns_server) > 0) {
-                        temp_buffer = strchr(chld_out.line[i], ':');
+                if (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Server:") && strlen(config.dns_server) > 0) {
+                        char *temp_buffer = strchr(chld_out.line[i], ':');
+                        if (temp_buffer == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("'%s' returned a weirdly formatted Server line\n"),
+                                        NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+                        }
+
                         temp_buffer++;
 
                         /* Strip leading tabs */
-                        for (; *temp_buffer != '\0' && *temp_buffer == '\t'; temp_buffer++)
+                        for (; *temp_buffer != '\0' && *temp_buffer == '\t'; temp_buffer++) {
                                 /* NOOP */;
+                        }
 
                         strip(temp_buffer);
-                        if (temp_buffer == NULL || strlen(temp_buffer) == 0) {
-                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' returned empty server string\n"), NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+                        if (strlen(temp_buffer) == 0) {
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' returned empty server string\n"),
+                                        NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
                         }
 
-                        if (strcmp(temp_buffer, dns_server) != 0) {
-                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - No response from DNS %s\n"), dns_server);
+                        if (strcmp(temp_buffer, config.dns_server) != 0) {
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - No response from DNS %s\n"),
+                                        config.dns_server);
                         }
                 }
 
                 /* the server is responding, we just got the host name... */
-                if (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Name:"))
+                if (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Name:")) {
                         parse_address = true;
-                else if (parse_address && (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Address:") || strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Addresses:"))) {
-                        temp_buffer = index(chld_out.line[i], ':');
+                } else if (parse_address && (strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Address:") ||
+                                                                         strstr(chld_out.line[i], "Addresses:"))) {
+                        char *temp_buffer = strchr(chld_out.line[i], ':');
+                        if (temp_buffer == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("'%s' returned a weirdly formatted Address line\n"),
+                                        NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+                        }
+
                         temp_buffer++;
 
                         /* Strip leading spaces */
-                        while (*temp_buffer == ' ')
+                        while (*temp_buffer == ' ') {
                                 temp_buffer++;
+                        }
 
                         strip(temp_buffer);
-                        if (temp_buffer == NULL || strlen(temp_buffer) == 0) {
-                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' returned empty host name string\n"), NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+                        if (strlen(temp_buffer) == 0) {
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' returned empty host name string\n"),
+                                        NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
                         }
 
                         addresses[n_addresses++] = strdup(temp_buffer);
@@ -176,65 +199,74 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         non_authoritative = true;
                 }
 
-                result = error_scan(chld_out.line[i], &is_nxdomain);
+                result = error_scan(chld_out.line[i], &is_nxdomain, config.dns_server);
                 if (result != STATE_OK) {
                         msg = strchr(chld_out.line[i], ':');
-                        if (msg)
+                        if (msg) {
                                 msg++;
+                        }
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
+        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
         /* scan stderr */
         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         puts(chld_err.line[i]);
+                }
 
-                if (error_scan(chld_err.line[i], &is_nxdomain) != STATE_OK) {
-                        result = max_state(result, error_scan(chld_err.line[i], &is_nxdomain));
+                if (error_scan(chld_err.line[i], &is_nxdomain, config.dns_server) != STATE_OK) {
+                        result =
+                                max_state(result, error_scan(chld_err.line[i], &is_nxdomain, config.dns_server));
                         msg = strchr(input_buffer, ':');
-                        if (msg)
+                        if (msg) {
                                 msg++;
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 msg = input_buffer;
+                        }
                 }
         }
 
-        if (is_nxdomain && !expect_nxdomain) {
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Domain '%s' was not found by the server\n"), query_address);
+        if (is_nxdomain && !config.expect_nxdomain) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Domain '%s' was not found by the server\n"), config.query_address);
         }
 
         if (addresses) {
-                int i;
-                int slen;
-                char *adrp;
+                size_t slen = 1;
+                char *adrp = NULL;
                 qsort(addresses, n_addresses, sizeof(*addresses), qstrcmp);
-                for (i = 0, slen = 1; i < n_addresses; i++) {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < n_addresses; i++) {
                         slen += strlen(addresses[i]) + 1;
                 }
+
+                // Temporary pointer adrp gets moved, address stays on the beginning
                 adrp = address = malloc(slen);
-                for (i = 0; i < n_addresses; i++) {
-                        if (i)
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < n_addresses; i++) {
+                        if (i) {
                                 *adrp++ = ',';
+                        }
                         strcpy(adrp, addresses[i]);
                         adrp += strlen(addresses[i]);
                 }
                 *adrp = 0;
-        } else
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' msg parsing exited with no address\n"), NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+        } else {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS CRITICAL - '%s' msg parsing exited with no address\n"),
+                        NSLOOKUP_COMMAND);
+        }
 
         /* compare to expected address */
-        if (result == STATE_OK && expected_address_cnt > 0) {
+        if (result == STATE_OK && config.expected_address_cnt > 0) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                temp_buffer = "";
-                unsigned long expect_match = (1 << expected_address_cnt) - 1;
+                char *temp_buffer = "";
+                unsigned long expect_match = (1 << config.expected_address_cnt) - 1;
                 unsigned long addr_match = (1 << n_addresses) - 1;
 
-                for (int i = 0; i < expected_address_cnt; i++) {
-                        int j;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < config.expected_address_cnt; i++) {
                         /* check if we get a match on 'raw' ip or cidr */
-                        for (j = 0; j < n_addresses; j++) {
-                                if (strcmp(addresses[j], expected_address[i]) == 0 || ip_match_cidr(addresses[j], expected_address[i])) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < n_addresses; j++) {
+                                if (strcmp(addresses[j], config.expected_address[i]) == 0 ||
+                                        ip_match_cidr(addresses[j], config.expected_address[i])) {
                                         result = STATE_OK;
                                         addr_match &= ~(1 << j);
                                         expect_match &= ~(1 << i);
@@ -242,11 +274,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
 
                         /* prepare an error string */
-                        xasprintf(&temp_buffer, "%s%s; ", temp_buffer, expected_address[i]);
+                        xasprintf(&temp_buffer, "%s%s; ", temp_buffer, config.expected_address[i]);
                 }
                 /* check if expected_address must cover all in addresses and none may be missing */
-                if (all_match && (expect_match != 0 || addr_match != 0))
+                if (config.all_match && (expect_match != 0 || addr_match != 0)) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
                 if (result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
                         /* Strip off last semicolon... */
                         temp_buffer[strlen(temp_buffer) - 2] = '\0';
@@ -254,28 +287,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (expect_nxdomain) {
+        if (config.expect_nxdomain) {
                 if (!is_nxdomain) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        xasprintf(&msg, _("Domain '%s' was found by the server: '%s'\n"), query_address, address);
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("Domain '%s' was found by the server: '%s'\n"), config.query_address,
+                                          address);
                 } else {
-                        if (address != NULL)
+                        if (address != NULL) {
                                 free(address);
+                        }
                         address = "NXDOMAIN";
                 }
         }
 
         /* check if authoritative */
-        if (result == STATE_OK && expect_authority && non_authoritative) {
+        if (result == STATE_OK && config.expect_authority && non_authoritative) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                xasprintf(&msg, _("server %s is not authoritative for %s"), dns_server, query_address);
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("server %s is not authoritative for %s"), config.dns_server,
+                                  config.query_address);
         }
 
-        microsec = deltime(tv);
-        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+        long microsec = deltime(tv);
+        double elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
 
         if (result == STATE_OK) {
-                result = get_status(elapsed_time, time_thresholds);
+                result = get_status(elapsed_time, config.time_thresholds);
                 if (result == STATE_OK) {
                         printf("DNS %s: ", _("OK"));
                 } else if (result == STATE_WARNING) {
@@ -283,25 +319,39 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 } else if (result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
                         printf("DNS %s: ", _("CRITICAL"));
                 }
-                printf(ngettext("%.3f second response time", "%.3f seconds response time", elapsed_time), elapsed_time);
-                printf(_(". %s returns %s"), query_address, address);
-                if ((time_thresholds->warning != NULL) && (time_thresholds->critical != NULL)) {
-                        printf("|%s\n", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", true, time_thresholds->warning->end, true, time_thresholds->critical->end,
-                                                                          true, 0, false, 0));
-                } else if ((time_thresholds->warning == NULL) && (time_thresholds->critical != NULL)) {
-                        printf("|%s\n", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, true, time_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0));
-                } else if ((time_thresholds->warning != NULL) && (time_thresholds->critical == NULL)) {
-                        printf("|%s\n", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", true, time_thresholds->warning->end, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
-                } else
-                        printf("|%s\n", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
-        } else if (result == STATE_WARNING)
-                printf(_("DNS WARNING - %s\n"), !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
-        else if (result == STATE_CRITICAL)
-                printf(_("DNS CRITICAL - %s\n"), !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
-        else
-                printf(_("DNS UNKNOWN - %s\n"), !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
-
-        return result;
+                printf(ngettext("%.3f second response time", "%.3f seconds response time", elapsed_time),
+                           elapsed_time);
+                printf(_(". %s returns %s"), config.query_address, address);
+                if ((config.time_thresholds->warning != NULL) &&
+                        (config.time_thresholds->critical != NULL)) {
+                        printf("|%s\n",
+                                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", true, config.time_thresholds->warning->end,
+                                                         true, config.time_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0));
+                } else if ((config.time_thresholds->warning == NULL) &&
+                                   (config.time_thresholds->critical != NULL)) {
+                        printf("|%s\n", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, true,
+                                                                          config.time_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0));
+                } else if ((config.time_thresholds->warning != NULL) &&
+                                   (config.time_thresholds->critical == NULL)) {
+                        printf("|%s\n",
+                                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", true, config.time_thresholds->warning->end,
+                                                         false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                } else {
+                        printf("|%s\n",
+                                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                }
+        } else if (result == STATE_WARNING) {
+                printf(_("DNS WARNING - %s\n"),
+                           !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
+        } else if (result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                printf(_("DNS CRITICAL - %s\n"),
+                           !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
+        } else {
+                printf(_("DNS UNKNOWN - %s\n"),
+                           !strcmp(msg, "") ? _(" Probably a non-existent host/domain") : msg);
+        }
+
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 bool ip_match_cidr(const char *addr, const char *cidr_ro) {
@@ -317,76 +367,87 @@ bool ip_match_cidr(const char *addr, const char *cidr_ro) {
         mask = atoi(mask_c);
 
         /* https://www.cryptobells.com/verifying-ips-in-a-subnet-in-php/ */
-        return (ip2long(addr) & ~((1 << (32 - mask)) - 1)) == (ip2long(subnet) >> (32 - mask)) << (32 - mask);
+        return (ip2long(addr) & ~((1 << (32 - mask)) - 1)) == (ip2long(subnet) >> (32 - mask))
+                                                                                                                          << (32 - mask);
 }
 
 unsigned long ip2long(const char *src) {
         unsigned long ip[4];
         /* http://computer-programming-forum.com/47-c-language/1376ffb92a12c471.htm */
-        return (sscanf(src, "%3lu.%3lu.%3lu.%3lu", &ip[0], &ip[1], &ip[2], &ip[3]) == 4 && ip[0] < 256 && ip[1] < 256 && ip[2] < 256 &&
-                        ip[3] < 256)
+        return (sscanf(src, "%3lu.%3lu.%3lu.%3lu", &ip[0], &ip[1], &ip[2], &ip[3]) == 4 &&
+                        ip[0] < 256 && ip[1] < 256 && ip[2] < 256 && ip[3] < 256)
                            ? ip[0] << 24 | ip[1] << 16 | ip[2] << 8 | ip[3]
                            : 0;
 }
 
-int error_scan(char *input_buffer, bool *is_nxdomain) {
+mp_state_enum error_scan(char *input_buffer, bool *is_nxdomain,
+                                                 const char dns_server[ADDRESS_LENGTH]) {
 
-        const int nxdomain = strstr(input_buffer, "Non-existent") || strstr(input_buffer, "** server can't find") ||
+        const int nxdomain = strstr(input_buffer, "Non-existent") ||
+                                                 strstr(input_buffer, "** server can't find") ||
                                                  strstr(input_buffer, "** Can't find") || strstr(input_buffer, "NXDOMAIN");
-        if (nxdomain)
+        if (nxdomain) {
                 *is_nxdomain = true;
+        }
 
         /* the DNS lookup timed out */
-        if (strstr(input_buffer, _("Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.")) ||
-                strstr(input_buffer, _("Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup with")) ||
-                strstr(input_buffer, _("the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.")))
+        if (strstr(input_buffer,
+                           _("Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.")) ||
+                strstr(input_buffer,
+                           _("Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup with")) ||
+                strstr(input_buffer, _("the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing."))) {
                 return STATE_OK;
+        }
 
         /* DNS server is not running... */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No response from server"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No response from server")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No response from DNS %s\n"), dns_server);
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "no servers could be reached"))
+        } else if (strstr(input_buffer, "no servers could be reached")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No response from DNS %s\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* Host name is valid, but server doesn't have records... */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No records"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No records")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS %s has no records\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* Connection was refused */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Connection refused") || strstr(input_buffer, "Couldn't find server") ||
-                         strstr(input_buffer, "Refused") || (strstr(input_buffer, "** server can't find") && strstr(input_buffer, ": REFUSED")))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Connection refused") ||
+                         strstr(input_buffer, "Couldn't find server") || strstr(input_buffer, "Refused") ||
+                         (strstr(input_buffer, "** server can't find") && strstr(input_buffer, ": REFUSED"))) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Connection to DNS %s was refused\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* Query refused (usually by an ACL in the namserver) */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Query refused"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Query refused")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Query was refused by DNS server at %s\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* No information (e.g. nameserver IP has two PTR records) */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No information"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "No information")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No information returned by DNS server at %s\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* Network is unreachable */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Network is unreachable"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Network is unreachable")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Network is unreachable\n"));
+        }
 
         /* Internal server failure */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Server failure"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Server failure")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("DNS failure for %s\n"), dns_server);
+        }
 
         /* Request error or the DNS lookup timed out */
-        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Format error") || strstr(input_buffer, "Timed out"))
+        else if (strstr(input_buffer, "Format error") || strstr(input_buffer, "Timed out")) {
                 return STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
         return STATE_OK;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        char *warning = NULL;
-        char *critical = NULL;
-
-        int opt_index = 0;
+check_dns_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option long_opts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                                 {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                                 {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
@@ -402,20 +463,34 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                                 {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
                                                                                 {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_dns_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_dns_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvALnt:H:s:r:a:w:c:", long_opts, &opt_index);
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+        }
+
+        char *warning = NULL;
+        char *critical = NULL;
+        int opt_index = 0;
+        int index = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvALnt:H:s:r:a:w:c:", long_opts, &opt_index);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (index == -1 || index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (index) {
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -429,54 +504,67 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                        strcpy(query_address, optarg);
+                        }
+                        strcpy(result.config.query_address, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 's': /* server name */
                         /* TODO: this host_or_die check is probably unnecessary.
                          * Better to confirm nslookup response matches */
                         host_or_die(optarg);
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                        strcpy(dns_server, optarg);
+                        }
+                        strcpy(result.config.dns_server, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'r': /* reverse server name */
                         /* TODO: Is this host_or_die necessary? */
+                        // TODO This does not do anything!!! 2025-03-08 rincewind
                         host_or_die(optarg);
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
+                        }
+                        static char ptr_server[ADDRESS_LENGTH] = "";
                         strcpy(ptr_server, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'a': /* expected address */
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
+                        }
                         if (strchr(optarg, ',') != NULL) {
                                 char *comma = strchr(optarg, ',');
                                 while (comma != NULL) {
-                                        expected_address = (char **)realloc(expected_address, (expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
-                                        expected_address[expected_address_cnt] = strndup(optarg, comma - optarg);
-                                        expected_address_cnt++;
+                                        result.config.expected_address = (char **)realloc(
+                                                result.config.expected_address,
+                                                (result.config.expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
+                                        result.config.expected_address[result.config.expected_address_cnt] =
+                                                strndup(optarg, comma - optarg);
+                                        result.config.expected_address_cnt++;
                                         optarg = comma + 1;
                                         comma = strchr(optarg, ',');
                                 }
-                                expected_address = (char **)realloc(expected_address, (expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
-                                expected_address[expected_address_cnt] = strdup(optarg);
-                                expected_address_cnt++;
+                                result.config.expected_address =
+                                        (char **)realloc(result.config.expected_address,
+                                                                         (result.config.expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
+                                result.config.expected_address[result.config.expected_address_cnt] = strdup(optarg);
+                                result.config.expected_address_cnt++;
                         } else {
-                                expected_address = (char **)realloc(expected_address, (expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
-                                expected_address[expected_address_cnt] = strdup(optarg);
-                                expected_address_cnt++;
+                                result.config.expected_address =
+                                        (char **)realloc(result.config.expected_address,
+                                                                         (result.config.expected_address_cnt + 1) * sizeof(char **));
+                                result.config.expected_address[result.config.expected_address_cnt] = strdup(optarg);
+                                result.config.expected_address_cnt++;
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'n': /* expect NXDOMAIN */
-                        expect_nxdomain = true;
+                        result.config.expect_nxdomain = true;
                         break;
                 case 'A': /* expect authority */
-                        expect_authority = true;
+                        result.config.expect_authority = true;
                         break;
                 case 'L': /* all must match */
-                        all_match = true;
+                        result.config.all_match = true;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         warning = optarg;
@@ -489,38 +577,42 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (strlen(query_address) == 0 && c < argc) {
-                if (strlen(argv[c]) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+        index = optind;
+        if (strlen(result.config.query_address) == 0 && index < argc) {
+                if (strlen(argv[index]) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                strcpy(query_address, argv[c++]);
+                }
+                strcpy(result.config.query_address, argv[index++]);
         }
 
-        if (strlen(dns_server) == 0 && c < argc) {
+        if (strlen(result.config.dns_server) == 0 && index < argc) {
                 /* TODO: See -s option */
-                host_or_die(argv[c]);
-                if (strlen(argv[c]) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                host_or_die(argv[index]);
+                if (strlen(argv[index]) >= ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                strcpy(dns_server, argv[c++]);
+                }
+                strcpy(result.config.dns_server, argv[index++]);
         }
 
-        set_thresholds(&time_thresholds, warning, critical);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.time_thresholds, warning, critical);
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (query_address[0] == 0) {
+check_dns_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_dns_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.query_address[0] == 0) {
                 printf("missing --host argument\n");
-                return ERROR;
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
         }
 
-        if (expected_address_cnt > 0 && expect_nxdomain) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.expected_address_cnt > 0 && config_wrapper.config.expect_nxdomain) {
                 printf("--expected-address and --expect-nxdomain cannot be combined\n");
-                return ERROR;
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -529,9 +621,11 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin uses the nslookup program to obtain the IP address for the given host/domain query."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin uses the nslookup program to obtain the IP address for the given "
+                                         "host/domain query."));
         printf("%s\n", _("An optional DNS server to use may be specified."));
-        printf("%s\n", _("If no DNS server is specified, the default server(s) specified in /etc/resolv.conf will be used."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("If no DNS server is specified, the default server(s) specified in "
+                                         "/etc/resolv.conf will be used."));
 
         printf("\n\n");
 
@@ -545,11 +639,14 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" -s, --server=HOST\n");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Optional DNS server you want to use for the lookup"));
         printf(" -a, --expected-address=IP-ADDRESS|CIDR|HOST\n");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Optional IP-ADDRESS/CIDR you expect the DNS server to return. HOST must end"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("with a dot (.). This option can be repeated multiple times (Returns OK if any"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Optional IP-ADDRESS/CIDR you expect the DNS server to return. HOST must end"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("with a dot (.). This option can be repeated multiple times (Returns OK if any"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("value matches)."));
         printf(" -n, --expect-nxdomain\n");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Expect the DNS server to return NXDOMAIN (i.e. the domain was not found)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Expect the DNS server to return NXDOMAIN (i.e. the domain was not found)"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("Cannot be used together with -a"));
         printf(" -A, --expect-authority\n");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Optionally expect the DNS server to be authoritative for the lookup"));
@@ -558,7 +655,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" -c, --critical=seconds\n");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Return critical if elapsed time exceeds value. Default off"));
         printf(" -L, --all\n");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Return critical if the list of expected addresses does not match all addresses"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Return critical if the list of expected addresses does not match all addresses"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("returned. Default off"));
 
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
@@ -568,5 +666,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s -H host [-s server] [-a expected-address] [-n] [-A] [-t timeout] [-w warn] [-c crit] [-L]\n", progname);
+        printf("%s -H host [-s server] [-a expected-address] [-n] [-A] [-t timeout] [-w warn] [-c "
+                   "crit] [-L]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_dns.d/config.h b/plugins/check_dns.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ec4eb82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_dns.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define ADDRESS_LENGTH 256
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool all_match;
+        char dns_server[ADDRESS_LENGTH];
+        char query_address[ADDRESS_LENGTH];
+        bool expect_nxdomain;
+        bool expect_authority;
+        char **expected_address;
+        size_t expected_address_cnt;
+
+        thresholds *time_thresholds;
+} check_dns_config;
+
+check_dns_config check_dns_config_init() {
+        check_dns_config tmp = {
+                .all_match = false,
+                .dns_server = "",
+                .query_address = "",
+                .expect_nxdomain = false,
+                .expect_authority = false,
+                .expected_address = NULL,
+                .expected_address_cnt = 0,
+
+                .time_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_dummy.c b/plugins/check_dummy.c
index 19f6c046..602d5868 100644
--- a/plugins/check_dummy.c
+++ b/plugins/check_dummy.c
@@ -45,18 +45,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        if (argc < 2)
+        if (argc < 2) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-        else if (strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
                 print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
                 print_help();
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-        } else if (!is_integer(argv[1]))
+        } else if (!is_integer(argv[1])) {
                 usage4(_("Arguments to check_dummy must be an integer"));
-        else
+        } else {
                 result = atoi(argv[1]);
+        }
 
         switch (result) {
         case STATE_OK:
@@ -78,8 +79,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        if (argc >= 3)
+        if (argc >= 3) {
                 printf(": %s", argv[2]);
+        }
 
         printf("\n");
 
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin will simply return the state corresponding to the numeric value"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("This plugin will simply return the state corresponding to the numeric value"));
 
         printf("%s\n", _("of the <state> argument with optional text"));
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_fping.c b/plugins/check_fping.c
index c1d03ece..6160c2cb 100644
--- a/plugins/check_fping.c
+++ b/plugins/check_fping.c
@@ -38,52 +38,30 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include "check_fping.d/config.h"
+#include "states.h"
 
 enum {
-        PACKET_COUNT = 1,
-        PACKET_SIZE = 56,
         PL = 0,
         RTA = 1
 };
 
-static int textscan(char *buf);
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static mp_state_enum textscan(char *buf, const char * /*server_name*/, bool /*crta_p*/,
+                                                          double /*crta*/, bool /*wrta_p*/, double /*wrta*/, bool /*cpl_p*/,
+                                                          int /*cpl*/, bool /*wpl_p*/, int /*wpl*/, bool /*alive_p*/);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_fping_config config;
+} check_fping_config_wrapper;
+static check_fping_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static int get_threshold(char *arg, char *rv[2]);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *server_name = NULL;
-static char *sourceip = NULL;
-static char *sourceif = NULL;
-static int packet_size = PACKET_SIZE;
-static int packet_count = PACKET_COUNT;
-static int target_timeout = 0;
-static int packet_interval = 0;
 static bool verbose = false;
-static bool dontfrag = false;
-static bool randomize_packet_data = false;
-static int cpl;
-static int wpl;
-static double crta;
-static double wrta;
-static bool cpl_p = false;
-static bool wpl_p = false;
-static bool alive_p = false;
-static bool crta_p = false;
-static bool wrta_p = false;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        /* normally should be  int result = STATE_UNKNOWN; */
-
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int result = 0;
-        char *fping_prog = NULL;
-        char *server = NULL;
-        char *command_line = NULL;
-        char *input_buffer = NULL;
-        char *option_string = "";
-        input_buffer = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -91,39 +69,81 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_fping_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_fping_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        char *server = NULL;
+        server = strscpy(server, config.server_name);
 
-        server = strscpy(server, server_name);
+        char *option_string = "";
+        char *fping_prog = NULL;
+
+        /* First determine if the target is dualstack or ipv6 only. */
+        bool server_is_inet6_addr = is_inet6_addr(server);
+
+        /*
+         * If the user requested -6 OR the user made no assertion and the address is v6 or dualstack
+         *   -> we use ipv6
+         * If the user requested -4 OR the user made no assertion and the address is v4 ONLY
+         *   -> we use ipv4
+         */
+        if (address_family == AF_INET6 || (address_family == AF_UNSPEC && server_is_inet6_addr)) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-6 ", option_string);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-4 ", option_string);
+        }
+        fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING);
 
         /* compose the command */
-        if (target_timeout)
-                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-t %d ", option_string, target_timeout);
-        if (packet_interval)
-                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-p %d ", option_string, packet_interval);
-        if (sourceip)
-                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-S %s ", option_string, sourceip);
-        if (sourceif)
-                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-I %s ", option_string, sourceif);
-        if (dontfrag)
+        if (config.target_timeout) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-t %d ", option_string, config.target_timeout);
+        }
+        if (config.packet_interval) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-p %d ", option_string, config.packet_interval);
+        }
+        if (config.sourceip) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-S %s ", option_string, config.sourceip);
+        }
+        if (config.sourceif) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-I %s ", option_string, config.sourceif);
+        }
+        if (config.dontfrag) {
                 xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-M ", option_string);
-        if (randomize_packet_data)
+        }
+        if (config.randomize_packet_data) {
                 xasprintf(&option_string, "%s-R ", option_string);
+        }
 
+        if (config.fwmark_set) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s--fwmark %u ", option_string, config.fwmark);
+        }
 
-#ifdef PATH_TO_FPING6
-        if (address_family != AF_INET && is_inet6_addr(server))
-                fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING6);
-        else
-                fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING);
-#else
-        fping_prog = strdup(PATH_TO_FPING);
-#endif
+        if (config.icmp_timestamp) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s--icmp-timestamp ", option_string);
+        }
 
-        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s-b %d -c %d %s", fping_prog, option_string, packet_size, packet_count, server);
+        if (config.check_source) {
+                xasprintf(&option_string, "%s--check-source ", option_string);
+        }
+
+        char *command_line = NULL;
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (config.icmp_timestamp) {
+                // no packet size settable for ICMP timestamp
+                xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s -c %d %s", fping_prog, option_string, config.packet_count,
+                                  server);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&command_line, "%s %s-b %d -c %d %s", fping_prog, option_string,
+                                  config.packet_size, config.packet_count, server);
+        }
+
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", command_line);
+        }
 
         /* run the command */
         child_process = spopen(command_line);
@@ -137,23 +157,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 printf(_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), command_line);
         }
 
+        char *input_buffer = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("%s", input_buffer);
-                status = max_state(status, textscan(input_buffer));
+                }
+                status = max_state(status, textscan(input_buffer, config.server_name, config.crta_p,
+                                                                                        config.crta, config.wrta_p, config.wrta, config.cpl_p,
+                                                                                        config.cpl, config.wpl_p, config.wpl, config.alive_p));
         }
 
         /* If we get anything on STDERR, at least set warning */
         while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
                 status = max_state(status, STATE_WARNING);
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("%s", input_buffer);
-                status = max_state(status, textscan(input_buffer));
+                }
+                status = max_state(status, textscan(input_buffer, config.server_name, config.crta_p,
+                                                                                        config.crta, config.wrta_p, config.wrta, config.cpl_p,
+                                                                                        config.cpl, config.wpl_p, config.wpl, config.alive_p));
         }
         (void)fclose(child_stderr);
 
         /* close the pipe */
-        result = spclose(child_process);
+        int result = spclose(child_process);
         if (result) {
                 /* need to use max_state not max */
                 status = max_state(status, STATE_WARNING);
@@ -172,21 +200,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        printf("FPING %s - %s\n", state_text(status), server_name);
+        printf("FPING %s - %s\n", state_text(status), config.server_name);
 
         return status;
 }
 
-int textscan(char *buf) {
-        char *rtastr = NULL;
-        char *losstr = NULL;
-        char *xmtstr = NULL;
-        double loss;
-        double rta;
-        double xmt;
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
+mp_state_enum textscan(char *buf, const char *server_name, bool crta_p, double crta, bool wrta_p,
+                                           double wrta, bool cpl_p, int cpl, bool wpl_p, int wpl, bool alive_p) {
         /* stops testing after the first successful reply. */
+        double rta;
+        double loss;
+        char *rtastr = NULL;
         if (alive_p && strstr(buf, "avg, 0% loss)")) {
                 rtastr = strstr(buf, "ms (");
                 rtastr = 1 + index(rtastr, '(');
@@ -195,9 +219,14 @@ int textscan(char *buf) {
                 die(STATE_OK, _("FPING %s - %s (rta=%f ms)|%s\n"), state_text(STATE_OK), server_name, rta,
                         /* No loss since we only waited for the first reply
                         perfdata ("loss", (long int)loss, "%", wpl_p, wpl, cpl_p, cpl, true, 0, true, 100), */
-                        fperfdata("rta", rta / 1.0e3, "s", wrta_p, wrta / 1.0e3, crta_p, crta / 1.0e3, true, 0, false, 0));
+                        fperfdata("rta", rta / 1.0e3, "s", wrta_p, wrta / 1.0e3, crta_p, crta / 1.0e3, true, 0,
+                                          false, 0));
         }
 
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        char *xmtstr = NULL;
+        double xmt;
+        char *losstr = NULL;
         if (strstr(buf, "not found")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("FPING UNKNOWN - %s not found\n"), server_name);
 
@@ -221,19 +250,22 @@ int textscan(char *buf) {
                 rtastr = 1 + index(rtastr, '/');
                 loss = strtod(losstr, NULL);
                 rta = strtod(rtastr, NULL);
-                if (cpl_p && loss > cpl)
+                if (cpl_p && loss > cpl) {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (crta_p && rta > crta)
+                } else if (crta_p && rta > crta) {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (wpl_p && loss > wpl)
+                } else if (wpl_p && loss > wpl) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (wrta_p && rta > wrta)
+                } else if (wrta_p && rta > wrta) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_OK;
-                die(status, _("FPING %s - %s (loss=%.0f%%, rta=%f ms)|%s %s\n"), state_text(status), server_name, loss, rta,
-                        perfdata("loss", (long int)loss, "%", wpl_p, wpl, cpl_p, cpl, true, 0, true, 100),
-                        fperfdata("rta", rta / 1.0e3, "s", wrta_p, wrta / 1.0e3, crta_p, crta / 1.0e3, true, 0, false, 0));
+                }
+                die(status, _("FPING %s - %s (loss=%.0f%%, rta=%f ms)|%s %s\n"), state_text(status),
+                        server_name, loss, rta,
+                        perfdata("loss", (long int)loss, "%", wpl_p, wpl, cpl_p, cpl, false, 0, false, 0),
+                        fperfdata("rta", rta / 1.0e3, "s", wrta_p, wrta / 1.0e3, crta_p, crta / 1.0e3, true, 0,
+                                          false, 0));
 
         } else if (strstr(buf, "xmt/rcv/%loss")) {
                 /* no min/max/avg if host was unreachable in fping v2.2.b1 */
@@ -241,22 +273,24 @@ int textscan(char *buf) {
                 losstr = strstr(buf, "=");
                 xmtstr = 1 + losstr;
                 xmt = strtod(xmtstr, NULL);
-                if (xmt == 0)
+                if (xmt == 0) {
                         die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("FPING CRITICAL - %s is down\n"), server_name);
+                }
                 losstr = 1 + strstr(losstr, "/");
                 losstr = 1 + strstr(losstr, "/");
                 loss = strtod(losstr, NULL);
-                if (atoi(losstr) == 100)
+                if (atoi(losstr) == 100) {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (cpl_p && loss > cpl)
+                } else if (cpl_p && loss > cpl) {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (wpl_p && loss > wpl)
+                } else if (wpl_p && loss > wpl) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_OK;
+                }
                 /* loss=%.0f%%;%d;%d;0;100 */
                 die(status, _("FPING %s - %s (loss=%.0f%% )|%s\n"), state_text(status), server_name, loss,
-                        perfdata("loss", (long int)loss, "%", wpl_p, wpl, cpl_p, cpl, true, 0, true, 100));
+                        perfdata("loss", (long int)loss, "%", wpl_p, wpl, cpl_p, cpl, false, 0, false, 0));
 
         } else {
                 status = max_state(status, STATE_WARNING);
@@ -266,11 +300,12 @@ int textscan(char *buf) {
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        char *rv[2];
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_fping_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        enum {
+                FWMARK_OPT = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                ICMP_TIMESTAMP_OPT,
+                CHECK_SOURCE_OPT,
+        };
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
                                                                            {"sourceip", required_argument, 0, 'S'},
                                                                            {"sourceif", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
@@ -288,32 +323,53 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
                                                                            {"dontfrag", no_argument, 0, 'M'},
                                                                            {"random", no_argument, 0, 'R'},
+#ifdef FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER
+                                                                           // only available with fping version >= 5.2
+                                                                           {"fwmark", required_argument, NULL, FWMARK_OPT},
+#       ifdef FPING_VERSION_5_3_OR_HIGHER
+                                                                           // only available with fping version >= 5.3
+                                                                           {"icmp-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, ICMP_TIMESTAMP_OPT},
+                                                                           {"check-source", no_argument, NULL, CHECK_SOURCE_OPT},
+#       endif
+#endif
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        char *rv[2];
         rv[PL] = NULL;
         rv[RTA] = NULL;
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        int option = 0;
+
+        check_fping_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_fping_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                server_name = argv[1];
+                result.config.server_name = argv[1];
                 argv[1] = argv[0];
                 argv = &argv[1];
                 argc--;
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvaH:S:c:w:b:n:T:i:I:M:R:46", longopts, &option);
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvaH:S:c:w:b:n:T:i:I:M:R:46", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 case 'a': /* host alive mode */
-                        alive_p = true;
+                        result.config.alive_p = true;
                         break;
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
@@ -325,109 +381,128 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose = true;
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        if (is_host(optarg) == false) {
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
-                        server_name = strscpy(server_name, optarg);
+                        result.config.server_name = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'S': /* sourceip */
-                        if (is_host(optarg) == false) {
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
-                        sourceip = strscpy(sourceip, optarg);
+                        result.config.sourceip = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'I': /* sourceip */
-                        sourceif = strscpy(sourceif, optarg);
+                        result.config.sourceif = optarg;
                         break;
                 case '4': /* IPv4 only */
                         address_family = AF_INET;
                         break;
                 case '6': /* IPv6 only */
-#ifdef USE_IPV6
                         address_family = AF_INET6;
-#else
-                        usage(_("IPv6 support not available\n"));
-#endif
                         break;
                 case 'c':
                         get_threshold(optarg, rv);
                         if (rv[RTA]) {
-                                crta = strtod(rv[RTA], NULL);
-                                crta_p = true;
+                                result.config.crta = strtod(rv[RTA], NULL);
+                                result.config.crta_p = true;
                                 rv[RTA] = NULL;
                         }
                         if (rv[PL]) {
-                                cpl = atoi(rv[PL]);
-                                cpl_p = true;
+                                result.config.cpl = atoi(rv[PL]);
+                                result.config.cpl_p = true;
                                 rv[PL] = NULL;
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         get_threshold(optarg, rv);
                         if (rv[RTA]) {
-                                wrta = strtod(rv[RTA], NULL);
-                                wrta_p = true;
+                                result.config.wrta = strtod(rv[RTA], NULL);
+                                result.config.wrta_p = true;
                                 rv[RTA] = NULL;
                         }
                         if (rv[PL]) {
-                                wpl = atoi(rv[PL]);
-                                wpl_p = true;
+                                result.config.wpl = atoi(rv[PL]);
+                                result.config.wpl_p = true;
                                 rv[PL] = NULL;
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'b': /* bytes per packet */
-                        if (is_intpos(optarg))
-                                packet_size = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.packet_size = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage(_("Packet size must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'n': /* number of packets */
-                        if (is_intpos(optarg))
-                                packet_count = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.packet_count = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage(_("Packet count must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'T': /* timeout in msec */
-                        if (is_intpos(optarg))
-                                target_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.target_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage(_("Target timeout must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'i': /* interval in msec */
-                        if (is_intpos(optarg))
-                                packet_interval = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.packet_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage(_("Interval must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'R':
-                        randomize_packet_data = true;
+                        result.config.randomize_packet_data = true;
                         break;
                 case 'M':
-                        dontfrag = true;
+                        result.config.dontfrag = true;
+                        break;
+                case FWMARK_OPT:
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.fwmark = (unsigned int)atol(optarg);
+                                result.config.fwmark_set = true;
+                        } else {
+                                usage(_("fwmark must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case ICMP_TIMESTAMP_OPT:
+                        result.config.icmp_timestamp = true;
+                        break;
+                case CHECK_SOURCE_OPT:
+                        result.config.check_source = true;
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_name == NULL)
+        if (result.config.server_name == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 int get_threshold(char *arg, char *rv[2]) {
-        char *arg1 = NULL;
         char *arg2 = NULL;
 
-        arg1 = strscpy(arg1, arg);
-        if (strpbrk(arg1, ",:"))
+        char *arg1 = strdup(arg);
+        if (strpbrk(arg1, ",:")) {
                 arg2 = 1 + strpbrk(arg1, ",:");
+        }
 
         if (arg2) {
                 arg1[strcspn(arg1, ",:")] = 0;
-                if (strstr(arg1, "%") && strstr(arg2, "%"))
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Only one threshold may be packet loss (%s)\n"), progname, arg);
-                if (!strstr(arg1, "%") && !strstr(arg2, "%"))
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Only one threshold must be packet loss (%s)\n"), progname, arg);
+                if (strstr(arg1, "%") && strstr(arg2, "%")) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Only one threshold may be packet loss (%s)\n"), progname,
+                                arg);
+                }
+                if (!strstr(arg1, "%") && !strstr(arg2, "%")) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Only one threshold must be packet loss (%s)\n"), progname,
+                                arg);
+                }
         }
 
         if (arg2 && strstr(arg2, "%")) {
@@ -452,7 +527,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder <adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>\n");
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin will use the fping command to ping the specified host for a fast check"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("This plugin will use the fping command to ping the specified host for a fast check"));
 
         printf("%s\n", _("Note that it is necessary to set the suid flag on fping."));
 
@@ -466,7 +542,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_IPv46);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-H, --hostname=HOST");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("name or IP Address of host to ping (IP Address bypasses name lookup, reducing system load)"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("name or IP Address of host to ping (IP Address bypasses name lookup, "
+                                                 "reducing system load)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("warning threshold pair"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
@@ -480,7 +557,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-T, --target-timeout=INTEGER");
         printf("    %s (default: fping's default for -t)\n", _("Target timeout (ms)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-i, --interval=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s (default: fping's default for -p)\n", _("Interval (ms) between sending packets"));
+        printf("    %s (default: fping's default for -p)\n",
+                   _("Interval (ms) between sending packets"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-S, --sourceip=HOST");
         printf("    %s\n", _("name or IP Address of sourceip"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-I, --sourceif=IF");
@@ -489,9 +567,20 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("set the Don't Fragment flag"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-R, --random");
         printf("    %s\n", _("random packet data (to foil link data compression)"));
+#ifdef FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER
+        printf(" %s\n", "--fwmark=INTEGER");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("set the routing mark to INTEGER (fping option)"));
+#       ifdef FPING_VERSION_5_3_OR_HIGHER
+        printf(" %s\n", "--icmp-timestamp");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("use ICMP Timestamp instead of ICMP Echo (fping option)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--check-source");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("discard replies not from target address (fping option)"));
+#       endif
+#endif
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("THRESHOLD is <rta>,<pl>%% where <rta> is the round trip average travel time (ms)"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("THRESHOLD is <rta>,<pl>%% where <rta> is the round trip average travel time (ms)"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("which triggers a WARNING or CRITICAL state, and <pl> is the percentage of"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("packet loss to trigger an alarm state."));
 
@@ -503,5 +592,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s <host_address> -w limit -c limit [-b size] [-n number] [-T number] [-i number]\n", progname);
+        printf(" %s <host_address> -w limit -c limit [-b size] [-n number] [-T number] [-i number]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h b/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3e50565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        PACKET_SIZE = 56,
+        PACKET_COUNT = 1,
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_name;
+        char *sourceip;
+        char *sourceif;
+        int packet_size;
+        int packet_count;
+        int target_timeout;
+        int packet_interval;
+        bool randomize_packet_data;
+        bool dontfrag;
+        bool alive_p;
+
+        double crta;
+        bool crta_p;
+        double wrta;
+        bool wrta_p;
+
+        int cpl;
+        bool cpl_p;
+        int wpl;
+        bool wpl_p;
+
+        // only available with fping version >= 5.2
+        // for a given uint _fwmark_ fping sets _fwmark_ as a firewall mark
+        // in the packets
+        unsigned int fwmark;
+        bool fwmark_set;
+
+        // only available with fping version >= 5.3
+        // Setting icmp_timestamp tells fping to use ICMP Timestamp (ICMP type 13) instead
+        // of ICMP Echo
+        bool icmp_timestamp;
+
+        // Setting check_source lets fping  discard replies which are not from the target address
+        bool check_source;
+} check_fping_config;
+
+check_fping_config check_fping_config_init() {
+        check_fping_config tmp = {
+                .server_name = NULL,
+                .sourceip = NULL,
+                .sourceif = NULL,
+                .packet_size = PACKET_SIZE,
+                .packet_count = PACKET_COUNT,
+                .target_timeout = 0,
+                .packet_interval = 0,
+                .randomize_packet_data = false,
+                .dontfrag = false,
+                .alive_p = false,
+
+                .crta = 0,
+                .crta_p = false,
+                .wrta = 0,
+                .wrta_p = false,
+
+                .cpl = 0,
+                .cpl_p = false,
+                .wpl = 0,
+                .wpl_p = false,
+
+                // only available with fping version >= 5.2
+                .fwmark = 0,
+                .fwmark_set = false, // just to be deterministic
+
+                // only available with fping version >= 5.3
+                .icmp_timestamp = false,
+                .check_source = false,
+
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_game.c b/plugins/check_game.c
index 619277e7..974a7253 100644
--- a/plugins/check_game.c
+++ b/plugins/check_game.c
@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
+#include "check_game.d/config.h"
+#include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_game_config config;
+} check_game_config_wrapper;
+
+static check_game_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
@@ -49,26 +55,9 @@ void print_usage(void);
 #define QSTAT_HOST_TIMEOUT    "TIMEOUT"
 #define QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS 12
 
-static char *server_ip;
-static char *game_type;
-static int port = 0;
-
 static bool verbose = false;
 
-static int qstat_game_players_max = -1;
-static int qstat_game_players = -1;
-static int qstat_game_field = -1;
-static int qstat_map_field = -1;
-static int qstat_ping_field = -1;
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *command_line;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char *p;
-        char *ret[QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS];
-        size_t i = 0;
-        output chld_out;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -76,22 +65,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_game_config_wrapper tmp = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        check_game_config config = tmp.config;
 
-        result = STATE_OK;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
 
         /* create the command line to execute */
-        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s -raw %s -%s %s", PATH_TO_QSTAT, QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER, game_type, server_ip);
+        char *command_line = NULL;
+        xasprintf(&command_line, "%s -raw %s -%s %s", PATH_TO_QSTAT, QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER,
+                          config.game_type, config.server_ip);
 
-        if (port)
-                xasprintf(&command_line, "%s:%-d", command_line, port);
+        if (config.port) {
+                xasprintf(&command_line, "%s:%-d", command_line, config.port);
+        }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", command_line);
+        }
 
         /* run the command. historically, this plugin ignores output on stderr,
          * as well as return status of the qstat program */
+        output chld_out = {};
         (void)np_runcmd(command_line, &chld_out, NULL, 0);
 
         /* sanity check */
@@ -104,19 +103,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
            In the end, I figured I'd simply let an error occur & then trap it
          */
 
-        if (!strncmp(chld_out.line[0], "unknown option", 14)) {
+        if (!strncmp(chld_out.line[0], "unknown option", strlen("unknown option"))) {
                 printf(_("CRITICAL - Host type parameter incorrect!\n"));
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                return result;
+                exit(result);
         }
 
-        p = (char *)strtok(chld_out.line[0], QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER);
-        while (p != NULL) {
-                ret[i] = p;
-                p = (char *)strtok(NULL, QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER);
+        char *ret[QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS];
+        size_t i = 0;
+        char *sequence = strtok(chld_out.line[0], QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER);
+        while (sequence != NULL) {
+                ret[i] = sequence;
+                sequence = strtok(NULL, QSTAT_DATA_DELIMITER);
                 i++;
-                if (i >= QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
+                if (i >= QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
                         break;
+                }
         }
 
         if (strstr(ret[2], QSTAT_HOST_ERROR)) {
@@ -129,52 +131,66 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 printf(_("CRITICAL - Game server timeout\n"));
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
         } else {
-                printf("OK: %s/%s %s (%s), Ping: %s ms|%s %s\n", ret[qstat_game_players], ret[qstat_game_players_max], ret[qstat_game_field],
-                           ret[qstat_map_field], ret[qstat_ping_field],
-                           perfdata("players", atol(ret[qstat_game_players]), "", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, atol(ret[qstat_game_players_max])),
-                           fperfdata("ping", strtod(ret[qstat_ping_field], NULL), "", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                printf("OK: %s/%s %s (%s), Ping: %s ms|%s %s\n", ret[config.qstat_game_players],
+                           ret[config.qstat_game_players_max], ret[config.qstat_game_field],
+                           ret[config.qstat_map_field], ret[config.qstat_ping_field],
+                           perfdata("players", atol(ret[config.qstat_game_players]), "", false, 0, false, 0,
+                                                true, 0, true, atol(ret[config.qstat_game_players_max])),
+                           fperfdata("ping", strtod(ret[config.qstat_ping_field], NULL), "", false, 0, false, 0,
+                                                 true, 0, false, 0));
         }
 
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
+#define players_field_index     129
+#define max_players_field_index 130
+
+check_game_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option long_opts[] = {
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"game-type", required_argument, 0, 'G'},
+                {"map-field", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"ping-field", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"game-field", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
+                {"players-field", required_argument, 0, players_field_index},
+                {"max-players-field", required_argument, 0, max_players_field_index},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_game_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_game_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        int opt_index = 0;
-        static struct option long_opts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                                                                                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                                                                                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                                                                                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                                                                                {"game-type", required_argument, 0, 'G'},
-                                                                                {"map-field", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                                                                                {"ping-field", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                                {"game-field", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
-                                                                                {"players-field", required_argument, 0, 129},
-                                                                                {"max-players-field", required_argument, 0, 130},
-                                                                                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-mf", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-m");
-                else if (strcmp("-pf", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-p");
-                else if (strcmp("-gf", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-g");
+        for (int option_counter = 1; option_counter < argc; option_counter++) {
+                if (strcmp("-mf", argv[option_counter]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[option_counter], "-m");
+                } else if (strcmp("-pf", argv[option_counter]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[option_counter], "-p");
+                } else if (strcmp("-gf", argv[option_counter]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[option_counter], "-g");
+                }
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:H:P:G:g:p:m:", long_opts, &opt_index);
+        int opt_index = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:H:P:G:g:p:m:", long_opts, &opt_index);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -188,79 +204,80 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                        server_ip = optarg;
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_ip = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* port */
-                        port = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.port = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'G': /* hostname */
-                        if (strlen(optarg) >= MAX_INPUT_BUFFER)
+                        if (strlen(optarg) >= MAX_INPUT_BUFFER) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Input buffer overflow\n"));
-                        game_type = optarg;
+                        }
+                        result.config.game_type = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* index of ping field */
-                        qstat_ping_field = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (qstat_ping_field < 0 || qstat_ping_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
-                                return ERROR;
+                        result.config.qstat_ping_field = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.qstat_ping_field < 0 ||
+                                result.config.qstat_ping_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'm': /* index on map field */
-                        qstat_map_field = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (qstat_map_field < 0 || qstat_map_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
-                                return ERROR;
+                        result.config.qstat_map_field = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.qstat_map_field < 0 ||
+                                result.config.qstat_map_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'g': /* index of game field */
-                        qstat_game_field = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (qstat_game_field < 0 || qstat_game_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
-                                return ERROR;
+                        result.config.qstat_game_field = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.qstat_game_field < 0 ||
+                                result.config.qstat_game_field > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 129: /* index of player count field */
-                        qstat_game_players = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (qstat_game_players_max == 0)
-                                qstat_game_players_max = qstat_game_players - 1;
-                        if (qstat_game_players < 0 || qstat_game_players > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
-                                return ERROR;
+                case players_field_index: /* index of player count field */
+                        result.config.qstat_game_players = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.qstat_game_players_max == 0) {
+                                result.config.qstat_game_players_max = result.config.qstat_game_players - 1;
+                        }
+                        if (result.config.qstat_game_players < 0 ||
+                                result.config.qstat_game_players > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 130: /* index of max players field */
-                        qstat_game_players_max = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (qstat_game_players_max < 0 || qstat_game_players_max > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS)
-                                return ERROR;
+                case max_players_field_index: /* index of max players field */
+                        result.config.qstat_game_players_max = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.qstat_game_players_max < 0 ||
+                                result.config.qstat_game_players_max > QSTAT_MAX_RETURN_ARGS) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
                 default: /* args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
+        int option_counter = optind;
         /* first option is the game type */
-        if (!game_type && c < argc)
-                game_type = strdup(argv[c++]);
+        if (!result.config.game_type && option_counter < argc) {
+                result.config.game_type = strdup(argv[option_counter++]);
+        }
 
         /* Second option is the server name */
-        if (!server_ip && c < argc)
-                server_ip = strdup(argv[c++]);
-
-        return validate_arguments();
-}
-
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (qstat_game_players_max < 0)
-                qstat_game_players_max = 4;
-
-        if (qstat_game_players < 0)
-                qstat_game_players = 5;
-
-        if (qstat_game_field < 0)
-                qstat_game_field = 2;
-
-        if (qstat_map_field < 0)
-                qstat_map_field = 3;
-
-        if (qstat_ping_field < 0)
-                qstat_ping_field = 5;
+        if (!result.config.server_ip && option_counter < argc) {
+                result.config.server_ip = strdup(argv[option_counter++]);
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -277,22 +294,25 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
         printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-
-        printf(" %s\n", "-p");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Optional port of which to connect"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "gf");
+        printf(" -H, --hostname=ADDRESS\n"
+                   "    Host name, IP Address, or unix socket (must be an absolute path)\n");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Optional port to connect to"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-g");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Field number in raw qstat output that contains game name"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-mf");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-m");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Field number in raw qstat output that contains map name"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-pf");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-p");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Field number in raw qstat output that contains ping time"));
 
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin uses the 'qstat' command, the popular game server status query tool."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("If you don't have the package installed, you will need to download it from"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("This plugin uses the 'qstat' command, the popular game server status query tool."));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("If you don't have the package installed, you will need to download it from"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("https://github.com/multiplay/qstat before you can use this plugin."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
@@ -300,7 +320,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s [-hvV] [-P port] [-t timeout] [-g game_field] [-m map_field] [-p ping_field] [-G game-time] [-H hostname] <game> "
+        printf(" %s [-hvV] [-P port] [-t timeout] [-g game_field] [-m map_field] [-p ping_field] [-G "
+                   "game-time] [-H hostname] <game> "
                    "<ip_address>\n",
                    progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_game.d/config.h b/plugins/check_game.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c95a1ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_game.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_ip;
+        char *game_type;
+        int port;
+
+        int qstat_game_players_max;
+        int qstat_game_players;
+        int qstat_game_field;
+        int qstat_map_field;
+        int qstat_ping_field;
+} check_game_config;
+
+check_game_config check_game_config_init() {
+        check_game_config tmp = {
+                .server_ip = NULL,
+                .game_type = NULL,
+                .port = 0,
+
+                .qstat_game_players_max = 4,
+                .qstat_game_players = 5,
+                .qstat_map_field = 3,
+                .qstat_game_field = 2,
+                .qstat_ping_field = 5,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_hpjd.c b/plugins/check_hpjd.c
index b39bccff..9907abc5 100644
--- a/plugins/check_hpjd.c
+++ b/plugins/check_hpjd.c
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "popen.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "check_hpjd.d/config.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_COMMUNITY "public"
-#define DEFAULT_PORT      "161"
 
 #define HPJD_LINE_STATUS           ".1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.1.1.2.1"
 #define HPJD_PAPER_STATUS          ".1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.1.1.2.2"
@@ -57,39 +58,15 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #define ONLINE  0
 #define OFFLINE 1
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_hpjd_config config;
+} check_hpjd_config_wrapper;
+static check_hpjd_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *community = NULL;
-static char *address = NULL;
-static unsigned int port = 0;
-static int check_paper_out = 1;
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char command_line[1024];
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int line;
-        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char query_string[512];
-        char *errmsg;
-        char *temp_buffer;
-        int line_status = ONLINE;
-        int paper_status = 0;
-        int intervention_required = 0;
-        int peripheral_error = 0;
-        int paper_jam = 0;
-        int paper_out = 0;
-        int toner_low = 0;
-        int page_punt = 0;
-        int memory_out = 0;
-        int door_open = 0;
-        int paper_output = 0;
-        char display_message[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-
-        errmsg = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -97,17 +74,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_hpjd_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_hpjd_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
+        char query_string[512];
         /* removed ' 2>1' at end of command 10/27/1999 - EG */
         /* create the query string */
-        sprintf(query_string, "%s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0", HPJD_LINE_STATUS, HPJD_PAPER_STATUS,
-                        HPJD_INTERVENTION_REQUIRED, HPJD_GD_PERIPHERAL_ERROR, HPJD_GD_PAPER_JAM, HPJD_GD_PAPER_OUT, HPJD_GD_TONER_LOW,
-                        HPJD_GD_PAGE_PUNT, HPJD_GD_MEMORY_OUT, HPJD_GD_DOOR_OPEN, HPJD_GD_PAPER_OUTPUT, HPJD_GD_STATUS_DISPLAY);
+        sprintf(query_string, "%s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0 %s.0",
+                        HPJD_LINE_STATUS, HPJD_PAPER_STATUS, HPJD_INTERVENTION_REQUIRED,
+                        HPJD_GD_PERIPHERAL_ERROR, HPJD_GD_PAPER_JAM, HPJD_GD_PAPER_OUT, HPJD_GD_TONER_LOW,
+                        HPJD_GD_PAGE_PUNT, HPJD_GD_MEMORY_OUT, HPJD_GD_DOOR_OPEN, HPJD_GD_PAPER_OUTPUT,
+                        HPJD_GD_STATUS_DISPLAY);
 
         /* get the command to run */
-        sprintf(command_line, "%s -OQa -m : -v 1 -c %s %s:%u %s", PATH_TO_SNMPGET, community, address, port, query_string);
+        char command_line[1024];
+        sprintf(command_line, "%s -OQa -m : -v 1 -c %s %s:%u %s", PATH_TO_SNMPGET, config.community,
+                        config.address, config.port, query_string);
 
         /* run the command */
         child_process = spopen(command_line);
@@ -121,29 +108,41 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 printf(_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), command_line);
         }
 
-        result = STATE_OK;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
 
-        line = 0;
-        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
+        int line_status = ONLINE;
+        int paper_status = 0;
+        int intervention_required = 0;
+        int peripheral_error = 0;
+        int paper_jam = 0;
+        int paper_out = 0;
+        int toner_low = 0;
+        int page_punt = 0;
+        int memory_out = 0;
+        int door_open = 0;
+        int paper_output = 0;
+        char display_message[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
+        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char *errmsg = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+        int line = 0;
+
+        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
                 /* strip the newline character from the end of the input */
-                if (input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] == '\n')
+                if (input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] == '\n') {
                         input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] = 0;
+                }
 
                 line++;
 
-                temp_buffer = strtok(input_buffer, "=");
+                char *temp_buffer = strtok(input_buffer, "=");
                 temp_buffer = strtok(NULL, "=");
 
                 if (temp_buffer == NULL && line < 13) {
-
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
                         strcpy(errmsg, input_buffer);
-
                 } else {
-
                         switch (line) {
-
                         case 1: /* 1st line should contain the line status */
                                 line_status = atoi(temp_buffer);
                                 break;
@@ -181,21 +180,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 strcpy(display_message, temp_buffer + 1);
                                 break;
                         default: /* fold multiline message */
-                                strncat(display_message, input_buffer, sizeof(display_message) - strlen(display_message) - 1);
+                                strncat(display_message, input_buffer,
+                                                sizeof(display_message) - strlen(display_message) - 1);
                         }
                 }
 
                 /* break out of the read loop if we encounter an error */
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
+                if (result != STATE_OK) {
                         break;
+                }
         }
 
         /* WARNING if output found on stderr */
         if (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                 /* remove CRLF */
-                if (input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] == '\n')
+                if (input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] == '\n') {
                         input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer) - 1] = 0;
+                }
                 sprintf(errmsg, "%s", input_buffer);
         }
 
@@ -203,15 +205,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         (void)fclose(child_stderr);
 
         /* close the pipe */
-        if (spclose(child_process))
+        if (spclose(child_process)) {
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
+        }
 
         /* if there wasn't any output, display an error */
         if (line == 0) {
-
                 /* might not be the problem, but most likely is. */
                 result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                xasprintf(&errmsg, "%s : Timeout from host %s\n", errmsg, address);
+                xasprintf(&errmsg, "%s : Timeout from host %s\n", errmsg, config.address);
         }
 
         /* if we had no read errors, check the printer status results... */
@@ -221,8 +223,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
                         strcpy(errmsg, _("Paper Jam"));
                 } else if (paper_out) {
-                        if (check_paper_out)
+                        if (config.check_paper_out) {
                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+                        }
                         strcpy(errmsg, _("Out of Paper"));
                 } else if (line_status == OFFLINE) {
                         if (strcmp(errmsg, "POWERSAVE ON") != 0) {
@@ -256,29 +259,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (result == STATE_OK)
+        if (result == STATE_OK) {
                 printf(_("Printer ok - (%s)\n"), display_message);
-
-        else if (result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-
+        } else if (result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
                 printf("%s\n", errmsg);
-
                 /* if printer could not be reached, escalate to critical */
-                if (strstr(errmsg, "Timeout"))
+                if (strstr(errmsg, "Timeout")) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        }
-
-        else if (result == STATE_WARNING)
+                }
+        } else if (result == STATE_WARNING) {
                 printf("%s (%s)\n", errmsg, display_message);
+        }
 
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_hpjd_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
                                                                            {"community", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
                                                                            /*           {"critical",       required_argument,0,'c'}, */
@@ -288,34 +285,44 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_hpjd_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_hpjd_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVH:C:p:D", longopts, &option);
+        int option = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVH:C:p:D", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
                         if (is_host(optarg)) {
-                                address = strscpy(address, optarg);
+                                result.config.address = strscpy(result.config.address, optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* community */
-                        community = strscpy(community, optarg);
+                        result.config.community = strscpy(result.config.community, optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'p':
-                        if (!is_intpos(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Port must be a positive short integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                port = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.port = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'D': /* disable paper out check*/
-                        check_paper_out = 0;
+                        result.config.check_paper_out = false;
                         break;
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
@@ -328,31 +335,26 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (address == NULL) {
+        int c = optind;
+        if (result.config.address == NULL) {
                 if (is_host(argv[c])) {
-                        address = argv[c++];
+                        result.config.address = argv[c++];
                 } else {
                         usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[c]);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (community == NULL) {
-                if (argv[c] != NULL)
-                        community = argv[c];
-                else
-                        community = strdup(DEFAULT_COMMUNITY);
-        }
-
-        if (port == 0) {
-                port = atoi(DEFAULT_PORT);
+        if (result.config.community == NULL) {
+                if (argv[c] != NULL) {
+                        result.config.community = argv[c];
+                } else {
+                        result.config.community = strdup(DEFAULT_COMMUNITY);
+                }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return result;
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) { return OK; }
-
 void print_help(void) {
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_hpjd.d/config.h b/plugins/check_hpjd.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e36b7972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_hpjd.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define DEFAULT_PORT "161"
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *address;
+        char *community;
+        unsigned int port;
+        bool check_paper_out;
+
+} check_hpjd_config;
+
+check_hpjd_config check_hpjd_config_init() {
+        check_hpjd_config tmp = {
+                .address = NULL,
+                .community = NULL,
+                .port = (unsigned int)atoi(DEFAULT_PORT),
+                .check_paper_out = true,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index baff682a..d264b95d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-*
-* Monitoring check_http plugin
-*
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-*
-* Description:
-*
-* This file contains the check_http plugin
-*
-* This plugin tests the HTTP service on the specified host. It can test
-* normal (http) and secure (https) servers, follow redirects, search for
-* strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on
-* certificate expiration times.
-*
-*
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*
-*
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_http plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_http plugin
+ *
+ * This plugin tests the HTTP service on the specified host. It can test
+ * normal (http) and secure (https) servers, follow redirects, search for
+ * strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on
+ * certificate expiration times.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_http";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "base64.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-#include "base64.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #define STICKY_NONE 0
@@ -50,1346 +49,1394 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #define HTTP_EXPECT "HTTP/1."
 enum {
-  MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH = 255,
-  HTTP_PORT = 80,
-  HTTPS_PORT = 443,
-  MAX_PORT = 65535,
-  DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS = 15
+        MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH = 255,
+        HTTP_PORT = 80,
+        HTTPS_PORT = 443,
+        MAX_PORT = 65535,
+        DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS = 15
 };
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-bool check_cert = false;
-bool continue_after_check_cert = false;
-int ssl_version = 0;
-int days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit;
-char *randbuff;
-X509 *server_cert;
-#  define my_recv(buf, len) ((use_ssl) ? np_net_ssl_read(buf, len) : read(sd, buf, len))
-#  define my_send(buf, len) ((use_ssl) ? np_net_ssl_write(buf, len) : send(sd, buf, len, 0))
+static bool check_cert = false;
+static bool continue_after_check_cert = false;
+static int ssl_version = 0;
+static int days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit;
+#       define my_recv(buf, len) ((use_ssl) ? np_net_ssl_read(buf, len) : read(sd, buf, len))
+#       define my_send(buf, len) ((use_ssl) ? np_net_ssl_write(buf, len) : send(sd, buf, len, 0))
 #else /* ifndef HAVE_SSL */
-#  define my_recv(buf, len) read(sd, buf, len)
-#  define my_send(buf, len) send(sd, buf, len, 0)
+#       define my_recv(buf, len) read(sd, buf, len)
+#       define my_send(buf, len) send(sd, buf, len, 0)
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
-bool no_body = false;
-int maximum_age = -1;
+static bool no_body = false;
+static int maximum_age = -1;
 
 enum {
-  REGS = 2,
-  MAX_RE_SIZE = 1024
+        REGS = 2,
+        MAX_RE_SIZE = 1024
 };
 #include "regex.h"
-regex_t preg;
-regmatch_t pmatch[REGS];
-char regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE];
-char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_NEWLINE;
-int errcode;
-int invert_regex = 0;
-int state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-struct timeval tv;
-struct timeval tv_temp;
+static regex_t preg;
+static regmatch_t pmatch[REGS];
+static char regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE];
+static char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+static int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_NEWLINE;
+static int errcode;
+static int invert_regex = 0;
+static int state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
+
+static struct timeval tv;
+static struct timeval tv_temp;
 
 #define HTTP_URL "/"
-#define CRLF "\r\n"
-
-bool specify_port = false;
-int server_port = HTTP_PORT;
-int virtual_port = 0;
-char server_port_text[6] = "";
-char server_type[6] = "http";
-char *server_address;
-char *host_name;
-int host_name_length;
-char *server_url;
-char *user_agent;
-int server_url_length;
-int server_expect_yn = 0;
-char server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = HTTP_EXPECT;
-char header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-char string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-char *warning_thresholds = NULL;
-char *critical_thresholds = NULL;
-thresholds *thlds;
-char user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-char proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-bool display_html = false;
-char **http_opt_headers;
-int http_opt_headers_count = 0;
-int onredirect = STATE_OK;
-int followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
-bool use_ssl = false;
-bool use_sni = false;
-bool verbose = false;
-bool show_extended_perfdata = false;
-bool show_body = false;
-int sd;
-int min_page_len = 0;
-int max_page_len = 0;
-int redir_depth = 0;
-int max_depth = DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS;
-char *http_method;
-char *http_method_proxy;
-char *http_post_data;
-char *http_content_type;
-char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-char *client_cert = NULL;
-char *client_privkey = NULL;
+#define CRLF     "\r\n"
+
+static bool specify_port = false;
+static int server_port = HTTP_PORT;
+static int virtual_port = 0;
+static char server_type[6] = "http";
+static char *server_address;
+static char *host_name;
+static int host_name_length;
+static char *server_url;
+static char *user_agent;
+static int server_url_length;
+static int server_expect_yn = 0;
+static char server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = HTTP_EXPECT;
+static char header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+static char string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+static char *warning_thresholds = NULL;
+static char *critical_thresholds = NULL;
+static thresholds *thlds;
+static char user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+static char proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+static bool display_html = false;
+static char **http_opt_headers;
+static int http_opt_headers_count = 0;
+static int onredirect = STATE_OK;
+static int followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
+static bool use_ssl = false;
+static bool use_sni = false;
+static bool verbose = false;
+static bool show_extended_perfdata = false;
+static bool show_body = false;
+static int sd;
+static int min_page_len = 0;
+static int max_page_len = 0;
+static int redir_depth = 0;
+static int max_depth = DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS;
+static char *http_method;
+static char *http_method_proxy;
+static char *http_post_data;
+static char *http_content_type;
+static char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+static char *client_cert = NULL;
+static char *client_privkey = NULL;
 
 // Forward function declarations
-bool process_arguments (int, char **);
-int check_http (void);
-void redir (char *pos, char *status_line);
-bool server_type_check(const char *type);
-int server_port_check(int ssl_flag);
-char *perfd_time (double microsec);
-char *perfd_time_connect (double microsec);
-char *perfd_time_ssl (double microsec);
-char *perfd_time_firstbyte (double microsec);
-char *perfd_time_headers (double microsec);
-char *perfd_time_transfer (double microsec);
-char *perfd_size (int page_len);
-void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-char *unchunk_content(const char *content);
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-  textdomain (PACKAGE);
-
-  /* Set default URL. Must be malloced for subsequent realloc if --onredirect=follow */
-  server_url = strdup(HTTP_URL);
-  server_url_length = strlen(server_url);
-  xasprintf (&user_agent, "User-Agent: check_http/v%s (monitoring-plugins %s)",
-            NP_VERSION, VERSION);
-
-  /* Parse extra opts if any */
-  argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
-
-  if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == false)
-    usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-  if (display_html == true)
-    printf ("<A HREF=\"%s://%s:%d%s\" target=\"_blank\">",
-      use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address,
-      server_port, server_url);
-
-  /* initialize alarm signal handling, set socket timeout, start timer */
-  (void) signal (SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-  (void) alarm (socket_timeout);
-  gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
-
-  result = check_http ();
-  return result;
+static bool process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static int check_http(void);
+static void redir(char *pos, char *status_line);
+static bool server_type_check(const char *type);
+static int server_port_check(int ssl_flag);
+static char *perfd_time(double elapsed_time);
+static char *perfd_time_connect(double elapsed_time_connect);
+static char *perfd_time_ssl(double elapsed_time_ssl);
+static char *perfd_time_firstbyte(double elapsed_time_firstbyte);
+static char *perfd_time_headers(double elapsed_time_headers);
+static char *perfd_time_transfer(double elapsed_time_transfer);
+static char *perfd_size(int page_len);
+void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+static char *unchunk_content(const char *content);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
+
+        /* Set default URL. Must be malloced for subsequent realloc if --onredirect=follow */
+        server_url = strdup(HTTP_URL);
+        server_url_length = strlen(server_url);
+        xasprintf(&user_agent, "User-Agent: check_http/v%s (monitoring-plugins %s)", NP_VERSION,
+                          VERSION);
+
+        /* Parse extra opts if any */
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
+
+        if (!process_arguments(argc, argv)) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        if (display_html) {
+                printf("<A HREF=\"%s://%s:%d%s\" target=\"_blank\">", use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                           host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
+        }
+
+        /* initialize alarm signal handling, set socket timeout, start timer */
+        (void)signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
+        (void)alarm(socket_timeout);
+        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+
+        result = check_http();
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* check whether a file exists */
-void
-test_file (char *path)
-{
-  if (access(path, R_OK) == 0)
-    return;
-  usage2 (_("file does not exist or is not readable"), path);
+void test_file(char *path) {
+        if (access(path, R_OK) == 0) {
+                return;
+        }
+        usage2(_("file does not exist or is not readable"), path);
 }
 
 /*
  * process command-line arguments
  * returns true on success, false otherwise
-  */
-bool process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  int c = 1;
-  char *p;
-  char *temp;
-
-  enum {
-    INVERT_REGEX = CHAR_MAX + 1,
-    SNI_OPTION,
-    MAX_REDIRS_OPTION,
-    CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT,
-    STATE_REGEX
-  };
-
-  int option = 0;
-  static struct option longopts[] = {
-    STD_LONG_OPTS,
-    {"link", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
-    {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
-    {"ssl", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
-    {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
-    {"post", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-    {"method", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
-    {"IP-address", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
-    {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-    {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-    {"authorization", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-    {"proxy-authorization", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
-    {"header-string", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-    {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-    {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-    {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-    {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-    {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
-    {"linespan", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
-    {"onredirect", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-    {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-    {"client-cert", required_argument, 0, 'J'},
-    {"private-key", required_argument, 0, 'K'},
-    {"continue-after-certificate", no_argument, 0, CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT},
-    {"useragent", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
-    {"header", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
-    {"no-body", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
-    {"max-age", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
-    {"content-type", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
-    {"pagesize", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-    {"invert-regex", no_argument, NULL, INVERT_REGEX},
-    {"state-regex", required_argument, 0, STATE_REGEX},
-    {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-    {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-    {"extended-perfdata", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
-    {"show-body", no_argument, 0, 'B'},
-    {"max-redirs", required_argument, 0, MAX_REDIRS_OPTION},
-    {0, 0, 0, 0}
-  };
-
-  if (argc < 2)
-    return false;
-
-  for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-    if (strcmp ("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-      strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
-    if (strcmp ("-hn", argv[c]) == 0)
-      strcpy (argv[c], "-H");
-    if (strcmp ("-wt", argv[c]) == 0)
-      strcpy (argv[c], "-w");
-    if (strcmp ("-ct", argv[c]) == 0)
-      strcpy (argv[c], "-c");
-    if (strcmp ("-nohtml", argv[c]) == 0)
-      strcpy (argv[c], "-n");
-  }
-
-  while (1) {
-    c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:j:T:I:a:b:d:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:J:K:nlLS::m:M:NEB", longopts, &option);
-    if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
-      break;
-
-    switch (c) {
-    case '?': /* usage */
-      usage5 ();
-      break;
-    case 'h': /* help */
-      print_help ();
-      exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-      break;
-    case 'V': /* version */
-      print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-      exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-      break;
-    case 't': /* timeout period */
-      if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-        usage2 (_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-      else
-        socket_timeout = atoi (optarg);
-      break;
-    case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
-      critical_thresholds = optarg;
-      break;
-    case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
-      warning_thresholds = optarg;
-      break;
-    case 'A': /* User Agent String */
-      xasprintf (&user_agent, "User-Agent: %s", optarg);
-      break;
-    case 'k': /* Additional headers */
-      if (http_opt_headers_count == 0)
-        http_opt_headers = malloc (sizeof (char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
-      else
-        http_opt_headers = realloc (http_opt_headers, sizeof (char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
-      http_opt_headers[http_opt_headers_count - 1] = optarg;
-      /* xasprintf (&http_opt_headers, "%s", optarg); */
-      break;
-    case 'L': /* show html link */
-      display_html = true;
-      break;
-    case 'n': /* do not show html link */
-      display_html = false;
-      break;
-    case 'C': /* Check SSL cert validity */
+ */
+bool process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        int c = 1;
+        char *p;
+        char *temp;
+
+        enum {
+                INVERT_REGEX = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                SNI_OPTION,
+                MAX_REDIRS_OPTION,
+                CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT,
+                STATE_REGEX
+        };
+
+        int option = 0;
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                STD_LONG_OPTS,
+                {"link", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
+                {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"ssl", optional_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
+                {"post", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"method", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
+                {"IP-address", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
+                {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"authorization", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                {"proxy-authorization", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
+                {"header-string", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
+                {"linespan", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                {"onredirect", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"client-cert", required_argument, 0, 'J'},
+                {"private-key", required_argument, 0, 'K'},
+                {"continue-after-certificate", no_argument, 0, CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT},
+                {"useragent", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
+                {"header", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
+                {"no-body", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
+                {"max-age", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
+                {"content-type", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
+                {"pagesize", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"invert-regex", no_argument, NULL, INVERT_REGEX},
+                {"state-regex", required_argument, 0, STATE_REGEX},
+                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"extended-perfdata", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
+                {"show-body", no_argument, 0, 'B'},
+                {"max-redirs", required_argument, 0, MAX_REDIRS_OPTION},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-hn", argv[c]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[c], "-H");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-wt", argv[c]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-ct", argv[c]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-nohtml", argv[c]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[c], "-n");
+                }
+        }
+
+        while (1) {
+                c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
+                                                "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:j:T:I:a:b:d:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:J:K:nlLS::m:M:NEB",
+                                                longopts, &option);
+                if (c == -1 || c == EOF) {
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                switch (c) {
+                case '?': /* usage */
+                        usage5();
+                        break;
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        break;
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        break;
+                case 't': /* timeout period */
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
+                        critical_thresholds = optarg;
+                        break;
+                case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
+                        warning_thresholds = optarg;
+                        break;
+                case 'A': /* User Agent String */
+                        xasprintf(&user_agent, "User-Agent: %s", optarg);
+                        break;
+                case 'k': /* Additional headers */
+                        if (http_opt_headers_count == 0) {
+                                http_opt_headers = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
+                        } else {
+                                http_opt_headers =
+                                        realloc(http_opt_headers, sizeof(char *) * (++http_opt_headers_count));
+                        }
+                        http_opt_headers[http_opt_headers_count - 1] = optarg;
+                        /* xasprintf (&http_opt_headers, "%s", optarg); */
+                        break;
+                case 'L': /* show html link */
+                        display_html = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'n': /* do not show html link */
+                        display_html = false;
+                        break;
+                case 'C': /* Check SSL cert validity */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-      if ((temp=strchr(optarg,','))!=NULL) {
-        *temp='\0';
-        if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-          usage2 (_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-        days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
-        *temp=',';
-        temp++;
-        if (!is_intnonneg (temp))
-          usage2 (_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
-        days_till_exp_crit = atoi (temp);
-      }
-      else {
-        days_till_exp_crit=0;
-        if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-          usage2 (_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-        days_till_exp_warn = atoi (optarg);
-      }
-      check_cert = true;
-      goto enable_ssl;
+                        if ((temp = strchr(optarg, ',')) != NULL) {
+                                *temp = '\0';
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
+                                }
+                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                *temp = ',';
+                                temp++;
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(temp)) {
+                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
+                                }
+                                days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
+                        } else {
+                                days_till_exp_crit = 0;
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
+                                }
+                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        check_cert = true;
+                        goto enable_ssl;
 #endif
-    case CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT: /* don't stop after the certificate is checked */
+                case CONTINUE_AFTER_CHECK_CERT: /* don't stop after the certificate is checked */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-      continue_after_check_cert = true;
-      break;
+                        continue_after_check_cert = true;
+                        break;
 #endif
-    case 'J': /* use client certificate */
+                case 'J': /* use client certificate */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-      test_file(optarg);
-      client_cert = optarg;
-      goto enable_ssl;
+                        test_file(optarg);
+                        client_cert = optarg;
+                        goto enable_ssl;
 #endif
-    case 'K': /* use client private key */
+                case 'K': /* use client private key */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-      test_file(optarg);
-      client_privkey = optarg;
-      goto enable_ssl;
+                        test_file(optarg);
+                        client_privkey = optarg;
+                        goto enable_ssl;
 #endif
-    case 'S': /* use SSL */
+                case 'S': /* use SSL */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-    enable_ssl:
-      /* ssl_version initialized to 0 as a default. Only set if it's non-zero.  This helps when we include multiple
-         parameters, like -S and -C combinations */
-      use_ssl = true;
-      if (c=='S' && optarg != NULL) {
-        int got_plus = strchr(optarg, '+') != NULL;
-
-        if (!strncmp (optarg, "1.2", 3))
-          ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_2_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1_2;
-        else if (!strncmp (optarg, "1.1", 3))
-          ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_1_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1_1;
-        else if (optarg[0] == '1')
-          ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1;
-        else if (optarg[0] == '3')
-          ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_SSLv3_OR_NEWER : MP_SSLv3;
-        else if (optarg[0] == '2')
-          ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_SSLv2_OR_NEWER : MP_SSLv2;
-        else
-          usage4 (_("Invalid option - Valid SSL/TLS versions: 2, 3, 1, 1.1, 1.2 (with optional '+' suffix)"));
-      }
-      if (specify_port == false)
-        server_port = HTTPS_PORT;
+                enable_ssl:
+                        /* ssl_version initialized to 0 as a default. Only set if it's non-zero.  This helps
+                           when we include multiple parameters, like -S and -C combinations */
+                        use_ssl = true;
+                        if (c == 'S' && optarg != NULL) {
+                                int got_plus = strchr(optarg, '+') != NULL;
+
+                                if (!strncmp(optarg, "1.2", 3)) {
+                                        ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_2_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1_2;
+                                } else if (!strncmp(optarg, "1.1", 3)) {
+                                        ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_1_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1_1;
+                                } else if (optarg[0] == '1') {
+                                        ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_TLSv1_OR_NEWER : MP_TLSv1;
+                                } else if (optarg[0] == '3') {
+                                        ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_SSLv3_OR_NEWER : MP_SSLv3;
+                                } else if (optarg[0] == '2') {
+                                        ssl_version = got_plus ? MP_SSLv2_OR_NEWER : MP_SSLv2;
+                                } else {
+                                        usage4(_("Invalid option - Valid SSL/TLS versions: 2, 3, 1, 1.1, 1.2 (with "
+                                                         "optional '+' suffix)"));
+                                }
+                        }
+                        if (!specify_port) {
+                                server_port = HTTPS_PORT;
+                        }
 #else
-      /* -C -J and -K fall through to here without SSL */
-      usage4 (_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
+                        /* -C -J and -K fall through to here without SSL */
+                        usage4(_("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
-      break;
-    case SNI_OPTION:
-      use_sni = true;
-      break;
-    case MAX_REDIRS_OPTION:
-      if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-        usage2 (_("Invalid max_redirs count"), optarg);
-      else {
-        max_depth = atoi (optarg);
-      }
-      break;    
-    case 'f': /* onredirect */
-      if (!strcmp (optarg, "stickyport"))
-        onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_HOST|STICKY_PORT;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "sticky"))
-        onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_HOST;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "follow"))
-        onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "unknown"))
-        onredirect = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "ok"))
-        onredirect = STATE_OK;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "warning"))
-        onredirect = STATE_WARNING;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "critical"))
-        onredirect = STATE_CRITICAL;
-      else usage2 (_("Invalid onredirect option"), optarg);
-      if (verbose)
-        printf(_("option f:%d \n"), onredirect);
-      break;
-    /* Note: H, I, and u must be malloc'd or will fail on redirects */
-    case 'H': /* Host Name (virtual host) */
-      host_name = strdup (optarg);
-      if (host_name[0] == '[') {
-        if ((p = strstr (host_name, "]:")) != NULL) { /* [IPv6]:port */
-          virtual_port = atoi (p + 2);
-          /* cut off the port */
-          host_name_length = strlen (host_name) - strlen (p) - 1;
-          free (host_name);
-          host_name = strndup (optarg, host_name_length);
-          if (specify_port == false)
-            server_port = virtual_port;
-        }
-      } else if ((p = strchr (host_name, ':')) != NULL
-                 && strchr (++p, ':') == NULL) { /* IPv4:port or host:port */
-          virtual_port = atoi (p);
-          /* cut off the port */
-          host_name_length = strlen (host_name) - strlen (p) - 1;
-          free (host_name);
-          host_name = strndup (optarg, host_name_length);
-          if (specify_port == false)
-            server_port = virtual_port;
-        }
-      break;
-    case 'I': /* Server IP-address */
-      server_address = strdup (optarg);
-      break;
-    case 'u': /* URL path */
-      server_url = strdup (optarg);
-      server_url_length = strlen (server_url);
-      break;
-    case 'p': /* Server port */
-      if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-        usage2 (_("Invalid port number"), optarg);
-      else {
-        server_port = atoi (optarg);
-        specify_port = true;
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'a': /* authorization info */
-      strncpy (user_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-      user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-      break;
-    case 'b': /* proxy-authorization info */
-      strncpy (proxy_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-      proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-      break;
-    case 'P': /* HTTP POST data in URL encoded format; ignored if settings already */
-      if (! http_post_data)
-        http_post_data = strdup (optarg);
-      if (! http_method)
-        http_method = strdup("POST");
-      break;
-    case 'j': /* Set HTTP method */
-      if (http_method)
-        free(http_method);
-      http_method = strdup (optarg);
-      char *tmp;
-      if ((tmp = strstr(http_method, ":")) != NULL) {
-        tmp[0] = '\0'; // set the ":" in the middle to 0
-        http_method_proxy = ++tmp; // this points to the second part
-      }
-      break;
-    case 'd': /* string or substring */
-      strncpy (header_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-      header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-      break;
-    case 's': /* string or substring */
-      strncpy (string_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-      string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-      break;
-    case 'e': /* string or substring */
-      strncpy (server_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
-      server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
-      server_expect_yn = 1;
-      break;
-    case 'T': /* Content-type */
-      xasprintf (&http_content_type, "%s", optarg);
-      break;
-    case 'l': /* linespan */
-      cflags &= ~REG_NEWLINE;
-      break;
-    case 'R': /* regex */
-      cflags |= REG_ICASE;
+                        break;
+                case SNI_OPTION:
+                        use_sni = true;
+                        break;
+                case MAX_REDIRS_OPTION:
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid max_redirs count"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                max_depth = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'f': /* onredirect */
+                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "stickyport")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_HOST | STICKY_PORT;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "sticky")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_HOST;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "follow")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_DEPENDENT, followsticky = STICKY_NONE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "unknown")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ok")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_OK;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "warning")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_WARNING;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "critical")) {
+                                onredirect = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid onredirect option"), optarg);
+                        }
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf(_("option f:%d \n"), onredirect);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                /* Note: H, I, and u must be malloc'd or will fail on redirects */
+                case 'H': /* Host Name (virtual host) */
+                        host_name = strdup(optarg);
+                        if (host_name[0] == '[') {
+                                if ((p = strstr(host_name, "]:")) != NULL) { /* [IPv6]:port */
+                                        virtual_port = atoi(p + 2);
+                                        /* cut off the port */
+                                        host_name_length = strlen(host_name) - strlen(p) - 1;
+                                        free(host_name);
+                                        host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
+                                        if (!specify_port) {
+                                                server_port = virtual_port;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        } else if ((p = strchr(host_name, ':')) != NULL &&
+                                           strchr(++p, ':') == NULL) { /* IPv4:port or host:port */
+                                virtual_port = atoi(p);
+                                /* cut off the port */
+                                host_name_length = strlen(host_name) - strlen(p) - 1;
+                                free(host_name);
+                                host_name = strndup(optarg, host_name_length);
+                                if (!specify_port) {
+                                        server_port = virtual_port;
+                                }
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'I': /* Server IP-address */
+                        server_address = strdup(optarg);
+                        break;
+                case 'u': /* URL path */
+                        server_url = strdup(optarg);
+                        server_url_length = strlen(server_url);
+                        break;
+                case 'p': /* Server port */
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid port number"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                                specify_port = true;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'a': /* authorization info */
+                        strncpy(user_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        break;
+                case 'b': /* proxy-authorization info */
+                        strncpy(proxy_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        proxy_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        break;
+                case 'P': /* HTTP POST data in URL encoded format; ignored if settings already */
+                        if (!http_post_data) {
+                                http_post_data = strdup(optarg);
+                        }
+                        if (!http_method) {
+                                http_method = strdup("POST");
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'j': /* Set HTTP method */
+                        if (http_method) {
+                                free(http_method);
+                        }
+                        http_method = strdup(optarg);
+                        char *tmp;
+                        if ((tmp = strstr(http_method, ":")) != NULL) {
+                                tmp[0] = '\0';             // set the ":" in the middle to 0
+                                http_method_proxy = ++tmp; // this points to the second part
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case 'd': /* string or substring */
+                        strncpy(header_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        header_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        break;
+                case 's': /* string or substring */
+                        strncpy(string_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        string_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        break;
+                case 'e': /* string or substring */
+                        strncpy(server_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                        server_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
+                        server_expect_yn = 1;
+                        break;
+                case 'T': /* Content-type */
+                        xasprintf(&http_content_type, "%s", optarg);
+                        break;
+                case 'l': /* linespan */
+                        cflags &= ~REG_NEWLINE;
+                        break;
+                case 'R': /* regex */
+                        cflags |= REG_ICASE;
                         // fall through
-    case 'r': /* regex */
-      strncpy (regexp, optarg, MAX_RE_SIZE - 1);
-      regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
-      errcode = regcomp (&preg, regexp, cflags);
-      if (errcode != 0) {
-        (void) regerror (errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-        printf (_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression: %s"), errbuf);
-        return false;
-      }
-      break;
-    case INVERT_REGEX:
-      invert_regex = 1;
-      break;
-    case STATE_REGEX:
-      if (!strcmp (optarg, "critical"))
-        state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
-      else if (!strcmp (optarg, "warning"))
-        state_regex = STATE_WARNING;
-      else usage2 (_("Invalid state-regex option"), optarg);
-      break;
-    case '4':
-      address_family = AF_INET;
-      break;
-    case '6':
+                case 'r': /* regex */
+                        strncpy(regexp, optarg, MAX_RE_SIZE - 1);
+                        regexp[MAX_RE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
+                        errcode = regcomp(&preg, regexp, cflags);
+                        if (errcode != 0) {
+                                (void)regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                printf(_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression: %s"), errbuf);
+                                return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case INVERT_REGEX:
+                        invert_regex = 1;
+                        break;
+                case STATE_REGEX:
+                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "critical")) {
+                                state_regex = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "warning")) {
+                                state_regex = STATE_WARNING;
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid state-regex option"), optarg);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                case '4':
+                        address_family = AF_INET;
+                        break;
+                case '6':
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
-      address_family = AF_INET6;
+                        address_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
-      usage4 (_("IPv6 support not available"));
+                        usage4(_("IPv6 support not available"));
 #endif
-      break;
-    case 'v': /* verbose */
-      verbose = true;
-      break;
-    case 'm': /* min_page_length */
-      {
-      char *tmp;
-      if (strchr(optarg, ':') != (char *)NULL) {
-        /* range, so get two values, min:max */
-        tmp = strtok(optarg, ":");
-        if (tmp == NULL) {
-          printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
-          exit (STATE_WARNING);
-        } else
-          min_page_len = atoi(tmp);
-
-        tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
-        if (tmp == NULL) {
-          printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
-          exit (STATE_WARNING);
-        } else
-          max_page_len = atoi(tmp);
-      } else
-        min_page_len = atoi (optarg);
-      break;
-      }
-    case 'N': /* no-body */
-      no_body = true;
-      break;
-    case 'M': /* max-age */
-                  {
-                    int L = strlen(optarg);
-                    if (L && optarg[L-1] == 'm')
-                      maximum_age = atoi (optarg) * 60;
-                    else if (L && optarg[L-1] == 'h')
-                      maximum_age = atoi (optarg) * 60 * 60;
-                    else if (L && optarg[L-1] == 'd')
-                      maximum_age = atoi (optarg) * 60 * 60 * 24;
-                    else if (L && (optarg[L-1] == 's' ||
-                                   isdigit (optarg[L-1])))
-                      maximum_age = atoi (optarg);
-                    else {
-                      fprintf (stderr, "unparsable max-age: %s\n", optarg);
-                      exit (STATE_WARNING);
-                    }
-                  }
-                  break;
-    case 'E': /* show extended perfdata */
-      show_extended_perfdata = true;
-      break;
-    case 'B': /* print body content after status line */
-      show_body = true;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  c = optind;
-
-  if (server_address == NULL && c < argc)
-    server_address = strdup (argv[c++]);
-
-  if (host_name == NULL && c < argc)
-    host_name = strdup (argv[c++]);
-
-  if (server_address == NULL) {
-    if (host_name == NULL)
-      usage4 (_("You must specify a server address or host name"));
-    else
-      server_address = strdup (host_name);
-  }
-
-  set_thresholds(&thlds, warning_thresholds, critical_thresholds);
-
-  if (critical_thresholds && thlds->critical->end>(double)socket_timeout)
-    socket_timeout = (int)thlds->critical->end + 1;
-
-  if (http_method == NULL)
-    http_method = strdup ("GET");
-
-  if (http_method_proxy == NULL)
-    http_method_proxy = strdup ("GET");
-
-  if (client_cert && !client_privkey)
-    usage4 (_("If you use a client certificate you must also specify a private key file"));
-
-  if (virtual_port == 0)
-    virtual_port = server_port;
-
-  return true;
-}
+                        break;
+                case 'v': /* verbose */
+                        verbose = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'm': /* min_page_length */
+                {
+                        char *tmp;
+                        if (strchr(optarg, ':') != (char *)NULL) {
+                                /* range, so get two values, min:max */
+                                tmp = strtok(optarg, ":");
+                                if (tmp == NULL) {
+                                        printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
+                                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
+                                } else {
+                                        min_page_len = atoi(tmp);
+                                }
+
+                                tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
+                                if (tmp == NULL) {
+                                        printf("Bad format: try \"-m min:max\"\n");
+                                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
+                                } else {
+                                        max_page_len = atoi(tmp);
+                                }
+                        } else {
+                                min_page_len = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
+                case 'N': /* no-body */
+                        no_body = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'M': /* max-age */
+                {
+                        int L = strlen(optarg);
+                        if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'm') {
+                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60;
+                        } else if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'h') {
+                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60;
+                        } else if (L && optarg[L - 1] == 'd') {
+                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg) * 60 * 60 * 24;
+                        } else if (L && (optarg[L - 1] == 's' || isdigit(optarg[L - 1]))) {
+                                maximum_age = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                fprintf(stderr, "unparsable max-age: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_WARNING);
+                        }
+                } break;
+                case 'E': /* show extended perfdata */
+                        show_extended_perfdata = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'B': /* print body content after status line */
+                        show_body = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        c = optind;
+
+        if (server_address == NULL && c < argc) {
+                server_address = strdup(argv[c++]);
+        }
 
+        if (host_name == NULL && c < argc) {
+                host_name = strdup(argv[c++]);
+        }
+
+        if (server_address == NULL) {
+                if (host_name == NULL) {
+                        usage4(_("You must specify a server address or host name"));
+                } else {
+                        server_address = strdup(host_name);
+                }
+        }
 
+        set_thresholds(&thlds, warning_thresholds, critical_thresholds);
+
+        if (critical_thresholds && thlds->critical->end > (double)socket_timeout) {
+                socket_timeout = (int)thlds->critical->end + 1;
+        }
+
+        if (http_method == NULL) {
+                http_method = strdup("GET");
+        }
+
+        if (http_method_proxy == NULL) {
+                http_method_proxy = strdup("GET");
+        }
+
+        if (client_cert && !client_privkey) {
+                usage4(_("If you use a client certificate you must also specify a private key file"));
+        }
+
+        if (virtual_port == 0) {
+                virtual_port = server_port;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+}
 
 /* Returns 1 if we're done processing the document body; 0 to keep going */
-static int
-document_headers_done (char *full_page)
-{
-  const char *body;
+static int document_headers_done(char *full_page) {
+        const char *body;
 
-  for (body = full_page; *body; body++) {
-    if (!strncmp (body, "\n\n", 2) || !strncmp (body, "\n\r\n", 3))
-      break;
-  }
+        for (body = full_page; *body; body++) {
+                if (!strncmp(body, "\n\n", 2) || !strncmp(body, "\n\r\n", 3)) {
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
 
-  if (!*body)
-    return 0;  /* haven't read end of headers yet */
+        if (!*body) {
+                return 0; /* haven't read end of headers yet */
+        }
 
-  full_page[body - full_page] = 0;
-  return 1;
+        full_page[body - full_page] = 0;
+        return 1;
 }
 
-static time_t
-parse_time_string (const char *string)
-{
-  struct tm tm;
-  time_t t;
-  memset (&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
-
-  /* Like this: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 02:59:03 GMT */
-
-  if (isupper (string[0])  &&  /* Tue */
-    islower (string[1])  &&
-    islower (string[2])  &&
-    ',' ==   string[3]   &&
-    ' ' ==   string[4]   &&
-    (isdigit(string[5]) || string[5] == ' ') &&   /* 25 */
-    isdigit (string[6])  &&
-    ' ' ==   string[7]   &&
-    isupper (string[8])  &&  /* Dec */
-    islower (string[9])  &&
-    islower (string[10]) &&
-    ' ' ==   string[11]  &&
-    isdigit (string[12]) &&  /* 2001 */
-    isdigit (string[13]) &&
-    isdigit (string[14]) &&
-    isdigit (string[15]) &&
-    ' ' ==   string[16]  &&
-    isdigit (string[17]) &&  /* 02: */
-    isdigit (string[18]) &&
-    ':' ==   string[19]  &&
-    isdigit (string[20]) &&  /* 59: */
-    isdigit (string[21]) &&
-    ':' ==   string[22]  &&
-    isdigit (string[23]) &&  /* 03 */
-    isdigit (string[24]) &&
-    ' ' ==   string[25]  &&
-    'G' ==   string[26]  &&  /* GMT */
-    'M' ==   string[27]  &&  /* GMT */
-    'T' ==   string[28]) {
-
-    tm.tm_sec  = 10 * (string[23]-'0') + (string[24]-'0');
-    tm.tm_min  = 10 * (string[20]-'0') + (string[21]-'0');
-    tm.tm_hour = 10 * (string[17]-'0') + (string[18]-'0');
-    tm.tm_mday = 10 * (string[5] == ' ' ? 0 : string[5]-'0') + (string[6]-'0');
-    tm.tm_mon = (!strncmp (string+8, "Jan", 3) ? 0 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Feb", 3) ? 1 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Mar", 3) ? 2 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Apr", 3) ? 3 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "May", 3) ? 4 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Jun", 3) ? 5 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Jul", 3) ? 6 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Aug", 3) ? 7 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Sep", 3) ? 8 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Oct", 3) ? 9 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Nov", 3) ? 10 :
-      !strncmp (string+8, "Dec", 3) ? 11 :
-      -1);
-    tm.tm_year = ((1000 * (string[12]-'0') +
-      100 * (string[13]-'0') +
-      10 * (string[14]-'0') +
-      (string[15]-'0'))
-      - 1900);
-
-    tm.tm_isdst = 0;  /* GMT is never in DST, right? */
-
-    if (tm.tm_mon < 0 || tm.tm_mday < 1 || tm.tm_mday > 31)
-      return 0;
-
-    /*
-    This is actually wrong: we need to subtract the local timezone
-    offset from GMT from this value.  But, that's ok in this usage,
-    because we only comparing these two GMT dates against each other,
-    so it doesn't matter what time zone we parse them in.
-    */
-
-    t = mktime (&tm);
-    if (t == (time_t) -1) t = 0;
-
-    if (verbose) {
-      const char *s = string;
-      while (*s && *s != '\r' && *s != '\n')
-      fputc (*s++, stdout);
-      printf (" ==> %lu\n", (unsigned long) t);
-    }
-
-    return t;
-
-  } else {
-    return 0;
-  }
+static time_t parse_time_string(const char *string) {
+        struct tm tm;
+        time_t t;
+        memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
+
+        /* Like this: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 02:59:03 GMT */
+
+        if (isupper(string[0]) && /* Tue */
+                islower(string[1]) && islower(string[2]) && ',' == string[3] && ' ' == string[4] &&
+                (isdigit(string[5]) || string[5] == ' ') &&                     /* 25 */
+                isdigit(string[6]) && ' ' == string[7] && isupper(string[8]) && /* Dec */
+                islower(string[9]) && islower(string[10]) && ' ' == string[11] &&
+                isdigit(string[12]) && /* 2001 */
+                isdigit(string[13]) && isdigit(string[14]) && isdigit(string[15]) && ' ' == string[16] &&
+                isdigit(string[17]) &&                                             /* 02: */
+                isdigit(string[18]) && ':' == string[19] && isdigit(string[20]) && /* 59: */
+                isdigit(string[21]) && ':' == string[22] && isdigit(string[23]) && /* 03 */
+                isdigit(string[24]) && ' ' == string[25] && 'G' == string[26] &&   /* GMT */
+                'M' == string[27] &&                                               /* GMT */
+                'T' == string[28]) {
+
+                tm.tm_sec = 10 * (string[23] - '0') + (string[24] - '0');
+                tm.tm_min = 10 * (string[20] - '0') + (string[21] - '0');
+                tm.tm_hour = 10 * (string[17] - '0') + (string[18] - '0');
+                tm.tm_mday = 10 * (string[5] == ' ' ? 0 : string[5] - '0') + (string[6] - '0');
+                tm.tm_mon = (!strncmp(string + 8, "Jan", 3)   ? 0
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Feb", 3) ? 1
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Mar", 3) ? 2
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Apr", 3) ? 3
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "May", 3) ? 4
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Jun", 3) ? 5
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Jul", 3) ? 6
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Aug", 3) ? 7
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Sep", 3) ? 8
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Oct", 3) ? 9
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Nov", 3) ? 10
+                                         : !strncmp(string + 8, "Dec", 3) ? 11
+                                                                                                          : -1);
+                tm.tm_year = ((1000 * (string[12] - '0') + 100 * (string[13] - '0') +
+                                           10 * (string[14] - '0') + (string[15] - '0')) -
+                                          1900);
+
+                tm.tm_isdst = 0; /* GMT is never in DST, right? */
+
+                if (tm.tm_mon < 0 || tm.tm_mday < 1 || tm.tm_mday > 31) {
+                        return 0;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                This is actually wrong: we need to subtract the local timezone
+                offset from GMT from this value.  But, that's ok in this usage,
+                because we only comparing these two GMT dates against each other,
+                so it doesn't matter what time zone we parse them in.
+                */
+
+                t = mktime(&tm);
+                if (t == (time_t)-1) {
+                        t = 0;
+                }
+
+                if (verbose) {
+                        const char *s = string;
+                        while (*s && *s != '\r' && *s != '\n') {
+                                fputc(*s++, stdout);
+                        }
+                        printf(" ==> %lu\n", (unsigned long)t);
+                }
+
+                return t;
+        }
+        return 0;
 }
 
 /* Checks if the server 'reply' is one of the expected 'statuscodes' */
-static int
-expected_statuscode (const char *reply, const char *statuscodes)
-{
-  char *expected, *code;
-  int result = 0;
-
-  if ((expected = strdup (statuscodes)) == NULL)
-    die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
-
-  for (code = strtok (expected, ","); code != NULL; code = strtok (NULL, ","))
-    if (strstr (reply, code) != NULL) {
-      result = 1;
-      break;
-    }
-
-  free (expected);
-  return result;
+static int expected_statuscode(const char *reply, const char *statuscodes) {
+        char *expected;
+        char *code;
+        int result = 0;
+
+        if ((expected = strdup(statuscodes)) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
+        }
+
+        for (code = strtok(expected, ","); code != NULL; code = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
+                if (strstr(reply, code) != NULL) {
+                        result = 1;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        free(expected);
+        return result;
 }
 
-static int
-check_document_dates (const char *headers, char **msg)
-{
-  const char *s;
-  char *server_date = 0;
-  char *document_date = 0;
-  int date_result = STATE_OK;
-
-  s = headers;
-  while (*s) {
-    const char *field = s;
-    const char *value = 0;
-
-    /* Find the end of the header field */
-    while (*s && !isspace(*s) && *s != ':')
-      s++;
-
-    /* Remember the header value, if any. */
-    if (*s == ':')
-      value = ++s;
-
-    /* Skip to the end of the header, including continuation lines. */
-    while (*s && !(*s == '\n' && (s[1] != ' ' && s[1] != '\t')))
-      s++;
-
-    /* Avoid stepping over end-of-string marker */
-    if (*s)
-      s++;
-
-    /* Process this header. */
-    if (value && value > field+2) {
-      char *ff = (char *) malloc (value-field);
-      char *ss = ff;
-      while (field < value-1)
-        *ss++ = tolower(*field++);
-      *ss++ = 0;
-
-      if (!strcmp (ff, "date") || !strcmp (ff, "last-modified")) {
-        const char *e;
-        while (*value && isspace (*value))
-          value++;
-        for (e = value; *e && *e != '\r' && *e != '\n'; e++)
-          ;
-        ss = (char *) malloc (e - value + 1);
-        strncpy (ss, value, e - value);
-        ss[e - value] = 0;
-        if (!strcmp (ff, "date")) {
-          if (server_date) free (server_date);
-          server_date = ss;
-        } else {
-          if (document_date) free (document_date);
-          document_date = ss;
-        }
-      }
-      free (ff);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* Done parsing the body.  Now check the dates we (hopefully) parsed.  */
-  if (!server_date || !*server_date) {
-    xasprintf (msg, _("%sServer date unknown, "), *msg);
-    date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_UNKNOWN, date_result);
-  } else if (!document_date || !*document_date) {
-    xasprintf (msg, _("%sDocument modification date unknown, "), *msg);
-    date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-  } else {
-    time_t srv_data = parse_time_string (server_date);
-    time_t doc_data = parse_time_string (document_date);
-
-    if (srv_data <= 0) {
-      xasprintf (msg, _("%sServer date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, server_date);
-      date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-    } else if (doc_data <= 0) {
-      xasprintf (msg, _("%sDocument date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, document_date);
-      date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-    } else if (doc_data > srv_data + 30) {
-      xasprintf (msg, _("%sDocument is %d seconds in the future, "), *msg, (int)doc_data - (int)srv_data);
-      date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-    } else if (doc_data < srv_data - maximum_age) {
-      int n = (srv_data - doc_data);
-      if (n > (60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) {
-        xasprintf (msg, _("%sLast modified %.1f days ago, "), *msg, ((float) n) / (60 * 60 * 24));
-        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-      } else {
-        xasprintf (msg, _("%sLast modified %d:%02d:%02d ago, "), *msg, n / (60 * 60), (n / 60) % 60, n % 60);
-        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
-      }
-    }
-    free (server_date);
-    free (document_date);
-  }
-  return date_result;
+static int check_document_dates(const char *headers, char **msg) {
+        const char *s;
+        char *server_date = 0;
+        char *document_date = 0;
+        int date_result = STATE_OK;
+
+        s = headers;
+        while (*s) {
+                const char *field = s;
+                const char *value = 0;
+
+                /* Find the end of the header field */
+                while (*s && !isspace(*s) && *s != ':') {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Remember the header value, if any. */
+                if (*s == ':') {
+                        value = ++s;
+                }
+
+                /* Skip to the end of the header, including continuation lines. */
+                while (*s && !(*s == '\n' && (s[1] != ' ' && s[1] != '\t'))) {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Avoid stepping over end-of-string marker */
+                if (*s) {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Process this header. */
+                if (value && value > field + 2) {
+                        char *ff = (char *)malloc(value - field);
+                        char *ss = ff;
+                        while (field < value - 1) {
+                                *ss++ = tolower(*field++);
+                        }
+                        *ss++ = 0;
+
+                        if (!strcmp(ff, "date") || !strcmp(ff, "last-modified")) {
+                                const char *e;
+                                while (*value && isspace(*value)) {
+                                        value++;
+                                }
+                                for (e = value; *e && *e != '\r' && *e != '\n'; e++) {
+                                        ;
+                                }
+                                ss = (char *)malloc(e - value + 1);
+                                strncpy(ss, value, e - value);
+                                ss[e - value] = 0;
+                                if (!strcmp(ff, "date")) {
+                                        if (server_date) {
+                                                free(server_date);
+                                        }
+                                        server_date = ss;
+                                } else {
+                                        if (document_date) {
+                                                free(document_date);
+                                        }
+                                        document_date = ss;
+                                }
+                        }
+                        free(ff);
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* Done parsing the body.  Now check the dates we (hopefully) parsed.  */
+        if (!server_date || !*server_date) {
+                xasprintf(msg, _("%sServer date unknown, "), *msg);
+                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_UNKNOWN, date_result);
+        } else if (!document_date || !*document_date) {
+                xasprintf(msg, _("%sDocument modification date unknown, "), *msg);
+                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+        } else {
+                time_t srv_data = parse_time_string(server_date);
+                time_t doc_data = parse_time_string(document_date);
+
+                if (srv_data <= 0) {
+                        xasprintf(msg, _("%sServer date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, server_date);
+                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+                } else if (doc_data <= 0) {
+                        xasprintf(msg, _("%sDocument date \"%100s\" unparsable, "), *msg, document_date);
+                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+                } else if (doc_data > srv_data + 30) {
+                        xasprintf(msg, _("%sDocument is %d seconds in the future, "), *msg,
+                                          (int)doc_data - (int)srv_data);
+                        date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+                } else if (doc_data < srv_data - maximum_age) {
+                        int n = (srv_data - doc_data);
+                        if (n > (60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) {
+                                xasprintf(msg, _("%sLast modified %.1f days ago, "), *msg,
+                                                  ((float)n) / (60 * 60 * 24));
+                                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(msg, _("%sLast modified %d:%02d:%02d ago, "), *msg, n / (60 * 60),
+                                                  (n / 60) % 60, n % 60);
+                                date_result = max_state_alt(STATE_CRITICAL, date_result);
+                        }
+                }
+                free(server_date);
+                free(document_date);
+        }
+        return date_result;
 }
 
-int
-get_content_length (const char *headers)
-{
-  const char *s;
-  int content_length = 0;
-
-  s = headers;
-  while (*s) {
-    const char *field = s;
-    const char *value = 0;
-
-    /* Find the end of the header field */
-    while (*s && !isspace(*s) && *s != ':')
-      s++;
-
-    /* Remember the header value, if any. */
-    if (*s == ':')
-      value = ++s;
-
-    /* Skip to the end of the header, including continuation lines. */
-    while (*s && !(*s == '\n' && (s[1] != ' ' && s[1] != '\t')))
-      s++;
-
-    /* Avoid stepping over end-of-string marker */
-    if (*s)
-      s++;
-
-    /* Process this header. */
-    if (value && value > field+2) {
-      char *ff = (char *) malloc (value-field);
-      char *ss = ff;
-      while (field < value-1)
-        *ss++ = tolower(*field++);
-      *ss++ = 0;
-
-      if (!strcmp (ff, "content-length")) {
-        const char *e;
-        while (*value && isspace (*value))
-          value++;
-        for (e = value; *e && *e != '\r' && *e != '\n'; e++)
-          ;
-        ss = (char *) malloc (e - value + 1);
-        strncpy (ss, value, e - value);
-        ss[e - value] = 0;
-        content_length = atoi(ss);
-        free (ss);
-      }
-      free (ff);
-    }
-  }
-  return (content_length);
+int get_content_length(const char *headers) {
+        const char *s;
+        int content_length = 0;
+
+        s = headers;
+        while (*s) {
+                const char *field = s;
+                const char *value = 0;
+
+                /* Find the end of the header field */
+                while (*s && !isspace(*s) && *s != ':') {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Remember the header value, if any. */
+                if (*s == ':') {
+                        value = ++s;
+                }
+
+                /* Skip to the end of the header, including continuation lines. */
+                while (*s && !(*s == '\n' && (s[1] != ' ' && s[1] != '\t'))) {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Avoid stepping over end-of-string marker */
+                if (*s) {
+                        s++;
+                }
+
+                /* Process this header. */
+                if (value && value > field + 2) {
+                        char *ff = (char *)malloc(value - field);
+                        char *ss = ff;
+                        while (field < value - 1) {
+                                *ss++ = tolower(*field++);
+                        }
+                        *ss++ = 0;
+
+                        if (!strcmp(ff, "content-length")) {
+                                const char *e;
+                                while (*value && isspace(*value)) {
+                                        value++;
+                                }
+                                for (e = value; *e && *e != '\r' && *e != '\n'; e++) {
+                                        ;
+                                }
+                                ss = (char *)malloc(e - value + 1);
+                                strncpy(ss, value, e - value);
+                                ss[e - value] = 0;
+                                content_length = atoi(ss);
+                                free(ss);
+                        }
+                        free(ff);
+                }
+        }
+        return (content_length);
 }
 
-char *
-prepend_slash (char *path)
-{
-  char *newpath;
+char *prepend_slash(char *path) {
+        char *newpath;
 
-  if (path[0] == '/')
-    return path;
+        if (path[0] == '/') {
+                return path;
+        }
 
-  if ((newpath = malloc (strlen(path) + 2)) == NULL)
-    die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
-  newpath[0] = '/';
-  strcpy (newpath + 1, path);
-  free (path);
-  return newpath;
+        if ((newpath = malloc(strlen(path) + 2)) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Memory allocation error\n"));
+        }
+        newpath[0] = '/';
+        strcpy(newpath + 1, path);
+        free(path);
+        return newpath;
 }
 
-int
-check_http (void)
-{
-  char *msg;
-  char *status_line;
-  char *status_code;
-  char *header;
-  char *page;
-  char *auth;
-  int http_status;
-  int i = 0;
-  size_t pagesize = 0;
-  char *full_page;
-  char *full_page_new;
-  char *buf;
-  char *pos;
-  long microsec = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time = 0.0;
-  long microsec_connect = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time_connect = 0.0;
-  long microsec_ssl = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time_ssl = 0.0;
-  long microsec_firstbyte = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time_firstbyte = 0.0;
-  long microsec_headers = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time_headers = 0.0;
-  long microsec_transfer = 0L;
-  double elapsed_time_transfer = 0.0;
-  int page_len = 0;
-  int result = STATE_OK;
-  char *force_host_header = NULL;
-
-  /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
-  gettimeofday (&tv_temp, NULL);
-  if (my_tcp_connect (server_address, server_port, &sd) != STATE_OK)
-    die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - Unable to open TCP socket\n"));
-  microsec_connect = deltime (tv_temp);
-
-    /* if we are called with the -I option, the -j method is CONNECT and */
-    /* we received -S for SSL, then we tunnel the request through a proxy*/
-    /* @20100414, public[at]frank4dd.com, http://www.frank4dd.com/howto  */
-
-    if ( server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0
-      && host_name != NULL && use_ssl == true) {
-
-    if (verbose) printf ("Entering CONNECT tunnel mode with proxy %s:%d to dst %s:%d\n", server_address, server_port, host_name, HTTPS_PORT);
-    asprintf (&buf, "%s %s:%d HTTP/1.1\r\n%s\r\n", http_method, host_name, HTTPS_PORT, user_agent);
-    if (strlen(proxy_auth)) {
-      base64_encode_alloc (proxy_auth, strlen (proxy_auth), &auth);
-      xasprintf (&buf, "%sProxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
-    }
-    /* optionally send any other header tag */
-    if (http_opt_headers_count) {
-      for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count ; i++) {
-        if (force_host_header != http_opt_headers[i]) {
-          xasprintf (&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, http_opt_headers[i]);
-        }
-      }
-      /* This cannot be free'd here because a redirection will then try to access this and segfault */
-      /* Covered in a testcase in tests/check_http.t */
-      /* free(http_opt_headers); */
-    }
-    asprintf (&buf, "%sProxy-Connection: keep-alive\r\n", buf);
-    asprintf (&buf, "%sHost: %s\r\n", buf, host_name);
-    /* we finished our request, send empty line with CRLF */
-    asprintf (&buf, "%s%s", buf, CRLF);
-    if (verbose) printf ("%s\n", buf);
-    send(sd, buf, strlen (buf), 0);
-    buf[0]='\0';
-
-    if (verbose) printf ("Receive response from proxy\n");
-    read (sd, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER-1);
-    if (verbose) printf ("%s", buffer);
-    /* Here we should check if we got HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established */
-  }
+int check_http(void) {
+        char *msg;
+        char *status_line;
+        char *status_code;
+        char *header;
+        char *page;
+        char *auth;
+        int http_status;
+        int i = 0;
+        size_t pagesize = 0;
+        char *full_page;
+        char *full_page_new;
+        char *buf;
+        char *pos;
+        long microsec = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time = 0.0;
+        long microsec_connect = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time_connect = 0.0;
+        long microsec_ssl = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time_ssl = 0.0;
+        long microsec_firstbyte = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time_firstbyte = 0.0;
+        long microsec_headers = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time_headers = 0.0;
+        long microsec_transfer = 0L;
+        double elapsed_time_transfer = 0.0;
+        int page_len = 0;
+        int result = STATE_OK;
+        char *force_host_header = NULL;
+
+        /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
+        gettimeofday(&tv_temp, NULL);
+        if (my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd) != STATE_OK) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - Unable to open TCP socket\n"));
+        }
+        microsec_connect = deltime(tv_temp);
+
+        /* if we are called with the -I option, the -j method is CONNECT and */
+        /* we received -S for SSL, then we tunnel the request through a proxy*/
+        /* @20100414, public[at]frank4dd.com, http://www.frank4dd.com/howto  */
+
+        if (server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0 && host_name != NULL &&
+                use_ssl) {
+
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Entering CONNECT tunnel mode with proxy %s:%d to dst %s:%d\n", server_address,
+                                   server_port, host_name, HTTPS_PORT);
+                }
+                asprintf(&buf, "%s %s:%d HTTP/1.1\r\n%s\r\n", http_method, host_name, HTTPS_PORT,
+                                 user_agent);
+                if (strlen(proxy_auth)) {
+                        base64_encode_alloc(proxy_auth, strlen(proxy_auth), &auth);
+                        xasprintf(&buf, "%sProxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
+                }
+                /* optionally send any other header tag */
+                if (http_opt_headers_count) {
+                        for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
+                                if (force_host_header != http_opt_headers[i]) {
+                                        xasprintf(&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, http_opt_headers[i]);
+                                }
+                        }
+                        /* This cannot be free'd here because a redirection will then try to access this and
+                         * segfault */
+                        /* Covered in a testcase in tests/check_http.t */
+                        /* free(http_opt_headers); */
+                }
+                asprintf(&buf, "%sProxy-Connection: keep-alive\r\n", buf);
+                asprintf(&buf, "%sHost: %s\r\n", buf, host_name);
+                /* we finished our request, send empty line with CRLF */
+                asprintf(&buf, "%s%s", buf, CRLF);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("%s\n", buf);
+                }
+                send(sd, buf, strlen(buf), 0);
+                buf[0] = '\0';
+
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Receive response from proxy\n");
+                }
+                read(sd, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("%s", buffer);
+                }
+                /* Here we should check if we got HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established */
+        }
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  elapsed_time_connect = (double)microsec_connect / 1.0e6;
-  if (use_ssl == true) {
-    gettimeofday (&tv_temp, NULL);
-    result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(sd, (use_sni ? host_name : NULL), ssl_version, client_cert, client_privkey);
-    if (verbose) printf ("SSL initialized\n");
-    if (result != STATE_OK)
-      die (STATE_CRITICAL, NULL);
-    microsec_ssl = deltime (tv_temp);
-    elapsed_time_ssl = (double)microsec_ssl / 1.0e6;
-    if (check_cert == true) {
-      result = np_net_ssl_check_cert(days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
-      if (continue_after_check_cert == false) {
-        if (sd) close(sd);
-        np_net_ssl_cleanup();
-        return result;
-      }
-    }
-  }
+        elapsed_time_connect = (double)microsec_connect / 1.0e6;
+        if (use_ssl) {
+                gettimeofday(&tv_temp, NULL);
+                result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(
+                        sd, (use_sni ? host_name : NULL), ssl_version, client_cert, client_privkey);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("SSL initialized\n");
+                }
+                if (result != STATE_OK) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, NULL);
+                }
+                microsec_ssl = deltime(tv_temp);
+                elapsed_time_ssl = (double)microsec_ssl / 1.0e6;
+                if (check_cert) {
+                        result = np_net_ssl_check_cert(days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
+                        if (!continue_after_check_cert) {
+                                if (sd) {
+                                        close(sd);
+                                }
+                                np_net_ssl_cleanup();
+                                return result;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
 
-  if ( server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0
-       && host_name != NULL && use_ssl == true)
-    asprintf (&buf, "%s %s %s\r\n%s\r\n", http_method_proxy, server_url, host_name ? "HTTP/1.1" : "HTTP/1.0", user_agent);
-  else
-    asprintf (&buf, "%s %s %s\r\n%s\r\n", http_method, server_url, host_name ? "HTTP/1.1" : "HTTP/1.0", user_agent);
-
-  /* tell HTTP/1.1 servers not to keep the connection alive */
-  xasprintf (&buf, "%sConnection: close\r\n", buf);
-
-  /* check if Host header is explicitly set in options */
-  if (http_opt_headers_count) {
-    for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count ; i++) {
-      if (strncmp(http_opt_headers[i], "Host:", 5) == 0) {
-        force_host_header = http_opt_headers[i];
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* optionally send the host header info */
-  if (host_name) {
-    if (force_host_header) {
-      xasprintf (&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, force_host_header);
-    }
-    else {
-      /*
-       * Specify the port only if we're using a non-default port (see RFC 2616,
-       * 14.23).  Some server applications/configurations cause trouble if the
-       * (default) port is explicitly specified in the "Host:" header line.
-       */
-      if ((use_ssl == false && virtual_port == HTTP_PORT) ||
-          (use_ssl == true && virtual_port == HTTPS_PORT) ||
-          (server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0
-         && host_name != NULL && use_ssl == true))
-        xasprintf (&buf, "%sHost: %s\r\n", buf, host_name);
-      else
-        xasprintf (&buf, "%sHost: %s:%d\r\n", buf, host_name, virtual_port);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* optionally send any other header tag */
-  if (http_opt_headers_count) {
-    for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count ; i++) {
-      if (force_host_header != http_opt_headers[i]) {
-        xasprintf (&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, http_opt_headers[i]);
-      }
-    }
-    /* This cannot be free'd here because a redirection will then try to access this and segfault */
-    /* Covered in a testcase in tests/check_http.t */
-    /* free(http_opt_headers); */
-  }
-
-  /* optionally send the authentication info */
-  if (strlen(user_auth)) {
-    base64_encode_alloc (user_auth, strlen (user_auth), &auth);
-    xasprintf (&buf, "%sAuthorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
-  }
-
-  /* optionally send the proxy authentication info */
-  if (strlen(proxy_auth)) {
-    base64_encode_alloc (proxy_auth, strlen (proxy_auth), &auth);
-    xasprintf (&buf, "%sProxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
-  }
-
-  /* either send http POST data (any data, not only POST)*/
-  if (http_post_data) {
-    if (http_content_type) {
-      xasprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: %s\r\n", buf, http_content_type);
-    } else {
-      xasprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", buf);
-    }
-
-    xasprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Length: %i\r\n\r\n", buf, (int)strlen (http_post_data));
-    xasprintf (&buf, "%s%s", buf, http_post_data);
-  } else {
-    /* or just a newline so the server knows we're done with the request */
-    xasprintf (&buf, "%s%s", buf, CRLF);
-  }
-
-  if (verbose) printf ("%s\n", buf);
-  gettimeofday (&tv_temp, NULL);
-  my_send (buf, strlen (buf));
-  microsec_headers = deltime (tv_temp);
-  elapsed_time_headers = (double)microsec_headers / 1.0e6;
-
-  /* fetch the page */
-  full_page = strdup("");
-  gettimeofday (&tv_temp, NULL);
-  while ((i = my_recv (buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER-1)) > 0) {
-    if ((i >= 1) && (elapsed_time_firstbyte <= 0.000001)) {
-      microsec_firstbyte = deltime (tv_temp);
-      elapsed_time_firstbyte = (double)microsec_firstbyte / 1.0e6;
-    }
-    while ((pos = memchr(buffer, '\0', i))) {
-      /* replace nul character with a blank */
-      *pos = ' ';
-    }
-    buffer[i] = '\0';
-
-    if ((full_page_new = realloc(full_page, pagesize + i + 1)) == NULL)
-        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate memory for full_page\n"));
-
-    memmove(&full_page_new[pagesize], buffer, i + 1);
-
-    full_page = full_page_new;
-
-    pagesize += i;
-
-                if (no_body && document_headers_done (full_page)) {
-                  i = 0;
-                  break;
-                }
-  }
-  microsec_transfer = deltime (tv_temp);
-  elapsed_time_transfer = (double)microsec_transfer / 1.0e6;
-
-  if (i < 0 && errno != ECONNRESET) {
-    die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - Error on receive\n"));
-  }
-
-  /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
-  if (pagesize == (size_t) 0)
-    die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - No data received from host\n"));
-
-  /* close the connection */
-  if (sd) close(sd);
+        if (server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0 && host_name != NULL &&
+                use_ssl) {
+                asprintf(&buf, "%s %s %s\r\n%s\r\n", http_method_proxy, server_url,
+                                 host_name ? "HTTP/1.1" : "HTTP/1.0", user_agent);
+        } else {
+                asprintf(&buf, "%s %s %s\r\n%s\r\n", http_method, server_url,
+                                 host_name ? "HTTP/1.1" : "HTTP/1.0", user_agent);
+        }
+
+        /* tell HTTP/1.1 servers not to keep the connection alive */
+        xasprintf(&buf, "%sConnection: close\r\n", buf);
+
+        /* check if Host header is explicitly set in options */
+        if (http_opt_headers_count) {
+                for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
+                        if (strncmp(http_opt_headers[i], "Host:", 5) == 0) {
+                                force_host_header = http_opt_headers[i];
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* optionally send the host header info */
+        if (host_name) {
+                if (force_host_header) {
+                        xasprintf(&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, force_host_header);
+                } else {
+                        /*
+                         * Specify the port only if we're using a non-default port (see RFC 2616,
+                         * 14.23).  Some server applications/configurations cause trouble if the
+                         * (default) port is explicitly specified in the "Host:" header line.
+                         */
+                        if ((!use_ssl && virtual_port == HTTP_PORT) ||
+                                (use_ssl && virtual_port == HTTPS_PORT) ||
+                                (server_address != NULL && strcmp(http_method, "CONNECT") == 0 &&
+                                 host_name != NULL && use_ssl)) {
+                                xasprintf(&buf, "%sHost: %s\r\n", buf, host_name);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&buf, "%sHost: %s:%d\r\n", buf, host_name, virtual_port);
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* optionally send any other header tag */
+        if (http_opt_headers_count) {
+                for (i = 0; i < http_opt_headers_count; i++) {
+                        if (force_host_header != http_opt_headers[i]) {
+                                xasprintf(&buf, "%s%s\r\n", buf, http_opt_headers[i]);
+                        }
+                }
+                /* This cannot be free'd here because a redirection will then try to access this and
+                 * segfault */
+                /* Covered in a testcase in tests/check_http.t */
+                /* free(http_opt_headers); */
+        }
+
+        /* optionally send the authentication info */
+        if (strlen(user_auth)) {
+                base64_encode_alloc(user_auth, strlen(user_auth), &auth);
+                xasprintf(&buf, "%sAuthorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
+        }
+
+        /* optionally send the proxy authentication info */
+        if (strlen(proxy_auth)) {
+                base64_encode_alloc(proxy_auth, strlen(proxy_auth), &auth);
+                xasprintf(&buf, "%sProxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
+        }
+
+        /* either send http POST data (any data, not only POST)*/
+        if (http_post_data) {
+                if (http_content_type) {
+                        xasprintf(&buf, "%sContent-Type: %s\r\n", buf, http_content_type);
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&buf, "%sContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", buf);
+                }
+
+                xasprintf(&buf, "%sContent-Length: %i\r\n\r\n", buf, (int)strlen(http_post_data));
+                xasprintf(&buf, "%s%s", buf, http_post_data);
+        } else {
+                /* or just a newline so the server knows we're done with the request */
+                xasprintf(&buf, "%s%s", buf, CRLF);
+        }
+
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("%s\n", buf);
+        }
+        gettimeofday(&tv_temp, NULL);
+        my_send(buf, strlen(buf));
+        microsec_headers = deltime(tv_temp);
+        elapsed_time_headers = (double)microsec_headers / 1.0e6;
+
+        /* fetch the page */
+        full_page = strdup("");
+        gettimeofday(&tv_temp, NULL);
+        while ((i = my_recv(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1)) > 0) {
+                if ((i >= 1) && (elapsed_time_firstbyte <= 0.000001)) {
+                        microsec_firstbyte = deltime(tv_temp);
+                        elapsed_time_firstbyte = (double)microsec_firstbyte / 1.0e6;
+                }
+                while ((pos = memchr(buffer, '\0', i))) {
+                        /* replace nul character with a blank */
+                        *pos = ' ';
+                }
+                buffer[i] = '\0';
+
+                if ((full_page_new = realloc(full_page, pagesize + i + 1)) == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate memory for full_page\n"));
+                }
+
+                memmove(&full_page_new[pagesize], buffer, i + 1);
+
+                full_page = full_page_new;
+
+                pagesize += i;
+
+                if (no_body && document_headers_done(full_page)) {
+                        i = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        microsec_transfer = deltime(tv_temp);
+        elapsed_time_transfer = (double)microsec_transfer / 1.0e6;
+
+        if (i < 0 && errno != ECONNRESET) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - Error on receive\n"));
+        }
+
+        /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
+        if (pagesize == (size_t)0) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL - No data received from host\n"));
+        }
+
+        /* close the connection */
+        if (sd) {
+                close(sd);
+        }
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  np_net_ssl_cleanup();
+        np_net_ssl_cleanup();
 #endif
 
-  /* Save check time */
-  microsec = deltime (tv);
-  elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
-
-  /* leave full_page untouched so we can free it later */
-  page = full_page;
-
-  if (verbose)
-    printf ("%s://%s:%d%s is %d characters\n",
-      use_ssl ? "https" : "http", server_address,
-      server_port, server_url, (int)pagesize);
-
-  /* find status line and null-terminate it */
-  status_line = page;
-  page += (size_t) strcspn (page, "\r\n");
-  pos = page;
-  page += (size_t) strspn (page, "\r\n");
-  status_line[strcspn(status_line, "\r\n")] = 0;
-  strip (status_line);
-  if (verbose)
-    printf ("STATUS: %s\n", status_line);
-
-  /* find header info and null-terminate it */
-  header = page;
-  while (strcspn (page, "\r\n") > 0) {
-    page += (size_t) strcspn (page, "\r\n");
-    pos = page;
-    if ((strspn (page, "\r") == 1 && strspn (page, "\r\n") >= 2) ||
-        (strspn (page, "\n") == 1 && strspn (page, "\r\n") >= 2))
-      page += (size_t) 2;
-    else
-      page += (size_t) 1;
-  }
-  page += (size_t) strspn (page, "\r\n");
-  header[pos - header] = 0;
-  if (verbose)
-    printf ("**** HEADER ****\n%s\n**** CONTENT ****\n%s\n", header,
-                (no_body ? "  [[ skipped ]]" : page));
-
-  /* make sure the status line matches the response we are looking for */
-  if (!expected_statuscode (status_line, server_expect)) {
-    if (server_port == HTTP_PORT)
-      xasprintf (&msg,
-                _("Invalid HTTP response received from host: %s\n"),
-                status_line);
-    else
-      xasprintf (&msg,
-                _("Invalid HTTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"),
-                server_port, status_line);
-    if (show_body)
-        xasprintf (&msg, _("%s\n%s"), msg, page);
-    die (STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s", msg);
-  }
-
-  /* Bypass normal status line check if server_expect was set by user and not default */
-  /* NOTE: After this if/else block msg *MUST* be an asprintf-allocated string */
-  if ( server_expect_yn  )  {
-    xasprintf (&msg,
-              _("Status line output matched \"%s\" - "), server_expect);
-    if (verbose)
-      printf ("%s\n",msg);
-  }
-  else {
-    /* Status-Line = HTTP-Version SP Status-Code SP Reason-Phrase CRLF */
-    /* HTTP-Version   = "HTTP" "/" 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT */
-    /* Status-Code = 3 DIGITS */
-
-    status_code = strchr (status_line, ' ') + sizeof (char);
-    if (strspn (status_code, "1234567890") != 3)
-      die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL: Invalid Status Line (%s)\n"), status_line);
-
-    http_status = atoi (status_code);
-
-    /* check the return code */
-
-    if (http_status >= 600 || http_status < 100) {
-      die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL: Invalid Status (%s)\n"), status_line);
-    }
-    /* server errors result in a critical state */
-    else if (http_status >= 500) {
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
-      result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-    }
-    /* client errors result in a warning state */
-    else if (http_status >= 400) {
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
-      result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
-    }
-    /* check redirected page if specified */
-    else if (http_status >= 300) {
-
-      if (onredirect == STATE_DEPENDENT)
-        redir (header, status_line);
-      else
-        result = max_state_alt(onredirect, result);
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
-    } /* end if (http_status >= 300) */
-    else {
-      /* Print OK status anyway */
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
-    }
-
-  } /* end else (server_expect_yn)  */
-
-  /* reset the alarm - must be called *after* redir or we'll never die on redirects! */
-  alarm (0);
-
-  if (maximum_age >= 0) {
-    result = max_state_alt(check_document_dates(header, &msg), result);
-  }
-
-  /* Page and Header content checks go here */
-  if (strlen(header_expect) > 0) {
-    if (strstr(header, header_expect) == NULL) {
-      // We did not find the header, the rest is for building the output and setting the state
-      char output_header_search[30] = "";
-
-      strncpy(&output_header_search[0], header_expect,
-              sizeof(output_header_search));
-
-      if (output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 1] != '\0') {
-        bcopy("...",
-            &output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 4],
-            4);
-      }
-
-      xasprintf (&msg,
-          _("%sheader '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "),
-          msg,
-          output_header_search, use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
-          host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port,
-          server_url);
-
-      result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // At this point we should test if the content is chunked and unchunk it, so
-  // it can be searched (and possibly printed)
-  const char *chunked_header_regex_string = "Transfer-Encoding: *chunked *";
-  regex_t chunked_header_regex;
-
-  if (regcomp(&chunked_header_regex, chunked_header_regex_string, REG_ICASE)) {
-    die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(STATE_UNKNOWN), "Failed to compile chunked_header_regex regex");
-  }
-
-  regmatch_t chre_pmatch[1]; // We actually do not care about this, since we only want to know IF it was found
-
-  if (!no_body && regexec(&chunked_header_regex, header, 1, chre_pmatch, 0) == 0) {
-    if (verbose) {
-      printf("Found chunked content\n");
-    }
-    // We actually found the chunked header
-    char *tmp = unchunk_content(page);
-    if (tmp == NULL) {
-      die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(STATE_UNKNOWN), "Failed to unchunk message body");
-    }
-    page = tmp;
-  }
-
-  if (strlen(string_expect) > 0) {
-    if (!strstr(page, string_expect)) {
-      // We found the string the body, the rest is for building the output
-      char output_string_search[30] = "";
-      strncpy(&output_string_search[0], string_expect,
-              sizeof(output_string_search));
-      if (output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 1] != '\0') {
-        bcopy("...", &output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 4],
-              4);
-      }
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%sstring '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "), msg, output_string_search, use_ssl ? "https" : "http", host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
-      result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (strlen(regexp) > 0) {
-    errcode = regexec(&preg, page, REGS, pmatch, 0);
-    if ((errcode == 0 && invert_regex == 0) ||
-        (errcode == REG_NOMATCH && invert_regex == 1)) {
-      /* OK - No-op to avoid changing the logic around it */
-      result = max_state_alt(STATE_OK, result);
-    }
-    else if ((errcode == REG_NOMATCH && invert_regex == 0) || (errcode == 0 && invert_regex == 1)) {
-      if (invert_regex == 0)
-        xasprintf (&msg, _("%spattern not found, "), msg);
-      else
-        xasprintf (&msg, _("%spattern found, "), msg);
-      result = state_regex;
-    }
-    else {
-      /* FIXME: Shouldn't that be UNKNOWN? */
-      regerror (errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-      xasprintf (&msg, _("%sExecute Error: %s, "), msg, errbuf);
-      result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* make sure the page is of an appropriate size */
-  /* page_len = get_content_length(header); */
-  /* FIXME: Will this work with -N ? IMHO we should use
-   * get_content_length(header) and always check if it's different than the
-   * returned pagesize
-   */
-  /* FIXME: IIRC pagesize returns headers - shouldn't we make
-   * it == get_content_length(header) ??
-   */
-  page_len = pagesize;
-  if ((max_page_len > 0) && (page_len > max_page_len)) {
-    xasprintf (&msg, _("%spage size %d too large, "), msg, page_len);
-    result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
-  } else if ((min_page_len > 0) && (page_len < min_page_len)) {
-    xasprintf (&msg, _("%spage size %d too small, "), msg, page_len);
-    result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
-  }
-
-  /* Cut-off trailing characters */
-  if(msg[strlen(msg)-2] == ',')
-    msg[strlen(msg)-2] = '\0';
-  else
-    msg[strlen(msg)-3] = '\0';
-
-  /* check elapsed time */
-  if (show_extended_perfdata)
-    xasprintf (&msg,
-           _("%s - %d bytes in %.3f second response time %s|%s %s %s %s %s %s %s"),
-           msg, page_len, elapsed_time,
-           (display_html ? "</A>" : ""),
-           perfd_time (elapsed_time),
-           perfd_size (page_len),
-           perfd_time_connect (elapsed_time_connect),
-           use_ssl == true ? perfd_time_ssl (elapsed_time_ssl) : "",
-           perfd_time_headers (elapsed_time_headers),
-           perfd_time_firstbyte (elapsed_time_firstbyte),
-           perfd_time_transfer (elapsed_time_transfer));
-  else
-    xasprintf (&msg,
-           _("%s - %d bytes in %.3f second response time %s|%s %s"),
-           msg, page_len, elapsed_time,
-           (display_html ? "</A>" : ""),
-           perfd_time (elapsed_time),
-           perfd_size (page_len));
-
-  if (show_body)
-    xasprintf (&msg, _("%s\n%s"), msg, page);
-
-  result = max_state_alt(get_status(elapsed_time, thlds), result);
-
-  die (result, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(result), msg);
-  /* die failed? */
-  return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        /* Save check time */
+        microsec = deltime(tv);
+        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+
+        /* leave full_page untouched so we can free it later */
+        page = full_page;
+
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("%s://%s:%d%s is %d characters\n", use_ssl ? "https" : "http", server_address,
+                           server_port, server_url, (int)pagesize);
+        }
+
+        /* find status line and null-terminate it */
+        status_line = page;
+        page += (size_t)strcspn(page, "\r\n");
+        pos = page;
+        page += (size_t)strspn(page, "\r\n");
+        status_line[strcspn(status_line, "\r\n")] = 0;
+        strip(status_line);
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("STATUS: %s\n", status_line);
+        }
+
+        /* find header info and null-terminate it */
+        header = page;
+        while (strcspn(page, "\r\n") > 0) {
+                page += (size_t)strcspn(page, "\r\n");
+                pos = page;
+                if ((strspn(page, "\r") == 1 && strspn(page, "\r\n") >= 2) ||
+                        (strspn(page, "\n") == 1 && strspn(page, "\r\n") >= 2)) {
+                        page += (size_t)2;
+                } else {
+                        page += (size_t)1;
+                }
+        }
+        page += (size_t)strspn(page, "\r\n");
+        header[pos - header] = 0;
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("**** HEADER ****\n%s\n**** CONTENT ****\n%s\n", header,
+                           (no_body ? "  [[ skipped ]]" : page));
+        }
+
+        /* make sure the status line matches the response we are looking for */
+        if (!expected_statuscode(status_line, server_expect)) {
+                if (server_port == HTTP_PORT) {
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host: %s\n"), status_line);
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("Invalid HTTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"),
+                                          server_port, status_line);
+                }
+                if (show_body) {
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%s\n%s"), msg, page);
+                }
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "HTTP CRITICAL - %s", msg);
+        }
+
+        /* Bypass normal status line check if server_expect was set by user and not default */
+        /* NOTE: After this if/else block msg *MUST* be an asprintf-allocated string */
+        if (server_expect_yn) {
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("Status line output matched \"%s\" - "), server_expect);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("%s\n", msg);
+                }
+        } else {
+                /* Status-Line = HTTP-Version SP Status-Code SP Reason-Phrase CRLF */
+                /* HTTP-Version   = "HTTP" "/" 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT */
+                /* Status-Code = 3 DIGITS */
+
+                status_code = strchr(status_line, ' ') + sizeof(char);
+                if (strspn(status_code, "1234567890") != 3) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL: Invalid Status Line (%s)\n"), status_line);
+                }
+
+                http_status = atoi(status_code);
+
+                /* check the return code */
+
+                if (http_status >= 600 || http_status < 100) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("HTTP CRITICAL: Invalid Status (%s)\n"), status_line);
+                }
+                /* server errors result in a critical state */
+                else if (http_status >= 500) {
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
+                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
+                /* client errors result in a warning state */
+                else if (http_status >= 400) {
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
+                        result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
+                }
+                /* check redirected page if specified */
+                else if (http_status >= 300) {
+
+                        if (onredirect == STATE_DEPENDENT) {
+                                redir(header, status_line);
+                        } else {
+                                result = max_state_alt(onredirect, result);
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
+                } /* end if (http_status >= 300) */
+                else {
+                        /* Print OK status anyway */
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%s - "), status_line);
+                }
+
+        } /* end else (server_expect_yn)  */
+
+        /* reset the alarm - must be called *after* redir or we'll never die on redirects! */
+        alarm(0);
+
+        if (maximum_age >= 0) {
+                result = max_state_alt(check_document_dates(header, &msg), result);
+        }
+
+        /* Page and Header content checks go here */
+        if (strlen(header_expect) > 0) {
+                if (strstr(header, header_expect) == NULL) {
+                        // We did not find the header, the rest is for building the output and setting the state
+                        char output_header_search[30] = "";
+
+                        strncpy(&output_header_search[0], header_expect, sizeof(output_header_search));
+
+                        if (output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 1] != '\0') {
+                                bcopy("...", &output_header_search[sizeof(output_header_search) - 4], 4);
+                        }
+
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%sheader '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "), msg,
+                                          output_header_search, use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                                          host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
+
+                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
+        }
+
+        // At this point we should test if the content is chunked and unchunk it, so
+        // it can be searched (and possibly printed)
+        const char *chunked_header_regex_string = "Transfer-Encoding: *chunked *";
+        regex_t chunked_header_regex;
+
+        if (regcomp(&chunked_header_regex, chunked_header_regex_string, REG_ICASE)) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(STATE_UNKNOWN),
+                        "Failed to compile chunked_header_regex regex");
+        }
+
+        regmatch_t chre_pmatch[1]; // We actually do not care about this, since we only want to know IF
+                                                           // it was found
+
+        if (!no_body && regexec(&chunked_header_regex, header, 1, chre_pmatch, 0) == 0) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Found chunked content\n");
+                }
+                // We actually found the chunked header
+                char *tmp = unchunk_content(page);
+                if (tmp == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(STATE_UNKNOWN),
+                                "Failed to unchunk message body");
+                }
+                page = tmp;
+        }
+
+        if (strlen(string_expect) > 0) {
+                if (!strstr(page, string_expect)) {
+                        // We found the string the body, the rest is for building the output
+                        char output_string_search[30] = "";
+                        strncpy(&output_string_search[0], string_expect, sizeof(output_string_search));
+                        if (output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 1] != '\0') {
+                                bcopy("...", &output_string_search[sizeof(output_string_search) - 4], 4);
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%sstring '%s' not found on '%s://%s:%d%s', "), msg,
+                                          output_string_search, use_ssl ? "https" : "http",
+                                          host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
+                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (strlen(regexp) > 0) {
+                errcode = regexec(&preg, page, REGS, pmatch, 0);
+                if ((errcode == 0 && invert_regex == 0) || (errcode == REG_NOMATCH && invert_regex == 1)) {
+                        /* OK - No-op to avoid changing the logic around it */
+                        result = max_state_alt(STATE_OK, result);
+                } else if ((errcode == REG_NOMATCH && invert_regex == 0) ||
+                                   (errcode == 0 && invert_regex == 1)) {
+                        if (invert_regex == 0) {
+                                xasprintf(&msg, _("%spattern not found, "), msg);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&msg, _("%spattern found, "), msg);
+                        }
+                        result = state_regex;
+                } else {
+                        /* FIXME: Shouldn't that be UNKNOWN? */
+                        regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                        xasprintf(&msg, _("%sExecute Error: %s, "), msg, errbuf);
+                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* make sure the page is of an appropriate size */
+        /* page_len = get_content_length(header); */
+        /* FIXME: Will this work with -N ? IMHO we should use
+         * get_content_length(header) and always check if it's different than the
+         * returned pagesize
+         */
+        /* FIXME: IIRC pagesize returns headers - shouldn't we make
+         * it == get_content_length(header) ??
+         */
+        page_len = pagesize;
+        if ((max_page_len > 0) && (page_len > max_page_len)) {
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("%spage size %d too large, "), msg, page_len);
+                result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
+        } else if ((min_page_len > 0) && (page_len < min_page_len)) {
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("%spage size %d too small, "), msg, page_len);
+                result = max_state_alt(STATE_WARNING, result);
+        }
+
+        /* Cut-off trailing characters */
+        if (msg[strlen(msg) - 2] == ',') {
+                msg[strlen(msg) - 2] = '\0';
+        } else {
+                msg[strlen(msg) - 3] = '\0';
+        }
+
+        /* check elapsed time */
+        if (show_extended_perfdata) {
+                xasprintf(
+                        &msg, _("%s - %d bytes in %.3f second response time %s|%s %s %s %s %s %s %s"), msg,
+                        page_len, elapsed_time, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""), perfd_time(elapsed_time),
+                        perfd_size(page_len), perfd_time_connect(elapsed_time_connect),
+                        use_ssl ? perfd_time_ssl(elapsed_time_ssl) : "",
+                        perfd_time_headers(elapsed_time_headers), perfd_time_firstbyte(elapsed_time_firstbyte),
+                        perfd_time_transfer(elapsed_time_transfer));
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("%s - %d bytes in %.3f second response time %s|%s %s"), msg, page_len,
+                                  elapsed_time, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""), perfd_time(elapsed_time),
+                                  perfd_size(page_len));
+        }
+
+        if (show_body) {
+                xasprintf(&msg, _("%s\n%s"), msg, page);
+        }
+
+        result = max_state_alt(get_status(elapsed_time, thlds), result);
+
+        die(result, "HTTP %s: %s\n", state_text(result), msg);
+        /* die failed? */
+        return STATE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 /* Receivces a pointer to the beginning of the body of a HTTP message
@@ -1398,94 +1445,95 @@ check_http (void)
  * The result must be freed by the caller.
  */
 char *unchunk_content(const char *content) {
-  // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunked_transfer_encoding
-  // https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230#section-4.1
-  char *result = NULL;
-  char *start_of_chunk;
-  char* end_of_chunk;
-  long size_of_chunk;
-  const char *pointer = content;
-  char *endptr;
-  long length_of_chunk = 0;
-  size_t overall_size = 0;
-
-  while (true) {
-    size_of_chunk = strtol(pointer, &endptr, 16);
-    if (size_of_chunk == LONG_MIN || size_of_chunk == LONG_MAX) {
-      // Apparently underflow or overflow, should not happen
-      if (verbose) {
-        printf("Got an underflow or overflow from strtol at: %u\n", __LINE__);
-      }
-      return NULL;
-    }
-    if (endptr == pointer) {
-      // Apparently this was not a number
-      if (verbose) {
-        printf("Chunked content did not start with a number at all (Line: %u)\n", __LINE__);
-      }
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-    // So, we got the length of the chunk
-    if (*endptr == ';') {
-      // Chunk extension starts here
-      while (*endptr != '\r') {
-        endptr++;
-      }
-    }
-
-    start_of_chunk = endptr + 2;
-    end_of_chunk = start_of_chunk + size_of_chunk;
-    length_of_chunk = (long)(end_of_chunk - start_of_chunk);
-    pointer = end_of_chunk + 2; //Next number should be here
-
-    if (length_of_chunk == 0) {
-      // Chunk length is 0, so this is the last one
-      break;
-    }
-
-    overall_size += length_of_chunk;
-
-    if (result == NULL) {
-      // Size of the chunk plus the ending NULL byte
-      result = (char *)malloc(length_of_chunk +1);
-      if (result == NULL) {
-        if (verbose) {
-          printf("Failed to allocate memory for unchunked body\n");
-        }
-        return NULL;
-      }
-    } else {
-      // Enlarge memory to the new size plus the ending NULL byte
-      void *tmp = realloc(result, overall_size +1);
-      if (tmp == NULL) {
-        if (verbose) {
-          printf("Failed to allocate memory for unchunked body\n");
-        }
-        return NULL;
-      } else {
-        result = tmp;
-      }
-    }
-
-    memcpy(result + (overall_size - size_of_chunk), start_of_chunk, size_of_chunk);
-  }
-
-  if (overall_size == 0 && result == NULL) {
-    // We might just have received the end chunk without previous content, so result is never allocated
-    result = calloc(1, sizeof(char));
-    // No error handling here, we can only return NULL anyway
-  } else {
-    result[overall_size] = '\0';
-  }
-  return result;
+        // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunked_transfer_encoding
+        // https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230#section-4.1
+        char *result = NULL;
+        char *start_of_chunk;
+        char *end_of_chunk;
+        long size_of_chunk;
+        const char *pointer = content;
+        char *endptr;
+        long length_of_chunk = 0;
+        size_t overall_size = 0;
+
+        while (true) {
+                size_of_chunk = strtol(pointer, &endptr, 16);
+                if (size_of_chunk == LONG_MIN || size_of_chunk == LONG_MAX) {
+                        // Apparently underflow or overflow, should not happen
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Got an underflow or overflow from strtol at: %u\n", __LINE__);
+                        }
+                        return NULL;
+                }
+                if (endptr == pointer) {
+                        // Apparently this was not a number
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Chunked content did not start with a number at all (Line: %u)\n", __LINE__);
+                        }
+                        return NULL;
+                }
+
+                // So, we got the length of the chunk
+                if (*endptr == ';') {
+                        // Chunk extension starts here
+                        while (*endptr != '\r') {
+                                endptr++;
+                        }
+                }
+
+                start_of_chunk = endptr + 2;
+                end_of_chunk = start_of_chunk + size_of_chunk;
+                length_of_chunk = (long)(end_of_chunk - start_of_chunk);
+                pointer = end_of_chunk + 2; // Next number should be here
+
+                if (length_of_chunk == 0) {
+                        // Chunk length is 0, so this is the last one
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                overall_size += length_of_chunk;
+
+                if (result == NULL) {
+                        // Size of the chunk plus the ending NULL byte
+                        result = (char *)malloc(length_of_chunk + 1);
+                        if (result == NULL) {
+                                if (verbose) {
+                                        printf("Failed to allocate memory for unchunked body\n");
+                                }
+                                return NULL;
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        // Enlarge memory to the new size plus the ending NULL byte
+                        void *tmp = realloc(result, overall_size + 1);
+                        if (tmp == NULL) {
+                                if (verbose) {
+                                        printf("Failed to allocate memory for unchunked body\n");
+                                }
+                                return NULL;
+                        }
+                        result = tmp;
+                }
+
+                memcpy(result + (overall_size - size_of_chunk), start_of_chunk, size_of_chunk);
+        }
+
+        if (overall_size == 0 && result == NULL) {
+                // We might just have received the end chunk without previous content, so result is never
+                // allocated
+                result = calloc(1, sizeof(char));
+                // No error handling here, we can only return NULL anyway
+        } else {
+                result[overall_size] = '\0';
+        }
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* per RFC 2396 */
 #define URI_HTTP "%5[HTPShtps]"
 #define URI_HOST "%255[-.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789]"
 #define URI_PORT "%6d" /* MAX_PORT's width is 5 chars, 6 to detect overflow */
-#define URI_PATH "%[-_.!~*'();/?:@&=+$,%#abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789]"
+#define URI_PATH                                                                                   \
+        "%[-_.!~*'();/?:@&=+$,%#abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789]"
 #define HD1 URI_HTTP "://" URI_HOST ":" URI_PORT "/" URI_PATH
 #define HD2 URI_HTTP "://" URI_HOST "/" URI_PATH
 #define HD3 URI_HTTP "://" URI_HOST ":" URI_PORT
@@ -1494,414 +1542,431 @@ char *unchunk_content(const char *content) {
 #define HD5 "//" URI_HOST "/" URI_PATH
 #define HD6 URI_PATH
 
-void
-redir (char *pos, char *status_line)
-{
-  int i = 0;
-  char *x;
-  char xx[2];
-  char type[6];
-  char *addr;
-  char *url;
-
-  addr = malloc (MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH + 1);
-  if (addr == NULL)
-    die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate addr\n"));
-
-  memset(addr, 0, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
-  url = malloc (strcspn (pos, "\r\n"));
-  if (url == NULL)
-    die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate URL\n"));
-
-  while (pos) {
-    sscanf (pos, "%1[Ll]%*1[Oo]%*1[Cc]%*1[Aa]%*1[Tt]%*1[Ii]%*1[Oo]%*1[Nn]:%n", xx, &i);
-    if (i == 0) {
-      pos += (size_t) strcspn (pos, "\r\n");
-      pos += (size_t) strspn (pos, "\r\n");
-      if (strlen(pos) == 0)
-        die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-             _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not find redirect location - %s%s\n"),
-             status_line, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    pos += i;
-    pos += strspn (pos, " \t");
-
-    /*
-     * RFC 2616 (4.2):  ``Header fields can be extended over multiple lines by
-     * preceding each extra line with at least one SP or HT.''
-     */
-    for (; (i = strspn (pos, "\r\n")); pos += i) {
-      pos += i;
-      if (!(i = strspn (pos, " \t"))) {
-        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Empty redirect location%s\n"),
-             display_html ? "</A>" : "");
-      }
-    }
-
-    url = realloc (url, strcspn (pos, "\r\n") + 1);
-    if (url == NULL)
-      die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate URL\n"));
-
-    /* URI_HTTP, URI_HOST, URI_PORT, URI_PATH */
-    if (sscanf (pos, HD1, type, addr, &i, url) == 4) {
-      url = prepend_slash (url);
-      use_ssl = server_type_check (type);
-    }
-
-    /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST URI_PATH */
-    else if (sscanf (pos, HD2, type, addr, url) == 3 ) {
-      url = prepend_slash (url);
-      use_ssl = server_type_check (type);
-      i = server_port_check (use_ssl);
-    }
-
-    /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST URI_PORT */
-    else if (sscanf (pos, HD3, type, addr, &i) == 3) {
-      strcpy (url, HTTP_URL);
-      use_ssl = server_type_check (type);
-    }
-
-    /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST */
-    else if (sscanf (pos, HD4, type, addr) == 2) {
-      strcpy (url, HTTP_URL);
-      use_ssl = server_type_check (type);
-      i = server_port_check (use_ssl);
-    }
-    /* URI_HTTP, URI_HOST, URI_PATH */
-    else if (sscanf (pos, HD5, addr, url) == 2) {
-      if(use_ssl){
-        strcpy (type,"https");
-      }
-      else{
-         strcpy (type, server_type);
-      }
-      xasprintf (&url, "/%s", url);
-      use_ssl = server_type_check (type);
-      i = server_port_check (use_ssl);
-    }
-
-    /* URI_PATH */
-    else if (sscanf (pos, HD6, url) == 1) {
-      /* relative url */
-      if ((url[0] != '/')) {
-        if ((x = strrchr(server_url, '/')))
-          *x = '\0';
-        xasprintf (&url, "%s/%s", server_url, url);
-      }
-      i = server_port;
-      strcpy (type, server_type);
-      strcpy (addr, host_name ? host_name : server_address);
-    }
-
-    else {
-      die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-           _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not parse redirect location - %s%s\n"),
-           pos, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
-    }
-
-    break;
-
-  } /* end while (pos) */
-
-  if (++redir_depth > max_depth)
-    die (STATE_WARNING,
-         _("HTTP WARNING - maximum redirection depth %d exceeded - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
-         max_depth, type, addr, i, url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
-
-  if (server_port==i &&
-      !strncmp(server_address, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH) &&
-      (host_name && !strncmp(host_name, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH)) &&
-      !strcmp(server_url, url))
-    die (STATE_CRITICAL,
-         _("HTTP CRITICAL - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
-         type, addr, i, url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
-
-  strcpy (server_type, type);
-
-  free (host_name);
-  host_name = strndup (addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
-
-  if (!(followsticky & STICKY_HOST)) {
-    free (server_address);
-    server_address = strndup (addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
-  }
-  if (!(followsticky & STICKY_PORT)) {
-    server_port = i;
-  }
-
-  free (server_url);
-  server_url = url;
-
-  if (server_port > MAX_PORT)
-    die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-         _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Redirection to port above %d - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
-         MAX_PORT, server_type, server_address, server_port, server_url,
-         display_html ? "</A>" : "");
-
-  /* reset virtual port */
-  virtual_port = server_port;
-
-  if (verbose)
-    printf (_("Redirection to %s://%s:%d%s\n"), server_type,
-            host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
-
-  free(addr);
-  check_http ();
-}
+void redir(char *pos, char *status_line) {
+        int i = 0;
+        char *x;
+        char xx[2];
+        char type[6];
+        char *addr;
+        char *url;
+
+        addr = malloc(MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH + 1);
+        if (addr == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate addr\n"));
+        }
+
+        memset(addr, 0, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
+        url = malloc(strcspn(pos, "\r\n"));
+        if (url == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate URL\n"));
+        }
+
+        while (pos) {
+                sscanf(pos, "%1[Ll]%*1[Oo]%*1[Cc]%*1[Aa]%*1[Tt]%*1[Ii]%*1[Oo]%*1[Nn]:%n", xx, &i);
+                if (i == 0) {
+                        pos += (size_t)strcspn(pos, "\r\n");
+                        pos += (size_t)strspn(pos, "\r\n");
+                        if (strlen(pos) == 0) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not find redirect location - %s%s\n"),
+                                        status_line, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                pos += i;
+                pos += strspn(pos, " \t");
+
+                /*
+                 * RFC 2616 (4.2):  ``Header fields can be extended over multiple lines by
+                 * preceding each extra line with at least one SP or HT.''
+                 */
+                for (; (i = strspn(pos, "\r\n")); pos += i) {
+                        pos += i;
+                        if (!(i = strspn(pos, " \t"))) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Empty redirect location%s\n"),
+                                        display_html ? "</A>" : "");
+                        }
+                }
+
+                url = realloc(url, strcspn(pos, "\r\n") + 1);
+                if (url == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not allocate URL\n"));
+                }
+
+                /* URI_HTTP, URI_HOST, URI_PORT, URI_PATH */
+                if (sscanf(pos, HD1, type, addr, &i, url) == 4) {
+                        url = prepend_slash(url);
+                        use_ssl = server_type_check(type);
+                }
+
+                /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST URI_PATH */
+                else if (sscanf(pos, HD2, type, addr, url) == 3) {
+                        url = prepend_slash(url);
+                        use_ssl = server_type_check(type);
+                        i = server_port_check(use_ssl);
+                }
+
+                /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST URI_PORT */
+                else if (sscanf(pos, HD3, type, addr, &i) == 3) {
+                        strcpy(url, HTTP_URL);
+                        use_ssl = server_type_check(type);
+                }
+
+                /* URI_HTTP URI_HOST */
+                else if (sscanf(pos, HD4, type, addr) == 2) {
+                        strcpy(url, HTTP_URL);
+                        use_ssl = server_type_check(type);
+                        i = server_port_check(use_ssl);
+                }
+                /* URI_HTTP, URI_HOST, URI_PATH */
+                else if (sscanf(pos, HD5, addr, url) == 2) {
+                        if (use_ssl) {
+                                strcpy(type, "https");
+                        } else {
+                                strcpy(type, server_type);
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&url, "/%s", url);
+                        use_ssl = server_type_check(type);
+                        i = server_port_check(use_ssl);
+                }
+
+                /* URI_PATH */
+                else if (sscanf(pos, HD6, url) == 1) {
+                        /* relative url */
+                        if ((url[0] != '/')) {
+                                if ((x = strrchr(server_url, '/'))) {
+                                        *x = '\0';
+                                }
+                                xasprintf(&url, "%s/%s", server_url, url);
+                        }
+                        i = server_port;
+                        strcpy(type, server_type);
+                        strcpy(addr, host_name ? host_name : server_address);
+                }
+
+                else {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Could not parse redirect location - %s%s\n"), pos,
+                                (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+                }
+
+                break;
+
+        } /* end while (pos) */
+
+        if (++redir_depth > max_depth) {
+                die(STATE_WARNING,
+                        _("HTTP WARNING - maximum redirection depth %d exceeded - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"), max_depth,
+                        type, addr, i, url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+        }
+
+        if (server_port == i && !strncmp(server_address, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH) &&
+                (host_name && !strncmp(host_name, addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH)) && !strcmp(server_url, url)) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL,
+                        _("HTTP CRITICAL - redirection creates an infinite loop - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"), type,
+                        addr, i, url, (display_html ? "</A>" : ""));
+        }
+
+        strcpy(server_type, type);
+
+        free(host_name);
+        host_name = strndup(addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
+
+        if (!(followsticky & STICKY_HOST)) {
+                free(server_address);
+                server_address = strndup(addr, MAX_IPV4_HOSTLENGTH);
+        }
+        if (!(followsticky & STICKY_PORT)) {
+                server_port = i;
+        }
+
+        free(server_url);
+        server_url = url;
+
+        if (server_port > MAX_PORT) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("HTTP UNKNOWN - Redirection to port above %d - %s://%s:%d%s%s\n"),
+                        MAX_PORT, server_type, server_address, server_port, server_url,
+                        display_html ? "</A>" : "");
+        }
 
+        /* reset virtual port */
+        virtual_port = server_port;
 
-bool
-server_type_check (const char *type)
-{
-  if (strcmp (type, "https"))
-    return false;
-  else
-    return true;
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf(_("Redirection to %s://%s:%d%s\n"), server_type,
+                           host_name ? host_name : server_address, server_port, server_url);
+        }
+
+        free(addr);
+        check_http();
 }
 
-int
-server_port_check (int ssl_flag)
-{
-  if (ssl_flag)
-    return HTTPS_PORT;
-  else
-    return HTTP_PORT;
+bool server_type_check(const char *type) { return (!(bool)strcmp(type, "https")); }
+
+int server_port_check(int ssl_flag) {
+        if (ssl_flag) {
+                return HTTPS_PORT;
+        }
+        return HTTP_PORT;
 }
 
-char *perfd_time (double elapsed_time)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time", elapsed_time, "s",
-            thlds->warning?true:false, thlds->warning?thlds->warning->end:0,
-            thlds->critical?true:false, thlds->critical?thlds->critical->end:0,
-                   true, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time(double elapsed_time) {
+        return fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", thlds->warning,
+                                         thlds->warning ? thlds->warning->end : 0, thlds->critical,
+                                         thlds->critical ? thlds->critical->end : 0, true, 0, true, socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_time_connect (double elapsed_time_connect)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time_connect", elapsed_time_connect, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time_connect(double elapsed_time_connect) {
+        return fperfdata("time_connect", elapsed_time_connect, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true,
+                                         socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_time_ssl (double elapsed_time_ssl)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time_ssl", elapsed_time_ssl, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time_ssl(double elapsed_time_ssl) {
+        return fperfdata("time_ssl", elapsed_time_ssl, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true,
+                                         socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_time_headers (double elapsed_time_headers)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time_headers", elapsed_time_headers, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time_headers(double elapsed_time_headers) {
+        return fperfdata("time_headers", elapsed_time_headers, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true,
+                                         socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_time_firstbyte (double elapsed_time_firstbyte)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time_firstbyte", elapsed_time_firstbyte, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time_firstbyte(double elapsed_time_firstbyte) {
+        return fperfdata("time_firstbyte", elapsed_time_firstbyte, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0,
+                                         true, socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_time_transfer (double elapsed_time_transfer)
-{
-  return fperfdata ("time_transfer", elapsed_time_transfer, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, true, socket_timeout);
+char *perfd_time_transfer(double elapsed_time_transfer) {
+        return fperfdata("time_transfer", elapsed_time_transfer, "s", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0,
+                                         true, socket_timeout);
 }
 
-char *perfd_size (int page_len)
-{
-  return perfdata ("size", page_len, "B",
-            (min_page_len>0?true:false), min_page_len,
-            (min_page_len>0?true:false), 0,
-            true, 0, false, 0);
+char *perfd_size(int page_len) {
+        return perfdata("size", page_len, "B", (min_page_len > 0), min_page_len, (min_page_len > 0), 0,
+                                        true, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
-  print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
+void print_help(void) {
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-  printf ("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
-  printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-  printf ("%s\n", _("This plugin tests the HTTP service on the specified host. It can test"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("normal (http) and secure (https) servers, follow redirects, search for"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("certificate expiration times."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin tests the HTTP service on the specified host. It can test"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("normal (http) and secure (https) servers, follow redirects, search for"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("certificate expiration times."));
 
-  printf ("\n\n");
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("ATTENTION!"));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("THIS PLUGIN IS DEPRECATED. The functionality was reimplemented by the"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("check_curl plugin, which can be used as a drop-in replacement. You should"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("migrate your checks over to check_curl, because check_http is going to be"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("removed sooner than later. Just replace check_http with check_curl in your"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("check command definitions."));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("Report issues to: https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/issues"));
 
-  print_usage ();
+        printf("\n\n");
+
+        print_usage();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  printf (_("In the first form, make an HTTP request."));
-  printf (_("In the second form, connect to the server and check the TLS certificate."));
+        printf(_("In the first form, make an HTTP request."));
+        printf(_("In the second form, connect to the server and check the TLS certificate."));
 #endif
-  printf (_("NOTE: One or both of -H and -I must be specified"));
+        printf(_("NOTE: One or both of -H and -I must be specified"));
 
-  printf ("\n");
+        printf("\n");
 
-  printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-  printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
-  printf (" %s\n", "-H, --hostname=ADDRESS");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Host name argument for servers using host headers (virtual host)"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Append a port to include it in the header (eg: example.com:5000)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-I, --IP-address=ADDRESS");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("IP address or name (use numeric address if possible to bypass DNS lookup)."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-p, --port=INTEGER");
-  printf ("    %s", _("Port number (default: "));
-  printf ("%d)\n", HTTP_PORT);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-H, --hostname=ADDRESS");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Host name argument for servers using host headers (virtual host)"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Append a port to include it in the header (eg: example.com:5000)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-I, --IP-address=ADDRESS");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("IP address or name (use numeric address if possible to bypass DNS lookup)."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-p, --port=INTEGER");
+        printf("    %s", _("Port number (default: "));
+        printf("%d)\n", HTTP_PORT);
 
-  printf (UT_IPv46);
+        printf(UT_IPv46);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  printf (" %s\n", "-S, --ssl=VERSION[+]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Connect via SSL. Port defaults to 443. VERSION is optional, and prevents"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("auto-negotiation (2 = SSLv2, 3 = SSLv3, 1 = TLSv1, 1.1 = TLSv1.1,"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("1.2 = TLSv1.2). With a '+' suffix, newer versions are also accepted."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--sni");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-C, --certificate=INTEGER[,INTEGER]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid. Port defaults to 443"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("(when this option is used the URL is not checked by default. You can use"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _(" --continue-after-certificate to override this behavior)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--continue-after-certificate");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Allows the HTTP check to continue after performing the certificate check."));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Does nothing unless -C is used."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-J, --client-cert=FILE");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Name of file that contains the client certificate (PEM format)"));
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("to be used in establishing the SSL session"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-K, --private-key=FILE");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Name of file containing the private key (PEM format)"));
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("matching the client certificate"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-S, --ssl=VERSION[+]");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Connect via SSL. Port defaults to 443. VERSION is optional, and prevents"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("auto-negotiation (2 = SSLv2, 3 = SSLv3, 1 = TLSv1, 1.1 = TLSv1.1,"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("1.2 = TLSv1.2). With a '+' suffix, newer versions are also accepted."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--sni");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-C, --certificate=INTEGER[,INTEGER]");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid. Port defaults to 443"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("(when this option is used the URL is not checked by default. You can use"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _(" --continue-after-certificate to override this behavior)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--continue-after-certificate");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Allows the HTTP check to continue after performing the certificate check."));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Does nothing unless -C is used."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-J, --client-cert=FILE");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Name of file that contains the client certificate (PEM format)"));
+        printf("   %s\n", _("to be used in establishing the SSL session"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-K, --private-key=FILE");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Name of file containing the private key (PEM format)"));
+        printf("   %s\n", _("matching the client certificate"));
 #endif
 
-  printf (" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Comma-delimited list of strings, at least one of them is expected in"));
-  printf ("    %s", _("the first (status) line of the server response (default: "));
-  printf ("%s)\n", HTTP_EXPECT);
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("If specified skips all other status line logic (ex: 3xx, 4xx, 5xx processing)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-d, --header-string=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("String to expect in the response headers"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-s, --string=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("String to expect in the content"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-u, --url=PATH");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("URL to GET or POST (default: /)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-P, --post=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("URL decoded http POST data"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE, CONNECT, CONNECT:POST)");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Set HTTP method."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-N, --no-body");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Don't wait for document body: stop reading after headers."));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("(Note that this still does an HTTP GET or POST, not a HEAD.)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-M, --max-age=SECONDS");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Warn if document is more than SECONDS old. the number can also be of"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("the form \"10m\" for minutes, \"10h\" for hours, or \"10d\" for days."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-T, --content-type=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("specify Content-Type header media type when POSTing\n"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-l, --linespan");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Allow regex to span newlines (must precede -r or -R)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-r, --regex, --ereg=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Search page for regex STRING"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-R, --eregi=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Search page for case-insensitive regex STRING"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--invert-regex");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if found, OK if not (STATE is CRITICAL, per default)"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("can be changed with --state--regex)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--state-regex=STATE");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if regex is found, OK if not\n"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-a, --authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Username:password on sites with basic authentication"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-b, --proxy-authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Username:password on proxy-servers with basic authentication"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-A, --useragent=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("String to be sent in http header as \"User Agent\""));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-k, --header=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Any other tags to be sent in http header. Use multiple times for additional headers"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-E, --extended-perfdata");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Print additional performance data"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-B, --show-body");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Print body content below status line"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-L, --link");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Wrap output in HTML link (obsoleted by urlize)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-f, --onredirect=<ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport>");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("How to handle redirected pages. sticky is like follow but stick to the"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("specified IP address. stickyport also ensures port stays the same."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--max-redirs=INTEGER");
-  printf ("    %s", _("Maximal number of redirects (default: "));
-  printf ("%d)\n", DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS);
-  printf (" %s\n", "-m, --pagesize=INTEGER<:INTEGER>");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Minimum page size required (bytes) : Maximum page size required (bytes)"));
-  printf (UT_WARN_CRIT);
-
-  printf (UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-
-  printf (UT_VERBOSE);
-
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("This plugin will attempt to open an HTTP connection with the host."));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return STATE_CRITICAL"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful connects, but incorrect response"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("messages from the host result in STATE_WARNING return values.  If you are"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("checking a virtual server that uses 'host headers' you must supply the FQDN"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("(fully qualified domain name) as the [host_name] argument."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Comma-delimited list of strings, at least one of them is expected in"));
+        printf("    %s", _("the first (status) line of the server response (default: "));
+        printf("%s)\n", HTTP_EXPECT);
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("If specified skips all other status line logic (ex: 3xx, 4xx, 5xx processing)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-d, --header-string=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("String to expect in the response headers"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-s, --string=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("String to expect in the content"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-u, --url=PATH");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("URL to GET or POST (default: /)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P, --post=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("URL decoded http POST data"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE, "
+                                        "CONNECT, CONNECT:POST)");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Set HTTP method."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-N, --no-body");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Don't wait for document body: stop reading after headers."));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("(Note that this still does an HTTP GET or POST, not a HEAD.)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-M, --max-age=SECONDS");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Warn if document is more than SECONDS old. the number can also be of"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("the form \"10m\" for minutes, \"10h\" for hours, or \"10d\" for days."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-T, --content-type=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("specify Content-Type header media type when POSTing\n"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-l, --linespan");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Allow regex to span newlines (must precede -r or -R)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-r, --regex, --ereg=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Search page for regex STRING"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-R, --eregi=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Search page for case-insensitive regex STRING"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--invert-regex");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if found, OK if not (STATE is CRITICAL, per default)"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("can be changed with --state--regex)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--state-regex=STATE");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if regex is found, OK if not\n"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-a, --authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Username:password on sites with basic authentication"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-b, --proxy-authorization=AUTH_PAIR");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Username:password on proxy-servers with basic authentication"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-A, --useragent=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("String to be sent in http header as \"User Agent\""));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --header=STRING");
+        printf(
+                "    %s\n",
+                _("Any other tags to be sent in http header. Use multiple times for additional headers"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-E, --extended-perfdata");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Print additional performance data"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-B, --show-body");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Print body content below status line"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-L, --link");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Wrap output in HTML link (obsoleted by urlize)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-f, --onredirect=<ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport>");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("How to handle redirected pages. sticky is like follow but stick to the"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("specified IP address. stickyport also ensures port stays the same."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--max-redirs=INTEGER");
+        printf("    %s", _("Maximal number of redirects (default: "));
+        printf("%d)\n", DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRS);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-m, --pagesize=INTEGER<:INTEGER>");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Minimum page size required (bytes) : Maximum page size required (bytes)"));
+        printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
+
+        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+
+        printf(UT_VERBOSE);
+
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin will attempt to open an HTTP connection with the host."));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return STATE_CRITICAL"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful connects, but incorrect response"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("messages from the host result in STATE_WARNING return values.  If you are"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("checking a virtual server that uses 'host headers' you must supply the FQDN"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("(fully qualified domain name) as the [host_name] argument."));
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("This plugin can also check whether an SSL enabled web server is able to"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("serve content (optionally within a specified time) or whether the X509 "));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("certificate is still valid for the specified number of days."));
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("Please note that this plugin does not check if the presented server"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("certificate matches the hostname of the server, or if the certificate"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("has a valid chain of trust to one of the locally installed CAs."));
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
-  printf (" %s\n\n", "CHECK CONTENT: check_http -w 5 -c 10 --ssl -H www.verisign.com");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("When the 'www.verisign.com' server returns its content within 5 seconds,"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned."));
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf (" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_http -H www.verisign.com -C 14");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 14 days,"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned. A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when"));
-  printf (" %s\n\n", _("the certificate is expired."));
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf (" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_http -H www.verisign.com -C 30,14");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 30 days,"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("30 days, but more than 14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned."));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when certificate expires in less than 14 days"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n\n", "CHECK SSL WEBSERVER CONTENT VIA PROXY USING HTTP 1.1 CONNECT: ");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("check_http -I 192.168.100.35 -p 80 -u https://www.verisign.com/ -S -j CONNECT -H www.verisign.com "));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("all these options are needed: -I <proxy> -p <proxy-port> -u <check-url> -S(sl) -j CONNECT -H <webserver>"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned. By adding a colon to the method you can set the method used"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("inside the proxied connection: -j CONNECT:POST"));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin can also check whether an SSL enabled web server is able to"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("serve content (optionally within a specified time) or whether the X509 "));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("certificate is still valid for the specified number of days."));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf(" %s\n", _("Please note that this plugin does not check if the presented server"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("certificate matches the hostname of the server, or if the certificate"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("has a valid chain of trust to one of the locally installed CAs."));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
+        printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CONTENT: check_http -w 5 -c 10 --ssl -H www.verisign.com");
+        printf(" %s\n", _("When the 'www.verisign.com' server returns its content within 5 seconds,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned."));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_http -H www.verisign.com -C 14");
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 14 days,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned. A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when"));
+        printf(" %s\n\n", _("the certificate is expired."));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_http -H www.verisign.com -C 30,14");
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 30 days,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK is returned. When the certificate is still valid, but for less than"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("30 days, but more than 14 days, a STATE_WARNING is returned."));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("A STATE_CRITICAL will be returned when certificate expires in less than 14 days"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n\n", "CHECK SSL WEBSERVER CONTENT VIA PROXY USING HTTP 1.1 CONNECT: ");
+        printf(" %s\n", _("check_http -I 192.168.100.35 -p 80 -u https://www.verisign.com/ -S -j "
+                                          "CONNECT -H www.verisign.com "));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("all these options are needed: -I <proxy> -p <proxy-port> -u <check-url> "
+                                          "-S(sl) -j CONNECT -H <webserver>"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("a STATE_OK will be returned. When the server returns its content but exceeds"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("the 5-second threshold, a STATE_WARNING will be returned. When an error occurs,"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("a STATE_CRITICAL will be returned. By adding a colon to the method you can "
+                                          "set the method used"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("inside the proxied connection: -j CONNECT:POST"));
 
 #endif
 
-  printf (UT_SUPPORT);
-
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-
-
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-  printf (" %s -H <vhost> | -I <IP-address> [-u <uri>] [-p <port>]\n",progname);
-  printf ("       [-J <client certificate file>] [-K <private key>]\n");
-  printf ("       [-w <warn time>] [-c <critical time>] [-t <timeout>] [-L] [-E] [-a auth]\n");
-  printf ("       [-b proxy_auth] [-f <ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport>]\n");
-  printf ("       [-e <expect>] [-d string] [-s string] [-l] [-r <regex> | -R <case-insensitive regex>]\n");
-  printf ("       [-P string] [-m <min_pg_size>:<max_pg_size>] [-4|-6] [-N] [-M <age>]\n");
-  printf ("       [-A string] [-k string] [-S <version>] [--sni]\n");
-  printf ("       [-T <content-type>] [-j method]\n");
-  printf (" %s -H <vhost> | -I <IP-address> -C <warn_age>[,<crit_age>]\n",progname);
-  printf ("       [-p <port>] [-t <timeout>] [-4|-6] [--sni]\n");
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf(" %s -H <vhost> | -I <IP-address> [-u <uri>] [-p <port>]\n", progname);
+        printf("       [-J <client certificate file>] [-K <private key>]\n");
+        printf("       [-w <warn time>] [-c <critical time>] [-t <timeout>] [-L] [-E] [-a auth]\n");
+        printf("       [-b proxy_auth] [-f <ok|warning|critical|follow|sticky|stickyport>]\n");
+        printf("       [-e <expect>] [-d string] [-s string] [-l] [-r <regex> | -R <case-insensitive "
+                   "regex>]\n");
+        printf("       [-P string] [-m <min_pg_size>:<max_pg_size>] [-4|-6] [-N] [-M <age>]\n");
+        printf("       [-A string] [-k string] [-S <version>] [--sni]\n");
+        printf("       [-T <content-type>] [-j method]\n");
+        printf(" %s -H <vhost> | -I <IP-address> -C <warn_age>[,<crit_age>]\n", progname);
+        printf("       [-p <port>] [-t <timeout>] [-4|-6] [--sni]\n");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ide_smart.c b/plugins/check_ide_smart.c
index 9640ef70..16fe3d01 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ide_smart.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ide_smart.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ void print_usage(void);
 #       include <sys/device.h>
 #       include <sys/param.h>
 #       include <sys/sysctl.h>
-#       include <sys/videoio.h> /* for __u8 and friends */
 #       include <sys/scsiio.h>
 #       include <sys/ataio.h>
 #       include <dev/ata/atareg.h>
@@ -79,48 +78,47 @@ void print_usage(void);
 #define UNKNOWN     -1
 
 typedef struct threshold_s {
-        __u8 id;
-        __u8 threshold;
-        __u8 reserved[10];
+        uint8_t id;
+        uint8_t threshold;
+        uint8_t reserved[10];
 } __attribute__((packed)) threshold_t;
 
 typedef struct thresholds_s {
-        __u16 revision;
+        uint16_t revision;
         threshold_t thresholds[NR_ATTRIBUTES];
-        __u8 reserved[18];
-        __u8 vendor[131];
-        __u8 checksum;
+        uint8_t reserved[18];
+        uint8_t vendor[131];
+        uint8_t checksum;
 } __attribute__((packed)) thresholds_t;
 
 typedef struct value_s {
-        __u8 id;
-        __u16 status;
-        __u8 value;
-        __u8 vendor[8];
+        uint8_t id;
+        uint16_t status;
+        uint8_t value;
+        uint8_t vendor[8];
 } __attribute__((packed)) value_t;
 
 typedef struct values_s {
-        __u16 revision;
+        uint16_t revision;
         value_t values[NR_ATTRIBUTES];
-        __u8 offline_status;
-        __u8 vendor1;
-        __u16 offline_timeout;
-        __u8 vendor2;
-        __u8 offline_capability;
-        __u16 smart_capability;
-        __u8 reserved[16];
-        __u8 vendor[125];
-        __u8 checksum;
+        uint8_t offline_status;
+        uint8_t vendor1;
+        uint16_t offline_timeout;
+        uint8_t vendor2;
+        uint8_t offline_capability;
+        uint16_t smart_capability;
+        uint8_t reserved[16];
+        uint8_t vendor[125];
+        uint8_t checksum;
 } __attribute__((packed)) values_t;
 
 static struct {
-        __u8 value;
+        uint8_t value;
         char *text;
-} offline_status_text[] = {{0x00, "NeverStarted"}, {0x02, "Completed"}, {0x04, "Suspended"},
-                                                                {0x05, "Aborted"},      {0x06, "Failed"},    {0, 0}};
+} offline_status_text[] = {{0x00, "NeverStarted"}, {0x02, "Completed"}, {0x04, "Suspended"}, {0x05, "Aborted"}, {0x06, "Failed"}, {0, 0}};
 
 static struct {
-        __u8 value;
+        uint8_t value;
         char *text;
 } smart_command[] = {{SMART_ENABLE, "SMART_ENABLE"},
                                          {SMART_DISABLE, "SMART_DISABLE"},
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ static int smart_read_values(int, values_t *);
 static int nagios(values_t *, thresholds_t *);
 static void print_value(value_t *, threshold_t *);
 static void print_values(values_t *, thresholds_t *);
-static int smart_cmd_simple(int, enum SmartCommand, __u8, bool);
+static int smart_cmd_simple(int, enum SmartCommand, uint8_t, bool);
 static int smart_read_thresholds(int, thresholds_t *);
 static bool verbose = false;
 
@@ -175,8 +173,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 o = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+d:iq10nhVv", longopts, &longindex);
 
-                if (o == -1 || o == EOF || o == 1)
+                if (o == -1 || o == EOF || o == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (o) {
                 case 'd':
@@ -234,8 +233,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         smart_read_values(fd, &values);
         smart_read_thresholds(fd, &thresholds);
         retval = nagios(&values, &thresholds);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 print_values(&values, &thresholds);
+        }
 
         close(fd);
         return retval;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ char *get_offline_text(int status) {
 int smart_read_values(int fd, values_t *values) {
 #ifdef __linux__
         int e;
-        __u8 args[4 + 512];
+        uint8_t args[4 + 512];
         args[0] = WIN_SMART;
         args[1] = 0;
         args[2] = SMART_READ_VALUES;
@@ -282,8 +282,9 @@ int smart_read_values(int fd, values_t *values) {
         req.cylinder = WDSMART_CYL;
 
         if (ioctl(fd, ATAIOCCOMMAND, &req) == 0) {
-                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK)
+                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK) {
                         errno = ENODEV;
+                }
         }
 
         if (errno != 0) {
@@ -370,22 +371,24 @@ void print_values(values_t *p, thresholds_t *t) {
                    p->smart_capability & 1 ? "SaveOnStandBy" : "", p->smart_capability & 2 ? "AutoSave" : "");
 }
 
-int smart_cmd_simple(int fd, enum SmartCommand command, __u8 val0, bool show_error) {
+int smart_cmd_simple(int fd, enum SmartCommand command, uint8_t val0, bool show_error) {
         int e = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 #ifdef __linux__
-        __u8 args[4];
+        uint8_t args[4];
         args[0] = WIN_SMART;
         args[1] = val0;
         args[2] = smart_command[command].value;
         args[3] = 0;
         if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, &args)) {
                 e = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                if (show_error)
+                if (show_error) {
                         printf(_("CRITICAL - %s: %s\n"), smart_command[command].text, strerror(errno));
+                }
         } else {
                 e = STATE_OK;
-                if (show_error)
+                if (show_error) {
                         printf(_("OK - Command sent (%s)\n"), smart_command[command].text);
+                }
         }
 
 #endif /* __linux__ */
@@ -401,20 +404,24 @@ int smart_cmd_simple(int fd, enum SmartCommand command, __u8 val0, bool show_err
         req.sec_count = val0;
 
         if (ioctl(fd, ATAIOCCOMMAND, &req) == 0) {
-                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK)
+                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK) {
                         errno = ENODEV;
-                if (req.cylinder != WDSMART_CYL)
+                }
+                if (req.cylinder != WDSMART_CYL) {
                         errno = ENODEV;
+                }
         }
 
         if (errno != 0) {
                 e = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                if (show_error)
+                if (show_error) {
                         printf(_("CRITICAL - %s: %s\n"), smart_command[command].text, strerror(errno));
+                }
         } else {
                 e = STATE_OK;
-                if (show_error)
+                if (show_error) {
                         printf(_("OK - Command sent (%s)\n"), smart_command[command].text);
+                }
         }
 
 #endif /* __NetBSD__ */
@@ -424,7 +431,7 @@ int smart_cmd_simple(int fd, enum SmartCommand command, __u8 val0, bool show_err
 int smart_read_thresholds(int fd, thresholds_t *thresholds) {
 #ifdef __linux__
         int e;
-        __u8 args[4 + 512];
+        uint8_t args[4 + 512];
         args[0] = WIN_SMART;
         args[1] = 0;
         args[2] = SMART_READ_THRESHOLDS;
@@ -452,8 +459,9 @@ int smart_read_thresholds(int fd, thresholds_t *thresholds) {
         req.cylinder = WDSMART_CYL;
 
         if (ioctl(fd, ATAIOCCOMMAND, &req) == 0) {
-                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK)
+                if (req.retsts != ATACMD_OK) {
                         errno = ENODEV;
+                }
         }
 
         if (errno != 0) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_ldap.c b/plugins/check_ldap.c
index 87818da6..77a33304 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ldap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ldap.c
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-*
-* Monitoring check_ldap plugin
-*
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-*
-* Description:
-*
-* This file contains the check_ldap plugin
-*
-*
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*
-*
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_ldap plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_ldap plugin
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 /* progname may be check_ldaps */
 char *progname = "check_ldap";
@@ -34,209 +34,183 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "check_ldap.d/config.h"
 
+#include "states.h"
 #include <lber.h>
 #define LDAP_DEPRECATED 1
 #include <ldap.h>
 
 enum {
-        UNDEFINED = 0,
-#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
-        DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = 2,
-#endif
         DEFAULT_PORT = 389
 };
 
-static int process_arguments (int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments (void);
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-
-static char ld_defattr[] = "(objectclass=*)";
-static char *ld_attr = ld_defattr;
-static char *ld_host = NULL;
-static char *ld_base = NULL;
-static char *ld_passwd = NULL;
-static char *ld_binddn = NULL;
-static int ld_port = -1;
-#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
-static int ld_protocol = DEFAULT_PROTOCOL;
-#endif
-#ifndef LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS
-# define LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS LDAP_SUCCESS
-#endif
-static double warn_time = UNDEFINED;
-static double crit_time = UNDEFINED;
-static thresholds *entries_thresholds = NULL;
-static struct timeval tv;
-static char* warn_entries = NULL;
-static char* crit_entries = NULL;
-static bool starttls = false;
-static bool ssl_on_connect = false;
-static bool verbose = false;
-
-/* for ldap tls */
-
-static char *SERVICE = "LDAP";
-
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-
-        LDAP *ld;
-        LDAPMessage *result;
-
-        /* should be    int result = STATE_UNKNOWN; */
-
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        long microsec;
-        double elapsed_time;
-
-        /* for ldap tls */
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ldap_config config;
+} check_ldap_config_wrapper;
+static check_ldap_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_ldap_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ldap_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 
-        int tls;
-        int version=3;
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
 
-        int status_entries = STATE_OK;
-        int num_entries = 0;
+#ifndef LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS
+#       define LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS LDAP_SUCCESS
+#endif
+static int verbose = 0;
 
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        if (strstr(argv[0],"check_ldaps")) {
-                xasprintf (&progname, "check_ldaps");
-        }
+        if (strstr(argv[0], "check_ldaps")) {
+                xasprintf(&progname, "check_ldaps");
+        }
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        check_ldap_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        if (strstr(argv[0],"check_ldaps") && ! starttls && ! ssl_on_connect)
-                starttls = true;
+        const check_ldap_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        signal (SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
+        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
 
         /* set socket timeout */
-        alarm (socket_timeout);
+        alarm(socket_timeout);
 
         /* get the start time */
-        gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+        struct timeval start_time;
+        gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
 
+        LDAP *ldap_connection;
         /* initialize ldap */
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_INIT
-        if (!(ld = ldap_init (ld_host, ld_port))) {
-                printf ("Could not connect to the server at port %i\n", ld_port);
+        if (!(ldap_connection = ldap_init(config.ld_host, config.ld_port))) {
+                printf("Could not connect to the server at port %i\n", config.ld_port);
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 #else
-        if (!(ld = ldap_open (ld_host, ld_port))) {
-                if (verbose)
-                        ldap_perror(ld, "ldap_open");
-                printf (_("Could not connect to the server at port %i\n"), ld_port);
+        if (!(ld = ldap_open(config.ld_host, config.ld_port))) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        ldap_perror(ldap_connection, "ldap_open");
+                }
+                printf(_("Could not connect to the server at port %i\n"), config.ld_port);
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 #endif /* HAVE_LDAP_INIT */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
         /* set ldap options */
-        if (ldap_set_option (ld, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &ld_protocol) !=
-                        LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS ) {
-                printf(_("Could not set protocol version %d\n"), ld_protocol);
+        if (ldap_set_option(ldap_connection, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &config.ld_protocol) !=
+                LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS) {
+                printf(_("Could not set protocol version %d\n"), config.ld_protocol);
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 #endif
 
-        if (ld_port == LDAPS_PORT || ssl_on_connect) {
-                xasprintf (&SERVICE, "LDAPS");
+        int version = 3;
+        int tls;
+        if (config.ld_port == LDAPS_PORT || config.ssl_on_connect) {
 #if defined(HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION) && defined(LDAP_OPT_X_TLS)
                 /* ldaps: set option tls */
                 tls = LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_HARD;
 
-                if (ldap_set_option (ld, LDAP_OPT_X_TLS, &tls) != LDAP_SUCCESS)
-                {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                ldap_perror(ld, "ldaps_option");
-                        printf (_("Could not init TLS at port %i!\n"), ld_port);
+                if (ldap_set_option(ldap_connection, LDAP_OPT_X_TLS, &tls) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                ldap_perror(ldap_connection, "ldaps_option");
+                        }
+                        printf(_("Could not init TLS at port %i!\n"), config.ld_port);
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
                 }
 #else
-                printf (_("TLS not supported by the libraries!\n"));
+                printf(_("TLS not supported by the libraries!\n"));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
 #endif /* LDAP_OPT_X_TLS */
-        } else if (starttls) {
-                xasprintf (&SERVICE, "LDAP-TLS");
+        } else if (config.starttls) {
 #if defined(HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION) && defined(HAVE_LDAP_START_TLS_S)
                 /* ldap with startTLS: set option version */
-                if (ldap_get_option(ld,LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version) == LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS )
-                {
-                        if (version < LDAP_VERSION3)
-                        {
+                if (ldap_get_option(ldap_connection, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version) ==
+                        LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS) {
+                        if (version < LDAP_VERSION3) {
                                 version = LDAP_VERSION3;
-                                ldap_set_option(ld, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version);
+                                ldap_set_option(ldap_connection, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version);
                         }
                 }
                 /* call start_tls */
-                if (ldap_start_tls_s(ld, NULL, NULL) != LDAP_SUCCESS)
-                {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                ldap_perror(ld, "ldap_start_tls");
-                        printf (_("Could not init startTLS at port %i!\n"), ld_port);
+                if (ldap_start_tls_s(ldap_connection, NULL, NULL) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                ldap_perror(ldap_connection, "ldap_start_tls");
+                        }
+                        printf(_("Could not init startTLS at port %i!\n"), config.ld_port);
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
                 }
 #else
-                printf (_("startTLS not supported by the library, needs LDAPv3!\n"));
+                printf(_("startTLS not supported by the library, needs LDAPv3!\n"));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
 #endif /* HAVE_LDAP_START_TLS_S */
         }
 
         /* bind to the ldap server */
-        if (ldap_bind_s (ld, ld_binddn, ld_passwd, LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE) !=
-                        LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-                if (verbose)
-                        ldap_perror(ld, "ldap_bind");
-                printf (_("Could not bind to the LDAP server\n"));
+        if (ldap_bind_s(ldap_connection, config.ld_binddn, config.ld_passwd, LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE) !=
+                LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        ldap_perror(ldap_connection, "ldap_bind");
+                }
+                printf(_("Could not bind to the LDAP server\n"));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
+        LDAPMessage *result;
+        int num_entries = 0;
         /* do a search of all objectclasses in the base dn */
-        if (ldap_search_s (ld, ld_base, (crit_entries!=NULL || warn_entries!=NULL) ? LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE : LDAP_SCOPE_BASE, ld_attr, NULL, 0, &result)
-                        != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-                if (verbose)
-                        ldap_perror(ld, "ldap_search");
-                printf (_("Could not search/find objectclasses in %s\n"), ld_base);
+        if (ldap_search_s(ldap_connection, config.ld_base,
+                                          (config.crit_entries != NULL || config.warn_entries != NULL)
+                                                  ? LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE
+                                                  : LDAP_SCOPE_BASE,
+                                          config.ld_attr, NULL, 0, &result) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        ldap_perror(ldap_connection, "ldap_search");
+                }
+                printf(_("Could not search/find objectclasses in %s\n"), config.ld_base);
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
-        } else if (crit_entries!=NULL || warn_entries!=NULL) {
-                num_entries = ldap_count_entries(ld, result);
+        }
+
+        if (config.crit_entries != NULL || config.warn_entries != NULL) {
+                num_entries = ldap_count_entries(ldap_connection, result);
         }
 
         /* unbind from the ldap server */
-        ldap_unbind (ld);
+        ldap_unbind(ldap_connection);
 
         /* reset the alarm handler */
-        alarm (0);
+        alarm(0);
 
         /* calculate the elapsed time and compare to thresholds */
 
-        microsec = deltime (tv);
-        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
-
-        if (crit_time!=UNDEFINED && elapsed_time>crit_time)
+        long microsec = deltime(start_time);
+        double elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        if (config.crit_time_set && elapsed_time > config.crit_time) {
                 status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (warn_time!=UNDEFINED && elapsed_time>warn_time)
+        } else if (config.warn_time_set && elapsed_time > config.warn_time) {
                 status = STATE_WARNING;
-        else
+        } else {
                 status = STATE_OK;
+        }
 
-        if(entries_thresholds != NULL) {
+        if (config.entries_thresholds != NULL) {
                 if (verbose) {
-                        printf ("entries found: %d\n", num_entries);
-                        print_thresholds("entry thresholds", entries_thresholds);
+                        printf("entries found: %d\n", num_entries);
+                        print_thresholds("entry thresholds", config.entries_thresholds);
                 }
-                status_entries = get_status(num_entries, entries_thresholds);
+                mp_state_enum status_entries = get_status(num_entries, config.entries_thresholds);
                 if (status_entries == STATE_CRITICAL) {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
                 } else if (status != STATE_CRITICAL) {
@@ -245,273 +219,281 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
         }
 
         /* print out the result */
-        if (crit_entries!=NULL || warn_entries!=NULL) {
-                printf (_("LDAP %s - found %d entries in %.3f seconds|%s %s\n"),
-                        state_text (status),
-                        num_entries,
-                        elapsed_time,
-                        fperfdata ("time", elapsed_time, "s",
-                                (int)warn_time, warn_time,
-                                (int)crit_time, crit_time,
-                                true, 0, false, 0),
-                        sperfdata ("entries", (double)num_entries, "",
-                                warn_entries,
-                                crit_entries,
-                                true, 0.0, false, 0.0));
+        if (config.crit_entries != NULL || config.warn_entries != NULL) {
+                printf(_("LDAP %s - found %d entries in %.3f seconds|%s %s\n"), state_text(status),
+                           num_entries, elapsed_time,
+                           fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", config.warn_time_set, config.warn_time,
+                                                 config.crit_time_set, config.crit_time, true, 0, false, 0),
+                           sperfdata("entries", (double)num_entries, "", config.warn_entries,
+                                                 config.crit_entries, true, 0.0, false, 0.0));
         } else {
-                printf (_("LDAP %s - %.3f seconds response time|%s\n"),
-                        state_text (status),
-                        elapsed_time,
-                        fperfdata ("time", elapsed_time, "s",
-                                (int)warn_time, warn_time,
-                                (int)crit_time, crit_time,
-                                true, 0, false, 0));
+                printf(_("LDAP %s - %.3f seconds response time|%s\n"), state_text(status), elapsed_time,
+                           fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", config.warn_time_set, config.warn_time,
+                                                 config.crit_time_set, config.crit_time, true, 0, false, 0));
         }
 
-        return status;
+        exit(status);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_ldap_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* initialize the long option struct */
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {"base", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
-                {"attr", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-                {"bind", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
-                {"pass", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                                                                           {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                                                                           {"base", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
+                                                                           {"attr", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                                                                           {"bind", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                                                                           {"pass", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
-                {"ver2", no_argument, 0, '2'},
-                {"ver3", no_argument, 0, '3'},
+                                                                           {"ver2", no_argument, 0, '2'},
+                                                                           {"ver3", no_argument, 0, '3'},
 #endif
-                {"starttls", no_argument, 0, 'T'},
-                {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
-                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                {"warn", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"crit", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"warn-entries", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
-                {"crit-entries", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
+                                                                           {"starttls", no_argument, 0, 'T'},
+                                                                           {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                                                                           {"warn", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"crit", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"warn-entries", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
+                                                                           {"crit-entries", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_ldap_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_ldap_config_init(),
         };
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp ("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
         }
 
+        int option = 0;
         while (true) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hvV234TS6t:c:w:H:b:p:a:D:P:C:W:", longopts, &option);
+                int option_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "hvV234TS6t:c:w:H:b:p:a:D:P:C:W:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 't':                                                                       /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-                                usage2 (_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                socket_timeout = atoi (optarg);
+                switch (option_index) {
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 't': /* timeout period */
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'H':
-                        ld_host = optarg;
+                        result.config.ld_host = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'b':
-                        ld_base = optarg;
+                        result.config.ld_base = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p':
-                        ld_port = atoi (optarg);
+                        result.config.ld_port = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'a':
-                        ld_attr = optarg;
+                        result.config.ld_attr = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'D':
-                        ld_binddn = optarg;
+                        result.config.ld_binddn = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P':
-                        ld_passwd = optarg;
+                        result.config.ld_passwd = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
-                        warn_time = strtod (optarg, NULL);
+                        result.config.warn_time_set = true;
+                        result.config.warn_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
                         break;
                 case 'c':
-                        crit_time = strtod (optarg, NULL);
+                        result.config.crit_time_set = true;
+                        result.config.crit_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
                         break;
                 case 'W':
-                        warn_entries = optarg;
+                        result.config.warn_entries = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'C':
-                        crit_entries = optarg;
+                        result.config.crit_entries = optarg;
                         break;
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
                 case '2':
-                        ld_protocol = 2;
+                        result.config.ld_protocol = 2;
                         break;
                 case '3':
-                        ld_protocol = 3;
+                        result.config.ld_protocol = 3;
                         break;
-#endif
+#endif // HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
                         break;
                 case 'v':
-                        verbose = true;
+                        verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'T':
-                        if (! ssl_on_connect)
-                                starttls = true;
-                        else
+                        if (!result.config.ssl_on_connect) {
+                                result.config.starttls = true;
+                        } else {
                                 usage_va(_("%s cannot be combined with %s"), "-T/--starttls", "-S/--ssl");
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'S':
-                        if (! starttls) {
-                                ssl_on_connect = true;
-                                if (ld_port == -1)
-                                        ld_port = LDAPS_PORT;
-                        } else
+                        if (!result.config.starttls) {
+                                result.config.ssl_on_connect = true;
+                                if (result.config.ld_port == -1) {
+                                        result.config.ld_port = LDAPS_PORT;
+                                }
+                        } else {
                                 usage_va(_("%s cannot be combined with %s"), "-S/--ssl", "-T/--starttls");
+                        }
                         break;
                 case '6':
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
                         address_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
-                        usage (_("IPv6 support not available\n"));
+                        usage(_("IPv6 support not available\n"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 default:
-                        usage5 ();
+                        usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (ld_host == NULL && is_host(argv[c]))
-                ld_host = strdup (argv[c++]);
+        int index = optind;
+        if ((result.config.ld_host == NULL) && is_host(argv[index])) {
+                result.config.ld_host = strdup(argv[index++]);
+        }
 
-        if (ld_base == NULL && argv[c])
-                ld_base = strdup (argv[c++]);
+        if ((result.config.ld_base == NULL) && argv[index]) {
+                result.config.ld_base = strdup(argv[index++]);
+        }
 
-        if (ld_port == -1)
-                ld_port = DEFAULT_PORT;
+        if (result.config.ld_port == -1) {
+                result.config.ld_port = DEFAULT_PORT;
+        }
 
-        return validate_arguments ();
+        if (strstr(argv[0], "check_ldaps") && !result.config.starttls &&
+                !result.config.ssl_on_connect) {
+                result.config.starttls = true;
+        }
+
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
+check_ldap_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ldap_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.ld_host == NULL || strlen(config_wrapper.config.ld_host) == 0) {
+                usage4(_("Please specify the host name\n"));
+        }
 
-int
-validate_arguments ()
-{
-        if (ld_host==NULL || strlen(ld_host)==0)
-                usage4 (_("Please specify the host name\n"));
+        if (config_wrapper.config.ld_base == NULL) {
+                usage4(_("Please specify the LDAP base\n"));
+        }
 
-        if (ld_base==NULL)
-                usage4 (_("Please specify the LDAP base\n"));
+        if (config_wrapper.config.crit_entries != NULL || config_wrapper.config.warn_entries != NULL) {
+                set_thresholds(&config_wrapper.config.entries_thresholds,
+                                           config_wrapper.config.warn_entries, config_wrapper.config.crit_entries);
+        }
 
-        if (crit_entries!=NULL || warn_entries!=NULL) {
-                set_thresholds(&entries_thresholds,
-                        warn_entries, crit_entries);
+        if (config_wrapper.config.ld_passwd == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.ld_passwd = getenv("LDAP_PASSWORD");
         }
-        if (ld_passwd==NULL)
-                ld_passwd = getenv("LDAP_PASSWORD");
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
-
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
+void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf (&myport, "%d", DEFAULT_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", DEFAULT_PORT);
 
-        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-        printf ("Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder (adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at)\n");
-        printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder (adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at)\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf ("\n\n");
+        printf("\n\n");
 
-        print_usage ();
+        print_usage();
 
-        printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
-        printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
+        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
 
-        printf (UT_IPv46);
+        printf(UT_IPv46);
 
-        printf (" %s\n", "-a [--attr]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap attribute to search (default: \"(objectclass=*)\""));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-b [--base]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap base (eg. ou=my unit, o=my org, c=at"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-D [--bind]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap bind DN (if required)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-P [--pass]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap password (if required, or set the password through environment variable 'LDAP_PASSWORD')"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-T [--starttls]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("use starttls mechanism introduced in protocol version 3"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-S [--ssl]");
-  printf ("    %s %i\n", _("use ldaps (ldap v2 ssl method). this also sets the default port to"), LDAPS_PORT);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-a [--attr]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("ldap attribute to search (default: \"(objectclass=*)\""));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-b [--base]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("ldap base (eg. ou=my unit, o=my org, c=at"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-D [--bind]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("ldap bind DN (if required)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P [--pass]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("ldap password (if required, or set the password through environment "
+                                                 "variable 'LDAP_PASSWORD')"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-T [--starttls]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("use starttls mechanism introduced in protocol version 3"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-S [--ssl]");
+        printf("    %s %i\n", _("use ldaps (ldap v2 ssl method). this also sets the default port to"),
+                   LDAPS_PORT);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
-        printf (" %s\n", "-2 [--ver2]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("use ldap protocol version 2"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-3 [--ver3]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("use ldap protocol version 3"));
-  printf ("    (%s %d)\n", _("default protocol version:"), DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-2 [--ver2]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("use ldap protocol version 2"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-3 [--ver3]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("use ldap protocol version 3"));
+        printf("    (%s %d)\n", _("default protocol version:"), DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
 #endif
 
-        printf (UT_WARN_CRIT);
+        printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
 
-  printf (" %s\n", "-W [--warn-entries]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Number of found entries to result in warning status"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-C [--crit-entries]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Number of found entries to result in critical status"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-W [--warn-entries]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of found entries to result in warning status"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-C [--crit-entries]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of found entries to result in critical status"));
 
-        printf (UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 
-        printf (UT_VERBOSE);
+        printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
-        printf ("\n");
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("If this plugin is called via 'check_ldaps', method 'STARTTLS' will be"));
-        printf (_(" implied (using default port %i) unless --port=636 is specified. In that case\n"), DEFAULT_PORT);
-        printf (" %s\n", _("'SSL on connect' will be used no matter how the plugin was called."));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("This detection is deprecated, please use 'check_ldap' with the '--starttls' or '--ssl' flags"));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("to define the behaviour explicitly instead."));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("The parameters --warn-entries and --crit-entries are optional."));
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("If this plugin is called via 'check_ldaps', method 'STARTTLS' will be"));
+        printf(_(" implied (using default port %i) unless --port=636 is specified. In that case\n"),
+                   DEFAULT_PORT);
+        printf(" %s\n", _("'SSL on connect' will be used no matter how the plugin was called."));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("This detection is deprecated, please use 'check_ldap' with the '--starttls' "
+                                          "or '--ssl' flags"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("to define the behaviour explicitly instead."));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("The parameters --warn-entries and --crit-entries are optional."));
 
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf (" %s -H <host> -b <base_dn> [-p <port>] [-a <attr>] [-D <binddn>]",progname);
-  printf ("\n       [-P <password>] [-w <warn_time>] [-c <crit_time>] [-t timeout]%s\n",
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf(" %s -H <host> -b <base_dn> [-p <port>] [-a <attr>] [-D <binddn>]", progname);
+        printf("\n       [-P <password>] [-w <warn_time>] [-c <crit_time>] [-t timeout]%s\n",
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
-                        "\n       [-2|-3] [-4|-6]"
+                   "\n       [-2|-3] [-4|-6]"
 #else
-                        ""
+                   ""
 #endif
-                        );
+        );
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ldap.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ldap.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8a40610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ldap.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+static char ld_defattr[] = "(objectclass=*)";
+
+enum {
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
+        DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = 2,
+#endif
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *ld_host;
+        char *ld_base;
+        char *ld_passwd;
+        char *ld_binddn;
+        char *ld_attr;
+        int ld_port;
+        bool starttls;
+        bool ssl_on_connect;
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
+        int ld_protocol;
+#endif
+
+        char *warn_entries;
+        char *crit_entries;
+        thresholds *entries_thresholds;
+        bool warn_time_set;
+        double warn_time;
+        bool crit_time_set;
+        double crit_time;
+} check_ldap_config;
+
+check_ldap_config check_ldap_config_init() {
+        check_ldap_config tmp = {
+                .ld_host = NULL,
+                .ld_base = NULL,
+                .ld_passwd = NULL,
+                .ld_binddn = NULL,
+                .ld_attr = ld_defattr,
+                .ld_port = -1,
+                .starttls = false,
+                .ssl_on_connect = false,
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_SET_OPTION
+                .ld_protocol = DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
+#endif
+
+                .warn_entries = NULL,
+                .crit_entries = NULL,
+                .entries_thresholds = NULL,
+                .warn_time_set = false,
+                .warn_time = 0,
+                .crit_time_set = false,
+                .crit_time = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_load.c b/plugins/check_load.c
index 1431d130..644cd604 100644
--- a/plugins/check_load.c
+++ b/plugins/check_load.c
@@ -1,350 +1,430 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-*
-* Monitoring check_load plugin
-*
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-*
-* Description:
-*
-* This file contains the check_load plugin
-*
-* This plugin tests the current system load average.
-*
-*
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*
-*
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_load plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_load plugin
+ *
+ * This plugin tests the current system load average.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_load";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2022";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #include "./common.h"
+#include <string.h>
 #include "./runcmd.h"
 #include "./utils.h"
 #include "./popen.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+#include "../lib/output.h"
+#include "../lib/perfdata.h"
+#include "../lib/thresholds.h"
+#include "check_load.d/config.h"
 
-#include <string.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_LOADAVG_H
-#include <sys/loadavg.h>
-#endif
+// getloadavg comes from gnulib
+#include "../gl/stdlib.h"
 
 /* needed for compilation under NetBSD, as suggested by Andy Doran */
 #ifndef LOADAVG_1MIN
-#define LOADAVG_1MIN    0
-#define LOADAVG_5MIN    1
-#define LOADAVG_15MIN   2
+#       define LOADAVG_1MIN  0
+#       define LOADAVG_5MIN  1
+#       define LOADAVG_15MIN 2
 #endif /* !defined LOADAVG_1MIN */
 
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_load_config config;
+} check_load_config_wrapper;
+static check_load_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv);
+
+void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        char **top_processes;
+} top_processes_result;
+static top_processes_result print_top_consuming_processes(unsigned long n_procs_to_show);
+
+typedef struct {
+        mp_range load[3];
+} parsed_thresholds;
+static parsed_thresholds get_threshold(char *arg) {
+        size_t index;
+        char *str = arg;
+        char *tmp_pointer;
+        bool valid = false;
+
+        parsed_thresholds result = {
+                .load =
+                        {
+                                mp_range_init(),
+                                mp_range_init(),
+                                mp_range_init(),
+                        },
+        };
 
-static int process_arguments (int argc, char **argv);
-static int validate_arguments (void);
-void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-static int print_top_consuming_processes();
-
-static int n_procs_to_show = 0;
-
-/* strictly for pretty-print usage in loops */
-static const int nums[3] = { 1, 5, 15 };
-
-/* provide some fairly sane defaults */
-double wload[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
-double cload[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
-#define la1 la[0]
-#define la5 la[1]
-#define la15 la[2]
-
-char *status_line;
-bool take_into_account_cpus = false;
-
-static void
-get_threshold(char *arg, double *th)
-{
-        size_t i, n;
-        int valid = 0;
-        char *str = arg, *p;
+        size_t arg_length = strlen(arg);
+        for (index = 0; index < 3; index++) {
+                double tmp = strtod(str, &tmp_pointer);
+                if (tmp_pointer == str) {
+                        break;
+                }
 
-        n = strlen(arg);
-        for(i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-                th[i] = strtod(str, &p);
-                if(p == str) break;
+                result.load[index] = mp_range_set_end(result.load[index], mp_create_pd_value(tmp));
 
-                valid = 1;
-                str = p + 1;
-                if(n <= (size_t)(str - arg)) break;
+                valid = true;
+                str = tmp_pointer + 1;
+                if (arg_length <= (size_t)(str - arg)) {
+                        break;
+                }
         }
 
         /* empty argument or non-floatish, so warn about it and die */
-        if(!i && !valid) usage (_("Warning threshold must be float or float triplet!\n"));
+        if (!index && !valid) {
+                usage(_("Warning threshold must be float or float triplet!\n"));
+        }
 
-        if(i != 2) {
+        if (index != 2) {
                 /* one or more numbers were given, so fill array with last
                  * we got (most likely to NOT produce the least expected result) */
-                for(n = i; n < 3; n++) th[n] = th[i];
+                for (size_t tmp_index = index; tmp_index < 3; tmp_index++) {
+                        result.load[tmp_index] = result.load[index];
+                }
         }
+        return result;
 }
 
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int result = -1;
-        int i;
-        long numcpus;
-
-        double la[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };       /* NetBSD complains about uninitialized arrays */
-#ifndef HAVE_GETLOADAVG
-        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-#endif
-
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "POSIX");
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv = np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
-
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-#ifdef HAVE_GETLOADAVG
-        result = getloadavg (la, 3);
-        if (result != 3)
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-#else
-        child_process = spopen (PATH_TO_UPTIME);
-        if (child_process == NULL) {
-                printf (_("Error opening %s\n"), PATH_TO_UPTIME);
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        }
-        child_stderr = fdopen (child_stderr_array[fileno (child_process)], "r");
-        if (child_stderr == NULL) {
-                printf (_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), PATH_TO_UPTIME);
-        }
-        fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process);
-    if(strstr(input_buffer, "load average:")) {
-            sscanf (input_buffer, "%*[^l]load average: %lf, %lf, %lf", &la1, &la5, &la15);
-    }
-    else if(strstr(input_buffer, "load averages:")) {
-            sscanf (input_buffer, "%*[^l]load averages: %lf, %lf, %lf", &la1, &la5, &la15);
-    }
-    else {
-                printf (_("could not parse load from uptime %s: %d\n"), PATH_TO_UPTIME, result);
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-    }
-
-        result = spclose (child_process);
-        if (result) {
-                printf (_("Error code %d returned in %s\n"), result, PATH_TO_UPTIME);
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        }
-#endif
-
-        if ((la[0] < 0.0) || (la[1] < 0.0) || (la[2] < 0.0)) {
-#ifdef HAVE_GETLOADAVG
-                printf (_("Error in getloadavg()\n"));
-#else
-                printf (_("Error processing %s\n"), PATH_TO_UPTIME);
-#endif
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
+
+        check_load_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
-        /* we got this far, so assume OK until we've measured */
-        result = STATE_OK;
+        const check_load_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        double load_values[3] = {0, 0, 0};
 
-        xasprintf(&status_line, _("load average: %.2f, %.2f, %.2f"), la1, la5, la15);
-        xasprintf(&status_line, ("total %s"), status_line);
+        // this should be getloadavg from gnulib, should work everywhere™
+        int error = getloadavg(load_values, 3);
+        if (error != 3) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Failed to retrieve load values"));
+        }
 
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
 
-        double scaled_la[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
         bool is_using_scaled_load_values = false;
-
-        if (take_into_account_cpus == true && (numcpus = GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS()) > 0) {
+        long numcpus;
+        if (config.take_into_account_cpus && ((numcpus = GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS()) > 0)) {
                 is_using_scaled_load_values = true;
 
-                scaled_la[0] = la[0] / numcpus;
-                scaled_la[1] = la[1] / numcpus;
-                scaled_la[2] = la[2] / numcpus;
+                double scaled_la[3] = {
+                        load_values[0] / numcpus,
+                        load_values[1] / numcpus,
+                        load_values[2] / numcpus,
+                };
+
+                mp_subcheck scaled_load_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                scaled_load_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(scaled_load_sc, STATE_OK);
+                scaled_load_sc.output = "Scaled Load (divided by number of CPUs";
+
+                mp_perfdata pd_scaled_load1 = perfdata_init();
+                pd_scaled_load1.label = "scaled_load1";
+                pd_scaled_load1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_scaled_load1, scaled_la[0]);
+                pd_scaled_load1 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_scaled_load1, config.th_load[0]);
+
+                mp_subcheck scaled_load_sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+                scaled_load_sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(scaled_load_sc1, mp_get_pd_status(pd_scaled_load1));
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc1, pd_scaled_load1);
+                xasprintf(&scaled_load_sc1.output, "1 Minute: %s",
+                                  pd_value_to_string(pd_scaled_load1.value));
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc, scaled_load_sc1);
+
+                mp_perfdata pd_scaled_load5 = perfdata_init();
+                pd_scaled_load5.label = "scaled_load5";
+                pd_scaled_load5 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_scaled_load5, scaled_la[1]);
+                pd_scaled_load5 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_scaled_load5, config.th_load[1]);
+
+                mp_subcheck scaled_load_sc5 = mp_subcheck_init();
+                scaled_load_sc5 = mp_set_subcheck_state(scaled_load_sc5, mp_get_pd_status(pd_scaled_load5));
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc5, pd_scaled_load5);
+                xasprintf(&scaled_load_sc5.output, "5 Minutes: %s",
+                                  pd_value_to_string(pd_scaled_load5.value));
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc, scaled_load_sc5);
+
+                mp_perfdata pd_scaled_load15 = perfdata_init();
+                pd_scaled_load15.label = "scaled_load15";
+                pd_scaled_load15 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_scaled_load15, scaled_la[2]);
+                pd_scaled_load15 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_scaled_load15, config.th_load[2]);
+
+                mp_subcheck scaled_load_sc15 = mp_subcheck_init();
+                scaled_load_sc15 =
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(scaled_load_sc15, mp_get_pd_status(pd_scaled_load15));
+                mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc15, pd_scaled_load15);
+                xasprintf(&scaled_load_sc15.output, "15 Minutes: %s",
+                                  pd_value_to_string(pd_scaled_load15.value));
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&scaled_load_sc, scaled_load_sc15);
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, scaled_load_sc);
+        }
+
+        mp_subcheck load_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        load_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(load_sc, STATE_OK);
+        load_sc.output = "Total Load";
 
-                char *tmp = NULL;
-                xasprintf(&tmp, _("load average: %.2f, %.2f, %.2f"), scaled_la[0], scaled_la[1], scaled_la[2]);
-                xasprintf(&status_line, "scaled %s - %s", tmp, status_line);
+        mp_perfdata pd_load1 = perfdata_init();
+        pd_load1.label = "load1";
+        pd_load1 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_load1, load_values[0]);
+        if (!is_using_scaled_load_values) {
+                pd_load1 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_load1, config.th_load[0]);
         }
 
-        for(i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-                if (is_using_scaled_load_values) {
-                        if(scaled_la[i] > cload[i]) {
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                break;
-                        }
-                        else if(scaled_la[i] > wload[i]) result = STATE_WARNING;
-                } else {
-                        if(la[i] > cload[i]) {
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                break;
-                        }
-                        else if(la[i] > wload[i]) result = STATE_WARNING;
-                }
+        mp_subcheck load_sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        load_sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(load_sc1, mp_get_pd_status(pd_load1));
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&load_sc1, pd_load1);
+        xasprintf(&load_sc1.output, "1 Minute: %s", pd_value_to_string(pd_load1.value));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&load_sc, load_sc1);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd_load5 = perfdata_init();
+        pd_load5.label = "load5";
+        pd_load5 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_load5, load_values[1]);
+        if (!is_using_scaled_load_values) {
+                pd_load5 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_load5, config.th_load[1]);
         }
 
-        printf("LOAD %s - %s|", state_text(result), status_line);
-        for(i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-                if (is_using_scaled_load_values) {
-                        printf("load%d=%.3f;;;0; ", nums[i], la[i]);
-                        printf("scaled_load%d=%.3f;%.3f;%.3f;0; ", nums[i], scaled_la[i], wload[i], cload[i]);
-                } else {
-                        printf("load%d=%.3f;%.3f;%.3f;0; ", nums[i], la[i], wload[i], cload[i]);
-                }
+        mp_subcheck load_sc5 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        load_sc5 = mp_set_subcheck_state(load_sc5, mp_get_pd_status(pd_load5));
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&load_sc5, pd_load5);
+        xasprintf(&load_sc5.output, "5 Minutes: %s", pd_value_to_string(pd_load5.value));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&load_sc, load_sc5);
+
+        mp_perfdata pd_load15 = perfdata_init();
+        pd_load15.label = "load15";
+        pd_load15 = mp_set_pd_value(pd_load15, load_values[2]);
+        if (!is_using_scaled_load_values) {
+                pd_load15 = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_load15, config.th_load[2]);
         }
 
-        putchar('\n');
-        if (n_procs_to_show > 0) {
-                print_top_consuming_processes();
+        mp_subcheck load_sc15 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        load_sc15 = mp_set_subcheck_state(load_sc15, mp_get_pd_status(pd_load15));
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&load_sc15, pd_load15);
+        xasprintf(&load_sc15.output, "15 Minutes: %s", pd_value_to_string(pd_load15.value));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&load_sc, load_sc15);
+
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, load_sc);
+
+        if (config.n_procs_to_show > 0) {
+                mp_subcheck top_proc_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                top_proc_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(top_proc_sc, STATE_OK);
+                top_processes_result top_proc = print_top_consuming_processes(config.n_procs_to_show);
+                xasprintf(&top_proc_sc.output, "Top %lu CPU time consuming processes",
+                                  config.n_procs_to_show);
+
+                if (top_proc.errorcode == OK) {
+                        for (unsigned long i = 0; i < config.n_procs_to_show; i++) {
+                                xasprintf(&top_proc_sc.output, "%s\n%s", top_proc_sc.output,
+                                                  top_proc.top_processes[i]);
+                        }
+                }
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, top_proc_sc);
         }
-        return result;
-}
 
+        mp_exit(overall);
+}
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-static int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c = 0;
-
-        int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"percpu", no_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"procs-to-show", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
+static check_load_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
         };
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"percpu", no_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"procs-to-show", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_load_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_load_config_init(),
+        };
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vhrc:w:n:", longopts, &option);
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
-                        break;
+        while (true) {
+                int option = 0;
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhrc:w:n:", longopts, &option);
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
-                        get_threshold(optarg, wload);
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
-                case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
-                        get_threshold(optarg, cload);
+                }
+
+                switch (option_index) {
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
                         break;
+                }
+                case 'w': /* warning time threshold */ {
+                        parsed_thresholds warning_range = get_threshold(optarg);
+                        result.config.th_load[0].warning = warning_range.load[0];
+                        result.config.th_load[0].warning_is_set = true;
+
+                        result.config.th_load[1].warning = warning_range.load[1];
+                        result.config.th_load[1].warning_is_set = true;
+
+                        result.config.th_load[2].warning = warning_range.load[2];
+                        result.config.th_load[2].warning_is_set = true;
+                } break;
+                case 'c': /* critical time threshold */ {
+                        parsed_thresholds critical_range = get_threshold(optarg);
+                        result.config.th_load[0].critical = critical_range.load[0];
+                        result.config.th_load[0].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                        result.config.th_load[1].critical = critical_range.load[1];
+                        result.config.th_load[1].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                        result.config.th_load[2].critical = critical_range.load[2];
+                        result.config.th_load[2].critical_is_set = true;
+                } break;
                 case 'r': /* Divide load average by number of CPUs */
-                        take_into_account_cpus = true;
+                        result.config.take_into_account_cpus = true;
                         break;
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'n':
-                        n_procs_to_show = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.n_procs_to_show = (unsigned long)atol(optarg);
                         break;
-                case '?':                                                                       /* help */
-                        usage5 ();
+                case '?': /* help */
+                        usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (c == argc)
-                return validate_arguments ();
+        int index = optind;
+        if (index == argc) {
+                return result;
+        }
 
         /* handle the case if both arguments are missing,
          * but not if only one is given without -c or -w flag */
-        if(c - argc == 2) {
-                get_threshold(argv[c++], wload);
-                get_threshold(argv[c++], cload);
-        }
-        else if(c - argc == 1) {
-                get_threshold(argv[c++], cload);
-        }
-
-        return validate_arguments ();
-}
-
-
-static int
-validate_arguments (void)
-{
-        int i = 0;
-
-        /* match cload first, as it will give the most friendly error message
-         * if user hasn't given the -c switch properly */
-        for(i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-                if(cload[i] < 0)
-                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Critical threshold for %d-minute load average is not specified\n"), nums[i]);
-                if(wload[i] < 0)
-                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Warning threshold for %d-minute load average is not specified\n"), nums[i]);
-                if(wload[i] > cload[i])
-                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Parameter inconsistency: %d-minute \"warning load\" is greater than \"critical load\"\n"), nums[i]);
+        if (index - argc == 2) {
+                parsed_thresholds warning_range = get_threshold(argv[index++]);
+                result.config.th_load[0].warning = warning_range.load[0];
+                result.config.th_load[0].warning_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[1].warning = warning_range.load[1];
+                result.config.th_load[1].warning_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[2].warning = warning_range.load[2];
+                result.config.th_load[2].warning_is_set = true;
+                parsed_thresholds critical_range = get_threshold(argv[index++]);
+                result.config.th_load[0].critical = critical_range.load[0];
+                result.config.th_load[0].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[1].critical = critical_range.load[1];
+                result.config.th_load[1].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[2].critical = critical_range.load[2];
+                result.config.th_load[2].critical_is_set = true;
+        } else if (index - argc == 1) {
+                parsed_thresholds critical_range = get_threshold(argv[index++]);
+                result.config.th_load[0].critical = critical_range.load[0];
+                result.config.th_load[0].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[1].critical = critical_range.load[1];
+                result.config.th_load[1].critical_is_set = true;
+
+                result.config.th_load[2].critical = critical_range.load[2];
+                result.config.th_load[2].critical_is_set = true;
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
+void print_help(void) {
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
-        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Felipe Gustavo de Almeida <galmeida@linux.ime.usp.br>\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf ("Copyright (c) 1999 Felipe Gustavo de Almeida <galmeida@linux.ime.usp.br>\n");
-        printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf(_("This plugin tests the current system load average."));
 
-        printf (_("This plugin tests the current system load average."));
+        printf("\n\n");
 
-        printf ("\n\n");
+        print_usage();
 
-        print_usage ();
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
-        printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=WLOAD1,WLOAD5,WLOAD15");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with WARNING status if load average exceeds WLOADn"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=CLOAD1,CLOAD5,CLOAD15");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Exit with CRITICAL status if load average exceed CLOADn"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("the load average format is the same used by \"uptime\" and \"w\""));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-r, --percpu");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Divide the load averages by the number of CPUs (when possible)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-n, --procs-to-show=NUMBER_OF_PROCS");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of processes to show when printing the top consuming processes."));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("NUMBER_OF_PROCS=0 disables this feature. Default value is 0"));
 
-        printf (" %s\n", "-w, --warning=WLOAD1,WLOAD5,WLOAD15");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Exit with WARNING status if load average exceeds WLOADn"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical=CLOAD1,CLOAD5,CLOAD15");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Exit with CRITICAL status if load average exceed CLOADn"));
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("the load average format is the same used by \"uptime\" and \"w\""));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-r, --percpu");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Divide the load averages by the number of CPUs (when possible)"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-n, --procs-to-show=NUMBER_OF_PROCS");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Number of processes to show when printing the top consuming processes."));
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("NUMBER_OF_PROCS=0 disables this feature. Default value is 0"));
-
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf ("%s [-r] -w WLOAD1,WLOAD5,WLOAD15 -c CLOAD1,CLOAD5,CLOAD15 [-n NUMBER_OF_PROCS]\n", progname);
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf("%s [-r] -w WLOAD1,WLOAD5,WLOAD15 -c CLOAD1,CLOAD5,CLOAD15 [-n NUMBER_OF_PROCS]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
 
 #ifdef PS_USES_PROCPCPU
@@ -356,36 +436,52 @@ int cmpstringp(const void *p1, const void *p2) {
         int procrss = 0;
         float procpcpu = 0;
         char procstat[8];
-#ifdef PS_USES_PROCETIME
+#       ifdef PS_USES_PROCETIME
         char procetime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-#endif /* PS_USES_PROCETIME */
+#       endif /* PS_USES_PROCETIME */
         char procprog[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
         int pos;
-        sscanf (* (char * const *) p1, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
+        sscanf(*(char *const *)p1, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
         float procpcpu1 = procpcpu;
-        sscanf (* (char * const *) p2, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
+        sscanf(*(char *const *)p2, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
         return procpcpu1 < procpcpu;
 }
 #endif /* PS_USES_PROCPCPU */
 
-static int print_top_consuming_processes() {
-        int i = 0;
-        struct output chld_out, chld_err;
-        if(np_runcmd(PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0) != 0){
+static top_processes_result print_top_consuming_processes(unsigned long n_procs_to_show) {
+        top_processes_result result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        if (np_runcmd(PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0) != 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), PS_COMMAND);
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
+
         if (chld_out.lines < 2) {
                 fprintf(stderr, _("some error occurred getting procs list.\n"));
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
+
 #ifdef PS_USES_PROCPCPU
-        qsort(chld_out.line + 1, chld_out.lines - 1, sizeof(char*), cmpstringp);
+        qsort(chld_out.line + 1, chld_out.lines - 1, sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
 #endif /* PS_USES_PROCPCPU */
-        int lines_to_show = chld_out.lines < (size_t)(n_procs_to_show + 1)
-                        ? (int)chld_out.lines : n_procs_to_show + 1;
-        for (i = 0; i < lines_to_show; i += 1) {
-                printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
+        unsigned long lines_to_show =
+                chld_out.lines < (size_t)(n_procs_to_show + 1) ? chld_out.lines : n_procs_to_show + 1;
+
+        result.top_processes = calloc(lines_to_show, sizeof(char *));
+        if (result.top_processes == NULL) {
+                // Failed allocation
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
-        return OK;
+
+        for (unsigned long i = 0; i < lines_to_show; i += 1) {
+                xasprintf(&result.top_processes[i], "%s", chld_out.line[i]);
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_load.d/config.h b/plugins/check_load.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd735455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_load.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "output.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+typedef struct {
+        mp_thresholds th_load[3];
+
+        bool take_into_account_cpus;
+        unsigned long n_procs_to_show;
+
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+        bool output_format_set;
+} check_load_config;
+
+check_load_config check_load_config_init() {
+        check_load_config tmp = {
+                .th_load =
+                        {
+                                mp_thresholds_init(),
+                                mp_thresholds_init(),
+                                mp_thresholds_init(),
+                        },
+
+                .take_into_account_cpus = false,
+                .n_procs_to_show = 0,
+
+                .output_format_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_mrtg.c b/plugins/check_mrtg.c
index 632e66fb..4a17049a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mrtg.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mrtg.c
@@ -35,21 +35,18 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "check_mrtg.d/config.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_mrtg_config config;
+} check_mrtg_config_wrapper;
+static check_mrtg_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_mrtg_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_mrtg_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *log_file = NULL;
-static int expire_minutes = 0;
-static bool use_average = true;
-static int variable_number = -1;
-static unsigned long value_warning_threshold = 0L;
-static unsigned long value_critical_threshold = 0L;
-static char *label;
-static char *units;
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
@@ -58,32 +55,37 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_mrtg_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments\n"));
+        }
+
+        const check_mrtg_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* open the MRTG log file for reading */
-        FILE *mtrg_log_file = fopen(log_file, "r");
+        FILE *mtrg_log_file = fopen(config.log_file, "r");
         if (mtrg_log_file == NULL) {
                 printf(_("Unable to open MRTG log file\n"));
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        time_t timestamp = 0L;
-        unsigned long average_value_rate = 0L;
-        unsigned long maximum_value_rate = 0L;
+        time_t timestamp = 0;
+        unsigned long average_value_rate = 0;
+        unsigned long maximum_value_rate = 0;
         char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
         int line = 0;
         while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, mtrg_log_file)) {
-
                 line++;
 
                 /* skip the first line of the log file */
-                if (line == 1)
+                if (line == 1) {
                         continue;
+                }
 
                 /* break out of read loop if we've passed the number of entries we want to read */
-                if (line > 2)
+                if (line > 2) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 /* grab the timestamp */
                 char *temp_buffer = strtok(input_buffer, " ");
@@ -91,23 +93,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                 /* grab the average value 1 rate */
                 temp_buffer = strtok(NULL, " ");
-                if (variable_number == 1)
+                if (config.variable_number == 1) {
                         average_value_rate = strtoul(temp_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                }
 
                 /* grab the average value 2 rate */
                 temp_buffer = strtok(NULL, " ");
-                if (variable_number == 2)
+                if (config.variable_number == 2) {
                         average_value_rate = strtoul(temp_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                }
 
                 /* grab the maximum value 1 rate */
                 temp_buffer = strtok(NULL, " ");
-                if (variable_number == 1)
+                if (config.variable_number == 1) {
                         maximum_value_rate = strtoul(temp_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                }
 
                 /* grab the maximum value 2 rate */
                 temp_buffer = strtok(NULL, " ");
-                if (variable_number == 2)
+                if (config.variable_number == 2) {
                         maximum_value_rate = strtoul(temp_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                }
         }
 
         /* close the log file */
@@ -122,49 +128,69 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* make sure the MRTG data isn't too old */
         time_t current_time;
         time(&current_time);
-        if (expire_minutes > 0 && (current_time - timestamp) > (expire_minutes * 60)) {
-                printf(_("MRTG data has expired (%d minutes old)\n"), (int)((current_time - timestamp) / 60));
+        if (config.expire_minutes > 0 && (current_time - timestamp) > (config.expire_minutes * 60)) {
+                printf(_("MRTG data has expired (%d minutes old)\n"),
+                           (int)((current_time - timestamp) / 60));
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         unsigned long rate = 0L;
         /* else check the incoming/outgoing rates */
-        if (use_average)
+        if (config.use_average) {
                 rate = average_value_rate;
-        else
+        } else {
                 rate = maximum_value_rate;
+        }
 
         int result = STATE_OK;
-        if (rate > value_critical_threshold)
+        if (config.value_critical_threshold_set && rate > config.value_critical_threshold) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (rate > value_warning_threshold)
+        } else if (config.value_warning_threshold_set && rate > config.value_warning_threshold) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
-        printf("%s. %s = %lu %s|%s\n", (use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"), label, rate, units,
-                   perfdata(label, (long)rate, units, (int)value_warning_threshold, (long)value_warning_threshold, (int)value_critical_threshold,
-                                        (long)value_critical_threshold, 0, 0, 0, 0));
+        printf("%s. %s = %lu %s|%s\n", (config.use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"), config.label, rate,
+                   config.units,
+                   perfdata(config.label, (long)rate, config.units, config.value_warning_threshold_set,
+                                        (long)config.value_warning_threshold, config.value_critical_threshold_set,
+                                        (long)config.value_critical_threshold, 0, 0, 0, 0));
 
         return result;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"logfile", required_argument, 0, 'F'},  {"expires", required_argument, 0, 'e'},  {"aggregation", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-                {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'}, {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},    {"units", required_argument, 0, 'u'},    {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+check_mrtg_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"logfile", required_argument, 0, 'F'},
+                                                                           {"expires", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                                                                           {"aggregation", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                                                                           {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                                                                           {"units", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                                                                           {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_mrtg_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_mrtg_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
         int option_char;
@@ -172,38 +198,39 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         while (1) {
                 option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVF:e:a:v:c:w:l:u:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'F': /* input file */
-                        log_file = optarg;
+                        result.config.log_file = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* ups name */
-                        expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'a': /* port */
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "MAX"))
-                                use_average = false;
-                        else
-                                use_average = true;
+                        result.config.use_average = (bool)(strcmp(optarg, "MAX"));
                         break;
                 case 'v':
-                        variable_number = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (variable_number < 1 || variable_number > 2)
+                        result.config.variable_number = atoi(optarg);
+                        if (result.config.variable_number < 1 || result.config.variable_number > 2) {
                                 usage4(_("Invalid variable number"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* critical time threshold */
-                        value_warning_threshold = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        result.config.value_warning_threshold_set = true;
+                        result.config.value_warning_threshold = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* warning time threshold */
-                        value_critical_threshold = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        result.config.value_critical_threshold_set = true;
+                        result.config.value_critical_threshold = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* label */
-                        label = optarg;
+                        result.config.label = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* timeout */
-                        units = optarg;
+                        result.config.units = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
@@ -217,63 +244,71 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         option_char = optind;
-        if (log_file == NULL && argc > option_char) {
-                log_file = argv[option_char++];
+        if (result.config.log_file == NULL && argc > option_char) {
+                result.config.log_file = argv[option_char++];
         }
 
-        if (expire_minutes <= 0 && argc > option_char) {
-                if (is_intpos(argv[option_char]))
-                        expire_minutes = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
-                else
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s is not a valid expiration time\nUse '%s -h' for additional help\n"), argv[option_char], progname);
+        if (result.config.expire_minutes <= 0 && argc > option_char) {
+                if (is_intpos(argv[option_char])) {
+                        result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
+                } else {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                                _("%s is not a valid expiration time\nUse '%s -h' for additional help\n"),
+                                argv[option_char], progname);
+                }
         }
 
         if (argc > option_char && strcmp(argv[option_char], "MAX") == 0) {
-                use_average = false;
+                result.config.use_average = false;
                 option_char++;
         } else if (argc > option_char && strcmp(argv[option_char], "AVG") == 0) {
-                use_average = true;
+                result.config.use_average = true;
                 option_char++;
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && variable_number == -1) {
-                variable_number = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
-                if (variable_number < 1 || variable_number > 2) {
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.variable_number == -1) {
+                result.config.variable_number = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
+                if (result.config.variable_number < 1 || result.config.variable_number > 2) {
                         printf("%s :", argv[option_char]);
                         usage(_("Invalid variable number\n"));
                 }
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && value_warning_threshold == 0) {
-                value_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && !result.config.value_warning_threshold_set) {
+                result.config.value_warning_threshold_set = true;
+                result.config.value_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && value_critical_threshold == 0) {
-                value_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && !result.config.value_critical_threshold_set) {
+                result.config.value_critical_threshold_set = true;
+                result.config.value_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && strlen(label) == 0) {
-                label = argv[option_char++];
+        if (argc > option_char && strlen(result.config.label) == 0) {
+                result.config.label = argv[option_char++];
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && strlen(units) == 0) {
-                units = argv[option_char++];
+        if (argc > option_char && strlen(result.config.units) == 0) {
+                result.config.units = argv[option_char++];
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (variable_number == -1)
+check_mrtg_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_mrtg_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.variable_number == -1) {
                 usage4(_("You must supply the variable number"));
+        }
 
-        if (label == NULL)
-                label = strdup("value");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.label == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.label = strdup("value");
+        }
 
-        if (units == NULL)
-                units = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.units == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.units = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -311,25 +346,32 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("   %s\n", _("\"Bytes Per Second\", \"%% Utilization\")"));
 
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("If the value exceeds the <vwl> threshold, a WARNING status is returned. If"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("If the value exceeds the <vwl> threshold, a WARNING status is returned. If"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("the value exceeds the <vcl> threshold, a CRITICAL status is returned.  If"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("the data in the log file is older than <expire_minutes> old, a WARNING"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("status is returned and a warning message is printed."));
 
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin is useful for monitoring MRTG data that does not correspond to"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("bandwidth usage.  (Use the check_mrtgtraf plugin for monitoring bandwidth)."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("It can be used to monitor any kind of data that MRTG is monitoring - errors,"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("packets/sec, etc.  I use MRTG in conjunction with the Novell NLM that allows"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("This plugin is useful for monitoring MRTG data that does not correspond to"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("bandwidth usage.  (Use the check_mrtgtraf plugin for monitoring bandwidth)."));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("It can be used to monitor any kind of data that MRTG is monitoring - errors,"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("packets/sec, etc.  I use MRTG in conjunction with the Novell NLM that allows"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("me to track processor utilization, user connections, drive space, etc and"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("this plugin works well for monitoring that kind of data as well."));
 
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- This plugin only monitors one of the two variables stored in the MRTG log"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- This plugin only monitors one of the two variables stored in the MRTG log"));
         printf("   %s\n", _("file.  If you want to monitor both values you will have to define two"));
         printf("   %s\n", _("commands with different values for the <variable> argument.  Of course,"));
         printf("   %s\n", _("you can always hack the code to make this plugin work for you..."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- MRTG stands for the Multi Router Traffic Grapher.  It can be downloaded from"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- MRTG stands for the Multi Router Traffic Grapher.  It can be downloaded from"));
         printf("   %s\n", "http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html");
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
diff --git a/plugins/check_mrtg.d/config.h b/plugins/check_mrtg.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96b849a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_mrtg.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool use_average;
+        int variable_number;
+        int expire_minutes;
+        char *label;
+        char *units;
+        char *log_file;
+
+        bool value_warning_threshold_set;
+        unsigned long value_warning_threshold;
+        bool value_critical_threshold_set;
+        unsigned long value_critical_threshold;
+} check_mrtg_config;
+
+check_mrtg_config check_mrtg_config_init() {
+        check_mrtg_config tmp = {
+                .use_average = true,
+                .variable_number = -1,
+                .expire_minutes = 0,
+                .label = NULL,
+                .units = NULL,
+                .log_file = NULL,
+
+                .value_warning_threshold_set = false,
+                .value_warning_threshold = 0,
+                .value_critical_threshold_set = false,
+                .value_critical_threshold = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.c b/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.c
index e5a2e2ad..10ce936f 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.c
@@ -29,25 +29,23 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-
 const char *progname = "check_mrtgtraf";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+#include "check_mrtgtraf.d/config.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_mrtgtraf_config config;
+} check_mrtgtraf_config_wrapper;
+
+static check_mrtgtraf_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *log_file = NULL;
-static int expire_minutes = -1;
-static bool use_average = true;
-static unsigned long incoming_warning_threshold = 0L;
-static unsigned long incoming_critical_threshold = 0L;
-static unsigned long outgoing_warning_threshold = 0L;
-static unsigned long outgoing_critical_threshold = 0L;
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
@@ -56,13 +54,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_mrtgtraf_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_mrtgtraf_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* open the MRTG log file for reading */
-        FILE *mrtg_log_file_ptr = fopen(log_file, "r");
-        if (mrtg_log_file_ptr == NULL)
+        FILE *mrtg_log_file_ptr = fopen(config.log_file, "r");
+        if (mrtg_log_file_ptr == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Unable to open MRTG log file"));
+        }
 
         time_t timestamp = 0L;
         char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
@@ -76,13 +79,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 line++;
 
                 /* skip the first line of the log file */
-                if (line == 1)
+                if (line == 1) {
                         continue;
+                }
 
                 /* break out of read loop */
                 /* if we've passed the number of entries we want to read */
-                if (line > 2)
+                if (line > 2) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 /* grab the timestamp */
                 char *temp_buffer = strtok(input_buffer, " ");
@@ -109,19 +114,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         fclose(mrtg_log_file_ptr);
 
         /* if we couldn't read enough data, return an unknown error */
-        if (line <= 2)
+        if (line <= 2) {
                 usage4(_("Unable to process MRTG log file"));
+        }
 
         /* make sure the MRTG data isn't too old */
         time_t current_time;
         time(&current_time);
-        if ((expire_minutes > 0) && (current_time - timestamp) > (expire_minutes * 60))
-                die(STATE_WARNING, _("MRTG data has expired (%d minutes old)\n"), (int)((current_time - timestamp) / 60));
+        if ((config.expire_minutes > 0) && (current_time - timestamp) > (config.expire_minutes * 60)) {
+                die(STATE_WARNING, _("MRTG data has expired (%d minutes old)\n"),
+                        (int)((current_time - timestamp) / 60));
+        }
 
         unsigned long incoming_rate = 0L;
         unsigned long outgoing_rate = 0L;
         /* else check the incoming/outgoing rates */
-        if (use_average) {
+        if (config.use_average) {
                 incoming_rate = average_incoming_rate;
                 outgoing_rate = average_outgoing_rate;
         } else {
@@ -166,24 +174,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* report outgoing traffic in MBytes/sec */
         else {
                 strcpy(outgoing_speed_rating, "MB");
-                adjusted_outgoing_rate = (double)(outgoing_rate / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
+                adjusted_outgoing_rate = (outgoing_rate / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
         }
 
         int result = STATE_OK;
-        if (incoming_rate > incoming_critical_threshold || outgoing_rate > outgoing_critical_threshold) {
+        if (incoming_rate > config.incoming_critical_threshold ||
+                outgoing_rate > config.outgoing_critical_threshold) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        } else if (incoming_rate > incoming_warning_threshold || outgoing_rate > outgoing_warning_threshold) {
+        } else if (incoming_rate > config.incoming_warning_threshold ||
+                           outgoing_rate > config.outgoing_warning_threshold) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         char *error_message;
-        xasprintf(&error_message, _("%s. In = %0.1f %s/s, %s. Out = %0.1f %s/s|%s %s\n"), (use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"),
-                          adjusted_incoming_rate, incoming_speed_rating, (use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"), adjusted_outgoing_rate,
-                          outgoing_speed_rating,
-                          fperfdata("in", adjusted_incoming_rate, incoming_speed_rating, (int)incoming_warning_threshold, incoming_warning_threshold,
-                                                (int)incoming_critical_threshold, incoming_critical_threshold, true, 0, false, 0),
-                          fperfdata("out", adjusted_outgoing_rate, outgoing_speed_rating, (int)outgoing_warning_threshold, outgoing_warning_threshold,
-                                                (int)outgoing_critical_threshold, outgoing_critical_threshold, true, 0, false, 0));
+        xasprintf(&error_message, _("%s. In = %0.1f %s/s, %s. Out = %0.1f %s/s|%s %s\n"),
+                          (config.use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"), adjusted_incoming_rate,
+                          incoming_speed_rating, (config.use_average) ? _("Avg") : _("Max"),
+                          adjusted_outgoing_rate, outgoing_speed_rating,
+                          fperfdata("in", adjusted_incoming_rate, incoming_speed_rating,
+                                                (int)config.incoming_warning_threshold, config.incoming_warning_threshold,
+                                                (int)config.incoming_critical_threshold, config.incoming_critical_threshold,
+                                                true, 0, false, 0),
+                          fperfdata("out", adjusted_outgoing_rate, outgoing_speed_rating,
+                                                (int)config.outgoing_warning_threshold, config.outgoing_warning_threshold,
+                                                (int)config.outgoing_critical_threshold, config.outgoing_critical_threshold,
+                                                true, 0, false, 0));
 
         printf(_("Traffic %s - %s\n"), state_text(result), error_message);
 
@@ -191,7 +206,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_mrtgtraf_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"filename", required_argument, 0, 'F'},
                                                                            {"expires", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
                                                                            {"aggregation", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
@@ -201,44 +216,51 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_mrtgtraf_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_mrtgtraf_config_init(),
+        };
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
         int option_char;
         int option = 0;
-        while (1) {
+        while (true) {
                 option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVF:e:a:c:w:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'F': /* input file */
-                        log_file = optarg;
+                        result.config.log_file = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* expiration time */
-                        expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'a': /* aggregation (AVE or MAX) */
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "MAX"))
-                                use_average = false;
-                        else
-                                use_average = true;
+                        result.config.use_average = (bool)(strcmp(optarg, "MAX"));
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* warning threshold */
-                        sscanf(optarg, "%lu,%lu", &incoming_critical_threshold, &outgoing_critical_threshold);
+                        sscanf(optarg, "%lu,%lu", &result.config.incoming_critical_threshold,
+                                   &result.config.outgoing_critical_threshold);
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* critical threshold */
-                        sscanf(optarg, "%lu,%lu", &incoming_warning_threshold, &outgoing_warning_threshold);
+                        sscanf(optarg, "%lu,%lu", &result.config.incoming_warning_threshold,
+                                   &result.config.outgoing_warning_threshold);
                         break;
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
@@ -252,39 +274,39 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         option_char = optind;
-        if (argc > option_char && log_file == NULL) {
-                log_file = argv[option_char++];
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.log_file == NULL) {
+                result.config.log_file = argv[option_char++];
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && expire_minutes == -1) {
-                expire_minutes = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.expire_minutes == -1) {
+                result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
         }
 
         if (argc > option_char && strcmp(argv[option_char], "MAX") == 0) {
-                use_average = false;
+                result.config.use_average = false;
                 option_char++;
         } else if (argc > option_char && strcmp(argv[option_char], "AVG") == 0) {
-                use_average = true;
+                result.config.use_average = true;
                 option_char++;
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && incoming_warning_threshold == 0) {
-                incoming_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.incoming_warning_threshold == 0) {
+                result.config.incoming_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && incoming_critical_threshold == 0) {
-                incoming_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.incoming_critical_threshold == 0) {
+                result.config.incoming_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && outgoing_warning_threshold == 0) {
-                outgoing_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.outgoing_warning_threshold == 0) {
+                result.config.outgoing_warning_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        if (argc > option_char && outgoing_critical_threshold == 0) {
-                outgoing_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
+        if (argc > option_char && result.config.outgoing_critical_threshold == 0) {
+                result.config.outgoing_critical_threshold = strtoul(argv[option_char++], NULL, 10);
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.d/config.h b/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94929ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_mrtgtraf.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *log_file;
+        int expire_minutes;
+        bool use_average;
+        unsigned long incoming_warning_threshold;
+        unsigned long incoming_critical_threshold;
+        unsigned long outgoing_warning_threshold;
+        unsigned long outgoing_critical_threshold;
+
+} check_mrtgtraf_config;
+
+check_mrtgtraf_config check_mrtgtraf_config_init() {
+        check_mrtgtraf_config tmp = {
+                .log_file = NULL,
+                .expire_minutes = -1,
+                .use_average = true,
+
+                .incoming_warning_threshold = 0,
+                .incoming_critical_threshold = 0,
+                .outgoing_warning_threshold = 0,
+                .outgoing_critical_threshold = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_mysql.c b/plugins/check_mysql.c
index 8a73772d..3d7ec4cd 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mysql.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql.c
@@ -1,267 +1,296 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring check_mysql plugin
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder (adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at)
-* Copyright (c) 2000 Karl DeBisschop (kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net)
-* Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains the check_mysql plugin
-* 
-* This program tests connections to a mysql server
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_mysql plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder (adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at)
+ * Copyright (c) 2000 Karl DeBisschop (kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_mysql plugin
+ *
+ * This program tests connections to a mysql server
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_mysql";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-#define SLAVERESULTSIZE 96
+#define REPLICA_RESULTSIZE 96
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_base.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
+#include "check_mysql.d/config.h"
 
 #include <mysql.h>
 #include <mysqld_error.h>
 #include <errmsg.h>
 
-static char *db_user = NULL;
-static char *db_host = NULL;
-static char *db_socket = NULL;
-static char *db_pass = NULL;
-static char *db = NULL;
-static char *ca_cert = NULL;
-static char *ca_dir = NULL;
-static char *cert = NULL;
-static char *key = NULL;
-static char *ciphers = NULL;
-static bool ssl = false;
-static char *opt_file = NULL;
-static char *opt_group = NULL;
-static unsigned int db_port = MYSQL_PORT;
-static bool check_slave = false;
-static bool ignore_auth = false;
 static int verbose = 0;
 
-static double warning_time = 0;
-static double critical_time = 0;
-
 #define LENGTH_METRIC_UNIT 6
 static const char *metric_unit[LENGTH_METRIC_UNIT] = {
-        "Open_files",
-        "Open_tables",
-        "Qcache_free_memory",
-        "Qcache_queries_in_cache",
-        "Threads_connected",
-        "Threads_running"
-};
+        "Open_files",        "Open_tables",    "Qcache_free_memory", "Qcache_queries_in_cache",
+        "Threads_connected", "Threads_running"};
 
 #define LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER 9
-static const char *metric_counter[LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER] = {
-        "Connections",
-        "Qcache_hits",
-        "Qcache_inserts",
-        "Qcache_lowmem_prunes",
-        "Qcache_not_cached",
-        "Queries",
-        "Questions",
-        "Table_locks_waited",
-        "Uptime"
-};
-
-#define MYSQLDUMP_THREADS_QUERY "SELECT COUNT(1) mysqldumpThreads FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE info LIKE 'SELECT /*!40001 SQL_NO_CACHE */%'"
-
-static thresholds *my_threshold = NULL;
-
-static int process_arguments (int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments (void);
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-
-        MYSQL mysql;
-        MYSQL_RES *res;
-        MYSQL_ROW row;
+static const char *metric_counter[LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER] = {"Connections",
+                                                                                                                        "Qcache_hits",
+                                                                                                                        "Qcache_inserts",
+                                                                                                                        "Qcache_lowmem_prunes",
+                                                                                                                        "Qcache_not_cached",
+                                                                                                                        "Queries",
+                                                                                                                        "Questions",
+                                                                                                                        "Table_locks_waited",
+                                                                                                                        "Uptime"};
+
+#define MYSQLDUMP_THREADS_QUERY                                                                    \
+        "SELECT COUNT(1) mysqldumpThreads FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE info LIKE "        \
+        "'SELECT /*!40001 SQL_NO_CACHE */%'"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_mysql_config config;
+} check_mysql_config_wrapper;
+static check_mysql_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_mysql_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_mysql_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        /* should be status */
+        /* Parse extra opts if any */
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        char *result = NULL;
-        char *error = NULL;
-        char slaveresult[SLAVERESULTSIZE] = { 0 };
-        char* perf;
+        check_mysql_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        perf = strdup ("");
+        const check_mysql_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+        MYSQL mysql;
+        /* initialize mysql  */
+        mysql_init(&mysql);
 
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        if (config.opt_file != NULL) {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, config.opt_file);
+        }
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        if (config.opt_group != NULL) {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, config.opt_group);
+        } else {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "client");
+        }
 
-        /* initialize mysql  */
-        mysql_init (&mysql);
-        
-        if (opt_file != NULL)
-                mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE,opt_file);
-
-        if (opt_group != NULL)
-                mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP,opt_group);
-        else
-                mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP,"client");
-
-        if (ssl)
-                mysql_ssl_set(&mysql,key,cert,ca_cert,ca_dir,ciphers);
+        if (config.ssl) {
+                mysql_ssl_set(&mysql, config.key, config.cert, config.ca_cert, config.ca_dir,
+                                          config.ciphers);
+        }
         /* establish a connection to the server and error checking */
-        if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql,db_host,db_user,db_pass,db,db_port,db_socket,0)) {
+        if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql, config.db_host, config.db_user, config.db_pass, config.db,
+                                                        config.db_port, config.db_socket, 0)) {
                 /* Depending on internally-selected auth plugin MySQL might return */
                 /* ER_ACCESS_DENIED_NO_PASSWORD_ERROR or ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR. */
                 /* Semantically these errors are the same. */
-                if (ignore_auth && (mysql_errno (&mysql) == ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR || mysql_errno (&mysql) == ER_ACCESS_DENIED_NO_PASSWORD_ERROR))
-                {
-                        printf("MySQL OK - Version: %s (protocol %d)\n",
-                                mysql_get_server_info(&mysql),
-                                mysql_get_proto_info(&mysql)
-                        );
-                        mysql_close (&mysql);
+                if (config.ignore_auth && (mysql_errno(&mysql) == ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR ||
+                                                                   mysql_errno(&mysql) == ER_ACCESS_DENIED_NO_PASSWORD_ERROR)) {
+                        printf("MySQL OK - Version: %s (protocol %d)\n", mysql_get_server_info(&mysql),
+                                   mysql_get_proto_info(&mysql));
+                        mysql_close(&mysql);
                         return STATE_OK;
                 }
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST)
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_VERSION_ERROR)
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_OUT_OF_MEMORY)
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_IPSOCK_ERROR)
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_SOCKET_CREATE_ERROR)
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
+
+                if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST) {
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_VERSION_ERROR) {
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_OUT_OF_MEMORY) {
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_IPSOCK_ERROR) {
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_SOCKET_CREATE_ERROR) {
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                }
         }
 
         /* get the server stats */
-        result = strdup (mysql_stat (&mysql));
+        char *result = strdup(mysql_stat(&mysql));
 
         /* error checking once more */
-        if (mysql_error (&mysql)) {
-                if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR)
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_SERVER_LOST)
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_ERROR)
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
+        if (mysql_error(&mysql)) {
+                if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_SERVER_LOST) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_ERROR) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
+                }
         }
 
+        char *perf = strdup("");
+        char *error = NULL;
+        MYSQL_RES *res;
+        MYSQL_ROW row;
         /* try to fetch some perf data */
-        if (mysql_query (&mysql, "show global status") == 0) {
-                if ( (res = mysql_store_result (&mysql)) == NULL) {
+        if (mysql_query(&mysql, "show global status") == 0) {
+                if ((res = mysql_store_result(&mysql)) == NULL) {
                         error = strdup(mysql_error(&mysql));
-                        mysql_close (&mysql);
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("status store_result error: %s\n"), error);
+                        mysql_close(&mysql);
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("status store_result error: %s\n"), error);
                 }
 
-                while ( (row = mysql_fetch_row (res)) != NULL) {
-                        int i;
-
-                        for(i = 0; i < LENGTH_METRIC_UNIT; i++) {
+                while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) != NULL) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < LENGTH_METRIC_UNIT; i++) {
                                 if (strcmp(row[0], metric_unit[i]) == 0) {
-                                        xasprintf(&perf, "%s%s ", perf, perfdata(metric_unit[i],
-                                                atol(row[1]), "", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, false, 0));
+                                        xasprintf(&perf, "%s%s ", perf,
+                                                          perfdata(metric_unit[i], atol(row[1]), "", false, 0, false, 0, false,
+                                                                           0, false, 0));
                                         continue;
                                 }
                         }
-                        for(i = 0; i < LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER; i++) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER; i++) {
                                 if (strcmp(row[0], metric_counter[i]) == 0) {
-                                        xasprintf(&perf, "%s%s ", perf, perfdata(metric_counter[i],
-                                                atol(row[1]), "c", false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, false, 0));
+                                        xasprintf(&perf, "%s%s ", perf,
+                                                          perfdata(metric_counter[i], atol(row[1]), "c", false, 0, false, 0,
+                                                                           false, 0, false, 0));
                                         continue;
                                 }
                         }
                 }
                 /* remove trailing space */
-                if (strlen(perf) > 0)
-                    perf[strlen(perf) - 1] = '\0';
+                if (strlen(perf) > 0) {
+                        perf[strlen(perf) - 1] = '\0';
+                }
         }
 
-        if(check_slave) {
-                /* check the slave status */
-                if (mysql_query (&mysql, "show slave status") != 0) {
+        char replica_result[REPLICA_RESULTSIZE] = {0};
+        if (config.check_replica) {
+                // Detect which version we are, on older version
+                // "show slave status" should work, on newer ones
+                // "show replica status"
+                // But first we have to find out whether this is
+                // MySQL or MariaDB since the version numbering scheme
+                // is different
+                bool use_deprecated_slave_status = false;
+                const char *server_version = mysql_get_server_info(&mysql);
+                unsigned long server_verion_int = mysql_get_server_version(&mysql);
+                unsigned long major_version = server_verion_int / 10000;
+                unsigned long minor_version = (server_verion_int % 10000) / 100;
+                unsigned long patch_version = (server_verion_int % 100);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Found MariaDB: %s, main version: %lu, minor version: %lu, patch version: %lu\n",
+                                   server_version, major_version, minor_version, patch_version);
+                }
+
+                if (strstr(server_version, "MariaDB") != NULL) {
+                        // Looks like MariaDB, new commands should be available after 10.5.1
+                        if (major_version < 10) {
+                                use_deprecated_slave_status = true;
+                        } else if (major_version == 10) {
+                                if (minor_version < 5) {
+                                        use_deprecated_slave_status = true;
+                                } else if (minor_version == 5 && patch_version < 1) {
+                                        use_deprecated_slave_status = true;
+                                }
+                        }
+                } else if (strstr(server_version, "MySQL") != NULL) {
+                        // Looks like MySQL
+                        if (major_version < 8) {
+                                use_deprecated_slave_status = true;
+                        } else if (major_version == 10 && minor_version < 4) {
+                                use_deprecated_slave_status = true;
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        printf("Not a known sever implementation: %s\n", server_version);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                }
+
+                char *replica_query = NULL;
+                if (use_deprecated_slave_status) {
+                        replica_query = "show slave status";
+                } else {
+                        replica_query = "show replica status";
+                }
+
+                /* check the replica status */
+                if (mysql_query(&mysql, replica_query) != 0) {
                         error = strdup(mysql_error(&mysql));
-                        mysql_close (&mysql);
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("slave query error: %s\n"), error);
+                        mysql_close(&mysql);
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("replica query error: %s\n"), error);
                 }
 
                 /* store the result */
-                if ( (res = mysql_store_result (&mysql)) == NULL) {
+                if ((res = mysql_store_result(&mysql)) == NULL) {
                         error = strdup(mysql_error(&mysql));
-                        mysql_close (&mysql);
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("slave store_result error: %s\n"), error);
+                        mysql_close(&mysql);
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("replica store_result error: %s\n"), error);
                 }
 
                 /* Check there is some data */
                 if (mysql_num_rows(res) == 0) {
                         mysql_close(&mysql);
-                        die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", _("No slaves defined"));
+                        die(STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", _("No replicas defined"));
                 }
 
                 /* fetch the first row */
-                if ( (row = mysql_fetch_row (res)) == NULL) {
+                if ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) == NULL) {
                         error = strdup(mysql_error(&mysql));
-                        mysql_free_result (res);
-                        mysql_close (&mysql);
-                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("slave fetch row error: %s\n"), error);
+                        mysql_free_result(res);
+                        mysql_close(&mysql);
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("replica fetch row error: %s\n"), error);
                 }
 
-                if (mysql_field_count (&mysql) == 12) {
+                if (mysql_field_count(&mysql) == 12) {
                         /* mysql 3.23.x */
-                        snprintf (slaveresult, SLAVERESULTSIZE, _("Slave running: %s"), row[6]);
-                        if (strcmp (row[6], "Yes") != 0) {
-                                mysql_free_result (res);
-                                mysql_close (&mysql);
-                                die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", slaveresult);
+                        snprintf(replica_result, REPLICA_RESULTSIZE, _("Replica running: %s"), row[6]);
+                        if (strcmp(row[6], "Yes") != 0) {
+                                mysql_free_result(res);
+                                mysql_close(&mysql);
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", replica_result);
                         }
 
                 } else {
                         /* mysql 4.x.x and mysql 5.x.x */
-                        int slave_io_field = -1 , slave_sql_field = -1, seconds_behind_field = -1, i, num_fields;
-                        MYSQL_FIELD* fields;
-
+                        int replica_io_field = -1;
+                        int replica_sql_field = -1;
+                        int seconds_behind_field = -1;
+                        int num_fields;
+                        MYSQL_FIELD *fields;
                         num_fields = mysql_num_fields(res);
                         fields = mysql_fetch_fields(res);
-                        for(i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
                                 if (strcmp(fields[i].name, "Slave_IO_Running") == 0) {
-                                        slave_io_field = i;
+                                        replica_io_field = i;
                                         continue;
                                 }
                                 if (strcmp(fields[i].name, "Slave_SQL_Running") == 0) {
-                                        slave_sql_field = i;
+                                        replica_sql_field = i;
                                         continue;
                                 }
                                 if (strcmp(fields[i].name, "Seconds_Behind_Master") == 0) {
@@ -270,175 +299,185 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        /* Check if slave status is available */
-                        if ((slave_io_field < 0) || (slave_sql_field < 0) || (num_fields == 0)) {
-                                mysql_free_result (res);
-                                mysql_close (&mysql);
-                                die (STATE_CRITICAL, "Slave status unavailable\n");
+                        /* Check if replica status is available */
+                        if ((replica_io_field < 0) || (replica_sql_field < 0) || (num_fields == 0)) {
+                                mysql_free_result(res);
+                                mysql_close(&mysql);
+                                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "Replica status unavailable\n");
                         }
 
-                        /* Save slave status in slaveresult */
-                        snprintf (slaveresult, SLAVERESULTSIZE, "Slave IO: %s Slave SQL: %s Seconds Behind Master: %s", row[slave_io_field], row[slave_sql_field], seconds_behind_field!=-1?row[seconds_behind_field]:"Unknown");
+                        /* Save replica status in replica_result */
+                        snprintf(replica_result, REPLICA_RESULTSIZE,
+                                         "Replica IO: %s Replica SQL: %s Seconds Behind Master: %s",
+                                         row[replica_io_field], row[replica_sql_field],
+                                         seconds_behind_field != -1 ? row[seconds_behind_field] : "Unknown");
 
-                        /* Raise critical error if SQL THREAD or IO THREAD are stopped, but only if there are no mysqldump threads running */
-                        if (strcmp (row[slave_io_field], "Yes") != 0 || strcmp (row[slave_sql_field], "Yes") != 0) {
+                        /* Raise critical error if SQL THREAD or IO THREAD are stopped, but only if there are no
+                         * mysqldump threads running */
+                        if (strcmp(row[replica_io_field], "Yes") != 0 ||
+                                strcmp(row[replica_sql_field], "Yes") != 0) {
                                 MYSQL_RES *res_mysqldump;
                                 MYSQL_ROW row_mysqldump;
                                 unsigned int mysqldump_threads = 0;
 
-                                if (mysql_query (&mysql, MYSQLDUMP_THREADS_QUERY) == 0) {
+                                if (mysql_query(&mysql, MYSQLDUMP_THREADS_QUERY) == 0) {
                                         /* store the result */
-                                        if ( (res_mysqldump = mysql_store_result (&mysql)) != NULL) {
+                                        if ((res_mysqldump = mysql_store_result(&mysql)) != NULL) {
                                                 if (mysql_num_rows(res_mysqldump) == 1) {
-                                                        if ( (row_mysqldump = mysql_fetch_row (res_mysqldump)) != NULL) {
+                                                        if ((row_mysqldump = mysql_fetch_row(res_mysqldump)) != NULL) {
                                                                 mysqldump_threads = atoi(row_mysqldump[0]);
                                                         }
                                                 }
                                                 /* free the result */
-                                                mysql_free_result (res_mysqldump);
+                                                mysql_free_result(res_mysqldump);
                                         }
-                                        mysql_close (&mysql);
+                                        mysql_close(&mysql);
                                 }
                                 if (mysqldump_threads == 0) {
-                                        die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", slaveresult);
+                                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s\n", replica_result);
                                 } else {
-                                        strncat(slaveresult, " Mysqldump: in progress", SLAVERESULTSIZE-1);
+                                        strncat(replica_result, " Mysqldump: in progress", REPLICA_RESULTSIZE - 1);
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (verbose >=3) {
+                        if (verbose >= 3) {
                                 if (seconds_behind_field == -1) {
                                         printf("seconds_behind_field not found\n");
                                 } else {
-                                        printf ("seconds_behind_field(index %d)=%s\n", seconds_behind_field, row[seconds_behind_field]);
+                                        printf("seconds_behind_field(index %d)=%s\n", seconds_behind_field,
+                                                   row[seconds_behind_field]);
                                 }
                         }
 
                         /* Check Seconds Behind against threshold */
-                        if ((seconds_behind_field != -1) && (row[seconds_behind_field] != NULL && strcmp (row[seconds_behind_field], "NULL") != 0)) {
+                        if ((seconds_behind_field != -1) && (row[seconds_behind_field] != NULL &&
+                                                                                                 strcmp(row[seconds_behind_field], "NULL") != 0)) {
                                 double value = atof(row[seconds_behind_field]);
                                 int status;
 
-                                status = get_status(value, my_threshold);
+                                status = get_status(value, config.my_threshold);
 
-                                xasprintf (&perf, "%s %s", perf, fperfdata ("seconds behind master", value, "s",
-                                                        true, (double) warning_time,
-                                                        true, (double) critical_time,
-                                                        false, 0,
-                                                        false, 0));
+                                xasprintf(&perf, "%s %s", perf,
+                                                  fperfdata("seconds behind master", value, "s", true,
+                                                                        (double)config.warning_time, true, (double)config.critical_time,
+                                                                        false, 0, false, 0));
 
                                 if (status == STATE_WARNING) {
-                                        printf("SLOW_SLAVE %s: %s|%s\n", _("WARNING"), slaveresult, perf);
+                                        printf("SLOW_REPLICA %s: %s|%s\n", _("WARNING"), replica_result, perf);
                                         exit(STATE_WARNING);
                                 } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                                        printf("SLOW_SLAVE %s: %s|%s\n", _("CRITICAL"), slaveresult, perf);
+                                        printf("SLOW_REPLICA %s: %s|%s\n", _("CRITICAL"), replica_result, perf);
                                         exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
                                 }
                         }
                 }
 
                 /* free the result */
-                mysql_free_result (res);
+                mysql_free_result(res);
         }
 
         /* close the connection */
-        mysql_close (&mysql);
+        mysql_close(&mysql);
 
         /* print out the result of stats */
-        if (check_slave) {
-                printf ("%s %s|%s\n", result, slaveresult, perf);
+        if (config.check_replica) {
+                printf("%s %s|%s\n", result, replica_result, perf);
         } else {
-                printf ("%s|%s\n", result, perf);
+                printf("%s|%s\n", result, perf);
         }
 
         return STATE_OK;
 }
 
+#define CHECK_REPLICA_OPT CHAR_MAX + 1
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c;
+check_mysql_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                                                                           {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"database", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                                                                           {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                                                                           {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                                                                           {"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                                                                           {"group", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
+                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"check-slave", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                                                                           {"check-replica", no_argument, 0, CHECK_REPLICA_OPT},
+                                                                           {"ignore-auth", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                                                                           {"ca-cert", optional_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                                                                           {"key", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
+                                                                           {"cert", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                                                                           {"ca-dir", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                                                                           {"ciphers", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_mysql_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_mysql_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 1) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
         char *warning = NULL;
         char *critical = NULL;
 
         int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                {"database", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                {"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                {"group", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
-                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"check-slave", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
-                {"ignore-auth", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
-                {"ca-cert", optional_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                {"key", required_argument,0,'k'},
-                {"cert", required_argument,0,'a'},
-                {"ca-dir", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
-                {"ciphers", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
-        };
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "hlvVnSP:p:u:d:H:s:c:w:a:k:C:D:L:f:g:", longopts, &option);
 
-        if (argc < 1)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hlvVnSP:p:u:d:H:s:c:w:a:k:C:D:L:f:g:", longopts, &option);
-
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case 'H':                                                                       /* hostname */
-                        if (is_host (optarg)) {
-                                db_host = optarg;
-                        }
-                        else if (*optarg == '/') {
-                                db_socket = optarg;
-                        }
-                        else {
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
+                switch (option_index) {
+                case 'H': /* hostname */
+                        if (is_host(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.db_host = optarg;
+                        } else if (*optarg == '/') {
+                                result.config.db_socket = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
-                case 's':                                                                       /* socket */
-                        db_socket = optarg;
+                case 's': /* socket */
+                        result.config.db_socket = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'd':                                                                       /* database */
-                        db = optarg;
+                case 'd': /* database */
+                        result.config.db = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'l':
-                        ssl = true;
+                        result.config.ssl = true;
                         break;
                 case 'C':
-                        ca_cert = optarg;
+                        result.config.ca_cert = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'a':
-                        cert = optarg;
+                        result.config.cert = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'k':
-                        key = optarg;
+                        result.config.key = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'D':
-                        ca_dir = optarg;
+                        result.config.ca_dir = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'L':
-                        ciphers = optarg;
+                        result.config.ciphers = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'u':                                                                       /* username */
-                        db_user = optarg;
+                case 'u': /* username */
+                        result.config.db_user = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'p':                                                                       /* authentication information: password */
-                        db_pass = strdup(optarg);
+                case 'p': /* authentication information: password */
+                        result.config.db_pass = strdup(optarg);
 
                         /* Delete the password from process list */
                         while (*optarg != '\0') {
@@ -446,167 +485,166 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                                 optarg++;
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'f':                                                                       /* client options file */
-                        opt_file = optarg;
+                case 'f': /* client options file */
+                        result.config.opt_file = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'g':                                                                       /* client options group */
-                        opt_group = optarg;
+                case 'g': /* client options group */
+                        result.config.opt_group = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'P':                                                                       /* critical time threshold */
-                        db_port = atoi (optarg);
+                case 'P': /* critical time threshold */
+                        result.config.db_port = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'S':
-                        check_slave = true;                                                     /* check-slave */
+                case CHECK_REPLICA_OPT:
+                        result.config.check_replica = true; /* check-slave */
                         break;
                 case 'n':
-                        ignore_auth = true;                                                     /* ignore-auth */
+                        result.config.ignore_auth = true; /* ignore-auth */
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         warning = optarg;
-                        warning_time = strtod (warning, NULL);
+                        result.config.warning_time = strtod(warning, NULL);
                         break;
                 case 'c':
                         critical = optarg;
-                        critical_time = strtod (critical, NULL);
+                        result.config.critical_time = strtod(critical, NULL);
                         break;
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'v':
                         verbose++;
                         break;
-                case '?':                                                                       /* help */
-                        usage5 ();
+                case '?': /* help */
+                        usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-
-        set_thresholds(&my_threshold, warning, critical);
+        int index = optind;
 
-        while ( argc > c ) {
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.my_threshold, warning, critical);
 
-                if (db_host == NULL)
-                        if (is_host (argv[c])) {
-                                db_host = argv[c++];
+        while (argc > index) {
+                if (result.config.db_host == NULL) {
+                        if (is_host(argv[index])) {
+                                result.config.db_host = argv[index++];
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[index]);
                         }
-                        else {
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[c]);
-                        }
-                else if (db_user == NULL)
-                        db_user = argv[c++];
-                else if (db_pass == NULL)
-                        db_pass = argv[c++];
-                else if (db == NULL)
-                        db = argv[c++];
-                else if (is_intnonneg (argv[c]))
-                        db_port = atoi (argv[c++]);
-                else
+                } else if (result.config.db_user == NULL) {
+                        result.config.db_user = argv[index++];
+                } else if (result.config.db_pass == NULL) {
+                        result.config.db_pass = argv[index++];
+                } else if (result.config.db == NULL) {
+                        result.config.db = argv[index++];
+                } else if (is_intnonneg(argv[index])) {
+                        result.config.db_port = atoi(argv[index++]);
+                } else {
                         break;
+                }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments ();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
+check_mysql_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_mysql_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db_user == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db_user = strdup("");
+        }
 
-int
-validate_arguments (void)
-{
-        if (db_user == NULL)
-                db_user = strdup("");
-
-        if (db_host == NULL)
-                db_host = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db_host == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db_host = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (db == NULL)
-                db = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
-
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
+void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf (&myport, "%d", MYSQL_PORT);
-
-        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-
-        printf (_(COPYRIGHT), copyright, email);
-
-        printf ("%s\n", _("This program tests connections to a MySQL server"));
-
-  printf ("\n\n");
-
-        print_usage ();
-
-  printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-
-  printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'P', myport);
-  printf (" %s\n", "-n, --ignore-auth");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Ignore authentication failure and check for mysql connectivity only"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-s, --socket=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use the specified socket (has no effect if -H is used)"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-d, --database=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Check database with indicated name"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-f, --file=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Read from the specified client options file"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-g, --group=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use a client options group"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-u, --username=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Connect using the indicated username"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-p, --password=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use the indicated password to authenticate the connection"));
-  printf ("    ==> %s <==\n", _("IMPORTANT: THIS FORM OF AUTHENTICATION IS NOT SECURE!!!"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Your clear-text password could be visible as a process table entry"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-S, --check-slave");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Check if the slave thread is running properly."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-w, --warning");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Exit with WARNING status if slave server is more than INTEGER seconds"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("behind master"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Exit with CRITICAL status if slave server is more then INTEGER seconds"));
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("behind master"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-l, --ssl");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use ssl encryption"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-C, --ca-cert=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Path to CA signing the cert"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-a, --cert=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Path to SSL certificate"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-k, --key=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Path to private SSL key"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-D, --ca-dir=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Path to CA directory"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-L, --ciphers=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("List of valid SSL ciphers"));
-
-
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf (" %s\n", _("There are no required arguments. By default, the local database is checked"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("using the default unix socket. You can force TCP on localhost by using an"));
-  printf (" %s\n", _("IP address or FQDN ('localhost' will use the socket as well)."));
-
-        printf ("\n");
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("You must specify -p with an empty string to force an empty password,"));
-        printf (" %s\n", _("overriding any my.cnf settings."));
-
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", MYSQL_PORT);
+
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+
+        printf(_(COPYRIGHT), copyright, email);
+
+        printf("%s\n", _("This program tests connections to a MySQL server"));
+
+        printf("\n\n");
+
+        print_usage();
+
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+
+        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'P', myport);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-n, --ignore-auth");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore authentication failure and check for mysql connectivity only"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-s, --socket=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use the specified socket (has no effect if -H is used)"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-d, --database=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Check database with indicated name"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-f, --file=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Read from the specified client options file"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-g, --group=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use a client options group"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-u, --username=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Connect using the indicated username"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-p, --password=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use the indicated password to authenticate the connection"));
+        printf("    ==> %s <==\n", _("IMPORTANT: THIS FORM OF AUTHENTICATION IS NOT SECURE!!!"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Your clear-text password could be visible as a process table entry"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-S, --check-slave");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Check if the slave thread is running properly. This option is deprecated "
+                                                 "in favour of check-replica, which does the same"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--check-replica");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Check if the replica thread is running properly."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Exit with WARNING status if replica server is more than INTEGER seconds"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("behind master"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical");
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Exit with CRITICAL status if replica server is more then INTEGER seconds"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("behind master"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-l, --ssl");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use ssl encryption"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-C, --ca-cert=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Path to CA signing the cert"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-a, --cert=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Path to SSL certificate"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --key=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Path to private SSL key"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-D, --ca-dir=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Path to CA directory"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-L, --ciphers=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("List of valid SSL ciphers"));
+
+        printf("\n");
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("There are no required arguments. By default, the local database is checked"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("using the default unix socket. You can force TCP on localhost by using an"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("IP address or FQDN ('localhost' will use the socket as well)."));
+
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("You must specify -p with an empty string to force an empty password,"));
+        printf(" %s\n", _("overriding any my.cnf settings."));
+
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-  printf (" %s [-d database] [-H host] [-P port] [-s socket]\n",progname);
-  printf ("       [-u user] [-p password] [-S] [-l] [-a cert] [-k key]\n");
-  printf ("       [-C ca-cert] [-D ca-dir] [-L ciphers] [-f optfile] [-g group]\n");
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf(" %s [-d database] [-H host] [-P port] [-s socket]\n", progname);
+        printf("       [-u user] [-p password] [-S] [-l] [-a cert] [-k key]\n");
+        printf("       [-C ca-cert] [-D ca-dir] [-L ciphers] [-f optfile] [-g group]\n");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_mysql.d/config.h b/plugins/check_mysql.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71ddbe8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <mysql.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *db_host;
+        unsigned int db_port;
+        char *db_user;
+        char *db_socket;
+        char *db_pass;
+        char *db;
+        char *ca_cert;
+        char *ca_dir;
+        char *cert;
+        char *key;
+        char *ciphers;
+        bool ssl;
+        char *opt_file;
+        char *opt_group;
+
+        bool check_replica;
+        bool ignore_auth;
+
+        double warning_time;
+        double critical_time;
+        thresholds *my_threshold;
+
+} check_mysql_config;
+
+check_mysql_config check_mysql_config_init() {
+        check_mysql_config tmp = {
+                .db_host = NULL,
+                .db_port = MYSQL_PORT,
+                .db = NULL,
+                .db_pass = NULL,
+                .db_socket = NULL,
+                .db_user = NULL,
+                .ca_cert = NULL,
+                .ca_dir = NULL,
+                .cert = NULL,
+                .key = NULL,
+                .ciphers = NULL,
+                .ssl = false,
+                .opt_file = NULL,
+                .opt_group = NULL,
+
+                .check_replica = false,
+                .ignore_auth = false,
+
+                .warning_time = 0,
+                .critical_time = 0,
+                .my_threshold = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_mysql_query.c b/plugins/check_mysql_query.c
index 79b6e2f4..c7e84deb 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mysql_query.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql_query.c
@@ -37,27 +37,22 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_base.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
+#include "check_mysql_query.d/config.h"
 
 #include <mysql.h>
 #include <errmsg.h>
 
-static char *db_user = NULL;
-static char *db_host = NULL;
-static char *db_socket = NULL;
-static char *db_pass = NULL;
-static char *db = NULL;
-static char *opt_file = NULL;
-static char *opt_group = NULL;
-static unsigned int db_port = MYSQL_PORT;
-
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_mysql_query_config config;
+} check_mysql_query_config_wrapper;
+static check_mysql_query_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_mysql_query_config_wrapper
+        validate_arguments(check_mysql_query_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *sql_query = NULL;
 static int verbose = 0;
-static thresholds *my_thresholds = NULL;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -67,39 +62,47 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_mysql_query_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_mysql_query_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         MYSQL mysql;
         /* initialize mysql  */
         mysql_init(&mysql);
 
-        if (opt_file != NULL)
-                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, opt_file);
+        if (config.opt_file != NULL) {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, config.opt_file);
+        }
 
-        if (opt_group != NULL)
-                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, opt_group);
-        else
+        if (config.opt_group != NULL) {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, config.opt_group);
+        } else {
                 mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "client");
+        }
 
         /* establish a connection to the server and error checking */
-        if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql, db_host, db_user, db_pass, db, db_port, db_socket, 0)) {
-                if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST)
+        if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql, config.db_host, config.db_user, config.db_pass, config.db,
+                                                        config.db_port, config.db_socket, 0)) {
+                if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST) {
                         die(STATE_WARNING, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("WARNING"), mysql_error(&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_VERSION_ERROR)
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_VERSION_ERROR) {
                         die(STATE_WARNING, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("WARNING"), mysql_error(&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_OUT_OF_MEMORY)
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_OUT_OF_MEMORY) {
                         die(STATE_WARNING, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("WARNING"), mysql_error(&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_IPSOCK_ERROR)
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_IPSOCK_ERROR) {
                         die(STATE_WARNING, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("WARNING"), mysql_error(&mysql));
-                else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_SOCKET_CREATE_ERROR)
+                } else if (mysql_errno(&mysql) == CR_SOCKET_CREATE_ERROR) {
                         die(STATE_WARNING, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("WARNING"), mysql_error(&mysql));
-                else
+                } else {
                         die(STATE_CRITICAL, "QUERY %s: %s\n", _("CRITICAL"), mysql_error(&mysql));
+                }
         }
 
         char *error = NULL;
-        if (mysql_query(&mysql, sql_query) != 0) {
+        if (mysql_query(&mysql, config.sql_query) != 0) {
                 error = strdup(mysql_error(&mysql));
                 mysql_close(&mysql);
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "QUERY %s: %s - %s\n", _("CRITICAL"), _("Error with query"), error);
@@ -140,10 +143,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* close the connection */
         mysql_close(&mysql);
 
-        if (verbose >= 3)
+        if (verbose >= 3) {
                 printf("mysql result: %f\n", value);
+        }
 
-        int status = get_status(value, my_thresholds);
+        int status = get_status(value, config.my_thresholds);
 
         if (status == STATE_OK) {
                 printf("QUERY %s: ", _("OK"));
@@ -152,26 +156,44 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         } else if (status == STATE_CRITICAL) {
                 printf("QUERY %s: ", _("CRITICAL"));
         }
-        printf(_("'%s' returned %f | %s"), sql_query, value,
-                   fperfdata("result", value, "", my_thresholds->warning ? true : false, my_thresholds->warning ? my_thresholds->warning->end : 0,
-                                         my_thresholds->critical ? true : false, my_thresholds->critical ? my_thresholds->critical->end : 0, false, 0, false,
-                                         0));
+        printf(_("'%s' returned %f | %s"), config.sql_query, value,
+                   fperfdata("result", value, "", config.my_thresholds->warning,
+                                         config.my_thresholds->warning ? config.my_thresholds->warning->end : 0,
+                                         config.my_thresholds->critical,
+                                         config.my_thresholds->critical ? config.my_thresholds->critical->end : 0,
+                                         false, 0, false, 0));
         printf("\n");
 
         return status;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},   {"database", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'}, {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'}, {"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                {"group", required_argument, 0, 'g'},    {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},     {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {"query", required_argument, 0, 'q'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},  {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 1)
-                return ERROR;
+check_mysql_query_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                                                                           {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"database", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                                                                           {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                                                                           {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                                                                           {"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                                                                           {"group", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
+                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"query", required_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_mysql_query_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_mysql_query_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 1) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         char *warning = NULL;
         char *critical = NULL;
@@ -180,28 +202,29 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 int option = 0;
                 int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hvVP:p:u:d:H:s:q:w:c:f:g:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
                         if (is_host(optarg)) {
-                                db_host = optarg;
+                                result.config.db_host = optarg;
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 's': /* socket */
-                        db_socket = optarg;
+                        result.config.db_socket = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'd': /* database */
-                        db = optarg;
+                        result.config.db = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* username */
-                        db_user = optarg;
+                        result.config.db_user = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* authentication information: password */
-                        db_pass = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.db_pass = strdup(optarg);
 
                         /* Delete the password from process list */
                         while (*optarg != '\0') {
@@ -210,13 +233,13 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'f': /* client options file */
-                        opt_file = optarg;
+                        result.config.opt_file = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'g': /* client options group */
-                        opt_group = optarg;
+                        result.config.opt_group = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* critical time threshold */
-                        db_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.db_port = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'v':
                         verbose++;
@@ -228,7 +251,7 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'q':
-                        xasprintf(&sql_query, "%s", optarg);
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.sql_query, "%s", optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         warning = optarg;
@@ -241,25 +264,30 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        set_thresholds(&my_thresholds, warning, critical);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.my_thresholds, warning, critical);
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (sql_query == NULL)
+check_mysql_query_config_wrapper
+validate_arguments(check_mysql_query_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.sql_query == NULL) {
                 usage("Must specify a SQL query to run");
+        }
 
-        if (db_user == NULL)
-                db_user = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db_user == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db_user = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (db_host == NULL)
-                db_host = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db_host == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db_host = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (db == NULL)
-                db = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.db == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.db = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_mysql_query.d/config.h b/plugins/check_mysql_query.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be019160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql_query.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <mysql.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *db_host;
+        char *db_socket;
+        char *db;
+        char *db_user;
+        char *db_pass;
+        char *opt_file;
+        char *opt_group;
+        unsigned int db_port;
+
+        char *sql_query;
+        thresholds *my_thresholds;
+} check_mysql_query_config;
+
+check_mysql_query_config check_mysql_query_config_init() {
+        check_mysql_query_config tmp = {
+                .db_host = NULL,
+                .db_socket = NULL,
+                .db = NULL,
+                .db_user = NULL,
+                .db_pass = NULL,
+                .opt_file = NULL,
+                .opt_group = NULL,
+                .db_port = MYSQL_PORT,
+
+                .sql_query = NULL,
+                .my_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_nagios.c b/plugins/check_nagios.c
index 48629be3..a46dc1ed 100644
--- a/plugins/check_nagios.c
+++ b/plugins/check_nagios.c
@@ -39,47 +39,20 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+#include "states.h"
+#include "check_nagios.d/config.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_nagios_config config;
+} check_nagios_config_wrapper;
+static check_nagios_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *status_log = NULL;
-static char *process_string = NULL;
-static int expire_minutes = 0;
-
 static int verbose = 0;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        unsigned long latest_entry_time = 0L;
-        unsigned long temp_entry_time = 0L;
-        int proc_entries = 0;
-        time_t current_time;
-        char *temp_ptr;
-        FILE *fp;
-        int procuid = 0;
-        int procpid = 0;
-        int procppid = 0;
-        int procvsz = 0;
-        int procrss = 0;
-        float procpcpu = 0;
-        char procstat[8];
-#ifdef PS_USES_PROCETIME
-        char procetime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-#endif /* PS_USES_PROCETIME */
-        char procprog[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char *procargs;
-        int pos;
-        int cols;
-        int expected_cols = PS_COLS - 1;
-        const char *zombie = "Z";
-        char *temp_string;
-        output chld_out;
-        output chld_err;
-        size_t i;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -87,8 +60,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_nagios_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_nagios_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -99,13 +77,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         alarm(timeout_interval);
 
         /* open the status log */
-        fp = fopen(status_log, "r");
-        if (fp == NULL) {
+        FILE *log_file = fopen(config.status_log, "r");
+        if (log_file == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NAGIOS %s: %s\n", _("CRITICAL"), _("Cannot open status log for reading!"));
         }
 
+        unsigned long latest_entry_time = 0L;
+        unsigned long temp_entry_time = 0L;
+        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char *temp_ptr;
         /* get the date/time of the last item updated in the log */
-        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, fp)) {
+        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, log_file)) {
                 if ((temp_ptr = strstr(input_buffer, "created=")) != NULL) {
                         temp_entry_time = strtoul(temp_ptr + 8, NULL, 10);
                         latest_entry_time = temp_entry_time;
@@ -113,22 +95,44 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
                 if ((temp_ptr = strtok(input_buffer, "]")) != NULL) {
                         temp_entry_time = strtoul(temp_ptr + 1, NULL, 10);
-                        if (temp_entry_time > latest_entry_time)
+                        if (temp_entry_time > latest_entry_time) {
                                 latest_entry_time = temp_entry_time;
+                        }
                 }
         }
-        fclose(fp);
+        fclose(log_file);
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
                 printf("command: %s\n", PS_COMMAND);
+        }
 
         /* run the command to check for the Nagios process.. */
-        if ((result = np_runcmd(PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0)) != 0)
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        if ((result = np_runcmd(PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0)) != 0) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
+        int procuid = 0;
+        int procpid = 0;
+        int procppid = 0;
+        int procvsz = 0;
+        int procrss = 0;
+        int proc_entries = 0;
+        float procpcpu = 0;
+        char procstat[8];
+        char procprog[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        char *procargs;
+#ifdef PS_USES_PROCETIME
+        char procetime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+#endif /* PS_USES_PROCETIME */
+        int pos;
+        int expected_cols = PS_COLS - 1;
+        const char *zombie = "Z";
         /* count the number of matching Nagios processes... */
-        for (i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
-                cols = sscanf(chld_out.line[i], PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
+                int cols = sscanf(chld_out.line[i], PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
                 /* Zombie processes do not give a procprog command */
                 if (cols == (expected_cols - 1) && strstr(procstat, zombie)) {
                         cols = expected_cols;
@@ -142,14 +146,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         strip(procargs);
 
                         /* Some ps return full pathname for command. This removes path */
-                        temp_string = strtok((char *)procprog, "/");
+                        char *temp_string = strtok((char *)procprog, "/");
                         while (temp_string) {
                                 strcpy(procprog, temp_string);
                                 temp_string = strtok(NULL, "/");
                         }
 
                         /* May get empty procargs */
-                        if (!strstr(procargs, argv[0]) && strstr(procargs, process_string) && strcmp(procargs, "")) {
+                        if (!strstr(procargs, argv[0]) && strstr(procargs, config.process_string) && strcmp(procargs, "")) {
                                 proc_entries++;
                                 if (verbose >= 2) {
                                         printf(_("Found process: %s %s\n"), procprog, procargs);
@@ -159,8 +163,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
-        if (chld_err.buflen)
+        if (chld_err.buflen) {
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
+        }
 
         /* reset the alarm handler */
         alarm(0);
@@ -173,8 +178,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NAGIOS %s: %s\n", _("CRITICAL"), _("Cannot parse Nagios log file for valid time"));
         }
 
+        time_t current_time;
         time(&current_time);
-        if ((int)(current_time - latest_entry_time) > (expire_minutes * 60)) {
+        if ((int)(current_time - latest_entry_time) > (config.expire_minutes * 60)) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         } else {
                 result = STATE_OK;
@@ -187,39 +193,45 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                    (int)(current_time - latest_entry_time));
         printf("\n");
 
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_nagios_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"filename", required_argument, 0, 'F'}, {"expires", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
                                                                            {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},  {"timeout", optional_argument, 0, 't'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_nagios_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_nagios_config_init(),
+        };
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                status_log = argv[1];
-                if (is_intnonneg(argv[2]))
-                        expire_minutes = atoi(argv[2]);
-                else
+                result.config.status_log = argv[1];
+                if (is_intnonneg(argv[2])) {
+                        result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(argv[2]);
+                } else {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Expiration time must be an integer (seconds)\n"));
-                process_string = argv[3];
-                return OK;
+                }
+                result.config.process_string = argv[3];
+                return result;
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvF:C:e:t:", longopts, &option);
+        int option = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvF:C:e:t:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -227,22 +239,24 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'F': /* status log */
-                        status_log = optarg;
+                        result.config.status_log = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* command */
-                        process_string = optarg;
+                        result.config.process_string = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* expiry time */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.expire_minutes = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Expiration time must be an integer (seconds)\n"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Timeout must be an integer (seconds)\n"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'v':
                         verbose++;
@@ -252,13 +266,15 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (status_log == NULL)
+        if (result.config.status_log == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("You must provide the status_log\n"));
+        }
 
-        if (process_string == NULL)
+        if (result.config.process_string == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("You must provide a process string\n"));
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_nagios.d/config.h b/plugins/check_nagios.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efe139f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_nagios.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *status_log;
+        char *process_string;
+        int expire_minutes;
+} check_nagios_config;
+
+check_nagios_config check_nagios_config_init() {
+        check_nagios_config tmp = {
+                .status_log = NULL,
+                .process_string = NULL,
+                .expire_minutes = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_nt.c b/plugins/check_nt.c
index dec0b668..35ca92cd 100644
--- a/plugins/check_nt.c
+++ b/plugins/check_nt.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * This plugin collects data from the NSClient service running on a
  * Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 server.
  * This plugin requires NSClient software to run on NT
- * (http://nsclient.ready2run.nl/)
+ * (https://nsclient.org/)
  *
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -39,82 +39,28 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-
-enum checkvars {
-        CHECK_NONE,
-        CHECK_CLIENTVERSION,
-        CHECK_CPULOAD,
-        CHECK_UPTIME,
-        CHECK_USEDDISKSPACE,
-        CHECK_SERVICESTATE,
-        CHECK_PROCSTATE,
-        CHECK_MEMUSE,
-        CHECK_COUNTER,
-        CHECK_FILEAGE,
-        CHECK_INSTANCES
-};
+#include "check_nt.d/config.h"
 
 enum {
         MAX_VALUE_LIST = 30,
-        PORT = 1248
 };
 
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static int server_port = PORT;
-static char *value_list = NULL;
-static char *req_password = NULL;
-static unsigned long lvalue_list[MAX_VALUE_LIST];
-static unsigned long warning_value = 0L;
-static unsigned long critical_value = 0L;
-static bool check_warning_value = false;
-static bool check_critical_value = false;
-static enum checkvars vars_to_check = CHECK_NONE;
-static bool show_all = false;
-
 static char recv_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
 static void fetch_data(const char *address, int port, const char *sendb);
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_nt_config config;
+} check_nt_config_wrapper;
+static check_nt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
 static void preparelist(char *string);
 static bool strtoularray(unsigned long *array, char *string, const char *delim);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-
-        /* should be    int result = STATE_UNKNOWN; */
-
-        int return_code = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char *send_buffer = NULL;
-        char *output_message = NULL;
-        char *perfdata = NULL;
-        char *temp_string = NULL;
-        char *temp_string_perf = NULL;
-        char *description = NULL, *counter_unit = NULL;
-        char *minval = NULL, *maxval = NULL, *errcvt = NULL;
-        char *fds = NULL, *tds = NULL;
-        char *numstr;
-
-        double total_disk_space = 0;
-        double free_disk_space = 0;
-        double percent_used_space = 0;
-        double warning_used_space = 0;
-        double critical_used_space = 0;
-        double mem_commitLimit = 0;
-        double mem_commitByte = 0;
-        double fminval = 0, fmaxval = 0;
-        unsigned long utilization;
-        unsigned long uptime;
-        unsigned long age_in_minutes;
-        double counter_value = 0.0;
-        int offset = 0;
-        int updays = 0;
-        int uphours = 0;
-        int upminutes = 0;
-
-        bool isPercent = false;
-        bool allRight = false;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -122,8 +68,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_nt_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_nt_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -131,54 +81,68 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* set socket timeout */
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
-        switch (vars_to_check) {
-
+        int return_code = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        char *send_buffer = NULL;
+        char *output_message = NULL;
+        char *perfdata = NULL;
+        char *temp_string = NULL;
+        char *temp_string_perf = NULL;
+        char *description = NULL;
+        char *counter_unit = NULL;
+        char *errcvt = NULL;
+        unsigned long lvalue_list[MAX_VALUE_LIST];
+        switch (config.vars_to_check) {
         case CHECK_CLIENTVERSION:
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&1", req_password);
-                fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                if (value_list != NULL && strcmp(recv_buffer, value_list) != 0) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("Wrong client version - running: %s, required: %s"), recv_buffer, value_list);
+                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&1", config.req_password);
+                fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                if (config.value_list != NULL && strcmp(recv_buffer, config.value_list) != 0) {
+                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("Wrong client version - running: %s, required: %s"),
+                                          recv_buffer, config.value_list);
                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
                 } else {
                         xasprintf(&output_message, "%s", recv_buffer);
                         return_code = STATE_OK;
                 }
                 break;
-
         case CHECK_CPULOAD:
-
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("missing -l parameters"));
-                else if (!strtoularray(lvalue_list, value_list, ","))
+                } else if (!strtoularray(lvalue_list, config.value_list, ",")) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("wrong -l parameter."));
-                else {
+                } else {
                         /* -l parameters is present with only integers */
                         return_code = STATE_OK;
                         temp_string = strdup(_("CPU Load"));
                         temp_string_perf = strdup(" ");
 
                         /* loop until one of the parameters is wrong or not present */
-                        while (lvalue_list[0 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 && lvalue_list[0 + offset] <= (unsigned long)17280 &&
-                                   lvalue_list[1 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 && lvalue_list[1 + offset] <= (unsigned long)100 &&
-                                   lvalue_list[2 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 && lvalue_list[2 + offset] <= (unsigned long)100) {
+                        int offset = 0;
+                        while (lvalue_list[0 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 &&
+                                   lvalue_list[0 + offset] <= (unsigned long)17280 &&
+                                   lvalue_list[1 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 &&
+                                   lvalue_list[1 + offset] <= (unsigned long)100 &&
+                                   lvalue_list[2 + offset] > (unsigned long)0 &&
+                                   lvalue_list[2 + offset] <= (unsigned long)100) {
 
                                 /* Send request and retrieve data */
-                                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&2&%lu", req_password, lvalue_list[0 + offset]);
-                                fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
+                                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&2&%lu", config.req_password, lvalue_list[0 + offset]);
+                                fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
 
-                                utilization = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                                unsigned long utilization = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
 
                                 /* Check if any of the request is in a warning or critical state */
-                                if (utilization >= lvalue_list[2 + offset])
+                                if (utilization >= lvalue_list[2 + offset]) {
                                         return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (utilization >= lvalue_list[1 + offset] && return_code < STATE_WARNING)
+                                } else if (utilization >= lvalue_list[1 + offset] && return_code < STATE_WARNING) {
                                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
+                                }
 
-                                xasprintf(&output_message, _(" %lu%% (%lu min average)"), utilization, lvalue_list[0 + offset]);
+                                xasprintf(&output_message, _(" %lu%% (%lu min average)"), utilization,
+                                                  lvalue_list[0 + offset]);
                                 xasprintf(&temp_string, "%s%s", temp_string, output_message);
-                                xasprintf(&perfdata, _(" '%lu min avg Load'=%lu%%;%lu;%lu;0;100"), lvalue_list[0 + offset], utilization,
-                                                  lvalue_list[1 + offset], lvalue_list[2 + offset]);
+                                xasprintf(&perfdata, _(" '%lu min avg Load'=%lu%%;%lu;%lu;0;100"),
+                                                  lvalue_list[0 + offset], utilization, lvalue_list[1 + offset],
+                                                  lvalue_list[2 + offset]);
                                 xasprintf(&temp_string_perf, "%s%s", temp_string_perf, perfdata);
                                 offset += 3; /* move across the array */
                         }
@@ -186,82 +150,97 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         if (strlen(temp_string) > 10) { /* we had at least one loop */
                                 output_message = strdup(temp_string);
                                 perfdata = temp_string_perf;
-                        } else
+                        } else {
                                 output_message = strdup(_("not enough values for -l parameters"));
+                        }
                 }
                 break;
-
-        case CHECK_UPTIME:
-
-                if (value_list == NULL) {
-                        value_list = "minutes";
+        case CHECK_UPTIME: {
+                char *tmp_value_list = config.value_list;
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
+                        tmp_value_list = "minutes";
                 }
-                if (strncmp(value_list, "seconds", strlen("seconds") + 1) && strncmp(value_list, "minutes", strlen("minutes") + 1) &&
-                        strncmp(value_list, "hours", strlen("hours") + 1) && strncmp(value_list, "days", strlen("days") + 1)) {
+                if (strncmp(tmp_value_list, "seconds", strlen("seconds") + 1) &&
+                        strncmp(tmp_value_list, "minutes", strlen("minutes") + 1) &&
+                        strncmp(config.value_list, "hours", strlen("hours") + 1) &&
+                        strncmp(tmp_value_list, "days", strlen("days") + 1)) {
 
                         output_message = strdup(_("wrong -l argument"));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&3", req_password);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                        uptime = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        updays = uptime / 86400;
-                        uphours = (uptime % 86400) / 3600;
-                        upminutes = ((uptime % 86400) % 3600) / 60;
-
-                        if (!strncmp(value_list, "minutes", strlen("minutes")))
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&3", config.req_password);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                        unsigned long uptime = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
+                        int updays = uptime / 86400;
+                        int uphours = (uptime % 86400) / 3600;
+                        int upminutes = ((uptime % 86400) % 3600) / 60;
+
+                        if (!strncmp(tmp_value_list, "minutes", strlen("minutes"))) {
                                 uptime = uptime / 60;
-                        else if (!strncmp(value_list, "hours", strlen("hours")))
+                        } else if (!strncmp(tmp_value_list, "hours", strlen("hours"))) {
                                 uptime = uptime / 3600;
-                        else if (!strncmp(value_list, "days", strlen("days")))
+                        } else if (!strncmp(tmp_value_list, "days", strlen("days"))) {
                                 uptime = uptime / 86400;
+                        }
                         /* else uptime in seconds, nothing to do */
 
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("System Uptime - %u day(s) %u hour(s) %u minute(s) |uptime=%lu"), updays, uphours, upminutes,
-                                          uptime);
+                        xasprintf(&output_message,
+                                          _("System Uptime - %u day(s) %u hour(s) %u minute(s) |uptime=%lu"), updays,
+                                          uphours, upminutes, uptime);
 
-                        if (check_critical_value && uptime <= critical_value)
+                        if (config.check_critical_value && uptime <= config.critical_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && uptime <= warning_value)
+                        } else if (config.check_warning_value && uptime <= config.warning_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 return_code = STATE_OK;
+                        }
                 }
-                break;
-
+        } break;
         case CHECK_USEDDISKSPACE:
-
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("missing -l parameters"));
-                else if (strlen(value_list) != 1)
+                } else if (strlen(config.value_list) != 1) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("wrong -l argument"));
-                else {
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&4&%s", req_password, value_list);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                        fds = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
-                        tds = strtok(NULL, "&");
-                        if (fds != NULL)
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&4&%s", config.req_password, config.value_list);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                        char *fds = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
+                        char *tds = strtok(NULL, "&");
+                        double total_disk_space = 0;
+                        double free_disk_space = 0;
+                        if (fds != NULL) {
                                 free_disk_space = atof(fds);
-                        if (tds != NULL)
+                        }
+                        if (tds != NULL) {
                                 total_disk_space = atof(tds);
+                        }
 
                         if (total_disk_space > 0 && free_disk_space >= 0) {
-                                percent_used_space = ((total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / total_disk_space) * 100;
-                                warning_used_space = ((float)warning_value / 100) * total_disk_space;
-                                critical_used_space = ((float)critical_value / 100) * total_disk_space;
-
-                                xasprintf(&temp_string, _("%s:\\ - total: %.2f Gb - used: %.2f Gb (%.0f%%) - free %.2f Gb (%.0f%%)"), value_list,
-                                                  total_disk_space / 1073741824, (total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / 1073741824, percent_used_space,
-                                                  free_disk_space / 1073741824, (free_disk_space / total_disk_space) * 100);
-                                xasprintf(&temp_string_perf, _("'%s:\\ Used Space'=%.2fGb;%.2f;%.2f;0.00;%.2f"), value_list,
-                                                  (total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / 1073741824, warning_used_space / 1073741824,
-                                                  critical_used_space / 1073741824, total_disk_space / 1073741824);
-
-                                if (check_critical_value && percent_used_space >= critical_value)
+                                double percent_used_space =
+                                        ((total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / total_disk_space) * 100;
+                                double warning_used_space = ((float)config.warning_value / 100) * total_disk_space;
+                                double critical_used_space =
+                                        ((float)config.critical_value / 100) * total_disk_space;
+
+                                xasprintf(
+                                        &temp_string,
+                                        _("%s:\\ - total: %.2f Gb - used: %.2f Gb (%.0f%%) - free %.2f Gb (%.0f%%)"),
+                                        config.value_list, total_disk_space / 1073741824,
+                                        (total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / 1073741824, percent_used_space,
+                                        free_disk_space / 1073741824, (free_disk_space / total_disk_space) * 100);
+                                xasprintf(&temp_string_perf, _("'%s:\\ Used Space'=%.2fGb;%.2f;%.2f;0.00;%.2f"),
+                                                  config.value_list, (total_disk_space - free_disk_space) / 1073741824,
+                                                  warning_used_space / 1073741824, critical_used_space / 1073741824,
+                                                  total_disk_space / 1073741824);
+
+                                if (config.check_critical_value && percent_used_space >= config.critical_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (check_warning_value && percent_used_space >= warning_value)
+                                } else if (config.check_warning_value &&
+                                                   percent_used_space >= config.warning_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else
+                                } else {
                                         return_code = STATE_OK;
+                                }
 
                                 output_message = strdup(temp_string);
                                 perfdata = temp_string_perf;
@@ -271,60 +250,64 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                 }
                 break;
-
         case CHECK_SERVICESTATE:
         case CHECK_PROCSTATE:
-
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("No service/process specified"));
-                else {
-                        preparelist(value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&%u&%s&%s", req_password, (vars_to_check == CHECK_SERVICESTATE) ? 5 : 6,
-                                          (show_all) ? "ShowAll" : "ShowFail", value_list);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                        numstr = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
-                        if (numstr == NULL)
+                } else {
+                        preparelist(
+                                config.value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&%u&%s&%s", config.req_password,
+                                          (config.vars_to_check == CHECK_SERVICESTATE) ? 5 : 6,
+                                          (config.show_all) ? "ShowAll" : "ShowFail", config.value_list);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                        char *numstr = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
+                        if (numstr == NULL) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("could not fetch information from server\n"));
+                        }
                         return_code = atoi(numstr);
                         temp_string = strtok(NULL, "&");
                         output_message = strdup(temp_string);
                 }
                 break;
-
         case CHECK_MEMUSE:
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&7", req_password);
-                fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                numstr = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
-                if (numstr == NULL)
+                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&7", config.req_password);
+                fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                char *numstr = strtok(recv_buffer, "&");
+                if (numstr == NULL) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("could not fetch information from server\n"));
-                mem_commitLimit = atof(numstr);
+                }
+                double mem_commitLimit = atof(numstr);
                 numstr = strtok(NULL, "&");
-                if (numstr == NULL)
+                if (numstr == NULL) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("could not fetch information from server\n"));
-                mem_commitByte = atof(numstr);
-                percent_used_space = (mem_commitByte / mem_commitLimit) * 100;
-                warning_used_space = ((float)warning_value / 100) * mem_commitLimit;
-                critical_used_space = ((float)critical_value / 100) * mem_commitLimit;
+                }
+                double mem_commitByte = atof(numstr);
+                double percent_used_space = (mem_commitByte / mem_commitLimit) * 100;
+                double warning_used_space = ((float)config.warning_value / 100) * mem_commitLimit;
+                double critical_used_space = ((float)config.critical_value / 100) * mem_commitLimit;
 
                 /* Divisor should be 1048567, not 3044515, as we are measuring "Commit Charge" here,
                 which equals RAM + Pagefiles. */
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Memory usage: total:%.2f MB - used: %.2f MB (%.0f%%) - free: %.2f MB (%.0f%%)"),
-                                  mem_commitLimit / 1048567, mem_commitByte / 1048567, percent_used_space, (mem_commitLimit - mem_commitByte) / 1048567,
-                                  (mem_commitLimit - mem_commitByte) / mem_commitLimit * 100);
-                xasprintf(&perfdata, _("'Memory usage'=%.2fMB;%.2f;%.2f;0.00;%.2f"), mem_commitByte / 1048567, warning_used_space / 1048567,
+                xasprintf(
+                        &output_message,
+                        _("Memory usage: total:%.2f MB - used: %.2f MB (%.0f%%) - free: %.2f MB (%.0f%%)"),
+                        mem_commitLimit / 1048567, mem_commitByte / 1048567, percent_used_space,
+                        (mem_commitLimit - mem_commitByte) / 1048567,
+                        (mem_commitLimit - mem_commitByte) / mem_commitLimit * 100);
+                xasprintf(&perfdata, _("'Memory usage'=%.2fMB;%.2f;%.2f;0.00;%.2f"),
+                                  mem_commitByte / 1048567, warning_used_space / 1048567,
                                   critical_used_space / 1048567, mem_commitLimit / 1048567);
 
                 return_code = STATE_OK;
-                if (check_critical_value && percent_used_space >= critical_value)
+                if (config.check_critical_value && percent_used_space >= config.critical_value) {
                         return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && percent_used_space >= warning_value)
+                } else if (config.check_warning_value && percent_used_space >= config.warning_value) {
                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
+                }
 
                 break;
-
-        case CHECK_COUNTER:
-
+        case CHECK_COUNTER: {
                 /*
                 CHECK_COUNTER has been modified to provide extensive perfdata information.
                 In order to do this, some modifications have been done to the code
@@ -341,31 +324,38 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                  the counter unit - that is, the dimensions of the counter you're getting. Examples:
                  pages/s, packets transferred, etc.
 
-                4) If you want, you may provide the minimum and maximum values to expect. They aren't mandatory,
-                 but once specified they MUST have the same order of magnitude and units of -w and -c; otherwise.
-                 strange things will happen when you make graphs of your data.
+                4) If you want, you may provide the minimum and maximum values to expect. They aren't
+                mandatory, but once specified they MUST have the same order of magnitude and units of -w and
+                -c; otherwise. strange things will happen when you make graphs of your data.
                 */
 
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                double counter_value = 0.0;
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("No counter specified"));
-                else {
-                        preparelist(value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
-                        isPercent = (strchr(value_list, '%') != NULL);
+                } else {
+                        preparelist(
+                                config.value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
+                        bool isPercent = (strchr(config.value_list, '%') != NULL);
 
-                        strtok(value_list, "&"); /* burn the first parameters */
+                        strtok(config.value_list, "&"); /* burn the first parameters */
                         description = strtok(NULL, "&");
                         counter_unit = strtok(NULL, "&");
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&8&%s", req_password, value_list);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&8&%s", config.req_password, config.value_list);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
                         counter_value = atof(recv_buffer);
 
-                        if (description == NULL)
+                        bool allRight = false;
+                        if (description == NULL) {
                                 xasprintf(&output_message, "%.f", counter_value);
-                        else if (isPercent) {
+                        } else if (isPercent) {
                                 counter_unit = strdup("%");
                                 allRight = true;
                         }
 
+                        char *minval = NULL;
+                        char *maxval = NULL;
+                        double fminval = 0;
+                        double fmaxval = 0;
                         if ((counter_unit != NULL) && (!allRight)) {
                                 minval = strtok(NULL, "&");
                                 maxval = strtok(NULL, "&");
@@ -375,84 +365,92 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 fminval = (minval != NULL) ? strtod(minval, &errcvt) : -1;
                                 fmaxval = (minval != NULL) ? strtod(maxval, &errcvt) : -1;
 
-                                if ((fminval == 0) && (minval == errcvt))
+                                if ((fminval == 0) && (minval == errcvt)) {
                                         output_message = strdup(_("Minimum value contains non-numbers"));
-                                else {
-                                        if ((fmaxval == 0) && (maxval == errcvt))
+                                } else {
+                                        if ((fmaxval == 0) && (maxval == errcvt)) {
                                                 output_message = strdup(_("Maximum value contains non-numbers"));
-                                        else
+                                        } else {
                                                 allRight = true; /* Everything is OK. */
+                                        }
                                 }
-                        } else if ((counter_unit == NULL) && (description != NULL))
+                        } else if ((counter_unit == NULL) && (description != NULL)) {
                                 output_message = strdup(_("No unit counter specified"));
+                        }
 
                         if (allRight) {
                                 /* Let's format the output string, finally... */
                                 if (strstr(description, "%") == NULL) {
-                                        xasprintf(&output_message, "%s = %.2f %s", description, counter_value, counter_unit);
+                                        xasprintf(&output_message, "%s = %.2f %s", description, counter_value,
+                                                          counter_unit);
                                 } else {
                                         /* has formatting, will segv if wrong */
                                         xasprintf(&output_message, description, counter_value);
                                 }
                                 xasprintf(&output_message, "%s |", output_message);
                                 xasprintf(&output_message, "%s %s", output_message,
-                                                  fperfdata(description, counter_value, counter_unit, 1, warning_value, 1, critical_value,
-                                                                        (!(isPercent) && (minval != NULL)), fminval, (!(isPercent) && (minval != NULL)), fmaxval));
+                                                  fperfdata(description, counter_value, counter_unit, 1,
+                                                                        config.warning_value, 1, config.critical_value,
+                                                                        (!(isPercent) && (minval != NULL)), fminval,
+                                                                        (!(isPercent) && (minval != NULL)), fmaxval));
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (critical_value > warning_value) { /* Normal thresholds */
-                        if (check_critical_value && counter_value >= critical_value)
+                if (config.critical_value > config.warning_value) { /* Normal thresholds */
+                        if (config.check_critical_value && counter_value >= config.critical_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && counter_value >= warning_value)
+                        } else if (config.check_warning_value && counter_value >= config.warning_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 return_code = STATE_OK;
+                        }
                 } else { /* inverse thresholds */
                         return_code = STATE_OK;
-                        if (check_critical_value && counter_value <= critical_value)
+                        if (config.check_critical_value && counter_value <= config.critical_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && counter_value <= warning_value)
+                        } else if (config.check_warning_value && counter_value <= config.warning_value) {
                                 return_code = STATE_WARNING;
+                        }
                 }
-                break;
-
+        } break;
         case CHECK_FILEAGE:
-
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("No counter specified"));
-                else {
-                        preparelist(value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&9&%s", req_password, value_list);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
-                        age_in_minutes = atoi(strtok(recv_buffer, "&"));
+                } else {
+                        preparelist(
+                                config.value_list); /* replace , between services with & to send the request */
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&9&%s", config.req_password, config.value_list);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
+                        unsigned long age_in_minutes = atoi(strtok(recv_buffer, "&"));
                         description = strtok(NULL, "&");
                         output_message = strdup(description);
 
-                        if (critical_value > warning_value) { /* Normal thresholds */
-                                if (check_critical_value && age_in_minutes >= critical_value)
+                        if (config.critical_value > config.warning_value) { /* Normal thresholds */
+                                if (config.check_critical_value && age_in_minutes >= config.critical_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (check_warning_value && age_in_minutes >= warning_value)
+                                } else if (config.check_warning_value && age_in_minutes >= config.warning_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else
+                                } else {
                                         return_code = STATE_OK;
+                                }
                         } else { /* inverse thresholds */
-                                if (check_critical_value && age_in_minutes <= critical_value)
+                                if (config.check_critical_value && age_in_minutes <= config.critical_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (check_warning_value && age_in_minutes <= warning_value)
+                                } else if (config.check_warning_value && age_in_minutes <= config.warning_value) {
                                         return_code = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else
+                                } else {
                                         return_code = STATE_OK;
+                                }
                         }
                 }
                 break;
 
         case CHECK_INSTANCES:
-                if (value_list == NULL)
+                if (config.value_list == NULL) {
                         output_message = strdup(_("No counter specified"));
-                else {
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&10&%s", req_password, value_list);
-                        fetch_data(server_address, server_port, send_buffer);
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "%s&10&%s", config.req_password, config.value_list);
+                        fetch_data(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer);
                         if (!strncmp(recv_buffer, "ERROR", 5)) {
                                 printf("NSClient - %s\n", recv_buffer);
                                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -471,18 +469,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* reset timeout */
         alarm(0);
 
-        if (perfdata == NULL)
+        if (perfdata == NULL) {
                 printf("%s\n", output_message);
-        else
+        } else {
                 printf("%s | %s\n", output_message, perfdata);
+        }
         return return_code;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_nt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
                                                                            {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
                                                                            {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
@@ -497,34 +493,44 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        check_nt_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_nt_config_init(),
+        };
+
         /* no options were supplied */
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         /* backwards compatibility */
         if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                server_address = strdup(argv[1]);
+                result.config.server_address = strdup(argv[1]);
                 argv[1] = argv[0];
                 argv = &argv[1];
                 argc--;
         }
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-cv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                } else if (strcmp("-wv", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-w");
+                } else if (strcmp("-cv", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVH:t:c:w:p:v:l:s:d:u", longopts, &option);
+        int option = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVH:t:c:w:p:v:l:s:d:u", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 case 'h': /* help */
@@ -534,118 +540,128 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        server_address = optarg;
+                        result.config.server_address = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 's': /* password */
-                        req_password = optarg;
+                        result.config.req_password = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Server port must be an integer\n"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'v':
-                        if (strlen(optarg) < 4)
-                                return ERROR;
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "CLIENTVERSION"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_CLIENTVERSION;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CPULOAD"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_CPULOAD;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "UPTIME"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_UPTIME;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "USEDDISKSPACE"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_USEDDISKSPACE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "SERVICESTATE"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_SERVICESTATE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PROCSTATE"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_PROCSTATE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MEMUSE"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_MEMUSE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "COUNTER"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_COUNTER;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "FILEAGE"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_FILEAGE;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "INSTANCES"))
-                                vars_to_check = CHECK_INSTANCES;
-                        else
-                                return ERROR;
+                        if (strlen(optarg) < 4) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
+                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "CLIENTVERSION")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_CLIENTVERSION;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CPULOAD")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_CPULOAD;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "UPTIME")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_UPTIME;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "USEDDISKSPACE")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_USEDDISKSPACE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "SERVICESTATE")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_SERVICESTATE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PROCSTATE")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_PROCSTATE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MEMUSE")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_MEMUSE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "COUNTER")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_COUNTER;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "FILEAGE")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_FILEAGE;
+                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "INSTANCES")) {
+                                result.config.vars_to_check = CHECK_INSTANCES;
+                        } else {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* value list */
-                        value_list = optarg;
+                        result.config.value_list = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning threshold */
-                        warning_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_warning_value = true;
+                        result.config.warning_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        result.config.check_warning_value = true;
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical threshold */
-                        critical_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_critical_value = true;
+                        result.config.critical_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                        result.config.check_critical_value = true;
                         break;
                 case 'd': /* Display select for services */
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "SHOWALL"))
-                                show_all = true;
+                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "SHOWALL")) {
+                                result.config.show_all = true;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'u':
                         socket_timeout_state = STATE_UNKNOWN;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout */
                         socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (socket_timeout <= 0)
-                                return ERROR;
+                        if (socket_timeout <= 0) {
+                                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                                return result;
+                        }
                 }
         }
-        if (server_address == NULL)
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("You must provide a server address or host name"));
+        }
 
-        if (vars_to_check == CHECK_NONE)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (result.config.vars_to_check == CHECK_NONE) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        if (req_password == NULL)
-                req_password = strdup(_("None"));
+        if (result.config.req_password == NULL) {
+                result.config.req_password = strdup(_("None"));
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void fetch_data(const char *address, int port, const char *sendb) {
-        int result;
-
-        result = process_tcp_request(address, port, sendb, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
+        int result = process_tcp_request(address, port, sendb, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
 
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
                 die(result, _("could not fetch information from server\n"));
+        }
 
-        if (!strncmp(recv_buffer, "ERROR", 5))
+        if (!strncmp(recv_buffer, "ERROR", 5)) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "NSClient - %s\n", recv_buffer);
+        }
 }
 
 bool strtoularray(unsigned long *array, char *string, const char *delim) {
         /* split a <delim> delimited string into a long array */
-        int idx = 0;
-        char *t1;
-
-        for (idx = 0; idx < MAX_VALUE_LIST; idx++)
+        for (int idx = 0; idx < MAX_VALUE_LIST; idx++) {
                 array[idx] = 0;
+        }
 
-        idx = 0;
-        for (t1 = strtok(string, delim); t1 != NULL; t1 = strtok(NULL, delim)) {
+        int idx = 0;
+        for (char *t1 = strtok(string, delim); t1 != NULL; t1 = strtok(NULL, delim)) {
                 if (is_numeric(t1) && idx < MAX_VALUE_LIST) {
                         array[idx] = strtoul(t1, NULL, 10);
                         idx++;
-                } else
+                } else {
                         return false;
+                }
         }
         return true;
 }
 
 void preparelist(char *string) {
         /* Replace all , with & which is the delimiter for the request */
-        int i;
-
-        for (i = 0; (size_t)i < strlen(string); i++)
+        for (int i = 0; (size_t)i < strlen(string); i++) {
                 if (string[i] == ',') {
                         string[i] = '&';
                 }
+        }
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -735,25 +751,31 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("  %s\n", "\"%%.f %%%% paging file used.\"");
         printf(" %s\n", "INSTANCES =");
         printf("  %s\n", _("Check any performance counter object of Windows NT/2000."));
-        printf("  %s\n", _("Syntax: check_nt -H <hostname> -p <port> -v INSTANCES -l <counter object>"));
+        printf("  %s\n",
+                   _("Syntax: check_nt -H <hostname> -p <port> -v INSTANCES -l <counter object>"));
         printf("  %s\n", _("<counter object> is a Windows Perfmon Counter object (eg. Process),"));
         printf("  %s\n", _("if it is two words, it should be enclosed in quotes"));
         printf("  %s\n", _("The returned results will be a comma-separated list of instances on "));
         printf("  %s\n", _(" the selected computer for that object."));
-        printf("  %s\n", _("The purpose of this is to be run from command line to determine what instances"));
-        printf("  %s\n", _(" are available for monitoring without having to log onto the Windows server"));
+        printf("  %s\n",
+                   _("The purpose of this is to be run from command line to determine what instances"));
+        printf("  %s\n",
+                   _(" are available for monitoring without having to log onto the Windows server"));
         printf("  %s\n", _("  to run Perfmon directly."));
-        printf("  %s\n", _("It can also be used in scripts that automatically create the monitoring service"));
+        printf("  %s\n",
+                   _("It can also be used in scripts that automatically create the monitoring service"));
         printf("  %s\n", _(" configuration files."));
         printf("  %s\n", _("Some examples:"));
         printf("  %s\n\n", _("check_nt -H 192.168.1.1 -p 1248 -v INSTANCES -l Process"));
 
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- The NSClient service should be running on the server to get any information"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- The NSClient service should be running on the server to get any information"));
         printf("   %s\n", "(http://nsclient.ready2run.nl).");
         printf(" %s\n", _("- Critical thresholds should be lower than warning thresholds"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("- Default port 1248 is sometimes in use by other services. The error"));
-        printf("   %s\n", _("output when this happens contains \"Cannot map xxxxx to protocol number\"."));
+        printf("   %s\n",
+                   _("output when this happens contains \"Cannot map xxxxx to protocol number\"."));
         printf("   %s\n", _("One fix for this is to change the port to something else on check_nt "));
         printf("   %s\n", _("and on the client service it\'s connecting to."));
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_nt.d/config.h b/plugins/check_nt.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..431889cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_nt.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        PORT = 1248,
+};
+
+enum checkvars {
+        CHECK_NONE,
+        CHECK_CLIENTVERSION,
+        CHECK_CPULOAD,
+        CHECK_UPTIME,
+        CHECK_USEDDISKSPACE,
+        CHECK_SERVICESTATE,
+        CHECK_PROCSTATE,
+        CHECK_MEMUSE,
+        CHECK_COUNTER,
+        CHECK_FILEAGE,
+        CHECK_INSTANCES
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        int server_port;
+        char *req_password;
+        enum checkvars vars_to_check;
+        bool show_all;
+        char *value_list;
+        bool check_warning_value;
+        unsigned long warning_value;
+        bool check_critical_value;
+        unsigned long critical_value;
+} check_nt_config;
+
+check_nt_config check_nt_config_init() {
+        check_nt_config tmp = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .server_port = PORT,
+                .req_password = NULL,
+
+                .vars_to_check = CHECK_NONE,
+                .show_all = false,
+                .value_list = NULL,
+
+                .check_warning_value = false,
+                .warning_value = 0,
+                .check_critical_value = false,
+                .critical_value = 0,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp.c b/plugins/check_ntp.c
index d33f8786..b22cc3c1 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp.c
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring check_ntp plugin
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney <seanius@seanius.net>
-* Copyright (c) 2006-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains the check_ntp plugin
-* 
-* This plugin to check ntp servers independent of any commandline
-* programs or external libraries.
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_ntp plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney <seanius@seanius.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_ntp plugin
+ *
+ * This plugin to check ntp servers independent of any commandline
+ * programs or external libraries.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_ntp";
 const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
@@ -38,24 +38,24 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-static char *server_address=NULL;
-static int verbose=0;
+static char *server_address = NULL;
+static int verbose = 0;
 static bool do_offset = false;
-static char *owarn="60";
-static char *ocrit="120";
+static char *owarn = "60";
+static char *ocrit = "120";
 static bool do_jitter = false;
-static char *jwarn="5000";
-static char *jcrit="10000";
+static char *jwarn = "5000";
+static char *jcrit = "10000";
 
-static int process_arguments (int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static thresholds *offset_thresholds = NULL;
 static thresholds *jitter_thresholds = NULL;
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
 
 /* number of times to perform each request to get a good average. */
 #ifndef AVG_NUM
-#define AVG_NUM 4
+#       define AVG_NUM 4
 #endif
 
 /* max size of control message data */
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ void print_usage (void);
 
 /* this structure holds everything in an ntp request/response as per rfc1305 */
 typedef struct {
-        uint8_t flags;       /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
-        uint8_t stratum;     /* clock stratum */
-        int8_t poll;         /* polling interval */
-        int8_t precision;    /* precision of the local clock */
-        int32_t rtdelay;     /* total rt delay, as a fixed point num. see macros */
-        uint32_t rtdisp;     /* like above, but for max err to primary src */
-        uint32_t refid;      /* ref clock identifier */
-        uint64_t refts;      /* reference timestamp.  local time local clock */
-        uint64_t origts;     /* time at which request departed client */
-        uint64_t rxts;       /* time at which request arrived at server */
-        uint64_t txts;       /* time at which request departed server */
+        uint8_t flags;    /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
+        uint8_t stratum;  /* clock stratum */
+        int8_t poll;      /* polling interval */
+        int8_t precision; /* precision of the local clock */
+        int32_t rtdelay;  /* total rt delay, as a fixed point num. see macros */
+        uint32_t rtdisp;  /* like above, but for max err to primary src */
+        uint32_t refid;   /* ref clock identifier */
+        uint64_t refts;   /* reference timestamp.  local time local clock */
+        uint64_t origts;  /* time at which request departed client */
+        uint64_t rxts;    /* time at which request arrived at server */
+        uint64_t txts;    /* time at which request departed server */
 } ntp_message;
 
 /* this structure holds data about results from querying offset from a peer */
@@ -84,20 +84,20 @@ typedef struct {
         double rtdelay;         /* converted from the ntp_message */
         double rtdisp;          /* converted from the ntp_message */
         double offset[AVG_NUM]; /* offsets from each response */
-        uint8_t flags;       /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
+        uint8_t flags;          /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
 } ntp_server_results;
 
 /* this structure holds everything in an ntp control message as per rfc1305 */
 typedef struct {
-        uint8_t flags;       /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
-        uint8_t op;          /* R,E,M bits and Opcode */
-        uint16_t seq;        /* Packet sequence */
-        uint16_t status;     /* Clock status */
-        uint16_t assoc;      /* Association */
-        uint16_t offset;     /* Similar to TCP sequence # */
-        uint16_t count;      /* # bytes of data */
+        uint8_t flags;          /* byte with leapindicator,vers,mode. see macros */
+        uint8_t op;             /* R,E,M bits and Opcode */
+        uint16_t seq;           /* Packet sequence */
+        uint16_t status;        /* Clock status */
+        uint16_t assoc;         /* Association */
+        uint16_t offset;        /* Similar to TCP sequence # */
+        uint16_t count;         /* # bytes of data */
         char data[MAX_CM_SIZE]; /* ASCII data of the request */
-                                /* NB: not necessarily NULL terminated! */
+                                                        /* NB: not necessarily NULL terminated! */
 } ntp_control_message;
 
 /* this is an association/status-word pair found in control packet responses */
@@ -108,38 +108,50 @@ typedef struct {
 
 /* bits 1,2 are the leap indicator */
 #define LI_MASK 0xc0
-#define LI(x) ((x&LI_MASK)>>6)
-#define LI_SET(x,y) do{ x |= ((y<<6)&LI_MASK); }while(0)
+#define LI(x)   ((x & LI_MASK) >> 6)
+#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                 \
+        } while (0)
 /* and these are the values of the leap indicator */
-#define LI_NOWARNING 0x00
-#define LI_EXTRASEC 0x01
+#define LI_NOWARNING  0x00
+#define LI_EXTRASEC   0x01
 #define LI_MISSINGSEC 0x02
-#define LI_ALARM 0x03
+#define LI_ALARM      0x03
 /* bits 3,4,5 are the ntp version */
 #define VN_MASK 0x38
-#define VN(x)   ((x&VN_MASK)>>3)
-#define VN_SET(x,y)     do{ x |= ((y<<3)&VN_MASK); }while(0)
+#define VN(x)   ((x & VN_MASK) >> 3)
+#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                 \
+        } while (0)
 #define VN_RESERVED 0x02
 /* bits 6,7,8 are the ntp mode */
 #define MODE_MASK 0x07
-#define MODE(x) (x&MODE_MASK)
-#define MODE_SET(x,y)   do{ x |= (y&MODE_MASK); }while(0)
+#define MODE(x)   (x & MODE_MASK)
+#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                             \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                      \
+        } while (0)
 /* here are some values */
-#define MODE_CLIENT 0x03
+#define MODE_CLIENT     0x03
 #define MODE_CONTROLMSG 0x06
 /* In control message, bits 8-10 are R,E,M bits */
-#define REM_MASK 0xe0
-#define REM_RESP 0x80
+#define REM_MASK  0xe0
+#define REM_RESP  0x80
 #define REM_ERROR 0x40
-#define REM_MORE 0x20
+#define REM_MORE  0x20
 /* In control message, bits 11 - 15 are opcode */
 #define OP_MASK 0x1f
-#define OP_SET(x,y)   do{ x |= (y&OP_MASK); }while(0)
+#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                        \
+        } while (0)
 #define OP_READSTAT 0x01
 #define OP_READVAR  0x02
 /* In peer status bytes, bits 6,7,8 determine clock selection status */
-#define PEER_SEL(x) ((ntohs(x)>>8)&0x07)
-#define PEER_INCLUDED 0x04
+#define PEER_SEL(x)     ((ntohs(x) >> 8) & 0x07)
+#define PEER_INCLUDED   0x04
 #define PEER_SYNCSOURCE 0x06
 
 /**
@@ -153,82 +165,92 @@ typedef struct {
 
 /* macros to access the left/right 16 bits of a 32-bit ntp "fixed point"
    number.  note that these can be used as lvalues too */
-#define L16(x) (((uint16_t*)&x)[0])
-#define R16(x) (((uint16_t*)&x)[1])
+#define L16(x) (((uint16_t *)&x)[0])
+#define R16(x) (((uint16_t *)&x)[1])
 /* macros to access the left/right 32 bits of a 64-bit ntp "fixed point"
    number.  these too can be used as lvalues */
-#define L32(x) (((uint32_t*)&x)[0])
-#define R32(x) (((uint32_t*)&x)[1])
+#define L32(x) (((uint32_t *)&x)[0])
+#define R32(x) (((uint32_t *)&x)[1])
 
 /* ntp wants seconds since 1/1/00, epoch is 1/1/70.  this is the difference */
 #define EPOCHDIFF 0x83aa7e80UL
 
 /* extract a 32-bit ntp fixed point number into a double */
-#define NTP32asDOUBLE(x) (ntohs(L16(x)) + (double)ntohs(R16(x))/65536.0)
+#define NTP32asDOUBLE(x) (ntohs(L16(x)) + (double)ntohs(R16(x)) / 65536.0)
 
 /* likewise for a 64-bit ntp fp number */
-#define NTP64asDOUBLE(n) (double)(((uint64_t)n)?\
-                         (ntohl(L32(n))-EPOCHDIFF) + \
-                         (.00000001*(0.5+(double)(ntohl(R32(n))/42.94967296))):\
-                         0)
+#define NTP64asDOUBLE(n)                                                                           \
+        (double)(((uint64_t)n) ? (ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF) +                                         \
+                                                                 (.00000001 * (0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 42.94967296)))       \
+                                                   : 0)
 
 /* convert a struct timeval to a double */
-#define TVasDOUBLE(x) (double)(x.tv_sec+(0.000001*x.tv_usec))
+#define TVasDOUBLE(x) (double)(x.tv_sec + (0.000001 * x.tv_usec))
 
 /* convert an ntp 64-bit fp number to a struct timeval */
-#define NTP64toTV(n,t) \
-        do{ if(!n) t.tv_sec = t.tv_usec = 0; \
-            else { \
-                        t.tv_sec=ntohl(L32(n))-EPOCHDIFF; \
-                        t.tv_usec=(int)(0.5+(double)(ntohl(R32(n))/4294.967296)); \
-                } \
-        }while(0)
+#define NTP64toTV(n, t)                                                                            \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (!n)                                                                                    \
+                        t.tv_sec = t.tv_usec = 0;                                                              \
+                else {                                                                                     \
+                        t.tv_sec = ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF;                                                  \
+                        t.tv_usec = (int)(0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 4294.967296));                        \
+                }                                                                                          \
+        } while (0)
 
 /* convert a struct timeval to an ntp 64-bit fp number */
-#define TVtoNTP64(t,n) \
-        do{ if(!t.tv_usec && !t.tv_sec) n=0x0UL; \
-                else { \
-                        L32(n)=htonl(t.tv_sec + EPOCHDIFF); \
-                        R32(n)=htonl((uint64_t)((4294.967296*t.tv_usec)+.5)); \
-                } \
-        } while(0)
+#define TVtoNTP64(t, n)                                                                            \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (!t.tv_usec && !t.tv_sec)                                                               \
+                        n = 0x0UL;                                                                             \
+                else {                                                                                     \
+                        L32(n) = htonl(t.tv_sec + EPOCHDIFF);                                                  \
+                        R32(n) = htonl((uint64_t)((4294.967296 * t.tv_usec) + .5));                            \
+                }                                                                                          \
+        } while (0)
 
 /* NTP control message header is 12 bytes, plus any data in the data
  * field, plus null padding to the nearest 32-bit boundary per rfc.
  */
-#define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m) (12+ntohs(m.count)+((ntohs(m.count)%4)?4-(ntohs(m.count)%4):0))
+#define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m)                                                                            \
+        (12 + ntohs(m.count) + ((ntohs(m.count) % 4) ? 4 - (ntohs(m.count) % 4) : 0))
 
 /* finally, a little helper or two for debugging: */
-#define DBG(x) do{if(verbose>1){ x; }}while(0);
-#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x) \
-        do{ \
-                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x>>24)&0xff, (x>>16)&0xff, (x>>8)&0xff, x&0xff);\
-        }while(0);
+#define DBG(x)                                                                                     \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (verbose > 1) {                                                                         \
+                        x;                                                                                     \
+                }                                                                                          \
+        } while (0);
+#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                           \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);      \
+        } while (0);
 
 /* calculate the offset of the local clock */
-static inline double calc_offset(const ntp_message *m, const struct timeval *t){
+static inline double calc_offset(const ntp_message *m, const struct timeval *t) {
         double client_tx, peer_rx, peer_tx, client_rx;
         client_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->origts);
         peer_rx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->rxts);
         peer_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->txts);
-        client_rx=TVasDOUBLE((*t));
-        return (.5*((peer_tx-client_rx)+(peer_rx-client_tx)));
+        client_rx = TVasDOUBLE((*t));
+        return (.5 * ((peer_tx - client_rx) + (peer_rx - client_tx)));
 }
 
 /* print out a ntp packet in human readable/debuggable format */
-void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *p){
+void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *p) {
         struct timeval ref, orig, rx, tx;
 
-        NTP64toTV(p->refts,ref);
-        NTP64toTV(p->origts,orig);
-        NTP64toTV(p->rxts,rx);
-        NTP64toTV(p->txts,tx);
+        NTP64toTV(p->refts, ref);
+        NTP64toTV(p->origts, orig);
+        NTP64toTV(p->rxts, rx);
+        NTP64toTV(p->txts, tx);
 
         printf("packet contents:\n");
         printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x\n", p->flags);
-        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags&LI_MASK);
-        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags&VN_MASK);
-        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags&MODE_MASK);
+        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
+        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
+        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
         printf("\tstratum = %d\n", p->stratum);
         printf("\tpoll = %g\n", pow(2, p->poll));
         printf("\tprecision = %g\n", pow(2, p->precision));
@@ -241,32 +263,31 @@ void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *p){
         printf("\ttxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->txts));
 }
 
-void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p){
-        int i=0, numpeers=0;
-        const ntp_assoc_status_pair *peer=NULL;
+void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p) {
+        int i = 0, numpeers = 0;
+        const ntp_assoc_status_pair *peer = NULL;
 
         printf("control packet contents:\n");
         printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x , 0x%.2x\n", p->flags, p->op);
-        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags&LI_MASK);
-        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags&VN_MASK);
-        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags&MODE_MASK);
-        printf("\t  response=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op&REM_RESP)>0, p->op&REM_RESP);
-        printf("\t  more=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op&REM_MORE)>0, p->op&REM_MORE);
-        printf("\t  error=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op&REM_ERROR)>0, p->op&REM_ERROR);
-        printf("\t  op=%d (0x%.2x)\n", p->op&OP_MASK, p->op&OP_MASK);
+        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
+        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
+        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
+        printf("\t  response=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_RESP) > 0, p->op & REM_RESP);
+        printf("\t  more=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_MORE) > 0, p->op & REM_MORE);
+        printf("\t  error=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_ERROR) > 0, p->op & REM_ERROR);
+        printf("\t  op=%d (0x%.2x)\n", p->op & OP_MASK, p->op & OP_MASK);
         printf("\tsequence: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->seq), ntohs(p->seq));
         printf("\tstatus: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->status), ntohs(p->status));
         printf("\tassoc: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->assoc), ntohs(p->assoc));
         printf("\toffset: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->offset), ntohs(p->offset));
         printf("\tcount: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->count), ntohs(p->count));
-        numpeers=ntohs(p->count)/(sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair));
-        if(p->op&REM_RESP && p->op&OP_READSTAT){
-                peer=(ntp_assoc_status_pair*)p->data;
-                for(i=0;i<numpeers;i++){
-                        printf("\tpeer id %.2x status %.2x",
-                               ntohs(peer[i].assoc), ntohs(peer[i].status));
-                        if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED){
-                                if(PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE){
+        numpeers = ntohs(p->count) / (sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair));
+        if (p->op & REM_RESP && p->op & OP_READSTAT) {
+                peer = (ntp_assoc_status_pair *)p->data;
+                for (i = 0; i < numpeers; i++) {
+                        printf("\tpeer id %.2x status %.2x", ntohs(peer[i].assoc), ntohs(peer[i].status));
+                        if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED) {
+                                if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
                                         printf(" <-- current sync source");
                                 } else {
                                         printf(" <-- current sync candidate");
@@ -277,41 +298,45 @@ void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p){
         }
 }
 
-void setup_request(ntp_message *p){
+void setup_request(ntp_message *p) {
         struct timeval t;
 
         memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_message));
         LI_SET(p->flags, LI_ALARM);
         VN_SET(p->flags, 4);
         MODE_SET(p->flags, MODE_CLIENT);
-        p->poll=4;
-        p->precision=(int8_t)0xfa;
-        L16(p->rtdelay)=htons(1);
-        L16(p->rtdisp)=htons(1);
+        p->poll = 4;
+        p->precision = (int8_t)0xfa;
+        L16(p->rtdelay) = htons(1);
+        L16(p->rtdisp) = htons(1);
 
         gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
-        TVtoNTP64(t,p->txts);
+        TVtoNTP64(t, p->txts);
 }
 
 /* select the "best" server from a list of servers, and return its index.
  * this is done by filtering servers based on stratum, dispersion, and
  * finally round-trip delay. */
-int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers){
-        int cserver=0, best_server=-1;
+int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers) {
+        int cserver = 0, best_server = -1;
 
         /* for each server */
-        for(cserver=0; cserver<nservers; cserver++){
+        for (cserver = 0; cserver < nservers; cserver++) {
                 /* We don't want any servers that fails these tests */
                 /* Sort out servers that didn't respond or responede with a 0 stratum;
                  * stratum 0 is for reference clocks so no NTP server should ever report
                  * a stratum 0 */
-                if ( slist[cserver].stratum == 0){
-                        if (verbose) printf("discarding peer %d: stratum=%d\n", cserver, slist[cserver].stratum);
+                if (slist[cserver].stratum == 0) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("discarding peer %d: stratum=%d\n", cserver, slist[cserver].stratum);
+                        }
                         continue;
                 }
                 /* Sort out servers with error flags */
-                if ( LI(slist[cserver].flags) == LI_ALARM ){
-                        if (verbose) printf("discarding peer %d: flags=%d\n", cserver, LI(slist[cserver].flags));
+                if (LI(slist[cserver].flags) == LI_ALARM) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("discarding peer %d: flags=%d\n", cserver, LI(slist[cserver].flags));
+                        }
                         continue;
                 }
 
@@ -325,13 +350,13 @@ int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers){
                 /* compare the server to the best one we've seen so far */
                 /* does it have an equal or better stratum? */
                 DBG(printf("comparing peer %d with peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
-                if(slist[cserver].stratum <= slist[best_server].stratum){
+                if (slist[cserver].stratum <= slist[best_server].stratum) {
                         DBG(printf("stratum for peer %d <= peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
                         /* does it have an equal or better dispersion? */
-                        if(slist[cserver].rtdisp <= slist[best_server].rtdisp){
+                        if (slist[cserver].rtdisp <= slist[best_server].rtdisp) {
                                 DBG(printf("dispersion for peer %d <= peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
                                 /* does it have a better rtdelay? */
-                                if(slist[cserver].rtdelay < slist[best_server].rtdelay){
+                                if (slist[cserver].rtdelay < slist[best_server].rtdelay) {
                                         DBG(printf("rtdelay for peer %d < peer %d\n", cserver, best_server));
                                         best_server = cserver;
                                         DBG(printf("peer %d is now our best candidate\n", best_server));
@@ -340,7 +365,7 @@ int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers){
                 }
         }
 
-        if(best_server >= 0) {
+        if (best_server >= 0) {
                 DBG(printf("best server selected: peer %d\n", best_server));
                 return best_server;
         } else {
@@ -354,16 +379,16 @@ int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers){
  *   we don't waste time sitting around waiting for single packets.
  * - we also "manually" handle resolving host names and connecting, because
  *   we have to do it in a way that our lazy macros don't handle currently :( */
-double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
-        int i=0, ga_result=0, num_hosts=0, *socklist=NULL, respnum=0;
-        int servers_completed=0, one_read=0, servers_readable=0, best_index=-1;
-        time_t now_time=0, start_ts=0;
-        ntp_message *req=NULL;
-        double avg_offset=0.;
+double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
+        int i = 0, ga_result = 0, num_hosts = 0, *socklist = NULL, respnum = 0;
+        int servers_completed = 0, one_read = 0, servers_readable = 0, best_index = -1;
+        time_t now_time = 0, start_ts = 0;
+        ntp_message *req = NULL;
+        double avg_offset = 0.;
         struct timeval recv_time;
-        struct addrinfo *ai=NULL, *ai_tmp=NULL, hints;
-        struct pollfd *ufds=NULL;
-        ntp_server_results *servers=NULL;
+        struct addrinfo *ai = NULL, *ai_tmp = NULL, hints;
+        struct pollfd *ufds = NULL;
+        ntp_server_results *servers = NULL;
 
         /* setup hints to only return results from getaddrinfo that we'd like */
         memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
@@ -373,97 +398,112 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
 
         /* fill in ai with the list of hosts resolved by the host name */
         ga_result = getaddrinfo(host, "123", &hints, &ai);
-        if(ga_result!=0){
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "error getting address for %s: %s\n",
-                    host, gai_strerror(ga_result));
+        if (ga_result != 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "error getting address for %s: %s\n", host, gai_strerror(ga_result));
         }
 
         /* count the number of returned hosts, and allocate stuff accordingly */
-        for(ai_tmp=ai; ai_tmp!=NULL; ai_tmp=ai_tmp->ai_next){ num_hosts++; }
-        req=(ntp_message*)malloc(sizeof(ntp_message)*num_hosts);
-        if(req==NULL) die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate ntp message array");
-        socklist=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*num_hosts);
-        if(socklist==NULL) die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
-        ufds=(struct pollfd*)malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd)*num_hosts);
-        if(ufds==NULL) die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
-        servers=(ntp_server_results*)malloc(sizeof(ntp_server_results)*num_hosts);
-        if(servers==NULL) die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate server array");
-        memset(servers, 0, sizeof(ntp_server_results)*num_hosts);
+        for (ai_tmp = ai; ai_tmp != NULL; ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next) {
+                num_hosts++;
+        }
+        req = (ntp_message *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_message) * num_hosts);
+        if (req == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate ntp message array");
+        }
+        socklist = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * num_hosts);
+        if (socklist == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
+        }
+        ufds = (struct pollfd *)malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd) * num_hosts);
+        if (ufds == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
+        }
+        servers = (ntp_server_results *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
+        if (servers == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate server array");
+        }
+        memset(servers, 0, sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
         DBG(printf("Found %d peers to check\n", num_hosts));
 
         /* setup each socket for writing, and the corresponding struct pollfd */
-        ai_tmp=ai;
-        for(i=0;ai_tmp;i++){
-                socklist[i]=socket(ai_tmp->ai_family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
-                if(socklist[i] == -1) {
+        ai_tmp = ai;
+        for (i = 0; ai_tmp; i++) {
+                socklist[i] = socket(ai_tmp->ai_family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+                if (socklist[i] == -1) {
                         perror(NULL);
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not create new socket");
                 }
-                if(connect(socklist[i], ai_tmp->ai_addr, ai_tmp->ai_addrlen)){
+                if (connect(socklist[i], ai_tmp->ai_addr, ai_tmp->ai_addrlen)) {
                         /* don't die here, because it is enough if there is one server
                            answering in time. This also would break for dual ipv4/6 stacked
                            ntp servers when the client only supports on of them.
                          */
                         DBG(printf("can't create socket connection on peer %i: %s\n", i, strerror(errno)));
                 } else {
-                        ufds[i].fd=socklist[i];
-                        ufds[i].events=POLLIN;
-                        ufds[i].revents=0;
+                        ufds[i].fd = socklist[i];
+                        ufds[i].events = POLLIN;
+                        ufds[i].revents = 0;
                 }
                 ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next;
         }
 
         /* now do AVG_NUM checks to each host.  we stop before timeout/2 seconds
          * have passed in order to ensure post-processing and jitter time. */
-        now_time=start_ts=time(NULL);
-        while(servers_completed<num_hosts && now_time-start_ts <= socket_timeout/2){
+        now_time = start_ts = time(NULL);
+        while (servers_completed < num_hosts && now_time - start_ts <= socket_timeout / 2) {
                 /* loop through each server and find each one which hasn't
                  * been touched in the past second or so and is still lacking
                  * some responses.  for each of these servers, send a new request,
                  * and update the "waiting" timestamp with the current time. */
-                now_time=time(NULL);
+                now_time = time(NULL);
 
-                for(i=0; i<num_hosts; i++){
-                        if(servers[i].waiting<now_time && servers[i].num_responses<AVG_NUM){
-                                if(verbose && servers[i].waiting != 0) printf("re-");
-                                if(verbose) printf("sending request to peer %d\n", i);
+                for (i = 0; i < num_hosts; i++) {
+                        if (servers[i].waiting < now_time && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
+                                if (verbose && servers[i].waiting != 0) {
+                                        printf("re-");
+                                }
+                                if (verbose) {
+                                        printf("sending request to peer %d\n", i);
+                                }
                                 setup_request(&req[i]);
                                 write(socklist[i], &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
-                                servers[i].waiting=now_time;
+                                servers[i].waiting = now_time;
                                 break;
                         }
                 }
 
                 /* quickly poll for any sockets with pending data */
-                servers_readable=poll(ufds, num_hosts, 100);
-                if(servers_readable==-1){
+                servers_readable = poll(ufds, num_hosts, 100);
+                if (servers_readable == -1) {
                         perror("polling ntp sockets");
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "communication errors");
                 }
 
                 /* read from any sockets with pending data */
-                for(i=0; servers_readable && i<num_hosts; i++){
-                        if(ufds[i].revents&POLLIN && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM){
-                                if(verbose) {
+                for (i = 0; servers_readable && i < num_hosts; i++) {
+                        if (ufds[i].revents & POLLIN && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("response from peer %d: ", i);
                                 }
 
                                 read(ufds[i].fd, &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
                                 gettimeofday(&recv_time, NULL);
                                 DBG(print_ntp_message(&req[i]));
-                                respnum=servers[i].num_responses++;
-                                servers[i].offset[respnum]=calc_offset(&req[i], &recv_time);
-                                if(verbose) {
+                                respnum = servers[i].num_responses++;
+                                servers[i].offset[respnum] = calc_offset(&req[i], &recv_time);
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("offset %.10g\n", servers[i].offset[respnum]);
                                 }
-                                servers[i].stratum=req[i].stratum;
-                                servers[i].rtdisp=NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdisp);
-                                servers[i].rtdelay=NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdelay);
-                                servers[i].waiting=0;
-                                servers[i].flags=req[i].flags;
+                                servers[i].stratum = req[i].stratum;
+                                servers[i].rtdisp = NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdisp);
+                                servers[i].rtdelay = NTP32asDOUBLE(req[i].rtdelay);
+                                servers[i].waiting = 0;
+                                servers[i].flags = req[i].flags;
                                 servers_readable--;
                                 one_read = 1;
-                                if(servers[i].num_responses==AVG_NUM) servers_completed++;
+                                if (servers[i].num_responses == AVG_NUM) {
+                                        servers_completed++;
+                                }
                         }
                 }
                 /* lather, rinse, repeat. */
@@ -474,15 +514,15 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
         }
 
         /* now, pick the best server from the list */
-        best_index=best_offset_server(servers, num_hosts);
-        if(best_index < 0){
-                *status=STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        best_index = best_offset_server(servers, num_hosts);
+        if (best_index < 0) {
+                *status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         } else {
                 /* finally, calculate the average offset */
-                for(i=0; i<servers[best_index].num_responses;i++){
-                        avg_offset+=servers[best_index].offset[i];
+                for (i = 0; i < servers[best_index].num_responses; i++) {
+                        avg_offset += servers[best_index].offset[i];
                 }
-                avg_offset/=servers[best_index].num_responses;
+                avg_offset /= servers[best_index].num_responses;
         }
 
         /* cleanup */
@@ -496,12 +536,13 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
         free(req);
         freeaddrinfo(ai);
 
-        if(verbose) printf("overall average offset: %.10g\n", avg_offset);
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("overall average offset: %.10g\n", avg_offset);
+        }
         return avg_offset;
 }
 
-void
-setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq){
+void setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq) {
         memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_control_message));
         LI_SET(p->flags, LI_NOWARNING);
         VN_SET(p->flags, VN_RESERVED);
@@ -512,16 +553,16 @@ setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq){
 }
 
 /* XXX handle responses with the error bit set */
-double jitter_request(int *status){
-        int conn=-1, i, npeers=0, num_candidates=0;
+double jitter_request(int *status) {
+        int conn = -1, i, npeers = 0, num_candidates = 0;
         bool syncsource_found = false;
-        int run=0, min_peer_sel=PEER_INCLUDED, num_selected=0, num_valid=0;
-        int peers_size=0, peer_offset=0;
-        ntp_assoc_status_pair *peers=NULL;
+        int run = 0, min_peer_sel = PEER_INCLUDED, num_selected = 0, num_valid = 0;
+        int peers_size = 0, peer_offset = 0;
+        ntp_assoc_status_pair *peers = NULL;
         ntp_control_message req;
         const char *getvar = "jitter";
         double rval = 0.0, jitter = -1.0;
-        char *startofvalue=NULL, *nptr=NULL;
+        char *startofvalue = NULL, *nptr = NULL;
         void *tmp;
 
         /* Long-winded explanation:
@@ -542,54 +583,62 @@ double jitter_request(int *status){
 
         /* keep sending requests until the server stops setting the
          * REM_MORE bit, though usually this is only 1 packet. */
-        do{
+        do {
                 setup_control_request(&req, OP_READSTAT, 1);
                 DBG(printf("sending READSTAT request"));
                 write(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
                 DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
                 /* Attempt to read the largest size packet possible */
-                req.count=htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
+                req.count = htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
                 DBG(printf("receiving READSTAT response"))
                 read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
                 DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
                 /* Each peer identifier is 4 bytes in the data section, which
-                 * we represent as a ntp_assoc_status_pair datatype.
-                 */
-                peers_size+=ntohs(req.count);
-                if((tmp=realloc(peers, peers_size)) == NULL)
+                 * we represent as a ntp_assoc_status_pair datatype.
+                 */
+                peers_size += ntohs(req.count);
+                if ((tmp = realloc(peers, peers_size)) == NULL) {
                         free(peers), die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not (re)allocate 'peers' buffer\n");
-                peers=tmp;
-                memcpy((void*)((ptrdiff_t)peers+peer_offset), (void*)req.data, ntohs(req.count));
-                npeers=peers_size/sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair);
-                peer_offset+=ntohs(req.count);
-        } while(req.op&REM_MORE);
+                }
+                peers = tmp;
+                memcpy((void *)((ptrdiff_t)peers + peer_offset), (void *)req.data, ntohs(req.count));
+                npeers = peers_size / sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair);
+                peer_offset += ntohs(req.count);
+        } while (req.op & REM_MORE);
 
         /* first, let's find out if we have a sync source, or if there are
          * at least some candidates.  in the case of the latter we'll issue
          * a warning but go ahead with the check on them. */
-        for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++){
-                if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED){
+        for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
+                if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED) {
                         num_candidates++;
-                        if(PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE){
+                        if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
                                 syncsource_found = true;
-                                min_peer_sel=PEER_SYNCSOURCE;
+                                min_peer_sel = PEER_SYNCSOURCE;
                         }
                 }
         }
-        if(verbose) printf("%d candidate peers available\n", num_candidates);
-        if(verbose && syncsource_found) printf("synchronization source found\n");
-        if(! syncsource_found){
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("%d candidate peers available\n", num_candidates);
+        }
+        if (verbose && syncsource_found) {
+                printf("synchronization source found\n");
+        }
+        if (!syncsource_found) {
                 *status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                if(verbose) printf("warning: no synchronization source found\n");
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("warning: no synchronization source found\n");
+                }
         }
 
-
-        for (run=0; run<AVG_NUM; run++){
-                if(verbose) printf("jitter run %d of %d\n", run+1, AVG_NUM);
-                for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++){
+        for (run = 0; run < AVG_NUM; run++) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("jitter run %d of %d\n", run + 1, AVG_NUM);
+                }
+                for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
                         /* Only query this server if it is the current sync source */
-                        if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel){
-                                char jitter_data[MAX_CM_SIZE+1];
+                        if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel) {
+                                char jitter_data[MAX_CM_SIZE + 1];
                                 size_t jitter_data_count;
 
                                 num_selected++;
@@ -602,7 +651,7 @@ double jitter_request(int *status){
                                  */
                                 /* Older servers doesn't know what jitter is, so if we get an
                                  * error on the first pass we redo it with "dispersion" */
-                                strncpy(req.data, getvar, MAX_CM_SIZE-1);
+                                strncpy(req.data, getvar, MAX_CM_SIZE - 1);
                                 req.count = htons(strlen(getvar));
                                 DBG(printf("sending READVAR request...\n"));
                                 write(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
@@ -613,8 +662,11 @@ double jitter_request(int *status){
                                 read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
                                 DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
 
-                                if(req.op&REM_ERROR && strstr(getvar, "jitter")) {
-                                        if(verbose) printf("The 'jitter' command failed (old ntp server?)\nRestarting with 'dispersion'...\n");
+                                if (req.op & REM_ERROR && strstr(getvar, "jitter")) {
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf("The 'jitter' command failed (old ntp server?)\nRestarting with "
+                                                           "'dispersion'...\n");
+                                        }
                                         getvar = "dispersion";
                                         num_selected--;
                                         i--;
@@ -622,32 +674,33 @@ double jitter_request(int *status){
                                 }
 
                                 /* get to the float value */
-                                if(verbose) {
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("parsing jitter from peer %.2x: ", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
                                 }
-                                if((jitter_data_count = ntohs(req.count)) >= sizeof(jitter_data)){
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
-                                            _("jitter response too large (%lu bytes)\n"),
-                                            (unsigned long)jitter_data_count);
+                                if ((jitter_data_count = ntohs(req.count)) >= sizeof(jitter_data)) {
+                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("jitter response too large (%lu bytes)\n"),
+                                                (unsigned long)jitter_data_count);
                                 }
                                 memcpy(jitter_data, req.data, jitter_data_count);
                                 jitter_data[jitter_data_count] = '\0';
                                 startofvalue = strchr(jitter_data, '=');
-                                if(startofvalue != NULL) {
+                                if (startofvalue != NULL) {
                                         startofvalue++;
                                         jitter = strtod(startofvalue, &nptr);
                                 }
-                                if(startofvalue == NULL || startofvalue==nptr){
+                                if (startofvalue == NULL || startofvalue == nptr) {
                                         printf("warning: unable to read server jitter response.\n");
                                         *status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
                                 } else {
-                                        if(verbose) printf("%g\n", jitter);
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf("%g\n", jitter);
+                                        }
                                         num_valid++;
                                         rval += jitter;
                                 }
                         }
                 }
-                if(verbose){
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("jitter parsed from %d/%d peers\n", num_valid, num_selected);
                 }
         }
@@ -655,37 +708,33 @@ double jitter_request(int *status){
         rval = num_valid ? rval / num_valid : -1.0;
 
         close(conn);
-        if(peers!=NULL) free(peers);
+        if (peers != NULL) {
+                free(peers);
+        }
         /* If we return -1.0, it means no synchronization source was found */
         return rval;
 }
 
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv){
+int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         int c;
-        int option=0;
+        int option = 0;
         static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"jwarn", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
-                {"jcrit", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
-                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
-        };
-
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                usage ("\n");
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},       {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"jwarn", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
+                {"jcrit", required_argument, 0, 'k'},    {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                usage("\n");
+        }
 
         while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vhv46w:c:j:k:t:H:", longopts, &option);
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhv46w:c:j:k:t:H:", longopts, &option);
+                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (c) {
                 case 'h':
@@ -716,12 +765,13 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv){
                         jcrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H':
-                        if(!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
+                        }
                         server_address = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 't':
-                        socket_timeout=atoi(optarg);
+                        socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
@@ -730,64 +780,59 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv){
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
                         address_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
-                        usage4 (_("IPv6 support not available"));
+                        usage4(_("IPv6 support not available"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 case '?':
                         /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
-                        usage5 ();
+                        usage5();
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        if(server_address == NULL){
+        if (server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
         }
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-char *perfd_offset (double offset)
-{
-        return fperfdata ("offset", offset, "s",
-                true, offset_thresholds->warning->end,
-                true, offset_thresholds->critical->end,
-                false, 0, false, 0);
+char *perfd_offset(double offset) {
+        return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true,
+                                         offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
-char *perfd_jitter (double jitter)
-{
-        return fperfdata ("jitter", jitter, "s",
-                do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->warning->end,
-                do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->critical->end,
-                true, 0, false, 0);
+char *perfd_jitter(double jitter) {
+        return fperfdata("jitter", jitter, "s", do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->warning->end, do_jitter,
+                                         jitter_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         int result, offset_result, jitter_result;
-        double offset=0, jitter=0;
+        double offset = 0, jitter = 0;
         char *result_line, *perfdata_line;
 
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
         result = offset_result = jitter_result = STATE_OK;
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
         set_thresholds(&offset_thresholds, owarn, ocrit);
         set_thresholds(&jitter_thresholds, jwarn, jcrit);
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        signal (SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
+        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
 
         /* set socket timeout */
-        alarm (socket_timeout);
+        alarm(socket_timeout);
 
         offset = offset_request(server_address, &offset_result);
         /* check_ntp used to always return CRITICAL if offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN.
@@ -803,31 +848,32 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
          * servers recognize.  Trying to check the jitter on OpenNTPD
          * (for example) will result in an error
          */
-        if(do_jitter){
-                jitter=jitter_request(&jitter_result);
+        if (do_jitter) {
+                jitter = jitter_request(&jitter_result);
                 result = max_state_alt(result, get_status(jitter, jitter_thresholds));
                 /* -1 indicates that we couldn't calculate the jitter
                  * Only overrides STATE_OK from the offset */
-                if(jitter == -1.0 && result == STATE_OK)
+                if (jitter == -1.0 && result == STATE_OK) {
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                }
         }
         result = max_state_alt(result, jitter_result);
 
         switch (result) {
-                case STATE_CRITICAL :
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP CRITICAL:"));
-                        break;
-                case STATE_WARNING :
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP WARNING:"));
-                        break;
-                case STATE_OK :
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP OK:"));
-                        break;
-                default :
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP UNKNOWN:"));
-                        break;
+        case STATE_CRITICAL:
+                xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP CRITICAL:"));
+                break;
+        case STATE_WARNING:
+                xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP WARNING:"));
+                break;
+        case STATE_OK:
+                xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP OK:"));
+                break;
+        default:
+                xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP UNKNOWN:"));
+                break;
         }
-        if(offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN){
+        if (offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s", result_line, _("Offset unknown"));
                 xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "");
         } else {
@@ -836,41 +882,41 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
         }
         if (do_jitter) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f", result_line, jitter);
-                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line,  perfd_jitter(jitter));
+                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line, perfd_jitter(jitter));
         }
         printf("%s|%s\n", result_line, perfdata_line);
 
-        if(server_address!=NULL) free(server_address);
+        if (server_address != NULL) {
+                free(server_address);
+        }
         return result;
 }
 
-
-
-void print_help(void){
+void print_help(void) {
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-        printf ("Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney\n");
-        printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 2006 Sean Finney\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf ("%s\n", _("This plugin checks the selected ntp server"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin checks the selected ntp server"));
 
-        printf ("\n\n");
+        printf("\n\n");
 
         print_usage();
-        printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-        printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', "123");
-        printf (UT_IPv46);
-        printf (" %s\n", "-w, --warning=THRESHOLD");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in warning status (seconds)"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in critical status (seconds)"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-j, --jwarn=THRESHOLD");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Warning threshold for jitter"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-k, --jcrit=THRESHOLD");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("Critical threshold for jitter"));
-        printf (UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-        printf (UT_VERBOSE);
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', "123");
+        printf(UT_IPv46);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=THRESHOLD");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in warning status (seconds)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in critical status (seconds)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-j, --jwarn=THRESHOLD");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Warning threshold for jitter"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --jcrit=THRESHOLD");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Critical threshold for jitter"));
+        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+        printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
@@ -881,21 +927,21 @@ void print_help(void){
         printf(" %s\n", _("Normal offset check:"));
         printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1"));
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Check jitter too, avoiding critical notifications if jitter isn't available"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Check jitter too, avoiding critical notifications if jitter isn't available"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("(See Notes above for more details on thresholds formats):"));
         printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1 -j -1:100 -k -1:200"));
 
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 
-        printf ("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
-        printf ("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
+        printf("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
 }
 
-void
-print_usage(void)
-{
-        printf ("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
-        printf ("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s -H <host> [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-j <warn>] [-k <crit>] [-4|-6] [-v verbose]\n", progname);
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("WARNING: check_ntp is deprecated. Please use check_ntp_peer or"));
+        printf("%s\n\n", _("check_ntp_time instead."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf(" %s -H <host> [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-j <warn>] [-k <crit>] [-4|-6] [-v verbose]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
index f99e5032..24d1c9b5 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "thresholds.h"
 const char *progname = "check_ntp_peer";
 const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -42,30 +43,18 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+#include "check_ntp_peer.d/config.h"
 
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static int port = 123;
 static int verbose = 0;
-static bool quiet = false;
-static char *owarn = "60";
-static char *ocrit = "120";
-static bool do_stratum = false;
-static char *swarn = "-1:16";
-static char *scrit = "-1:16";
-static bool do_jitter = false;
-static char *jwarn = "-1:5000";
-static char *jcrit = "-1:10000";
-static bool do_truechimers = false;
-static char *twarn = "0:";
-static char *tcrit = "0:";
 static bool syncsource_found = false;
 static bool li_alarm = false;
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static thresholds *offset_thresholds = NULL;
-static thresholds *jitter_thresholds = NULL;
-static thresholds *stratum_thresholds = NULL;
-static thresholds *truechimer_thresholds = NULL;
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ntp_peer_config config;
+} check_ntp_peer_config_wrapper;
+static check_ntp_peer_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
@@ -94,9 +83,9 @@ typedef struct {
 /* bits 1,2 are the leap indicator */
 #define LI_MASK 0xc0
 #define LI(x)   ((x & LI_MASK) >> 6)
-#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                                                         \
+#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                 \
         } while (0)
 /* and these are the values of the leap indicator */
 #define LI_NOWARNING  0x00
@@ -106,17 +95,17 @@ typedef struct {
 /* bits 3,4,5 are the ntp version */
 #define VN_MASK 0x38
 #define VN(x)   ((x & VN_MASK) >> 3)
-#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                                                         \
+#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                 \
         } while (0)
 #define VN_RESERVED 0x02
 /* bits 6,7,8 are the ntp mode */
 #define MODE_MASK 0x07
 #define MODE(x)   (x & MODE_MASK)
-#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                     \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                                                              \
+#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                             \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                      \
         } while (0)
 /* here are some values */
 #define MODE_CLIENT     0x03
@@ -128,9 +117,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #define REM_MORE  0x20
 /* In control message, bits 11 - 15 are opcode */
 #define OP_MASK 0x1f
-#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                                                                \
+#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                        \
         } while (0)
 #define OP_READSTAT 0x01
 #define OP_READVAR  0x02
@@ -143,39 +132,40 @@ typedef struct {
 /* NTP control message header is 12 bytes, plus any data in the data
  * field, plus null padding to the nearest 32-bit boundary per rfc.
  */
-#define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m) (12 + ntohs(m.count) + ((ntohs(m.count) % 4) ? 4 - (ntohs(m.count) % 4) : 0))
+#define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m)                                                                            \
+        (12 + ntohs(m.count) + ((ntohs(m.count) % 4) ? 4 - (ntohs(m.count) % 4) : 0))
 
 /* finally, a little helper or two for debugging: */
-#define DBG(x)                                                                                                                             \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (verbose > 1) {                                                                                                                 \
-                        x;                                                                                                                             \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
+#define DBG(x)                                                                                     \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (verbose > 1) {                                                                         \
+                        x;                                                                                     \
+                }                                                                                          \
         } while (0);
-#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                                                                   \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);                                              \
+#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                           \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);      \
         } while (0);
 
-void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p) {
+void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *message) {
         printf("control packet contents:\n");
-        printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x , 0x%.2x\n", p->flags, p->op);
-        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
-        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
-        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
-        printf("\t  response=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_RESP) > 0, p->op & REM_RESP);
-        printf("\t  more=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_MORE) > 0, p->op & REM_MORE);
-        printf("\t  error=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (p->op & REM_ERROR) > 0, p->op & REM_ERROR);
-        printf("\t  op=%d (0x%.2x)\n", p->op & OP_MASK, p->op & OP_MASK);
-        printf("\tsequence: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->seq), ntohs(p->seq));
-        printf("\tstatus: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->status), ntohs(p->status));
-        printf("\tassoc: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->assoc), ntohs(p->assoc));
-        printf("\toffset: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->offset), ntohs(p->offset));
-        printf("\tcount: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(p->count), ntohs(p->count));
-
-        int numpeers = ntohs(p->count) / (sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair));
-        if (p->op & REM_RESP && p->op & OP_READSTAT) {
-                const ntp_assoc_status_pair *peer = (ntp_assoc_status_pair *)p->data;
+        printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x , 0x%.2x\n", message->flags, message->op);
+        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(message->flags), message->flags & LI_MASK);
+        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(message->flags), message->flags & VN_MASK);
+        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(message->flags), message->flags & MODE_MASK);
+        printf("\t  response=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (message->op & REM_RESP) > 0, message->op & REM_RESP);
+        printf("\t  more=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (message->op & REM_MORE) > 0, message->op & REM_MORE);
+        printf("\t  error=%d (0x%.2x)\n", (message->op & REM_ERROR) > 0, message->op & REM_ERROR);
+        printf("\t  op=%d (0x%.2x)\n", message->op & OP_MASK, message->op & OP_MASK);
+        printf("\tsequence: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(message->seq), ntohs(message->seq));
+        printf("\tstatus: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(message->status), ntohs(message->status));
+        printf("\tassoc: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(message->assoc), ntohs(message->assoc));
+        printf("\toffset: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(message->offset), ntohs(message->offset));
+        printf("\tcount: %d (0x%.2x)\n", ntohs(message->count), ntohs(message->count));
+
+        int numpeers = ntohs(message->count) / (sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair));
+        if (message->op & REM_RESP && message->op & OP_READSTAT) {
+                const ntp_assoc_status_pair *peer = (ntp_assoc_status_pair *)message->data;
                 for (int i = 0; i < numpeers; i++) {
                         printf("\tpeer id %.2x status %.2x", ntohs(peer[i].assoc), ntohs(peer[i].status));
                         if (PEER_SEL(peer[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
@@ -190,13 +180,13 @@ void print_ntp_control_message(const ntp_control_message *p) {
         }
 }
 
-void setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq) {
-        memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_control_message));
-        LI_SET(p->flags, LI_NOWARNING);
-        VN_SET(p->flags, VN_RESERVED);
-        MODE_SET(p->flags, MODE_CONTROLMSG);
-        OP_SET(p->op, opcode);
-        p->seq = htons(seq);
+void setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *message, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq) {
+        memset(message, 0, sizeof(ntp_control_message));
+        LI_SET(message->flags, LI_NOWARNING);
+        VN_SET(message->flags, VN_RESERVED);
+        MODE_SET(message->flags, MODE_CONTROLMSG);
+        OP_SET(message->op, opcode);
+        message->seq = htons(seq);
         /* Remaining fields are zero for requests */
 }
 
@@ -211,10 +201,23 @@ void setup_control_request(ntp_control_message *p, uint8_t opcode, uint16_t seq)
  *  status is pretty much useless as syncsource_found is a global variable
  *  used later in main to check is the server was synchronized. It works
  *  so I left it alone */
-int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum, int *num_truechimers) {
-        *offset_result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        *jitter = *stratum = -1;
-        *num_truechimers = 0;
+typedef struct {
+        mp_state_enum state;
+        mp_state_enum offset_result;
+        double offset;
+        double jitter;
+        long stratum;
+        int num_truechimers;
+} ntp_request_result;
+ntp_request_result ntp_request(const check_ntp_peer_config config) {
+
+        ntp_request_result result = {
+                .state = STATE_OK,
+                .offset_result = STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                .jitter = -1,
+                .stratum = -1,
+                .num_truechimers = 0,
+        };
 
         /* Long-winded explanation:
          * Getting the sync peer offset, jitter and stratum requires a number of
@@ -237,10 +240,10 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
         void *tmp;
         ntp_assoc_status_pair *peers = NULL;
         int peer_offset = 0;
-        int peers_size = 0;
-        int npeers = 0;
+        size_t peers_size = 0;
+        size_t npeers = 0;
         int conn = -1;
-        my_udp_connect(server_address, port, &conn);
+        my_udp_connect(config.server_address, config.port, &conn);
 
         /* keep sending requests until the server stops setting the
          * REM_MORE bit, though usually this is only 1 packet. */
@@ -255,24 +258,28 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
                         /* Attempt to read the largest size packet possible */
                         req.count = htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
                         DBG(printf("receiving READSTAT response"))
-                        if (read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req)) == -1)
+                        if (read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req)) == -1) {
                                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server\n");
+                        }
                         DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
                         /* discard obviously invalid packets */
-                        if (ntohs(req.count) > MAX_CM_SIZE)
+                        if (ntohs(req.count) > MAX_CM_SIZE) {
                                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NTP CRITICAL: Invalid packet received from NTP server\n");
+                        }
                 } while (!(req.op & OP_READSTAT && ntohs(req.seq) == 1));
 
-                if (LI(req.flags) == LI_ALARM)
+                if (LI(req.flags) == LI_ALARM) {
                         li_alarm = true;
+                }
                 /* Each peer identifier is 4 bytes in the data section, which
                  * we represent as a ntp_assoc_status_pair datatype.
                  */
                 peers_size += ntohs(req.count);
-                if ((tmp = realloc(peers, peers_size)) == NULL)
+                if ((tmp = realloc(peers, peers_size)) == NULL) {
                         free(peers), die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not (re)allocate 'peers' buffer\n");
+                }
                 peers = tmp;
-                memcpy((void *)((ptrdiff_t)peers + peer_offset), (void *)req.data, ntohs(req.count));
+                memcpy((peers + peer_offset), (void *)req.data, ntohs(req.count));
                 npeers = peers_size / sizeof(ntp_assoc_status_pair);
                 peer_offset += ntohs(req.count);
         } while (req.op & REM_MORE);
@@ -280,9 +287,9 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
         /* first, let's find out if we have a sync source, or if there are
          * at least some candidates. In the latter case we'll issue
          * a warning but go ahead with the check on them. */
-        for (int i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
                 if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_TRUECHIMER) {
-                        (*num_truechimers)++;
+                        result.num_truechimers++;
                         if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_INCLUDED) {
                                 num_candidates++;
                                 if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= PEER_SYNCSOURCE) {
@@ -293,31 +300,35 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
                 }
         }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%d candidate peers available\n", num_candidates);
-        if (verbose && syncsource_found)
+        }
+        if (verbose && syncsource_found) {
                 printf("synchronization source found\n");
+        }
 
-        int status = STATE_OK;
         if (!syncsource_found) {
-                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                if (verbose)
+                result.state = STATE_WARNING;
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("warning: no synchronization source found\n");
+                }
         }
         if (li_alarm) {
-                status = STATE_WARNING;
-                if (verbose)
+                result.state = STATE_WARNING;
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("warning: LI_ALARM bit is set\n");
+                }
         }
 
         const char *getvar = "stratum,offset,jitter";
         char *data;
-        for (int i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < npeers; i++) {
                 /* Only query this server if it is the current sync source */
                 /* If there's no sync.peer, query all candidates and use the best one */
                 if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf("Getting offset, jitter and stratum for peer %.2x\n", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
+                        }
                         xasprintf(&data, "");
                         do {
                                 setup_control_request(&req, OP_READVAR, 2);
@@ -342,81 +353,95 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
                                         DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
                                 } while (!(req.op & OP_READVAR && ntohs(req.seq) == 2));
 
-                                if (!(req.op & REM_ERROR))
+                                if (!(req.op & REM_ERROR)) {
                                         xasprintf(&data, "%s%s", data, req.data);
+                                }
                         } while (req.op & REM_MORE);
 
                         if (req.op & REM_ERROR) {
                                 if (strstr(getvar, "jitter")) {
-                                        if (verbose)
-                                                printf("The command failed. This is usually caused by servers refusing the 'jitter'\nvariable. Restarting with "
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf("The command failed. This is usually caused by servers refusing the "
+                                                           "'jitter'\nvariable. Restarting with "
                                                            "'dispersion'...\n");
+                                        }
                                         getvar = "stratum,offset,dispersion";
                                         i--;
                                         continue;
                                 }
                                 if (strlen(getvar)) {
-                                        if (verbose)
+                                        if (verbose) {
                                                 printf("Server didn't like dispersion either; will retrieve everything\n");
+                                        }
                                         getvar = "";
                                         i--;
                                         continue;
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (verbose > 1)
+                        if (verbose > 1) {
                                 printf("Server responded: >>>%s<<<\n", data);
+                        }
 
                         double tmp_offset = 0;
                         char *value;
                         char *nptr;
                         /* get the offset */
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf("parsing offset from peer %.2x: ", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
+                        }
 
                         value = np_extract_ntpvar(data, "offset");
                         nptr = NULL;
                         /* Convert the value if we have one */
-                        if (value != NULL)
+                        if (value != NULL) {
                                 tmp_offset = strtod(value, &nptr) / 1000;
+                        }
                         /* If value is null or no conversion was performed */
                         if (value == NULL || value == nptr) {
-                                if (verbose)
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("error: unable to read server offset response.\n");
+                                }
                         } else {
-                                if (verbose)
+                                if (verbose) {
                                         printf("%.10g\n", tmp_offset);
-                                if (*offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN || fabs(tmp_offset) < fabs(*offset)) {
-                                        *offset = tmp_offset;
-                                        *offset_result = STATE_OK;
+                                }
+                                if (result.offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN ||
+                                        fabs(tmp_offset) < fabs(result.offset)) {
+                                        result.offset = tmp_offset;
+                                        result.offset_result = STATE_OK;
                                 } else {
                                         /* Skip this one; move to the next */
                                         continue;
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (do_jitter) {
+                        if (config.do_jitter) {
                                 /* get the jitter */
                                 if (verbose) {
-                                        printf("parsing %s from peer %.2x: ", strstr(getvar, "dispersion") != NULL ? "dispersion" : "jitter",
+                                        printf("parsing %s from peer %.2x: ",
+                                                   strstr(getvar, "dispersion") != NULL ? "dispersion" : "jitter",
                                                    ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
                                 }
-                                value = np_extract_ntpvar(data, strstr(getvar, "dispersion") != NULL ? "dispersion" : "jitter");
+                                value = np_extract_ntpvar(data, strstr(getvar, "dispersion") != NULL ? "dispersion"
+                                                                                                                                                                         : "jitter");
                                 nptr = NULL;
                                 /* Convert the value if we have one */
-                                if (value != NULL)
-                                        *jitter = strtod(value, &nptr);
+                                if (value != NULL) {
+                                        result.jitter = strtod(value, &nptr);
+                                }
                                 /* If value is null or no conversion was performed */
                                 if (value == NULL || value == nptr) {
-                                        if (verbose)
+                                        if (verbose) {
                                                 printf("error: unable to read server jitter/dispersion response.\n");
-                                        *jitter = -1;
+                                        }
+                                        result.jitter = -1;
                                 } else if (verbose) {
-                                        printf("%.10g\n", *jitter);
+                                        printf("%.10g\n", result.jitter);
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if (do_stratum) {
+                        if (config.do_stratum) {
                                 /* get the stratum */
                                 if (verbose) {
                                         printf("parsing stratum from peer %.2x: ", ntohs(peers[i].assoc));
@@ -424,44 +449,59 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
                                 value = np_extract_ntpvar(data, "stratum");
                                 nptr = NULL;
                                 /* Convert the value if we have one */
-                                if (value != NULL)
-                                        *stratum = strtol(value, &nptr, 10);
+                                if (value != NULL) {
+                                        result.stratum = strtol(value, &nptr, 10);
+                                }
                                 if (value == NULL || value == nptr) {
-                                        if (verbose)
+                                        if (verbose) {
                                                 printf("error: unable to read server stratum response.\n");
-                                        *stratum = -1;
+                                        }
+                                        result.stratum = -1;
                                 } else {
-                                        if (verbose)
-                                                printf("%i\n", *stratum);
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf("%li\n", result.stratum);
+                                        }
                                 }
                         }
                 } /* if (PEER_SEL(peers[i].status) >= min_peer_sel) */
-        }     /* for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) */
+        } /* for (i = 0; i < npeers; i++) */
 
         close(conn);
-        if (peers != NULL)
+        if (peers != NULL) {
                 free(peers);
+        }
 
-        return status;
+        return result;
 }
 
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_ntp_peer_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},        {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},       {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},       {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},  {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"swarn", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
-                {"scrit", required_argument, 0, 'C'},    {"jwarn", required_argument, 0, 'j'},    {"jcrit", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
-                {"twarn", required_argument, 0, 'm'},    {"tcrit", required_argument, 0, 'n'},    {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},     {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},       {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},       {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},      {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'}, {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                {"swarn", required_argument, 0, 'W'},   {"scrit", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"jwarn", required_argument, 0, 'j'},   {"jcrit", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
+                {"twarn", required_argument, 0, 'm'},   {"tcrit", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'}, {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},    {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
                 usage("\n");
+        }
+
+        check_ntp_peer_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_ntp_peer_config_init(),
+        };
 
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
-                int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhv46qw:c:W:C:j:k:m:n:t:H:p:", longopts, &option);
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1)
+                int option_char =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhv46qw:c:W:C:j:k:m:n:t:H:p:", longopts, &option);
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'h':
@@ -476,45 +516,46 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        quiet = true;
+                        result.config.quiet = true;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
-                        owarn = optarg;
+                        result.config.owarn = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'c':
-                        ocrit = optarg;
+                        result.config.ocrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'W':
-                        do_stratum = true;
-                        swarn = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_stratum = true;
+                        result.config.swarn = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'C':
-                        do_stratum = true;
-                        scrit = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_stratum = true;
+                        result.config.scrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'j':
-                        do_jitter = true;
-                        jwarn = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_jitter = true;
+                        result.config.jwarn = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'k':
-                        do_jitter = true;
-                        jcrit = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_jitter = true;
+                        result.config.jcrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'm':
-                        do_truechimers = true;
-                        twarn = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_truechimers = true;
+                        result.config.twarn = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'n':
-                        do_truechimers = true;
-                        tcrit = optarg;
+                        result.config.do_truechimers = true;
+                        result.config.tcrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H':
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_address = strdup(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_address = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'p':
-                        port = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.port = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 't':
                         socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
@@ -536,30 +577,37 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL) {
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
         }
 
-        return 0;
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.offset_thresholds, result.config.owarn, result.config.ocrit);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.jitter_thresholds, result.config.jwarn, result.config.jcrit);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.stratum_thresholds, result.config.swarn, result.config.scrit);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.truechimer_thresholds, result.config.twarn, result.config.tcrit);
+
+        return result;
 }
 
-char *perfd_offset(double offset) {
-        return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true, offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false,
-                                         0);
+char *perfd_offset(double offset, thresholds *offset_thresholds) {
+        return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true,
+                                         offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
-char *perfd_jitter(double jitter) {
-        return fperfdata("jitter", jitter, "", do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->warning->end, do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0,
-                                         false, 0);
+char *perfd_jitter(double jitter, bool do_jitter, thresholds *jitter_thresholds) {
+        return fperfdata("jitter", jitter, "", do_jitter, jitter_thresholds->warning->end, do_jitter,
+                                         jitter_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
-char *perfd_stratum(int stratum) {
-        return perfdata("stratum", stratum, "", do_stratum, (int)stratum_thresholds->warning->end, do_stratum,
-                                        (int)stratum_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, true, 16);
+char *perfd_stratum(int stratum, bool do_stratum, thresholds *stratum_thresholds) {
+        return perfdata("stratum", stratum, "", do_stratum, (int)stratum_thresholds->warning->end,
+                                        do_stratum, (int)stratum_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, true, 16);
 }
 
-char *perfd_truechimers(int num_truechimers) {
-        return perfdata("truechimers", num_truechimers, "", do_truechimers, (int)truechimer_thresholds->warning->end, do_truechimers,
+char *perfd_truechimers(int num_truechimers, const bool do_truechimers,
+                                                thresholds *truechimer_thresholds) {
+        return perfdata("truechimers", num_truechimers, "", do_truechimers,
+                                        (int)truechimer_thresholds->warning->end, do_truechimers,
                                         (int)truechimer_thresholds->critical->end, true, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
@@ -571,13 +619,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_ntp_peer_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        set_thresholds(&offset_thresholds, owarn, ocrit);
-        set_thresholds(&jitter_thresholds, jwarn, jcrit);
-        set_thresholds(&stratum_thresholds, swarn, scrit);
-        set_thresholds(&truechimer_thresholds, twarn, tcrit);
+        const check_ntp_peer_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -585,44 +633,40 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* set socket timeout */
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
-        int offset_result;
-        int stratum;
-        int num_truechimers;
-        double offset = 0;
-        double jitter = 0;
         /* This returns either OK or WARNING (See comment preceding ntp_request) */
-        int result = ntp_request(&offset, &offset_result, &jitter, &stratum, &num_truechimers);
+        ntp_request_result ntp_res = ntp_request(config);
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
-        if (offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+        if (ntp_res.offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
                 /* if there's no sync peer (this overrides ntp_request output): */
-                result = (quiet ? STATE_UNKNOWN : STATE_CRITICAL);
+                result = (config.quiet ? STATE_UNKNOWN : STATE_CRITICAL);
         } else {
                 /* Be quiet if there's no candidates either */
-                if (quiet && result == STATE_WARNING)
+                if (config.quiet && result == STATE_WARNING) {
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                result = max_state_alt(result, get_status(fabs(offset), offset_thresholds));
+                }
+                result = max_state_alt(result, get_status(fabs(ntp_res.offset), config.offset_thresholds));
         }
 
-        int oresult = result;
-
-        int tresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_state_enum oresult = result;
+        mp_state_enum tresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
-        if (do_truechimers) {
-                tresult = get_status(num_truechimers, truechimer_thresholds);
+        if (config.do_truechimers) {
+                tresult = get_status(ntp_res.num_truechimers, config.truechimer_thresholds);
                 result = max_state_alt(result, tresult);
         }
 
-        int sresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_state_enum sresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
-        if (do_stratum) {
-                sresult = get_status(stratum, stratum_thresholds);
+        if (config.do_stratum) {
+                sresult = get_status((double)ntp_res.stratum, config.stratum_thresholds);
                 result = max_state_alt(result, sresult);
         }
 
-        int jresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_state_enum jresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
-        if (do_jitter) {
-                jresult = get_status(jitter, jitter_thresholds);
+        if (config.do_jitter) {
+                jresult = get_status(ntp_res.jitter, config.jitter_thresholds);
                 result = max_state_alt(result, jresult);
         }
 
@@ -641,59 +685,74 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, _("NTP UNKNOWN:"));
                 break;
         }
-        if (!syncsource_found)
+
+        if (!syncsource_found) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s,", result_line, _("Server not synchronized"));
-        else if (li_alarm)
+        } else if (li_alarm) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s,", result_line, _("Server has the LI_ALARM bit set"));
+        }
 
         char *perfdata_line;
-        if (offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+        if (ntp_res.offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s", result_line, _("Offset unknown"));
                 xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "");
         } else if (oresult == STATE_WARNING) {
-                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs (WARNING)", result_line, _("Offset"), offset);
+                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs (WARNING)", result_line, _("Offset"),
+                                  ntp_res.offset);
         } else if (oresult == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs (CRITICAL)", result_line, _("Offset"), offset);
+                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs (CRITICAL)", result_line, _("Offset"),
+                                  ntp_res.offset);
         } else {
-                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs", result_line, _("Offset"), offset);
+                xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs", result_line, _("Offset"), ntp_res.offset);
         }
-        xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s", perfd_offset(offset));
+        xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s", perfd_offset(ntp_res.offset, config.offset_thresholds));
 
-        if (do_jitter) {
+        if (config.do_jitter) {
                 if (jresult == STATE_WARNING) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f (WARNING)", result_line, jitter);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f (WARNING)", result_line, ntp_res.jitter);
                 } else if (jresult == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f (CRITICAL)", result_line, jitter);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f (CRITICAL)", result_line, ntp_res.jitter);
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f", result_line, jitter);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, jitter=%f", result_line, ntp_res.jitter);
                 }
-                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line, perfd_jitter(jitter));
+                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line,
+                                  perfd_jitter(ntp_res.jitter, config.do_jitter, config.jitter_thresholds));
         }
-        if (do_stratum) {
+
+        if (config.do_stratum) {
                 if (sresult == STATE_WARNING) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%i (WARNING)", result_line, stratum);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%li (WARNING)", result_line, ntp_res.stratum);
                 } else if (sresult == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%i (CRITICAL)", result_line, stratum);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%li (CRITICAL)", result_line, ntp_res.stratum);
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%i", result_line, stratum);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%li", result_line, ntp_res.stratum);
                 }
-                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line, perfd_stratum(stratum));
+                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line,
+                                  perfd_stratum(ntp_res.stratum, config.do_stratum, config.stratum_thresholds));
         }
-        if (do_truechimers) {
+
+        if (config.do_truechimers) {
                 if (tresult == STATE_WARNING) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i (WARNING)", result_line, num_truechimers);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i (WARNING)", result_line,
+                                          ntp_res.num_truechimers);
                 } else if (tresult == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i (CRITICAL)", result_line, num_truechimers);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i (CRITICAL)", result_line,
+                                          ntp_res.num_truechimers);
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i", result_line, num_truechimers);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, truechimers=%i", result_line, ntp_res.num_truechimers);
                 }
-                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line, perfd_truechimers(num_truechimers));
+                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s %s", perfdata_line,
+                                  perfd_truechimers(ntp_res.num_truechimers, config.do_truechimers,
+                                                                        config.truechimer_thresholds));
         }
+
         printf("%s|%s\n", result_line, perfdata_line);
 
-        if (server_address != NULL)
-                free(server_address);
-        return result;
+        if (config.server_address != NULL) {
+                free(config.server_address);
+        }
+
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -712,7 +771,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_IPv46);
         printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', "123");
         printf(" %s\n", "-q, --quiet");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Returns UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL or WARNING if server isn't synchronized"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Returns UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL or WARNING if server isn't synchronized"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=THRESHOLD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in warning status (seconds)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
@@ -749,7 +809,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", _("Simple NTP server check:"));
         printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp_peer -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1"));
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Check jitter too, avoiding critical notifications if jitter isn't available"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Check jitter too, avoiding critical notifications if jitter isn't available"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("(See Notes above for more details on thresholds formats):"));
         printf("  %s\n", ("./check_ntp_peer -H ntpserv -w 0.5 -c 1 -j -1:100 -k -1:200"));
         printf("\n");
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_peer.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00e6b05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        DEFAULT_NTP_PORT = 123,
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        int port;
+
+        bool quiet;
+
+        // truechimer stuff
+        bool do_truechimers;
+        char *twarn;
+        char *tcrit;
+        thresholds *truechimer_thresholds;
+
+        char *owarn;
+        char *ocrit;
+        thresholds *offset_thresholds;
+
+        // stratum stuff
+        bool do_stratum;
+        char *swarn;
+        char *scrit;
+        thresholds *stratum_thresholds;
+
+        // jitter stuff
+        bool do_jitter;
+        char *jwarn;
+        char *jcrit;
+        thresholds *jitter_thresholds;
+
+} check_ntp_peer_config;
+
+check_ntp_peer_config check_ntp_peer_config_init() {
+        check_ntp_peer_config tmp = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .port = DEFAULT_NTP_PORT,
+
+                .quiet = false,
+                .do_truechimers = false,
+                .twarn = "0:",
+                .tcrit = "0:",
+                .truechimer_thresholds = NULL,
+
+                .owarn = "60",
+                .ocrit = "120",
+                .offset_thresholds = NULL,
+
+                .do_stratum = false,
+                .swarn = "-1:16",
+                .scrit = "-1:16",
+                .stratum_thresholds = NULL,
+
+                .do_jitter = false,
+                .jwarn = "-1:5000",
+                .jcrit = "-1:10000",
+                .jitter_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_time.c b/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
index 703b69df..ad69b804 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
@@ -41,17 +41,18 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include "check_ntp_time.d/config.h"
 
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static char *port = "123";
 static int verbose = 0;
-static bool quiet = false;
-static char *owarn = "60";
-static char *ocrit = "120";
-static int time_offset = 0;
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-static thresholds *offset_thresholds = NULL;
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ntp_time_config config;
+} check_ntp_time_config_wrapper;
+static check_ntp_time_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@ typedef struct {
 /* bits 1,2 are the leap indicator */
 #define LI_MASK 0xc0
 #define LI(x)   ((x & LI_MASK) >> 6)
-#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                                                         \
+#define LI_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 6) & LI_MASK);                                                                 \
         } while (0)
 /* and these are the values of the leap indicator */
 #define LI_NOWARNING  0x00
@@ -104,17 +105,17 @@ typedef struct {
 /* bits 3,4,5 are the ntp version */
 #define VN_MASK 0x38
 #define VN(x)   ((x & VN_MASK) >> 3)
-#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                                                         \
+#define VN_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= ((y << 3) & VN_MASK);                                                                 \
         } while (0)
 #define VN_RESERVED 0x02
 /* bits 6,7,8 are the ntp mode */
 #define MODE_MASK 0x07
 #define MODE(x)   (x & MODE_MASK)
-#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                     \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                                                              \
+#define MODE_SET(x, y)                                                                             \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & MODE_MASK);                                                                      \
         } while (0)
 /* here are some values */
 #define MODE_CLIENT     0x03
@@ -126,9 +127,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #define REM_MORE  0x20
 /* In control message, bits 11 - 15 are opcode */
 #define OP_MASK 0x1f
-#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                                                                       \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                                                                \
+#define OP_SET(x, y)                                                                               \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                x |= (y & OP_MASK);                                                                        \
         } while (0)
 #define OP_READSTAT 0x01
 #define OP_READVAR  0x02
@@ -159,35 +160,37 @@ typedef struct {
 #define EPOCHDIFF 0x83aa7e80UL
 
 /* extract a 32-bit ntp fixed point number into a double */
-#define NTP32asDOUBLE(x) (ntohs(L16(x)) + (double)ntohs(R16(x)) / 65536.0)
+#define NTP32asDOUBLE(x) (ntohs(L16(x)) + ((double)ntohs(R16(x)) / 65536.0))
 
 /* likewise for a 64-bit ntp fp number */
-#define NTP64asDOUBLE(n)                                                                                                                   \
-        (double)(((uint64_t)n) ? (ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF) + (.00000001 * (0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 42.94967296))) : 0)
+#define NTP64asDOUBLE(n)                                                                           \
+        (double)(((uint64_t)n) ? (ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF) +                                         \
+                                                                 (.00000001 * (0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 42.94967296)))       \
+                                                   : 0)
 
 /* convert a struct timeval to a double */
 #define TVasDOUBLE(x) (double)(x.tv_sec + (0.000001 * x.tv_usec))
 
 /* convert an ntp 64-bit fp number to a struct timeval */
-#define NTP64toTV(n, t)                                                                                                                    \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (!n)                                                                                                                            \
-                        t.tv_sec = t.tv_usec = 0;                                                                                                      \
-                else {                                                                                                                             \
-                        t.tv_sec = ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF;                                                                                          \
-                        t.tv_usec = (int)(0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 4294.967296));                                                                \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
+#define NTP64toTV(n, t)                                                                            \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (!n)                                                                                    \
+                        t.tv_sec = t.tv_usec = 0;                                                              \
+                else {                                                                                     \
+                        t.tv_sec = ntohl(L32(n)) - EPOCHDIFF;                                                  \
+                        t.tv_usec = (int)(0.5 + (double)(ntohl(R32(n)) / 4294.967296));                        \
+                }                                                                                          \
         } while (0)
 
 /* convert a struct timeval to an ntp 64-bit fp number */
-#define TVtoNTP64(t, n)                                                                                                                    \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (!t.tv_usec && !t.tv_sec)                                                                                                       \
-                        n = 0x0UL;                                                                                                                     \
-                else {                                                                                                                             \
-                        L32(n) = htonl(t.tv_sec + EPOCHDIFF);                                                                                          \
-                        R32(n) = htonl((uint64_t)((4294.967296 * t.tv_usec) + .5));                                                                    \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
+#define TVtoNTP64(t, n)                                                                            \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (!t.tv_usec && !t.tv_sec)                                                               \
+                        n = 0x0UL;                                                                             \
+                else {                                                                                     \
+                        L32(n) = htonl(t.tv_sec + EPOCHDIFF);                                                  \
+                        R32(n) = htonl((uint64_t)((4294.967296 * t.tv_usec) + .5));                            \
+                }                                                                                          \
         } while (0)
 
 /* NTP control message header is 12 bytes, plus any data in the data
@@ -196,68 +199,64 @@ typedef struct {
 #define SIZEOF_NTPCM(m) (12 + ntohs(m.count) + ((m.count) ? 4 - (ntohs(m.count) % 4) : 0))
 
 /* finally, a little helper or two for debugging: */
-#define DBG(x)                                                                                                                             \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                if (verbose > 1) {                                                                                                                 \
-                        x;                                                                                                                             \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
+#define DBG(x)                                                                                     \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                if (verbose > 1) {                                                                         \
+                        x;                                                                                     \
+                }                                                                                          \
         } while (0);
-#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                                                                   \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);                                              \
+#define PRINTSOCKADDR(x)                                                                           \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                printf("%u.%u.%u.%u", (x >> 24) & 0xff, (x >> 16) & 0xff, (x >> 8) & 0xff, x & 0xff);      \
         } while (0);
 
 /* calculate the offset of the local clock */
-static inline double calc_offset(const ntp_message *m, const struct timeval *t) {
-        double client_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->origts);
-        double peer_rx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->rxts);
-        double peer_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(m->txts);
-        double client_rx = TVasDOUBLE((*t));
-        return (.5 * ((peer_tx - client_rx) + (peer_rx - client_tx)));
+static inline double calc_offset(const ntp_message *message, const struct timeval *time_value) {
+        double client_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(message->origts);
+        double peer_rx = NTP64asDOUBLE(message->rxts);
+        double peer_tx = NTP64asDOUBLE(message->txts);
+        double client_rx = TVasDOUBLE((*time_value));
+        return (((peer_tx - client_rx) + (peer_rx - client_tx)) / 2);
 }
 
 /* print out a ntp packet in human readable/debuggable format */
-void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *p) {
+void print_ntp_message(const ntp_message *message) {
         struct timeval ref;
         struct timeval orig;
-        struct timeval rx;
-        struct timeval tx;
 
-        NTP64toTV(p->refts, ref);
-        NTP64toTV(p->origts, orig);
-        NTP64toTV(p->rxts, rx);
-        NTP64toTV(p->txts, tx);
+        NTP64toTV(message->refts, ref);
+        NTP64toTV(message->origts, orig);
 
         printf("packet contents:\n");
-        printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x\n", p->flags);
-        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(p->flags), p->flags & LI_MASK);
-        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(p->flags), p->flags & VN_MASK);
-        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(p->flags), p->flags & MODE_MASK);
-        printf("\tstratum = %d\n", p->stratum);
-        printf("\tpoll = %g\n", pow(2, p->poll));
-        printf("\tprecision = %g\n", pow(2, p->precision));
-        printf("\trtdelay = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(p->rtdelay));
-        printf("\trtdisp = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(p->rtdisp));
-        printf("\trefid = %x\n", p->refid);
-        printf("\trefts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->refts));
-        printf("\torigts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->origts));
-        printf("\trxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->rxts));
-        printf("\ttxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(p->txts));
+        printf("\tflags: 0x%.2x\n", message->flags);
+        printf("\t  li=%d (0x%.2x)\n", LI(message->flags), message->flags & LI_MASK);
+        printf("\t  vn=%d (0x%.2x)\n", VN(message->flags), message->flags & VN_MASK);
+        printf("\t  mode=%d (0x%.2x)\n", MODE(message->flags), message->flags & MODE_MASK);
+        printf("\tstratum = %d\n", message->stratum);
+        printf("\tpoll = %g\n", pow(2, message->poll));
+        printf("\tprecision = %g\n", pow(2, message->precision));
+        printf("\trtdelay = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(message->rtdelay));
+        printf("\trtdisp = %-.16g\n", NTP32asDOUBLE(message->rtdisp));
+        printf("\trefid = %x\n", message->refid);
+        printf("\trefts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(message->refts));
+        printf("\torigts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(message->origts));
+        printf("\trxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(message->rxts));
+        printf("\ttxts = %-.16g\n", NTP64asDOUBLE(message->txts));
 }
 
-void setup_request(ntp_message *p) {
-        memset(p, 0, sizeof(ntp_message));
-        LI_SET(p->flags, LI_ALARM);
-        VN_SET(p->flags, 4);
-        MODE_SET(p->flags, MODE_CLIENT);
-        p->poll = 4;
-        p->precision = (int8_t)0xfa;
-        L16(p->rtdelay) = htons(1);
-        L16(p->rtdisp) = htons(1);
+void setup_request(ntp_message *message) {
+        memset(message, 0, sizeof(ntp_message));
+        LI_SET(message->flags, LI_ALARM);
+        VN_SET(message->flags, 4);
+        MODE_SET(message->flags, MODE_CLIENT);
+        message->poll = 4;
+        message->precision = (int8_t)0xfa;
+        L16(message->rtdelay) = htons(1);
+        L16(message->rtdisp) = htons(1);
 
         struct timeval t;
         gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
-        TVtoNTP64(t, p->txts);
+        TVtoNTP64(t, message->txts);
 }
 
 /* select the "best" server from a list of servers, and return its index.
@@ -273,14 +272,16 @@ int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers) {
                  * stratum 0 is for reference clocks so no NTP server should ever report
                  * a stratum 0 */
                 if (slist[cserver].stratum == 0) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf("discarding peer %d: stratum=%d\n", cserver, slist[cserver].stratum);
+                        }
                         continue;
                 }
                 /* Sort out servers with error flags */
                 if (LI(slist[cserver].flags) == LI_ALARM) {
-                        if (verbose)
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf("discarding peer %d: flags=%d\n", cserver, LI(slist[cserver].flags));
+                        }
                         continue;
                 }
 
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ int best_offset_server(const ntp_server_results *slist, int nservers) {
  *   we don't waste time sitting around waiting for single packets.
  * - we also "manually" handle resolving host names and connecting, because
  *   we have to do it in a way that our lazy macros don't handle currently :( */
-double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
+double offset_request(const char *host, const char *port, mp_state_enum *status, int time_offset) {
         /* setup hints to only return results from getaddrinfo that we'd like */
         struct addrinfo hints;
         memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
@@ -331,39 +332,44 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
         hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
 
         /* fill in ai with the list of hosts resolved by the host name */
-        struct addrinfo *ai = NULL;
-        int ga_result = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &ai);
+        struct addrinfo *addresses = NULL;
+        int ga_result = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &addresses);
         if (ga_result != 0) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "error getting address for %s: %s\n", host, gai_strerror(ga_result));
         }
 
         /* count the number of returned hosts, and allocate stuff accordingly */
-        int num_hosts = 0;
-        for (struct addrinfo *ai_tmp = ai; ai_tmp != NULL; ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next) {
+        size_t num_hosts = 0;
+        for (struct addrinfo *ai_tmp = addresses; ai_tmp != NULL; ai_tmp = ai_tmp->ai_next) {
                 num_hosts++;
         }
 
         ntp_message *req = (ntp_message *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_message) * num_hosts);
 
-        if (req == NULL)
+        if (req == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate ntp message array");
+        }
         int *socklist = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * num_hosts);
 
-        if (socklist == NULL)
+        if (socklist == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
+        }
 
         struct pollfd *ufds = (struct pollfd *)malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd) * num_hosts);
-        if (ufds == NULL)
+        if (ufds == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate socket array");
+        }
 
-        ntp_server_results *servers = (ntp_server_results *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
-        if (servers == NULL)
+        ntp_server_results *servers =
+                (ntp_server_results *)malloc(sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
+        if (servers == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not allocate server array");
+        }
         memset(servers, 0, sizeof(ntp_server_results) * num_hosts);
-        DBG(printf("Found %d peers to check\n", num_hosts));
+        DBG(printf("Found %zu peers to check\n", num_hosts));
 
         /* setup each socket for writing, and the corresponding struct pollfd */
-        struct addrinfo *ai_tmp = ai;
+        struct addrinfo *ai_tmp = addresses;
         for (int i = 0; ai_tmp; i++) {
                 socklist[i] = socket(ai_tmp->ai_family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
                 if (socklist[i] == -1) {
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
         time_t start_ts = 0;
         time_t now_time = 0;
         now_time = start_ts = time(NULL);
-        int servers_completed = 0;
+        size_t servers_completed = 0;
         bool one_read = false;
         while (servers_completed < num_hosts && now_time - start_ts <= socket_timeout / 2) {
                 /* loop through each server and find each one which hasn't
@@ -398,12 +404,14 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
                  * and update the "waiting" timestamp with the current time. */
                 now_time = time(NULL);
 
-                for (int i = 0; i < num_hosts; i++) {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < num_hosts; i++) {
                         if (servers[i].waiting < now_time && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
-                                if (verbose && servers[i].waiting != 0)
+                                if (verbose && servers[i].waiting != 0) {
                                         printf("re-");
-                                if (verbose)
-                                        printf("sending request to peer %d\n", i);
+                                }
+                                if (verbose) {
+                                        printf("sending request to peer %zu\n", i);
+                                }
                                 setup_request(&req[i]);
                                 write(socklist[i], &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
                                 servers[i].waiting = now_time;
@@ -419,10 +427,10 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
                 }
 
                 /* read from any sockets with pending data */
-                for (int i = 0; servers_readable && i < num_hosts; i++) {
+                for (size_t i = 0; servers_readable && i < num_hosts; i++) {
                         if (ufds[i].revents & POLLIN && servers[i].num_responses < AVG_NUM) {
                                 if (verbose) {
-                                        printf("response from peer %d: ", i);
+                                        printf("response from peer %zu: ", i);
                                 }
 
                                 read(ufds[i].fd, &req[i], sizeof(ntp_message));
@@ -442,14 +450,15 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
                                 servers[i].flags = req[i].flags;
                                 servers_readable--;
                                 one_read = true;
-                                if (servers[i].num_responses == AVG_NUM)
+                                if (servers[i].num_responses == AVG_NUM) {
                                         servers_completed++;
+                                }
                         }
                 }
                 /* lather, rinse, repeat. */
         }
 
-        if (one_read == false) {
+        if (!one_read) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server\n");
         }
 
@@ -467,21 +476,22 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status) {
         }
 
         /* cleanup */
-        for (int j = 0; j < num_hosts; j++) {
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < num_hosts; j++) {
                 close(socklist[j]);
         }
         free(socklist);
         free(ufds);
         free(servers);
         free(req);
-        freeaddrinfo(ai);
+        freeaddrinfo(addresses);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("overall average offset: %.10g\n", avg_offset);
+        }
         return avg_offset;
 }
 
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_ntp_time_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
@@ -496,14 +506,24 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
+        if (argc < 2) {
                 usage("\n");
+        }
+
+        check_ntp_time_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_ntp_time_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        char *owarn = "60";
+        char *ocrit = "120";
 
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
                 int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vhv46qw:c:t:H:p:o:", longopts, &option);
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'h':
@@ -518,7 +538,7 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        quiet = true;
+                        result.config.quiet = true;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         owarn = optarg;
@@ -527,18 +547,19 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         ocrit = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H':
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_address = strdup(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_address = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'p':
-                        port = strdup(optarg);
+                        result.config.port = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 't':
                         socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'o':
-                        time_offset = atoi(optarg);
+                        result.config.time_offset = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
@@ -557,16 +578,18 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL) {
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
         }
 
-        return 0;
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.offset_thresholds, owarn, ocrit);
+
+        return result;
 }
 
-char *perfd_offset(double offset) {
-        return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true, offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false,
-                                         0);
+char *perfd_offset(double offset, thresholds *offset_thresholds) {
+        return fperfdata("offset", offset, "s", true, offset_thresholds->warning->end, true,
+                                         offset_thresholds->critical->end, false, 0, false, 0);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -577,10 +600,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_ntp_time_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        set_thresholds(&offset_thresholds, owarn, ocrit);
+        const check_ntp_time_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -588,13 +614,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         /* set socket timeout */
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
-        int offset_result = STATE_OK;
-        int result = STATE_OK;
-        double offset = offset_request(server_address, &offset_result);
+        mp_state_enum offset_result = STATE_OK;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
+        double offset =
+                offset_request(config.server_address, config.port, &offset_result, config.time_offset);
         if (offset_result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-                result = ((!quiet) ? STATE_UNKNOWN : STATE_CRITICAL);
+                result = ((!config.quiet) ? STATE_UNKNOWN : STATE_CRITICAL);
         } else {
-                result = get_status(fabs(offset), offset_thresholds);
+                result = get_status(fabs(offset), config.offset_thresholds);
         }
 
         char *result_line;
@@ -619,13 +646,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "");
         } else {
                 xasprintf(&result_line, "%s %s %.10g secs", result_line, _("Offset"), offset);
-                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s", perfd_offset(offset));
+                xasprintf(&perfdata_line, "%s", perfd_offset(offset, config.offset_thresholds));
         }
         printf("%s|%s\n", result_line, perfdata_line);
 
-        if (server_address != NULL)
-                free(server_address);
-        return result;
+        if (config.server_address != NULL) {
+                free(config.server_address);
+        }
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -677,5 +705,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf(" %s -H <host> [-4|-6] [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-v verbose] [-o <time offset>]\n", progname);
+        printf(" %s -H <host> [-4|-6] [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-v verbose] [-o <time offset>]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_time.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ntp_time.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99dabbbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_time.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        char *port;
+
+        bool quiet;
+        int time_offset;
+
+        thresholds *offset_thresholds;
+} check_ntp_time_config;
+
+check_ntp_time_config check_ntp_time_config_init() {
+        check_ntp_time_config tmp = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .port = "123",
+
+                .quiet = false,
+                .time_offset = 0,
+
+                .offset_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_nwstat.c b/plugins/check_nwstat.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 176dfbc8..00000000
--- a/plugins/check_nwstat.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1527 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Monitoring check_nwstat plugin
- *
- * License: GPL
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
- *
- * Description:
- *
- * This file contains the check_nwstat plugin
- *
- * This plugin attempts to contact the MRTGEXT NLM running on a
- * Novell server to gather the requested system information.
- *
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-const char *progname = "check_nwstat";
-const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
-const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-
-enum checkvar {
-        NONE,
-        LOAD1,      /* check 1 minute CPU load */
-        LOAD5,      /* check 5 minute CPU load */
-        LOAD15,     /* check 15 minute CPU load */
-        CONNS,      /* check number of connections */
-        VPF,        /* check % free space on volume */
-        VMF,        /* check MB free space on volume */
-        VMU,        /* check MB used space on volume */
-        VPU,        /* check % used space on volume */
-        VMP,        /* check MB purgeable space on volume */
-        VKF,        /* check KB free space on volume */
-        LTCH,       /* check long-term cache hit percentage */
-        CBUFF,      /* check total cache buffers */
-        CDBUFF,     /* check dirty cache buffers */
-        LRUM,       /* check LRU sitting time in minutes */
-        DSDB,       /* check to see if DS Database is open */
-        LOGINS,     /* check to see if logins are enabled */
-        NRMH,       /* check to see NRM Health Status */
-        PUPRB,      /* check % of used packet receive buffers */
-        UPRB,       /* check used packet receive buffers */
-        SAPENTRIES, /* check SAP entries */
-        OFILES,     /* check number of open files */
-        VKP,        /* check KB purgeable space on volume */
-        VPP,        /* check % purgeable space on volume */
-        VKNP,       /* check KB not yet purgeable space on volume */
-        VPNP,       /* check % not yet purgeable space on volume */
-        ABENDS,     /* check abended thread count */
-        CSPROCS,    /* check number of current service processes */
-        TSYNC,      /* check timesync status 0=no 1=yes in sync to the network */
-        LRUS,       /* check LRU sitting time in seconds */
-        DCB,        /* check dirty cache buffers as a percentage of the total */
-        TCB,        /* check total cache buffers as a percentage of the original */
-        DSVER,      /* check NDS version */
-        UPTIME,     /* check server uptime */
-        NLM,        /* check NLM loaded */
-        NRMP,       /* check NRM Process Values */
-        NRMM,       /* check NRM Memory Values */
-        NRMS,       /* check NRM Values */
-        NSS1,       /* check Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\GeneralStats.xml */
-        NSS2,       /* check Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\BufferCache.xml */
-        NSS3,       /* check statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\NameCache.xml */
-        NSS4,       /* check statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\FileStats.xml */
-        NSS5,       /* check statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\ObjectCache.xml */
-        NSS6,       /* check statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\Thread.xml */
-        NSS7        /* check statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\AuthorizationCache.xml */
-};
-
-enum {
-        PORT = 9999
-};
-
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static char *volume_name = NULL;
-static char *nlm_name = NULL;
-static char *nrmp_name = NULL;
-static char *nrmm_name = NULL;
-static char *nrms_name = NULL;
-static char *nss1_name = NULL;
-static char *nss2_name = NULL;
-static char *nss3_name = NULL;
-static char *nss4_name = NULL;
-static char *nss5_name = NULL;
-static char *nss6_name = NULL;
-static char *nss7_name = NULL;
-static int server_port = PORT;
-static unsigned long warning_value = 0L;
-static unsigned long critical_value = 0L;
-static bool check_warning_value = false;
-static bool check_critical_value = false;
-static bool check_netware_version = false;
-static enum checkvar vars_to_check = NONE;
-static int sap_number = -1;
-
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void print_help(void);
-void print_usage(void);
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int sd;
-        char *send_buffer = NULL;
-        char recv_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char *output_message = NULL;
-        char *temp_buffer = NULL;
-        char *netware_version = NULL;
-
-        int time_sync_status = 0;
-        int nrm_health_status = 0;
-        unsigned long total_cache_buffers = 0;
-        unsigned long dirty_cache_buffers = 0;
-        unsigned long open_files = 0;
-        unsigned long abended_threads = 0;
-        unsigned long max_service_processes = 0;
-        unsigned long current_service_processes = 0;
-        unsigned long free_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long nrmp_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nrmm_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nrms_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss1_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss2_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss3_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss4_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss5_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss6_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long nss7_value = 0L;
-        unsigned long total_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long used_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long percent_used_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long purgeable_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long non_purgeable_disk_space = 0L;
-        unsigned long percent_free_space = 0;
-        unsigned long percent_purgeable_space = 0;
-        unsigned long percent_non_purgeable_space = 0;
-        unsigned long current_connections = 0L;
-        unsigned long utilization = 0L;
-        unsigned long cache_hits = 0;
-        unsigned long cache_buffers = 0L;
-        unsigned long lru_time = 0L;
-        unsigned long max_packet_receive_buffers = 0;
-        unsigned long used_packet_receive_buffers = 0;
-        unsigned long percent_used_packet_receive_buffers = 0L;
-        unsigned long sap_entries = 0;
-        char uptime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-
-        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain(PACKAGE);
-
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
-
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-        /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
-        /* set socket timeout */
-        alarm(socket_timeout);
-
-        /* open connection */
-        my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-        /* get OS version string */
-        if (check_netware_version) {
-                send_buffer = strdup("S19\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n"))
-                        netware_version = strdup("");
-                else {
-                        recv_buffer[strlen(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-                        xasprintf(&netware_version, _("NetWare %s: "), recv_buffer);
-                }
-        } else
-                netware_version = strdup("");
-
-        /* check CPU load */
-        if (vars_to_check == LOAD1 || vars_to_check == LOAD5 || vars_to_check == LOAD15) {
-
-                switch (vars_to_check) {
-                case LOAD1:
-                        temp_buffer = strdup("1");
-                        break;
-                case LOAD5:
-                        temp_buffer = strdup("5");
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        temp_buffer = strdup("15");
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "UTIL%s\r\n", temp_buffer);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                utilization = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("UPTIME\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                recv_buffer[strlen(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-                sprintf(uptime, _("Up %s,"), recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && utilization >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && utilization >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Load %s - %s %s-min load average = %lu%%|load%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"), state_text(result), uptime,
-                                  temp_buffer, utilization, temp_buffer, utilization, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check number of user connections */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == CONNS) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("CONNECT\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                current_connections = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && current_connections >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && current_connections >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Conns %s - %lu current connections|Conns=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), state_text(result), current_connections,
-                                  current_connections, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check % long term cache hits */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == LTCH) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S1\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                cache_hits = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && cache_hits <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && cache_hits <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s: Long term cache hits = %lu%%"), state_text(result), cache_hits);
-
-                /* check cache buffers */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == CBUFF) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S2\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                cache_buffers = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && cache_buffers <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && cache_buffers <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s: Total cache buffers = %lu|Cachebuffers=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), state_text(result), cache_buffers,
-                                  cache_buffers, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check dirty cache buffers */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == CDBUFF) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S3\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                cache_buffers = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && cache_buffers >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && cache_buffers >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s: Dirty cache buffers = %lu|Dirty-Cache-Buffers=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), state_text(result), cache_buffers,
-                                  cache_buffers, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check LRU sitting time in minutes */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == LRUM) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S5\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                lru_time = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && lru_time <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && lru_time <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s: LRU sitting time = %lu minutes"), state_text(result), lru_time);
-
-                /* check KB free space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VKF) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKF%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        free_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && free_disk_space <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && free_disk_space <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu KB free on volume %s|KBFree%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          free_disk_space, volume_name, volume_name, free_disk_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-
-                /* check MB free space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VMF) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VMF%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        free_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && free_disk_space <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && free_disk_space <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu MB free on volume %s|MBFree%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          free_disk_space, volume_name, volume_name, free_disk_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-                /* check MB used space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VMU) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VMU%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        free_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && free_disk_space <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && free_disk_space <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu MB used on volume %s|MBUsed%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          free_disk_space, volume_name, volume_name, free_disk_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-                /* check % used space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VPU) {
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                asprintf(&send_buffer, "VMU%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        asprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-                } else {
-                        used_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        close(sd);
-                        my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-                        /* get total volume in MB */
-                        asprintf(&send_buffer, "VMS%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                        result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                        if (result != STATE_OK)
-                                return result;
-                        total_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        /* calculate percent used on volume */
-                        percent_used_disk_space = (unsigned long)(((double)used_disk_space / (double)total_disk_space) * 100.0);
-
-                        if (check_critical_value && percent_used_disk_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && percent_used_disk_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                        asprintf(&output_message, _("%lu MB (%lu%%) used on volume %s - total %lu MB|Used space in percent on %s=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"),
-                                         used_disk_space, percent_used_disk_space, volume_name, total_disk_space, volume_name, percent_used_disk_space,
-                                         warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-
-                /* check % free space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VPF) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKF%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-                } else {
-
-                        free_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        close(sd);
-                        my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKS%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                        result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                        if (result != STATE_OK)
-                                return result;
-                        total_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        percent_free_space = (unsigned long)(((double)free_disk_space / (double)total_disk_space) * 100.0);
-
-                        if (check_critical_value && percent_free_space <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && percent_free_space <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        free_disk_space /= 1024;
-                        total_disk_space /= 1024;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu MB (%lu%%) free on volume %s - total %lu MB|FreeMB%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"), free_disk_space,
-                                          percent_free_space, volume_name, total_disk_space, volume_name, percent_free_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-
-                /* check to see if DS Database is open or closed */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == DSDB) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S11\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                if (atoi(recv_buffer) == 1)
-                        result = STATE_OK;
-                else
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S13\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                temp_buffer = strtok(recv_buffer, "\r\n");
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Directory Services Database is %s (DS version %s)"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "open" : "closed",
-                                  temp_buffer);
-
-                /* check to see if logins are enabled */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == LOGINS) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S12\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                if (atoi(recv_buffer) == 1)
-                        result = STATE_OK;
-                else
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Logins are %s"), (result == STATE_OK) ? _("enabled") : _("disabled"));
-
-                /* check NRM Health Status Summary*/
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NRMH) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NRMH\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                nrm_health_status = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (nrm_health_status == 2) {
-                        result = STATE_OK;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - NRM Status is bad!"));
-                } else {
-                        if (nrm_health_status == 1) {
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Warning - NRM Status is suspect!"));
-                        }
-
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("OK - NRM Status is good!"));
-                }
-
-                /* check packet receive buffers */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == UPRB || vars_to_check == PUPRB) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S15\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                used_packet_receive_buffers = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S16\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                max_packet_receive_buffers = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                percent_used_packet_receive_buffers =
-                        (unsigned long)(((double)used_packet_receive_buffers / (double)max_packet_receive_buffers) * 100.0);
-
-                if (vars_to_check == UPRB) {
-                        if (check_critical_value && used_packet_receive_buffers >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && used_packet_receive_buffers >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                } else {
-                        if (check_critical_value && percent_used_packet_receive_buffers >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && percent_used_packet_receive_buffers >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                }
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu of %lu (%lu%%) packet receive buffers used"), used_packet_receive_buffers,
-                                  max_packet_receive_buffers, percent_used_packet_receive_buffers);
-
-                /* check SAP table entries */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == SAPENTRIES) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                if (sap_number == -1)
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S9\r\n");
-                else
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S9.%d\r\n", sap_number);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                sap_entries = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && sap_entries >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && sap_entries >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                if (sap_number == -1)
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu entries in SAP table"), sap_entries);
-                else
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu entries in SAP table for SAP type %d"), sap_entries, sap_number);
-
-                /* check KB purgeable space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VKP) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKP%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        purgeable_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && purgeable_disk_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && purgeable_disk_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu KB purgeable on volume %s|Purge%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          purgeable_disk_space, volume_name, volume_name, purgeable_disk_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-                /* check MB purgeable space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VMP) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VMP%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        purgeable_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && purgeable_disk_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && purgeable_disk_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu MB purgeable on volume %s|Purge%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          purgeable_disk_space, volume_name, volume_name, purgeable_disk_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-
-                /* check % purgeable space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VPP) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKP%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-                } else {
-
-                        purgeable_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        close(sd);
-                        my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKS%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                        result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                        if (result != STATE_OK)
-                                return result;
-                        total_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        percent_purgeable_space = (unsigned long)(((double)purgeable_disk_space / (double)total_disk_space) * 100.0);
-
-                        if (check_critical_value && percent_purgeable_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && percent_purgeable_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        purgeable_disk_space /= 1024;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu MB (%lu%%) purgeable on volume %s|Purgeable%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"), purgeable_disk_space,
-                                          percent_purgeable_space, volume_name, volume_name, percent_purgeable_space, warning_value, critical_value);
-                }
-
-                /* check KB not yet purgeable space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VKNP) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKNP%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        non_purgeable_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && non_purgeable_disk_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && non_purgeable_disk_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s%lu KB not yet purgeable on volume %s"), (result == STATE_OK) ? "" : _("Only "),
-                                          non_purgeable_disk_space, volume_name);
-                }
-
-                /* check % not yet purgeable space on volume */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == VPNP) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKNP%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Volume '%s' does not exist!"), volume_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-                } else {
-
-                        non_purgeable_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        close(sd);
-                        my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                        xasprintf(&send_buffer, "VKS%s\r\n", volume_name);
-                        result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                        if (result != STATE_OK)
-                                return result;
-                        total_disk_space = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                        percent_non_purgeable_space = (unsigned long)(((double)non_purgeable_disk_space / (double)total_disk_space) * 100.0);
-
-                        if (check_critical_value && percent_non_purgeable_space >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && percent_non_purgeable_space >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        purgeable_disk_space /= 1024;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu MB (%lu%%) not yet purgeable on volume %s"), non_purgeable_disk_space,
-                                          percent_non_purgeable_space, volume_name);
-                }
-
-                /* check # of open files */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == OFILES) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S18\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                open_files = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && open_files >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && open_files >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu open files|Openfiles=%lu;%lu;%lu;0,0"), open_files, open_files, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check # of abended threads (Netware > 5.x only) */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == ABENDS) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S17\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                abended_threads = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && abended_threads >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && abended_threads >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu abended threads|Abends=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), abended_threads, abended_threads, warning_value,
-                                  critical_value);
-
-                /* check # of current service processes (Netware 5.x only) */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == CSPROCS) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S20\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                max_service_processes = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S21\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                current_service_processes = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && current_service_processes >= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && current_service_processes >= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("%lu current service processes (%lu max)|Processes=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;%lu"), current_service_processes,
-                                  max_service_processes, current_service_processes, warning_value, critical_value, max_service_processes);
-
-                /* check # Timesync Status */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == TSYNC) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S22\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                time_sync_status = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (time_sync_status == 0) {
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Time not in sync with network!"));
-                } else {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("OK - Time in sync with network!"));
-                }
-
-                /* check LRU sitting time in secondss */
-        } else if (vars_to_check == LRUS) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S4\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                lru_time = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && lru_time <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && lru_time <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("LRU sitting time = %lu seconds"), lru_time);
-
-                /* check % dirty cacheobuffers as a percentage of the total*/
-        } else if (vars_to_check == DCB) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S6\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                dirty_cache_buffers = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && dirty_cache_buffers <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && dirty_cache_buffers <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Dirty cache buffers = %lu%% of the total|DCB=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"), dirty_cache_buffers,
-                                  dirty_cache_buffers, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-                /* check % total cache buffers as a percentage of the original*/
-        } else if (vars_to_check == TCB) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                send_buffer = strdup("S7\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-                total_cache_buffers = atoi(recv_buffer);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && total_cache_buffers <= critical_value)
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && total_cache_buffers <= warning_value)
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Total cache buffers = %lu%% of the original|TCB=%lu;%lu;%lu;0;100"), total_cache_buffers,
-                                  total_cache_buffers, warning_value, critical_value);
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == DSVER) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S13\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                recv_buffer[strlen(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("NDS Version %s"), recv_buffer);
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == UPTIME) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "UPTIME\r\n");
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                recv_buffer[sizeof(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-                recv_buffer[strlen(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-
-                xasprintf(&output_message, _("Up %s"), recv_buffer);
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NLM) {
-
-                close(sd);
-                my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd);
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "S24:%s\r\n", nlm_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                recv_buffer[strlen(recv_buffer) - 1] = 0;
-                if (strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("Module %s version %s is loaded"), nlm_name, recv_buffer);
-                } else {
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("Module %s is not loaded"), nlm_name);
-                }
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NRMP) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NRMP:%s\r\n", nrmp_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nrmp_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nrmp_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nrmp_value <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nrmp_value <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nrmp_name, nrmp_value, nrmp_name, nrmp_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NRMM) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NRMM:%s\r\n", nrmm_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nrmm_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nrmm_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nrmm_value <= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nrmm_value <= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nrmm_name, nrmm_value, nrmm_name, nrmm_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NRMS) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NRMS:%s\r\n", nrms_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nrms_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nrms_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nrms_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nrms_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nrms_name, nrms_value, nrms_name, nrms_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS1) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS1:%s\r\n", nss1_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss1_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss1_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss1_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss1_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss1_name, nss1_value, nss1_name, nss1_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS2) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS2:%s\r\n", nss2_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss2_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss2_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss2_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss2_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss2_name, nss2_value, nss2_name, nss2_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS3) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS3:%s\r\n", nss3_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss3_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss3_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss3_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss3_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss3_name, nss3_value, nss3_name, nss3_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS4) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS4:%s\r\n", nss4_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss4_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss4_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss4_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss4_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss4_name, nss4_value, nss4_name, nss4_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS5) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS5:%s\r\n", nss5_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss5_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss5_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss5_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss5_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss5_name, nss5_value, nss5_name, nss5_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS6) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS6:%s\r\n", nss6_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss6_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss6_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss6_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss6_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss6_name, nss6_value, nss6_name, nss6_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else if (vars_to_check == NSS7) {
-
-                xasprintf(&send_buffer, "NSS7:%s\r\n", nss7_name);
-                result = send_tcp_request(sd, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                if (!strcmp(recv_buffer, "-1\n")) {
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("CRITICAL - Value '%s' does not exist!"), nss7_name);
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        nss7_value = strtoul(recv_buffer, NULL, 10);
-                        if (check_critical_value && nss7_value >= critical_value)
-                                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_value && nss7_value >= warning_value)
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        xasprintf(&output_message, _("%s is  %lu|%s=%lu;%lu;%lu;;"), nss7_name, nss7_value, nss7_name, nss7_value, warning_value,
-                                          critical_value);
-                }
-
-        } else {
-
-                output_message = strdup(_("Nothing to check!\n"));
-                result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        }
-
-        close(sd);
-
-        /* reset timeout */
-        alarm(0);
-
-        printf("%s%s\n", netware_version, output_message);
-
-        return result;
-}
-
-/* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},     {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                                                                           {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'}, {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                                                                           {"osversion", no_argument, 0, 'o'},      {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        /* no options were supplied */
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        /* backwards compatibility */
-        if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                server_address = argv[1];
-                argv[1] = argv[0];
-                argv = &argv[1];
-                argc--;
-        }
-
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-cv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
-        }
-
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hoVH:t:c:w:p:v:", longopts, &option);
-
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
-                        break;
-
-                switch (c) {
-                case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
-                        usage5();
-                case 'h': /* help */
-                        print_help();
-                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'V': /* version */
-                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        server_address = optarg;
-                        break;
-                case 'o': /* display nos version */
-                        check_netware_version = true;
-                        break;
-                case 'p': /* port */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Server port an integer\n"));
-                        break;
-                case 'v':
-                        if (strlen(optarg) < 3)
-                                return ERROR;
-                        if (!strcmp(optarg, "LOAD1"))
-                                vars_to_check = LOAD1;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LOAD5"))
-                                vars_to_check = LOAD5;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LOAD15"))
-                                vars_to_check = LOAD15;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CONNS"))
-                                vars_to_check = CONNS;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LTCH"))
-                                vars_to_check = LTCH;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "DCB"))
-                                vars_to_check = DCB;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TCB"))
-                                vars_to_check = TCB;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CBUFF"))
-                                vars_to_check = CBUFF;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CDBUFF"))
-                                vars_to_check = CDBUFF;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LRUM"))
-                                vars_to_check = LRUM;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LRUS"))
-                                vars_to_check = LRUS;
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "VPF", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VPF;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VKF", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VKF;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VMF", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VMF;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "DSDB"))
-                                vars_to_check = DSDB;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LOGINS"))
-                                vars_to_check = LOGINS;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "NRMH"))
-                                vars_to_check = NRMH;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "UPRB"))
-                                vars_to_check = UPRB;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "PUPRB"))
-                                vars_to_check = PUPRB;
-                        else if (!strncmp(optarg, "SAPENTRIES", 10)) {
-                                vars_to_check = SAPENTRIES;
-                                if (strlen(optarg) > 10)
-                                        sap_number = atoi(optarg + 10);
-                                else
-                                        sap_number = -1;
-                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "OFILES"))
-                                vars_to_check = OFILES;
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "VKP", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VKP;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VMP", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VMP;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VMU", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VMU;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VPU", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VPU;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VPP", 3) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VPP;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 3);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VKNP", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VKNP;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "VPNP", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = VPNP;
-                                volume_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(volume_name, ""))
-                                        volume_name = strdup("SYS");
-                        } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ABENDS"))
-                                vars_to_check = ABENDS;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "CSPROCS"))
-                                vars_to_check = CSPROCS;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TSYNC"))
-                                vars_to_check = TSYNC;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "DSVER"))
-                                vars_to_check = DSVER;
-                        else if (!strcmp(optarg, "UPTIME")) {
-                                vars_to_check = UPTIME;
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "NLM:", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NLM;
-                                nlm_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "NRMP", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NRMP;
-                                nrmp_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nrmp_name, ""))
-                                        nrmp_name = strdup("AVAILABLE_MEMORY");
-                        } else if (strncmp(optarg, "NRMM", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NRMM;
-                                nrmm_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nrmm_name, ""))
-                                        nrmm_name = strdup("AVAILABLE_CACHE_MEMORY");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NRMS", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NRMS;
-                                nrms_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nrms_name, ""))
-                                        nrms_name = strdup("USED_SWAP_SPACE");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS1", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS1;
-                                nss1_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss1_name, ""))
-                                        nss1_name = strdup("CURRENTBUFFERCACHESIZE");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS2", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS2;
-                                nss2_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss2_name, ""))
-                                        nss2_name = strdup("CACHEHITS");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS3", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS3;
-                                nss3_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss3_name, ""))
-                                        nss3_name = strdup("CACHEGITPERCENT");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS4", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS4;
-                                nss4_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss4_name, ""))
-                                        nss4_name = strdup("CURRENTOPENCOUNT");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS5", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS5;
-                                nss5_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss5_name, ""))
-                                        nss5_name = strdup("CACHEMISSES");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS6", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS6;
-                                nss6_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss6_name, ""))
-                                        nss6_name = strdup("PENDINGWORKSCOUNT");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else if (strncmp(optarg, "NSS7", 4) == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = NSS7;
-                                nss7_name = strdup(optarg + 4);
-                                if (!strcmp(nss7_name, ""))
-                                        nss7_name = strdup("CACHESIZE");
-
-                        }
-
-                        else
-                                return ERROR;
-                        break;
-                case 'w': /* warning threshold */
-                        warning_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_warning_value = true;
-                        break;
-                case 'c': /* critical threshold */
-                        critical_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_critical_value = true;
-                        break;
-                case 't': /* timeout */
-                        socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (socket_timeout <= 0)
-                                return ERROR;
-                }
-        }
-
-        return OK;
-}
-
-void print_help(void) {
-        char *myport;
-        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", PORT);
-
-        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-
-        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
-        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
-
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin attempts to contact the MRTGEXT NLM running on a"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("Novell server to gather the requested system information."));
-
-        printf("\n\n");
-
-        print_usage();
-
-        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-
-        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
-
-        printf(" %s\n", "-v, --variable=STRING");
-        printf("   %s\n", _("Variable to check.  Valid variables include:"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD1     = 1 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD5     = 5 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD15    = 15 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("CSPROCS   = number of current service processes (NW 5.x only)"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("ABENDS    = number of abended threads (NW 5.x only)"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("UPTIME    = server uptime"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LTCH      = percent long term cache hits"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("CBUFF     = current number of cache buffers"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("CDBUFF    = current number of dirty cache buffers"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("DCB       = dirty cache buffers as a percentage of the total"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("TCB       = dirty cache buffers as a percentage of the original"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("OFILES    = number of open files"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VMF<vol>  = MB of free space on Volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VMU<vol>  = MB used space on Volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VPU<vol>  = percent used space on Volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VMP<vol>  = MB of purgeable space on Volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VPF<vol>  = percent free space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VKF<vol>  = KB of free space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VPP<vol>  = percent purgeable space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VKP<vol>  = KB of purgeable space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VPNP<vol> = percent not yet purgeable space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    VKNP<vol> = KB of not yet purgeable space on volume <vol>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    LRUM      = LRU sitting time in minutes"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    LRUS      = LRU sitting time in seconds"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    DSDB      = check to see if DS Database is open"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    DSVER     = NDS version"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    UPRB      = used packet receive buffers"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    PUPRB     = percent (of max) used packet receive buffers"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    SAPENTRIES = number of entries in the SAP table"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    SAPENTRIES<n> = number of entries in the SAP table for SAP type <n>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    TSYNC     = timesync status"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    LOGINS    = check to see if logins are enabled"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    CONNS     = number of currently licensed connections"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NRMH  = NRM Summary Status"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NRMP<stat> = Returns the current value for a NRM health item"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NRMM<stat> = Returns the current memory stats from NRM"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NRMS<stat> = Returns the current Swapfile stats from NRM"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS1<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\GeneralStats.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS3<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\NameCache.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS4<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\FileStats.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS5<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\ObjectCache.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS6<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\Thread.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NSS7<stat> = Statistics from _Admin:Manage_NSS\\AuthorizationCache.xml"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("    NLM:<nlm> = check if NLM is loaded and report version"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("                (e.g. NLM:TSANDS.NLM)"));
-        printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Threshold which will result in a warning status"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Threshold which will result in a critical status"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-o, --osversion");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Include server version string in results"));
-
-        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-
-        printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- This plugin requires that the MRTGEXT.NLM file from James Drews' MRTG"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("  extension for NetWare be loaded on the Novell servers you wish to check."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("  (available from http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~drews/mrtg/)"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- Values for critical thresholds should be lower than warning thresholds"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("  when the following variables are checked: VPF, VKF, LTCH, CBUFF, DCB, "));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("  TCB, LRUS and LRUM."));
-
-        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
-}
-
-void print_usage(void) {
-        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s -H host [-p port] [-v variable] [-w warning] [-c critical] [-t timeout]\n", progname);
-}
diff --git a/plugins/check_overcr.c b/plugins/check_overcr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 599540b7..00000000
--- a/plugins/check_overcr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,417 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- * Monitoring check_overcr plugin
- *
- * License: GPL
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
- *
- * Description:
- *
- * This file contains the check_overcr plugin
- *
- * This plugin attempts to contact the Over-CR collector daemon running on the
- * remote UNIX server in order to gather the requested system information.
- *
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-const char *progname = "check_overcr";
-const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
-const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-
-enum checkvar {
-        NONE,
-        LOAD1,
-        LOAD5,
-        LOAD15,
-        DPU,
-        PROCS,
-        NETSTAT,
-        UPTIME
-};
-
-enum {
-        PORT = 2000
-};
-
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static int server_port = PORT;
-static double warning_value = 0L;
-static double critical_value = 0L;
-static bool check_warning_value = false;
-static bool check_critical_value = false;
-static enum checkvar vars_to_check = NONE;
-
-static int netstat_port = 0;
-static char *disk_name = NULL;
-static char *process_name = NULL;
-static char send_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
- 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-void print_usage(void);
-static void print_help(void);
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char recv_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char temp_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char *temp_ptr = NULL;
-        bool found_disk = false;
-        unsigned long percent_used_disk_space = 100;
-        double load;
-        double load_1min;
-        double load_5min;
-        double load_15min;
-        int port_connections = 0;
-        int processes = 0;
-        double uptime_raw_hours;
-        int uptime_raw_minutes = 0;
-        int uptime_days = 0;
-        int uptime_hours = 0;
-        int uptime_minutes = 0;
-
-        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain(PACKAGE);
-
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
-
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-        /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
-        /* set socket timeout */
-        alarm(socket_timeout);
-
-        result = process_tcp_request2(server_address, server_port, send_buffer, recv_buffer, sizeof(recv_buffer));
-
-        switch (vars_to_check) {
-
-        case LOAD1:
-        case LOAD5:
-        case LOAD15:
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        die(result, _("Unknown error fetching load data\n"));
-
-                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(recv_buffer, "\r\n");
-                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server - no load information\n"));
-                else
-                        load_1min = strtod(temp_ptr, NULL);
-
-                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, "\r\n");
-                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server after load 1\n"));
-                else
-                        load_5min = strtod(temp_ptr, NULL);
-
-                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, "\r\n");
-                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server after load 5\n"));
-                else
-                        load_15min = strtod(temp_ptr, NULL);
-
-                switch (vars_to_check) {
-                case LOAD1:
-                        strcpy(temp_buffer, "1");
-                        load = load_1min;
-                        break;
-                case LOAD5:
-                        strcpy(temp_buffer, "5");
-                        load = load_5min;
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        strcpy(temp_buffer, "15");
-                        load = load_15min;
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                if (check_critical_value && (load >= critical_value))
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && (load >= warning_value))
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                die(result, _("Load %s - %s-min load average = %0.2f"), state_text(result), temp_buffer, load);
-
-                break;
-
-        case DPU:
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        die(result, _("Unknown error fetching disk data\n"));
-
-                for (temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(recv_buffer, " "); temp_ptr != NULL; temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, " ")) {
-
-                        if (!strcmp(temp_ptr, disk_name)) {
-                                found_disk = true;
-                                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, "%");
-                                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server\n"));
-                                else
-                                        percent_used_disk_space = strtoul(temp_ptr, NULL, 10);
-                                break;
-                        }
-
-                        temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, "\r\n");
-                }
-
-                /* error if we couldn't find the info for the disk */
-                if (!found_disk)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "CRITICAL - Disk '%s' non-existent or not mounted", disk_name);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && (percent_used_disk_space >= critical_value))
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && (percent_used_disk_space >= warning_value))
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                die(result, "Disk %s - %lu%% used on %s", state_text(result), percent_used_disk_space, disk_name);
-
-                break;
-
-        case NETSTAT:
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        die(result, _("Unknown error fetching network status\n"));
-                else
-                        port_connections = strtod(recv_buffer, NULL);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && (port_connections >= critical_value))
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && (port_connections >= warning_value))
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                die(result, _("Net %s - %d connection%s on port %d"), state_text(result), port_connections, (port_connections == 1) ? "" : "s",
-                        netstat_port);
-
-                break;
-
-        case PROCS:
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        die(result, _("Unknown error fetching process status\n"));
-
-                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(recv_buffer, "(");
-                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server\n"));
-
-                temp_ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, ")");
-                if (temp_ptr == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Invalid response from server\n"));
-                else
-                        processes = strtod(temp_ptr, NULL);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && (processes >= critical_value))
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && (processes >= warning_value))
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                die(result, _("Process %s - %d instance%s of %s running"), state_text(result), processes, (processes == 1) ? "" : "s",
-                        process_name);
-                break;
-
-        case UPTIME:
-
-                if (result != STATE_OK)
-                        return result;
-
-                uptime_raw_hours = strtod(recv_buffer, NULL);
-                uptime_raw_minutes = (unsigned long)(uptime_raw_hours * 60.0);
-
-                if (check_critical_value && (uptime_raw_minutes <= critical_value))
-                        result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_value && (uptime_raw_minutes <= warning_value))
-                        result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                uptime_days = uptime_raw_minutes / 1440;
-                uptime_raw_minutes %= 1440;
-                uptime_hours = uptime_raw_minutes / 60;
-                uptime_raw_minutes %= 60;
-                uptime_minutes = uptime_raw_minutes;
-
-                die(result, _("Uptime %s - Up %d days %d hours %d minutes"), state_text(result), uptime_days, uptime_hours, uptime_minutes);
-                break;
-
-        default:
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Nothing to check!\n"));
-                break;
-        }
-}
-
-/* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},    {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},  {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'}, {"variable", required_argument, 0, 'v'}, {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},       {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        /* no options were supplied */
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        /* backwards compatibility */
-        if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                server_address = argv[1];
-                argv[1] = argv[0];
-                argv = &argv[1];
-                argc--;
-        }
-
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-cv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
-        }
-
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVH:t:c:w:p:v:", longopts, &option);
-
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
-                        break;
-
-                switch (c) {
-                case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
-                        usage5();
-                case 'h': /* help */
-                        print_help();
-                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'V': /* version */
-                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        server_address = optarg;
-                        break;
-                case 'p': /* port */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Server port an integer\n"));
-                        break;
-                case 'v': /* variable */
-                        if (strcmp(optarg, "LOAD") == 0) {
-                                strcpy(send_buffer, "LOAD\r\nQUIT\r\n");
-                                if (strcmp(optarg, "LOAD1") == 0)
-                                        vars_to_check = LOAD1;
-                                else if (strcmp(optarg, "LOAD5") == 0)
-                                        vars_to_check = LOAD5;
-                                else if (strcmp(optarg, "LOAD15") == 0)
-                                        vars_to_check = LOAD15;
-                        } else if (strcmp(optarg, "UPTIME") == 0) {
-                                vars_to_check = UPTIME;
-                                strcpy(send_buffer, "UPTIME\r\n");
-                        } else if (strstr(optarg, "PROC") == optarg) {
-                                vars_to_check = PROCS;
-                                process_name = strscpy(process_name, optarg + 4);
-                                sprintf(send_buffer, "PROCESS %s\r\n", process_name);
-                        } else if (strstr(optarg, "NET") == optarg) {
-                                vars_to_check = NETSTAT;
-                                netstat_port = atoi(optarg + 3);
-                                sprintf(send_buffer, "NETSTAT %d\r\n", netstat_port);
-                        } else if (strstr(optarg, "DPU") == optarg) {
-                                vars_to_check = DPU;
-                                strcpy(send_buffer, "DISKSPACE\r\n");
-                                disk_name = strscpy(disk_name, optarg + 3);
-                        } else
-                                return ERROR;
-                        break;
-                case 'w': /* warning threshold */
-                        warning_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_warning_value = true;
-                        break;
-                case 'c': /* critical threshold */
-                        critical_value = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                        check_critical_value = true;
-                        break;
-                case 't': /* timeout */
-                        socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (socket_timeout <= 0)
-                                return ERROR;
-                }
-        }
-        return OK;
-}
-
-void print_help(void) {
-        char *myport;
-        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", PORT);
-
-        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-
-        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
-        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
-
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin attempts to contact the Over-CR collector daemon running on the"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("remote UNIX server in order to gather the requested system information."));
-
-        printf("\n\n");
-
-        print_usage();
-
-        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-
-        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
-
-        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Threshold which will result in a warning status"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Threshold which will result in a critical status"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-v, --variable=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Variable to check.  Valid variables include:"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD1         = 1 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD5         = 5 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("LOAD15        = 15 minute average CPU load"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("DPU<filesys>  = percent used disk space on filesystem <filesys>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("PROC<process> = number of running processes with name <process>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("NET<port>     = number of active connections on TCP port <port>"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("UPTIME        = system uptime in seconds"));
-
-        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-
-        printf(UT_VERBOSE);
-
-        printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin requires that Eric Molitors' Over-CR collector daemon be"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("running on the remote server."));
-        printf("%s\n", _("Over-CR can be downloaded from http://www.molitor.org/overcr"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin was tested with version 0.99.53 of the Over-CR collector"));
-
-        printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("For the available options, the critical threshold value should always be"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("higher than the warning threshold value, EXCEPT with the uptime variable"));
-
-        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
-}
-
-void print_usage(void) {
-        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s -H host [-p port] [-v variable] [-w warning] [-c critical] [-t timeout]\n", progname);
-}
diff --git a/plugins/check_pgsql.c b/plugins/check_pgsql.c
index 6613634d..793a686f 100644
--- a/plugins/check_pgsql.c
+++ b/plugins/check_pgsql.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "states.h"
 const char *progname = "check_pgsql";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -35,51 +36,39 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
+#include "check_pgsql.d/config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
 
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include <libpq-fe.h>
 #include <pg_config_manual.h>
 
-#define DEFAULT_DB   "template1"
 #define DEFAULT_HOST "127.0.0.1"
 
 /* return the PSQL server version as a 3-tuple */
-#define PSQL_SERVER_VERSION3(server_version)                                                                                               \
-        (server_version) / 10000, (server_version) / 100 - (int)((server_version) / 10000) * 100,                                              \
+#define PSQL_SERVER_VERSION3(server_version)                                                       \
+        (server_version) / 10000, (server_version) / 100 - (int)((server_version) / 10000) * 100,      \
                 (server_version) - (int)((server_version) / 100) * 100
 /* return true if the given host is a UNIX domain socket */
 #define PSQL_IS_UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET(host) ((NULL == (host)) || ('\0' == *(host)) || ('/' == *(host)))
 /* return a 3-tuple identifying a host/port independent of the socket type */
-#define PSQL_SOCKET3(host, port)                                                                                                           \
-        ((NULL == (host)) || ('\0' == *(host))) ? DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR : host, PSQL_IS_UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET(host) ? "/.s.PGSQL." : ":", port
+#define PSQL_SOCKET3(host, port)                                                                   \
+        ((NULL == (host)) || ('\0' == *(host))) ? DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR : host,                         \
+                PSQL_IS_UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET(host) ? "/.s.PGSQL." : ":", port
 
-enum {
-        DEFAULT_PORT = 5432,
-        DEFAULT_WARN = 2,
-        DEFAULT_CRIT = 8
-};
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_pgsql_config config;
+} check_pgsql_config_wrapper;
+static check_pgsql_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 static bool is_pg_logname(char * /*username*/);
-static int do_query(PGconn * /*conn*/, char * /*query*/);
+static mp_state_enum do_query(PGconn * /*conn*/, char * /*query*/, const char /*pgqueryname*/[],
+                                                          thresholds * /*qthresholds*/, char * /*query_warning*/,
+                                                          char * /*query_critical*/);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *pghost = NULL; /* host name of the backend server */
-static char *pgport = NULL; /* port of the backend server */
-static char *pgoptions = NULL;
-static char *pgtty = NULL;
-static char dbName[NAMEDATALEN] = DEFAULT_DB;
-static char *pguser = NULL;
-static char *pgpasswd = NULL;
-static char *pgparams = NULL;
-static double twarn = (double)DEFAULT_WARN;
-static double tcrit = (double)DEFAULT_CRIT;
-static char *pgquery = NULL;
-static char *pgqueryname = NULL;
-static char *query_warning = NULL;
-static char *query_critical = NULL;
-static thresholds *qthresholds = NULL;
 static int verbose = 0;
 
 #define OPTID_QUERYNAME -1000
@@ -139,21 +128,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        /* begin, by setting the parameters for a backend connection if the
-         * parameters are null, then the system will try to use reasonable
-         * defaults by looking up environment variables or, failing that,
-         * using hardwired constants */
-
-        pgoptions = NULL; /* special options to start up the backend server */
-        pgtty = NULL;     /* debugging tty for the backend server */
-
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_pgsql_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-        if (verbose > 2)
+        }
+
+        const check_pgsql_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        if (verbose > 2) {
                 printf("Arguments initialized\n");
+        }
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -162,25 +149,33 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         alarm(timeout_interval);
 
         char *conninfo = NULL;
-        if (pgparams)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s ", pgparams);
-
-        asprintf(&conninfo, "%sdbname = '%s'", conninfo ? conninfo : "", dbName);
-        if (pghost)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s host = '%s'", conninfo, pghost);
-        if (pgport)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s port = '%s'", conninfo, pgport);
-        if (pgoptions)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s options = '%s'", conninfo, pgoptions);
+        if (config.pgparams) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s ", config.pgparams);
+        }
+
+        asprintf(&conninfo, "%sdbname = '%s'", conninfo ? conninfo : "", config.dbName);
+        if (config.pghost) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s host = '%s'", conninfo, config.pghost);
+        }
+        if (config.pgport) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s port = '%s'", conninfo, config.pgport);
+        }
+        if (config.pgoptions) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s options = '%s'", conninfo, config.pgoptions);
+        }
         /* if (pgtty) -- ignored by PQconnectdb */
-        if (pguser)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s user = '%s'", conninfo, pguser);
+        if (config.pguser) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s user = '%s'", conninfo, config.pguser);
+        }
 
-        if (verbose) /* do not include password (see right below) in output */
-                printf("Connecting to PostgreSQL using conninfo: %s%s\n", conninfo, pgpasswd ? " password = <hidden>" : "");
+        if (verbose) { /* do not include password (see right below) in output */
+                printf("Connecting to PostgreSQL using conninfo: %s%s\n", conninfo,
+                           config.pgpasswd ? " password = <hidden>" : "");
+        }
 
-        if (pgpasswd)
-                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s password = '%s'", conninfo, pgpasswd);
+        if (config.pgpasswd) {
+                asprintf(&conninfo, "%s password = '%s'", conninfo, config.pgpasswd);
+        }
 
         /* make a connection to the database */
         struct timeval start_timeval;
@@ -193,25 +188,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 --end_timeval.tv_sec;
                 end_timeval.tv_usec += 1000000;
         }
-        double elapsed_time =
-                (double)(end_timeval.tv_sec - start_timeval.tv_sec) + (double)(end_timeval.tv_usec - start_timeval.tv_usec) / 1000000.0;
+        double elapsed_time = (double)(end_timeval.tv_sec - start_timeval.tv_sec) +
+                                                  ((double)(end_timeval.tv_usec - start_timeval.tv_usec) / 1000000.0);
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Time elapsed: %f\n", elapsed_time);
+        }
 
         /* check to see that the backend connection was successfully made */
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Verifying connection\n");
+        }
         if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD) {
-                printf(_("CRITICAL - no connection to '%s' (%s).\n"), dbName, PQerrorMessage(conn));
+                printf(_("CRITICAL - no connection to '%s' (%s).\n"), config.dbName, PQerrorMessage(conn));
                 PQfinish(conn);
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        if (elapsed_time > tcrit) {
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        if (elapsed_time > config.tcrit) {
                 status = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        } else if (elapsed_time > twarn) {
+        } else if (elapsed_time > config.twarn) {
                 status = STATE_WARNING;
         } else {
                 status = STATE_OK;
@@ -224,25 +221,29 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 printf("Successfully connected to database %s (user %s) "
                            "at server %s%s%s (server version: %d.%d.%d, "
                            "protocol version: %d, pid: %d)\n",
-                           PQdb(conn), PQuser(conn), PSQL_SOCKET3(server_host, PQport(conn)), PSQL_SERVER_VERSION3(server_version),
-                           PQprotocolVersion(conn), PQbackendPID(conn));
+                           PQdb(conn), PQuser(conn), PSQL_SOCKET3(server_host, PQport(conn)),
+                           PSQL_SERVER_VERSION3(server_version), PQprotocolVersion(conn), PQbackendPID(conn));
         }
 
-        printf(_(" %s - database %s (%f sec.)|%s\n"), state_text(status), dbName, elapsed_time,
-                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", !!(twarn > 0.0), twarn, !!(tcrit > 0.0), tcrit, true, 0, false, 0));
+        printf(_(" %s - database %s (%f sec.)|%s\n"), state_text(status), config.dbName, elapsed_time,
+                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", (config.twarn > 0.0), config.twarn,
+                                         (config.tcrit > 0.0), config.tcrit, true, 0, false, 0));
 
-        int query_status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        if (pgquery)
-                query_status = do_query(conn, pgquery);
+        mp_state_enum query_status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        if (config.pgquery) {
+                query_status = do_query(conn, config.pgquery, config.pgqueryname, config.qthresholds,
+                                                                config.query_warning, config.query_critical);
+        }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Closing connection\n");
+        }
         PQfinish(conn);
-        return (pgquery && query_status > status) ? query_status : status;
+        return (config.pgquery && query_status > status) ? query_status : status;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_pgsql_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
@@ -262,12 +263,19 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        check_pgsql_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_pgsql_config_init(),
+        };
+
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
-                int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVt:c:w:H:P:d:l:p:a:o:q:C:W:v", longopts, &option);
+                int option_char =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVt:c:w:H:P:d:l:p:a:o:q:C:W:v", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* usage */
@@ -279,68 +287,75 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
-                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg))
+                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Critical threshold must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                tcrit = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.tcrit = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
-                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg))
+                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Warning threshold must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                twarn = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.twarn = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* critical query threshold */
-                        query_critical = optarg;
+                        result.config.query_critical = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'W': /* warning query threshold */
-                        query_warning = optarg;
+                        result.config.query_warning = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* host */
-                        if ((*optarg != '/') && (!is_host(optarg)))
+                        if ((*optarg != '/') && (!is_host(optarg))) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                pghost = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.pghost = optarg;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* port */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Port must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                pgport = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.pgport = optarg;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'd': /* database name */
                         if (strlen(optarg) >= NAMEDATALEN) {
                                 usage2(_("Database name exceeds the maximum length"), optarg);
                         }
-                        snprintf(dbName, NAMEDATALEN, "%s", optarg);
+                        snprintf(result.config.dbName, NAMEDATALEN, "%s", optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'l': /* login name */
-                        if (!is_pg_logname(optarg))
+                        if (!is_pg_logname(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("User name is not valid"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                pguser = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.pguser = optarg;
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* authentication password */
                 case 'a':
-                        pgpasswd = optarg;
+                        result.config.pgpasswd = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'o':
-                        if (pgparams)
-                                asprintf(&pgparams, "%s %s", pgparams, optarg);
-                        else
-                                asprintf(&pgparams, "%s", optarg);
+                        if (result.config.pgparams) {
+                                asprintf(&result.config.pgparams, "%s %s", result.config.pgparams, optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                asprintf(&result.config.pgparams, "%s", optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        pgquery = optarg;
+                        result.config.pgquery = optarg;
                         break;
                 case OPTID_QUERYNAME:
-                        pgqueryname = optarg;
+                        result.config.pgqueryname = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'v':
                         verbose++;
@@ -348,9 +363,10 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        set_thresholds(&qthresholds, query_warning, query_critical);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.qthresholds, result.config.query_warning,
+                                   result.config.query_critical);
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -378,8 +394,9 @@ should be added.</para>
 ******************************************************************************/
 
 bool is_pg_logname(char *username) {
-        if (strlen(username) > NAMEDATALEN - 1)
+        if (strlen(username) > NAMEDATALEN - 1) {
                 return (false);
+        }
         return (true);
 }
 
@@ -394,7 +411,7 @@ bool is_pg_logname(char *username) {
 void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
 
-        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", DEFAULT_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", 5432);
 
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
@@ -447,29 +464,39 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(" %s\n", _("If a query is specified using the -q option, it will be executed after"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("connecting to the server. The result from the query has to be numeric."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Multiple SQL commands, separated by semicolon, are allowed but the result "));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Multiple SQL commands, separated by semicolon, are allowed but the result "));
         printf(" %s\n", _("of the last command is taken into account only. The value of the first"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("column in the first row is used as the check result. If a second column is"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("column in the first row is used as the check result. If a second column is"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("present in the result set, this is added to the plugin output with a"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("prefix of \"Extra Info:\". This information can be displayed in the system"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("prefix of \"Extra Info:\". This information can be displayed in the system"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("executing the plugin."));
 
         printf(" %s\n", _("See the chapter \"Monitoring Database Activity\" of the PostgreSQL manual"));
-        printf(" %s\n\n", _("for details about how to access internal statistics of the database server."));
+        printf(" %s\n\n",
+                   _("for details about how to access internal statistics of the database server."));
 
-        printf(" %s\n", _("For a list of available connection parameters which may be used with the -o"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("command line option, see the documentation for PQconnectdb() in the chapter"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("For a list of available connection parameters which may be used with the -o"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("command line option, see the documentation for PQconnectdb() in the chapter"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("\"libpq - C Library\" of the PostgreSQL manual. For example, this may be"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("used to specify a service name in pg_service.conf to be used for additional"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("used to specify a service name in pg_service.conf to be used for additional"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("connection parameters: -o 'service=<name>' or to specify the SSL mode:"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("-o 'sslmode=require'."));
 
         printf(" %s\n", _("The plugin will connect to a local postmaster if no host is specified. To"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("connect to a remote host, be sure that the remote postmaster accepts TCP/IP"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("connect to a remote host, be sure that the remote postmaster accepts TCP/IP"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("connections (start the postmaster with the -i option)."));
 
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Typically, the monitoring user (unless the --logname option is used) should be"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("able to connect to the database without a password. The plugin can also send"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Typically, the monitoring user (unless the --logname option is used) should be"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("able to connect to the database without a password. The plugin can also send"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("a password, but no effort is made to obscure or encrypt the password."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
@@ -482,13 +509,16 @@ void print_usage(void) {
                    "[-q <query>] [-C <critical query range>] [-W <warning query range>]\n");
 }
 
-int do_query(PGconn *conn, char *query) {
-        if (verbose)
+mp_state_enum do_query(PGconn *conn, char *query, const char pgqueryname[], thresholds *qthresholds,
+                                           char *query_warning, char *query_critical) {
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Executing SQL query \"%s\".\n", query);
+        }
         PGresult *res = PQexec(conn, query);
 
         if (PGRES_TUPLES_OK != PQresultStatus(res)) {
-                printf(_("QUERY %s - %s: %s.\n"), _("CRITICAL"), _("Error with query"), PQerrorMessage(conn));
+                printf(_("QUERY %s - %s: %s.\n"), _("CRITICAL"), _("Error with query"),
+                           PQerrorMessage(conn));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
@@ -510,8 +540,9 @@ int do_query(PGconn *conn, char *query) {
 
         char *endptr = NULL;
         double value = strtod(val_str, &endptr);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("Query result: %f\n", value);
+        }
 
         if (endptr == val_str) {
                 printf("QUERY %s - %s: %s\n", _("CRITICAL"), _("Is not a numeric"), val_str);
@@ -519,11 +550,12 @@ int do_query(PGconn *conn, char *query) {
         }
 
         if ((endptr != NULL) && (*endptr != '\0')) {
-                if (verbose)
+                if (verbose) {
                         printf("Garbage after value: %s.\n", endptr);
+                }
         }
 
-        int my_status = get_status(value, qthresholds);
+        mp_state_enum my_status = get_status(value, qthresholds);
         printf("QUERY %s - ", (my_status == STATE_OK)         ? _("OK")
                                                   : (my_status == STATE_WARNING)  ? _("WARNING")
                                                   : (my_status == STATE_CRITICAL) ? _("CRITICAL")
@@ -534,7 +566,8 @@ int do_query(PGconn *conn, char *query) {
                 printf(_("'%s' returned %f"), query, value);
         }
 
-        printf("|query=%f;%s;%s;;\n", value, query_warning ? query_warning : "", query_critical ? query_critical : "");
+        printf("|query=%f;%s;%s;;\n", value, query_warning ? query_warning : "",
+                   query_critical ? query_critical : "");
         if (PQnfields(res) > 1) {
                 char *extra_info = PQgetvalue(res, 0, 1);
                 if (extra_info != NULL) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_pgsql.d/config.h b/plugins/check_pgsql.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d4b8b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_pgsql.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <pg_config_manual.h>
+
+#define DEFAULT_DB "template1"
+
+enum {
+        DEFAULT_WARN = 2,
+        DEFAULT_CRIT = 8,
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *pghost;    /* host name of the backend server */
+        char *pgport;    /* port of the backend server */
+        char *pgoptions; /* special options to start up the backend server */
+        char *pgtty;     /* debugging tty for the backend server */
+        char dbName[NAMEDATALEN];
+        char *pguser;
+        char *pgpasswd;
+        char *pgparams;
+        char *pgquery;
+        char *pgqueryname;
+
+        double twarn;
+        double tcrit;
+        thresholds *qthresholds;
+        char *query_warning;
+        char *query_critical;
+} check_pgsql_config;
+
+/* begin, by setting the parameters for a backend connection if the
+ * parameters are null, then the system will try to use reasonable
+ * defaults by looking up environment variables or, failing that,
+ * using hardwired constants
+ * this targets  .pgoptions and .pgtty
+ */
+
+check_pgsql_config check_pgsql_config_init() {
+        check_pgsql_config tmp = {
+                .pghost = NULL,
+                .pgport = NULL,
+                .pgoptions = NULL,
+                .pgtty = NULL,
+                .dbName = DEFAULT_DB,
+                .pguser = NULL,
+                .pgpasswd = NULL,
+                .pgparams = NULL,
+                .pgquery = NULL,
+                .pgqueryname = NULL,
+
+                .twarn = (double)DEFAULT_WARN,
+                .tcrit = (double)DEFAULT_CRIT,
+                .qthresholds = NULL,
+                .query_warning = NULL,
+                .query_critical = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_ping.c b/plugins/check_ping.c
index 4aafaf41..61feb958 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ping.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ping.c
@@ -36,61 +36,52 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "popen.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "check_ping.d/config.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
 
 #include <signal.h>
 
-#define WARN_DUPLICATES   "DUPLICATES FOUND! "
-#define UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME -1.0 /* -1 seconds */
+#define WARN_DUPLICATES "DUPLICATES FOUND! "
 
-enum {
-        UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS = 200, /* 200% */
-        DEFAULT_MAX_PACKETS = 5    /* default no. of ICMP ECHO packets */
-};
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ping_config config;
+} check_ping_config_wrapper;
+static check_ping_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_ping_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ping_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int get_threshold(char * /*arg*/, float * /*trta*/, int * /*tpl*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
-static int run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr);
-static int error_scan(char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER], const char *addr);
+static int get_threshold(char * /*arg*/, double * /*trta*/, int * /*tpl*/);
+
+typedef struct {
+        mp_state_enum state;
+        double round_trip_average;
+        int packet_loss;
+} ping_result;
+static ping_result run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr, double /*crta*/);
+
+static mp_state_enum error_scan(char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER], const char *addr);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static bool display_html = false;
-static int wpl = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS;
-static int cpl = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS;
-static float wrta = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME;
-static float crta = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME;
-static char **addresses = NULL;
-static int n_addresses = 0;
-static int max_addr = 1;
-static int max_packets = -1;
 static int verbose = 0;
 
-static float rta = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME;
-static int pl = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS;
-
 static char *warn_text;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        char *cmd = NULL;
-        char *rawcmd = NULL;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int this_result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int i;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        addresses = malloc(sizeof(char *) * max_addr);
-        addresses[0] = NULL;
-
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_ping_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_ping_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm */
         if (signal(SIGALRM, popen_timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -105,71 +96,90 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         alarm(timeout_interval);
 #endif
 
-        for (i = 0; i < n_addresses; i++) {
-
+        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        char *rawcmd = NULL;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < config.n_addresses; i++) {
 #ifdef PING6_COMMAND
-                if (address_family != AF_INET && is_inet6_addr(addresses[i]))
+                if (address_family != AF_INET && is_inet6_addr(config.addresses[i])) {
                         rawcmd = strdup(PING6_COMMAND);
-                else
+                } else {
                         rawcmd = strdup(PING_COMMAND);
+                }
 #else
                 rawcmd = strdup(PING_COMMAND);
 #endif
 
-                        /* does the host address of number of packets argument come first? */
+                char *cmd = NULL;
+
+                /* does the host address of number of packets argument come first? */
 #ifdef PING_PACKETS_FIRST
 #       ifdef PING_HAS_TIMEOUT
-                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, timeout_interval, max_packets, addresses[i]);
+                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, timeout_interval, config.max_packets, config.addresses[i]);
 #       else
-                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, max_packets, addresses[i]);
+                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, config.max_packets, config.addresses[i]);
 #       endif
 #else
-                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, addresses[i], max_packets);
+                xasprintf(&cmd, rawcmd, config.addresses[i], config.max_packets);
 #endif
 
-                if (verbose >= 2)
+                if (verbose >= 2) {
                         printf("CMD: %s\n", cmd);
+                }
 
                 /* run the command */
-                this_result = run_ping(cmd, addresses[i]);
 
-                if (pl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS || rta < 0.0) {
+                ping_result pinged = run_ping(cmd, config.addresses[i], config.crta);
+
+                if (pinged.packet_loss == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS || pinged.round_trip_average < 0.0) {
                         printf("%s\n", cmd);
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("CRITICAL - Could not interpret output from ping command\n"));
                 }
 
-                if (pl >= cpl || rta >= crta || rta < 0)
-                        this_result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (pl >= wpl || rta >= wrta)
-                        this_result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (pl >= 0 && rta >= 0)
-                        this_result = max_state(STATE_OK, this_result);
-
-                if (n_addresses > 1 && this_result != STATE_UNKNOWN)
-                        die(STATE_OK, "%s is alive\n", addresses[i]);
-
-                if (display_html == true)
-                        printf("<A HREF='%s/traceroute.cgi?%s'>", CGIURL, addresses[i]);
-                if (pl == 100)
-                        printf(_("PING %s - %sPacket loss = %d%%"), state_text(this_result), warn_text, pl);
-                else
-                        printf(_("PING %s - %sPacket loss = %d%%, RTA = %2.2f ms"), state_text(this_result), warn_text, pl, rta);
-                if (display_html == true)
+                if (pinged.packet_loss >= config.cpl || pinged.round_trip_average >= config.crta ||
+                        pinged.round_trip_average < 0) {
+                        pinged.state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                } else if (pinged.packet_loss >= config.wpl || pinged.round_trip_average >= config.wrta) {
+                        pinged.state = STATE_WARNING;
+                } else if (pinged.packet_loss >= 0 && pinged.round_trip_average >= 0) {
+                        pinged.state = max_state(STATE_OK, pinged.state);
+                }
+
+                if (config.n_addresses > 1 && pinged.state != STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+                        die(STATE_OK, "%s is alive\n", config.addresses[i]);
+                }
+
+                if (config.display_html) {
+                        printf("<A HREF='%s/traceroute.cgi?%s'>", CGIURL, config.addresses[i]);
+                }
+                if (pinged.packet_loss == 100) {
+                        printf(_("PING %s - %sPacket loss = %d%%"), state_text(pinged.state), warn_text,
+                                   pinged.packet_loss);
+                } else {
+                        printf(_("PING %s - %sPacket loss = %d%%, RTA = %2.2f ms"), state_text(pinged.state),
+                                   warn_text, pinged.packet_loss, pinged.round_trip_average);
+                }
+                if (config.display_html) {
                         printf("</A>");
+                }
 
                 /* Print performance data */
-                if (pl != 100) {
+                if (pinged.packet_loss != 100) {
                         printf("|%s",
-                                   fperfdata("rta", (double)rta, "ms", wrta > 0 ? true : false, wrta, crta > 0 ? true : false, crta, true, 0, false, 0));
+                                   fperfdata("rta", pinged.round_trip_average, "ms", (bool)(config.wrta > 0),
+                                                         config.wrta, (bool)(config.crta > 0), config.crta, true, 0, false, 0));
                 } else {
-                        printf("| rta=U;%f;%f;;", wrta, crta);
+                        printf("| rta=U;%f;%f;;", config.wrta, config.crta);
                 }
-                printf(" %s\n", perfdata("pl", (long)pl, "%", wpl > 0 ? true : false, wpl, cpl > 0 ? true : false, cpl, true, 0, false, 0));
 
-                if (verbose >= 2)
-                        printf("%f:%d%% %f:%d%%\n", wrta, wpl, crta, cpl);
+                printf(" %s\n",
+                           perfdata("pl", (long)pinged.packet_loss, "%", (bool)(config.wpl > 0), config.wpl,
+                                                (bool)(config.cpl > 0), config.cpl, true, 0, false, 0));
+
+                if (verbose >= 2) {
+                        printf("%f:%d%% %f:%d%%\n", config.wrta, config.wpl, config.crta, config.cpl);
+                }
 
-                result = max_state(result, this_result);
+                result = max_state(result, pinged.state);
                 free(rawcmd);
                 free(cmd);
         }
@@ -178,11 +188,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c = 1;
-        char *ptr;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_ping_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {STD_LONG_OPTS,
                                                                            {"packets", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
                                                                            {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
@@ -191,23 +197,35 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        check_ping_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_ping_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                if (strcmp("-nohtml", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-n");
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+                if (strcmp("-nohtml", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-n");
+                }
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "VvhnL46t:c:w:H:p:", longopts, &option);
+        int option = 0;
+        size_t max_addr = MAX_ADDR_START;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "VvhnL46t:c:w:H:p:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case '?': /* usage */
                         usage5();
                 case 'h': /* help */
@@ -234,17 +252,19 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         usage(_("IPv6 support not available\n"));
 #endif
                         break;
-                case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        ptr = optarg;
-                        while (1) {
-                                n_addresses++;
-                                if (n_addresses > max_addr) {
+                case 'H': /* hostname */ {
+                        char *ptr = optarg;
+                        while (true) {
+                                result.config.n_addresses++;
+                                if (result.config.n_addresses > max_addr) {
                                         max_addr *= 2;
-                                        addresses = realloc(addresses, sizeof(char *) * max_addr);
-                                        if (addresses == NULL)
+                                        result.config.addresses =
+                                                realloc(result.config.addresses, sizeof(char *) * max_addr);
+                                        if (result.config.addresses == NULL) {
                                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not realloc() addresses\n"));
+                                        }
                                 }
-                                addresses[n_addresses - 1] = ptr;
+                                result.config.addresses[result.config.n_addresses - 1] = ptr;
                                 if ((ptr = index(ptr, ','))) {
                                         strcpy(ptr, "");
                                         ptr += sizeof(char);
@@ -252,219 +272,302 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                         break;
                                 }
                         }
-                        break;
+                } break;
                 case 'p': /* number of packets to send */
-                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg))
-                                max_packets = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.max_packets = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage2(_("<max_packets> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'n': /* no HTML */
-                        display_html = false;
+                        result.config.display_html = false;
                         break;
                 case 'L': /* show HTML */
-                        display_html = true;
+                        result.config.display_html = true;
                         break;
                 case 'c':
-                        get_threshold(optarg, &crta, &cpl);
+                        get_threshold(optarg, &result.config.crta, &result.config.cpl);
                         break;
                 case 'w':
-                        get_threshold(optarg, &wrta, &wpl);
+                        get_threshold(optarg, &result.config.wrta, &result.config.wpl);
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (c == argc)
-                return validate_arguments();
+        int arg_counter = optind;
+        if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                return validate_arguments(result);
+        }
 
-        if (addresses[0] == NULL) {
-                if (!is_host(argv[c])) {
-                        usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[c]);
+        if (result.config.addresses[0] == NULL) {
+                if (!is_host(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[arg_counter]);
                 } else {
-                        addresses[0] = argv[c++];
-                        n_addresses++;
-                        if (c == argc)
-                                return validate_arguments();
+                        result.config.addresses[0] = argv[arg_counter++];
+                        result.config.n_addresses++;
+                        if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                                return validate_arguments(result);
+                        }
                 }
         }
 
-        if (wpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
-                if (!is_intpercent(argv[c])) {
-                        printf(_("<wpl> (%s) must be an integer percentage\n"), argv[c]);
-                        return ERROR;
-                } else {
-                        wpl = atoi(argv[c++]);
-                        if (c == argc)
-                                return validate_arguments();
+        if (result.config.wpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
+                if (!is_intpercent(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        printf(_("<wpl> (%s) must be an integer percentage\n"), argv[arg_counter]);
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
+                }
+                result.config.wpl = atoi(argv[arg_counter++]);
+                if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                        return validate_arguments(result);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (cpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
-                if (!is_intpercent(argv[c])) {
-                        printf(_("<cpl> (%s) must be an integer percentage\n"), argv[c]);
-                        return ERROR;
-                } else {
-                        cpl = atoi(argv[c++]);
-                        if (c == argc)
-                                return validate_arguments();
+        if (result.config.cpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
+                if (!is_intpercent(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        printf(_("<cpl> (%s) must be an integer percentage\n"), argv[arg_counter]);
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
+                }
+                result.config.cpl = atoi(argv[arg_counter++]);
+                if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                        return validate_arguments(result);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (wrta < 0.0) {
-                if (is_negative(argv[c])) {
-                        printf(_("<wrta> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[c]);
-                        return ERROR;
-                } else {
-                        wrta = atof(argv[c++]);
-                        if (c == argc)
-                                return validate_arguments();
+        if (result.config.wrta < 0.0) {
+                if (is_negative(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        printf(_("<wrta> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[arg_counter]);
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
+                }
+                result.config.wrta = atof(argv[arg_counter++]);
+                if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                        return validate_arguments(result);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (crta < 0.0) {
-                if (is_negative(argv[c])) {
-                        printf(_("<crta> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[c]);
-                        return ERROR;
-                } else {
-                        crta = atof(argv[c++]);
-                        if (c == argc)
-                                return validate_arguments();
+        if (result.config.crta < 0.0) {
+                if (is_negative(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        printf(_("<crta> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[arg_counter]);
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
+                }
+                result.config.crta = atof(argv[arg_counter++]);
+                if (arg_counter == argc) {
+                        return validate_arguments(result);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (max_packets == -1) {
-                if (is_intnonneg(argv[c])) {
-                        max_packets = atoi(argv[c++]);
+        if (result.config.max_packets == -1) {
+                if (is_intnonneg(argv[arg_counter])) {
+                        result.config.max_packets = atoi(argv[arg_counter++]);
                 } else {
-                        printf(_("<max_packets> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[c]);
-                        return ERROR;
+                        printf(_("<max_packets> (%s) must be a non-negative number\n"), argv[arg_counter]);
+                        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                        return result;
                 }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int get_threshold(char *arg, float *trta, int *tpl) {
-        if (is_intnonneg(arg) && sscanf(arg, "%f", trta) == 1)
+int get_threshold(char *arg, double *trta, int *tpl) {
+        if (is_intnonneg(arg) && sscanf(arg, "%lf", trta) == 1) {
                 return OK;
-        else if (strpbrk(arg, ",:") && strstr(arg, "%") && sscanf(arg, "%f%*[:,]%d%%", trta, tpl) == 2)
+        }
+
+        if (strpbrk(arg, ",:") && strstr(arg, "%") && sscanf(arg, "%lf%*[:,]%d%%", trta, tpl) == 2) {
                 return OK;
-        else if (strstr(arg, "%") && sscanf(arg, "%d%%", tpl) == 1)
+        }
+
+        if (strstr(arg, "%") && sscanf(arg, "%d%%", tpl) == 1) {
                 return OK;
+        }
 
         usage2(_("%s: Warning threshold must be integer or percentage!\n\n"), arg);
         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
-int validate_arguments() {
-        float max_seconds;
-        int i;
-
-        if (wrta < 0.0) {
+check_ping_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ping_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.wrta < 0.0) {
                 printf(_("<wrta> was not set\n"));
-                return ERROR;
-        } else if (crta < 0.0) {
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
+
+        if (config_wrapper.config.crta < 0.0) {
                 printf(_("<crta> was not set\n"));
-                return ERROR;
-        } else if (wpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
+
+        if (config_wrapper.config.wpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
                 printf(_("<wpl> was not set\n"));
-                return ERROR;
-        } else if (cpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
+
+        if (config_wrapper.config.cpl == UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS) {
                 printf(_("<cpl> was not set\n"));
-                return ERROR;
-        } else if (wrta > crta) {
-                printf(_("<wrta> (%f) cannot be larger than <crta> (%f)\n"), wrta, crta);
-                return ERROR;
-        } else if (wpl > cpl) {
-                printf(_("<wpl> (%d) cannot be larger than <cpl> (%d)\n"), wpl, cpl);
-                return ERROR;
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
+
+        if (config_wrapper.config.wrta > config_wrapper.config.crta) {
+                printf(_("<wrta> (%f) cannot be larger than <crta> (%f)\n"), config_wrapper.config.wrta,
+                           config_wrapper.config.crta);
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
         }
 
-        if (max_packets == -1)
-                max_packets = DEFAULT_MAX_PACKETS;
+        if (config_wrapper.config.wpl > config_wrapper.config.cpl) {
+                printf(_("<wpl> (%d) cannot be larger than <cpl> (%d)\n"), config_wrapper.config.wpl,
+                           config_wrapper.config.cpl);
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return config_wrapper;
+        }
 
-        max_seconds = crta / 1000.0 * max_packets + max_packets;
-        if (max_seconds > timeout_interval)
-                timeout_interval = (int)max_seconds;
+        if (config_wrapper.config.max_packets == -1) {
+                config_wrapper.config.max_packets = DEFAULT_MAX_PACKETS;
+        }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < n_addresses; i++) {
-                if (!is_host(addresses[i]))
-                        usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), addresses[i]);
+        double max_seconds = (config_wrapper.config.crta / 1000.0 * config_wrapper.config.max_packets) +
+                                                 config_wrapper.config.max_packets;
+        if (max_seconds > timeout_interval) {
+                timeout_interval = (unsigned int)max_seconds;
+        }
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < config_wrapper.config.n_addresses; i++) {
+                if (!is_host(config_wrapper.config.addresses[i])) {
+                        usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), config_wrapper.config.addresses[i]);
+                }
         }
 
-        if (n_addresses == 0) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.n_addresses == 0) {
                 usage(_("You must specify a server address or host name"));
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
-int run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr) {
-        char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int match;
-
-        if ((child_process = spopen(cmd)) == NULL)
+ping_result run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr, double crta) {
+        if ((child_process = spopen(cmd)) == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), cmd);
+        }
 
         child_stderr = fdopen(child_stderr_array[fileno(child_process)], "r");
-        if (child_stderr == NULL)
+        if (child_stderr == NULL) {
                 printf(_("Cannot open stderr for %s\n"), cmd);
+        }
 
-        while (fgets(buf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
+        char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        ping_result result = {
+                .state = STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                .packet_loss = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS,
+                .round_trip_average = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME,
+        };
 
-                if (verbose >= 3)
+        while (fgets(buf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
+                if (verbose >= 3) {
                         printf("Output: %s", buf);
+                }
 
-                result = max_state(result, error_scan(buf, addr));
+                result.state = max_state(result.state, error_scan(buf, addr));
 
                 /* get the percent loss statistics */
-                match = 0;
-                if ((sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, +%*d duplicates, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, +%*d duplicates, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, %d%% loss, time%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, %d%% loss, time%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, %d%% packet loss, time%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted %*d received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n", &pl, &match) && match) ||
-                        (sscanf(buf, "%*[^(](%d%% %*[^)])%n", &pl, &match) && match))
+                int match = 0;
+                if ((sscanf(
+                                 buf,
+                                 "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n",
+                                 &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf,
+                                        "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, +%*d duplicates, %d%% packet "
+                                        "loss%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf,
+                                        "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, +%*d duplicates, %d%% packet loss%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, %d%% packet loss%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d packets received, %d%% loss, time%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, %d%% loss, time%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, %d%% packet loss, time%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) == 1 ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted, %*d received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*d packets transmitted %*d received, +%*d errors, %d%% packet loss%n",
+                                        &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*[^(](%d%% %*[^)])%n", &result.packet_loss, &match) == 1 && match)) {
                         continue;
+                }
 
                 /* get the round trip average */
-                else if ((sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max = %*f/%f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/sdev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = %*f/%f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/stddev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "rtt min/avg/max/mdev = %*f/%f/%*f/%*f ms%n", &rta, &match) && match) ||
-                                 (sscanf(buf, "%*[^=] = %*fms, %*[^=] = %*fms, %*[^=] = %fms%n", &rta, &match) && match))
+                if ((sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max = %*f/%lf/%*f%n", &result.round_trip_average,
+                                        &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/sdev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = %*f/%lf/%*f%n", &result.round_trip_average,
+                                        &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/stddev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "rtt min/avg/max/mdev = %*f/%lf/%*f/%*f ms%n", &result.round_trip_average,
+                                        &match) == 1 &&
+                         match) ||
+                        (sscanf(buf, "%*[^=] = %*fms, %*[^=] = %*fms, %*[^=] = %lfms%n",
+                                        &result.round_trip_average, &match) == 1 &&
+                         match)) {
                         continue;
+                }
         }
 
         /* this is needed because there is no rta if all packets are lost */
-        if (pl == 100)
-                rta = crta;
+        if (result.packet_loss == 100) {
+                result.round_trip_average = crta;
+        }
 
         /* check stderr, setting at least WARNING if there is output here */
         /* Add warning into warn_text */
         while (fgets(buf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
-                if (!strstr(buf, "WARNING - no SO_TIMESTAMP support, falling back to SIOCGSTAMP") && !strstr(buf, "Warning: time of day goes back")
+                if (!strstr(buf, "WARNING - no SO_TIMESTAMP support, falling back to SIOCGSTAMP") &&
+                        !strstr(buf, "Warning: time of day goes back")
 
                 ) {
                         if (verbose >= 3) {
                                 printf("Got stderr: %s", buf);
                         }
-                        if ((result = error_scan(buf, addr)) == STATE_OK) {
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
+                        if ((result.state = error_scan(buf, addr)) == STATE_OK) {
+                                result.state = STATE_WARNING;
                                 if (warn_text == NULL) {
                                         warn_text = strdup(_("System call sent warnings to stderr "));
                                 } else {
-                                        xasprintf(&warn_text, "%s %s", warn_text, _("System call sent warnings to stderr "));
+                                        xasprintf(&warn_text, "%s %s", warn_text,
+                                                          _("System call sent warnings to stderr "));
                                 }
                         }
                 }
@@ -474,43 +577,48 @@ int run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr) {
 
         spclose(child_process);
 
-        if (warn_text == NULL)
+        if (warn_text == NULL) {
                 warn_text = strdup("");
+        }
 
         return result;
 }
 
-int error_scan(char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER], const char *addr) {
-        if (strstr(buf, "Network is unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Destination Net Unreachable") || strstr(buf, "No route"))
+mp_state_enum error_scan(char buf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER], const char *addr) {
+        if (strstr(buf, "Network is unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Destination Net Unreachable") ||
+                strstr(buf, "No route")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Host Unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Address unreachable"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Host Unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Address unreachable")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Host Unreachable (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Port Unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Port unreachable"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Port Unreachable") || strstr(buf, "Port unreachable")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Bogus ICMP: Port Unreachable (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Protocol Unreachable"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Protocol Unreachable")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Bogus ICMP: Protocol Unreachable (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Net Prohibited"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Net Prohibited")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Network Prohibited (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Host Prohibited"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination Host Prohibited")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Host Prohibited (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Packet filtered") || strstr(buf, "Administratively prohibited"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Packet filtered") || strstr(buf, "Administratively prohibited")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Packet Filtered (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "unknown host"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "unknown host")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Host not found (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Time to live exceeded") || strstr(buf, "Time exceeded"))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Time to live exceeded") || strstr(buf, "Time exceeded")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Time to live exceeded (%s)\n"), addr);
-        else if (strstr(buf, "Destination unreachable: "))
+        } else if (strstr(buf, "Destination unreachable: ")) {
                 die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("CRITICAL - Destination Unreachable (%s)\n"), addr);
+        }
 
         if (strstr(buf, "(DUP!)") || strstr(buf, "DUPLICATES FOUND")) {
-                if (warn_text == NULL)
+                if (warn_text == NULL) {
                         warn_text = strdup(_(WARN_DUPLICATES));
-                else if (!strstr(warn_text, _(WARN_DUPLICATES)) && xasprintf(&warn_text, "%s %s", warn_text, _(WARN_DUPLICATES)) == -1)
+                } else if (!strstr(warn_text, _(WARN_DUPLICATES)) &&
+                                   xasprintf(&warn_text, "%s %s", warn_text, _(WARN_DUPLICATES)) == -1) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Unable to realloc warn_text\n"));
-                return (STATE_WARNING);
+                }
+                return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        return (STATE_OK);
+        return STATE_OK;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -550,10 +658,10 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("percentage of packet loss to trigger an alarm state."));
 
         printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin uses the ping command to probe the specified host for packet loss"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("(percentage) and round trip average (milliseconds). It can produce HTML output"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("linking to a traceroute CGI contributed by Ian Cass. The CGI can be found in"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("the contrib area of the downloads section at http://www.nagios.org/"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("This plugin uses the ping command to probe the specified host for packet loss"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("(percentage) and round trip average (milliseconds). It can produce HTML output."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ping.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ping.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb2735a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ping.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+enum {
+        UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS = 200, /* 200% */
+        DEFAULT_MAX_PACKETS = 5    /* default no. of ICMP ECHO packets */
+};
+
+#define UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME -1.0 /* -1 seconds */
+
+#define MAX_ADDR_START 1
+
+typedef struct {
+        bool display_html;
+        int max_packets;
+
+        char **addresses;
+        size_t n_addresses;
+
+        int wpl;
+        int cpl;
+        double wrta;
+        double crta;
+} check_ping_config;
+
+check_ping_config check_ping_config_init() {
+        check_ping_config tmp = {
+                .display_html = false,
+                .max_packets = -1,
+
+                .addresses = NULL,
+                .n_addresses = 0,
+
+                .wpl = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS,
+                .cpl = UNKNOWN_PACKET_LOSS,
+                .wrta = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME,
+                .crta = UNKNOWN_TRIP_TIME,
+        };
+
+        tmp.addresses = calloc(MAX_ADDR_START, sizeof(char *));
+        tmp.addresses[0] = NULL;
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 1d78ccee..ae6e9c23 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-*
-* Monitoring check_procs plugin
-*
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-*
-* Description:
-*
-* This file contains the check_procs plugin
-*
-* Checks all processes and generates WARNING or CRITICAL states if the
-* specified metric is outside the required threshold ranges. The metric
-* defaults to number of processes.  Search filters can be applied to limit
-* the processes to check.
-*
-* The parent process, check_procs itself and any child process of 
-* check_procs (ps) are excluded from any checks to prevent false positives.
-*
-*
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*
-*
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_procs plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_procs plugin
+ *
+ * Checks all processes and generates WARNING or CRITICAL states if the
+ * specified metric is outside the required threshold ranges. The metric
+ * defaults to number of processes.  Search filters can be applied to limit
+ * the processes to check.
+ *
+ * The parent process, check_procs itself and any child process of
+ * check_procs (ps) are excluded from any checks to prevent false positives.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_procs";
-const char *program_name = "check_procs";  /* Required for coreutils libs */
+const char *program_name = "check_procs"; /* Required for coreutils libs */
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
@@ -43,313 +43,297 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
 #include "regex.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "check_procs.d/config.h"
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#       include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
-static int process_arguments (int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments (void);
-static int convert_to_seconds (char * /*etime*/);
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-
-static char *warning_range = NULL;
-static char *critical_range = NULL;
-static thresholds *procs_thresholds = NULL;
-
-static int options = 0; /* bitmask of filter criteria to test against */
-#define ALL 1
-#define STAT 2
-#define PPID 4
-#define USER 8
-#define PROG 16
-#define ARGS 32
-#define VSZ  64
-#define RSS  128
-#define PCPU 256
-#define ELAPSED 512
-#define EREG_ARGS 1024
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_procs_config config;
+} check_procs_config_wrapper;
+static check_procs_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_procs_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_procs_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
+
+static int convert_to_seconds(char * /*etime*/, enum metric /*metric*/);
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+
+#define ALL           1
+#define STAT          2
+#define PPID          4
+#define USER          8
+#define PROG          16
+#define ARGS          32
+#define VSZ           64
+#define RSS           128
+#define PCPU          256
+#define ELAPSED       512
+#define EREG_ARGS     1024
 #define EXCLUDE_PROGS 2048
 
-#define KTHREAD_PARENT "kthreadd" /* the parent process of kernel threads:
-                                                        ppid of procs are compared to pid of this proc*/
-
-/* Different metrics */
-char *metric_name;
-enum metric {
-        METRIC_PROCS,
-        METRIC_VSZ,
-        METRIC_RSS,
-        METRIC_CPU,
-        METRIC_ELAPSED
-};
-enum metric metric = METRIC_PROCS;
+#define KTHREAD_PARENT                                                                             \
+        "kthreadd" /* the parent process of kernel threads:                                            \
+                 ppid of procs are compared to pid of this proc*/
 
 static int verbose = 0;
-static int uid;
-static pid_t ppid;
-static int vsz;
-static int rss;
-static float pcpu;
-static char *statopts;
-static char *prog;
-static char *exclude_progs;
-static char **exclude_progs_arr = NULL;
-static char exclude_progs_counter = 0;
-static char *args;
-static char *input_filename = NULL;
-static regex_t re_args;
-static char *fmt;
-static char *fails;
-static char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-static int kthread_filter = 0;
-static int usepid = 0; /* whether to test for pid or /proc/pid/exe */
-
-static int
-stat_exe (const pid_t pid, struct stat *buf) {
+
+static int stat_exe(const pid_t pid, struct stat *buf) {
         char *path;
-        int ret;
         xasprintf(&path, "/proc/%d/exe", pid);
-        ret = stat(path, buf);
+        int ret = stat(path, buf);
         free(path);
         return ret;
 }
 
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        char *input_buffer;
-        char *input_line;
-        char *procprog;
-
-        pid_t mypid = 0;
-        pid_t myppid = 0;
-        struct stat statbuf;
-        dev_t mydev = 0;
-        ino_t myino = 0;
-        int procuid = 0;
-        pid_t procpid = 0;
-        pid_t procppid = 0;
-        pid_t kthread_ppid = 0;
-        int procvsz = 0;
-        int procrss = 0;
-        int procseconds = 0;
-        float procpcpu = 0;
-        char procstat[8];
-        char procetime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = { '\0' };
-        char *procargs;
-
-        const char *zombie = "Z";
-
-        int resultsum = 0; /* bitmask of the filter criteria met by a process */
-        int found = 0; /* counter for number of lines returned in `ps` output */
-        int procs = 0; /* counter for number of processes meeting filter criteria */
-        int pos; /* number of spaces before 'args' in `ps` output */
-        int cols; /* number of columns in ps output */
-        int expected_cols = PS_COLS - 1;
-        int warn = 0; /* number of processes in warn state */
-        int crit = 0; /* number of processes in crit state */
-        int i = 0;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int ret = 0;
-        output chld_out, chld_err;
-
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "POSIX");
-
-        input_buffer = malloc (MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-        procprog = malloc (MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-
-        xasprintf (&metric_name, "PROCS");
-        metric = METRIC_PROCS;
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
+
+        check_procs_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        check_procs_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* find ourself */
-        mypid = getpid();
-        myppid = getppid();
-        if (usepid || stat_exe(mypid, &statbuf) == -1) {
+        pid_t mypid = getpid();
+        pid_t myppid = getppid();
+        dev_t mydev = 0;
+        ino_t myino = 0;
+        struct stat statbuf;
+        if (config.usepid || stat_exe(mypid, &statbuf) == -1) {
                 /* usepid might have been set by -T */
-                usepid = 1;
+                config.usepid = true;
         } else {
-                usepid = 0;
+                config.usepid = false;
                 mydev = statbuf.st_dev;
                 myino = statbuf.st_ino;
         }
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
-        if (signal (SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
+        if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
         }
-        (void) alarm ((unsigned) timeout_interval);
+        (void)alarm(timeout_interval);
 
-        if (verbose >= 2)
-                printf (_("CMD: %s\n"), PS_COMMAND);
+        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                printf(_("CMD: %s\n"), PS_COMMAND);
+        }
 
-        if (input_filename == NULL) {
-                result = cmd_run( PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
+        output chld_out;
+        output chld_err;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        if (config.input_filename == NULL) {
+                result = cmd_run(PS_COMMAND, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
                 if (chld_err.lines > 0) {
-                        printf ("%s: %s", _("System call sent warnings to stderr"), chld_err.line[0]);
+                        printf("%s: %s", _("System call sent warnings to stderr"), chld_err.line[0]);
                         exit(STATE_WARNING);
                 }
         } else {
-                result = cmd_file_read( input_filename, &chld_out, 0);
+                result = cmd_file_read(config.input_filename, &chld_out, 0);
         }
 
+        int pos; /* number of spaces before 'args' in `ps` output */
+        uid_t procuid = 0;
+        pid_t procpid = 0;
+        pid_t procppid = 0;
+        pid_t kthread_ppid = 0;
+        int warn = 0; /* number of processes in warn state */
+        int crit = 0; /* number of processes in crit state */
+        int procvsz = 0;
+        int procrss = 0;
+        int procseconds = 0;
+        float procpcpu = 0;
+        char procstat[8];
+        char procetime[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = {'\0'};
+        int resultsum = 0; /* bitmask of the filter criteria met by a process */
+        int found = 0;     /* counter for number of lines returned in `ps` output */
+        int procs = 0;     /* counter for number of processes meeting filter criteria */
+        char *input_buffer = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+        char *procprog = malloc(MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+        const int expected_cols = PS_COLS - 1;
+
         /* flush first line: j starts at 1 */
         for (size_t j = 1; j < chld_out.lines; j++) {
-                input_line = chld_out.line[j];
+                char *input_line = chld_out.line[j];
 
-                if (verbose >= 3)
-                        printf ("%s", input_line);
+                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                        printf("%s", input_line);
+                }
 
-                strcpy (procprog, "");
-                xasprintf (&procargs, "%s", "");
+                strcpy(procprog, "");
+                char *procargs;
+                xasprintf(&procargs, "%s", "");
 
-                cols = sscanf (input_line, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
+                /* number of columns in ps output */
+                int cols = sscanf(input_line, PS_FORMAT, PS_VARLIST);
 
                 /* Zombie processes do not give a procprog command */
-                if ( cols < expected_cols && strstr(procstat, zombie) ) {
+                const char *zombie = "Z";
+                if (cols < expected_cols && strstr(procstat, zombie)) {
                         cols = expected_cols;
                 }
-                if ( cols >= expected_cols ) {
+                if (cols >= expected_cols) {
                         resultsum = 0;
-                        xasprintf (&procargs, "%s", input_line + pos);
-                        strip (procargs);
+                        xasprintf(&procargs, "%s", input_line + pos);
+                        strip(procargs);
 
                         /* Some ps return full pathname for command. This removes path */
                         strcpy(procprog, base_name(procprog));
 
                         /* we need to convert the elapsed time to seconds */
-                        procseconds = convert_to_seconds(procetime);
+                        procseconds = convert_to_seconds(procetime, config.metric);
 
-                        if (verbose >= 3)
-                                printf ("proc#=%d uid=%d vsz=%d rss=%d pid=%d ppid=%d pcpu=%.2f stat=%s etime=%s prog=%s args=%s\n",
-                                        procs, procuid, procvsz, procrss,
-                                        procpid, procppid, procpcpu, procstat,
-                                        procetime, procprog, procargs);
+                        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                printf("proc#=%d uid=%d vsz=%d rss=%d pid=%d ppid=%d pcpu=%.2f stat=%s etime=%s "
+                                           "prog=%s args=%s\n",
+                                           procs, procuid, procvsz, procrss, procpid, procppid, procpcpu, procstat,
+                                           procetime, procprog, procargs);
+                        }
 
                         /* Ignore self */
-                        if ((usepid && mypid == procpid) ||
-                                ( ((!usepid) && ((ret = stat_exe(procpid, &statbuf) != -1) && statbuf.st_dev == mydev && statbuf.st_ino == myino)) ||
-                                 (ret == -1 && errno == ENOENT))
-                                ) {
-                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                         printf("not considering - is myself or gone\n");
+                        int ret = 0;
+                        if ((config.usepid && mypid == procpid) ||
+                                (((!config.usepid) && ((ret = stat_exe(procpid, &statbuf) != -1) &&
+                                                                           statbuf.st_dev == mydev && statbuf.st_ino == myino)) ||
+                                 (ret == -1 && errno == ENOENT))) {
+                                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                        printf("not considering - is myself or gone\n");
+                                }
                                 continue;
                         }
                         /* Ignore parent*/
-                        else if (myppid == procpid) {
-                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                         printf("not considering - is parent\n");
+                        if (myppid == procpid) {
+                                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                        printf("not considering - is parent\n");
+                                }
                                 continue;
                         }
 
                         /* Ignore our own children */
                         if (procppid == mypid) {
-                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                         printf("not considering - is our child\n");
+                                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                        printf("not considering - is our child\n");
+                                }
                                 continue;
                         }
 
                         /* Ignore excluded processes by name */
-                        if(options & EXCLUDE_PROGS) {
-                          int found = 0;
-                          int i = 0;
-
-                          for(i=0; i < (exclude_progs_counter); i++) {
-                            if(!strcmp(procprog, exclude_progs_arr[i])) {
-                              found = 1;
-                            }
-                          }
-                          if(found == 0) {
-                            resultsum |= EXCLUDE_PROGS;
-                          } else
-                          {
-                            if(verbose >= 3)
-                              printf("excluding - by ignorelist\n");
-                          }
+                        if (config.options & EXCLUDE_PROGS) {
+                                bool found = false;
+                                for (int i = 0; i < (config.exclude_progs_counter); i++) {
+                                        if (!strcmp(procprog, config.exclude_progs_arr[i])) {
+                                                found = true;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                                if (!found) {
+                                        resultsum |= EXCLUDE_PROGS;
+                                } else {
+                                        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                                printf("excluding - by ignorelist\n");
+                                        }
+                                }
                         }
 
                         /* filter kernel threads (children of KTHREAD_PARENT)*/
                         /* TODO adapt for other OSes than GNU/Linux
                                         sorry for not doing that, but I've no other OSes to test :-( */
-                        if (kthread_filter == 1) {
+                        if (config.kthread_filter) {
                                 /* get pid KTHREAD_PARENT */
-                                if (kthread_ppid == 0 && !strcmp(procprog, KTHREAD_PARENT) )
+                                if (kthread_ppid == 0 && !strcmp(procprog, KTHREAD_PARENT)) {
                                         kthread_ppid = procpid;
+                                }
 
                                 if (kthread_ppid == procppid) {
-                                        if (verbose >= 2)
-                                                printf ("Ignore kernel thread: pid=%d ppid=%d prog=%s args=%s\n", procpid, procppid, procprog, procargs);
+                                        if (verbose >= 2) {
+                                                printf("Ignore kernel thread: pid=%d ppid=%d prog=%s args=%s\n", procpid,
+                                                           procppid, procprog, procargs);
+                                        }
                                         continue;
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        if ((options & STAT) && (strstr (procstat, statopts)))
+                        if ((config.options & STAT) && (strstr(procstat, config.statopts))) {
                                 resultsum |= STAT;
-                        if ((options & ARGS) && procargs && (strstr (procargs, args) != NULL))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & ARGS) && procargs && (strstr(procargs, config.args) != NULL)) {
                                 resultsum |= ARGS;
-                        if ((options & EREG_ARGS) && procargs && (regexec(&re_args, procargs, (size_t) 0, NULL, 0) == 0))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & EREG_ARGS) && procargs &&
+                                (regexec(&config.re_args, procargs, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0)) {
                                 resultsum |= EREG_ARGS;
-                        if ((options & PROG) && procprog && (strcmp (prog, procprog) == 0))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & PROG) && procprog && (strcmp(config.prog, procprog) == 0)) {
                                 resultsum |= PROG;
-                        if ((options & PPID) && (procppid == ppid))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & PPID) && (procppid == config.ppid)) {
                                 resultsum |= PPID;
-                        if ((options & USER) && (procuid == uid))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & USER) && (procuid == config.uid)) {
                                 resultsum |= USER;
-                        if ((options & VSZ)  && (procvsz >= vsz))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & VSZ) && (procvsz >= config.vsz)) {
                                 resultsum |= VSZ;
-                        if ((options & RSS)  && (procrss >= rss))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & RSS) && (procrss >= config.rss)) {
                                 resultsum |= RSS;
-                        if ((options & PCPU)  && (procpcpu >= pcpu))
+                        }
+                        if ((config.options & PCPU) && (procpcpu >= config.pcpu)) {
                                 resultsum |= PCPU;
+                        }
 
                         found++;
 
                         /* Next line if filters not matched */
-                        if (!(options == resultsum || options == ALL))
+                        if (!(config.options == resultsum || config.options == ALL)) {
                                 continue;
+                        }
 
                         procs++;
                         if (verbose >= 2) {
-                                printf ("Matched: uid=%d vsz=%d rss=%d pid=%d ppid=%d pcpu=%.2f stat=%s etime=%s prog=%s args=%s\n",
-                                        procuid, procvsz, procrss,
-                                        procpid, procppid, procpcpu, procstat,
-                                        procetime, procprog, procargs);
+                                printf("Matched: uid=%d vsz=%d rss=%d pid=%d ppid=%d pcpu=%.2f stat=%s etime=%s "
+                                           "prog=%s args=%s\n",
+                                           procuid, procvsz, procrss, procpid, procppid, procpcpu, procstat, procetime,
+                                           procprog, procargs);
                         }
 
-                        if (metric == METRIC_VSZ)
-                                i = get_status ((double)procvsz, procs_thresholds);
-                        else if (metric == METRIC_RSS)
-                                i = get_status ((double)procrss, procs_thresholds);
+                        mp_state_enum temporary_result = STATE_OK;
+                        if (config.metric == METRIC_VSZ) {
+                                temporary_result = get_status((double)procvsz, config.procs_thresholds);
+                        } else if (config.metric == METRIC_RSS) {
+                                temporary_result = get_status((double)procrss, config.procs_thresholds);
+                        }
                         /* TODO? float thresholds for --metric=CPU */
-                        else if (metric == METRIC_CPU)
-                                i = get_status (procpcpu, procs_thresholds);
-                        else if (metric == METRIC_ELAPSED)
-                                i = get_status ((double)procseconds, procs_thresholds);
+                        else if (config.metric == METRIC_CPU) {
+                                temporary_result = get_status(procpcpu, config.procs_thresholds);
+                        } else if (config.metric == METRIC_ELAPSED) {
+                                temporary_result = get_status((double)procseconds, config.procs_thresholds);
+                        }
 
-                        if (metric != METRIC_PROCS) {
-                                if (i == STATE_WARNING) {
+                        if (config.metric != METRIC_PROCS) {
+                                if (temporary_result == STATE_WARNING) {
                                         warn++;
-                                        xasprintf (&fails, "%s%s%s", fails, (strcmp(fails,"") ? ", " : ""), procprog);
-                                        result = max_state (result, i);
+                                        xasprintf(&config.fails, "%s%s%s", config.fails,
+                                                          (strcmp(config.fails, "") ? ", " : ""), procprog);
+                                        result = max_state(result, temporary_result);
                                 }
-                                if (i == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                                if (temporary_result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
                                         crit++;
-                                        xasprintf (&fails, "%s%s%s", fails, (strcmp(fails,"") ? ", " : ""), procprog);
-                                        result = max_state (result, i);
+                                        xasprintf(&config.fails, "%s%s%s", config.fails,
+                                                          (strcmp(config.fails, "") ? ", " : ""), procprog);
+                                        result = max_state(result, temporary_result);
                                 }
                         }
                 }
@@ -359,339 +343,366 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (found == 0) {                                                       /* no process lines parsed so return STATE_UNKNOWN */
-                printf (_("Unable to read output\n"));
+        if (found == 0) { /* no process lines parsed so return STATE_UNKNOWN */
+                printf(_("Unable to read output\n"));
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
-        if ( result == STATE_UNKNOWN )
+        if (result == STATE_UNKNOWN) {
                 result = STATE_OK;
+        }
 
         /* Needed if procs found, but none match filter */
-        if ( metric == METRIC_PROCS ) {
-                result = max_state (result, get_status ((double)procs, procs_thresholds) );
+        if (config.metric == METRIC_PROCS) {
+                result = max_state(result, get_status((double)procs, config.procs_thresholds));
         }
 
-        if ( result == STATE_OK ) {
-                printf ("%s %s: ", metric_name, _("OK"));
+        if (result == STATE_OK) {
+                printf("%s %s: ", config.metric_name, _("OK"));
         } else if (result == STATE_WARNING) {
-                printf ("%s %s: ", metric_name, _("WARNING"));
-                if ( metric != METRIC_PROCS ) {
-                        printf (_("%d warn out of "), warn);
+                printf("%s %s: ", config.metric_name, _("WARNING"));
+                if (config.metric != METRIC_PROCS) {
+                        printf(_("%d warn out of "), warn);
                 }
         } else if (result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
-                printf ("%s %s: ", metric_name, _("CRITICAL"));
-                if (metric != METRIC_PROCS) {
-                        printf (_("%d crit, %d warn out of "), crit, warn);
+                printf("%s %s: ", config.metric_name, _("CRITICAL"));
+                if (config.metric != METRIC_PROCS) {
+                        printf(_("%d crit, %d warn out of "), crit, warn);
                 }
         }
-        printf (ngettext ("%d process", "%d processes", (unsigned long) procs), procs);
+        printf(ngettext("%d process", "%d processes", (unsigned long)procs), procs);
 
-        if (strcmp(fmt,"") != 0) {
-                printf (_(" with %s"), fmt);
+        if (strcmp(config.fmt, "") != 0) {
+                printf(_(" with %s"), config.fmt);
         }
 
-        if ( verbose >= 1 && strcmp(fails,"") )
-                printf (" [%s]", fails);
+        if (verbose >= 1 && strcmp(config.fails, "")) {
+                printf(" [%s]", config.fails);
+        }
 
-        if (metric == METRIC_PROCS)
-                printf (" | procs=%d;%s;%s;0;", procs,
-                                warning_range ? warning_range : "",
-                                critical_range ? critical_range : "");
-        else
-                printf (" | procs=%d;;;0; procs_warn=%d;;;0; procs_crit=%d;;;0;", procs, warn, crit);
+        if (config.metric == METRIC_PROCS) {
+                printf(" | procs=%d;%s;%s;0;", procs, config.warning_range ? config.warning_range : "",
+                           config.critical_range ? config.critical_range : "");
+        } else {
+                printf(" | procs=%d;;;0; procs_warn=%d;;;0; procs_crit=%d;;;0;", procs, warn, crit);
+        }
 
-        printf ("\n");
-        return result;
+        printf("\n");
+        exit(result);
 }
 
-
-
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c = 1;
-        char *user;
-        struct passwd *pw;
-        int option = 0;
-        int err;
-        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
-        char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        char *temp_string;
-        int i=0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"metric", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"status", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                {"ppid", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                {"vsz", required_argument, 0, 'z'},
-                {"rss", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                {"pcpu", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                {"elapsed", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                {"argument-array", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"ereg-argument-array", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX+1},
-                {"input-file", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX+2},
-                {"no-kthreads", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
-                {"traditional-filter", no_argument, 0, 'T'},
-                {"exclude-process", required_argument, 0, 'X'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
-        };
+check_procs_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"metric", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                                                                           {"status", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"ppid", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                                                                           {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                                                                           {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                                                                           {"vsz", required_argument, 0, 'z'},
+                                                                           {"rss", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                                                                           {"pcpu", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                                                                           {"elapsed", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                                                                           {"argument-array", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"ereg-argument-array", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX + 1},
+                                                                           {"input-file", required_argument, 0, CHAR_MAX + 2},
+                                                                           {"no-kthreads", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
+                                                                           {"traditional-filter", no_argument, 0, 'T'},
+                                                                           {"exclude-process", required_argument, 0, 'X'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                }
+        }
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
-                if (strcmp ("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
+        check_procs_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_procs_config_init(),
+        };
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvhkt:c:w:p:s:u:C:a:z:r:m:P:T:X:",
-                        longopts, &option);
+        while (true) {
+                int option = 0;
+                int option_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "Vvhkt:c:w:p:s:u:C:a:z:r:m:P:T:X:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case '?':                                                                       /* help */
-                        usage5 ();
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 't':                                                                       /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer (optarg))
-                                usage2 (_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                timeout_interval = atoi (optarg);
+                switch (option_index) {
+                case '?': /* help */
+                        usage5();
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 't': /* timeout period */
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 'c':                                                                       /* critical threshold */
-                        critical_range = optarg;
+                case 'c': /* critical threshold */
+                        result.config.critical_range = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'w':                                                                       /* warning threshold */
-                        warning_range = optarg;
+                case 'w': /* warning threshold */
+                        result.config.warning_range = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'p':                                                                       /* process id */
-                        if (sscanf (optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &ppid, tmp) == 1) {
-                                xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sPPID = %d", (fmt ? fmt : "") , (options ? ", " : ""), ppid);
-                                options |= PPID;
+                case 'p': { /* process id */
+                        static char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                        if (sscanf(optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &result.config.ppid, tmp) == 1) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sPPID = %d",
+                                                  (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                                  (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.ppid);
+                                result.config.options |= PPID;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        usage4 (_("Parent Process ID must be an integer!"));
-                case 's':                                                                       /* status */
-                        if (statopts)
+                        usage4(_("Parent Process ID must be an integer!"));
+                }
+                case 's': /* status */
+                        if (result.config.statopts) {
                                 break;
-                        else
-                                statopts = optarg;
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, _("%s%sSTATE = %s"), (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), statopts);
-                        options |= STAT;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.statopts = optarg;
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, _("%s%sSTATE = %s"),
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.statopts);
+                        result.config.options |= STAT;
                         break;
-                case 'u':                                                                       /* user or user id */
-                        if (is_integer (optarg)) {
-                                uid = atoi (optarg);
-                                pw = getpwuid ((uid_t) uid);
+                case 'u': /* user or user id */ {
+                        struct passwd *pw;
+                        if (is_integer(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.uid = atoi(optarg);
+                                pw = getpwuid(result.config.uid);
                                 /*  check to be sure user exists */
-                                if (pw == NULL)
-                                        usage2 (_("UID was not found"), optarg);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                                pw = getpwnam (optarg);
+                                if (pw == NULL) {
+                                        usage2(_("UID was not found"), optarg);
+                                }
+                        } else {
+                                pw = getpwnam(optarg);
                                 /*  check to be sure user exists */
-                                if (pw == NULL)
-                                        usage2 (_("User name was not found"), optarg);
+                                if (pw == NULL) {
+                                        usage2(_("User name was not found"), optarg);
+                                }
                                 /*  then get uid */
-                                uid = pw->pw_uid;
+                                result.config.uid = pw->pw_uid;
                         }
-                        user = pw->pw_name;
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sUID = %d (%s)", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""),
-                                  uid, user);
-                        options |= USER;
-                        break;
-                case 'C':                                                                       /* command */
+
+                        char *user = pw->pw_name;
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sUID = %d (%s)",
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.uid, user);
+                        result.config.options |= USER;
+                } break;
+                case 'C': /* command */
                         /* TODO: allow this to be passed in with --metric */
-                        if (prog)
+                        if (result.config.prog) {
                                 break;
-                        else
-                                prog = optarg;
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, _("%s%scommand name '%s'"), (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""),
-                                  prog);
-                        options |= PROG;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.prog = optarg;
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, _("%s%scommand name '%s'"),
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.prog);
+                        result.config.options |= PROG;
                         break;
                 case 'X':
-                        if(exclude_progs)
-                          break;
-                        else
-                          exclude_progs = optarg;
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, _("%s%sexclude progs '%s'"), (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""),
-                                   exclude_progs);
-                        char *p = strtok(exclude_progs, ",");
-
-                        while(p){
-                          exclude_progs_arr = realloc(exclude_progs_arr, sizeof(char*) * ++exclude_progs_counter);
-                          exclude_progs_arr[exclude_progs_counter-1] = p;
-                          p = strtok(NULL, ",");
+                        if (result.config.exclude_progs) {
+                                break;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.exclude_progs = optarg;
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, _("%s%sexclude progs '%s'"),
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.exclude_progs);
+                        char *tmp_pointer = strtok(result.config.exclude_progs, ",");
+
+                        while (tmp_pointer) {
+                                result.config.exclude_progs_arr =
+                                        realloc(result.config.exclude_progs_arr,
+                                                        sizeof(char *) * ++result.config.exclude_progs_counter);
+                                result.config.exclude_progs_arr[result.config.exclude_progs_counter - 1] =
+                                        tmp_pointer;
+                                tmp_pointer = strtok(NULL, ",");
                         }
 
-                        options |= EXCLUDE_PROGS;
+                        result.config.options |= EXCLUDE_PROGS;
                         break;
-                case 'a':                                                                       /* args (full path name with args) */
+                case 'a': /* args (full path name with args) */
                         /* TODO: allow this to be passed in with --metric */
-                        if (args)
+                        if (result.config.args) {
                                 break;
-                        else
-                                args = optarg;
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sargs '%s'", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), args);
-                        options |= ARGS;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.args = optarg;
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sargs '%s'",
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.args);
+                        result.config.options |= ARGS;
                         break;
-                case CHAR_MAX+1:
-                        err = regcomp(&re_args, optarg, cflags);
+                case CHAR_MAX + 1: {
+                        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
+                        int err = regcomp(&result.config.re_args, optarg, cflags);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror (err, &re_args, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, "PROCS %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                                regerror(err, &result.config.re_args, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "PROCS %s: %s - %s\n", _("UNKNOWN"),
+                                        _("Could not compile regular expression"), errbuf);
                         }
                         /* Strip off any | within the regex optarg */
-                        temp_string = strdup(optarg);
-                        while(temp_string[i]!='\0'){
-                                if(temp_string[i]=='|')
-                                        temp_string[i]=',';
-                                i++;
-                        }
-                        xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sregex args '%s'", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), temp_string);
-                        options |= EREG_ARGS;
-                        break;
-                case 'r':                                       /* RSS */
-                        if (sscanf (optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &rss, tmp) == 1) {
-                                xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sRSS >= %d", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), rss);
-                                options |= RSS;
+                        char *temp_string = strdup(optarg);
+                        int index = 0;
+                        while (temp_string[index] != '\0') {
+                                if (temp_string[index] == '|') {
+                                        temp_string[index] = ',';
+                                }
+                                index++;
+                        }
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sregex args '%s'",
+                                          (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                          (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), temp_string);
+                        result.config.options |= EREG_ARGS;
+                } break;
+                case 'r': { /* RSS */
+                        static char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                        if (sscanf(optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &result.config.rss, tmp) == 1) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sRSS >= %d",
+                                                  (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                                  (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.rss);
+                                result.config.options |= RSS;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        usage4 (_("RSS must be an integer!"));
-                case 'z':                                       /* VSZ */
-                        if (sscanf (optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &vsz, tmp) == 1) {
-                                xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sVSZ >= %d", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), vsz);
-                                options |= VSZ;
+                        usage4(_("RSS must be an integer!"));
+                }
+                case 'z': { /* VSZ */
+                        static char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                        if (sscanf(optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &result.config.vsz, tmp) == 1) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sVSZ >= %d",
+                                                  (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                                  (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.vsz);
+                                result.config.options |= VSZ;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        usage4 (_("VSZ must be an integer!"));
-                case 'P':                                       /* PCPU */
+                        usage4(_("VSZ must be an integer!"));
+                }
+                case 'P': { /* PCPU */
                         /* TODO: -P 1.5.5 is accepted */
-                        if (sscanf (optarg, "%f%[^0-9.]", &pcpu, tmp) == 1) {
-                                xasprintf (&fmt, "%s%sPCPU >= %.2f", (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), pcpu);
-                                options |= PCPU;
+                        static char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+                        if (sscanf(optarg, "%f%[^0-9.]", &result.config.pcpu, tmp) == 1) {
+                                xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, "%s%sPCPU >= %.2f",
+                                                  (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""),
+                                                  (result.config.options ? ", " : ""), result.config.pcpu);
+                                result.config.options |= PCPU;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        usage4 (_("PCPU must be a float!"));
+                        usage4(_("PCPU must be a float!"));
+                }
                 case 'm':
-                        xasprintf (&metric_name, "%s", optarg);
-                        if ( strcmp(optarg, "PROCS") == 0) {
-                                metric = METRIC_PROCS;
+                        xasprintf(&result.config.metric_name, "%s", optarg);
+                        if (strcmp(optarg, "PROCS") == 0) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_PROCS;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        else if ( strcmp(optarg, "VSZ") == 0) {
-                                metric = METRIC_VSZ;
+                        if (strcmp(optarg, "VSZ") == 0) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_VSZ;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        else if ( strcmp(optarg, "RSS") == 0 ) {
-                                metric = METRIC_RSS;
+                        if (strcmp(optarg, "RSS") == 0) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_RSS;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        else if ( strcmp(optarg, "CPU") == 0 ) {
-                                metric = METRIC_CPU;
+                        if (strcmp(optarg, "CPU") == 0) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_CPU;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        else if ( strcmp(optarg, "ELAPSED") == 0) {
-                                metric = METRIC_ELAPSED;
+                        if (strcmp(optarg, "ELAPSED") == 0) {
+                                result.config.metric = METRIC_ELAPSED;
                                 break;
                         }
 
-                        usage4 (_("Metric must be one of PROCS, VSZ, RSS, CPU, ELAPSED!"));
-                case 'k':       /* linux kernel thread filter */
-                        kthread_filter = 1;
+                        usage4(_("Metric must be one of PROCS, VSZ, RSS, CPU, ELAPSED!"));
+                case 'k': /* linux kernel thread filter */
+                        result.config.kthread_filter = true;
                         break;
-                case 'v':                                                                       /* command */
+                case 'v': /* command */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'T':
-                        usepid = 1;
+                        result.config.usepid = true;
                         break;
-                case CHAR_MAX+2:
-                        input_filename = optarg;
+                case CHAR_MAX + 2:
+                        result.config.input_filename = optarg;
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if ((! warning_range) && argv[c])
-                warning_range = argv[c++];
-        if ((! critical_range) && argv[c])
-                critical_range = argv[c++];
-        if (statopts == NULL && argv[c]) {
-                xasprintf (&statopts, "%s", argv[c++]);
-                xasprintf (&fmt, _("%s%sSTATE = %s"), (fmt ? fmt : ""), (options ? ", " : ""), statopts);
-                options |= STAT;
+        int index = optind;
+        if ((!result.config.warning_range) && argv[index]) {
+                result.config.warning_range = argv[index++];
+        }
+        if ((!result.config.critical_range) && argv[index]) {
+                result.config.critical_range = argv[index++];
+        }
+        if (result.config.statopts == NULL && argv[index]) {
+                xasprintf(&result.config.statopts, "%s", argv[index++]);
+                xasprintf(&result.config.fmt, _("%s%sSTATE = %s"),
+                                  (result.config.fmt ? result.config.fmt : ""), (result.config.options ? ", " : ""),
+                                  result.config.statopts);
+                result.config.options |= STAT;
         }
 
         /* this will abort in case of invalid ranges */
-        set_thresholds (&procs_thresholds, warning_range, critical_range);
+        set_thresholds(&result.config.procs_thresholds, result.config.warning_range,
+                                   result.config.critical_range);
 
-        return validate_arguments ();
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
+check_procs_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_procs_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.options == 0) {
+                config_wrapper.config.options = ALL;
+        }
 
+        if (config_wrapper.config.statopts == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.statopts = strdup("");
+        }
 
-int
-validate_arguments ()
-{
-        if (options == 0)
-                options = ALL;
-
-        if (statopts==NULL)
-                statopts = strdup("");
-
-        if (prog==NULL)
-                prog = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.prog == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.prog = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (args==NULL)
-                args = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.args == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.args = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (fmt==NULL)
-                fmt = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.fmt == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.fmt = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        if (fails==NULL)
-                fails = strdup("");
+        if (config_wrapper.config.fails == NULL) {
+                config_wrapper.config.fails = strdup("");
+        }
 
-        return options;
+        // return options;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
-
 /* convert the elapsed time to seconds */
-int
-convert_to_seconds(char *etime) {
-
-        char *ptr;
-        int total;
-
-        int hyphcnt;
-        int coloncnt;
-        int days;
-        int hours;
-        int minutes;
-        int seconds;
-
-        hyphcnt = 0;
-        coloncnt = 0;
-        days = 0;
-        hours = 0;
-        minutes = 0;
-        seconds = 0;
-
-        for (ptr = etime; *ptr != '\0'; ptr++) {
+int convert_to_seconds(char *etime, enum metric metric) {
+        int hyphcnt = 0;
+        int coloncnt = 0;
+        for (char *ptr = etime; *ptr != '\0'; ptr++) {
 
                 if (*ptr == '-') {
                         hyphcnt++;
@@ -703,9 +714,12 @@ convert_to_seconds(char *etime) {
                 }
         }
 
+        int days = 0;
+        int hours = 0;
+        int minutes = 0;
+        int seconds = 0;
         if (hyphcnt > 0) {
-                sscanf(etime, "%d-%d:%d:%d",
-                                &days, &hours, &minutes, &seconds);
+                sscanf(etime, "%d-%d:%d:%d", &days, &hours, &minutes, &seconds);
                 /* linux 2.6.5/2.6.6 reporting some processes with infinite
                  * elapsed times for some reason */
                 if (days == 49710) {
@@ -713,135 +727,129 @@ convert_to_seconds(char *etime) {
                 }
         } else {
                 if (coloncnt == 2) {
-                        sscanf(etime, "%d:%d:%d",
-                                &hours, &minutes, &seconds);
+                        sscanf(etime, "%d:%d:%d", &hours, &minutes, &seconds);
                 } else if (coloncnt == 1) {
-                        sscanf(etime, "%d:%d",
-                                &minutes, &seconds);
+                        sscanf(etime, "%d:%d", &minutes, &seconds);
                 }
         }
 
-        total = (days * 86400) +
-                (hours * 3600) +
-                (minutes * 60) +
-                seconds;
+        int total = (days * 86400) + (hours * 3600) + (minutes * 60) + seconds;
 
         if (verbose >= 3 && metric == METRIC_ELAPSED) {
-                        printf("seconds: %d\n", total);
+                printf("seconds: %d\n", total);
         }
         return total;
 }
 
-
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
-  print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-
-  printf ("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
-  printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
-
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Checks all processes and generates WARNING or CRITICAL states if the specified"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("metric is outside the required threshold ranges. The metric defaults to number"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("of processes.  Search filters can be applied to limit the processes to check."));
-
-  printf ("\n\n");
-
-  printf ("%s\n", _("The parent process, check_procs itself and any child process of check_procs (ps)"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("are excluded from any checks to prevent false positives."));
-
-  printf ("\n\n");
-
-  print_usage ();
-
-  printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-  printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-  printf (" %s\n", "-w, --warning=RANGE");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Generate warning state if metric is outside this range"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical=RANGE");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Generate critical state if metric is outside this range"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-m, --metric=TYPE");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Check thresholds against metric. Valid types:"));
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("PROCS   - number of processes (default)"));
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("VSZ     - virtual memory size"));
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("RSS     - resident set memory size"));
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("CPU     - percentage CPU"));
+void print_help(void) {
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("Checks all processes and generates WARNING or CRITICAL states if the specified"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("metric is outside the required threshold ranges. The metric defaults to number"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("of processes.  Search filters can be applied to limit the processes to check."));
+
+        printf("\n\n");
+
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("The parent process, check_procs itself and any child process of check_procs (ps)"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("are excluded from any checks to prevent false positives."));
+
+        printf("\n\n");
+
+        print_usage();
+
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=RANGE");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Generate warning state if metric is outside this range"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=RANGE");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Generate critical state if metric is outside this range"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-m, --metric=TYPE");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Check thresholds against metric. Valid types:"));
+        printf("  %s\n", _("PROCS   - number of processes (default)"));
+        printf("  %s\n", _("VSZ     - virtual memory size"));
+        printf("  %s\n", _("RSS     - resident set memory size"));
+        printf("  %s\n", _("CPU     - percentage CPU"));
 /* only linux etime is support currently */
-#if defined( __linux__ )
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("ELAPSED - time elapsed in seconds"));
+#if defined(__linux__)
+        printf("  %s\n", _("ELAPSED - time elapsed in seconds"));
 #endif /* defined(__linux__) */
-  printf (UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-v, --verbose");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Extra information. Up to 3 verbosity levels"));
-
-  printf (" %s\n", "-T, --traditional");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Filter own process the traditional way by PID instead of /proc/pid/exe"));
-
-  printf ("\n");
-        printf ("%s\n", "Filters:");
-  printf (" %s\n", "-s, --state=STATUSFLAGS");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes that have, in the output of `ps`, one or"));
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("more of the status flags you specify (for example R, Z, S, RS,"));
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("RSZDT, plus others based on the output of your 'ps' command)."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-p, --ppid=PPID");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for children of the parent process ID indicated."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-z, --vsz=VSZ");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with VSZ higher than indicated."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-r, --rss=RSS");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with RSS higher than indicated."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-P, --pcpu=PCPU");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with PCPU higher than indicated."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-u, --user=USER");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with user name or ID indicated."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-a, --argument-array=STRING");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with args that contain STRING."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--ereg-argument-array=STRING");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with args that contain the regex STRING."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-C, --command=COMMAND");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for exact matches of COMMAND (without path)."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-X, --exclude-process");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Exclude processes which match this comma separated list"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-k, --no-kthreads");
-  printf ("   %s\n", _("Only scan for non kernel threads (works on Linux only)."));
-
-  printf(_("\n\
+        printf(UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-v, --verbose");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Extra information. Up to 3 verbosity levels"));
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-T, --traditional");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Filter own process the traditional way by PID instead of /proc/pid/exe"));
+
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", "Filters:");
+        printf(" %s\n", "-s, --state=STATUSFLAGS");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes that have, in the output of `ps`, one or"));
+        printf("   %s\n", _("more of the status flags you specify (for example R, Z, S, RS,"));
+        printf("   %s\n", _("RSZDT, plus others based on the output of your 'ps' command)."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-p, --ppid=PPID");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for children of the parent process ID indicated."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-z, --vsz=VSZ");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with VSZ higher than indicated."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-r, --rss=RSS");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with RSS higher than indicated."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P, --pcpu=PCPU");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with PCPU higher than indicated."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-u, --user=USER");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with user name or ID indicated."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-a, --argument-array=STRING");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with args that contain STRING."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--ereg-argument-array=STRING");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for processes with args that contain the regex STRING."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-C, --command=COMMAND");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for exact matches of COMMAND (without path)."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-X, --exclude-process");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Exclude processes which match this comma separated list"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-k, --no-kthreads");
+        printf("   %s\n", _("Only scan for non kernel threads (works on Linux only)."));
+
+        printf(_("\n\
 RANGEs are specified 'min:max' or 'min:' or ':max' (or 'max'). If\n\
 specified 'max:min', a warning status will be generated if the\n\
 count is inside the specified range\n\n"));
 
-  printf(_("\
+        printf(_("\
 This plugin checks the number of currently running processes and\n\
 generates WARNING or CRITICAL states if the process count is outside\n\
 the specified threshold ranges. The process count can be filtered by\n\
 process owner, parent process PID, current state (e.g., 'Z'), or may\n\
 be the total number of running processes\n\n"));
 
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -w 2:2 -c 2:1024 -C portsentry");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Warning if not two processes with command name portsentry."));
-  printf ("  %s\n\n", _("Critical if < 2 or > 1024 processes"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -c 1: -C sshd");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Critical if not at least 1 process with command sshd"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -w 1024 -c 1: -C sshd");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Warning if > 1024 processes with command name sshd."));
-  printf ("  %s\n\n", _("Critical if < 1 processes with command name sshd."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -w 10 -a '/usr/local/bin/perl' -u root");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Warning alert if > 10 processes with command arguments containing"));
-  printf ("  %s\n\n", _("'/usr/local/bin/perl' and owned by root"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -w 50000 -c 100000 --metric=VSZ");
-  printf ("  %s\n\n", _("Alert if VSZ of any processes over 50K or 100K"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "check_procs -w 10 -c 20 --metric=CPU");
-  printf ("  %s\n", _("Alert if CPU of any processes over 10%% or 20%%"));
-
-  printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -w 2:2 -c 2:1024 -C portsentry");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Warning if not two processes with command name portsentry."));
+        printf("  %s\n\n", _("Critical if < 2 or > 1024 processes"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -c 1: -C sshd");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Critical if not at least 1 process with command sshd"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -w 1024 -c 1: -C sshd");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Warning if > 1024 processes with command name sshd."));
+        printf("  %s\n\n", _("Critical if < 1 processes with command name sshd."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -w 10 -a '/usr/local/bin/perl' -u root");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Warning alert if > 10 processes with command arguments containing"));
+        printf("  %s\n\n", _("'/usr/local/bin/perl' and owned by root"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -w 50000 -c 100000 --metric=VSZ");
+        printf("  %s\n\n", _("Alert if VSZ of any processes over 50K or 100K"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "check_procs -w 10 -c 20 --metric=CPU");
+        printf("  %s\n", _("Alert if CPU of any processes over 10%% or 20%%"));
+
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-  printf ("%s -w <range> -c <range> [-m metric] [-s state] [-p ppid]\n", progname);
-  printf (" [-u user] [-r rss] [-z vsz] [-P %%cpu] [-a argument-array]\n");
-  printf (" [-C command] [-X process_to_exclude] [-k] [-t timeout] [-v]\n");
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf("%s -w <range> -c <range> [-m metric] [-s state] [-p ppid]\n", progname);
+        printf(" [-u user] [-r rss] [-z vsz] [-P %%cpu] [-a argument-array]\n");
+        printf(" [-C command] [-X process_to_exclude] [-k] [-t timeout] [-v]\n");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.d/config.h b/plugins/check_procs.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e32ca066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include "regex.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+enum metric {
+        METRIC_PROCS,
+        METRIC_VSZ,
+        METRIC_RSS,
+        METRIC_CPU,
+        METRIC_ELAPSED
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        int options; /* bitmask of filter criteria to test against */
+        enum metric metric;
+        char *metric_name;
+        char *input_filename;
+        char *prog;
+        char *args;
+        char *fmt;
+        char *fails;
+        char *exclude_progs;
+        char **exclude_progs_arr;
+        char exclude_progs_counter;
+        regex_t re_args;
+
+        bool kthread_filter;
+        bool usepid; /* whether to test for pid or /proc/pid/exe */
+        uid_t uid;
+        pid_t ppid;
+        int vsz;
+        int rss;
+        float pcpu;
+        char *statopts;
+
+        char *warning_range;
+        char *critical_range;
+        thresholds *procs_thresholds;
+} check_procs_config;
+
+check_procs_config check_procs_config_init() {
+        check_procs_config tmp = {
+                .options = 0,
+                .metric = METRIC_PROCS,
+                .metric_name = strdup("PROCS"),
+                .input_filename = NULL,
+                .prog = NULL,
+                .args = NULL,
+                .fmt = NULL,
+                .fails = NULL,
+                .exclude_progs = NULL,
+                .exclude_progs_arr = NULL,
+                .exclude_progs_counter = 0,
+                .re_args = {0},
+
+                .kthread_filter = false,
+                .usepid = false,
+                .uid = 0,
+                .ppid = 0,
+                .vsz = 0,
+                .rss = 0,
+                .pcpu = 0,
+                .statopts = NULL,
+
+                .warning_range = NULL,
+                .critical_range = NULL,
+                .procs_thresholds = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_radius.c b/plugins/check_radius.c
index d9ff8fa7..d26f7cf3 100644
--- a/plugins/check_radius.c
+++ b/plugins/check_radius.c
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring check_radius plugin
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains the check_radius plugin
-* 
-* Tests to see if a radius server is accepting connections.
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_radius plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_radius plugin
+ *
+ * Tests to see if a radius server is accepting connections.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_radius";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
@@ -35,64 +35,58 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "check_radius.d/config.h"
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-#include <radcli/radcli.h>
+#       include <radcli/radcli.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT)
-#include <freeradius-client.h>
+#       include <freeradius-client.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG)
-#include <radiusclient-ng.h>
+#       include <radiusclient-ng.h>
 #else
-#include <radiusclient.h>
+#       include <radiusclient.h>
 #endif
 
-static int process_arguments (int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-#define my_rc_conf_str(a) rc_conf_str(rch,a)
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-#define my_rc_send_server(a,b) rc_send_server(rch,a,b,AUTH)
-#else
-#define my_rc_send_server(a,b) rc_send_server(rch,a,b)
-#endif
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-#define my_rc_buildreq(a,b,c,d,e,f) rc_buildreq(rch,a,b,c,d,(a)->secret,e,f)
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_radius_config config;
+} check_radius_config_wrapper;
+static check_radius_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) ||                      \
+        defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+#       define my_rc_conf_str(a) rc_conf_str(rch, a)
+#       if defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+#               define my_rc_send_server(a, b) rc_send_server(rch, a, b, AUTH)
+#       else
+#               define my_rc_send_server(a, b) rc_send_server(rch, a, b)
+#       endif
+#       if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+#               define my_rc_buildreq(a, b, c, d, e, f) rc_buildreq(rch, a, b, c, d, (a)->secret, e, f)
+#       else
+#               define my_rc_buildreq(a, b, c, d, e, f) rc_buildreq(rch, a, b, c, d, e, f)
+#       endif
+#       define my_rc_avpair_add(a, b, c, d) rc_avpair_add(rch, a, b, c, -1, d)
+#       define my_rc_read_dictionary(a)     rc_read_dictionary(rch, a)
 #else
-#define my_rc_buildreq(a,b,c,d,e,f) rc_buildreq(rch,a,b,c,d,e,f)
-#endif
-#define my_rc_avpair_add(a,b,c,d) rc_avpair_add(rch,a,b,c,-1,d)
-#define my_rc_read_dictionary(a) rc_read_dictionary(rch, a)
-#else
-#define my_rc_conf_str(a) rc_conf_str(a)
-#define my_rc_send_server(a,b) rc_send_server(a, b)
-#define my_rc_buildreq(a,b,c,d,e,f) rc_buildreq(a,b,c,d,e,f)
-#define my_rc_avpair_add(a,b,c,d) rc_avpair_add(a, b, c, d)
-#define my_rc_read_dictionary(a) rc_read_dictionary(a)
+#       define my_rc_conf_str(a)                rc_conf_str(a)
+#       define my_rc_send_server(a, b)          rc_send_server(a, b)
+#       define my_rc_buildreq(a, b, c, d, e, f) rc_buildreq(a, b, c, d, e, f)
+#       define my_rc_avpair_add(a, b, c, d)     rc_avpair_add(a, b, c, d)
+#       define my_rc_read_dictionary(a)         rc_read_dictionary(a)
 #endif
 
 /* REJECT_RC is only defined in some version of radiusclient. It has
  * been reported from radiusclient-ng 0.5.6 on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE */
 #ifndef REJECT_RC
-#define REJECT_RC BADRESP_RC
+#       define REJECT_RC BADRESP_RC
 #endif
 
-static int my_rc_read_config(char * /*a*/);
-
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-static rc_handle *rch = NULL;
-#endif
+static int my_rc_read_config(char * /*a*/, rc_handle ** /*rch*/);
 
-static char *server = NULL;
-static char *username = NULL;
-static char *password = NULL;
-static char *nasid = NULL;
-static char *nasipaddress = NULL;
-static char *expect = NULL;
-static char *config_file = NULL;
-static unsigned short port = PW_AUTH_UDP_PORT;
-static int retries = 1;
 static bool verbose = false;
 
 /******************************************************************************
@@ -148,149 +142,171 @@ Please note that all tags must be lowercase to use the DocBook XML DTD.
 -@@
 ******************************************************************************/
 
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
+        /* Parse extra opts if any */
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
+
+        check_radius_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        check_radius_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) ||                      \
+        defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+        rc_handle *rch = NULL;
+#endif
+
+        char *str = strdup("dictionary");
+        if ((config.config_file && my_rc_read_config(config.config_file, &rch)) ||
+                my_rc_read_dictionary(my_rc_conf_str(str))) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Config file error\n"));
+        }
+
+        uint32_t service = PW_AUTHENTICATE_ONLY;
+
+        SEND_DATA data;
+        memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
+        if (!(my_rc_avpair_add(&data.send_pairs, PW_SERVICE_TYPE, &service, 0) &&
+                  my_rc_avpair_add(&data.send_pairs, PW_USER_NAME, config.username, 0) &&
+                  my_rc_avpair_add(&data.send_pairs, PW_USER_PASSWORD, config.password, 0))) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Out of Memory?\n"));
+        }
+
+        if (config.nas_id != NULL) {
+                if (!(my_rc_avpair_add(&data.send_pairs, PW_NAS_IDENTIFIER, config.nas_id, 0))) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-Identifier\n"));
+                }
+        }
 
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        struct sockaddr_storage ss;
         char name[HOST_NAME_MAX];
+        if (config.nas_ip_address == NULL) {
+                if (gethostname(name, sizeof(name)) != 0) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("gethostname() failed!\n"));
+                }
+                config.nas_ip_address = name;
+        }
+
+        struct sockaddr_storage radius_server_socket;
+        if (!dns_lookup(config.nas_ip_address, &radius_server_socket, AF_UNSPEC)) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-IP-Address\n"));
+        }
+
+        uint32_t client_id = ntohl(((struct sockaddr_in *)&radius_server_socket)->sin_addr.s_addr);
+        if (my_rc_avpair_add(&(data.send_pairs), PW_NAS_IP_ADDRESS, &client_id, 0) == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-IP-Address\n"));
+        }
+
+        my_rc_buildreq(&data, PW_ACCESS_REQUEST, config.server, config.port, (int)timeout_interval,
+                                   config.retries);
+
 #ifdef RC_BUFFER_LEN
         char msg[RC_BUFFER_LEN];
 #else
         char msg[BUFFER_LEN];
 #endif
-        SEND_DATA data;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        uint32_t client_id, service;
-        char *str;
 
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
-
-        /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        int result = my_rc_send_server(&data, msg);
+        rc_avpair_free(data.send_pairs);
+        if (data.receive_pairs) {
+                rc_avpair_free(data.receive_pairs);
+        }
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        if (result == TIMEOUT_RC) {
+                printf("Timeout\n");
+                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+        }
 
-        str = strdup ("dictionary");
-        if ((config_file && my_rc_read_config (config_file)) ||
-                        my_rc_read_dictionary (my_rc_conf_str (str)))
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Config file error\n"));
+        if (result == ERROR_RC) {
+                printf(_("Auth Error\n"));
+                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+        }
 
-        service = PW_AUTHENTICATE_ONLY;
+        if (result == REJECT_RC) {
+                printf(_("Auth Failed\n"));
+                exit(STATE_WARNING);
+        }
 
-        memset (&data, 0, sizeof(data));
-        if (!(my_rc_avpair_add (&data.send_pairs, PW_SERVICE_TYPE, &service, 0) &&
-                                my_rc_avpair_add (&data.send_pairs, PW_USER_NAME, username, 0) &&
-                                my_rc_avpair_add (&data.send_pairs, PW_USER_PASSWORD, password, 0)
-                                ))
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Out of Memory?\n"));
+        if (result == BADRESP_RC) {
+                printf(_("Bad Response\n"));
+                exit(STATE_WARNING);
+        }
 
-        if (nasid != NULL) {
-                if (!(my_rc_avpair_add (&data.send_pairs, PW_NAS_IDENTIFIER, nasid, 0)))
-                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-Identifier\n"));
+        if (config.expect && !strstr(msg, config.expect)) {
+                printf("%s\n", msg);
+                exit(STATE_WARNING);
         }
 
-        if (nasipaddress == NULL) {
-                if (gethostname (name, sizeof(name)) != 0)
-                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("gethostname() failed!\n"));
-                nasipaddress = name;
+        if (result == OK_RC) {
+                printf(_("Auth OK\n"));
+                exit(STATE_OK);
         }
-        if (!dns_lookup (nasipaddress, &ss, AF_INET)) /* TODO: Support IPv6. */
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-IP-Address\n"));
-        client_id = ntohl (((struct sockaddr_in *)&ss)->sin_addr.s_addr);
-        if (my_rc_avpair_add (&(data.send_pairs), PW_NAS_IP_ADDRESS, &client_id, 0) == NULL)
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid NAS-IP-Address\n"));
-
-        my_rc_buildreq (&data, PW_ACCESS_REQUEST, server, port, (int)timeout_interval,
-                     retries);
-
-        result = my_rc_send_server (&data, msg);
-        rc_avpair_free (data.send_pairs);
-        if (data.receive_pairs)
-                rc_avpair_free (data.receive_pairs);
-
-        if (result == TIMEOUT_RC)
-                die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("Timeout\n"));
-        if (result == ERROR_RC)
-                die (STATE_CRITICAL, _("Auth Error\n"));
-        if (result == REJECT_RC)
-                die (STATE_WARNING, _("Auth Failed\n"));
-        if (result == BADRESP_RC)
-                die (STATE_WARNING, _("Bad Response\n"));
-        if (expect && !strstr (msg, expect))
-                die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", msg);
-        if (result == OK_RC)
-                die (STATE_OK, _("Auth OK\n"));
+
         (void)snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), _("Unexpected result code %d"), result);
-        die (STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s\n", msg);
+        printf("%s\n", msg);
+        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 }
 
-
-
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c;
-
-        int option = 0;
+check_radius_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                {"nas-id", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                {"nas-ip-address", required_argument, 0, 'N'},
-                {"filename", required_argument, 0, 'F'},
-                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                {"retries", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {"port", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"username", required_argument, 0, 'u'}, {"password", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"nas-id", required_argument, 0, 'n'},   {"nas-ip-address", required_argument, 0, 'N'},
+                {"filename", required_argument, 0, 'F'}, {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"retries", required_argument, 0, 'r'},  {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_radius_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_radius_config_init(),
         };
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+hVvH:P:F:u:p:n:N:t:r:e:", longopts,
-                                                                         &option);
+        while (true) {
+                int option = 0;
+                int option_index = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvH:P:F:u:p:n:N:t:r:e:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case '?':                                                                       /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
-                        usage5 ();
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'v':                                                                       /* verbose mode */
+                switch (option_index) {
+                case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
+                        usage5();
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'v': /* verbose mode */
                         verbose = true;
                         break;
-                case 'H':                                                                       /* hostname */
-                        if (!is_host (optarg)) {
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
+                case 'H': /* hostname */
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
-                        server = optarg;
+                        result.config.server = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'P':                                                                       /* port */
-                        if (is_intnonneg (optarg))
-                                port = (unsigned short)atoi (optarg);
-                        else
-                                usage4 (_("Port must be a positive integer"));
+                case 'P': /* port */
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.port = (unsigned short)atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                usage4(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 'u':                                                                       /* username */
-                        username = optarg;
+                case 'u': /* username */
+                        result.config.username = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'p':                                                                       /* password */
-                        password = strdup(optarg);
+                case 'p': /* password */
+                        result.config.password = strdup(optarg);
 
                         /* Delete the password from process list */
                         while (*optarg != '\0') {
@@ -298,119 +314,118 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                                 optarg++;
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'n':                                                                       /* nas id */
-                        nasid = optarg;
+                case 'n': /* nas id */
+                        result.config.nas_id = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'N':                                                                       /* nas ip address */
-                        nasipaddress = optarg;
+                case 'N': /* nas ip address */
+                        result.config.nas_ip_address = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'F':                                                                       /* configuration file */
-                        config_file = optarg;
+                case 'F': /* configuration file */
+                        result.config.config_file = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'e':                                                                       /* expect */
-                        expect = optarg;
+                case 'e': /* expect */
+                        result.config.expect = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'r':                                                                       /* retries */
-                        if (is_intpos (optarg))
-                                retries = atoi (optarg);
-                        else
-                                usage4 (_("Number of retries must be a positive integer"));
+                case 'r': /* retries */
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.retries = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                usage4(_("Number of retries must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 't':                                                                       /* timeout */
-                        if (is_intpos (optarg))
-                                timeout_interval = (unsigned)atoi (optarg);
-                        else
-                                usage2 (_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                case 't': /* timeout */
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                timeout_interval = (unsigned)atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server == NULL)
-                usage4 (_("Hostname was not supplied"));
-        if (username == NULL)
-                usage4 (_("User not specified"));
-        if (password == NULL)
-                usage4 (_("Password not specified"));
-        if (config_file == NULL)
-                usage4 (_("Configuration file not specified"));
+        if (result.config.server == NULL) {
+                usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
+        }
+        if (result.config.username == NULL) {
+                usage4(_("User not specified"));
+        }
+        if (result.config.password == NULL) {
+                usage4(_("Password not specified"));
+        }
+        if (result.config.config_file == NULL) {
+                usage4(_("Configuration file not specified"));
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
-
-
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
+void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf (&myport, "%d", PW_AUTH_UDP_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", PW_AUTH_UDP_PORT);
 
-        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-        printf ("Copyright (c) 1999 Robert August Vincent II\n");
-        printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Robert August Vincent II\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
         printf("%s\n", _("Tests to see if a RADIUS server is accepting connections."));
 
-  printf ("\n\n");
-
-        print_usage ();
-
-        printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-
-        printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'P', myport);
-
-        printf (" %s\n", "-u, --username=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("The user to authenticate"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-p, --password=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Password for authentication (SECURITY RISK)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-n, --nas-id=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("NAS identifier"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-N, --nas-ip-address=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("NAS IP Address"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-F, --filename=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Configuration file"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Response string to expect from the server"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-r, --retries=INTEGER");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Number of times to retry a failed connection"));
-
-        printf (UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, timeout_interval);
-
-  printf ("\n");
-  printf ("%s\n", _("This plugin tests a RADIUS server to see if it is accepting connections."));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("The server to test must be specified in the invocation, as well as a user"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("name and password. A configuration file must be present. The format of"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("the configuration file is described in the radiusclient library sources."));
-        printf ("%s\n", _("The password option presents a substantial security issue because the"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("password can possibly be determined by careful watching of the command line"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("in a process listing. This risk is exacerbated because the plugin will"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("typically be executed at regular predictable intervals. Please be sure that"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("the password used does not allow access to sensitive system resources."));
-
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf("\n\n");
+
+        print_usage();
+
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+
+        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'P', myport);
+
+        printf(" %s\n", "-u, --username=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("The user to authenticate"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-p, --password=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Password for authentication (SECURITY RISK)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-n, --nas-id=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("NAS identifier"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-N, --nas-ip-address=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("NAS IP Address"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-F, --filename=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Configuration file"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Response string to expect from the server"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-r, --retries=INTEGER");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Number of times to retry a failed connection"));
+
+        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, timeout_interval);
+
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin tests a RADIUS server to see if it is accepting connections."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("The server to test must be specified in the invocation, as well as a user"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("name and password. A configuration file must be present. The format of"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("the configuration file is described in the radiusclient library sources."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("The password option presents a substantial security issue because the"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("password can possibly be determined by careful watching of the command line"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("in a process listing. This risk is exacerbated because the plugin will"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("typically be executed at regular predictable intervals. Please be sure that"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("the password used does not allow access to sensitive system resources."));
+
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-
-
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf ("%s -H host -F config_file -u username -p password\n\
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf("%s -H host -F config_file -u username -p password\n\
                         [-P port] [-t timeout] [-r retries] [-e expect]\n\
-                        [-n nas-id] [-N nas-ip-addr]\n", progname);
+                        [-n nas-id] [-N nas-ip-addr]\n",
+                   progname);
 }
 
-
-
-int my_rc_read_config(char * a)
-{
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
-        rch = rc_read_config(a);
+int my_rc_read_config(char *config_file_name, rc_handle **rch) {
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT) || defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG) ||                      \
+        defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+        *rch = rc_read_config(config_file_name);
         return (rch == NULL) ? 1 : 0;
 #else
-        return rc_read_config(a);
+        return rc_read_config(config_file_name);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_radius.d/config.h b/plugins/check_radius.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b27d31e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_radius.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBRADCLI)
+#       include <radcli/radcli.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_LIBFREERADIUS_CLIENT)
+#       include <freeradius-client.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_LIBRADIUSCLIENT_NG)
+#       include <radiusclient-ng.h>
+#else
+#       include <radiusclient.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server;
+        char *username;
+        char *password;
+        char *config_file;
+        char *nas_id;
+        char *nas_ip_address;
+        int retries;
+        unsigned short port;
+
+        char *expect;
+} check_radius_config;
+
+check_radius_config check_radius_config_init() {
+        check_radius_config tmp = {
+                .server = NULL,
+                .username = NULL,
+                .password = NULL,
+                .config_file = NULL,
+                .nas_id = NULL,
+                .nas_ip_address = NULL,
+                .retries = 1,
+                .port = PW_AUTH_UDP_PORT,
+
+                .expect = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_real.c b/plugins/check_real.c
index 369a88b1..66d07f8f 100644
--- a/plugins/check_real.c
+++ b/plugins/check_real.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "states.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
 const char *progname = "check_real";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -35,27 +37,20 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-
-enum {
-        PORT = 554
-};
+#include "check_real.d/config.h"
 
 #define EXPECT "RTSP/1."
 #define URL    ""
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_real_config config;
+} check_real_config_wrapper;
+static check_real_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static int server_port = PORT;
-static char *server_address;
-static char *host_name;
-static char *server_url = NULL;
-static char *server_expect;
-static int warning_time = 0;
-static bool check_warning_time = false;
-static int critical_time = 0;
-static bool check_critical_time = false;
 static bool verbose = false;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
@@ -66,8 +61,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_real_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_real_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -78,38 +77,52 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
         int socket;
-        if (my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &socket) != STATE_OK)
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Unable to connect to %s on port %d\n"), server_address, server_port);
+        if (my_tcp_connect(config.server_address, config.server_port, &socket) != STATE_OK) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Unable to connect to %s on port %d\n"), config.server_address,
+                        config.server_port);
+        }
 
         /* Part I - Server Check */
 
         /* send the OPTIONS request */
         char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-        sprintf(buffer, "OPTIONS rtsp://%s:%d RTSP/1.0\r\n", host_name, server_port);
-        int result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        sprintf(buffer, "OPTIONS rtsp://%s:%d RTSP/1.0\r\n", config.host_name, config.server_port);
+        ssize_t sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending options to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+        }
 
         /* send the header sync */
         sprintf(buffer, "CSeq: 1\r\n");
-        result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending header sync to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+        }
 
         /* send a newline so the server knows we're done with the request */
         sprintf(buffer, "\r\n");
-        result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+        if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending newline to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+        }
 
         /* watch for the REAL connection string */
-        result = recv(socket, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, 0);
+        ssize_t received_bytes = recv(socket, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, 0);
 
         /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
-        if (result == -1)
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No data received from %s\n"), host_name);
+        if (received_bytes == -1) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No data received from %s\n"), config.host_name);
+        }
 
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
         char *status_line = NULL;
         /* make sure we find the response we are looking for */
-        if (!strstr(buffer, server_expect)) {
-                if (server_port == PORT)
+        if (!strstr(buffer, config.server_expect)) {
+                if (config.server_port == PORT) {
                         printf("%s\n", _("Invalid REAL response received from host"));
-                else
-                        printf(_("Invalid REAL response received from host on port %d\n"), server_port);
+                } else {
+                        printf(_("Invalid REAL response received from host on port %d\n"), config.server_port);
+                }
         } else {
                 /* else we got the REAL string, so check the return code */
 
@@ -117,69 +130,81 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                 result = STATE_OK;
 
-                status_line = (char *)strtok(buffer, "\n");
+                status_line = strtok(buffer, "\n");
 
-                if (strstr(status_line, "200"))
+                if (strstr(status_line, "200")) {
                         result = STATE_OK;
+                }
 
                 /* client errors result in a warning state */
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "400"))
+                else if (strstr(status_line, "400")) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "401"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "401")) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "402"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "402")) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "403"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "403")) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "404"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "404")) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-
-                /* server errors result in a critical state */
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "500"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "500")) {
+                        /* server errors result in a critical state */
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "501"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "501")) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "502"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "502")) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (strstr(status_line, "503"))
+                } else if (strstr(status_line, "503")) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-                else
+                } else {
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                }
         }
 
         /* Part II - Check stream exists and is ok */
-        if ((result == STATE_OK) && (server_url != NULL)) {
+        if ((result == STATE_OK) && (config.server_url != NULL)) {
 
                 /* Part I - Server Check */
 
                 /* send the DESCRIBE request */
-                sprintf(buffer, "DESCRIBE rtsp://%s:%d%s RTSP/1.0\r\n", host_name, server_port, server_url);
-                result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                sprintf(buffer, "DESCRIBE rtsp://%s:%d%s RTSP/1.0\r\n", config.host_name,
+                                config.server_port, config.server_url);
+
+                ssize_t sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending DESCRIBE request to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+                }
 
                 /* send the header sync */
                 sprintf(buffer, "CSeq: 2\r\n");
-                result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending DESCRIBE request to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+                }
 
                 /* send a newline so the server knows we're done with the request */
                 sprintf(buffer, "\r\n");
-                result = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                sent_bytes = send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+                if (sent_bytes == -1) {
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("Sending DESCRIBE request to %s failed\n"), config.host_name);
+                }
 
                 /* watch for the REAL connection string */
-                result = recv(socket, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, 0);
-                buffer[result] = '\0'; /* null terminate received buffer */
-
-                /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
-                if (result == -1) {
+                ssize_t recv_bytes = recv(socket, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, 0);
+                if (recv_bytes == -1) {
+                        /* return a CRITICAL status if we couldn't read any data */
                         printf(_("No data received from host\n"));
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                 } else {
+                        buffer[result] = '\0'; /* null terminate received buffer */
                         /* make sure we find the response we are looking for */
-                        if (!strstr(buffer, server_expect)) {
-                                if (server_port == PORT)
+                        if (!strstr(buffer, config.server_expect)) {
+                                if (config.server_port == PORT) {
                                         printf("%s\n", _("Invalid REAL response received from host"));
-                                else
-                                        printf(_("Invalid REAL response received from host on port %d\n"), server_port);
+                                } else {
+                                        printf(_("Invalid REAL response received from host on port %d\n"),
+                                                   config.server_port);
+                                }
                         } else {
 
                                 /* else we got the REAL string, so check the return code */
@@ -188,51 +213,57 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                                 result = STATE_OK;
 
-                                status_line = (char *)strtok(buffer, "\n");
+                                status_line = strtok(buffer, "\n");
 
-                                if (strstr(status_line, "200"))
+                                if (strstr(status_line, "200")) {
                                         result = STATE_OK;
+                                }
 
                                 /* client errors result in a warning state */
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "400"))
+                                else if (strstr(status_line, "400")) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "401"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "401")) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "402"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "402")) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "403"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "403")) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "404"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "404")) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
+                                }
 
                                 /* server errors result in a critical state */
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "500"))
+                                else if (strstr(status_line, "500")) {
                                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "501"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "501")) {
                                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "502"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "502")) {
                                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                                else if (strstr(status_line, "503"))
+                                } else if (strstr(status_line, "503")) {
                                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                                }
 
-                                else
+                                else {
                                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                                }
                         }
                 }
         }
 
         /* Return results */
         if (result == STATE_OK) {
-
-                if (check_critical_time && (end_time - start_time) > critical_time)
+                if (config.check_critical_time && (end_time - start_time) > config.critical_time) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_time && (end_time - start_time) > warning_time)
+                } else if (config.check_warning_time && (end_time - start_time) > config.warning_time) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
+                }
 
                 /* Put some HTML in here to create a dynamic link */
-                printf(_("REAL %s - %d second response time\n"), state_text(result), (int)(end_time - start_time));
-        } else
+                printf(_("REAL %s - %d second response time\n"), state_text(result),
+                           (int)(end_time - start_time));
+        } else {
                 printf("%s\n", status_line);
+        }
 
         /* close the connection */
         close(socket);
@@ -240,73 +271,83 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* reset the alarm */
         alarm(0);
 
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {"IPaddress", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
-                                                                           {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},   {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},     {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},  {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+check_real_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, {"IPaddress", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
+                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},   {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},     {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},  {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},        {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_real_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_real_config_init(),
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
-        int option_char;
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
-                option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hvVI:H:e:u:p:w:c:t:", longopts, &option);
+                int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hvVI:H:e:u:p:w:c:t:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'I': /* hostname */
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        if (server_address)
+                        if (result.config.server_address) {
                                 break;
-                        else if (is_host(optarg))
-                                server_address = optarg;
-                        else
+                        } else if (is_host(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.server_address = optarg;
+                        } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* string to expect in response header */
-                        server_expect = optarg;
+                        result.config.server_expect = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* server URL */
-                        server_url = optarg;
+                        result.config.server_url = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
                         if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage4(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                warning_time = atoi(optarg);
-                                check_warning_time = true;
+                                result.config.warning_time = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.check_warning_time = true;
                         } else {
                                 usage4(_("Warning time must be a positive integer"));
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                critical_time = atoi(optarg);
-                                check_critical_time = true;
+                                result.config.critical_time = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.check_critical_time = true;
                         } else {
                                 usage4(_("Critical time must be a positive integer"));
                         }
@@ -332,25 +373,28 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        option_char = optind;
-        if (server_address == NULL && argc > option_char) {
+        int option_char = optind;
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL && argc > option_char) {
                 if (is_host(argv[option_char])) {
-                        server_address = argv[option_char++];
+                        result.config.server_address = argv[option_char++];
                 } else {
                         usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[option_char]);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL)
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("You must provide a server to check"));
+        }
 
-        if (host_name == NULL)
-                host_name = strdup(server_address);
+        if (result.config.host_name == NULL) {
+                result.config.host_name = strdup(result.config.server_address);
+        }
 
-        if (server_expect == NULL)
-                server_expect = strdup(EXPECT);
+        if (result.config.server_expect == NULL) {
+                result.config.server_expect = strdup(EXPECT);
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -388,7 +432,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("This plugin will attempt to open an RTSP connection with the host."));
         printf("%s\n", _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return"));
         printf("%s\n", _("STATE_CRITICAL, other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful connects,"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("but incorrect response messages from the host result in STATE_WARNING return"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("but incorrect response messages from the host result in STATE_WARNING return"));
         printf("%s\n", _("values."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
diff --git a/plugins/check_real.d/config.h b/plugins/check_real.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4663cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_real.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        PORT = 554
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        char *host_name;
+        int server_port;
+        char *server_url;
+
+        char *server_expect;
+        int warning_time;
+        bool check_warning_time;
+        int critical_time;
+        bool check_critical_time;
+} check_real_config;
+
+check_real_config check_real_config_init() {
+        check_real_config tmp = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .host_name = NULL,
+                .server_port = PORT,
+                .server_url = NULL,
+
+                .server_expect = NULL,
+                .warning_time = 0,
+                .check_warning_time = false,
+                .critical_time = 0,
+                .check_critical_time = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_smtp.c b/plugins/check_smtp.c
index e6369e63..83ad575c 100644
--- a/plugins/check_smtp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_smtp.c
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring check_smtp plugin
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains the check_smtp plugin
-* 
-* This plugin will attempt to open an SMTP connection with the host.
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring check_smtp plugin
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains the check_smtp plugin
+ *
+ * This plugin will attempt to open an SMTP connection with the host.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_smtp";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
@@ -36,400 +36,415 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "base64.h"
+#include "regex.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include "check_smtp.d/config.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+
+#define PROXY_PREFIX    "PROXY TCP4 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 25 25\r\n"
+#define SMTP_HELO       "HELO "
+#define SMTP_EHLO       "EHLO "
+#define SMTP_LHLO       "LHLO "
+#define SMTP_QUIT       "QUIT\r\n"
+#define SMTP_STARTTLS   "STARTTLS\r\n"
+#define SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN "AUTH LOGIN\r\n"
 
+#define EHLO_SUPPORTS_STARTTLS 1
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_smtp_config config;
+} check_smtp_config_wrapper;
+static check_smtp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+
+int my_recv(check_smtp_config config, void *buf, int num, int socket_descriptor,
+                        bool ssl_established) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-static bool check_cert = false;
-static int days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit;
-#  define my_recv(buf, len) (((use_starttls || use_ssl) && ssl_established) ? np_net_ssl_read(buf, len) : read(sd, buf, len))
-#  define my_send(buf, len) (((use_starttls || use_ssl) && ssl_established) ? np_net_ssl_write(buf, len) : send(sd, buf, len, 0))
+        if ((config.use_starttls || config.use_ssl) && ssl_established) {
+                return np_net_ssl_read(buf, num);
+        }
+        return (int)read(socket_descriptor, buf, (size_t)num);
 #else /* ifndef HAVE_SSL */
-#  define my_recv(buf, len) read(sd, buf, len)
-#  define my_send(buf, len) send(sd, buf, len, 0)
+        return read(socket_descriptor, buf, len)
 #endif
+}
 
-enum {
-        SMTP_PORT       = 25,
-        SMTPS_PORT      = 465
-};
-#define PROXY_PREFIX "PROXY TCP4 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 25 25\r\n"
-#define SMTP_EXPECT "220"
-#define SMTP_HELO "HELO "
-#define SMTP_EHLO "EHLO "
-#define SMTP_LHLO "LHLO "
-#define SMTP_QUIT "QUIT\r\n"
-#define SMTP_STARTTLS "STARTTLS\r\n"
-#define SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN "AUTH LOGIN\r\n"
+int my_send(check_smtp_config config, void *buf, int num, int socket_descriptor,
+                        bool ssl_established) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+        if ((config.use_starttls || config.use_ssl) && ssl_established) {
 
-#define EHLO_SUPPORTS_STARTTLS 1
+                return np_net_ssl_write(buf, num);
+        }
+        return (int)send(socket_descriptor, buf, (size_t)num, 0);
+#else /* ifndef HAVE_SSL */
+        return send(socket_descriptor, buf, len, 0);
+#endif
+}
 
-static int process_arguments (int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments (void);
-static void print_help (void);
-void print_usage (void);
-static void smtp_quit(void);
-static int recvline(char *, size_t);
-static int recvlines(char *, size_t);
-static int my_close(void);
+static void print_help(void);
+void print_usage(void);
+static char *smtp_quit(check_smtp_config /*config*/, char /*buffer*/[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER],
+                                           int /*socket_descriptor*/, bool /*ssl_established*/);
+static int recvline(char * /*buf*/, size_t /*bufsize*/, check_smtp_config /*config*/,
+                                        int /*socket_descriptor*/, bool /*ssl_established*/);
+static int recvlines(check_smtp_config /*config*/, char * /*buf*/, size_t /*bufsize*/,
+                                         int /*socket_descriptor*/, bool /*ssl_established*/);
+static int my_close(int /*socket_descriptor*/);
 
-#include "regex.h"
-static regex_t preg;
-static regmatch_t pmatch[10];
-static char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-static int cflags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
-static int eflags = 0;
-static int errcode, excode;
-
-static int server_port = SMTP_PORT;
-static int server_port_option = 0;
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static char *server_expect = NULL;
-static char *mail_command = NULL;
-static char *from_arg = NULL;
-static int send_mail_from=0;
-static int ncommands=0;
-static int command_size=0;
-static int nresponses=0;
-static int response_size=0;
-static char **commands = NULL;
-static char **responses = NULL;
-static char *authtype = NULL;
-static char *authuser = NULL;
-static char *authpass = NULL;
-static double warning_time = 0;
-static bool check_warning_time = false;
-static double critical_time = 0;
-static bool check_critical_time = false;
 static int verbose = 0;
-static bool use_ssl = false;
-static bool use_starttls = false;
-static bool use_sni = false;
-static bool use_proxy_prefix = false;
-static bool use_ehlo = false;
-static bool use_lhlo = false;
-static bool ssl_established = false;
-static char *localhostname = NULL;
-static int sd;
-static char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-enum {
-  TCP_PROTOCOL = 1,
-  UDP_PROTOCOL = 2,
-};
-static bool ignore_send_quit_failure = false;
-
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        bool supports_tls = false;
-        int n = 0;
-        double elapsed_time;
-        long microsec;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        char *cmd_str = NULL;
-        char *helocmd = NULL;
-        char *error_msg = "";
-        char *server_response = NULL;
-        struct timeval tv;
 
-        /* Catch pipe errors in read/write - sometimes occurs when writing QUIT */
-        (void) signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-
-        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-        textdomain (PACKAGE);
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
-        argv=np_extra_opts (&argc, argv, progname);
+        argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        check_smtp_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_smtp_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* If localhostname not set on command line, use gethostname to set */
-        if(! localhostname){
-                localhostname = malloc (HOST_MAX_BYTES);
-                if(!localhostname){
+        char *localhostname = config.localhostname;
+        if (!localhostname) {
+                localhostname = malloc(HOST_MAX_BYTES);
+                if (!localhostname) {
                         printf(_("malloc() failed!\n"));
-                        return STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
                 }
-                if(gethostname(localhostname, HOST_MAX_BYTES)){
+                if (gethostname(localhostname, HOST_MAX_BYTES)) {
                         printf(_("gethostname() failed!\n"));
-                        return STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
                 }
         }
-        if(use_lhlo)
-                xasprintf (&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_LHLO, localhostname, "\r\n");
-        else if(use_ehlo)
-                xasprintf (&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_EHLO, localhostname, "\r\n");
-        else
-                xasprintf (&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_HELO, localhostname, "\r\n");
-
-        if (verbose)
+
+        char *helocmd = NULL;
+        if (config.use_lhlo) {
+                xasprintf(&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_LHLO, localhostname, "\r\n");
+        } else if (config.use_ehlo) {
+                xasprintf(&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_EHLO, localhostname, "\r\n");
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&helocmd, "%s%s%s", SMTP_HELO, localhostname, "\r\n");
+        }
+
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("HELOCMD: %s", helocmd);
+        }
 
+        char *mail_command = strdup("MAIL ");
+        char *cmd_str = NULL;
         /* initialize the MAIL command with optional FROM command  */
-        xasprintf (&cmd_str, "%sFROM:<%s>%s", mail_command, from_arg, "\r\n");
+        xasprintf(&cmd_str, "%sFROM:<%s>%s", mail_command, config.from_arg, "\r\n");
 
-        if (verbose && send_mail_from)
-                printf ("FROM CMD: %s", cmd_str);
+        if (verbose && config.send_mail_from) {
+                printf("FROM CMD: %s", cmd_str);
+        }
+
+        /* Catch pipe errors in read/write - sometimes occurs when writing QUIT */
+        (void)signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        (void) signal (SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
+        (void)signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
 
         /* set socket timeout */
-        (void) alarm (socket_timeout);
+        (void)alarm(socket_timeout);
 
+        struct timeval start_time;
         /* start timer */
-        gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+        gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
 
+        int socket_descriptor = 0;
         /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
-        result = my_tcp_connect (server_address, server_port, &sd);
+        mp_state_enum result =
+                my_tcp_connect(config.server_address, config.server_port, &socket_descriptor);
 
+        char *error_msg = "";
+        char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        bool ssl_established = false;
         if (result == STATE_OK) { /* we connected */
                 /* If requested, send PROXY header */
-                if (use_proxy_prefix) {
-                        if (verbose)
-                                printf ("Sending header %s\n", PROXY_PREFIX);
-                        my_send(PROXY_PREFIX, strlen(PROXY_PREFIX));
+                if (config.use_proxy_prefix) {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Sending header %s\n", PROXY_PREFIX);
+                        }
+                        my_send(config, PROXY_PREFIX, strlen(PROXY_PREFIX), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
                 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                if (use_ssl) {
-                        result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(sd, (use_sni ? server_address : NULL));
+                if (config.use_ssl) {
+                        result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(socket_descriptor,
+                                                                                                   (config.use_sni ? config.server_address : NULL));
                         if (result != STATE_OK) {
-                                printf (_("CRITICAL - Cannot create SSL context.\n"));
-                                close(sd);
+                                printf(_("CRITICAL - Cannot create SSL context.\n"));
+                                close(socket_descriptor);
                                 np_net_ssl_cleanup();
-                                return STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else {
-                                ssl_established = 1;
+                                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
                         }
+                        ssl_established = true;
                 }
 #endif
 
                 /* watch for the SMTP connection string and */
                 /* return a WARNING status if we couldn't read any data */
-                if (recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER) <= 0) {
-                        printf (_("recv() failed\n"));
-                        return STATE_WARNING;
+                if (recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established) <= 0) {
+                        printf(_("recv() failed\n"));
+                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
                 }
 
+                char *server_response = NULL;
                 /* save connect return (220 hostname ..) for later use */
                 xasprintf(&server_response, "%s", buffer);
 
                 /* send the HELO/EHLO command */
-                my_send(helocmd, strlen(helocmd));
+                my_send(config, helocmd, (int)strlen(helocmd), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
 
                 /* allow for response to helo command to reach us */
-                if (recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER) <= 0) {
-                        printf (_("recv() failed\n"));
-                        return STATE_WARNING;
-                } else if(use_ehlo || use_lhlo){
-                        if(strstr(buffer, "250 STARTTLS") != NULL ||
-                           strstr(buffer, "250-STARTTLS") != NULL){
-                                supports_tls=true;
+                if (recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established) <= 0) {
+                        printf(_("recv() failed\n"));
+                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
+                }
+
+                bool supports_tls = false;
+                if (config.use_ehlo || config.use_lhlo) {
+                        if (strstr(buffer, "250 STARTTLS") != NULL || strstr(buffer, "250-STARTTLS") != NULL) {
+                                supports_tls = true;
                         }
                 }
 
-                if(use_starttls && ! supports_tls){
+                if (config.use_starttls && !supports_tls) {
                         printf(_("WARNING - TLS not supported by server\n"));
-                        smtp_quit();
-                        return STATE_WARNING;
+                        smtp_quit(config, buffer, socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
                 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                if(use_starttls) {
-                  /* send the STARTTLS command */
-                  send(sd, SMTP_STARTTLS, strlen(SMTP_STARTTLS), 0);
-
-                  recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER); /* wait for it */
-                  if (!strstr (buffer, SMTP_EXPECT)) {
-                    printf (_("Server does not support STARTTLS\n"));
-                    smtp_quit();
-                    return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                  }
-                  result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(sd, (use_sni ? server_address : NULL));
-                  if(result != STATE_OK) {
-                    printf (_("CRITICAL - Cannot create SSL context.\n"));
-                    close(sd);
-                    np_net_ssl_cleanup();
-                    return STATE_CRITICAL;
-                  } else {
-                        ssl_established = 1;
-                  }
-
-                /*
-                 * Resend the EHLO command.
-                 *
-                 * RFC 3207 (4.2) says: ``The client MUST discard any knowledge
-                 * obtained from the server, such as the list of SMTP service
-                 * extensions, which was not obtained from the TLS negotiation
-                 * itself.  The client SHOULD send an EHLO command as the first
-                 * command after a successful TLS negotiation.''  For this
-                 * reason, some MTAs will not allow an AUTH LOGIN command before
-                 * we resent EHLO via TLS.
-                 */
-                if (my_send(helocmd, strlen(helocmd)) <= 0) {
-                        printf("%s\n", _("SMTP UNKNOWN - Cannot send EHLO command via TLS."));
-                        my_close();
-                        return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                }
-                if (verbose)
-                        printf(_("sent %s"), helocmd);
-                if ((n = recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER)) <= 0) {
-                        printf("%s\n", _("SMTP UNKNOWN - Cannot read EHLO response via TLS."));
-                        my_close();
-                        return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                }
-                if (verbose) {
-                        printf("%s", buffer);
-                }
+                if (config.use_starttls) {
+                        /* send the STARTTLS command */
+                        send(socket_descriptor, SMTP_STARTTLS, strlen(SMTP_STARTTLS), 0);
+
+                        recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor,
+                                          ssl_established); /* wait for it */
+                        if (!strstr(buffer, SMTP_EXPECT)) {
+                                printf(_("Server does not support STARTTLS\n"));
+                                smtp_quit(config, buffer, socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(socket_descriptor,
+                                                                                                   (config.use_sni ? config.server_address : NULL));
+                        if (result != STATE_OK) {
+                                printf(_("CRITICAL - Cannot create SSL context.\n"));
+                                close(socket_descriptor);
+                                np_net_ssl_cleanup();
+                                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        }
+
+                        ssl_established = true;
+
+                        /*
+                         * Resend the EHLO command.
+                         *
+                         * RFC 3207 (4.2) says: ``The client MUST discard any knowledge
+                         * obtained from the server, such as the list of SMTP service
+                         * extensions, which was not obtained from the TLS negotiation
+                         * itself.  The client SHOULD send an EHLO command as the first
+                         * command after a successful TLS negotiation.''  For this
+                         * reason, some MTAs will not allow an AUTH LOGIN command before
+                         * we resent EHLO via TLS.
+                         */
+                        if (my_send(config, helocmd, strlen(helocmd), socket_descriptor, ssl_established) <=
+                                0) {
+                                printf("%s\n", _("SMTP UNKNOWN - Cannot send EHLO command via TLS."));
+                                my_close(socket_descriptor);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf(_("sent %s"), helocmd);
+                        }
 
-#  ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-                  if ( check_cert ) {
-                    result = np_net_ssl_check_cert(days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
-                    smtp_quit();
-                    my_close();
-                    return result;
-                  }
-#  endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+                        if (recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established) <=
+                                0) {
+                                printf("%s\n", _("SMTP UNKNOWN - Cannot read EHLO response via TLS."));
+                                my_close(socket_descriptor);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("%s", buffer);
+                        }
+
+#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+                        if (config.check_cert) {
+                                result =
+                                        np_net_ssl_check_cert(config.days_till_exp_warn, config.days_till_exp_crit);
+                                smtp_quit(config, buffer, socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                                my_close(socket_descriptor);
+                                exit(result);
+                        }
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
                 }
 #endif
 
-                if (verbose)
-                        printf ("%s", buffer);
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("%s", buffer);
+                }
 
                 /* save buffer for later use */
                 xasprintf(&server_response, "%s%s", server_response, buffer);
                 /* strip the buffer of carriage returns */
-                strip (server_response);
+                strip(server_response);
 
                 /* make sure we find the droids we are looking for */
-                if (!strstr (server_response, server_expect)) {
-                        if (server_port == SMTP_PORT)
-                                printf (_("Invalid SMTP response received from host: %s\n"), server_response);
-                        else
-                                printf (_("Invalid SMTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"),
-                                                                                server_port, server_response);
-                        return STATE_WARNING;
+                if (!strstr(server_response, config.server_expect)) {
+                        if (config.server_port == SMTP_PORT) {
+                                printf(_("Invalid SMTP response received from host: %s\n"), server_response);
+                        } else {
+                                printf(_("Invalid SMTP response received from host on port %d: %s\n"),
+                                           config.server_port, server_response);
+                        }
+                        exit(STATE_WARNING);
                 }
 
-                if (send_mail_from) {
-                  my_send(cmd_str, strlen(cmd_str));
-                  if (recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER) >= 1 && verbose)
-                    printf("%s", buffer);
+                if (config.send_mail_from) {
+                        my_send(config, cmd_str, (int)strlen(cmd_str), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                        if (recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established) >=
+                                        1 &&
+                                verbose) {
+                                printf("%s", buffer);
+                        }
                 }
 
-                n = 0;
-                while (n < ncommands) {
-                        xasprintf (&cmd_str, "%s%s", commands[n], "\r\n");
-                        my_send(cmd_str, strlen(cmd_str));
-                        if (recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER) >= 1 && verbose)
+                int counter = 0;
+                while (counter < config.ncommands) {
+                        xasprintf(&cmd_str, "%s%s", config.commands[counter], "\r\n");
+                        my_send(config, cmd_str, (int)strlen(cmd_str), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                        if (recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established) >=
+                                        1 &&
+                                verbose) {
                                 printf("%s", buffer);
-                        strip (buffer);
-                        if (n < nresponses) {
-                                cflags |= REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
-                                errcode = regcomp (&preg, responses[n], cflags);
+                        }
+                        strip(buffer);
+                        if (counter < config.nresponses) {
+                                int cflags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
+                                regex_t preg;
+                                int errcode = regcomp(&preg, config.responses[counter], cflags);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
                                 if (errcode != 0) {
-                                        regerror (errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                        printf (_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression"));
-                                        return ERROR;
+                                        regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                        printf(_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression"));
+                                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                                 }
-                                excode = regexec (&preg, buffer, 10, pmatch, eflags);
+
+                                regmatch_t pmatch[10];
+                                int eflags = 0;
+                                int excode = regexec(&preg, buffer, 10, pmatch, eflags);
                                 if (excode == 0) {
                                         result = STATE_OK;
-                                }
-                                else if (excode == REG_NOMATCH) {
+                                } else if (excode == REG_NOMATCH) {
                                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                        printf (_("SMTP %s - Invalid response '%s' to command '%s'\n"), state_text (result), buffer, commands[n]);
-                                }
-                                else {
-                                        regerror (excode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                        printf (_("Execute Error: %s\n"), errbuf);
+                                        printf(_("SMTP %s - Invalid response '%s' to command '%s'\n"),
+                                                   state_text(result), buffer, config.commands[counter]);
+                                } else {
+                                        regerror(excode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                        printf(_("Execute Error: %s\n"), errbuf);
                                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
                                 }
                         }
-                        n++;
+                        counter++;
                 }
 
-                if (authtype != NULL) {
-                        if (strcmp (authtype, "LOGIN") == 0) {
+                if (config.authtype != NULL) {
+                        if (strcmp(config.authtype, "LOGIN") == 0) {
                                 char *abuf;
                                 int ret;
                                 do {
-                                        if (authuser == NULL) {
+                                        if (config.authuser == NULL) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("no authuser specified, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
-                                        if (authpass == NULL) {
+                                        if (config.authpass == NULL) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("no authpass specified, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
 
                                         /* send AUTH LOGIN */
-                                        my_send(SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN, strlen(SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN));
-                                        if (verbose)
-                                                printf (_("sent %s\n"), "AUTH LOGIN");
+                                        my_send(config, SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN, strlen(SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN), socket_descriptor,
+                                                        ssl_established);
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf(_("sent %s\n"), "AUTH LOGIN");
+                                        }
 
-                                        if ((ret = recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER)) <= 0) {
+                                        if ((ret = recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor,
+                                                                                 ssl_established)) <= 0) {
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("recv() failed after AUTH LOGIN, "));
                                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
                                                 break;
                                         }
-                                        if (verbose)
-                                                printf (_("received %s\n"), buffer);
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf(_("received %s\n"), buffer);
+                                        }
 
-                                        if (strncmp (buffer, "334", 3) != 0) {
+                                        if (strncmp(buffer, "334", 3) != 0) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("invalid response received after AUTH LOGIN, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
 
                                         /* encode authuser with base64 */
-                                        base64_encode_alloc (authuser, strlen(authuser), &abuf);
+                                        base64_encode_alloc(config.authuser, strlen(config.authuser), &abuf);
                                         xasprintf(&abuf, "%s\r\n", abuf);
-                                        my_send(abuf, strlen(abuf));
-                                        if (verbose)
-                                                printf (_("sent %s\n"), abuf);
+                                        my_send(config, abuf, (int)strlen(abuf), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+                                        if (verbose) {
+                                                printf(_("sent %s\n"), abuf);
+                                        }
 
-                                        if ((ret = recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER)) <= 0) {
+                                        if ((ret = recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor,
+                                                                                 ssl_established)) <= 0) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("recv() failed after sending authuser, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
                                         if (verbose) {
-                                                printf (_("received %s\n"), buffer);
+                                                printf(_("received %s\n"), buffer);
                                         }
-                                        if (strncmp (buffer, "334", 3) != 0) {
+                                        if (strncmp(buffer, "334", 3) != 0) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("invalid response received after authuser, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
                                         /* encode authpass with base64 */
-                                        base64_encode_alloc (authpass, strlen(authpass), &abuf);
+                                        base64_encode_alloc(config.authpass, strlen(config.authpass), &abuf);
                                         xasprintf(&abuf, "%s\r\n", abuf);
-                                        my_send(abuf, strlen(abuf));
+                                        my_send(config, abuf, (int)strlen(abuf), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
                                         if (verbose) {
-                                                printf (_("sent %s\n"), abuf);
+                                                printf(_("sent %s\n"), abuf);
                                         }
-                                        if ((ret = recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER)) <= 0) {
+                                        if ((ret = recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor,
+                                                                                 ssl_established)) <= 0) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("recv() failed after sending authpass, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
                                         if (verbose) {
-                                                printf (_("received %s\n"), buffer);
+                                                printf(_("received %s\n"), buffer);
                                         }
-                                        if (strncmp (buffer, "235", 3) != 0) {
+                                        if (strncmp(buffer, "235", 3) != 0) {
                                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("invalid response received after authpass, "));
                                                 break;
                                         }
                                         break;
-                                } while (0);
+                                } while (false);
                         } else {
                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                                 xasprintf(&error_msg, _("only authtype LOGIN is supported, "));
@@ -437,243 +452,249 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 }
 
                 /* tell the server we're done */
-                smtp_quit();
+                smtp_quit(config, buffer, socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
 
                 /* finally close the connection */
-                close (sd);
+                close(socket_descriptor);
         }
 
         /* reset the alarm */
-        alarm (0);
+        alarm(0);
 
-        microsec = deltime (tv);
-        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+        long microsec = deltime(start_time);
+        double elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
 
         if (result == STATE_OK) {
-                if (check_critical_time && elapsed_time > critical_time)
+                if (config.check_critical_time && elapsed_time > config.critical_time) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_time && elapsed_time > warning_time)
+                } else if (config.check_warning_time && elapsed_time > config.warning_time) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
+                }
         }
 
-        printf (_("SMTP %s - %s%.3f sec. response time%s%s|%s\n"),
-                        state_text (result),
-                        error_msg,
-                        elapsed_time,
-                        verbose?", ":"", verbose?buffer:"",
-                        fperfdata ("time", elapsed_time, "s",
-                                (int)check_warning_time, warning_time,
-                                (int)check_critical_time, critical_time,
-                                true, 0, false, 0));
+        printf(_("SMTP %s - %s%.3f sec. response time%s%s|%s\n"), state_text(result), error_msg,
+                   elapsed_time, verbose ? ", " : "", verbose ? buffer : "",
+                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", config.check_warning_time, config.warning_time,
+                                         config.check_critical_time, config.critical_time, true, 0, false, 0));
 
-        return result;
+        exit(result);
 }
 
-
-
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int
-process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-        int c;
-        char* temp;
-
-        bool implicit_tls = false;
-
+check_smtp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         enum {
-          SNI_OPTION
+                SNI_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
         };
 
         int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                {"from", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                {"fqdn", required_argument, 0, 'F'},
-                {"authtype", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
-                {"authuser", required_argument, 0, 'U'},
-                {"authpass", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                {"response", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
-                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                {"lmtp", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
-                {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 's'},
-                {"tls", no_argument, 0, 's'},
-                {"starttls",no_argument,0,'S'},
-                {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
-                {"certificate",required_argument,0,'D'},
-                {"ignore-quit-failure",no_argument,0,'q'},
-                {"proxy",no_argument,0,'r'},
-                {0, 0, 0, 0}
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                                                                           {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                                                                           {"from", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+                                                                           {"fqdn", required_argument, 0, 'F'},
+                                                                           {"authtype", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
+                                                                           {"authuser", required_argument, 0, 'U'},
+                                                                           {"authpass", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                                                                           {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                                                                           {"response", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"lmtp", no_argument, 0, 'L'},
+                                                                           {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"tls", no_argument, 0, 's'},
+                                                                           {"starttls", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                                                                           {"sni", no_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
+                                                                           {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                                                                           {"ignore-quit-failure", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                                                                           {"proxy", no_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        check_smtp_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_smtp_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
         };
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp ("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp ("-wt", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy (argv[c], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp ("-ct", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy (argv[c], "-c");
+        for (int index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-t");
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-w");
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[index]) == 0) {
+                        strcpy(argv[index], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+hVv46Lrt:p:f:e:c:w:H:C:R:sSD:F:A:U:P:q",
-                                 longopts, &option);
+        int command_size = 0;
+        int response_size = 0;
+        bool implicit_tls = false;
+        int server_port_option = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int opt_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVv46Lrt:p:f:e:c:w:H:C:R:sSD:F:A:U:P:q", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (opt_index == -1 || opt_index == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (c) {
-                case 'H':                                                                       /* hostname */
-                        if (is_host (optarg)) {
-                                server_address = optarg;
-                        }
-                        else {
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
+                switch (opt_index) {
+                case 'H': /* hostname */
+                        if (is_host(optarg)) {
+                                result.config.server_address = optarg;
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'p':                                                                       /* port */
-                        if (is_intpos (optarg))
-                                server_port_option = atoi (optarg);
-                        else
-                                usage4 (_("Port must be a positive integer"));
+                case 'p': /* port */
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                server_port_option = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                usage4(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'F':
-                /* localhostname */
-                        localhostname = strdup(optarg);
+                        /* localhostname */
+                        result.config.localhostname = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
-                case 'f':                                                                       /* from argument */
-                        from_arg = optarg + strspn(optarg, "<");
-                        from_arg = strndup(from_arg, strcspn(from_arg, ">"));
-                        send_mail_from = 1;
+                case 'f': /* from argument */
+                        result.config.from_arg = optarg + strspn(optarg, "<");
+                        result.config.from_arg =
+                                strndup(result.config.from_arg, strcspn(result.config.from_arg, ">"));
+                        result.config.send_mail_from = true;
                         break;
                 case 'A':
-                        authtype = optarg;
-                        use_ehlo = true;
+                        result.config.authtype = optarg;
+                        result.config.use_ehlo = true;
                         break;
                 case 'U':
-                        authuser = optarg;
+                        result.config.authuser = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P':
-                        authpass = optarg;
+                        result.config.authpass = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'e':                                                                       /* server expect string on 220  */
-                        server_expect = optarg;
+                case 'e': /* server expect string on 220  */
+                        result.config.server_expect = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'C':                                                                       /* commands  */
-                        if (ncommands >= command_size) {
-                                command_size+=8;
-                                commands = realloc (commands, sizeof(char *) * command_size);
-                                if (commands == NULL)
-                                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-                                             _("Could not realloc() units [%d]\n"), ncommands);
+                case 'C': /* commands  */
+                        if (result.config.ncommands >= command_size) {
+                                command_size += 8;
+                                result.config.commands =
+                                        realloc(result.config.commands, sizeof(char *) * command_size);
+                                if (result.config.commands == NULL) {
+                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not realloc() units [%d]\n"),
+                                                result.config.ncommands);
+                                }
                         }
-                        commands[ncommands] = (char *) malloc (sizeof(char) * 255);
-                        strncpy (commands[ncommands], optarg, 255);
-                        ncommands++;
+                        result.config.commands[result.config.ncommands] = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * 255);
+                        strncpy(result.config.commands[result.config.ncommands], optarg, 255);
+                        result.config.ncommands++;
                         break;
-                case 'R':                                                                       /* server responses */
-                        if (nresponses >= response_size) {
+                case 'R': /* server responses */
+                        if (result.config.nresponses >= response_size) {
                                 response_size += 8;
-                                responses = realloc (responses, sizeof(char *) * response_size);
-                                if (responses == NULL)
-                                        die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-                                             _("Could not realloc() units [%d]\n"), nresponses);
+                                result.config.responses =
+                                        realloc(result.config.responses, sizeof(char *) * response_size);
+                                if (result.config.responses == NULL) {
+                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not realloc() units [%d]\n"),
+                                                result.config.nresponses);
+                                }
                         }
-                        responses[nresponses] = (char *) malloc (sizeof(char) * 255);
-                        strncpy (responses[nresponses], optarg, 255);
-                        nresponses++;
+                        result.config.responses[result.config.nresponses] = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * 255);
+                        strncpy(result.config.responses[result.config.nresponses], optarg, 255);
+                        result.config.nresponses++;
                         break;
-                case 'c':                                                                       /* critical time threshold */
-                        if (!is_nonnegative (optarg))
-                                usage4 (_("Critical time must be a positive"));
-                        else {
-                                critical_time = strtod (optarg, NULL);
-                                check_critical_time = true;
+                case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
+                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
+                                usage4(_("Critical time must be a positive"));
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.critical_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                result.config.check_critical_time = true;
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'w':                                                                       /* warning time threshold */
-                        if (!is_nonnegative (optarg))
-                                usage4 (_("Warning time must be a positive"));
-                        else {
-                                warning_time = strtod (optarg, NULL);
-                                check_warning_time = true;
+                case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
+                        if (!is_nonnegative(optarg)) {
+                                usage4(_("Warning time must be a positive"));
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.warning_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                result.config.check_warning_time = true;
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'v':                                                                       /* verbose */
+                case 'v': /* verbose */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        ignore_send_quit_failure = true;             /* ignore problem sending QUIT */
+                        result.config.ignore_send_quit_failure = true; /* ignore problem sending QUIT */
                         break;
-                case 't':                                                                       /* timeout */
-                        if (is_intnonneg (optarg)) {
-                                socket_timeout = atoi (optarg);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                                usage4 (_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"));
+                case 't': /* timeout */
+                        if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                usage4(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"));
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'D':
-                /* Check SSL cert validity */
+                case 'D': {
+                        /* Check SSL cert validity */
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-                        if ((temp=strchr(optarg,','))!=NULL) {
-                            *temp='\0';
-                            if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-                               usage2 ("Invalid certificate expiration period", optarg);
-                            days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
-                            *temp=',';
-                            temp++;
-                            if (!is_intnonneg (temp))
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
-                            days_till_exp_crit = atoi (temp);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            days_till_exp_crit=0;
-                            if (!is_intnonneg (optarg))
-                                usage2 ("Invalid certificate expiration period", optarg);
-                            days_till_exp_warn = atoi (optarg);
-                        }
-                        check_cert = true;
-                        ignore_send_quit_failure = true;
+                        char *temp;
+                        if ((temp = strchr(optarg, ',')) != NULL) {
+                                *temp = '\0';
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                        usage2("Invalid certificate expiration period", optarg);
+                                }
+                                result.config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                *temp = ',';
+                                temp++;
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(temp)) {
+                                        usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
+                                }
+                                result.config.days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.days_till_exp_crit = 0;
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
+                                        usage2("Invalid certificate expiration period", optarg);
+                                }
+                                result.config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.check_cert = true;
+                        result.config.ignore_send_quit_failure = true;
 #else
-                        usage (_("SSL support not available - install OpenSSL and recompile"));
+                        usage(_("SSL support not available - install OpenSSL and recompile"));
 #endif
                         implicit_tls = true;
                         // fallthrough
                 case 's':
-                /* ssl */
-                        use_ssl = true;
-                        server_port = SMTPS_PORT;
+                        /* ssl */
+                        result.config.use_ssl = true;
+                        result.config.server_port = SMTPS_PORT;
                         break;
                 case 'S':
-                /* starttls */
-                        use_starttls = true;
-                        use_ehlo = true;
+                        /* starttls */
+                        result.config.use_starttls = true;
+                        result.config.use_ehlo = true;
                         break;
+                }
                 case SNI_OPTION:
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                        use_sni = true;
+                        result.config.use_sni = true;
 #else
-                        usage (_("SSL support not available - install OpenSSL and recompile"));
+                        usage(_("SSL support not available - install OpenSSL and recompile"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'r':
-                        use_proxy_prefix = true;
+                        result.config.use_proxy_prefix = true;
                         break;
                 case 'L':
-                        use_lhlo = true;
+                        result.config.use_lhlo = true;
                         break;
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
@@ -682,102 +703,81 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
                         address_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
-                        usage4 (_("IPv6 support not available"));
+                        usage4(_("IPv6 support not available"));
 #endif
                         break;
-                case 'V':                                                                       /* version */
-                        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case 'h':                                                                       /* help */
-                        print_help ();
-                        exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
-                case '?':                                                                       /* help */
-                        usage5 ();
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case '?': /* help */
+                        usage5();
                 }
         }
 
-        c = optind;
-        if (server_address == NULL) {
+        int c = optind;
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 if (argv[c]) {
-                        if (is_host (argv[c]))
-                                server_address = argv[c];
-                        else
-                                usage2 (_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[c]);
-                }
-                else {
-                        xasprintf (&server_address, "127.0.0.1");
+                        if (is_host(argv[c])) {
+                                result.config.server_address = argv[c];
+                        } else {
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[c]);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        result.config.server_address = strdup("localhost");
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_expect == NULL)
-                server_expect = strdup (SMTP_EXPECT);
-
-        if (mail_command == NULL)
-                mail_command = strdup("MAIL ");
-
-        if (from_arg==NULL)
-                from_arg = strdup(" ");
-
-        if (use_starttls && use_ssl) {
+        if (result.config.use_starttls && result.config.use_ssl) {
                 if (implicit_tls) {
-                        use_ssl = false;
-                        server_port = SMTP_PORT;
+                        result.config.use_ssl = false;
                 } else {
-                        usage4 (_("Set either -s/--ssl/--tls or -S/--starttls"));
+                        usage4(_("Set either -s/--ssl/--tls or -S/--starttls"));
                 }
         }
 
         if (server_port_option != 0) {
-                server_port = server_port_option;
+                result.config.server_port = server_port_option;
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments ();
-}
-
-
-
-int
-validate_arguments (void)
-{
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
-
-void
-smtp_quit(void)
-{
-        int bytes;
-        int n;
-
-        n = my_send(SMTP_QUIT, strlen(SMTP_QUIT));
-        if(n < 0) {
-                if(ignore_send_quit_failure) {
-                        if(verbose) {
+char *smtp_quit(check_smtp_config config, char buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER], int socket_descriptor,
+                                bool ssl_established) {
+        int sent_bytes =
+                my_send(config, SMTP_QUIT, strlen(SMTP_QUIT), socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
+        if (sent_bytes < 0) {
+                if (config.ignore_send_quit_failure) {
+                        if (verbose) {
                                 printf(_("Connection closed by server before sending QUIT command\n"));
                         }
-                        return;
+                        return buffer;
                 }
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN,
-                        _("Connection closed by server before sending QUIT command\n"));
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Connection closed by server before sending QUIT command\n"));
         }
 
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf(_("sent %s\n"), "QUIT");
+        }
 
         /* read the response but don't care about problems */
-        bytes = recvlines(buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+        int bytes = recvlines(config, buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER, socket_descriptor, ssl_established);
         if (verbose) {
-                if (bytes < 0)
+                if (bytes < 0) {
                         printf(_("recv() failed after QUIT."));
-                else if (bytes == 0)
+                } else if (bytes == 0) {
                         printf(_("Connection reset by peer."));
-                else {
+                } else {
                         buffer[bytes] = '\0';
                         printf(_("received %s\n"), buffer);
                 }
         }
-}
 
+        return buffer;
+}
 
 /*
  * Receive one line, copy it into buf and nul-terminate it.  Returns the
@@ -788,24 +788,23 @@ smtp_quit(void)
  * function which buffers the data, move that to netutils.c and change
  * check_smtp and other plugins to use that.  Also, remove (\r)\n.
  */
-int
-recvline(char *buf, size_t bufsize)
-{
+int recvline(char *buf, size_t bufsize, check_smtp_config config, int socket_descriptor,
+                         bool ssl_established) {
         int result;
-        unsigned i;
+        int counter;
 
-        for (i = result = 0; i < bufsize - 1; i++) {
-                if ((result = my_recv(&buf[i], 1)) != 1)
+        for (counter = result = 0; counter < bufsize - 1; counter++) {
+                if ((result = my_recv(config, &buf[counter], 1, socket_descriptor, ssl_established)) != 1) {
                         break;
-                if (buf[i] == '\n') {
-                        buf[++i] = '\0';
-                        return i;
+                }
+                if (buf[counter] == '\n') {
+                        buf[++counter] = '\0';
+                        return counter;
                 }
         }
-        return (result == 1 || i == 0) ? -2 : result;   /* -2 if out of space */
+        return (result == 1 || counter == 0) ? -2 : result; /* -2 if out of space */
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Receive one or more lines, copy them into buf and nul-terminate it.  Returns
  * the number of bytes written to buf (excluding the '\0') or 0 on EOF or <0 on
@@ -820,117 +819,110 @@ recvline(char *buf, size_t bufsize)
  *
  * TODO: Move this to netutils.c.  Also, remove \r and possibly the final \n.
  */
-int
-recvlines(char *buf, size_t bufsize)
-{
-        int result, i;
-
-        for (i = 0; /* forever */; i += result)
-                if (!((result = recvline(buf + i, bufsize - i)) > 3 &&
-                    isdigit((int)buf[i]) &&
-                    isdigit((int)buf[i + 1]) &&
-                    isdigit((int)buf[i + 2]) &&
-                    buf[i + 3] == '-'))
+int recvlines(check_smtp_config config, char *buf, size_t bufsize, int socket_descriptor,
+                          bool ssl_established) {
+        int result;
+        int counter;
+
+        for (counter = 0; /* forever */; counter += result) {
+                if (!((result = recvline(buf + counter, bufsize - counter, config, socket_descriptor,
+                                                                 ssl_established)) > 3 &&
+                          isdigit((int)buf[counter]) && isdigit((int)buf[counter + 1]) &&
+                          isdigit((int)buf[counter + 2]) && buf[counter + 3] == '-')) {
                         break;
+                }
+        }
 
-        return (result <= 0) ? result : result + i;
+        return (result <= 0) ? result : result + counter;
 }
 
-
-int
-my_close (void)
-{
+int my_close(int socket_descriptor) {
         int result;
-        result = close(sd);
+        result = close(socket_descriptor);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
         np_net_ssl_cleanup();
 #endif
         return result;
 }
 
-
-void
-print_help (void)
-{
+void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf (&myport, "%d", SMTP_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", SMTP_PORT);
 
-        print_revision (progname, NP_VERSION);
+        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
-        printf ("Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
-        printf (COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
+        printf("Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
+        printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
         printf("%s\n", _("This plugin will attempt to open an SMTP connection with the host."));
 
-  printf ("\n\n");
+        printf("\n\n");
 
-        print_usage ();
+        print_usage();
 
-        printf (UT_HELP_VRSN);
-        printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
+        printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
+        printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
-        printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
+        printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', myport);
 
-        printf (UT_IPv46);
+        printf(UT_IPv46);
 
-        printf (" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
-  printf (_("    String to expect in first line of server response (default: '%s')\n"), SMTP_EXPECT);
-  printf (" %s\n", "-C, --command=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("SMTP command (may be used repeatedly)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-R, --response=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Expected response to command (may be used repeatedly)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-f, --from=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("FROM-address to include in MAIL command, required by Exchange 2000")),
-  printf (" %s\n", "-F, --fqdn=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("FQDN used for HELO"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-r, --proxy");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use PROXY protocol prefix for the connection."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-e, --expect=STRING");
+        printf(_("    String to expect in first line of server response (default: '%s')\n"),
+                   SMTP_EXPECT);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-C, --command=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SMTP command (may be used repeatedly)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-R, --response=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Expected response to command (may be used repeatedly)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-f, --from=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("FROM-address to include in MAIL command, required by Exchange 2000")),
+                printf(" %s\n", "-F, --fqdn=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("FQDN used for HELO"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-r, --proxy");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use PROXY protocol prefix for the connection."));
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  printf (" %s\n", "-D, --certificate=INTEGER[,INTEGER]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-s, --ssl, --tls");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use SSL/TLS for the connection."));
-  printf (_("    Sets default port to %d.\n"), SMTPS_PORT);
-  printf (" %s\n", "-S, --starttls");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Use STARTTLS for the connection."));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--sni");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-D, --certificate=INTEGER[,INTEGER]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-s, --ssl, --tls");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use SSL/TLS for the connection."));
+        printf(_("    Sets default port to %d.\n"), SMTPS_PORT);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-S, --starttls");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Use STARTTLS for the connection."));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--sni");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)"));
 #endif
 
-        printf (" %s\n", "-A, --authtype=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH type to check (default none, only LOGIN supported)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-U, --authuser=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH username"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-P, --authpass=STRING");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH password"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-L, --lmtp");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Send LHLO instead of HELO/EHLO"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "-q, --ignore-quit-failure");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Ignore failure when sending QUIT command to server"));
-   
-        printf (UT_WARN_CRIT);
+        printf(" %s\n", "-A, --authtype=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH type to check (default none, only LOGIN supported)"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-U, --authuser=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH username"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-P, --authpass=STRING");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SMTP AUTH password"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-L, --lmtp");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Send LHLO instead of HELO/EHLO"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-q, --ignore-quit-failure");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Ignore failure when sending QUIT command to server"));
 
-        printf (UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+        printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
 
-        printf (UT_VERBOSE);
+        printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
+
+        printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf("\n");
-        printf ("%s\n", _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("STATE_CRITICAL, other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("connects, but incorrect response messages from the host result in"));
-  printf ("%s\n", _("STATE_WARNING return values."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("Successful connects return STATE_OK, refusals and timeouts return"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("STATE_CRITICAL, other errors return STATE_UNKNOWN.  Successful"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("connects, but incorrect response messages from the host result in"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("STATE_WARNING return values."));
 
-        printf (UT_SUPPORT);
+        printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
-
-
-void
-print_usage (void)
-{
-  printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-  printf ("%s -H host [-p port] [-4|-6] [-e expect] [-C command] [-R response] [-f from addr]\n", progname);
-  printf ("[-A authtype -U authuser -P authpass] [-w warn] [-c crit] [-t timeout] [-q]\n");
-  printf ("[-F fqdn] [-S] [-L] [-D warn days cert expire[,crit days cert expire]] [-r] [--sni] [-v] \n");
+void print_usage(void) {
+        printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
+        printf("%s -H host [-p port] [-4|-6] [-e expect] [-C command] [-R response] [-f from addr]\n",
+                   progname);
+        printf("[-A authtype -U authuser -P authpass] [-w warn] [-c crit] [-t timeout] [-q]\n");
+        printf("[-F fqdn] [-S] [-L] [-D warn days cert expire[,crit days cert expire]] [-r] [--sni] "
+                   "[-v] \n");
 }
-
diff --git a/plugins/check_smtp.d/config.h b/plugins/check_smtp.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a6511ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_smtp.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+enum {
+        SMTP_PORT = 25,
+        SMTPS_PORT = 465
+};
+
+#define SMTP_EXPECT "220"
+
+typedef struct {
+        int server_port;
+        char *server_address;
+        char *localhostname;
+        char *server_expect;
+        bool ignore_send_quit_failure;
+
+        double warning_time;
+        bool check_warning_time;
+        double critical_time;
+        bool check_critical_time;
+        bool use_ehlo;
+        bool use_lhlo;
+
+        char *from_arg;
+        bool send_mail_from;
+
+        int ncommands;
+        char **commands;
+
+        int nresponses;
+        char **responses;
+
+        char *authtype;
+        char *authuser;
+        char *authpass;
+
+        bool use_proxy_prefix;
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+        bool check_cert;
+        int days_till_exp_warn;
+        int days_till_exp_crit;
+        bool use_ssl;
+        bool use_starttls;
+        bool use_sni;
+#endif
+} check_smtp_config;
+
+check_smtp_config check_smtp_config_init() {
+        check_smtp_config tmp = {
+                .server_port = SMTP_PORT,
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .localhostname = NULL,
+
+                .server_expect = SMTP_EXPECT,
+                .ignore_send_quit_failure = false,
+
+                .warning_time = 0,
+                .check_warning_time = false,
+                .critical_time = 0,
+                .check_critical_time = false,
+                .use_ehlo = false,
+                .use_lhlo = false,
+
+                .from_arg = strdup(" "),
+                .send_mail_from = false,
+
+                .ncommands = 0,
+                .commands = NULL,
+
+                .nresponses = 0,
+                .responses = NULL,
+
+                .authtype = NULL,
+                .authuser = NULL,
+                .authpass = NULL,
+
+                .use_proxy_prefix = false,
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+                .check_cert = false,
+                .days_till_exp_warn = 0,
+                .days_till_exp_crit = 0,
+                .use_ssl = false,
+                .use_starttls = false,
+                .use_sni = false,
+#endif
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.c b/plugins/check_snmp.c
index c1d8e2dd..a5a7afe8 100644
--- a/plugins/check_snmp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.c
@@ -32,716 +32,494 @@ const char *progname = "check_snmp";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "runcmd.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "utils_cmd.h"
-
-#define DEFAULT_COMMUNITY        "public"
-#define DEFAULT_PORT             "161"
-#define DEFAULT_MIBLIST          "ALL"
-#define DEFAULT_PROTOCOL         "1"
-#define DEFAULT_RETRIES          5
-#define DEFAULT_AUTH_PROTOCOL    "MD5"
-#define DEFAULT_PRIV_PROTOCOL    "DES"
-#define DEFAULT_DELIMITER        "="
-#define DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DELIMITER " "
-#define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE      100
-
-#define mark(a) ((a) != 0 ? "*" : "")
-
-#define CHECK_UNDEF  0
-#define CRIT_PRESENT 1
-#define CRIT_STRING  2
-#define CRIT_REGEX   4
-#define WARN_PRESENT 8
-
-#define OID_COUNT_STEP 8
-
-/* Longopts only arguments */
-#define L_CALCULATE_RATE            CHAR_MAX + 1
-#define L_RATE_MULTIPLIER           CHAR_MAX + 2
-#define L_INVERT_SEARCH             CHAR_MAX + 3
-#define L_OFFSET                    CHAR_MAX + 4
-#define L_IGNORE_MIB_PARSING_ERRORS CHAR_MAX + 5
-
-/* Gobble to string - stop incrementing c when c[0] match one of the
- * characters in s */
-#define GOBBLE_TOS(c, s)                                                                                                                   \
-        while (c[0] != '\0' && strchr(s, c[0]) == NULL) {                                                                                      \
-                c++;                                                                                                                               \
+#include "./common.h"
+#include "./runcmd.h"
+#include "./utils.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
+
+#include "../lib/utils_base.h"
+#include "../lib/output.h"
+#include "check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.h"
+
+#include <bits/getopt_core.h>
+#include <bits/getopt_ext.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "check_snmp.d/config.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/parse.h>
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/snmp.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/keytools.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/snmp_api.h>
+#include <net-snmp/session_api.h>
+#include <net-snmp/definitions.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/asn1.h>
+#include <net-snmp/mib_api.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/snmp_impl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../gl/regex.h"
+#include "../gl/base64.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+
+const char DEFAULT_COMMUNITY[] = "public";
+const char DEFAULT_MIBLIST[] = "ALL";
+#define DEFAULT_AUTH_PROTOCOL "MD5"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_USM_DES_PRIV_PROTOCOL
+#       define DEFAULT_PRIV_PROTOCOL "DES"
+#else
+#       define DEFAULT_PRIV_PROTOCOL "AES"
+#endif
+
+typedef struct proces_arguments_wrapper {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_snmp_config config;
+} process_arguments_wrapper;
+
+static process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static char *trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(char *str);
+static char *get_next_argument(char *str);
+void print_usage(void);
+void print_help(void);
+
+int verbose = 0;
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        char *state_string;
+} gen_state_string_type;
+gen_state_string_type gen_state_string(check_snmp_state_entry *entries, size_t num_of_entries) {
+        char *encoded_string = NULL;
+        gen_state_string_type result = {.errorcode = OK, .state_string = NULL};
+
+        if (verbose > 1) {
+                printf("%s:\n", __FUNCTION__);
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < num_of_entries; i++) {
+                        printf("Entry timestamp %lu: %s", entries[i].timestamp, ctime(&entries[i].timestamp));
+                        switch (entries[i].type) {
+                        case ASN_GAUGE:
+                                printf("Type GAUGE\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+                                printf("Type TIMETICKS\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_COUNTER:
+                                printf("Type COUNTER\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_UINTEGER:
+                                printf("Type UINTEGER\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_COUNTER64:
+                                printf("Type COUNTER64\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_FLOAT:
+                                printf("Type FLOAT\n");
+                        case ASN_DOUBLE:
+                                printf("Type DOUBLE\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_INTEGER:
+                                printf("Type INTEGER\n");
+                                break;
+                        }
+
+                        switch (entries[i].type) {
+                        case ASN_GAUGE:
+                        case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+                        case ASN_COUNTER:
+                        case ASN_UINTEGER:
+                        case ASN_COUNTER64:
+                                printf("Value %llu\n", entries[i].value.uIntVal);
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_FLOAT:
+                        case ASN_DOUBLE:
+                                printf("Value %f\n", entries[i].value.doubleVal);
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_INTEGER:
+                                printf("Value %lld\n", entries[i].value.intVal);
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        idx_t encoded = base64_encode_alloc((const char *)entries,
+                                                                                (idx_t)(num_of_entries * sizeof(check_snmp_state_entry)),
+                                                                                &encoded_string);
+
+        if (encoded > 0 && encoded_string != NULL) {
+                // success
+                if (verbose > 1) {
+                        printf("encoded string: %s\n", encoded_string);
+                        printf("encoded string length: %lu\n", strlen(encoded_string));
+                }
+                result.state_string = encoded_string;
+                return result;
         }
-/* Given c, keep track of backslashes (bk) and double-quotes (dq)
- * from c[0] */
-#define COUNT_SEQ(c, bk, dq)                                                                                                               \
-        switch (c[0]) {                                                                                                                        \
-        case '\\':                                                                                                                             \
-                if (bk)                                                                                                                            \
-                        bk--;                                                                                                                          \
-                else                                                                                                                               \
-                        bk++;                                                                                                                          \
-                break;                                                                                                                             \
-        case '"':                                                                                                                              \
-                if (!dq) {                                                                                                                         \
-                        dq++;                                                                                                                          \
-                } else if (!bk) {                                                                                                                  \
-                        dq--;                                                                                                                          \
-                } else {                                                                                                                           \
-                        bk--;                                                                                                                          \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
-                break;                                                                                                                             \
+        result.errorcode = ERROR;
+        return result;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_snmp_state_entry *state;
+} recover_state_data_type;
+recover_state_data_type recover_state_data(char *state_string, idx_t state_string_length) {
+        recover_state_data_type result = {.errorcode = OK, .state = NULL};
+
+        if (verbose > 1) {
+                printf("%s:\n", __FUNCTION__);
+                printf("State string: %s\n", state_string);
+                printf("State string length: %lu\n", state_string_length);
         }
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
-static char *thisarg(char *str);
-static char *nextarg(char *str);
-void print_usage(void);
-static void print_help(void);
-static char *multiply(char *str);
-
-#include "regex.h"
-static char regex_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static regex_t preg;
-static regmatch_t pmatch[10];
-static char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static char perfstr[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "| ";
-static int cflags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
-static int eflags = 0;
-static int errcode, excode;
-
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static char *community = NULL;
-static char **contextargs = NULL;
-static char *context = NULL;
-static char **authpriv = NULL;
-static char *proto = NULL;
-static char *seclevel = NULL;
-static char *secname = NULL;
-static char *authproto = NULL;
-static char *privproto = NULL;
-static char *authpasswd = NULL;
-static char *privpasswd = NULL;
-static int nulloid = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-static char **oids = NULL;
-static size_t oids_size = 0;
-static char *label;
-static char *units;
-static char *port;
-static char *snmpcmd;
-static char string_value[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
-static int invert_search = 0;
-static char **labels = NULL;
-static char **unitv = NULL;
-static size_t nlabels = 0;
-static size_t labels_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static size_t nunits = 0;
-static size_t unitv_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static size_t numoids = 0;
-static int numauthpriv = 0;
-static int numcontext = 0;
-static int verbose = 0;
-static bool usesnmpgetnext = false;
-static char *warning_thresholds = NULL;
-static char *critical_thresholds = NULL;
-static thresholds **thlds;
-static size_t thlds_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static double *response_value;
-static size_t response_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static int retries = 0;
-static int *eval_method;
-static size_t eval_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static char *delimiter;
-static char *output_delim;
-static char *miblist = NULL;
-static bool needmibs = false;
-static int calculate_rate = 0;
-static double offset = 0.0;
-static int rate_multiplier = 1;
-static state_data *previous_state;
-static double *previous_value;
-static size_t previous_size = OID_COUNT_STEP;
-static int perf_labels = 1;
-static char *ip_version = "";
-static double multiplier = 1.0;
-static char *fmtstr = "";
-static bool fmtstr_set = false;
-static char buffer[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
-static bool ignore_mib_parsing_errors = false;
-
-static char *fix_snmp_range(char *th) {
-        double left;
-        double right;
-        char *colon;
-        char *ret;
-
-        if ((colon = strchr(th, ':')) == NULL || *(colon + 1) == '\0')
-                return th;
-
-        left = strtod(th, NULL);
-        right = strtod(colon + 1, NULL);
-        if (right >= left)
-                return th;
-
-        if ((ret = malloc(strlen(th) + 2)) == NULL)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot malloc"));
-        *colon = '\0';
-        sprintf(ret, "@%s:%s", colon + 1, th);
-        free(th);
-        return ret;
+        idx_t outlen = 0;
+        bool decoded =
+                base64_decode_alloc(state_string, state_string_length, (char **)&result.state, &outlen);
+
+        if (!decoded) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Failed to decode state string\n");
+                }
+                // failure to decode
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        if (result.state == NULL) {
+                // Memory Error?
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        if (verbose > 1) {
+                printf("Recovered %lu entries of size %lu\n",
+                           (size_t)outlen / sizeof(check_snmp_state_entry), outlen);
+
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < (size_t)outlen / sizeof(check_snmp_state_entry); i++) {
+                        printf("Entry timestamp %lu: %s", result.state[i].timestamp,
+                                   ctime(&result.state[i].timestamp));
+                        switch (result.state[i].type) {
+                        case ASN_GAUGE:
+                                printf("Type GAUGE\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+                                printf("Type TIMETICKS\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_COUNTER:
+                                printf("Type COUNTER\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_UINTEGER:
+                                printf("Type UINTEGER\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_COUNTER64:
+                                printf("Type COUNTER64\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_FLOAT:
+                                printf("Type FLOAT\n");
+                        case ASN_DOUBLE:
+                                printf("Type DOUBLE\n");
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_INTEGER:
+                                printf("Type INTEGER\n");
+                                break;
+                        }
+
+                        switch (result.state[i].type) {
+                        case ASN_GAUGE:
+                        case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+                        case ASN_COUNTER:
+                        case ASN_UINTEGER:
+                        case ASN_COUNTER64:
+                                printf("Value %llu\n", result.state[i].value.uIntVal);
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_FLOAT:
+                        case ASN_DOUBLE:
+                                printf("Value %f\n", result.state[i].value.doubleVal);
+                                break;
+                        case ASN_INTEGER:
+                                printf("Value %lld\n", result.state[i].value.intVal);
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int len;
-        int total_oids;
-        size_t line;
-        unsigned int bk_count = 0;
-        unsigned int dq_count = 0;
-        int iresult = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        int return_code = 0;
-        int external_error = 0;
-        char **command_line = NULL;
-        char *cl_hidden_auth = NULL;
-        char *oidname = NULL;
-        char *response = NULL;
-        char *mult_resp = NULL;
-        char *outbuff;
-        char *ptr = NULL;
-        char *show = NULL;
-        char *th_warn = NULL;
-        char *th_crit = NULL;
-        char type[8] = "";
-        output chld_out;
-        output chld_err;
-        char *previous_string = NULL;
-        char *ap = NULL;
-        char *state_string = NULL;
-        size_t response_length;
-        size_t current_length;
-        size_t string_length;
-        char *temp_string = NULL;
-        char *quote_string = NULL;
-        time_t current_time;
-        double temp_double;
-        time_t duration;
-        char *conv = "12345678";
-        int is_counter = 0;
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        labels = malloc(labels_size * sizeof(*labels));
-        unitv = malloc(unitv_size * sizeof(*unitv));
-        thlds = malloc(thlds_size * sizeof(*thlds));
-        response_value = malloc(response_size * sizeof(*response_value));
-        previous_value = malloc(previous_size * sizeof(*previous_value));
-        eval_method = calloc(eval_size, sizeof(*eval_method));
-        oids = calloc(oids_size, sizeof(char *));
-
-        label = strdup("SNMP");
-        units = strdup("");
-        port = strdup(DEFAULT_PORT);
-        outbuff = strdup("");
-        delimiter = strdup(" = ");
-        output_delim = strdup(DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DELIMITER);
         timeout_interval = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
-        retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
 
         np_init((char *)progname, argc, argv);
 
+        state_key stateKey = np_enable_state(NULL, 1, progname, argc, argv);
+
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
         np_set_args(argc, argv);
 
-        time(&current_time);
+        // Initialize net-snmp before touching the session we are going to use
+        init_snmp("check_snmp");
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        process_arguments_wrapper paw_tmp = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (paw_tmp.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-        if (calculate_rate) {
-                if (!strcmp(label, "SNMP"))
-                        label = strdup("SNMP RATE");
-
-                size_t i = 0;
-
-                previous_state = np_state_read();
-                if (previous_state != NULL) {
-                        /* Split colon separated values */
-                        previous_string = strdup((char *)previous_state->data);
-                        while ((ap = strsep(&previous_string, ":")) != NULL) {
-                                if (verbose > 2)
-                                        printf("State for %zd=%s\n", i, ap);
-                                while (i >= previous_size) {
-                                        previous_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                        previous_value = realloc(previous_value, previous_size * sizeof(*previous_value));
-                                }
-                                previous_value[i++] = strtod(ap, NULL);
-                        }
-                }
         }
 
-        /* Populate the thresholds */
-        th_warn = warning_thresholds;
-        th_crit = critical_thresholds;
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < numoids; i++) {
-                char *w = th_warn ? strndup(th_warn, strcspn(th_warn, ",")) : NULL;
-                char *c = th_crit ? strndup(th_crit, strcspn(th_crit, ",")) : NULL;
-                /* translate "2:1" to "@1:2" for backwards compatibility */
-                w = w ? fix_snmp_range(w) : NULL;
-                c = c ? fix_snmp_range(c) : NULL;
-
-                while (i >= thlds_size) {
-                        thlds_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                        thlds = realloc(thlds, thlds_size * sizeof(*thlds));
-                }
-
-                /* Skip empty thresholds, while avoiding segfault */
-                set_thresholds(&thlds[i], w ? strpbrk(w, NP_THRESHOLDS_CHARS) : NULL, c ? strpbrk(c, NP_THRESHOLDS_CHARS) : NULL);
-                if (w) {
-                        th_warn = strchr(th_warn, ',');
-                        if (th_warn)
-                                th_warn++;
-                        free(w);
-                }
-                if (c) {
-                        th_crit = strchr(th_crit, ',');
-                        if (th_crit)
-                                th_crit++;
-                        free(c);
-                }
-        }
+        check_snmp_config config = paw_tmp.config;
 
-        /* Create the command array to execute */
-        if (usesnmpgetnext) {
-                snmpcmd = strdup(PATH_TO_SNMPGETNEXT);
-        } else {
-                snmpcmd = strdup(PATH_TO_SNMPGET);
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
 
-        /* 10 arguments to pass before context and authpriv options + 1 for host and numoids. Add one for terminating NULL */
-
-        unsigned index = 0;
-        command_line = calloc(11 + numcontext + numauthpriv + 1 + numoids + 1, sizeof(char *));
-
-        command_line[index++] = snmpcmd;
-        command_line[index++] = strdup("-Le");
-        command_line[index++] = strdup("-t");
-        xasprintf(&command_line[index++], "%d", timeout_interval);
-        command_line[index++] = strdup("-r");
-        xasprintf(&command_line[index++], "%d", retries);
-        command_line[index++] = strdup("-m");
-        command_line[index++] = strdup(miblist);
-        command_line[index++] = "-v";
-        command_line[index++] = strdup(proto);
-
-        xasprintf(&cl_hidden_auth, "%s -Le -t %d -r %d -m %s -v %s", snmpcmd, timeout_interval, retries, strlen(miblist) ? miblist : "''",
-                          proto);
-
-        if (ignore_mib_parsing_errors) {
-                command_line[index++] = "-Pe";
-                xasprintf(&cl_hidden_auth, "%s -Pe", cl_hidden_auth);
+        /* Set signal handling and alarm */
+        if (signal(SIGALRM, runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
+                usage4(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
         }
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < numcontext; i++) {
-                command_line[index++] = contextargs[i];
-        }
+        time_t current_time;
+        time(&current_time);
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < numauthpriv; i++) {
-                command_line[index++] = authpriv[i];
+        if (verbose > 2) {
+                printf("current time: %s (timestamp: %lu)\n", ctime(&current_time), current_time);
         }
 
-        xasprintf(&command_line[index++], "%s:%s", server_address, port);
+        snmp_responces response = do_snmp_query(config.snmp_params);
 
-        xasprintf(&cl_hidden_auth, "%s [context] [authpriv] %s:%s", cl_hidden_auth, server_address, port);
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
 
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < numoids; i++) {
-                command_line[index++] = oids[i];
-                xasprintf(&cl_hidden_auth, "%s %s", cl_hidden_auth, oids[i]);
+        if (response.errorcode == OK) {
+                mp_subcheck sc_successfull_query = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&sc_successfull_query.output, "SNMP query was successful");
+                sc_successfull_query = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_successfull_query, STATE_OK);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_successfull_query);
+        } else {
+                // Error treatment here, either partial or whole
+                mp_subcheck sc_failed_query = mp_subcheck_init();
+                xasprintf(&sc_failed_query.output, "SNMP query failed");
+                sc_failed_query = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_failed_query, STATE_OK);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_failed_query);
+                mp_exit(overall);
         }
 
-        command_line[index++] = NULL;
+        check_snmp_state_entry *prev_state = NULL;
+        bool have_previous_state = false;
 
-        if (verbose) {
-                printf("%s\n", cl_hidden_auth);
-        }
+        if (config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate) {
+                state_data *previous_state = np_state_read(stateKey);
+                if (previous_state == NULL) {
+                        // failed to recover state
+                        // or no previous state
+                        have_previous_state = false;
+                } else {
+                        // sanity check
+                        recover_state_data_type prev_state_wrapper =
+                                recover_state_data(previous_state->data, (idx_t)previous_state->length);
 
-        /* Set signal handling and alarm */
-        if (signal(SIGALRM, runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
-                usage4(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
-        }
-        alarm(timeout_interval * retries + 5);
-
-        /* Run the command */
-        return_code = cmd_run_array(command_line, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
-
-        /* disable alarm again */
-        alarm(0);
-
-        /* Due to net-snmp sometimes showing stderr messages with poorly formed MIBs,
-           only return state unknown if return code is non zero or there is no stdout.
-           Do this way so that if there is stderr, will get added to output, which helps problem diagnosis
-        */
-        if (return_code != 0)
-                external_error = 1;
-        if (chld_out.lines == 0)
-                external_error = 1;
-        if (external_error) {
-                if (chld_err.lines > 0) {
-                        printf(_("External command error: %s\n"), chld_err.line[0]);
-                        for (size_t i = 1; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
-                                printf("%s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
+                        if (prev_state_wrapper.errorcode == OK) {
+                                have_previous_state = true;
+                                prev_state = prev_state_wrapper.state;
+                        } else {
+                                have_previous_state = false;
+                                prev_state = NULL;
                         }
-                } else {
-                        printf(_("External command error with no output (return code: %d)\n"), return_code);
                 }
-                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        if (verbose) {
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
-                        printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
+        check_snmp_state_entry *new_state = NULL;
+        if (config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate) {
+                new_state = calloc(config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units, sizeof(check_snmp_state_entry));
+                if (new_state == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "memory allocation failed");
                 }
         }
 
-        line = 0;
-        total_oids = 0;
-        for (size_t i = 0; line < chld_out.lines && i < numoids; line++, i++, total_oids++) {
-                if (calculate_rate)
-                        conv = "%.10g";
-                else
-                        conv = "%.0f";
-
-                ptr = chld_out.line[line];
-                oidname = strpcpy(oidname, ptr, delimiter);
-                response = strstr(ptr, delimiter);
-                if (response == NULL)
-                        break;
-
-                if (verbose > 2) {
-                        printf("Processing oid %zi (line %zi)\n  oidname: %s\n  response: %s\n", i + 1, line + 1, oidname, response);
+        // We got the the query results, now process them
+        for (size_t loop_index = 0; loop_index < config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units; loop_index++) {
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("loop_index: %zu\n", loop_index);
                 }
 
-                /* Clean up type array - Sol10 does not necessarily zero it out */
-                bzero(type, sizeof(type));
-
-                is_counter = 0;
-                /* We strip out the datatype indicator for PHBs */
-                if (strstr(response, "Gauge: ")) {
-                        show = multiply(strstr(response, "Gauge: ") + 7);
-                } else if (strstr(response, "Gauge32: ")) {
-                        show = multiply(strstr(response, "Gauge32: ") + 9);
-                } else if (strstr(response, "Counter32: ")) {
-                        show = strstr(response, "Counter32: ") + 11;
-                        is_counter = 1;
-                        if (!calculate_rate)
-                                strcpy(type, "c");
-                } else if (strstr(response, "Counter64: ")) {
-                        show = strstr(response, "Counter64: ") + 11;
-                        is_counter = 1;
-                        if (!calculate_rate)
-                                strcpy(type, "c");
-                } else if (strstr(response, "INTEGER: ")) {
-                        show = multiply(strstr(response, "INTEGER: ") + 9);
-
-                        if (fmtstr_set) {
-                                conv = fmtstr;
-                        }
-                } else if (strstr(response, "OID: ")) {
-                        show = strstr(response, "OID: ") + 5;
-                } else if (strstr(response, "STRING: ")) {
-                        show = strstr(response, "STRING: ") + 8;
-                        conv = "%.10g";
-
-                        /* Get the rest of the string on multi-line strings */
-                        ptr = show;
-                        COUNT_SEQ(ptr, bk_count, dq_count)
-                        while (dq_count && ptr[0] != '\n' && ptr[0] != '\0') {
-                                ptr++;
-                                GOBBLE_TOS(ptr, "\n\"\\")
-                                COUNT_SEQ(ptr, bk_count, dq_count)
-                        }
-
-                        if (dq_count) { /* unfinished line */
-                                /* copy show verbatim first */
-                                if (!mult_resp)
-                                        mult_resp = strdup("");
-                                xasprintf(&mult_resp, "%s%s:\n%s\n", mult_resp, oids[i], show);
-                                /* then strip out unmatched double-quote from single-line output */
-                                if (show[0] == '"')
-                                        show++;
-
-                                /* Keep reading until we match end of double-quoted string */
-                                for (line++; line < chld_out.lines; line++) {
-                                        ptr = chld_out.line[line];
-                                        xasprintf(&mult_resp, "%s%s\n", mult_resp, ptr);
-
-                                        COUNT_SEQ(ptr, bk_count, dq_count)
-                                        while (dq_count && ptr[0] != '\n' && ptr[0] != '\0') {
-                                                ptr++;
-                                                GOBBLE_TOS(ptr, "\n\"\\")
-                                                COUNT_SEQ(ptr, bk_count, dq_count)
-                                        }
-                                        /* Break for loop before next line increment when done */
-                                        if (!dq_count)
-                                                break;
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                } else if (strstr(response, "Timeticks: ")) {
-                        show = strstr(response, "Timeticks: ");
-                } else
-                        show = response + 3;
+                check_snmp_state_entry previous_unit_state = {};
+                if (config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                        previous_unit_state = prev_state[loop_index];
+                }
 
-                iresult = STATE_DEPENDENT;
+                check_snmp_evaluation single_eval =
+                        evaluate_single_unit(response.response_values[loop_index], config.evaluation_params,
+                                                                 config.snmp_params.test_units[loop_index], current_time,
+                                                                 previous_unit_state, have_previous_state);
 
-                /* Process this block for numeric comparisons */
-                /* Make some special values,like Timeticks numeric only if a threshold is defined */
-                if (thlds[i]->warning || thlds[i]->critical || calculate_rate) {
-                        if (verbose > 2) {
-                                print_thresholds("  thresholds", thlds[i]);
-                        }
-                        ptr = strpbrk(show, "-0123456789");
-                        if (ptr == NULL) {
-                                if (nulloid == 3)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("No valid data returned (%s)\n"), show);
-                                else if (nulloid == 0)
-                                        die(STATE_OK, _("No valid data returned (%s)\n"), show);
-                                else if (nulloid == 1)
-                                        die(STATE_WARNING, _("No valid data returned (%s)\n"), show);
-                                else if (nulloid == 2)
-                                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No valid data returned (%s)\n"), show);
-                        }
-                        while (i >= response_size) {
-                                response_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                response_value = realloc(response_value, response_size * sizeof(*response_value));
-                        }
-                        response_value[i] = strtod(ptr, NULL) + offset;
-
-                        if (calculate_rate) {
-                                if (previous_state != NULL) {
-                                        duration = current_time - previous_state->time;
-                                        if (duration <= 0)
-                                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Time duration between plugin calls is invalid"));
-                                        temp_double = response_value[i] - previous_value[i];
-                                        /* Simple overflow catcher (same as in rrdtool, rrd_update.c) */
-                                        if (is_counter) {
-                                                if (temp_double < (double)0.0)
-                                                        temp_double += (double)4294967296.0; /* 2^32 */
-                                                if (temp_double < (double)0.0)
-                                                        temp_double += (double)18446744069414584320.0; /* 2^64-2^32 */
-                                                ;
-                                        }
-                                        /* Convert to per second, then use multiplier */
-                                        temp_double = temp_double / duration * rate_multiplier;
-                                        iresult = get_status(temp_double, thlds[i]);
-                                        xasprintf(&show, conv, temp_double);
-                                }
-                        } else {
-                                iresult = get_status(response_value[i], thlds[i]);
-                                xasprintf(&show, conv, response_value[i]);
-                        }
+                if (config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate &&
+                        mp_compute_subcheck_state(single_eval.sc) != STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+                        new_state[loop_index] = single_eval.state;
                 }
 
-                /* Process this block for string matching */
-                else if (eval_size > i && eval_method[i] & CRIT_STRING) {
-                        if (strcmp(show, string_value))
-                                iresult = (invert_search == 0) ? STATE_CRITICAL : STATE_OK;
-                        else
-                                iresult = (invert_search == 0) ? STATE_OK : STATE_CRITICAL;
-                }
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, single_eval.sc);
+        }
 
-                /* Process this block for regex matching */
-                else if (eval_size > i && eval_method[i] & CRIT_REGEX) {
-                        excode = regexec(&preg, response, 10, pmatch, eflags);
-                        if (excode == 0) {
-                                iresult = (invert_search == 0) ? STATE_OK : STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        } else if (excode != REG_NOMATCH) {
-                                regerror(excode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                printf(_("Execute Error: %s\n"), errbuf);
-                                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
-                        } else {
-                                iresult = (invert_search == 0) ? STATE_CRITICAL : STATE_OK;
-                        }
-                }
+        if (config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate) {
+                // store state
+                gen_state_string_type current_state_wrapper =
+                        gen_state_string(new_state, config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units);
 
-                /* Process this block for existence-nonexistence checks */
-                /* TV: Should this be outside of this else block? */
-                else {
-                        if (eval_size > i && eval_method[i] & CRIT_PRESENT)
-                                iresult = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (eval_size > i && eval_method[i] & WARN_PRESENT)
-                                iresult = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else if (response && iresult == STATE_DEPENDENT)
-                                iresult = STATE_OK;
+                if (current_state_wrapper.errorcode == OK) {
+                        np_state_write_string(stateKey, current_time, current_state_wrapper.state_string);
+                } else {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "failed to create state string");
                 }
+        }
+        mp_exit(overall);
+}
 
-                /* Result is the worst outcome of all the OIDs tested */
-                result = max_state(result, iresult);
-
-                /* Prepend a label for this OID if there is one */
-                if (nlabels >= (size_t)1 && (size_t)i < nlabels && labels[i] != NULL)
-                        xasprintf(&outbuff, "%s%s%s %s%s%s", outbuff, (i == 0) ? " " : output_delim, labels[i], mark(iresult), show, mark(iresult));
-                else
-                        xasprintf(&outbuff, "%s%s%s%s%s", outbuff, (i == 0) ? " " : output_delim, mark(iresult), show, mark(iresult));
-
-                /* Append a unit string for this OID if there is one */
-                if (nunits > (size_t)0 && (size_t)i < nunits && unitv[i] != NULL)
-                        xasprintf(&outbuff, "%s %s", outbuff, unitv[i]);
-
-                /* Write perfdata with whatever can be parsed by strtod, if possible */
-                ptr = NULL;
-                strtod(show, &ptr);
-                if (ptr > show) {
-                        if (perf_labels && nlabels >= (size_t)1 && (size_t)i < nlabels && labels[i] != NULL)
-                                temp_string = labels[i];
-                        else
-                                temp_string = oidname;
-                        if (strpbrk(temp_string, " ='\"") == NULL) {
-                                strncat(perfstr, temp_string, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                        } else {
-                                if (strpbrk(temp_string, "'") == NULL) {
-                                        quote_string = "'";
-                                } else {
-                                        quote_string = "\"";
-                                }
-                                strncat(perfstr, quote_string, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                                strncat(perfstr, temp_string, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                                strncat(perfstr, quote_string, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                        }
-                        strncat(perfstr, "=", sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                        len = sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1;
-                        strncat(perfstr, show, len > ptr - show ? ptr - show : len);
+/* process command-line arguments */
+static process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        enum {
+                /* Longopts only arguments */
+                invert_search_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                offset_index,
+                ignore_mib_parsing_errors_index,
+                connection_prefix_index,
+                output_format_index,
+                calculate_rate,
+                rate_multiplier
+        };
+
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                STD_LONG_OPTS,
+                {"community", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"oid", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
+                {"object", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
+                {"delimiter", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                {"nulloid", required_argument, 0, 'z'},
+                {"output-delimiter", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
+                {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
+                {"units", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"retries", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"miblist", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"context", required_argument, 0, 'N'},
+                {"seclevel", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
+                {"secname", required_argument, 0, 'U'},
+                {"authproto", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                {"privproto", required_argument, 0, 'x'},
+                {"authpasswd", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
+                {"privpasswd", required_argument, 0, 'X'},
+                {"next", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                {"offset", required_argument, 0, offset_index},
+                {"invert-search", no_argument, 0, invert_search_index},
+                {"perf-oids", no_argument, 0, 'O'},
+                {"ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"multiplier", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
+                {"ignore-mib-parsing-errors", no_argument, 0, ignore_mib_parsing_errors_index},
+                {"connection-prefix", required_argument, 0, connection_prefix_index},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                {"rate", no_argument, 0, calculate_rate},
+                {"rate-multiplier", required_argument, 0, rate_multiplier},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                        .errorcode = ERROR,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
 
-                        if (strcmp(type, "") != 0) {
-                                strncat(perfstr, type, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                        }
+        // Count number of OIDs here first
+        int option = 0;
+        size_t oid_counter = 0;
+        while (true) {
+                int option_char = getopt_long(
+                        argc, argv,
+                        "nhvVO46t:c:w:H:C:o:e:E:d:D:s:t:R:r:l:u:p:m:P:N:L:U:a:x:A:X:M:f:z:", longopts, &option);
 
-                        if (warning_thresholds) {
-                                strncat(perfstr, ";", sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                                if (thlds[i]->warning && thlds[i]->warning->text)
-                                        strncat(perfstr, thlds[i]->warning->text, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                        }
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
+                        break;
+                }
 
-                        if (critical_thresholds) {
-                                if (!warning_thresholds)
-                                        strncat(perfstr, ";", sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                                strncat(perfstr, ";", sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                                if (thlds[i]->critical && thlds[i]->critical->text)
-                                        strncat(perfstr, thlds[i]->critical->text, sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
+                switch (option_char) {
+                case 'o': {
+                        // we are going to parse this again, so we work on a copy of that string
+                        char *tmp_oids = strdup(optarg);
+                        if (tmp_oids == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "strdup failed");
                         }
 
-                        strncat(perfstr, " ", sizeof(perfstr) - strlen(perfstr) - 1);
-                }
-        }
-
-        /* Save state data, as all data collected now */
-        if (calculate_rate) {
-                string_length = 1024;
-                state_string = malloc(string_length);
-                if (state_string == NULL)
-                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot malloc"));
-
-                current_length = 0;
-                for (int i = 0; i < total_oids; i++) {
-                        xasprintf(&temp_string, "%.0f", response_value[i]);
-                        if (temp_string == NULL)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot asprintf()"));
-                        response_length = strlen(temp_string);
-                        if (current_length + response_length > string_length) {
-                                string_length = current_length + 1024;
-                                state_string = realloc(state_string, string_length);
-                                if (state_string == NULL)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot realloc()"));
+                        for (char *ptr = strtok(tmp_oids, ", "); ptr != NULL;
+                                 ptr = strtok(NULL, ", "), oid_counter++) {
                         }
-                        strcpy(&state_string[current_length], temp_string);
-                        current_length = current_length + response_length;
-                        state_string[current_length] = ':';
-                        current_length++;
-                        free(temp_string);
+                        break;
                 }
-                state_string[--current_length] = '\0';
-                if (verbose > 2)
-                        printf("State string=%s\n", state_string);
+                case '?': /* usage */
+                        usage5();
+                        // fallthrough
+                case 'h': /* help */
+                        print_help();
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                case 'V': /* version */
+                        print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 
-                /* This is not strictly the same as time now, but any subtle variations will cancel out */
-                np_state_write_string(current_time, state_string);
-                if (previous_state == NULL) {
-                        /* Or should this be highest state? */
-                        die(STATE_OK, _("No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay"));
+                default:
+                        continue;
                 }
         }
 
-        printf("%s %s -%s %s\n", label, state_text(result), outbuff, perfstr);
-        if (mult_resp)
-                printf("%s", mult_resp);
+        /* Check whether at least one OID was given */
+        if (oid_counter == 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("No OIDs specified\n"));
+        }
 
-        return result;
-}
+        // Allocate space for test units
+        check_snmp_test_unit *tmp = calloc(oid_counter, sizeof(check_snmp_test_unit));
+        if (tmp == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to calloc");
+        }
 
-/* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {STD_LONG_OPTS,
-                                                                           {"community", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                                                                           {"oid", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
-                                                                           {"object", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
-                                                                           {"delimiter", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                                                                           {"nulloid", required_argument, 0, 'z'},
-                                                                           {"output-delimiter", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
-                                                                           {"string", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"regex", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"ereg", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"eregi", required_argument, 0, 'R'},
-                                                                           {"label", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
-                                                                           {"units", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                           {"retries", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                                                                           {"miblist", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                                                                           {"protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                                                                           {"context", required_argument, 0, 'N'},
-                                                                           {"seclevel", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
-                                                                           {"secname", required_argument, 0, 'U'},
-                                                                           {"authproto", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
-                                                                           {"privproto", required_argument, 0, 'x'},
-                                                                           {"authpasswd", required_argument, 0, 'A'},
-                                                                           {"privpasswd", required_argument, 0, 'X'},
-                                                                           {"next", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                                                                           {"rate", no_argument, 0, L_CALCULATE_RATE},
-                                                                           {"rate-multiplier", required_argument, 0, L_RATE_MULTIPLIER},
-                                                                           {"offset", required_argument, 0, L_OFFSET},
-                                                                           {"invert-search", no_argument, 0, L_INVERT_SEARCH},
-                                                                           {"perf-oids", no_argument, 0, 'O'},
-                                                                           {"ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                                                                           {"ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                                                                           {"multiplier", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
-                                                                           {"fmtstr", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
-                                                                           {"ignore-mib-parsing-errors", no_argument, false, L_IGNORE_MIB_PARSING_ERRORS},
-                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        /* reverse compatibility for very old non-POSIX usage forms */
-        for (int c = 1; c < argc; c++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
-                if (strcmp("-wv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-w");
-                if (strcmp("-cv", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-c");
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < oid_counter; i++) {
+                tmp[i] = check_snmp_test_unit_init();
         }
 
-        size_t j = 0;
-        size_t jj = 0;
+        check_snmp_config config = check_snmp_config_init();
+        config.snmp_params.test_units = tmp;
+        config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units = oid_counter;
+
+        option = 0;
+        optind = 1; // Reset argument scanner
+        size_t tmp_oid_counter = 0;
+        size_t eval_counter = 0;
+        size_t unitv_counter = 0;
+        size_t labels_counter = 0;
+        unsigned char *authpasswd = NULL;
+        unsigned char *privpasswd = NULL;
+        int cflags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
+        char *port = NULL;
+        char *miblist = NULL;
+        char *connection_prefix = NULL;
+        bool snmp_version_set_explicitely = false;
+        // TODO error checking
         while (true) {
-                int option = 0;
-                int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "nhvVO46t:c:w:H:C:o:e:E:d:D:s:t:R:r:l:u:p:m:P:N:L:U:a:x:A:X:M:f:z:", longopts, &option);
+                int option_char = getopt_long(
+                        argc, argv,
+                        "nhvVO46t:c:w:H:C:o:e:E:d:D:s:t:R:r:l:u:p:m:P:N:L:U:a:x:A:X:M:f:z:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* usage */
@@ -758,64 +536,155 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                         /* Connection info */
                 case 'C': /* group or community */
-                        community = optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.community = (unsigned char *)optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.community_len = strlen(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* Host or server */
-                        server_address = optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'p': /* TCP port number */
+                case 'p': /*port number */
+                        // Add port to "peername" below to not rely on argument order
                         port = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'm': /* List of MIBS */
                         miblist = optarg;
                         break;
-                case 'n': /* usesnmpgetnext */
-                        usesnmpgetnext = true;
+                case 'n': /* use_getnext instead of get */
+                        config.snmp_params.use_getnext = true;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* SNMP protocol version */
-                        proto = optarg;
+                        if (strcasecmp("1", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version = SNMP_VERSION_1;
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("2c", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version = SNMP_VERSION_2c;
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("3", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version = SNMP_VERSION_3;
+                        } else {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "invalid SNMP version/protocol: %s", optarg);
+                        }
+                        snmp_version_set_explicitely = true;
+
                         break;
-                case 'N': /* SNMPv3 context */
-                        context = optarg;
+                case 'N': /* SNMPv3 context name */
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.contextName = optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.contextNameLen = strlen(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'L': /* security level */
-                        seclevel = optarg;
+                        if (strcasecmp("noAuthNoPriv", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityLevel = SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_NOAUTH;
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("authNoPriv", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityLevel = SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHNOPRIV;
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("authPriv", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityLevel = SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHPRIV;
+                        } else {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "invalid security level: %s", optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'U': /* security username */
-                        secname = optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityName = optarg;
+                        config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityNameLen = strlen(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'a': /* auth protocol */
-                        authproto = optarg;
+                        // SNMPv3: SHA or MD5
+                        // TODO Test for availability of individual protocols
+                        if (strcasecmp("MD5", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMACMD5AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMACMD5AuthProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("SHA", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMACSHA1AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMACSHA1AuthProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("SHA224", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMAC128SHA224AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMAC128SHA224AuthProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("SHA256", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMAC192SHA256AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMAC192SHA256AuthProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("SHA384", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMAC256SHA384AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMAC256SHA384AuthProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("SHA512", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmHMAC384SHA512AuthProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmHMAC384SHA512AuthProtocol);
+                        } else {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unknown authentication protocol");
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'x': /* priv protocol */
-                        privproto = optarg;
+                        if (strcasecmp("DES", optarg) == 0) {
+#ifdef HAVE_USM_DES_PRIV_PROTOCOL
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmDESPrivProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmDESPrivProtocol);
+#else
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DES Privacy Protocol not available on this platform");
+#endif
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("AES", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmAESPrivProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmAESPrivProtocol);
+                                // } else if (strcasecmp("AES128", optarg)) {
+                                //      config.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmAES128PrivProtocol;
+                                //      config.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen = OID_LENGTH(usmAES128PrivProtocol)
+                                // / OID_LENGTH(oid);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("AES192", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmAES192PrivProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmAES192PrivProtocol);
+                        } else if (strcasecmp("AES256", optarg) == 0) {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmAES256PrivProtocol;
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                        OID_LENGTH(usmAES256PrivProtocol);
+                                // } else if (strcasecmp("AES192Cisco", optarg)) {
+                                //      config.snmp_session.securityAuthProto = usmAES192CiscoPrivProtocol;
+                                //      config.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                // sizeof(usmAES192CiscoPrivProtocol) / sizeof(oid); } else if
+                                // (strcasecmp("AES256Cisco", optarg)) { config.snmp_session.securityAuthProto =
+                                // usmAES256CiscoPrivProtocol;  config.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                // sizeof(usmAES256CiscoPrivProtocol) / sizeof(oid); } else if
+                                // (strcasecmp("AES192Cisco2", optarg)) { config.snmp_session.securityAuthProto
+                                // = usmAES192Cisco2PrivProtocol;       config.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                // sizeof(usmAES192Cisco2PrivProtocol) / sizeof(oid); } else if
+                                // (strcasecmp("AES256Cisco2", optarg)) { config.snmp_session.securityAuthProto
+                                // = usmAES256Cisco2PrivProtocol;       config.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen =
+                                // sizeof(usmAES256Cisco2PrivProtocol) / sizeof(oid);
+                        } else {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unknown privacy protocol");
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'A': /* auth passwd */
-                        authpasswd = optarg;
+                        authpasswd = (unsigned char *)optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'X': /* priv passwd */
-                        privpasswd = optarg;
+                        privpasswd = (unsigned char *)optarg;
+                        break;
+                case 'e':
+                case 'E':
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
+                                usage2(_("Retries interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.retries = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                timeout_interval = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
 
                         /* Test parameters */
                 case 'c': /* critical threshold */
-                        critical_thresholds = optarg;
+                        check_snmp_set_thresholds(optarg, config.snmp_params.test_units, oid_counter, true);
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning threshold */
-                        warning_thresholds = optarg;
-                        break;
-                case 'e': /* PRELIMINARY - may change */
-                case 'E': /* PRELIMINARY - may change */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
-                                usage2(_("Retries interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                retries = atoi(optarg);
+                        check_snmp_set_thresholds(optarg, config.snmp_params.test_units, oid_counter, false);
                         break;
                 case 'o': /* object identifier */
                         if (strspn(optarg, "0123456789.,") != strlen(optarg)) {
@@ -824,306 +693,292 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                  * so we have a mib variable, rather than just an SNMP OID,
                                  * so we have to actually read the mib files
                                  */
-                                needmibs = true;
-                        }
-                        for (char *ptr = strtok(optarg, ", "); ptr != NULL; ptr = strtok(NULL, ", "), j++) {
-                                while (j >= oids_size) {
-                                        oids_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                        oids = realloc(oids, oids_size * sizeof(*oids));
-                                }
-                                oids[j] = strdup(ptr);
+                                config.snmp_params.need_mibs = true;
                         }
-                        numoids = j;
-                        if (option_char == 'E' || option_char == 'e') {
-                                jj++;
-                                while (j + 1 >= eval_size) {
-                                        eval_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                        eval_method = realloc(eval_method, eval_size * sizeof(*eval_method));
-                                        memset(eval_method + eval_size - OID_COUNT_STEP, 0, 8);
-                                }
-                                if (option_char == 'E')
-                                        eval_method[j + 1] |= WARN_PRESENT;
-                                else if (option_char == 'e')
-                                        eval_method[j + 1] |= CRIT_PRESENT;
+
+                        for (char *ptr = strtok(optarg, ", "); ptr != NULL;
+                                 ptr = strtok(NULL, ", "), tmp_oid_counter++) {
+                                config.snmp_params.test_units[tmp_oid_counter].oid = strdup(ptr);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'z': /* Null OID Return Check */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Exit status must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                nulloid = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                config.evaluation_params.nulloid_result = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 's': /* string or substring */
-                        strncpy(string_value, optarg, sizeof(string_value) - 1);
-                        string_value[sizeof(string_value) - 1] = 0;
-                        while (jj >= eval_size) {
-                                eval_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                eval_method = realloc(eval_method, eval_size * sizeof(*eval_method));
-                                memset(eval_method + eval_size - OID_COUNT_STEP, 0, 8);
-                        }
-                        eval_method[jj++] = CRIT_STRING;
+                        strncpy(config.evaluation_params.string_cmp_value, optarg,
+                                        sizeof(config.evaluation_params.string_cmp_value) - 1);
+                        config.evaluation_params
+                                .string_cmp_value[sizeof(config.evaluation_params.string_cmp_value) - 1] = 0;
+                        config.snmp_params.test_units[eval_counter++].eval_mthd.crit_string = true;
                         break;
                 case 'R': /* regex */
                         cflags = REG_ICASE;
                         // fall through
                 case 'r': /* regex */
+                {
+                        char regex_expect[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
                         cflags |= REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE;
                         strncpy(regex_expect, optarg, sizeof(regex_expect) - 1);
                         regex_expect[sizeof(regex_expect) - 1] = 0;
-                        errcode = regcomp(&preg, regex_expect, cflags);
+                        int errcode = regcomp(&config.evaluation_params.regex_cmp_value, regex_expect, cflags);
                         if (errcode != 0) {
-                                regerror(errcode, &preg, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
-                                printf(_("Could Not Compile Regular Expression"));
-                                return ERROR;
-                        }
-                        while (jj >= eval_size) {
-                                eval_size += OID_COUNT_STEP;
-                                eval_method = realloc(eval_method, eval_size * sizeof(*eval_method));
-                                memset(eval_method + eval_size - OID_COUNT_STEP, 0, 8);
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+                                regerror(errcode, &config.evaluation_params.regex_cmp_value, errbuf,
+                                                 MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                printf("Could Not Compile Regular Expression: %s", errbuf);
+                                process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                                        .errorcode = ERROR,
+                                };
+                                return result;
                         }
-                        eval_method[jj++] = CRIT_REGEX;
-                        break;
-
-                        /* Format */
-                case 'd': /* delimiter */
-                        delimiter = strscpy(delimiter, optarg);
-                        break;
-                case 'D': /* output-delimiter */
-                        output_delim = strscpy(output_delim, optarg);
-                        break;
+                        config.snmp_params.test_units[eval_counter++].eval_mthd.crit_regex = true;
+                } break;
                 case 'l': /* label */
-                        nlabels++;
-                        if (nlabels > labels_size) {
-                                labels_size += 8;
-                                labels = realloc(labels, labels_size * sizeof(*labels));
-                                if (labels == NULL)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not reallocate labels[%d]"), (int)nlabels);
+                {
+                        if (labels_counter >= config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units) {
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        char *ptr = trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(optarg);
+                        if (ptr[0] == '\'') {
+                                config.snmp_params.test_units[labels_counter].label = ptr + 1;
+                        } else {
+                                config.snmp_params.test_units[labels_counter].label = ptr;
                         }
-                        labels[nlabels - 1] = optarg;
-                        char *ptr = thisarg(optarg);
-                        labels[nlabels - 1] = ptr;
-                        if (ptr[0] == '\'')
-                                labels[nlabels - 1] = ptr + 1;
-                        while (ptr && (ptr = nextarg(ptr))) {
-                                nlabels++;
-                                if (nlabels > labels_size) {
-                                        labels_size += 8;
-                                        labels = realloc(labels, labels_size * sizeof(*labels));
-                                        if (labels == NULL)
-                                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not reallocate labels\n"));
+
+                        while (ptr && (ptr = get_next_argument(ptr))) {
+                                labels_counter++;
+                                ptr = trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(ptr);
+                                if (ptr[0] == '\'') {
+                                        config.snmp_params.test_units[labels_counter].label = ptr + 1;
+                                } else {
+                                        config.snmp_params.test_units[labels_counter].label = ptr;
                                 }
-                                ptr = thisarg(ptr);
-                                if (ptr[0] == '\'')
-                                        labels[nlabels - 1] = ptr + 1;
-                                else
-                                        labels[nlabels - 1] = ptr;
                         }
-                        break;
+                        labels_counter++;
+                } break;
                 case 'u': /* units */
-                        units = optarg;
-                        nunits++;
-                        if (nunits > unitv_size) {
-                                unitv_size += 8;
-                                unitv = realloc(unitv, unitv_size * sizeof(*unitv));
-                                if (unitv == NULL)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not reallocate units [%d]\n"), (int)nunits);
+                {
+                        if (unitv_counter >= config.snmp_params.num_of_test_units) {
+                                break;
                         }
-                        unitv[nunits - 1] = optarg;
-                        ptr = thisarg(optarg);
-                        unitv[nunits - 1] = ptr;
-                        if (ptr[0] == '\'')
-                                unitv[nunits - 1] = ptr + 1;
-                        while (ptr && (ptr = nextarg(ptr))) {
-                                if (nunits > unitv_size) {
-                                        unitv_size += 8;
-                                        unitv = realloc(unitv, unitv_size * sizeof(*unitv));
-                                        if (units == NULL)
-                                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not realloc() units\n"));
+                        char *ptr = trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(optarg);
+                        if (ptr[0] == '\'') {
+                                config.snmp_params.test_units[unitv_counter].unit_value = ptr + 1;
+                        } else {
+                                config.snmp_params.test_units[unitv_counter].unit_value = ptr;
+                        }
+                        while (ptr && (ptr = get_next_argument(ptr))) {
+                                unitv_counter++;
+                                ptr = trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(ptr);
+                                if (ptr[0] == '\'') {
+                                        config.snmp_params.test_units[unitv_counter].unit_value = ptr + 1;
+                                } else {
+                                        config.snmp_params.test_units[unitv_counter].unit_value = ptr;
                                 }
-                                nunits++;
-                                ptr = thisarg(ptr);
-                                if (ptr[0] == '\'')
-                                        unitv[nunits - 1] = ptr + 1;
-                                else
-                                        unitv[nunits - 1] = ptr;
                         }
+                        unitv_counter++;
+                } break;
+                case offset_index:
+                        config.evaluation_params.offset = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        config.evaluation_params.offset_set = true;
                         break;
-                case L_CALCULATE_RATE:
-                        if (calculate_rate == 0)
-                                np_enable_state(NULL, 1);
-                        calculate_rate = 1;
-                        break;
-                case L_RATE_MULTIPLIER:
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg) || ((rate_multiplier = atoi(optarg)) <= 0))
-                                usage2(_("Rate multiplier must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        break;
-                case L_OFFSET:
-                        offset = strtod(optarg, NULL);
-                        break;
-                case L_INVERT_SEARCH:
-                        invert_search = 1;
+                case invert_search_index:
+                        config.evaluation_params.invert_search = false;
                         break;
                 case 'O':
-                        perf_labels = 0;
+                        config.evaluation_params.use_oid_as_perf_data_label = true;
                         break;
                 case '4':
+                        // The default, do something here to be exclusive to -6 instead of doing nothing?
+                        connection_prefix = "udp";
                         break;
                 case '6':
-                        xasprintf(&ip_version, "udp6:");
-                        if (verbose > 2)
-                                printf("IPv6 detected! Will pass \"udp6:\" to snmpget.\n");
+                        connection_prefix = "udp6";
+                        break;
+                case connection_prefix_index:
+                        connection_prefix = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'M':
                         if (strspn(optarg, "0123456789.,") == strlen(optarg)) {
-                                multiplier = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                config.evaluation_params.multiplier = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                                config.evaluation_params.multiplier_set = true;
                         }
                         break;
-                case 'f':
-                        if (multiplier != 1.0) {
-                                fmtstr = optarg;
-                                fmtstr_set = true;
+                case ignore_mib_parsing_errors_index:
+                        config.snmp_params.ignore_mib_parsing_errors = true;
+                        break;
+                case 'f': // Deprecated format option for floating point values
+                        break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
+                case calculate_rate:
+                        config.evaluation_params.calculate_rate = true;
+                        break;
+                case rate_multiplier:
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg) ||
+                                ((config.evaluation_params.rate_multiplier = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg)) <= 0)) {
+                                usage2(_("Rate multiplier must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
-                case L_IGNORE_MIB_PARSING_ERRORS:
-                        ignore_mib_parsing_errors = true;
+                default:
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unknown option");
                 }
         }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL)
-                server_address = argv[optind];
-
-        if (community == NULL)
-                community = strdup(DEFAULT_COMMUNITY);
-
-        return validate_arguments();
-}
-
-/******************************************************************************
-
-@@-
-<sect3>
-<title>validate_arguments</title>
-
-<para>&PROTO_validate_arguments;</para>
-
-<para>Checks to see if the default miblist needs to be loaded. Also verifies
-the authentication and authorization combinations based on protocol version
-selected.</para>
-
-<para></para>
-
-</sect3>
--@@
-******************************************************************************/
+        if (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername == NULL) {
+                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername = argv[optind];
+        }
 
-static int validate_arguments() {
-        /* check whether to load locally installed MIBS (CPU/disk intensive) */
-        if (miblist == NULL) {
-                if (needmibs) {
-                        miblist = strdup(DEFAULT_MIBLIST);
+        // Build true peername here if necessary
+        if (connection_prefix != NULL) {
+                // We got something in the connection prefix
+                if (strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "udp") == 0) {
+                        // The default, do nothing
+                } else if (strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "tcp") == 0) {
+                        // use tcp/ipv4
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "tcp:%s",
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
+                } else if (strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "tcp6") == 0 ||
+                                   strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "tcpv6") == 0 ||
+                                   strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "tcpipv6") == 0 ||
+                                   strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "udp6") == 0 ||
+                                   strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "udpipv6") == 0 ||
+                                   strcasecmp(connection_prefix, "udpv6") == 0) {
+                        // Man page (or net-snmp) code says IPv6 addresses should be wrapped in [], but it
+                        // works anyway therefore do nothing here
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "%s:%s", connection_prefix,
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
+                } else if (strcmp(connection_prefix, "tls") == 0) {
+                        // TODO: Anything else to do here?
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "tls:%s",
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
+                } else if (strcmp(connection_prefix, "dtls") == 0) {
+                        // TODO: Anything else to do here?
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "dtls:%s",
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
+                } else if (strcmp(connection_prefix, "unix") == 0) {
+                        // TODO: Check whether this is a valid path?
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "unix:%s",
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
+                } else if (strcmp(connection_prefix, "ipx") == 0) {
+                        xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "ipx:%s",
+                                          config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername);
                 } else {
-                        miblist = ""; /* don't read any mib files for numeric oids */
+                        // Don't know that prefix, die here
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unknown connection prefix");
                 }
         }
 
         /* Check server_address is given */
-        if (server_address == NULL)
+        if (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("No host specified\n"));
+        }
 
-        /* Check oid is given */
-        if (numoids == 0)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("No OIDs specified\n"));
+        if (port != NULL) {
+                xasprintf(&config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, "%s:%s",
+                                  config.snmp_params.snmp_session.peername, port);
+        }
 
-        if (proto == NULL)
-                xasprintf(&proto, DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
-
-        if ((strcmp(proto, "1") == 0) || (strcmp(proto, "2c") == 0)) { /* snmpv1 or snmpv2c */
-                numauthpriv = 2;
-                authpriv = calloc(numauthpriv, sizeof(char *));
-                authpriv[0] = strdup("-c");
-                authpriv[1] = strdup(community);
-        } else if (strcmp(proto, "3") == 0) { /* snmpv3 args */
-                if (!(context == NULL)) {
-                        numcontext = 2;
-                        contextargs = calloc(numcontext, sizeof(char *));
-                        contextargs[0] = strdup("-n");
-                        contextargs[1] = strdup(context);
+        /* check whether to load locally installed MIBS (CPU/disk intensive) */
+        if (miblist == NULL) {
+                if (config.snmp_params.need_mibs) {
+                        setenv("MIBLS", DEFAULT_MIBLIST, 1);
+                } else {
+                        setenv("MIBLS", "NONE", 1);
+                        miblist = ""; /* don't read any mib files for numeric oids */
                 }
+        } else {
+                // Blatantly stolen from snmplib/snmp_parse_args
+                setenv("MIBS", miblist, 1);
+        }
 
-                if (seclevel == NULL)
-                        xasprintf(&seclevel, "noAuthNoPriv");
+        // Historical default is SNMP v2c
+        if (!snmp_version_set_explicitely && config.snmp_params.snmp_session.community != NULL) {
+                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version = SNMP_VERSION_2c;
+        }
 
-                if (secname == NULL)
+        if ((config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version == SNMP_VERSION_1) ||
+                (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version == SNMP_VERSION_2c)) {     /* snmpv1 or snmpv2c */
+                                                                                                                                                        /*
+                                                                                                                                                        config.numauthpriv = 2;
+                                                                                                                                                        config.authpriv = calloc(config.numauthpriv, sizeof(char *));
+                                                                                                                                                        config.authpriv[0] = strdup("-c");
+                                                                                                                                                        config.authpriv[1] = strdup(community);
+                                                                                                                                                        */
+        } else if (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.version == SNMP_VERSION_3) { /* snmpv3 args */
+                // generate keys for priv and auth here (if demanded)
+
+                if (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityName == NULL) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Required parameter: %s\n"), "secname");
+                }
 
-                if (strcmp(seclevel, "noAuthNoPriv") == 0) {
-                        numauthpriv = 4;
-                        authpriv = calloc(numauthpriv, sizeof(char *));
-                        authpriv[0] = strdup("-l");
-                        authpriv[1] = strdup("noAuthNoPriv");
-                        authpriv[2] = strdup("-u");
-                        authpriv[3] = strdup(secname);
-                } else {
-                        if (!((strcmp(seclevel, "authNoPriv") == 0) || (strcmp(seclevel, "authPriv") == 0))) {
-                                usage2(_("Invalid seclevel"), seclevel);
+                switch (config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityLevel) {
+                case SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHPRIV: {
+                        if (authpasswd == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                                        "No authentication passphrase was given, but authorization was requested");
                         }
-
-                        if (authproto == NULL)
-                                xasprintf(&authproto, DEFAULT_AUTH_PROTOCOL);
-
-                        if (authpasswd == NULL)
-                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Required parameter: %s\n"), "authpasswd");
-
-                        if (strcmp(seclevel, "authNoPriv") == 0) {
-                                numauthpriv = 8;
-                                authpriv = calloc(numauthpriv, sizeof(char *));
-                                authpriv[0] = strdup("-l");
-                                authpriv[1] = strdup("authNoPriv");
-                                authpriv[2] = strdup("-a");
-                                authpriv[3] = strdup(authproto);
-                                authpriv[4] = strdup("-u");
-                                authpriv[5] = strdup(secname);
-                                authpriv[6] = strdup("-A");
-                                authpriv[7] = strdup(authpasswd);
-                        } else if (strcmp(seclevel, "authPriv") == 0) {
-                                if (privproto == NULL)
-                                        xasprintf(&privproto, DEFAULT_PRIV_PROTOCOL);
-
-                                if (privpasswd == NULL)
-                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Required parameter: %s\n"), "privpasswd");
-
-                                numauthpriv = 12;
-                                authpriv = calloc(numauthpriv, sizeof(char *));
-                                authpriv[0] = strdup("-l");
-                                authpriv[1] = strdup("authPriv");
-                                authpriv[2] = strdup("-a");
-                                authpriv[3] = strdup(authproto);
-                                authpriv[4] = strdup("-u");
-                                authpriv[5] = strdup(secname);
-                                authpriv[6] = strdup("-A");
-                                authpriv[7] = strdup(authpasswd);
-                                authpriv[8] = strdup("-x");
-                                authpriv[9] = strdup(privproto);
-                                authpriv[10] = strdup("-X");
-                                authpriv[11] = strdup(privpasswd);
+                        // auth and priv
+                        int priv_key_generated = generate_Ku(
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityPrivProto,
+                                (unsigned int)config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityPrivProtoLen, authpasswd,
+                                strlen((const char *)authpasswd), config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityPrivKey,
+                                &config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityPrivKeyLen);
+
+                        if (priv_key_generated != SNMPERR_SUCCESS) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to generate privacy key");
                         }
                 }
-
-        } else {
-                usage2(_("Invalid SNMP version"), proto);
+                // fall through
+                case SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHNOPRIV: {
+                        if (privpasswd == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "No privacy passphrase was given, but privacy was requested");
+                        }
+                        int auth_key_generated = generate_Ku(
+                                config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProto,
+                                (unsigned int)config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthProtoLen, privpasswd,
+                                strlen((const char *)privpasswd), config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthKey,
+                                &config.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityAuthKeyLen);
+
+                        if (auth_key_generated != SNMPERR_SUCCESS) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to generate privacy key");
+                        }
+                } break;
+                case SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_NOAUTH:
+                        // No auth, no priv, not much todo
+                        break;
+                }
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                .config = config,
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* trim leading whitespace
          if there is a leading quote, make sure it balances */
-
-static char *thisarg(char *str) {
+char *trim_whitespaces_and_check_quoting(char *str) {
         str += strspn(str, " \t\r\n"); /* trim any leading whitespace */
         if (str[0] == '\'') {          /* handle SIMPLE quoted strings */
-                if (strlen(str) == 1 || !strstr(str + 1, "'"))
+                if (strlen(str) == 1 || !strstr(str + 1, "'")) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Unbalanced quotes\n"));
+                }
         }
         return str;
 }
@@ -1132,23 +987,21 @@ static char *thisarg(char *str) {
          set the trailing quote to '\x0'
          if the string continues, advance beyond the comma */
 
-static char *nextarg(char *str) {
+char *get_next_argument(char *str) {
         if (str[0] == '\'') {
                 str[0] = 0;
                 if (strlen(str) > 1) {
                         str = strstr(str + 1, "'");
                         return (++str);
-                } else {
-                        return NULL;
                 }
+                return NULL;
         }
         if (str[0] == ',') {
                 str[0] = 0;
                 if (strlen(str) > 1) {
                         return (++str);
-                } else {
-                        return NULL;
                 }
+                return NULL;
         }
         if ((str = strstr(str, ",")) && strlen(str) > 1) {
                 str[0] = 0;
@@ -1157,41 +1010,7 @@ static char *nextarg(char *str) {
         return NULL;
 }
 
-/* multiply result (values 0 < n < 1 work as divider) */
-static char *multiply(char *str) {
-        if (multiplier == 1)
-                return (str);
-
-        if (verbose > 2)
-                printf("    multiply input: %s\n", str);
-
-        char *endptr;
-        double val = strtod(str, &endptr);
-        if ((val == 0.0) && (endptr == str)) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("multiplier set (%.1f), but input is not a number: %s"), multiplier, str);
-        }
-
-        if (verbose > 2)
-                printf("    multiply extracted double: %f\n", val);
-
-        val *= multiplier;
-        char *conv = "%f";
-        if (fmtstr_set) {
-                conv = fmtstr;
-        }
-        if (val == (int)val) {
-                snprintf(buffer, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, "%.0f", val);
-        } else {
-                if (verbose > 2)
-                        printf("    multiply using format: %s\n", conv);
-                snprintf(buffer, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, conv, val);
-        }
-        if (verbose > 2)
-                printf("    multiply result: %s\n", buffer);
-        return buffer;
-}
-
-static void print_help(void) {
+void print_help(void) {
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
@@ -1204,8 +1023,6 @@ static void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_HELP_VRSN);
         printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
-        printf(UT_IPv46);
-
         printf(UT_HOST_PORT, 'p', DEFAULT_PORT);
 
         /* SNMP and Authentication Protocol */
@@ -1217,13 +1034,15 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 context"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-L, --seclevel=[noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv]");
         printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 securityLevel"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-a, --authproto=AUTHENTICATION_PROTOCOL");
-        printf("    %s\n",
-                   _("SNMPv3 authentication protocol (default MD5), available options depend on the specific version of the net-snmp tools"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("if < 5.8 SHA (1) and MD5 should be available, if >= 5.8 additionally SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-x, --privproto=PRIVACY_PROTOCOL");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 privacy protocol (default DES), available options depend on the specific version of the net-snmp tools"));
-        printf("    %s\n", _("if < 5.8 DES and AES should be available, if >= 5.8 additionally AES-192 and AES-256"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "-a, --authproto=[MD5|SHA]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 auth proto"));
+#ifdef HAVE_USM_DES_PRIV_PROTOCOL
+        printf(" %s\n", "-x, --privproto=[DES|AES]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 priv proto (default DES)"));
+#else
+        printf(" %s\n", "-x, --privproto=[AES]");
+        printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 priv proto (default AES)"));
+#endif
 
         /* Authentication Tokens*/
         printf(" %s\n", "-C, --community=STRING");
@@ -1235,15 +1054,18 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 authentication password"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-X, --privpasswd=PASSWORD");
         printf("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 privacy password"));
+        printf(" %s\n", "--connection-prefix");
+        printf("    Connection prefix, may be one of udp, udp6, tcp, unix, ipx, udp6, udpv6, udpipv6, "
+                   "tcp6, tcpv6, tcpipv6, tls, dtls - "
+                   "default is \"udp\"\n");
 
         /* OID Stuff */
         printf(" %s\n", "-o, --oid=OID(s)");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Object identifier(s) or SNMP variables whose value you wish to query"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-m, --miblist=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("List of MIBS to be loaded (default = none if using numeric OIDs or 'ALL'"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("List of MIBS to be loaded (default = none if using numeric OIDs or 'ALL'"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("for symbolic OIDs.)"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-d, --delimiter=STRING");
-        printf("    %s \"%s\"\n", _("Delimiter to use when parsing returned data. Default is"), DEFAULT_DELIMITER);
         printf("    %s\n", _("Any data on the right hand side of the delimiter is considered"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("to be the data that should be used in the evaluation."));
         printf(" %s\n", "-z, --nulloid=#");
@@ -1260,10 +1082,6 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Warning threshold range(s)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD(s)");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Critical threshold range(s)"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "--rate");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Enable rate calculation. See 'Rate Calculation' below"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "--rate-multiplier");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Converts rate per second. For example, set to 60 to convert to per minute"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--offset=OFFSET");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Add/subtract the specified OFFSET to numeric sensor data"));
 
@@ -1271,9 +1089,11 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-s, --string=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Return OK state (for that OID) if STRING is an exact match"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-r, --ereg=REGEX");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Return OK state (for that OID) if extended regular expression REGEX matches"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Return OK state (for that OID) if extended regular expression REGEX matches"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-R, --eregi=REGEX");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Return OK state (for that OID) if case-insensitive extended REGEX matches"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Return OK state (for that OID) if case-insensitive extended REGEX matches"));
         printf(" %s\n", "--invert-search");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Invert search result (CRITICAL if found)"));
 
@@ -1282,53 +1102,46 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Prefix label for output from plugin"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-u, --units=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Units label(s) for output data (e.g., 'sec.')."));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-D, --output-delimiter=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Separates output on multiple OID requests"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-M, --multiplier=FLOAT");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Multiplies current value, 0 < n < 1 works as divider, defaults to 1"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "-f, --fmtstr=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("C-style format string for float values (see option -M)"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
 
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
-        printf("    %s\n", _("NOTE the final timeout value is calculated using this formula: timeout_interval * retries + 5"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("NOTE the final timeout value is calculated using this formula: "
+                                                 "timeout_interval * retries + 5"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-e, --retries=INTEGER");
-        printf("    %s%i\n", _("Number of retries to be used in the requests, default: "), DEFAULT_RETRIES);
+        printf("    %s%i\n", _("Number of retries to be used in the requests, default: "),
+                   DEFAULT_RETRIES);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-O, --perf-oids");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Label performance data with OIDs instead of --label's"));
 
         printf(" %s\n", "--ignore-mib-parsing-errors");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Tell snmpget to not print errors encountered when parsing MIB files"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Do to not print errors encountered when parsing MIB files"));
 
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin uses the 'snmpget' command included with the NET-SNMP package."));
-        printf("%s\n", _("if you don't have the package installed, you will need to download it from"));
+        printf("%s\n", _("This plugin relies (links against) on the NET-SNMP libraries."));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("if you don't have the libraries installed, you will need to download them from"));
         printf("%s\n", _("http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net before you can use this plugin."));
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- Multiple OIDs (and labels) may be indicated by a comma or space-delimited  "));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- Multiple OIDs (and labels) may be indicated by a comma or space-delimited  "));
         printf("   %s\n", _("list (lists with internal spaces must be quoted)."));
 
         printf(" -%s", UT_THRESHOLDS_NOTES);
 
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- When checking multiple OIDs, separate ranges by commas like '-w 1:10,1:,:20'"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- When checking multiple OIDs, separate ranges by commas like '-w 1:10,1:,:20'"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("- Note that only one string and one regex may be checked at present"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("- All evaluation methods other than PR, STR, and SUBSTR expect that the value"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("- All evaluation methods other than PR, STR, and SUBSTR expect that the value"));
         printf("   %s\n", _("returned from the SNMP query is an unsigned integer."));
 
-        printf("\n");
-        printf("%s\n", _("Rate Calculation:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("In many places, SNMP returns counters that are only meaningful when"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("calculating the counter difference since the last check. check_snmp"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("saves the last state information in a file so that the rate per second"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("can be calculated. Use the --rate option to save state information."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("On the first run, there will be no prior state - this will return with OK."));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("The state is uniquely determined by the arguments to the plugin, so"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("changing the arguments will create a new state file."));
-
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
 
@@ -1339,5 +1152,5 @@ void print_usage(void) {
         printf("[-l label] [-u units] [-p port-number] [-d delimiter] [-D output-delimiter]\n");
         printf("[-m miblist] [-P snmp version] [-N context] [-L seclevel] [-U secname]\n");
         printf("[-a authproto] [-A authpasswd] [-x privproto] [-X privpasswd] [-4|6]\n");
-        printf("[-M multiplier [-f format]]\n");
+        printf("[-M multiplier]\n");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.c b/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecbfc5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,934 @@
+#include "./check_snmp_helpers.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../../lib/utils_base.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "../utils.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+extern int verbose;
+
+check_snmp_test_unit check_snmp_test_unit_init() {
+        check_snmp_test_unit tmp = {
+                .threshold = mp_thresholds_init(),
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+int check_snmp_set_thresholds(const char *threshold_string, check_snmp_test_unit test_units[],
+                                                          size_t max_test_units, bool is_critical) {
+
+        if (threshold_string == NULL || strlen(threshold_string) == 0) {
+                // No input, do nothing
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (strchr(threshold_string, ',') != NULL) {
+                // Got a comma in the string, should be multiple values
+                size_t tu_index = 0;
+
+                while (threshold_string[0] == ',') {
+                        // got commas at the beginning, so skip some values
+                        tu_index++;
+                        threshold_string++;
+                }
+
+                for (char *ptr = strtok(threshold_string, ", "); ptr != NULL;
+                         ptr = strtok(NULL, ", "), tu_index++) {
+
+                        if (tu_index > max_test_units) {
+                                // More thresholds then values, just ignore them
+                                return 0;
+                        }
+
+                        // edge case: maybe we got `,,` to skip a value
+                        if (strlen(ptr) == 0) {
+                                // no threshold given, do not set it then
+                                continue;
+                        }
+
+                        mp_range_parsed tmp = mp_parse_range_string(ptr);
+                        if (tmp.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unable to parse critical threshold range: %s", ptr);
+                        }
+
+                        if (is_critical) {
+                                test_units[tu_index].threshold.critical = tmp.range;
+                                test_units[tu_index].threshold.critical_is_set = true;
+                        } else {
+                                test_units[tu_index].threshold.warning = tmp.range;
+                                test_units[tu_index].threshold.warning_is_set = true;
+                        }
+                }
+
+        } else {
+                // Single value
+                // only valid for the first test unit
+                mp_range_parsed tmp = mp_parse_range_string(threshold_string);
+                if (tmp.error != MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unable to parse critical threshold range: %s", threshold_string);
+                }
+
+                if (is_critical) {
+                        test_units[0].threshold.critical = tmp.range;
+                        test_units[0].threshold.critical_is_set = true;
+                } else {
+                        test_units[0].threshold.warning = tmp.range;
+                        test_units[0].threshold.warning_is_set = true;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+const int DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = SNMP_VERSION_1;
+const char DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DELIMITER[] = " ";
+
+const int RANDOM_STATE_DATA_LENGTH_PREDICTION = 8192;
+
+check_snmp_config check_snmp_config_init() {
+        check_snmp_config tmp = {
+                .snmp_params =
+                        {
+                                .use_getnext = false,
+
+                                .ignore_mib_parsing_errors = false,
+                                .need_mibs = false,
+
+                                .test_units = NULL,
+                                .num_of_test_units = 0,
+                        },
+
+                .evaluation_params =
+                        {
+                                .nulloid_result = STATE_UNKNOWN, // state to return if no result for query
+
+                                .invert_search = true,
+                                .regex_cmp_value = {},
+                                .string_cmp_value = "",
+
+                                .multiplier = 1.0,
+                                .multiplier_set = false,
+                                .offset = 0,
+                                .offset_set = false,
+
+                                .use_oid_as_perf_data_label = false,
+
+                                .calculate_rate = false,
+                                .rate_multiplier = 1,
+                        },
+        };
+
+        snmp_sess_init(&tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session);
+
+        tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session.retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
+        tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session.version = DEFAULT_SNMP_VERSION;
+        tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session.securityLevel = SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_NOAUTH;
+        tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session.community = (unsigned char *)"public";
+        tmp.snmp_params.snmp_session.community_len = strlen("public");
+        return tmp;
+}
+
+snmp_responces do_snmp_query(check_snmp_config_snmp_parameters parameters) {
+        if (parameters.ignore_mib_parsing_errors) {
+                char *opt_toggle_res = snmp_mib_toggle_options("e");
+                if (opt_toggle_res != NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Unable to disable MIB parsing errors");
+                }
+        }
+
+        struct snmp_pdu *pdu = NULL;
+        if (parameters.use_getnext) {
+                pdu = snmp_pdu_create(SNMP_MSG_GETNEXT);
+        } else {
+                pdu = snmp_pdu_create(SNMP_MSG_GET);
+        }
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < parameters.num_of_test_units; i++) {
+                assert(parameters.test_units[i].oid != NULL);
+                if (verbose > 0) {
+                        printf("OID %zu to parse: %s\n", i, parameters.test_units[i].oid);
+                }
+
+                oid tmp_OID[MAX_OID_LEN];
+                size_t tmp_OID_len = MAX_OID_LEN;
+                if (snmp_parse_oid(parameters.test_units[i].oid, tmp_OID, &tmp_OID_len) != NULL) {
+                        // success
+                        snmp_add_null_var(pdu, tmp_OID, tmp_OID_len);
+                } else {
+                        // failed
+                        snmp_perror("Parsing failure");
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to parse OID\n");
+                }
+        }
+
+        const int timeout_safety_tolerance = 5;
+        alarm((timeout_interval * (unsigned int)parameters.snmp_session.retries) +
+                  timeout_safety_tolerance);
+
+        struct snmp_session *active_session = snmp_open(&parameters.snmp_session);
+        if (active_session == NULL) {
+                int pcliberr = 0;
+                int psnmperr = 0;
+                char *pperrstring = NULL;
+                snmp_error(&parameters.snmp_session, &pcliberr, &psnmperr, &pperrstring);
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "Failed to open SNMP session: %s\n", pperrstring);
+        }
+
+        struct snmp_pdu *response = NULL;
+        int snmp_query_status = snmp_synch_response(active_session, pdu, &response);
+
+        if (!(snmp_query_status == STAT_SUCCESS && response->errstat == SNMP_ERR_NOERROR)) {
+                int pcliberr = 0;
+                int psnmperr = 0;
+                char *pperrstring = NULL;
+                snmp_error(active_session, &pcliberr, &psnmperr, &pperrstring);
+
+                if (psnmperr == SNMPERR_TIMEOUT) {
+                        // We exit with critical here for some historical reason
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "SNMP query ran into a timeout\n");
+                }
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "SNMP query failed: %s\n", pperrstring);
+        }
+
+        snmp_close(active_session);
+
+        /* disable alarm again */
+        alarm(0);
+
+        snmp_responces result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .response_values = calloc(parameters.num_of_test_units, sizeof(response_value)),
+        };
+
+        if (result.response_values == NULL) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        // We got the the query results, now process them
+        size_t loop_index = 0;
+        for (netsnmp_variable_list *vars = response->variables; vars;
+                 vars = vars->next_variable, loop_index++) {
+
+                for (size_t jdx = 0; jdx < vars->name_length; jdx++) {
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].oid[jdx] = vars->name[jdx];
+                }
+                result.response_values[loop_index].oid_length = vars->name_length;
+
+                switch (vars->type) {
+                case ASN_OCTET_STR: {
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].string_response = strdup((char *)vars->val.string);
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a string as response: %s\n", vars->val.string);
+                        }
+                }
+                        continue;
+                case ASN_OPAQUE:
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got OPAQUE\n");
+                        }
+                        break;
+                /* Numerical values */
+                case ASN_COUNTER64: {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got counter64\n");
+                        }
+                        struct counter64 tmp = *(vars->val.counter64);
+                        uint64_t counter = (tmp.high << 32) + tmp.low;
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].value.uIntVal = counter;
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                } break;
+                case ASN_GAUGE: // same as ASN_UNSIGNED
+                case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+                case ASN_COUNTER:
+                case ASN_UINTEGER: {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a Integer like\n");
+                        }
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].value.uIntVal = (unsigned long)*(vars->val.integer);
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                } break;
+                case ASN_INTEGER: {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a Integer\n");
+                        }
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].value.intVal = *(vars->val.integer);
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                } break;
+                case ASN_FLOAT: {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a float\n");
+                        }
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].value.doubleVal = *(vars->val.floatVal);
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                } break;
+                case ASN_DOUBLE: {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a double\n");
+                        }
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].value.doubleVal = *(vars->val.doubleVal);
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+                } break;
+                case ASN_IPADDRESS:
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got an IP address\n");
+                        }
+                        result.response_values[loop_index].type = vars->type;
+
+                        // TODO: print address here, state always ok? or regex match?
+                        break;
+                default:
+                        if (verbose) {
+                                printf("Debug: Got a unmatched result type: %hhu\n", vars->type);
+                        }
+                        // TODO: Error here?
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+check_snmp_evaluation evaluate_single_unit(response_value response,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_evaluation_parameters eval_params,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_test_unit test_unit, time_t query_timestamp,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_state_entry prev_state,
+                                                                                   bool have_previous_state) {
+        mp_subcheck sc_oid_test = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        if ((test_unit.label != NULL) && (strcmp(test_unit.label, "") != 0)) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - ", test_unit.label);
+        } else {
+                sc_oid_test.output = strdup("");
+        }
+
+        char oid_string[(MAX_OID_LEN * 2) + 1] = {};
+
+        int oid_string_result =
+                snprint_objid(oid_string, (MAX_OID_LEN * 2) + 1, response.oid, response.oid_length);
+        if (oid_string_result <= 0) {
+                // TODO error here
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "snprint_objid failed\n");
+        }
+
+        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%sOID: %s", sc_oid_test.output, oid_string);
+        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_oid_test, STATE_OK);
+
+        if (verbose > 2) {
+                printf("Processing oid %s\n", oid_string);
+        }
+
+        bool got_a_numerical_value = false;
+        mp_perfdata_value pd_result_val = {0};
+
+        check_snmp_state_entry result_state = {
+                .timestamp = query_timestamp,
+                .oid_length = response.oid_length,
+                .type = response.type,
+        };
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < response.oid_length; i++) {
+                result_state.oid[i] = response.oid[i];
+        }
+
+        if (have_previous_state) {
+                if (query_timestamp == prev_state.timestamp) {
+                        // somehow we have the same timestamp again, that can't be good
+                        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_oid_test, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "Time duration between plugin calls is invalid");
+
+                        check_snmp_evaluation result = {
+                                .sc = sc_oid_test,
+                                .state = result_state,
+                        };
+
+                        return result;
+                }
+        }
+        // compute rate time difference
+        double timeDiff = 0;
+        if (have_previous_state) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                        printf("Previous timestamp: %s", ctime(&prev_state.timestamp));
+                        printf("Current timestamp: %s", ctime(&query_timestamp));
+                }
+                timeDiff = difftime(query_timestamp, prev_state.timestamp) / eval_params.rate_multiplier;
+        }
+
+        mp_perfdata pd_num_val = {};
+
+        switch (response.type) {
+        case ASN_OCTET_STR: {
+                char *tmp = response.string_response;
+                if (strchr(tmp, '"') != NULL) {
+                        // got double quote in the string
+                        if (strchr(tmp, '\'') != NULL) {
+                                // got single quote in the string too
+                                // dont quote that at all to avoid even more confusion
+                                xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - Value: %s", sc_oid_test.output, tmp);
+                        } else {
+                                // quote with single quotes
+                                xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - Value: '%s'", sc_oid_test.output, tmp);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        // quote with double quotes
+                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - Value: \"%s\"", sc_oid_test.output, tmp);
+                }
+
+                if (strlen(tmp) == 0) {
+                        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_oid_test, eval_params.nulloid_result);
+                }
+
+                // String matching test
+                if ((test_unit.eval_mthd.crit_string)) {
+                        if (strcmp(tmp, eval_params.string_cmp_value)) {
+                                sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                                        sc_oid_test, (eval_params.invert_search) ? STATE_CRITICAL : STATE_OK);
+                        } else {
+                                sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                                        sc_oid_test, (eval_params.invert_search) ? STATE_OK : STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        }
+                } else if (test_unit.eval_mthd.crit_regex) {
+                        const size_t nmatch = eval_params.regex_cmp_value.re_nsub + 1;
+                        regmatch_t pmatch[nmatch];
+                        memset(pmatch, '\0', sizeof(regmatch_t) * nmatch);
+
+                        int excode = regexec(&eval_params.regex_cmp_value, tmp, nmatch, pmatch, 0);
+                        if (excode == 0) {
+                                sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                                        sc_oid_test, (eval_params.invert_search) ? STATE_OK : STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        } else if (excode != REG_NOMATCH) {
+                                char errbuf[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER] = "";
+                                regerror(excode, &eval_params.regex_cmp_value, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                printf(_("Execute Error: %s\n"), errbuf);
+                                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        } else { // REG_NOMATCH
+                                sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                                        sc_oid_test, eval_params.invert_search ? STATE_CRITICAL : STATE_OK);
+                        }
+                }
+        } break;
+        case ASN_COUNTER64:
+                got_a_numerical_value = true;
+
+                result_state.value.uIntVal = response.value.uIntVal;
+                result_state.type = response.type;
+
+                // TODO: perfdata unit counter
+                if (eval_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                        if (prev_state.value.uIntVal > response.value.uIntVal) {
+                                // overflow
+                                unsigned long long tmp =
+                                        (UINT64_MAX - prev_state.value.uIntVal) + response.value.uIntVal;
+
+                                tmp /= timeDiff;
+                                pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(tmp);
+                        } else {
+                                pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(
+                                        (response.value.uIntVal - prev_state.value.uIntVal) / timeDiff);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        // It's only a counter if we cont compute rate
+                        pd_num_val.uom = "c";
+                        pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(response.value.uIntVal);
+                }
+                break;
+        case ASN_GAUGE: // same as ASN_UNSIGNED
+        case ASN_TIMETICKS:
+        case ASN_COUNTER:
+        case ASN_UINTEGER: {
+                got_a_numerical_value = true;
+                long long treated_value = (long long)response.value.uIntVal;
+
+                if (eval_params.multiplier_set || eval_params.offset_set) {
+                        double processed = 0;
+                        if (eval_params.offset_set) {
+                                processed += eval_params.offset;
+                        }
+
+                        if (eval_params.multiplier_set) {
+                                processed = processed * eval_params.multiplier;
+                        }
+
+                        treated_value = lround(processed);
+                }
+
+                result_state.value.intVal = treated_value;
+
+                if (eval_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                        if (verbose > 2) {
+                                printf("%s: Rate calculation (int/counter/gauge): prev: %lli\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                                           prev_state.value.intVal);
+                                printf("%s: Rate calculation (int/counter/gauge): current: %lli\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                                           treated_value);
+                        }
+                        double rate = (treated_value - prev_state.value.intVal) / timeDiff;
+                        pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(rate);
+                } else {
+                        pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(treated_value);
+
+                        if (response.type == ASN_COUNTER) {
+                                pd_num_val.uom = "c";
+                        }
+                }
+
+        } break;
+        case ASN_INTEGER: {
+                if (eval_params.multiplier_set || eval_params.offset_set) {
+                        double processed = 0;
+                        if (eval_params.multiplier_set) {
+                                processed = (double)response.value.intVal * eval_params.multiplier;
+                        }
+
+                        if (eval_params.offset_set) {
+                                processed += eval_params.offset;
+                        }
+
+                        result_state.value.doubleVal = processed;
+
+                        if (eval_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                                pd_result_val =
+                                        mp_create_pd_value((processed - prev_state.value.doubleVal) / timeDiff);
+                        } else {
+                                pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(processed);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        result_state.value.intVal = response.value.intVal;
+
+                        if (eval_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                                pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(
+                                        (response.value.intVal - prev_state.value.intVal) / timeDiff);
+                        } else {
+                                pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(response.value.intVal);
+                        }
+                }
+
+                got_a_numerical_value = true;
+        } break;
+        case ASN_FLOAT: // fallthrough
+        case ASN_DOUBLE: {
+                got_a_numerical_value = true;
+                double tmp = response.value.doubleVal;
+                if (eval_params.offset_set) {
+                        tmp += eval_params.offset;
+                }
+
+                if (eval_params.multiplier_set) {
+                        tmp *= eval_params.multiplier;
+                }
+
+                if (eval_params.calculate_rate && have_previous_state) {
+                        pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value((tmp - prev_state.value.doubleVal) / timeDiff);
+                } else {
+                        pd_result_val = mp_create_pd_value(tmp);
+                }
+                got_a_numerical_value = true;
+
+                result_state.value.doubleVal = tmp;
+        } break;
+        case ASN_IPADDRESS:
+                // TODO
+                break;
+        }
+
+        if (got_a_numerical_value) {
+                if (eval_params.use_oid_as_perf_data_label) {
+                        // Use oid for perdata label
+                        pd_num_val.label = strdup(oid_string);
+                        // TODO strdup error checking
+                } else if (test_unit.label != NULL && strcmp(test_unit.label, "") != 0) {
+                        pd_num_val.label = strdup(test_unit.label);
+                } else {
+                        pd_num_val.label = strdup(test_unit.oid);
+                }
+
+                if (!(eval_params.calculate_rate && !have_previous_state)) {
+                        // some kind of numerical value
+                        if (test_unit.unit_value != NULL && strcmp(test_unit.unit_value, "") != 0) {
+                                pd_num_val.uom = test_unit.unit_value;
+                        }
+
+                        pd_num_val.value = pd_result_val;
+
+                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s Value: %s", sc_oid_test.output,
+                                          pd_value_to_string(pd_result_val));
+
+                        if (test_unit.unit_value != NULL && strcmp(test_unit.unit_value, "") != 0) {
+                                xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s%s", sc_oid_test.output, test_unit.unit_value);
+                        }
+
+                        if (test_unit.threshold.warning_is_set || test_unit.threshold.critical_is_set) {
+                                pd_num_val = mp_pd_set_thresholds(pd_num_val, test_unit.threshold);
+                                mp_state_enum tmp_state = mp_get_pd_status(pd_num_val);
+
+                                if (tmp_state == STATE_WARNING) {
+                                        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_oid_test, STATE_WARNING);
+                                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - number violates warning threshold",
+                                                          sc_oid_test.output);
+                                } else if (tmp_state == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                                        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_oid_test, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - number violates critical threshold",
+                                                          sc_oid_test.output);
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_oid_test, pd_num_val);
+                } else {
+                        // should calculate rate, but there is no previous state, so first run
+                        // exit with ok now
+                        sc_oid_test = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_oid_test, STATE_OK);
+                        xasprintf(&sc_oid_test.output, "%s - No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay",
+                                          sc_oid_test.output);
+                }
+        }
+
+        check_snmp_evaluation result = {
+                .sc = sc_oid_test,
+                .state = result_state,
+        };
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+char *_np_state_generate_key(int argc, char **argv);
+
+/*
+ * If time=NULL, use current time. Create state file, with state format
+ * version, default text. Writes version, time, and data. Avoid locking
+ * problems - use mv to write and then swap. Possible loss of state data if
+ * two things writing to same key at same time.
+ * Will die with UNKNOWN if errors
+ */
+void np_state_write_string(state_key stateKey, time_t timestamp, char *stringToStore) {
+        time_t current_time;
+        if (timestamp == 0) {
+                time(&current_time);
+        } else {
+                current_time = timestamp;
+        }
+
+        int result = 0;
+
+        /* If file doesn't currently exist, create directories */
+        if (access(stateKey._filename, F_OK) != 0) {
+                char *directories = NULL;
+                result = asprintf(&directories, "%s", stateKey._filename);
+                if (result < 0) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+                }
+
+                for (char *p = directories + 1; *p; p++) {
+                        if (*p == '/') {
+                                *p = '\0';
+                                if ((access(directories, F_OK) != 0) && (mkdir(directories, S_IRWXU) != 0)) {
+                                        /* Can't free this! Otherwise error message is wrong! */
+                                        /* np_free(directories); */
+                                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot create directory: %s"), directories);
+                                }
+                                *p = '/';
+                        }
+                }
+
+                if (directories) {
+                        free(directories);
+                }
+        }
+
+        char *temp_file = NULL;
+        result = asprintf(&temp_file, "%s.XXXXXX", stateKey._filename);
+        if (result < 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        int temp_file_desc = 0;
+        if ((temp_file_desc = mkstemp(temp_file)) == -1) {
+                if (temp_file) {
+                        free(temp_file);
+                }
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot create temporary filename"));
+        }
+
+        FILE *temp_file_pointer = fdopen(temp_file_desc, "w");
+        if (temp_file_pointer == NULL) {
+                close(temp_file_desc);
+                unlink(temp_file);
+                if (temp_file) {
+                        free(temp_file);
+                }
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Unable to open temporary state file"));
+        }
+
+        fprintf(temp_file_pointer, "# NP State file\n");
+        fprintf(temp_file_pointer, "%d\n", NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION);
+        fprintf(temp_file_pointer, "%d\n", stateKey.data_version);
+        fprintf(temp_file_pointer, "%lu\n", current_time);
+        fprintf(temp_file_pointer, "%s\n", stringToStore);
+
+        fchmod(temp_file_desc, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
+
+        fflush(temp_file_pointer);
+
+        result = fclose(temp_file_pointer);
+
+        fsync(temp_file_desc);
+
+        if (result != 0) {
+                unlink(temp_file);
+                if (temp_file) {
+                        free(temp_file);
+                }
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Error writing temp file"));
+        }
+
+        if (rename(temp_file, stateKey._filename) != 0) {
+                unlink(temp_file);
+                if (temp_file) {
+                        free(temp_file);
+                }
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot rename state temp file"));
+        }
+
+        if (temp_file) {
+                free(temp_file);
+        }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read the state file
+ */
+bool _np_state_read_file(FILE *state_file, state_key stateKey) {
+        time_t current_time;
+        time(&current_time);
+
+        /* Note: This introduces a limit of 8192 bytes in the string data */
+        char *line = (char *)calloc(1, 8192);
+        if (line == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        bool status = false;
+        enum {
+                STATE_FILE_VERSION,
+                STATE_DATA_VERSION,
+                STATE_DATA_TIME,
+                STATE_DATA_TEXT,
+                STATE_DATA_END
+        } expected = STATE_FILE_VERSION;
+
+        int failure = 0;
+        while (!failure && (fgets(line, 8192, state_file)) != NULL) {
+                size_t pos = strlen(line);
+                if (line[pos - 1] == '\n') {
+                        line[pos - 1] = '\0';
+                }
+
+                if (line[0] == '#') {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                switch (expected) {
+                case STATE_FILE_VERSION: {
+                        int i = atoi(line);
+                        if (i != NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION) {
+                                failure++;
+                        } else {
+                                expected = STATE_DATA_VERSION;
+                        }
+                } break;
+                case STATE_DATA_VERSION: {
+                        int i = atoi(line);
+                        if (i != stateKey.data_version) {
+                                failure++;
+                        } else {
+                                expected = STATE_DATA_TIME;
+                        }
+                } break;
+                case STATE_DATA_TIME: {
+                        /* If time > now, error */
+                        time_t data_time = strtoul(line, NULL, 10);
+                        if (data_time > current_time) {
+                                failure++;
+                        } else {
+                                stateKey.state_data->time = data_time;
+                                expected = STATE_DATA_TEXT;
+                        }
+                } break;
+                case STATE_DATA_TEXT:
+                        stateKey.state_data->data = strdup(line);
+                        if (stateKey.state_data->data == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
+                        }
+                        stateKey.state_data->length = strlen(line);
+                        expected = STATE_DATA_END;
+                        status = true;
+                        break;
+                case STATE_DATA_END:;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (line) {
+                free(line);
+        }
+        return status;
+}
+/*
+ * Will return NULL if no data is available (first run). If key currently
+ * exists, read data. If state file format version is not expected, return
+ * as if no data. Get state data version number and compares to expected.
+ * If numerically lower, then return as no previous state. die with UNKNOWN
+ * if exceptional error.
+ */
+state_data *np_state_read(state_key stateKey) {
+        /* Open file. If this fails, no previous state found */
+        FILE *statefile = fopen(stateKey._filename, "r");
+        state_data *this_state_data = (state_data *)calloc(1, sizeof(state_data));
+        if (statefile != NULL) {
+
+                if (this_state_data == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+                }
+
+                this_state_data->data = NULL;
+                stateKey.state_data = this_state_data;
+
+                if (_np_state_read_file(statefile, stateKey)) {
+                        this_state_data->errorcode = OK;
+                } else {
+                        this_state_data->errorcode = ERROR;
+                }
+
+                fclose(statefile);
+        } else {
+                // Failed to open state file
+                this_state_data->errorcode = ERROR;
+        }
+
+        return stateKey.state_data;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Internal function. Returns either:
+ *   envvar NAGIOS_PLUGIN_STATE_DIRECTORY
+ *   statically compiled shared state directory
+ */
+char *_np_state_calculate_location_prefix(void) {
+        char *env_dir;
+
+        /* Do not allow passing MP_STATE_PATH in setuid plugins
+         * for security reasons */
+        if (!mp_suid()) {
+                env_dir = getenv("MP_STATE_PATH");
+                if (env_dir && env_dir[0] != '\0') {
+                        return env_dir;
+                }
+                /* This is the former ENV, for backward-compatibility */
+                env_dir = getenv("NAGIOS_PLUGIN_STATE_DIRECTORY");
+                if (env_dir && env_dir[0] != '\0') {
+                        return env_dir;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initiatializer for state routines.
+ * Sets variables. Generates filename. Returns np_state_key. die with
+ * UNKNOWN if exception
+ */
+state_key np_enable_state(char *keyname, int expected_data_version, char *plugin_name, int argc,
+                                                  char **argv) {
+        state_key *this_state = (state_key *)calloc(1, sizeof(state_key));
+        if (this_state == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        char *temp_keyname = NULL;
+        if (keyname == NULL) {
+                temp_keyname = _np_state_generate_key(argc, argv);
+        } else {
+                temp_keyname = strdup(keyname);
+                if (temp_keyname == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* Die if invalid characters used for keyname */
+        char *tmp_char = temp_keyname;
+        while (*tmp_char != '\0') {
+                if (!(isalnum(*tmp_char) || *tmp_char == '_')) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid character for keyname - only alphanumerics or '_'"));
+                }
+                tmp_char++;
+        }
+        this_state->name = temp_keyname;
+        this_state->plugin_name = plugin_name;
+        this_state->data_version = expected_data_version;
+        this_state->state_data = NULL;
+
+        /* Calculate filename */
+        char *temp_filename = NULL;
+        int error = asprintf(&temp_filename, "%s/%lu/%s/%s", _np_state_calculate_location_prefix(),
+                                                 (unsigned long)geteuid(), plugin_name, this_state->name);
+        if (error < 0) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot allocate memory: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        this_state->_filename = temp_filename;
+
+        return *this_state;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a string to use as a keyname, based on an md5 hash of argv, thus
+ * hopefully a unique key per service/plugin invocation. Use the extra-opts
+ * parse of argv, so that uniqueness in parameters are reflected there.
+ */
+char *_np_state_generate_key(int argc, char **argv) {
+        unsigned char result[256];
+
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+        /*
+         * This code path is chosen if openssl is available (which should be the most common
+         * scenario). Alternatively, the gnulib implementation/
+         *
+         */
+        EVP_MD_CTX *ctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+
+        EVP_DigestInit(ctx, EVP_sha256());
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+                EVP_DigestUpdate(ctx, argv[i], strlen(argv[i]));
+        }
+
+        EVP_DigestFinal(ctx, result, NULL);
+#else
+
+        struct sha256_ctx ctx;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < this_monitoring_plugin->argc; i++) {
+                sha256_process_bytes(argv[i], strlen(argv[i]), &ctx);
+        }
+
+        sha256_finish_ctx(&ctx, result);
+#endif // FOUNDOPENSSL
+
+        char keyname[41];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+                sprintf(&keyname[2 * i], "%02x", result[i]);
+        }
+
+        keyname[40] = '\0';
+
+        char *keyname_copy = strdup(keyname);
+        if (keyname_copy == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot execute strdup: %s"), strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        return keyname_copy;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.h b/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f7780b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "./config.h"
+#include <net-snmp/library/asn1.h>
+
+check_snmp_test_unit check_snmp_test_unit_init();
+int check_snmp_set_thresholds(const char *, check_snmp_test_unit[], size_t, bool);
+check_snmp_config check_snmp_config_init();
+
+typedef struct {
+        oid oid[MAX_OID_LEN];
+        size_t oid_length;
+        unsigned char type;
+        union {
+                uint64_t uIntVal;
+                int64_t intVal;
+                double doubleVal;
+        } value;
+        char *string_response;
+} response_value;
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        response_value *response_values;
+} snmp_responces;
+snmp_responces do_snmp_query(check_snmp_config_snmp_parameters parameters);
+
+// state is similar to response, but only numerics and a timestamp
+typedef struct {
+        time_t timestamp;
+        oid oid[MAX_OID_LEN];
+        size_t oid_length;
+        unsigned char type;
+        union {
+                unsigned long long uIntVal;
+                long long intVal;
+                double doubleVal;
+        } value;
+} check_snmp_state_entry;
+
+typedef struct {
+        check_snmp_state_entry state;
+        mp_subcheck sc;
+} check_snmp_evaluation;
+check_snmp_evaluation evaluate_single_unit(response_value response,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_evaluation_parameters eval_params,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_test_unit test_unit, time_t query_timestamp,
+                                                                                   check_snmp_state_entry prev_state,
+                                                                                   bool have_previous_state);
+
+#define NP_STATE_FORMAT_VERSION 1
+
+typedef struct state_data_struct {
+        time_t time;
+        void *data;
+        size_t length; /* Of binary data */
+        int errorcode;
+} state_data;
+
+typedef struct state_key_struct {
+        char *name;
+        char *plugin_name;
+        int data_version;
+        char *_filename;
+        state_data *state_data;
+} state_key;
+
+state_data *np_state_read(state_key stateKey);
+state_key np_enable_state(char *keyname, int expected_data_version, char *plugin_name, int argc,
+                                                  char **argv);
+void np_state_write_string(state_key stateKey, time_t timestamp, char *stringToStore);
diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.d/config.h b/plugins/check_snmp.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7b6d1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../lib/thresholds.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+#include "../common.h"
+
+// defines for snmp libs
+#define u_char  unsigned char
+#define u_long  unsigned long
+#define u_short unsigned short
+#define u_int   unsigned int
+
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>
+#include <net-snmp/library/snmp.h>
+#include <net-snmp/session_api.h>
+
+#define DEFAULT_PORT    "161"
+#define DEFAULT_RETRIES 5
+
+typedef struct eval_method {
+        bool crit_string;
+        bool crit_regex;
+} eval_method;
+
+typedef struct check_snmp_test_unit {
+        char *oid;
+        char *label;
+        char *unit_value;
+        eval_method eval_mthd;
+        mp_thresholds threshold;
+} check_snmp_test_unit;
+
+typedef struct {
+        struct snmp_session snmp_session;
+        // use getnet instead of get
+        bool use_getnext;
+
+        // TODO actually make these useful
+        bool ignore_mib_parsing_errors;
+        bool need_mibs;
+
+        check_snmp_test_unit *test_units;
+        size_t num_of_test_units;
+} check_snmp_config_snmp_parameters;
+
+typedef struct {
+        // State if an empty value is encountered
+        mp_state_enum nulloid_result;
+
+        // String evaluation stuff
+        bool invert_search;
+        regex_t regex_cmp_value; // regex to match query results against
+        char string_cmp_value[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+
+        // Modify data
+        double multiplier;
+        bool multiplier_set;
+        double offset;
+        bool offset_set;
+
+        // Modify output
+        bool use_oid_as_perf_data_label;
+
+        // activate rate calculation
+        bool calculate_rate;
+        unsigned int rate_multiplier;
+} check_snmp_evaluation_parameters;
+
+typedef struct check_snmp_config {
+        // SNMP session to use
+        check_snmp_config_snmp_parameters snmp_params;
+
+        check_snmp_evaluation_parameters evaluation_params;
+
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+} check_snmp_config;
diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.c b/plugins/check_ssh.c
index 42a88cf9..f6c8d551 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
 const char *progname = "check_ssh";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -35,26 +38,27 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "./common.h"
 #include "./netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "./check_ssh.d/config.h"
 
 #ifndef MSG_DONTWAIT
 #       define MSG_DONTWAIT 0
 #endif
 
-#define SSH_DFL_PORT 22
-#define BUFF_SZ      256
+#define BUFF_SZ 256
 
-static int port = -1;
-static char *server_name = NULL;
-static char *remote_version = NULL;
-static char *remote_protocol = NULL;
 static bool verbose = false;
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+typedef struct process_arguments_wrapper {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ssh_config config;
+} process_arguments_wrapper;
+
+static process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_protocol);
+static int ssh_connect(mp_check *overall, char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version,
+                                           char *remote_protocol);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -64,51 +68,75 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        process_arguments_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        check_ssh_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
         /* ssh_connect exits if error is found */
-        int result = ssh_connect(server_name, port, remote_version, remote_protocol);
+        ssh_connect(&overall, config.server_name, config.port, config.remote_version,
+                                config.remote_protocol);
 
         alarm(0);
 
-        return (result);
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
+#define output_format_index CHAR_MAX + 1
+
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"host", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, /* backward compatibility */
-                                                                           {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                                                                           {"remote-version", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"remote-protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
-                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
-
-        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"host", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, /* backward compatibility */
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"remote-version", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"remote-protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_ssh_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
+                }
+        }
 
         int option_char;
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
                 option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+Vhv46t:r:H:p:P:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* help */
@@ -123,10 +151,11 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose = true;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                socket_timeout = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
@@ -139,50 +168,61 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'r': /* remote version */
-                        remote_version = optarg;
+                        result.config.remote_version = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* remote version */
-                        remote_protocol = optarg;
+                        result.config.remote_protocol = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* host */
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_name = optarg;
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_name = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
                         if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
-                                port = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.port = atoi(optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Port number must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
+                        break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 }
         }
 
         option_char = optind;
-        if (server_name == NULL && option_char < argc) {
+        if (result.config.server_name == NULL && option_char < argc) {
                 if (is_host(argv[option_char])) {
-                        server_name = argv[option_char++];
+                        result.config.server_name = argv[option_char++];
                 }
         }
 
-        if (port == -1 && option_char < argc) {
+        if (result.config.port == -1 && option_char < argc) {
                 if (is_intpos(argv[option_char])) {
-                        port = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
+                        result.config.port = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
                 } else {
                         print_usage();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
-}
+        if (result.config.server_name == NULL) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (server_name == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
-        if (port == -1) /* funky, but allows -p to override stray integer in args */
-                port = SSH_DFL_PORT;
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /************************************************************************
@@ -191,36 +231,45 @@ int validate_arguments(void) {
  *
  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_protocol) {
+int ssh_connect(mp_check *overall, char *haddr, int hport, char *desired_remote_version,
+                                char *desired_remote_protocol) {
         struct timeval tv;
         gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 
         int socket;
         int result = my_tcp_connect(haddr, hport, &socket);
 
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        mp_subcheck connection_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output,
+                                  "Failed to establish TCP connection to Host %s and Port %d", haddr, hport);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
                 return result;
+        }
 
         char *output = (char *)calloc(BUFF_SZ + 1, sizeof(char));
         char *buffer = NULL;
         ssize_t recv_ret = 0;
         char *version_control_string = NULL;
-        ssize_t byte_offset = 0;
-        while ((version_control_string == NULL) && (recv_ret = recv(socket, output + byte_offset, BUFF_SZ - byte_offset, 0) > 0)) {
+        size_t byte_offset = 0;
+        while ((version_control_string == NULL) &&
+                   (recv_ret = recv(socket, output + byte_offset, (unsigned long)(BUFF_SZ - byte_offset),
+                                                        0) > 0)) {
 
                 if (strchr(output, '\n')) { /* we've got at least one full line, start parsing*/
                         byte_offset = 0;
 
                         char *index = NULL;
-                        int len = 0;
                         while ((index = strchr(output + byte_offset, '\n')) != NULL) {
                                 /*Partition the buffer so that this line is a separate string,
                                  * by replacing the newline with NUL*/
                                 output[(index - output)] = '\0';
-                                len = strlen(output + byte_offset);
+                                size_t len = strlen(output + byte_offset);
 
                                 if ((len >= 4) && (strncmp(output + byte_offset, "SSH-", 4) == 0)) {
-                                        /*if the string starts with SSH-, this _should_ be a valid version control string*/
+                                        /*if the string starts with SSH-, this _should_ be a valid version control
+                                         * string*/
                                         version_control_string = output + byte_offset;
                                         break;
                                 }
@@ -230,27 +279,38 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
                         }
 
                         if (version_control_string == NULL) {
-                                /* move unconsumed data to beginning of buffer, null rest */
-                                memmove((void *)output, (void *)(output + byte_offset + 1), BUFF_SZ - len + 1);
-                                memset(output + byte_offset + 1, 0, BUFF_SZ - byte_offset + 1);
+                                /* move unconsumed data to beginning of buffer */
+                                memmove((void *)output, (void *)(output + byte_offset), BUFF_SZ - byte_offset);
 
                                 /*start reading from end of current line chunk on next recv*/
                                 byte_offset = strlen(output);
+
+                                /* NUL the rest of the buffer */
+                                memset(output + byte_offset, 0, BUFF_SZ - byte_offset);
                         }
                 } else {
-                        byte_offset += recv_ret;
+                        byte_offset += (size_t)recv_ret;
                 }
         }
 
         if (recv_ret < 0) {
-                printf("SSH CRITICAL - %s", strerror(errno));
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s - %s", "SSH CRITICAL - ", strerror(errno));
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
 
         if (version_control_string == NULL) {
-                printf("SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received");
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s", "SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received");
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
+
+        connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_OK);
+        xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s", "Initial connection succeeded");
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+
         /*
          * "When the connection has been established, both sides MUST send an
          * identification string.  This identification string MUST be
@@ -259,8 +319,9 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
          *              - RFC 4253:4.2
          */
         strip(version_control_string);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", version_control_string);
+        }
 
         char *ssh_proto = version_control_string + 4;
 
@@ -280,7 +341,8 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
          * "1.x" (e.g., "1.5" or "1.3")."
          *              - RFC 4253:5
          */
-        char *ssh_server = ssh_proto + strspn(ssh_proto, "0123456789.") + 1; /* (+1 for the '-' separating protoversion from softwareversion) */
+        char *ssh_server = ssh_proto + strspn(ssh_proto, "0123456789.") +
+                                           1; /* (+1 for the '-' separating protoversion from softwareversion) */
 
         /* If there's a space in the version string, whatever's after the space is a comment
          * (which is NOT part of the server name/version)*/
@@ -288,41 +350,69 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
         if (tmp) {
                 ssh_server[tmp - ssh_server] = '\0';
         }
+
+        mp_subcheck protocol_validity_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
         if (strlen(ssh_proto) == 0 || strlen(ssh_server) == 0) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - Invalid protocol version control string %s\n"), version_control_string);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                protocol_validity_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_validity_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_validity_sc.output, "Invalid protocol version control string %s",
+                                  version_control_string);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_validity_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
+
+        protocol_validity_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_validity_sc, STATE_OK);
+        xasprintf(&protocol_validity_sc.output, "Valid protocol version control string %s",
+                          version_control_string);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_validity_sc);
+
         ssh_proto[strspn(ssh_proto, "0123456789. ")] = 0;
 
         static char *rev_no = VERSION;
         xasprintf(&buffer, "SSH-%s-check_ssh_%s\r\n", ssh_proto, rev_no);
         send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", buffer);
+        }
 
-        if (remote_version && strcmp(remote_version, ssh_server)) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - %s (protocol %s) version mismatch, expected '%s'\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto, remote_version);
+        if (desired_remote_version && strcmp(desired_remote_version, ssh_server)) {
+                mp_subcheck remote_version_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                remote_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(remote_version_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&remote_version_sc.output, _("%s (protocol %s) version mismatch, expected '%s'"),
+                                  ssh_server, ssh_proto, desired_remote_version);
                 close(socket);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, remote_version_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
 
         double elapsed_time = (double)deltime(tv) / 1.0e6;
-        if (remote_protocol && strcmp(remote_protocol, ssh_proto)) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - %s (protocol %s) protocol version mismatch, expected '%s' | %s\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto, remote_protocol,
-                           fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, (int)socket_timeout));
-                close(socket);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+        mp_perfdata time_pd = perfdata_init();
+        time_pd.value = mp_create_pd_value(elapsed_time);
+        time_pd.label = "time";
+        time_pd.max_present = true;
+        time_pd.max = mp_create_pd_value(socket_timeout);
+
+        mp_subcheck protocol_version_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&protocol_version_sc, time_pd);
+
+        if (desired_remote_protocol && strcmp(desired_remote_protocol, ssh_proto)) {
+                protocol_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_version_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_version_sc.output,
+                                  _("%s (protocol %s) protocol version mismatch, expected '%s'"), ssh_server,
+                                  ssh_proto, desired_remote_protocol);
+        } else {
+                protocol_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_version_sc, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_version_sc.output, "SSH server version: %s (protocol version: %s)",
+                                  ssh_server, ssh_proto);
         }
 
-        printf(_("SSH OK - %s (protocol %s) | %s\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto,
-                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, (int)socket_timeout));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_version_sc);
         close(socket);
-        exit(STATE_OK);
+        return OK;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", SSH_DFL_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", default_ssh_port);
 
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
@@ -345,10 +435,12 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-r, --remote-version=STRING");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Alert if string doesn't match expected server version (ex: OpenSSH_3.9p1)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Alert if string doesn't match expected server version (ex: OpenSSH_3.9p1)"));
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-P, --remote-protocol=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Alert if protocol doesn't match expected protocol version (ex: 2.0)"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
 
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
@@ -357,5 +449,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s  [-4|-6] [-t <timeout>] [-r <remote version>] [-p <port>] <host>\n", progname);
+        printf("%s  [-4|-6] [-t <timeout>] [-r <remote version>] [-p <port>] --hostname <host>\n",
+                   progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c150fd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "../../lib/monitoringplug.h"
+
+const int default_ssh_port = 22;
+
+typedef struct check_ssh_config {
+        int port;
+        char *server_name;
+        char *remote_version;
+        char *remote_protocol;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_ssh_config;
+
+check_ssh_config check_ssh_config_init(void) {
+        check_ssh_config tmp = {
+                .port = default_ssh_port,
+                .server_name = NULL,
+                .remote_version = NULL,
+                .remote_protocol = NULL,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.c b/plugins/check_swap.c
index bc90a90b..dbf53a00 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include <limits.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_DECL_SWAPCTL
 #       ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
 #               include <sys/param.h>
@@ -69,8 +72,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
-        char *status = strdup("");
-
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
@@ -89,60 +90,112 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
+        if (verbose) {
+                printf("Swap retrieval result:\n"
+                           "\tFree: %llu\n"
+                           "\tUsed: %llu\n"
+                           "\tTotal: %llu\n",
+                           data.metrics.free, data.metrics.used, data.metrics.total);
+        }
+
         double percent_used;
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
+        mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
+        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc1, STATE_OK);
+
         /* if total_swap_mb == 0, let's not divide by 0 */
         if (data.metrics.total != 0) {
                 percent_used = HUNDRED_PERCENT * ((double)data.metrics.used) / ((double)data.metrics.total);
         } else {
-                printf(_("SWAP %s - Swap is either disabled, not present, or of zero "
-                                 "size."),
-                           state_text(data.statusCode));
-                exit(config.no_swap_state);
+                sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, config.no_swap_state);
+                sc1.output = (char *)_("Swap is either disabled, not present, or of zero size.");
+
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc1);
+                mp_exit(overall);
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
                 printf("Computed usage percentage: %g\n", percent_used);
         }
 
-        uint64_t warn_print = config.warn.value;
-        if (config.warn.is_percentage) {
-                warn_print = config.warn.value * (data.metrics.total / HUNDRED_PERCENT);
+        mp_perfdata pd = perfdata_init();
+        pd.label = "swap";
+        pd = mp_set_pd_value(pd, data.metrics.free);
+        pd.uom = "B";
+
+        if (config.warn_is_set) {
+                uint64_t warn_print = config.warn.value;
+                if (config.warn.is_percentage) {
+                        warn_print = config.warn.value * (data.metrics.total / HUNDRED_PERCENT);
+                }
+
+                mp_perfdata_value warn_pd = mp_create_pd_value(warn_print);
+
+                mp_range warn_range = mp_range_init();
+                warn_range.end_infinity = false;
+                warn_range.end = warn_pd;
+
+                pd.warn = warn_range;
+                pd.warn_present = true;
         }
 
-        uint64_t crit_print = config.crit.value;
-        if (config.crit.is_percentage) {
-                crit_print = config.crit.value * (data.metrics.total / HUNDRED_PERCENT);
+        if (config.crit_is_set) {
+                uint64_t crit_print = config.crit.value;
+                if (config.crit.is_percentage) {
+                        crit_print = config.crit.value * (data.metrics.total / HUNDRED_PERCENT);
+                }
+
+                mp_perfdata_value crit_pd = mp_create_pd_value(crit_print);
+
+                mp_range crit_range = mp_range_init();
+                crit_range.end_infinity = false;
+                crit_range.end = crit_pd;
+
+                pd.crit = crit_range;
+                pd.crit_present = true;
         }
 
-        char *perfdata = perfdata_uint64("swap", data.metrics.free, "B", config.warn_is_set, warn_print, config.crit_is_set, crit_print, true,
-                                                                         0, true, data.metrics.total);
+        mp_perfdata_value max = mp_create_pd_value(data.metrics.total);
+        pd.max = max;
+        pd.max_present = true;
 
-        if (config.warn_is_set) {
-                if (verbose > 1) {
-                        printf("Warn threshold value: %" PRIu64 "\n", config.warn.value);
-                }
+        mp_perfdata_value min = mp_create_pd_value(0);
+        pd.min = min;
+        pd.min_present = true;
+
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc1, pd);
+        if (verbose > 1) {
+                printf("Warn threshold value: %" PRIu64 "\n", config.warn.value);
+        }
 
-                if ((config.warn.is_percentage && (percent_used >= (double)(HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.warn.value))) ||
+        if (config.warn_is_set) {
+                if ((config.warn.is_percentage && (percent_used >= (100 - (double)config.warn.value))) ||
                         config.warn.value >= data.metrics.free) {
-                        data.statusCode = max_state(data.statusCode, STATE_WARNING);
+                        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_WARNING);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (config.crit_is_set) {
-                if (verbose > 1) {
-                        printf("Crit threshold value: %" PRIu64 "\n", config.crit.value);
-                }
+        if (verbose > 1) {
+                printf("Crit threshold value: %" PRIu64 "\n", config.crit.value);
+        }
 
-                if ((config.crit.is_percentage && (percent_used >= (double)(HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.crit.value))) ||
+        if (config.crit_is_set) {
+                if ((config.crit.is_percentage && (percent_used >= (100 - (double)config.crit.value))) ||
                         config.crit.value >= data.metrics.free) {
-                        data.statusCode = max_state(data.statusCode, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc1, STATE_CRITICAL);
                 }
         }
 
-        printf(_("SWAP %s - %g%% free (%lluMiB out of %lluMiB) %s|%s\n"), state_text(data.statusCode), (HUNDRED_PERCENT - percent_used),
-                   BYTES_TO_MiB(data.metrics.free), BYTES_TO_MiB(data.metrics.total), status, perfdata);
+        xasprintf(&sc1.output, _("%g%% free (%lluMiB out of %lluMiB)"), (100 - percent_used),
+                          data.metrics.free >> 20, data.metrics.total >> 20);
 
-        exit(data.statusCode);
+        overall.summary = "Swap";
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc1);
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 int check_swap(float free_swap_mb, float total_swap_mb, swap_config config) {
@@ -150,7 +203,9 @@ int check_swap(float free_swap_mb, float total_swap_mb, swap_config config) {
                 return config.no_swap_state;
         }
 
-        uint64_t free_swap = (uint64_t)(free_swap_mb * (1024 * 1024)); /* Convert back to bytes as warn and crit specified in bytes */
+        uint64_t free_swap =
+                (uint64_t)(free_swap_mb *
+                                   (1024 * 1024)); /* Convert back to bytes as warn and crit specified in bytes */
 
         if (!config.crit.is_percentage && config.crit.value >= free_swap) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
@@ -159,28 +214,38 @@ int check_swap(float free_swap_mb, float total_swap_mb, swap_config config) {
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        uint64_t usage_percentage = (uint64_t)((total_swap_mb - free_swap_mb) / total_swap_mb) * HUNDRED_PERCENT;
+        uint64_t usage_percentage =
+                (uint64_t)((total_swap_mb - free_swap_mb) / total_swap_mb) * HUNDRED_PERCENT;
 
-        if (config.crit.is_percentage && config.crit.value != 0 && usage_percentage >= (HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.crit.value)) {
+        if (config.crit.is_percentage && config.crit.value != 0 &&
+                usage_percentage >= (HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.crit.value)) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
-        if (config.warn.is_percentage && config.warn.value != 0 && usage_percentage >= (HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.warn.value)) {
+        if (config.warn.is_percentage && config.warn.value != 0 &&
+                usage_percentage >= (HUNDRED_PERCENT - config.warn.value)) {
                 return STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         return STATE_OK;
 }
 
+#define output_format_index CHAR_MAX + 1
+
 /* process command-line arguments */
 swap_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         swap_config_wrapper conf_wrapper = {.errorcode = OK};
         conf_wrapper.config = swap_config_init();
 
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'}, {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                                                                           {"allswaps", no_argument, 0, 'a'},      {"no-swap", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},       {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},          {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                                                                           {"allswaps", no_argument, 0, 'a'},
+                                                                           {"no-swap", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
@@ -263,6 +328,18 @@ swap_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'v': /* verbose */
                         verbose++;
                         break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        conf_wrapper.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        conf_wrapper.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -319,6 +396,7 @@ void print_help(swap_config config) {
                    _("Resulting state when there is no swap regardless of thresholds. "
                          "Default:"),
                    state_text(config.no_swap_state));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf("\n");
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h b/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
index 99039b21..8d3c7fcf 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "../common.h"
+#include "../../lib/output.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
 
 #ifndef SWAP_CONVERSION
 #       define SWAP_CONVERSION 1
@@ -25,19 +27,23 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
         bool allswaps;
-        int no_swap_state;
+        mp_state_enum no_swap_state;
         bool warn_is_set;
         check_swap_threshold warn;
         bool crit_is_set;
         check_swap_threshold crit;
         bool on_aix;
         int conversion_factor;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
 } swap_config;
 
 swap_config swap_config_init(void);
 
 swap_result get_swap_data(swap_config config);
 swap_result getSwapFromProcMeminfo(char path_to_proc_meminfo[]);
-swap_result getSwapFromSwapCommand(swap_config config, const char swap_command[], const char swap_format[]);
+swap_result getSwapFromSwapCommand(swap_config config, const char swap_command[],
+                                                                   const char swap_format[]);
 swap_result getSwapFromSwapctl_BSD(swap_config config);
 swap_result getSwapFromSwap_SRV4(swap_config config);
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c b/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
index 2fe4544f..58213a3c 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ swap_config swap_config_init(void) {
         tmp.warn_is_set = false;
         tmp.crit_is_set = false;
 
+        tmp.output_format_is_set = false;
+
 #ifdef _AIX
         tmp.on_aix = true;
 #else
@@ -50,10 +52,10 @@ swap_result get_swap_data(swap_config config) {
         }
 #       else // HAVE_SWAP
 #               ifdef CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_SVR4
-        return getSwapFromSwapctl_SRV4();
+        return getSwapFromSwapctl_SRV4(config);
 #               else // CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_SVR4
 #                       ifdef CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_BSD
-        return getSwapFromSwapctl_BSD();
+        return getSwapFromSwapctl_BSD(config);
 #                       else // CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_BSD
 #                               error No way found to retrieve swap
 #                       endif /* CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_BSD */
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ swap_result getSwapFromProcMeminfo(char proc_meminfo[]) {
         FILE *meminfo_file_ptr;
         meminfo_file_ptr = fopen(proc_meminfo, "r");
 
-        swap_result result = {0};
+        swap_result result = {};
         result.errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
         if (meminfo_file_ptr == NULL) {
@@ -76,90 +78,81 @@ swap_result getSwapFromProcMeminfo(char proc_meminfo[]) {
                 return result;
         }
 
-        uint64_t swap_total = 0;
-        uint64_t swap_used = 0;
-        uint64_t swap_free = 0;
+        unsigned long swap_total = 0;
+        unsigned long swap_used = 0;
+        unsigned long swap_free = 0;
 
         bool found_total = false;
-        bool found_used = false;
         bool found_free = false;
 
         char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
         char str[32];
 
         while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, meminfo_file_ptr)) {
-                uint64_t tmp_KB = 0;
 
                 /*
                  * The following sscanf call looks for a line looking like: "Swap: 123
-                 * 123 123" On which kind of system this format exists, I can not say,
-                 * but I wanted to document this for people who are not adapt with
-                 * sscanf anymore, like me
-                 * Also the units used here are unclear and probably wrong
+                 * 123 123" which exists on NetBSD (at least),
+                 * The unit should be Bytes
                  */
-                if (sscanf(input_buffer, "%*[S]%*[w]%*[a]%*[p]%*[:] %lu %lu %lu", &swap_total, &swap_used, &swap_free) == 3) {
-
-                        result.metrics.total += swap_total;
-                        result.metrics.used += swap_used;
-                        result.metrics.free += swap_free;
-
+                if (sscanf(input_buffer, "%*[S]%*[w]%*[a]%*[p]%*[:] %lu %lu %lu", &swap_total, &swap_used,
+                                   &swap_free) == 3) {
                         found_total = true;
                         found_free = true;
-                        found_used = true;
-
                         // Set error
                         result.errorcode = STATE_OK;
+                        // Break out of fgets here, since both scanf expressions might match (NetBSD for
+                        // example)
+                        break;
+                }
 
-                        /*
-                         * The following sscanf call looks for lines looking like:
-                         * "SwapTotal: 123" and "SwapFree: 123" This format exists at least
-                         * on Debian Linux with a 5.* kernel
-                         */
-                } else {
-                        int sscanf_result = sscanf(input_buffer,
-                                                                           "%*[S]%*[w]%*[a]%*[p]%[TotalFreCchd]%*[:] %lu "
-                                                                           "%*[k]%*[B]",
-                                                                           str, &tmp_KB);
-
-                        if (sscanf_result == 2) {
-
-                                if (verbose >= 3) {
-                                        printf("Got %s with %lu\n", str, tmp_KB);
-                                }
-
-                                /* I think this part is always in Kb, so convert to bytes */
-                                if (strcmp("Total", str) == 0) {
-                                        swap_total = tmp_KB * 1000;
-                                        found_total = true;
-                                } else if (strcmp("Free", str) == 0) {
-                                        swap_free = swap_free + tmp_KB * 1000;
-                                        found_free = true;
-                                        found_used = true; // No explicit used metric available
-                                } else if (strcmp("Cached", str) == 0) {
-                                        swap_free = swap_free + tmp_KB * 1000;
-                                        found_free = true;
-                                        found_used = true; // No explicit used metric available
-                                }
-
-                                result.errorcode = STATE_OK;
+                /*
+                 * The following sscanf call looks for lines looking like:
+                 * "SwapTotal: 123" and "SwapFree: 123" This format exists at least
+                 * on Debian Linux with a 5.* kernel
+                 */
+                unsigned long tmp_KB = 0;
+                int sscanf_result = sscanf(input_buffer,
+                                                                   "%*[S]%*[w]%*[a]%*[p]%[TotalFreCchd]%*[:] %lu "
+                                                                   "%*[k]%*[B]",
+                                                                   str, &tmp_KB);
+
+                if (sscanf_result == 2) {
+
+                        if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                printf("Got %s with %lu\n", str, tmp_KB);
                         }
+
+                        /* I think this part is always in Kb, so convert to bytes */
+                        if (strcmp("Total", str) == 0) {
+                                swap_total = tmp_KB * 1000;
+                                found_total = true;
+                        } else if (strcmp("Free", str) == 0) {
+                                swap_free += tmp_KB * 1000;
+                                found_free = true;
+                        } else if (strcmp("Cached", str) == 0) {
+                                swap_free += tmp_KB * 1000;
+                        }
+
+                        result.errorcode = STATE_OK;
                 }
         }
 
         fclose(meminfo_file_ptr);
 
         result.metrics.total = swap_total;
-        result.metrics.used = swap_total - swap_free;
         result.metrics.free = swap_free;
+        result.metrics.used = swap_total - swap_free;
 
-        if (!found_free || !found_total || !found_used) {
+        if (!found_free || !found_total) {
                 result.errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         }
 
         return result;
 }
 
-swap_result getSwapFromSwapCommand(swap_config config, const char swap_command[], const char swap_format[]) {
+swap_result getSwapFromSwapCommand(swap_config config, const char swap_command[],
+                                                                   const char swap_format[]) {
         swap_result result = {0};
 
         char *temp_buffer;
@@ -222,7 +215,8 @@ swap_result getSwapFromSwapCommand(swap_config config, const char swap_command[]
                 used_swap_mb = total_swap_mb - free_swap_mb;
 
                 if (verbose >= 3) {
-                        printf(_("total=%.0f, used=%.0f, free=%.0f\n"), total_swap_mb, used_swap_mb, free_swap_mb);
+                        printf(_("total=%.0f, used=%.0f, free=%.0f\n"), total_swap_mb, used_swap_mb,
+                                   free_swap_mb);
                 }
         } else {
                 while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
@@ -295,8 +289,14 @@ struct swapent {
 };
 
 #else
+
+// Includes for NetBSD
+#       include <unistd.h>
+#       include <sys/swap.h>
+
 #       define bsd_swapctl swapctl
-#endif
+
+#endif // CHECK_SWAP_SWAPCTL_BSD
 
 swap_result getSwapFromSwapctl_BSD(swap_config config) {
         /* get the number of active swap devices */
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ swap_result getSwapFromSwapctl_BSD(swap_config config) {
         unsigned long long used_swap_mb = 0;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < nswaps; i++) {
-                dsktotal_mb = (float)ent[i].se_nblks / (float)config.conversion_factor;
-                dskused_mb = (float)ent[i].se_inuse / (float)config.conversion_factor;
+                dsktotal_mb = (double)ent[i].se_nblks / (double)config.conversion_factor;
+                dskused_mb = (double)ent[i].se_inuse / (double)config.conversion_factor;
                 dskfree_mb = (dsktotal_mb - dskused_mb);
 
                 if (config.allswaps && dsktotal_mb > 0) {
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ swap_result getSwapFromSwap_SRV4(swap_config config) {
         }
 
         /* initialize swap table + entries */
-        swaptbl_t *tbl = (swaptbl_t *)malloc(sizeof(swaptbl_t) + (sizeof(swapent_t) * (unsigned long)nswaps));
+        swaptbl_t *tbl =
+                (swaptbl_t *)malloc(sizeof(swaptbl_t) + (sizeof(swapent_t) * (unsigned long)nswaps));
 
         if (tbl == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("malloc() failed!\n"));
@@ -437,7 +438,8 @@ swap_result getSwapFromSwap_SRV4(swap_config config) {
                 dskused_mb = (dsktotal_mb - dskfree_mb);
 
                 if (verbose >= 3) {
-                        printf("dsktotal_mb=%.0f dskfree_mb=%.0f dskused_mb=%.0f\n", dsktotal_mb, dskfree_mb, dskused_mb);
+                        printf("dsktotal_mb=%.0f dskfree_mb=%.0f dskused_mb=%.0f\n", dsktotal_mb, dskfree_mb,
+                                   dskused_mb);
                 }
 
                 if (config.allswaps && dsktotal_mb > 0) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 49ad096c..09806373 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Monitoring check_tcp plugin
  *
  * License: GPL
- * Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2025 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
  *
  * Description:
  *
@@ -29,74 +29,64 @@
 
 /* progname "check_tcp" changes depending on symlink called */
 char *progname;
-const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
+const char *copyright = "1999-2025";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "netutils.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "utils_tcp.h"
+#include "./common.h"
+#include "./netutils.h"
+#include "./utils.h"
+#include "./check_tcp.d/config.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
 
+ssize_t my_recv(int socket_descriptor, char *buf, size_t len, bool use_tls) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-static bool check_cert = false;
-static int days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit;
-#       define my_recv(buf, len) ((flags & FLAG_SSL) ? np_net_ssl_read(buf, len) : read(sd, buf, len))
-#       define my_send(buf, len) ((flags & FLAG_SSL) ? np_net_ssl_write(buf, len) : send(sd, buf, len, 0))
-#else
-#       define my_recv(buf, len) read(sd, buf, len)
-#       define my_send(buf, len) send(sd, buf, len, 0)
+        if (use_tls) {
+                return np_net_ssl_read(buf, (int)len);
+        }
+#endif
+        return read(socket_descriptor, buf, len);
+}
+
+ssize_t my_send(int socket_descriptor, char *buf, size_t len, bool use_tls) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+        if (use_tls) {
+                return np_net_ssl_write(buf, (int)len);
+        }
 #endif
+        return write(socket_descriptor, buf, len);
+}
 
-/* int my_recv(char *, size_t); */
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void print_help(void);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_tcp_config config;
+} check_tcp_config_wrapper;
+static check_tcp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/,
+                                                                                                  check_tcp_config /*config*/);
+void print_help(const char *service);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-#define EXPECT server_expect[0]
-static char *SERVICE = "TCP";
-static char *SEND = NULL;
-static char *QUIT = NULL;
-static int PROTOCOL = IPPROTO_TCP; /* most common is default */
-static int PORT = 0;
-static int READ_TIMEOUT = 2;
-
-static int server_port = 0;
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static bool host_specified = false;
-static char *server_send = NULL;
-static char *server_quit = NULL;
-static char **server_expect;
-static size_t server_expect_count = 0;
-static ssize_t maxbytes = 0;
-static char **warn_codes = NULL;
-static size_t warn_codes_count = 0;
-static char **crit_codes = NULL;
-static size_t crit_codes_count = 0;
-static unsigned int delay = 0;
-static double warning_time = 0;
-static double critical_time = 0;
-static double elapsed_time = 0;
-static long microsec;
-static int sd = 0;
-#define MAXBUF 1024
-static char buffer[MAXBUF];
-static int expect_mismatch_state = STATE_WARNING;
-static int match_flags = NP_MATCH_EXACT;
+int verbosity = 0;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SSL
-static char *sni = NULL;
-static bool sni_specified = false;
-#endif
+static const int READ_TIMEOUT = 2;
+
+const int MAXBUF = 1024;
 
-#define FLAG_SSL         0x01
-#define FLAG_VERBOSE     0x02
-#define FLAG_TIME_WARN   0x04
-#define FLAG_TIME_CRIT   0x08
-#define FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT 0x10
-static size_t flags;
+const int DEFAULT_FTP_PORT = 21;
+const int DEFAULT_POP_PORT = 110;
+const int DEFAULT_SPOP_PORT = 995;
+const int DEFAULT_SMTP_PORT = 25;
+const int DEFAULT_SSMTP_PORT = 465;
+const int DEFAULT_IMAP_PORT = 143;
+const int DEFAULT_SIMAP_PORT = 993;
+const int DEFAULT_XMPP_C2S_PORT = 5222;
+const int DEFAULT_NNTP_PORT = 119;
+const int DEFAULT_NNTPS_PORT = 563;
+const int DEFAULT_CLAMD_PORT = 3310;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -105,353 +95,482 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         /* determine program- and service-name quickly */
         progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
-        if (progname != NULL)
+        if (progname != NULL) {
                 progname++;
-        else
+        } else {
                 progname = argv[0];
+        }
+
+        // Initialize config here with values from above,
+        // might be changed by on disk config or cli commands
+        check_tcp_config config = check_tcp_config_init();
 
         size_t prog_name_len = strlen(progname);
-        if (prog_name_len > 6 && !memcmp(progname, "check_", 6)) {
-                SERVICE = strdup(progname + 6);
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < prog_name_len - 6; i++)
-                        SERVICE[i] = toupper(SERVICE[i]);
+        const size_t prefix_length = strlen("check_");
+
+        if (prog_name_len <= prefix_length) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Weird progname"));
+        }
+
+        if (!memcmp(progname, "check_", prefix_length)) {
+                config.service = strdup(progname + prefix_length);
+                if (config.service == NULL) {
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Allocation failed"));
+                }
+
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < prog_name_len - prefix_length; i++) {
+                        config.service[i] = toupper(config.service[i]);
+                }
         }
 
         /* set up a reasonable buffer at first (will be realloc()'ed if
          * user specifies other options) */
-        server_expect = calloc(2, sizeof(char *));
+        config.server_expect = calloc(2, sizeof(char *));
+
+        if (config.server_expect == NULL) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Allocation failed"));
+        }
 
         /* determine defaults for this service's protocol */
-        if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "UDP", 3)) {
-                PROTOCOL = IPPROTO_UDP;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "FTP", 3)) {
-                EXPECT = "220";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                PORT = 21;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "POP", 3) || !strncmp(SERVICE, "POP3", 4)) {
-                EXPECT = "+OK";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                PORT = 110;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "SMTP", 4)) {
-                EXPECT = "220";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                PORT = 25;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "IMAP", 4)) {
-                EXPECT = "* OK";
-                QUIT = "a1 LOGOUT\r\n";
-                PORT = 143;
+        if (!strncmp(config.service, "UDP", strlen("UDP"))) {
+                config.protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "FTP", strlen("FTP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "220";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_FTP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "POP", strlen("POP")) ||
+                           !strncmp(config.service, "POP3", strlen("POP3"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "+OK";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_POP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "SMTP", strlen("SMTP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "220";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_SMTP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "IMAP", strlen("IMAP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "* OK";
+                config.quit = "a1 LOGOUT\r\n";
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_IMAP_PORT;
         }
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-        else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "SIMAP", 5)) {
-                EXPECT = "* OK";
-                QUIT = "a1 LOGOUT\r\n";
-                flags |= FLAG_SSL;
-                PORT = 993;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "SPOP", 4)) {
-                EXPECT = "+OK";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                flags |= FLAG_SSL;
-                PORT = 995;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "SSMTP", 5)) {
-                EXPECT = "220";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                flags |= FLAG_SSL;
-                PORT = 465;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "JABBER", 6)) {
-                SEND = "<stream:stream to=\'host\' xmlns=\'jabber:client\' xmlns:stream=\'http://etherx.jabber.org/streams\'>\n";
-                EXPECT = "<?xml version=\'1.0\'";
-                QUIT = "</stream:stream>\n";
-                flags |= FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT;
-                PORT = 5222;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "NNTPS", 5)) {
-                server_expect_count = 2;
-                server_expect[0] = "200";
-                server_expect[1] = "201";
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                flags |= FLAG_SSL;
-                PORT = 563;
+        else if (!strncmp(config.service, "SIMAP", strlen("SIMAP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "* OK";
+                config.quit = "a1 LOGOUT\r\n";
+                config.use_tls = true;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_SIMAP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "SPOP", strlen("SPOP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "+OK";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.use_tls = true;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_SPOP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "SSMTP", strlen("SSMTP"))) {
+                config.server_expect[0] = "220";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.use_tls = true;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_SSMTP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "JABBER", strlen("JABBER"))) {
+                config.send = "<stream:stream to=\'host\' xmlns=\'jabber:client\' "
+                                          "xmlns:stream=\'http://etherx.jabber.org/streams\'>\n";
+                config.server_expect[0] = "<?xml version=\'1.0\'";
+                config.quit = "</stream:stream>\n";
+                config.hide_output = true;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_XMPP_C2S_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "NNTPS", strlen("NNTPS"))) {
+                config.server_expect_count = 2;
+                config.server_expect[0] = "200";
+                config.server_expect[1] = "201";
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.use_tls = true;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_NNTPS_PORT;
         }
 #endif
-        else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "NNTP", 4)) {
-                server_expect_count = 2;
-                server_expect = malloc(sizeof(char *) * server_expect_count);
-                server_expect[0] = strdup("200");
-                server_expect[1] = strdup("201");
-                QUIT = "QUIT\r\n";
-                PORT = 119;
-        } else if (!strncmp(SERVICE, "CLAMD", 5)) {
-                SEND = "PING";
-                EXPECT = "PONG";
-                QUIT = NULL;
-                PORT = 3310;
+        else if (!strncmp(config.service, "NNTP", strlen("NNTP"))) {
+                config.server_expect_count = 2;
+                char **tmp = realloc(config.server_expect, config.server_expect_count * sizeof(char *));
+                if (tmp == NULL) {
+                        free(config.server_expect);
+                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Allocation failed"));
+                }
+                config.server_expect = tmp;
+
+                config.server_expect[0] = strdup("200");
+                config.server_expect[1] = strdup("201");
+                config.quit = "QUIT\r\n";
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_NNTP_PORT;
+        } else if (!strncmp(config.service, "CLAMD", strlen("CLAMD"))) {
+                config.send = "PING";
+                config.server_expect[0] = "PONG";
+                config.quit = NULL;
+                config.server_port = DEFAULT_CLAMD_PORT;
         }
         /* fallthrough check, so it's supposed to use reverse matching */
-        else if (strcmp(SERVICE, "TCP"))
+        else if (strcmp(config.service, "TCP")) {
                 usage(_("CRITICAL - Generic check_tcp called with unknown service\n"));
-
-        server_address = "127.0.0.1";
-        server_port = PORT;
-        server_send = SEND;
-        server_quit = QUIT;
-        char *status = NULL;
+        }
 
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_tcp_config_wrapper paw = process_arguments(argc, argv, config);
+        if (paw.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        config = paw.config;
 
-        if (flags & FLAG_VERBOSE) {
-                printf("Using service %s\n", SERVICE);
-                printf("Port: %d\n", server_port);
-                printf("flags: 0x%x\n", (int)flags);
+        if (verbosity > 0) {
+                printf("Using service %s\n", config.service);
+                printf("Port: %d\n", config.server_port);
         }
 
-        if (EXPECT && !server_expect_count)
-                server_expect_count++;
+        if ((config.server_expect_count == 0) && config.server_expect[0]) {
+                config.server_expect_count++;
+        }
 
-        if (PROTOCOL == IPPROTO_UDP && !(server_expect_count && server_send)) {
+        if (config.protocol == IPPROTO_UDP && !(config.server_expect_count && config.send)) {
                 usage(_("With UDP checks, a send/expect string must be specified."));
         }
 
+        // Initialize check stuff before setting timers
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
+
         /* set up the timer */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
         /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
-        struct timeval tv;
-        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd, PROTOCOL);
-        if (result == STATE_CRITICAL)
-                return econn_refuse_state;
+        struct timeval start_time;
+        gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
+
+        int socket_descriptor = 0;
+        mp_subcheck inital_connect_result = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        // Try initial connection
+        if (np_net_connect(config.server_address, config.server_port, &socket_descriptor,
+                                           config.protocol) == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                // Early exit here, we got connection refused
+                inital_connect_result =
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(inital_connect_result, config.econn_refuse_state);
+                xasprintf(&inital_connect_result.output, "Connection to %s on port %i was REFUSED",
+                                  config.server_address, config.server_port);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, inital_connect_result);
+                mp_exit(overall);
+        } else {
+                inital_connect_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(inital_connect_result, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&inital_connect_result.output, "Connection to %s on port %i was a SUCCESS",
+                                  config.server_address, config.server_port);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, inital_connect_result);
+        }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-        if (flags & FLAG_SSL) {
-                result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(sd, (sni_specified ? sni : NULL));
-                if (result == STATE_OK && check_cert) {
-                        result = np_net_ssl_check_cert(days_till_exp_warn, days_till_exp_crit);
+        if (config.use_tls) {
+                mp_subcheck tls_connection_result = mp_subcheck_init();
+                mp_state_enum result = np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(
+                        socket_descriptor, (config.sni_specified ? config.sni : NULL));
+                tls_connection_result = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(tls_connection_result, result);
+
+                if (result == STATE_OK) {
+                        xasprintf(&tls_connection_result.output, "TLS connection succeeded");
+
+                        if (config.check_cert) {
+                                result =
+                                        np_net_ssl_check_cert(config.days_till_exp_warn, config.days_till_exp_crit);
+
+                                mp_subcheck tls_certificate_lifetime_result = mp_subcheck_init();
+                                tls_certificate_lifetime_result =
+                                        mp_set_subcheck_state(tls_certificate_lifetime_result, result);
+
+                                if (result == STATE_OK) {
+                                        xasprintf(&tls_certificate_lifetime_result.output,
+                                                          "Certificate lifetime is within thresholds");
+                                } else if (result == STATE_WARNING) {
+                                        xasprintf(&tls_certificate_lifetime_result.output,
+                                                          "Certificate lifetime is violating warning threshold (%i)",
+                                                          config.days_till_exp_warn);
+                                } else if (result == STATE_CRITICAL) {
+                                        xasprintf(&tls_certificate_lifetime_result.output,
+                                                          "Certificate lifetime is violating critical threshold (%i)",
+                                                          config.days_till_exp_crit);
+                                } else {
+                                        xasprintf(&tls_certificate_lifetime_result.output,
+                                                          "Certificate lifetime is somehow unknown");
+                                }
+
+                                mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(&tls_connection_result,
+                                                                                        tls_certificate_lifetime_result);
+                        }
+
+                        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, tls_connection_result);
+                } else {
+                        xasprintf(&tls_connection_result.output, "TLS connection failed");
+                        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, tls_connection_result);
+
+                        if (socket_descriptor) {
+                                close(socket_descriptor);
+                        }
+                        np_net_ssl_cleanup();
+
+                        mp_exit(overall);
                 }
         }
-        if (result != STATE_OK) {
-                if (sd)
-                        close(sd);
-                np_net_ssl_cleanup();
-                return result;
-        }
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
 
-        if (server_send != NULL) { /* Something to send? */
-                my_send(server_send, strlen(server_send));
+        if (config.send != NULL) { /* Something to send? */
+                my_send(socket_descriptor, config.send, strlen(config.send), config.use_tls);
         }
 
-        if (delay > 0) {
-                tv.tv_sec += delay;
-                sleep(delay);
+        if (config.delay > 0) {
+                start_time.tv_sec += config.delay;
+                sleep(config.delay);
         }
 
-        if (flags & FLAG_VERBOSE) {
-                if (server_send) {
-                        printf("Send string: %s\n", server_send);
+        if (verbosity > 0) {
+                if (config.send) {
+                        printf("Send string: %s\n", config.send);
+                }
+                if (config.quit) {
+                        printf("Quit string: %s\n", config.quit);
                 }
-                if (server_quit) {
-                        printf("Quit string: %s\n", server_quit);
+                printf("server_expect_count: %d\n", (int)config.server_expect_count);
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < config.server_expect_count; i++) {
+                        printf("\t%zd: %s\n", i, config.server_expect[i]);
                 }
-                printf("server_expect_count: %d\n", (int)server_expect_count);
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < server_expect_count; i++)
-                        printf("\t%zd: %s\n", i, server_expect[i]);
         }
 
         /* if(len) later on, we know we have a non-NULL response */
         ssize_t len = 0;
+        char *received_buffer = NULL;
+        enum np_match_result match = NP_MATCH_NONE;
+        mp_subcheck expected_data_result = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        int match = -1;
-        struct timeval timeout;
-        fd_set rfds;
-        FD_ZERO(&rfds);
-        if (server_expect_count) {
+        if (config.server_expect_count) {
                 ssize_t received = 0;
+                char buffer[MAXBUF];
 
                 /* watch for the expect string */
-                while ((received = my_recv(buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0) {
-                        status = realloc(status, len + received + 1);
-                        memcpy(&status[len], buffer, received);
+                while ((received = my_recv(socket_descriptor, buffer, sizeof(buffer), config.use_tls)) >
+                           0) {
+                        received_buffer = realloc(received_buffer, len + received + 1);
+
+                        if (received_buffer == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Allocation failed"));
+                        }
+
+                        memcpy(&received_buffer[len], buffer, received);
                         len += received;
-                        status[len] = '\0';
+                        received_buffer[len] = '\0';
 
                         /* stop reading if user-forced */
-                        if (maxbytes && len >= maxbytes)
+                        if (config.maxbytes && len >= config.maxbytes) {
                                 break;
+                        }
 
-                        if ((match = np_expect_match(status, server_expect, server_expect_count, match_flags)) != NP_MATCH_RETRY)
+                        if ((match = np_expect_match(received_buffer, config.server_expect,
+                                                                                 config.server_expect_count, config.match_flags)) !=
+                                NP_MATCH_RETRY) {
                                 break;
+                        }
+
+                        fd_set rfds;
+                        FD_ZERO(&rfds);
+                        FD_SET(socket_descriptor, &rfds);
 
                         /* some protocols wait for further input, so make sure we don't wait forever */
-                        FD_SET(sd, &rfds);
+                        struct timeval timeout;
                         timeout.tv_sec = READ_TIMEOUT;
                         timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-                        if (select(sd + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &timeout) <= 0)
+
+                        if (select(socket_descriptor + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &timeout) <= 0) {
                                 break;
+                        }
                 }
 
-                if (match == NP_MATCH_RETRY)
+                if (match == NP_MATCH_RETRY) {
                         match = NP_MATCH_FAILURE;
+                }
 
                 /* no data when expected, so return critical */
-                if (len == 0)
-                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, _("No data received from host\n"));
+                if (len == 0) {
+                        xasprintf(&expected_data_result.output, "Received no data when some was expected");
+                        expected_data_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(expected_data_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, expected_data_result);
+                        mp_exit(overall);
+                }
 
                 /* print raw output if we're debugging */
-                if (flags & FLAG_VERBOSE)
-                        printf("received %d bytes from host\n#-raw-recv-------#\n%s\n#-raw-recv-------#\n", (int)len + 1, status);
+                if (verbosity > 0) {
+                        printf("received %d bytes from host\n#-raw-recv-------#\n%s\n#-raw-recv-------#\n",
+                                   (int)len + 1, received_buffer);
+                }
                 /* strip whitespace from end of output */
-                while (--len > 0 && isspace(status[len]))
-                        status[len] = '\0';
+                while (--len > 0 && isspace(received_buffer[len])) {
+                        received_buffer[len] = '\0';
+                }
         }
 
-        if (server_quit != NULL) {
-                my_send(server_quit, strlen(server_quit));
+        if (config.quit != NULL) {
+                my_send(socket_descriptor, config.quit, strlen(config.quit), config.use_tls);
+        }
+
+        if (socket_descriptor) {
+                close(socket_descriptor);
         }
-        if (sd)
-                close(sd);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
         np_net_ssl_cleanup();
 #endif
 
-        microsec = deltime(tv);
-        elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+        long microsec = deltime(start_time);
+        double elapsed_time = (double)microsec / 1.0e6;
+
+        mp_subcheck elapsed_time_result = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+        mp_perfdata time_pd = perfdata_init();
+        time_pd = mp_set_pd_value(time_pd, elapsed_time);
+        time_pd.label = "time";
+        time_pd.uom = "s";
+
+        if (config.critical_time_set && elapsed_time > config.critical_time) {
+                xasprintf(&elapsed_time_result.output,
+                                  "Connection time %fs exceeded critical threshold (%f)", elapsed_time,
+                                  config.critical_time);
+
+                elapsed_time_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(elapsed_time_result, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                time_pd.crit_present = true;
+                mp_range crit_val = mp_range_init();
+
+                crit_val.end = mp_create_pd_value(config.critical_time);
+                crit_val.end_infinity = false;
+
+                time_pd.crit = crit_val;
+        } else if (config.warning_time_set && elapsed_time > config.warning_time) {
+                xasprintf(&elapsed_time_result.output,
+                                  "Connection time %fs exceeded warning threshold (%f)", elapsed_time,
+                                  config.critical_time);
+
+                elapsed_time_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(elapsed_time_result, STATE_WARNING);
+                time_pd.warn_present = true;
+                mp_range warn_val = mp_range_init();
+                warn_val.end = mp_create_pd_value(config.critical_time);
+                warn_val.end_infinity = false;
+
+                time_pd.warn = warn_val;
+        } else {
+                elapsed_time_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(elapsed_time_result, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&elapsed_time_result.output, "Connection time %fs is within thresholds",
+                                  elapsed_time);
+        }
 
-        if (flags & FLAG_TIME_CRIT && elapsed_time > critical_time)
-                result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (flags & FLAG_TIME_WARN && elapsed_time > warning_time)
-                result = STATE_WARNING;
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&elapsed_time_result, time_pd);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, elapsed_time_result);
 
         /* did we get the response we hoped? */
-        if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE && result != STATE_CRITICAL)
-                result = expect_mismatch_state;
+        if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE) {
+                expected_data_result =
+                        mp_set_subcheck_state(expected_data_result, config.expect_mismatch_state);
+                xasprintf(&expected_data_result.output, "Answer failed to match expectation");
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, expected_data_result);
+        } else if (match == NP_MATCH_SUCCESS) {
+                expected_data_result = mp_set_subcheck_state(expected_data_result, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&expected_data_result.output, "The answer of the server matched the expectation");
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, expected_data_result);
+        }
 
         /* reset the alarm */
         alarm(0);
 
-        /* this is a bit stupid, because we don't want to print the
-         * response time (which can look ok to the user) if we didn't get
-         * the response we were looking for. if-else */
-        printf("%s %s - ", SERVICE, state_text(result));
-
-        if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE && len && !(flags & FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT))
-                printf("Unexpected response from host/socket: %s", status);
-        else {
-                if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE)
-                        printf("Unexpected response from host/socket on ");
-                else
-                        printf("%.3f second response time on ", elapsed_time);
-                if (server_address[0] != '/') {
-                        if (host_specified)
-                                printf("%s port %d", server_address, server_port);
-                        else
-                                printf("port %d", server_port);
-                } else
-                        printf("socket %s", server_address);
-        }
-
-        if (match != NP_MATCH_FAILURE && !(flags & FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT) && len)
-                printf(" [%s]", status);
-
-        /* perf-data doesn't apply when server doesn't talk properly,
-         * so print all zeroes on warn and crit. Use fperfdata since
-         * localisation settings can make different outputs */
-        if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE)
-                printf("|%s", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", (flags & FLAG_TIME_WARN ? true : false), 0,
-                                                                (flags & FLAG_TIME_CRIT ? true : false), 0, true, 0, true, socket_timeout));
-        else
-                printf("|%s", fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", (flags & FLAG_TIME_WARN ? true : false), warning_time,
-                                                                (flags & FLAG_TIME_CRIT ? true : false), critical_time, true, 0, true, socket_timeout));
-
-        putchar('\n');
-        return result;
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-static int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+static check_tcp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv, check_tcp_config config) {
         enum {
-                SNI_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
+                SNI_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+                output_format_index,
         };
 
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
-                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
-                                                                           {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                                                                           {"critical-codes", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
-                                                                           {"warning-codes", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
-                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
-                                                                           {"protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'}, /* FIXME: Unhandled */
-                                                                           {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
-                                                                           {"escape", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
-                                                                           {"all", no_argument, 0, 'A'},
-                                                                           {"send", required_argument, 0, 's'},
-                                                                           {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
-                                                                           {"maxbytes", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
-                                                                           {"quit", required_argument, 0, 'q'},
-                                                                           {"jail", no_argument, 0, 'j'},
-                                                                           {"delay", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
-                                                                           {"refuse", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
-                                                                           {"mismatch", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
-                                                                           {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
-                                                                           {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
-                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
-                                                                           {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
-                                                                           {"sni", required_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
-                                                                           {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
-                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
-        if (argc < 2)
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
+                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                {"critical-codes", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"warning-codes", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+                {"protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'}, /* FIXME: Unhandled */
+                {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+                {"escape", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
+                {"all", no_argument, 0, 'A'},
+                {"send", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+                {"expect", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+                {"maxbytes", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                {"quit", required_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                {"jail", no_argument, 0, 'j'},
+                {"delay", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
+                {"refuse", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+                {"mismatch", required_argument, 0, 'M'},
+                {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
+                {"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
+                {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+                {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
+                {"sni", required_argument, 0, SNI_OPTION},
+                {"certificate", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+                {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
                 usage4(_("No arguments found"));
+        }
 
         /* backwards compatibility */
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-c");
+                }
         }
 
         if (!is_option(argv[1])) {
-                server_address = argv[1];
+                config.server_address = argv[1];
                 argv[1] = argv[0];
                 argv = &argv[1];
                 argc--;
         }
 
-        int option_char;
         bool escape = false;
+
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
-                option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVv46EAH:s:e:q:m:c:w:t:p:C:W:d:Sr:jD:M:", longopts, &option);
+                int option_index =
+                        getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVv46EAH:s:e:q:m:c:w:t:p:C:W:d:Sr:jD:M:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1)
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF || option_index == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (option_char) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 case 'h': /* help */
-                        print_help();
+                        print_help(config.service);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'v': /* verbose mode */
-                        flags |= FLAG_VERBOSE;
-                        match_flags |= NP_MATCH_VERBOSE;
+                        verbosity++;
+                        config.match_flags |= NP_MATCH_VERBOSE;
                         break;
-                case '4':
+                case '4': // Apparently unused TODO
                         address_family = AF_INET;
                         break;
-                case '6':
+                case '6': // Apparently unused TODO
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
                         address_family = AF_INET6;
 #else
@@ -459,163 +578,192 @@ static int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        host_specified = true;
-                        server_address = optarg;
+                        config.host_specified = true;
+                        config.server_address = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical */
-                        critical_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
-                        flags |= FLAG_TIME_CRIT;
+                        config.critical_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        config.critical_time_set = true;
                         break;
                 case 'j': /* hide output */
-                        flags |= FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT;
+                        config.hide_output = true;
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning */
-                        warning_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
-                        flags |= FLAG_TIME_WARN;
-                        break;
-                case 'C':
-                        crit_codes = realloc(crit_codes, ++crit_codes_count);
-                        crit_codes[crit_codes_count - 1] = optarg;
-                        break;
-                case 'W':
-                        warn_codes = realloc(warn_codes, ++warn_codes_count);
-                        warn_codes[warn_codes_count - 1] = optarg;
+                        config.warning_time = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+                        config.warning_time_set = true;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout */
-                        if (!is_intpos(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
-                        if (!is_intpos(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'E':
                         escape = true;
                         break;
                 case 's':
-                        if (escape)
-                                server_send = np_escaped_string(optarg);
-                        else
-                                xasprintf(&server_send, "%s", optarg);
+                        if (escape) {
+                                config.send = np_escaped_string(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&config.send, "%s", optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'e': /* expect string (may be repeated) */
-                        match_flags &= ~NP_MATCH_EXACT;
-                        if (server_expect_count == 0)
-                                server_expect = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (++server_expect_count));
-                        else
-                                server_expect = realloc(server_expect, sizeof(char *) * (++server_expect_count));
-                        server_expect[server_expect_count - 1] = optarg;
+                        config.match_flags &= ~NP_MATCH_EXACT;
+                        if (config.server_expect_count == 0) {
+                                config.server_expect = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (++config.server_expect_count));
+                        } else {
+                                config.server_expect =
+                                        realloc(config.server_expect, sizeof(char *) * (++config.server_expect_count));
+                        }
+
+                        if (config.server_expect == NULL) {
+                                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Allocation failed"));
+                        }
+                        config.server_expect[config.server_expect_count - 1] = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'm':
-                        if (!is_intpos(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Maxbytes must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
-                                maxbytes = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                        } else {
+                                config.maxbytes = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        if (escape)
-                                server_quit = np_escaped_string(optarg);
-                        else
-                                xasprintf(&server_quit, "%s\r\n", optarg);
+                        if (escape) {
+                                config.quit = np_escaped_string(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                xasprintf(&config.quit, "%s\r\n", optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'r':
-                        if (!strncmp(optarg, "ok", 2))
-                                econn_refuse_state = STATE_OK;
-                        else if (!strncmp(optarg, "warn", 4))
-                                econn_refuse_state = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else if (!strncmp(optarg, "crit", 4))
-                                econn_refuse_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else
+                        if (!strncmp(optarg, "ok", 2)) {
+                                config.econn_refuse_state = STATE_OK;
+                        } else if (!strncmp(optarg, "warn", 4)) {
+                                config.econn_refuse_state = STATE_WARNING;
+                        } else if (!strncmp(optarg, "crit", 4)) {
+                                config.econn_refuse_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        } else {
                                 usage4(_("Refuse must be one of ok, warn, crit"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'M':
-                        if (!strncmp(optarg, "ok", 2))
-                                expect_mismatch_state = STATE_OK;
-                        else if (!strncmp(optarg, "warn", 4))
-                                expect_mismatch_state = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else if (!strncmp(optarg, "crit", 4))
-                                expect_mismatch_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else
+                        if (!strncmp(optarg, "ok", 2)) {
+                                config.expect_mismatch_state = STATE_OK;
+                        } else if (!strncmp(optarg, "warn", 4)) {
+                                config.expect_mismatch_state = STATE_WARNING;
+                        } else if (!strncmp(optarg, "crit", 4)) {
+                                config.expect_mismatch_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        } else {
                                 usage4(_("Mismatch must be one of ok, warn, crit"));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'd':
-                        if (is_intpos(optarg))
-                                delay = atoi(optarg);
-                        else
+                        if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
+                                config.delay = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
                                 usage4(_("Delay must be a positive integer"));
+                        }
                         break;
-                case 'D': { /* Check SSL cert validity - days 'til certificate expiration */
+                case 'D': /* Check SSL cert validity - days 'til certificate expiration */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 #       ifdef USE_OPENSSL /* XXX */
+                {
                         char *temp;
                         if ((temp = strchr(optarg, ',')) != NULL) {
                                 *temp = '\0';
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                         usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                }
+                                config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
                                 *temp = ',';
                                 temp++;
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(temp))
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(temp)) {
                                         usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), temp);
-                                days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
+                                }
+                                config.days_till_exp_crit = atoi(temp);
                         } else {
-                                days_till_exp_crit = 0;
-                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                                config.days_till_exp_crit = 0;
+                                if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                         usage2(_("Invalid certificate expiration period"), optarg);
-                                days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
+                                }
+                                config.days_till_exp_warn = atoi(optarg);
                         }
-                        check_cert = true;
-                        flags |= FLAG_SSL;
+                        config.check_cert = true;
+                        config.use_tls = true;
                 } break;
 #       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
 #endif
                         /* fallthrough if we don't have ssl */
                 case 'S':
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                        flags |= FLAG_SSL;
+                        config.use_tls = true;
 #else
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 case SNI_OPTION:
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-                        flags |= FLAG_SSL;
-                        sni_specified = true;
-                        sni = optarg;
+                        config.use_tls = true;
+                        config.sni_specified = true;
+                        config.sni = optarg;
 #else
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Invalid option - SSL is not available"));
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'A':
-                        match_flags |= NP_MATCH_ALL;
+                        config.match_flags |= NP_MATCH_ALL;
+                        break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        config.output_format_set = true;
+                        config.output_format = parser.output_format;
                         break;
                 }
+                }
         }
 
-        option_char = optind;
-        if (!host_specified && option_char < argc)
-                server_address = strdup(argv[option_char++]);
+        int index = optind;
+        if (!config.host_specified && index < argc) {
+                config.server_address = strdup(argv[index++]);
+        }
 
-        if (server_address == NULL)
+        if (config.server_address == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("You must provide a server address"));
-        else if (server_address[0] != '/' && !is_host(server_address))
-                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s %s - %s: %s\n", SERVICE, state_text(STATE_CRITICAL), _("Invalid hostname, address or socket"),
-                        server_address);
+        } else if (config.server_address[0] != '/' && !is_host(config.server_address)) {
+                die(STATE_CRITICAL, "%s %s - %s: %s\n", config.service, state_text(STATE_CRITICAL),
+                        _("Invalid hostname, address or socket"), config.server_address);
+        }
 
-        return OK;
+        check_tcp_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = config,
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+        return result;
 }
 
-void print_help(void) {
+void print_help(const char *service) {
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
         printf("Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>\n");
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf(_("This plugin tests %s connections with the specified host (or unix socket).\n\n"), SERVICE);
+        printf(_("This plugin tests %s connections with the specified host (or unix socket).\n\n"),
+                   service);
 
         print_usage();
 
@@ -627,7 +775,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_IPv46);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-E, --escape");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\\\ in send or quit string. Must come before send or quit option"));
+        printf("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\\\ in send or quit string. Must come before "
+                                                 "send or quit option"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("Default: nothing added to send, \\r\\n added to end of quit"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-s, --send=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("String to send to the server"));
@@ -640,7 +789,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-r, --refuse=ok|warn|crit");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Accept TCP refusals with states ok, warn, crit (default: crit)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-M, --mismatch=ok|warn|crit");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Accept expected string mismatches with states ok, warn, crit (default: warn)"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Accept expected string mismatches with states ok, warn, crit (default: warn)"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-j, --jail");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Hide output from TCP socket"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-m, --maxbytes=INTEGER");
@@ -662,6 +812,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
@@ -669,7 +820,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s -H host -p port [-w <warning time>] [-c <critical time>] [-s <send string>]\n", progname);
+        printf("%s -H host -p port [-w <warning time>] [-c <critical time>] [-s <send string>]\n",
+                   progname);
         printf("[-e <expect string>] [-q <quit string>][-m <maximum bytes>] [-d <delay>]\n");
         printf("[-t <timeout seconds>] [-r <refuse state>] [-M <mismatch state>] [-v] [-4|-6] [-j]\n");
         printf("[-D <warn days cert expire>[,<crit days cert expire>]] [-S <use SSL>] [-E]\n");
diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.d/config.h b/plugins/check_tcp.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc25d79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../lib/utils_tcp.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        bool host_specified;
+        int server_port; // TODO can this be a uint16?
+
+        int protocol; /* most common is default */
+        char *service;
+        char *send;
+        char *quit;
+        char **server_expect;
+        size_t server_expect_count;
+        bool use_tls;
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+        char *sni;
+        bool sni_specified;
+        bool check_cert;
+        int days_till_exp_warn;
+        int days_till_exp_crit;
+#endif // HAVE_SSL
+        int match_flags;
+        mp_state_enum expect_mismatch_state;
+        unsigned int delay;
+
+        bool warning_time_set;
+        double warning_time;
+        bool critical_time_set;
+        double critical_time;
+
+        mp_state_enum econn_refuse_state;
+
+        ssize_t maxbytes;
+
+        bool hide_output;
+
+        bool output_format_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_tcp_config;
+
+check_tcp_config check_tcp_config_init() {
+        check_tcp_config result = {
+                .server_address = "127.0.0.1",
+                .host_specified = false,
+                .server_port = 0,
+
+                .protocol = IPPROTO_TCP,
+                .service = "TCP",
+                .send = NULL,
+                .quit = NULL,
+                .server_expect = NULL,
+                .server_expect_count = 0,
+                .use_tls = false,
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+                .sni = NULL,
+                .sni_specified = false,
+                .check_cert = false,
+                .days_till_exp_warn = 0,
+                .days_till_exp_crit = 0,
+#endif // HAVE_SSL
+                .match_flags = NP_MATCH_EXACT,
+                .expect_mismatch_state = STATE_WARNING,
+                .delay = 0,
+
+                .warning_time_set = false,
+                .warning_time = 0,
+                .critical_time_set = false,
+                .critical_time = 0,
+
+                .econn_refuse_state = STATE_CRITICAL,
+
+                .maxbytes = 0,
+
+                .hide_output = false,
+
+                .output_format_set = false,
+        };
+        return result;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_time.c b/plugins/check_time.c
index d1f50683..fc9ba3f9 100644
--- a/plugins/check_time.c
+++ b/plugins/check_time.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "states.h"
 const char *progname = "check_time";
 const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -35,28 +36,15 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-
-enum {
-        TIME_PORT = 37
-};
+#include "check_time.d/config.h"
 
 #define UNIX_EPOCH 2208988800UL
 
-static uint32_t raw_server_time;
-static unsigned long server_time, diff_time;
-static int warning_time = 0;
-static bool check_warning_time = false;
-static int critical_time = 0;
-static bool check_critical_time = false;
-static unsigned long warning_diff = 0;
-static bool check_warning_diff = false;
-static unsigned long critical_diff = 0;
-static bool check_critical_diff = false;
-static int server_port = TIME_PORT;
-static char *server_address = NULL;
-static bool use_udp = false;
-
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_time_config config;
+} check_time_config_wrapper;
+static check_time_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
@@ -68,8 +56,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        check_time_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        const check_time_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -79,37 +71,42 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         time(&start_time);
 
         int socket;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         /* try to connect to the host at the given port number */
-        if (use_udp) {
-                result = my_udp_connect(server_address, server_port, &socket);
+        if (config.use_udp) {
+                result = my_udp_connect(config.server_address, config.server_port, &socket);
         } else {
-                result = my_tcp_connect(server_address, server_port, &socket);
+                result = my_tcp_connect(config.server_address, config.server_port, &socket);
         }
 
         if (result != STATE_OK) {
-                if (check_critical_time)
+                if (config.check_critical_time) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_time)
+                } else if (config.check_warning_time) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - could not connect to server %s, port %d\n"), server_address, server_port);
+                }
+                die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - could not connect to server %s, port %d\n"),
+                        config.server_address, config.server_port);
         }
 
-        if (use_udp) {
+        if (config.use_udp) {
                 if (send(socket, "", 0, 0) < 0) {
-                        if (check_critical_time)
+                        if (config.check_critical_time) {
                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                        else if (check_warning_time)
+                        } else if (config.check_warning_time) {
                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                        die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - could not send UDP request to server %s, port %d\n"), server_address, server_port);
+                        }
+                        die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - could not send UDP request to server %s, port %d\n"),
+                                config.server_address, config.server_port);
                 }
         }
 
         /* watch for the connection string */
+        uint32_t raw_server_time;
         result = recv(socket, (void *)&raw_server_time, sizeof(raw_server_time), 0);
 
         /* close the connection */
@@ -121,48 +118,59 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         /* return a WARNING status if we couldn't read any data */
         if (result <= 0) {
-                if (check_critical_time)
+                if (config.check_critical_time) {
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                else if (check_warning_time)
+                } else if (config.check_warning_time) {
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - no data received from server %s, port %d\n"), server_address, server_port);
+                }
+                die(result, _("TIME UNKNOWN - no data received from server %s, port %d\n"),
+                        config.server_address, config.server_port);
         }
 
         result = STATE_OK;
 
         time_t conntime = (end_time - start_time);
-        if (check_critical_time && conntime > critical_time)
+        if (config.check_critical_time && conntime > config.critical_time) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (check_warning_time && conntime > warning_time)
+        } else if (config.check_warning_time && conntime > config.warning_time) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
                 die(result, _("TIME %s - %d second response time|%s\n"), state_text(result), (int)conntime,
-                        perfdata("time", (long)conntime, "s", check_warning_time, (long)warning_time, check_critical_time, (long)critical_time, true, 0,
-                                         false, 0));
+                        perfdata("time", (long)conntime, "s", config.check_warning_time,
+                                         (long)config.warning_time, config.check_critical_time,
+                                         (long)config.critical_time, true, 0, false, 0));
+        }
 
+        unsigned long server_time;
+        unsigned long diff_time;
         server_time = ntohl(raw_server_time) - UNIX_EPOCH;
-        if (server_time > (unsigned long)end_time)
+        if (server_time > (unsigned long)end_time) {
                 diff_time = server_time - (unsigned long)end_time;
-        else
+        } else {
                 diff_time = (unsigned long)end_time - server_time;
+        }
 
-        if (check_critical_diff && diff_time > critical_diff)
+        if (config.check_critical_diff && diff_time > config.critical_diff) {
                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (check_warning_diff && diff_time > warning_diff)
+        } else if (config.check_warning_diff && diff_time > config.warning_diff) {
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
+        }
 
         printf(_("TIME %s - %lu second time difference|%s %s\n"), state_text(result), diff_time,
-                   perfdata("time", (long)conntime, "s", check_warning_time, (long)warning_time, check_critical_time, (long)critical_time, true, 0,
-                                        false, 0),
-                   perfdata("offset", diff_time, "s", check_warning_diff, warning_diff, check_critical_diff, critical_diff, true, 0, false, 0));
+                   perfdata("time", (long)conntime, "s", config.check_warning_time,
+                                        (long)config.warning_time, config.check_critical_time,
+                                        (long)config.critical_time, true, 0, false, 0),
+                   perfdata("offset", diff_time, "s", config.check_warning_diff, config.warning_diff,
+                                        config.check_critical_diff, config.critical_diff, true, 0, false, 0));
         return result;
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_time_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
                                                                            {"warning-variance", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
                                                                            {"critical-variance", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
@@ -175,29 +183,37 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
+        if (argc < 2) {
                 usage("\n");
+        }
 
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
-                else if (strcmp("-wd", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wd", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-w");
-                else if (strcmp("-cd", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-cd", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-c");
-                else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-wt", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-W");
-                else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0)
+                } else if (strcmp("-ct", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-C");
+                }
         }
 
+        check_time_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_time_config_init(),
+        };
+
         int option_char;
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
                 option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVH:w:c:W:C:p:t:u", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
@@ -209,18 +225,20 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_address = optarg;
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_address = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning-variance */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                warning_diff = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                                check_warning_diff = true;
+                                result.config.warning_diff = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                                result.config.check_warning_diff = true;
                         } else if (strspn(optarg, "0123456789:,") > 0) {
-                                if (sscanf(optarg, "%lu%*[:,]%d", &warning_diff, &warning_time) == 2) {
-                                        check_warning_diff = true;
-                                        check_warning_time = true;
+                                if (sscanf(optarg, "%lu%*[:,]%d", &result.config.warning_diff,
+                                                   &result.config.warning_time) == 2) {
+                                        result.config.check_warning_diff = true;
+                                        result.config.check_warning_time = true;
                                 } else {
                                         usage4(_("Warning thresholds must be a positive integer"));
                                 }
@@ -230,12 +248,13 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical-variance */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                critical_diff = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                                check_critical_diff = true;
+                                result.config.critical_diff = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                                result.config.check_critical_diff = true;
                         } else if (strspn(optarg, "0123456789:,") > 0) {
-                                if (sscanf(optarg, "%lu%*[:,]%d", &critical_diff, &critical_time) == 2) {
-                                        check_critical_diff = true;
-                                        check_critical_time = true;
+                                if (sscanf(optarg, "%lu%*[:,]%d", &result.config.critical_diff,
+                                                   &result.config.critical_time) == 2) {
+                                        result.config.check_critical_diff = true;
+                                        result.config.check_critical_time = true;
                                 } else {
                                         usage4(_("Critical thresholds must be a positive integer"));
                                 }
@@ -244,48 +263,53 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'W': /* warning-connect */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Warning threshold must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
-                                warning_time = atoi(optarg);
-                        check_warning_time = true;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.warning_time = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.check_warning_time = true;
                         break;
                 case 'C': /* critical-connect */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Critical threshold must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
-                                critical_time = atoi(optarg);
-                        check_critical_time = true;
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.critical_time = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
+                        result.config.check_critical_time = true;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage4(_("Port must be a positive integer"));
-                        else
-                                server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                result.config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout */
-                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* udp */
-                        use_udp = true;
+                        result.config.use_udp = true;
                 }
         }
 
         option_char = optind;
-        if (server_address == NULL) {
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
                 if (argc > option_char) {
-                        if (!is_host(argv[option_char]))
+                        if (!is_host(argv[option_char])) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_address = argv[option_char];
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_address = argv[option_char];
                 } else {
                         usage4(_("Hostname was not supplied"));
                 }
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_time.d/config.h b/plugins/check_time.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09bd7c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_time.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum {
+        TIME_PORT = 37
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+        char *server_address;
+        int server_port;
+        bool use_udp;
+
+        int warning_time;
+        bool check_warning_time;
+        int critical_time;
+        bool check_critical_time;
+        unsigned long warning_diff;
+        bool check_warning_diff;
+        unsigned long critical_diff;
+        bool check_critical_diff;
+} check_time_config;
+
+check_time_config check_time_config_init() {
+        check_time_config tmp = {
+                .server_address = NULL,
+                .server_port = TIME_PORT,
+                .use_udp = false,
+
+                .warning_time = 0,
+                .check_warning_time = false,
+                .critical_time = 0,
+                .check_critical_time = false,
+
+                .warning_diff = 0,
+                .check_warning_diff = false,
+                .critical_diff = 0,
+                .check_critical_diff = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_ups.c b/plugins/check_ups.c
index 526a29df..54decce3 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ups.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ups.c
@@ -39,69 +39,29 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
-
-enum {
-        PORT = 3493
-};
-
-#define UPS_NONE      0  /* no supported options */
-#define UPS_UTILITY   1  /* supports utility line    */
-#define UPS_BATTPCT   2  /* supports percent battery remaining */
-#define UPS_STATUS    4  /* supports UPS status */
-#define UPS_TEMP      8  /* supports UPS temperature */
-#define UPS_LOADPCT   16 /* supports load percent */
-#define UPS_REALPOWER 32 /* supports real power */
-
-#define UPSSTATUS_NONE    0
-#define UPSSTATUS_OFF     1
-#define UPSSTATUS_OL      2
-#define UPSSTATUS_OB      4
-#define UPSSTATUS_LB      8
-#define UPSSTATUS_CAL     16
-#define UPSSTATUS_RB      32 /*Replace Battery */
-#define UPSSTATUS_BYPASS  64
-#define UPSSTATUS_OVER    128
-#define UPSSTATUS_TRIM    256
-#define UPSSTATUS_BOOST   512
-#define UPSSTATUS_CHRG    1024
-#define UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG 2048
-#define UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN 4096
-#define UPSSTATUS_ALARM   8192
+#include "check_ups.d/config.h"
+#include "states.h"
 
 enum {
         NOSUCHVAR = ERROR - 1
 };
 
-typedef struct ups_config {
-        unsigned int server_port;
-        char *server_address;
-        char *ups_name;
-        double warning_value;
-        double critical_value;
-        bool check_warn;
-        bool check_crit;
-        int check_variable;
-        int status;
-        bool temp_output_c;
-} ups_config;
-
-ups_config ups_config_init(void) {
-        ups_config tmp = {0};
-        tmp.server_port = PORT;
-        tmp.server_address = NULL;
-        tmp.ups_name = NULL;
-        tmp.check_variable = UPS_NONE;
-        tmp.status = UPSSTATUS_NONE;
-
-        return tmp;
-}
-
 // Forward declarations
-static int determine_status(ups_config * /*config*/, int *supported_options);
-static int get_ups_variable(const char * /*varname*/, char * /*buf*/, ups_config config);
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        int ups_status;
+        int supported_options;
+} determine_status_result;
+static determine_status_result determine_status(check_ups_config /*config*/);
+static int get_ups_variable(const char * /*varname*/, char * /*buf*/, check_ups_config config);
+
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ups_config config;
+} check_ups_config_wrapper;
+static check_ups_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static check_ups_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ups_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/, ups_config * /*config*/);
-static int validate_arguments(ups_config /*config*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
@@ -109,28 +69,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
-
-        char *ups_status;
-        ups_status = strdup("N/A");
-
-        char *data;
-        data = strdup("");
-
-        char *message;
-        message = strdup("");
-
-        // Exit result
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        // Config from commandline
-        ups_config config = ups_config_init();
+        check_ups_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv, &config) == ERROR) {
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
+        // Config from commandline
+        check_ups_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
@@ -138,71 +86,76 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* set socket timeout */
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
-        int supported_options = UPS_NONE;
-
         /* get the ups status if possible */
-        if (determine_status(&config, &supported_options) != OK) {
+        determine_status_result query_result = determine_status(config);
+        if (query_result.errorcode != OK) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
-        if (supported_options & UPS_STATUS) {
+        int ups_status_flags = query_result.ups_status;
+        int supported_options = query_result.supported_options;
 
-                ups_status = strdup("");
+        // Exit result
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        char *message = NULL;
 
+        if (supported_options & UPS_STATUS) {
+                char *ups_status = strdup("");
                 result = STATE_OK;
 
-                if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_OFF) {
+                if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_OFF) {
                         xasprintf(&ups_status, "Off");
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else if ((config.status & (UPSSTATUS_OB | UPSSTATUS_LB)) == (UPSSTATUS_OB | UPSSTATUS_LB)) {
+                } else if ((ups_status_flags & (UPSSTATUS_OB | UPSSTATUS_LB)) ==
+                                   (UPSSTATUS_OB | UPSSTATUS_LB)) {
                         xasprintf(&ups_status, _("On Battery, Low Battery"));
                         result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                 } else {
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_OL) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_OL) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _("Online"));
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_OB) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_OB) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _("On Battery"));
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_LB) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_LB) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Low Battery"));
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_CAL) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_CAL) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Calibrating"));
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_RB) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_RB) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Replace Battery"));
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_BYPASS) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_BYPASS) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", On Bypass"));
                                 // Bypassing the battery is likely a bad thing
                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_OVER) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_OVER) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Overload"));
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_TRIM) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_TRIM) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Trimming"));
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_BOOST) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_BOOST) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Boosting"));
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_CHRG) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_CHRG) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Charging"));
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Discharging"));
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_ALARM) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_ALARM) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", ALARM"));
                                 result = STATE_CRITICAL;
                         }
-                        if (config.status & UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN) {
+                        if (ups_status_flags & UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN) {
                                 xasprintf(&ups_status, "%s%s", ups_status, _(", Unknown"));
                         }
                 }
@@ -211,7 +164,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         int res;
         char temp_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-
+        char *performance_data = strdup("");
         /* get the ups utility voltage if possible */
         res = get_ups_variable("input.voltage", temp_buffer, config);
         if (res == NOSUCHVAR) {
@@ -239,11 +192,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         } else if (config.check_warn && ups_utility_deviation >= config.warning_value) {
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s",
-                                          perfdata("voltage", (long)(1000 * ups_utility_voltage), "mV", config.check_warn, (long)(1000 * config.warning_value),
-                                                           config.check_crit, (long)(1000 * config.critical_value), true, 0, false, 0));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s",
+                                          perfdata("voltage", (long)(1000 * ups_utility_voltage), "mV",
+                                                           config.check_warn, (long)(1000 * config.warning_value),
+                                                           config.check_crit, (long)(1000 * config.critical_value), true, 0,
+                                                           false, 0));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s", perfdata("voltage", (long)(1000 * ups_utility_voltage), "mV", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s",
+                                          perfdata("voltage", (long)(1000 * ups_utility_voltage), "mV", false, 0, false,
+                                                           0, true, 0, false, 0));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -266,11 +223,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         } else if (config.check_warn && ups_battery_percent <= config.warning_value) {
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data,
-                                          perfdata("battery", (long)ups_battery_percent, "%", config.check_warn, (long)(config.warning_value),
-                                                           config.check_crit, (long)(config.critical_value), true, 0, true, 100));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("battery", (long)ups_battery_percent, "%", config.check_warn,
+                                                           (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
+                                                           (long)(config.critical_value), true, 0, true, 100));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data, perfdata("battery", (long)ups_battery_percent, "%", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, 100));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("battery", (long)ups_battery_percent, "%", false, 0, false, 0, true,
+                                                           0, true, 100));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -293,11 +253,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         } else if (config.check_warn && ups_load_percent >= config.warning_value) {
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data,
-                                          perfdata("load", (long)ups_load_percent, "%", config.check_warn, (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("load", (long)ups_load_percent, "%", config.check_warn,
+                                                           (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
                                                            (long)(config.critical_value), true, 0, true, 100));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data, perfdata("load", (long)ups_load_percent, "%", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, 100));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("load", (long)ups_load_percent, "%", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0,
+                                                           true, 100));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -329,11 +292,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         } else if (config.check_warn && ups_temperature >= config.warning_value) {
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data,
-                                          perfdata("temp", (long)ups_temperature, tunits, config.check_warn, (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("temp", (long)ups_temperature, tunits, config.check_warn,
+                                                           (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
                                                            (long)(config.critical_value), true, 0, false, 0));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data, perfdata("temp", (long)ups_temperature, tunits, false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("temp", (long)ups_temperature, tunits, false, 0, false, 0, true, 0,
+                                                           false, 0));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -355,11 +321,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         } else if (config.check_warn && ups_realpower >= config.warning_value) {
                                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
                         }
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data,
-                                          perfdata("realpower", (long)ups_realpower, "W", config.check_warn, (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("realpower", (long)ups_realpower, "W", config.check_warn,
+                                                           (long)(config.warning_value), config.check_crit,
                                                            (long)(config.critical_value), true, 0, false, 0));
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&data, "%s %s", data, perfdata("realpower", (long)ups_realpower, "W", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, false, 0));
+                        xasprintf(&performance_data, "%s %s", performance_data,
+                                          perfdata("realpower", (long)ups_realpower, "W", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0,
+                                                           false, 0));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -373,71 +342,79 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* reset timeout */
         alarm(0);
 
-        printf("UPS %s - %s|%s\n", state_text(result), message, data);
-        return result;
+        printf("UPS %s - %s|%s\n", state_text(result), message, performance_data);
+        exit(result);
 }
 
 /* determines what options are supported by the UPS */
-int determine_status(ups_config *config, int *supported_options) {
-        char recv_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+determine_status_result determine_status(const check_ups_config config) {
 
-        int res = get_ups_variable("ups.status", recv_buffer, *config);
+        determine_status_result result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .ups_status = UPSSTATUS_NONE,
+                .supported_options = 0,
+        };
+
+        char recv_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        int res = get_ups_variable("ups.status", recv_buffer, config);
         if (res == NOSUCHVAR) {
-                return OK;
+                return result;
         }
 
         if (res != STATE_OK) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("Invalid response received from host"));
-                return ERROR;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        *supported_options |= UPS_STATUS;
+        result.supported_options |= UPS_STATUS;
 
         char temp_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
         strcpy(temp_buffer, recv_buffer);
-        for (char *ptr = (char *)strtok(temp_buffer, " "); ptr != NULL; ptr = (char *)strtok(NULL, " ")) {
+        for (char *ptr = strtok(temp_buffer, " "); ptr != NULL; ptr = strtok(NULL, " ")) {
                 if (!strcmp(ptr, "OFF")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_OFF;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_OFF;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "OL")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_OL;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_OL;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "OB")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_OB;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_OB;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "LB")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_LB;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_LB;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "CAL")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_CAL;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_CAL;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "RB")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_RB;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_RB;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "BYPASS")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_BYPASS;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_BYPASS;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "OVER")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_OVER;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_OVER;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "TRIM")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_TRIM;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_TRIM;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "BOOST")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_BOOST;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_BOOST;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "CHRG")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_CHRG;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_CHRG;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "DISCHRG")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG;
                 } else if (!strcmp(ptr, "ALARM")) {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_ALARM;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_ALARM;
                 } else {
-                        config->status |= UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN;
+                        result.ups_status |= UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN;
                 }
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /* gets a variable value for a specific UPS  */
-int get_ups_variable(const char *varname, char *buf, const ups_config config) {
+int get_ups_variable(const char *varname, char *buf, const check_ups_config config) {
         char send_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
         /* create the command string to send to the UPS daemon */
         /* Add LOGOUT to avoid read failure logs */
-        int res = snprintf(send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer), "GET VAR %s %s\nLOGOUT\n", config.ups_name, varname);
+        int res = snprintf(send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer), "GET VAR %s %s\nLOGOUT\n", config.ups_name,
+                                           varname);
         if ((res > 0) && ((size_t)res >= sizeof(send_buffer))) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("UPS name to long for buffer"));
                 return ERROR;
@@ -446,7 +423,8 @@ int get_ups_variable(const char *varname, char *buf, const ups_config config) {
         char temp_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
         /* send the command to the daemon and get a response back */
-        if (process_tcp_request(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer, temp_buffer, sizeof(temp_buffer)) != STATE_OK) {
+        if (process_tcp_request(config.server_address, config.server_port, send_buffer, temp_buffer,
+                                                        sizeof(temp_buffer)) != STATE_OK) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("Invalid response received from host"));
                 return ERROR;
         }
@@ -500,7 +478,7 @@ int get_ups_variable(const char *varname, char *buf, const ups_config config) {
                            [-wv warn_value] [-cv crit_value] [-to to_sec] */
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv, ups_config *config) {
+check_ups_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'},
                                                                            {"ups", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
@@ -514,8 +492,14 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv, ups_config *config) {
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        check_ups_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_ups_config_init(),
+        };
+
         if (argc < 2) {
-                return ERROR;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
         int c;
@@ -542,52 +526,52 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv, ups_config *config) {
                         usage5();
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
                         if (is_host(optarg)) {
-                                config->server_address = optarg;
+                                result.config.server_address = optarg;
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'T': /* FIXME: to be improved (ie "-T C" for Celsius or "-T F" for
                                          Fahrenheit) */
-                        config->temp_output_c = true;
+                        result.config.temp_output_c = true;
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* ups name */
-                        config->ups_name = optarg;
+                        result.config.ups_name = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
                         if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
-                                config->server_port = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.server_port = atoi(optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Port must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* critical time threshold */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                config->critical_value = atoi(optarg);
-                                config->check_crit = true;
+                                result.config.critical_value = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.check_crit = true;
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Critical time must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'w': /* warning time threshold */
                         if (is_intnonneg(optarg)) {
-                                config->warning_value = atoi(optarg);
-                                config->check_warn = true;
+                                result.config.warning_value = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.check_warn = true;
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Warning time must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
                         break;
                 case 'v': /* variable */
                         if (!strcmp(optarg, "LINE")) {
-                                config->check_variable = UPS_UTILITY;
+                                result.config.check_variable = UPS_UTILITY;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "TEMP")) {
-                                config->check_variable = UPS_TEMP;
+                                result.config.check_variable = UPS_TEMP;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "BATTPCT")) {
-                                config->check_variable = UPS_BATTPCT;
+                                result.config.check_variable = UPS_BATTPCT;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "LOADPCT")) {
-                                config->check_variable = UPS_LOADPCT;
+                                result.config.check_variable = UPS_LOADPCT;
                         } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "REALPOWER")) {
-                                config->check_variable = UPS_REALPOWER;
+                                result.config.check_variable = UPS_REALPOWER;
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Unrecognized UPS variable"), optarg);
                         }
@@ -608,27 +592,27 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv, ups_config *config) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (config->server_address == NULL && argc > optind) {
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL && argc > optind) {
                 if (is_host(argv[optind])) {
-                        config->server_address = argv[optind++];
+                        result.config.server_address = argv[optind++];
                 } else {
                         usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
                 }
         }
 
-        if (config->server_address == NULL) {
-                config->server_address = strdup("127.0.0.1");
+        if (result.config.server_address == NULL) {
+                result.config.server_address = strdup("127.0.0.1");
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments(*config);
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(ups_config config) {
-        if (!config.ups_name) {
+check_ups_config_wrapper validate_arguments(check_ups_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.ups_name) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("Error : no UPS indicated"));
-                return ERROR;
+                config_wrapper.errorcode = ERROR;
         }
-        return OK;
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -660,7 +644,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(" %s\n", "-T, --temperature");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Output of temperatures in Celsius"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-v, --variable=STRING");
-        printf("    %s %s\n", _("Valid values for STRING are"), "LINE, TEMP, BATTPCT, LOADPCT or REALPOWER");
+        printf("    %s %s\n", _("Valid values for STRING are"),
+                   "LINE, TEMP, BATTPCT, LOADPCT or REALPOWER");
 
         printf(UT_WARN_CRIT);
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e05edceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../../config.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define UPS_NONE      0  /* no supported options */
+#define UPS_UTILITY   1  /* supports utility line    */
+#define UPS_BATTPCT   2  /* supports percent battery remaining */
+#define UPS_STATUS    4  /* supports UPS status */
+#define UPS_TEMP      8  /* supports UPS temperature */
+#define UPS_LOADPCT   16 /* supports load percent */
+#define UPS_REALPOWER 32 /* supports real power */
+
+#define UPSSTATUS_NONE    0
+#define UPSSTATUS_OFF     1
+#define UPSSTATUS_OL      2
+#define UPSSTATUS_OB      4
+#define UPSSTATUS_LB      8
+#define UPSSTATUS_CAL     16
+#define UPSSTATUS_RB      32 /*Replace Battery */
+#define UPSSTATUS_BYPASS  64
+#define UPSSTATUS_OVER    128
+#define UPSSTATUS_TRIM    256
+#define UPSSTATUS_BOOST   512
+#define UPSSTATUS_CHRG    1024
+#define UPSSTATUS_DISCHRG 2048
+#define UPSSTATUS_UNKNOWN 4096
+#define UPSSTATUS_ALARM   8192
+
+enum {
+        PORT = 3493
+};
+
+typedef struct ups_config {
+        unsigned int server_port;
+        char *server_address;
+        char *ups_name;
+        double warning_value;
+        double critical_value;
+        bool check_warn;
+        bool check_crit;
+        int check_variable;
+        bool temp_output_c;
+} check_ups_config;
+
+check_ups_config check_ups_config_init(void) {
+        check_ups_config tmp = {0};
+        tmp.server_port = PORT;
+        tmp.server_address = NULL;
+        tmp.ups_name = NULL;
+        tmp.check_variable = UPS_NONE;
+
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_users.c b/plugins/check_users.c
index f1e1c39d..2340eae4 100644
--- a/plugins/check_users.c
+++ b/plugins/check_users.c
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ const char *progname = "check_users";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "utils.h"
+#include "check_users.d/users.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include "utils_base.h"
+#include "./common.h"
+#include "./utils.h"
+#include "check_users.d/config.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
 
 #if HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
 #       include <windows.h>
@@ -53,29 +60,16 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #       include <systemd/sd-login.h>
 #endif
 
-#define possibly_set(a, b) ((a) == 0 ? (b) : 0)
+typedef struct process_argument_wrapper {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_users_config config;
+} check_users_config_wrapper;
+check_users_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 
-static int process_arguments(int, char **);
-static void print_help(void);
+void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static char *warning_range = NULL;
-static char *critical_range = NULL;
-static thresholds *thlds = NULL;
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int users = -1;
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-#if HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
-        WTS_SESSION_INFO *wtsinfo;
-        DWORD wtscount;
-        DWORD index;
-#elif HAVE_UTMPX_H
-        struct utmpx *putmpx;
-#else
-        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
-#endif
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -83,121 +77,104 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
-                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
-
-        users = 0;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
-        if (sd_booted() > 0)
-                users = sd_get_sessions(NULL);
-        else {
-#endif
-#if HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
-                if (!WTSEnumerateSessions(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, 0, 1, &wtsinfo, &wtscount)) {
-                        printf(_("Could not enumerate RD sessions: %d\n"), GetLastError());
-                        return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-                }
-
-                for (index = 0; index < wtscount; index++) {
-                        LPTSTR username;
-                        DWORD size;
-                        int len;
-
-                        if (!WTSQuerySessionInformation(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, wtsinfo[index].SessionId, WTSUserName, &username, &size))
-                                continue;
-
-                        len = lstrlen(username);
-
-                        WTSFreeMemory(username);
-
-                        if (len == 0)
-                                continue;
+        check_users_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
 
-                        if (wtsinfo[index].State == WTSActive || wtsinfo[index].State == WTSDisconnected)
-                                users++;
-                }
-
-                WTSFreeMemory(wtsinfo);
-#elif HAVE_UTMPX_H
-        /* get currently logged users from utmpx */
-        setutxent();
-
-        while ((putmpx = getutxent()) != NULL)
-                if (putmpx->ut_type == USER_PROCESS)
-                        users++;
-
-        endutxent();
-#else
-        /* run the command */
-        child_process = spopen(WHO_COMMAND);
-        if (child_process == NULL) {
-                printf(_("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
-        child_stderr = fdopen(child_stderr_array[fileno(child_process)], "r");
-        if (child_stderr == NULL)
-                printf(_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
-
-        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
-                /* increment 'users' on all lines except total user count */
-                if (input_buffer[0] != '#') {
-                        users++;
-                        continue;
-                }
+        check_users_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
-                /* get total logged in users */
-                if (sscanf(input_buffer, _("# users=%d"), &users) == 1)
-                        break;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#       if HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper user_wrapper = get_num_of_users_windows();
+#       else
+#               error Did not find WTSAPI32
+#       endif // HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+#else
+#       ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper user_wrapper = get_num_of_users_systemd();
+#       elif HAVE_UTMPX_H
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper user_wrapper = get_num_of_users_utmp();
+#       else  // !HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD && !HAVE_UTMPX_H
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper user_wrapper = get_num_of_users_who_command();
+#       endif // HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+#endif     // _WIN32
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
+        mp_subcheck sc_users = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        /* check STDERR */
-        if (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr))
-                result = possibly_set(result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
-        (void)fclose(child_stderr);
-
-        /* close the pipe */
-        if (spclose(child_process))
-                result = possibly_set(result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+        if (user_wrapper.errorcode != 0) {
+                sc_users = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_users, STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                sc_users.output = "Failed to retrieve number of users";
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_users);
+                mp_exit(overall);
         }
-#endif
-
         /* check the user count against warning and critical thresholds */
-        result = get_status((double)users, thlds);
 
-        if (result == STATE_UNKNOWN)
-                printf("%s\n", _("Unable to read output"));
-        else {
-                printf(_("USERS %s - %d users currently logged in |%s\n"), state_text(result), users,
-                           sperfdata_int("users", users, "", warning_range, critical_range, true, 0, false, 0));
+        mp_perfdata users_pd = {
+                .label = "users",
+                .value = mp_create_pd_value(user_wrapper.users),
+        };
+
+        users_pd = mp_pd_set_thresholds(users_pd, config.thresholds);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_users, users_pd);
+
+        int tmp_status = mp_get_pd_status(users_pd);
+        sc_users = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_users, tmp_status);
+
+        switch (tmp_status) {
+        case STATE_WARNING:
+                xasprintf(&sc_users.output,
+                                  "%d users currently logged in. This violates the warning threshold",
+                                  user_wrapper.users);
+                break;
+        case STATE_CRITICAL:
+                xasprintf(&sc_users.output,
+                                  "%d users currently logged in. This violates the critical threshold",
+                                  user_wrapper.users);
+                break;
+        default:
+                xasprintf(&sc_users.output, "%d users currently logged in", user_wrapper.users);
         }
 
-        return result;
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_users);
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
+#define output_format_index CHAR_MAX + 1
+
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+check_users_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
                                                                            {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                usage("\n");
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                usage(progname);
+        }
+
+        char *warning_range = NULL;
+        char *critical_range = NULL;
+        check_users_config_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_users_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
 
-        int option_char;
         while (true) {
-                int option = 0;
-                option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvc:w:", longopts, &option);
+                int counter = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVvc:w:", longopts, NULL);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1)
+                if (counter == -1 || counter == EOF || counter == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
-                switch (option_char) {
+                switch (counter) {
                 case '?': /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                         usage5();
                 case 'h': /* help */
@@ -212,29 +189,66 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'w': /* warning */
                         warning_range = optarg;
                         break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 }
         }
 
-        option_char = optind;
+        int option_char = optind;
 
-        if (warning_range == NULL && argc > option_char)
+        if (warning_range == NULL && argc > option_char) {
                 warning_range = argv[option_char++];
+        }
 
-        if (critical_range == NULL && argc > option_char)
+        if (critical_range == NULL && argc > option_char) {
                 critical_range = argv[option_char++];
+        }
 
-        /* this will abort in case of invalid ranges */
-        set_thresholds(&thlds, warning_range, critical_range);
+        // TODO add proper verification for ranges here!
+        mp_range_parsed tmp;
+        if (warning_range) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(warning_range);
+        } else {
+                printf("Warning threshold missing\n");
+                print_usage();
+                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+        }
 
-        if (!thlds->warning) {
-                usage4(_("Warning threshold must be a valid range expression"));
+        if (tmp.error == MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                result.config.thresholds.warning = tmp.range;
+                result.config.thresholds.warning_is_set = true;
+        } else {
+                printf("Failed to parse warning range: %s", warning_range);
+                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        if (!thlds->critical) {
-                usage4(_("Critical threshold must be a valid range expression"));
+        if (critical_range) {
+                tmp = mp_parse_range_string(critical_range);
+        } else {
+                printf("Critical threshold missing\n");
+                print_usage();
+                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
-        return OK;
+        if (tmp.error == MP_PARSING_SUCCES) {
+                result.config.thresholds.critical = tmp.range;
+                result.config.thresholds.critical_is_set = true;
+        } else {
+                printf("Failed to parse critical range: %s", critical_range);
+                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+        }
+
+        return result;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -244,7 +258,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
         printf("%s\n", _("This plugin checks the number of users currently logged in on the local"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("system and generates an error if the number exceeds the thresholds specified."));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("system and generates an error if the number exceeds the thresholds specified."));
 
         printf("\n\n");
 
@@ -254,9 +269,12 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-w, --warning=RANGE_EXPRESSION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Set WARNING status if number of logged in users violates RANGE_EXPRESSION"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Set WARNING status if number of logged in users violates RANGE_EXPRESSION"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=RANGE_EXPRESSION");
-        printf("    %s\n", _("Set CRITICAL status if number of logged in users violates RANGE_EXPRESSION"));
+        printf("    %s\n",
+                   _("Set CRITICAL status if number of logged in users violates RANGE_EXPRESSION"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_users.d/config.h b/plugins/check_users.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d3ee70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_users.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "output.h"
+#include "thresholds.h"
+
+typedef struct check_users_config {
+        mp_thresholds thresholds;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_users_config;
+
+check_users_config check_users_config_init() {
+        check_users_config tmp = {
+                .thresholds = mp_thresholds_init(),
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_users.d/users.c b/plugins/check_users.d/users.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f37819b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_users.d/users.c
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#include "./users.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#       ifdef HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+#               include <windows.h>
+#               include <wtsapi32.h>
+#               undef ERROR
+#               define ERROR -1
+
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_windows() {
+        WTS_SESSION_INFO *wtsinfo;
+        DWORD wtscount;
+
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper result = {};
+
+        if (!WTSEnumerateSessions(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, 0, 1, &wtsinfo, &wtscount)) {
+                // printf(_("Could not enumerate RD sessions: %d\n"), GetLastError());
+                result.error = WINDOWS_COULD_NOT_ENUMERATE_SESSIONS;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        for (DWORD index = 0; index < wtscount; index++) {
+                LPTSTR username;
+                DWORD size;
+
+                if (!WTSQuerySessionInformation(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, wtsinfo[index].SessionId,
+                                                                                WTSUserName, &username, &size)) {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                int len = lstrlen(username);
+
+                WTSFreeMemory(username);
+
+                if (len == 0) {
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                if (wtsinfo[index].State == WTSActive || wtsinfo[index].State == WTSDisconnected) {
+                        result.users++;
+                }
+        }
+
+        WTSFreeMemory(wtsinfo);
+        return result;
+}
+#       else // HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+#               error On windows but without the WTSAPI32 lib
+#       endif // HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+
+#else // _WIN32
+
+#       include "../../config.h"
+#       include <stddef.h>
+
+#       ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+#               include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
+#               include <systemd/sd-login.h>
+
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_systemd() {
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper result = {};
+
+        // Test whether we booted with systemd
+        if (sd_booted() > 0) {
+                int users = sd_get_uids(NULL);
+                if (users >= 0) {
+                        // Success
+                        result.users = users;
+                        return result;
+                }
+
+                // Failure! return the error code
+                result.errorcode = users;
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        // Looks like we are not running systemd,
+        // return with error here
+        result.errorcode = NO_SYSTEMD_ERROR;
+        return result;
+}
+#       endif
+
+#       ifdef HAVE_UTMPX_H
+#               include <utmpx.h>
+
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_utmp() {
+        int users = 0;
+
+        /* get currently logged users from utmpx */
+        setutxent();
+
+        struct utmpx *putmpx;
+        while ((putmpx = getutxent()) != NULL) {
+                if (putmpx->ut_type == USER_PROCESS) {
+                        users++;
+                }
+        }
+
+        endutxent();
+
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = 0,
+                .users = users,
+        };
+
+        return result;
+}
+#       endif
+
+#       ifndef HAVE_WTSAPI32_H
+#               ifndef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+#                       ifndef HAVE_UTMPX_H
+//  Fall back option here for the others (probably still not on windows)
+
+#                               include "../popen.h"
+#                               include "../common.h"
+#                               include "../utils.h"
+
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_who_command() {
+        /* run the command */
+        child_process = spopen(WHO_COMMAND);
+        if (child_process == NULL) {
+                // printf(_("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
+                get_num_of_users_wrapper result = {
+                        .errorcode = COULD_NOT_OPEN_PIPE,
+                };
+                return result;
+        }
+
+        child_stderr = fdopen(child_stderr_array[fileno(child_process)], "r");
+        if (child_stderr == NULL) {
+                // printf(_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
+                //  TODO this error should probably be reported
+        }
+
+        get_num_of_users_wrapper result = {};
+        char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
+        while (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
+                /* increment 'users' on all lines except total user count */
+                if (input_buffer[0] != '#') {
+                        result.users++;
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                /* get total logged in users */
+                if (sscanf(input_buffer, _("# users=%d"), &result.users) == 1) {
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* check STDERR */
+        if (fgets(input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
+                // if this fails, something broke and the result can not be relied upon or so is the theorie
+                // here
+                result.errorcode = STDERR_COULD_NOT_BE_READ;
+        }
+        (void)fclose(child_stderr);
+
+        /* close the pipe */
+        spclose(child_process);
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+#                       endif
+#               endif
+#       endif
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/check_users.d/users.h b/plugins/check_users.d/users.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aacba775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_users.d/users.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+typedef struct get_num_of_users_wrapper {
+        int errorcode;
+        int users;
+} get_num_of_users_wrapper;
+
+enum {
+        NO_SYSTEMD_ERROR = 64,
+        WINDOWS_COULD_NOT_ENUMERATE_SESSIONS,
+        COULD_NOT_OPEN_PIPE,
+        STDERR_COULD_NOT_BE_READ,
+};
+
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_systemd();
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_utmp();
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_windows();
+get_num_of_users_wrapper get_num_of_users_who_command();
diff --git a/plugins/common.h b/plugins/common.h
index b7a7d59b..ef888d08 100644
--- a/plugins/common.h
+++ b/plugins/common.h
@@ -1,120 +1,122 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring Plugins common include file
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
-* Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains common include files and defines used in many of
-* the plugins.
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring Plugins common include file
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains common include files and defines used in many of
+ * the plugins.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef _COMMON_H_
 #define _COMMON_H_
 
-#include "config.h"
+#include "../config.h"
+#include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FEATURES_H
-#include <features.h>
+#       include <features.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <stdio.h>                                                      /* obligatory includes */
+#include <stdio.h> /* obligatory includes */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-/* This block provides uintmax_t - should be reported to coreutils that this should be added to fsuage.h */
+/* This block provides uintmax_t - should be reported to coreutils that this should be added to
+ * fsuage.h */
 #if HAVE_INTTYPES_H
-# include <inttypes.h>
+#       include <inttypes.h>
 #endif
 #if HAVE_STDINT_H
-# include <stdint.h>
+#       include <stdint.h>
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #ifndef UINTMAX_MAX
-# define UINTMAX_MAX ((uintmax_t) -1)
+#       define UINTMAX_MAX ((uintmax_t) - 1)
 #endif
 
-#include <limits.h>     /* This is assumed true, because coreutils assume it too */
+#include <limits.h> /* This is assumed true, because coreutils assume it too */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MATH_H
-#include <math.h>
+#       include <math.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _AIX
-#ifdef HAVE_MP_H
-#include <mp.h>
-#endif
+#       ifdef HAVE_MP_H
+#               include <mp.h>
+#       endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
-#include <strings.h>
+#       include <strings.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
-#include <string.h>
+#       include <string.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
-#include <unistd.h>
+#       include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-/* GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS is a macro to return 
+/* GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS is a macro to return
    number of CPUs, if we can get that data.
    Use configure.in to test for various OS ways of
    getting that data
    Will return -1 if cannot get data
 */
 #if defined(HAVE_SYSCONF__SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
-# define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
-#elif defined (HAVE_SYSCONF__SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF)
-# define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF)
+#       define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCONF__SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF)
+#       define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF)
 #else
-# define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() -1
+#       define GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS() -1
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
-# include <sys/time.h>
+#       include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 #include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#       include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#       include <sys/socket.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
-#include <signal.h>
+#       include <signal.h>
 #endif
 
 /* GNU Libraries */
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include "dirname.h"
+#include "../gl/dirname.h"
 
 #include <locale.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
-# include "sys/poll.h"
+#       include "sys/poll.h"
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -124,42 +126,42 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRTOL
-# define strtol(a,b,c) atol((a))
+#       define strtol(a, b, c) atol((a))
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRTOUL
-# define strtoul(a,b,c) (unsigned long)atol((a))
+#       define strtoul(a, b, c) (unsigned long)atol((a))
 #endif
 
 /* SSL implementations */
 #ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS_OPENSSL_H
-#  include <gnutls/openssl.h>
+#       include <gnutls/openssl.h>
 #else
-#  define OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF /* See the OPENSSL_config(3) man page. */
-#  ifdef HAVE_SSL_H
-#    include <rsa.h>
-#    include <crypto.h>
-#    include <x509.h>
-#    include <pem.h>
-#    include <ssl.h>
-#    include <err.h>
-#  else
-#    ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_H
-#      include <openssl/rsa.h>
-#      include <openssl/crypto.h>
-#      include <openssl/x509.h>
-#      include <openssl/pem.h>
-#      include <openssl/ssl.h>
-#      include <openssl/err.h>
-#    endif
-#  endif
+#       define OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF /* See the OPENSSL_config(3) man page. */
+#       ifdef HAVE_SSL_H
+#               include <rsa.h>
+#               include <crypto.h>
+#               include <x509.h>
+#               include <pem.h>
+#               include <ssl.h>
+#               include <err.h>
+#       else
+#               ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_H
+#                       include <openssl/rsa.h>
+#                       include <openssl/crypto.h>
+#                       include <openssl/x509.h>
+#                       include <openssl/pem.h>
+#                       include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#                       include <openssl/err.h>
+#               endif
+#       endif
 #endif
 
 /* openssl 1.1 does not set OPENSSL_NO_SSL2 by default but ships without ssl2 */
 #ifdef OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
-#  if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000
-#   define OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
-#  endif
+#       if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000
+#               define OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+#       endif
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@
 
 /* MariaDB 10.2 client does not set MYSQL_PORT */
 #ifndef MYSQL_PORT
-#  define MYSQL_PORT 3306
+#       define MYSQL_PORT 3306
 #endif
 
 enum {
@@ -179,17 +181,9 @@ enum {
 };
 
 enum {
-        STATE_OK,
-        STATE_WARNING,
-        STATE_CRITICAL,
-        STATE_UNKNOWN,
-        STATE_DEPENDENT
-};
-
-enum {
-        DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 10,     /* timeout after 10 seconds */
-        MAX_INPUT_BUFFER = 8192,             /* max size of most buffers we use */
-        MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH = 256    /* max size of a host address */
+        DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 10,  /* timeout after 10 seconds */
+        MAX_INPUT_BUFFER = 8192,      /* max size of most buffers we use */
+        MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH = 256 /* max size of a host address */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -197,18 +191,18 @@ enum {
  * Internationalization
  *
  */
-#include "gettext.h"
-#define _(String) gettext (String)
-#if ! ENABLE_NLS
-# undef textdomain
-# define textdomain(Domainname) /* empty */
-# undef bindtextdomain
-# define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) /* empty */
+#include "../gl/gettext.h"
+#define _(String) gettext(String)
+#if !ENABLE_NLS
+#       undef textdomain
+#       define textdomain(Domainname) /* empty */
+#       undef bindtextdomain
+#       define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) /* empty */
 #endif
 
 /* For non-GNU compilers to ignore __attribute__ */
 #ifndef __GNUC__
-# define __attribute__(x) /* do nothing */
+#       define __attribute__(x) /* do nothing */
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _COMMON_H_ */
diff --git a/plugins/negate.c b/plugins/negate.c
index 7e52fe67..a42a6c59 100644
--- a/plugins/negate.c
+++ b/plugins/negate.c
@@ -38,21 +38,18 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
+#include "negate.d/config.h"
+#include "../lib/states.h"
 
-#include <ctype.h>
+typedef struct {
+        int errorcode;
+        negate_config config;
+} negate_config_wrapper;
+static negate_config_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
+static negate_config_wrapper validate_arguments(negate_config_wrapper /*config_wrapper*/);
 
-static const char **process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void validate_arguments(char ** /*command_line*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
-static bool subst_text = false;
-
-static int state[4] = {
-        STATE_OK,
-        STATE_WARNING,
-        STATE_CRITICAL,
-        STATE_UNKNOWN,
-};
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -61,15 +58,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         timeout_interval = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
-        char **command_line = (char **)process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        negate_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("negate: Failed to parse input"));
+        }
+
+        negate_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        char **command_line = config.command_line;
 
         /* Set signal handling and alarm */
-        if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR)
+        if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
+        }
 
-        (void)alarm((unsigned)timeout_interval);
+        (void)alarm(timeout_interval);
 
-        int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         output chld_out;
         output chld_err;
 
@@ -86,46 +92,54 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         /* Return UNKNOWN or worse if no output is returned */
-        if (chld_out.lines == 0)
+        if (chld_out.lines == 0) {
                 die(max_state_alt(result, STATE_UNKNOWN), _("No data returned from command\n"));
+        }
 
         char *sub;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_out.lines; i++) {
-                if (subst_text && result >= 0 && result <= 4 && result != state[result]) {
+                if (config.subst_text && result >= 0 && result <= 4 && result != config.state[result]) {
                         /* Loop over each match found */
                         while ((sub = strstr(chld_out.line[i], state_text(result)))) {
                                 /* Terminate the first part and skip over the string we'll substitute */
                                 *sub = '\0';
                                 sub += strlen(state_text(result));
                                 /* then put everything back together */
-                                xasprintf(&chld_out.line[i], "%s%s%s", chld_out.line[i], state_text(state[result]), sub);
+                                xasprintf(&chld_out.line[i], "%s%s%s", chld_out.line[i],
+                                                  state_text(config.state[result]), sub);
                         }
                 }
                 printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
         }
 
         if (result >= 0 && result <= 4) {
-                exit(state[result]);
+                exit(config.state[result]);
         } else {
                 exit(result);
         }
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-static const char **process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
-                                                                           {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},  {"timeout-result", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
-                                                                           {"ok", required_argument, 0, 'o'},       {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
-                                                                           {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"unknown", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
-                                                                           {"substitute", no_argument, 0, 's'},     {0, 0, 0, 0}};
-
+static negate_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+        static struct option longopts[] = {
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},  {"timeout-result", required_argument, 0, 'T'},
+                {"ok", required_argument, 0, 'o'},       {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"unknown", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                {"substitute", no_argument, 0, 's'},     {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+        negate_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = negate_config_init(),
+        };
         bool permute = true;
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
                 int option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVt:T:o:w:c:u:s", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* help */
@@ -133,64 +147,80 @@ static const char **process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         break;
                 case 'h': /* help */
                         print_help();
-                        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                         break;
                 case 'V': /* version */
                         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-                        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+                        exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_integer(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
+                        } else {
                                 timeout_interval = atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'T': /* Result to return on timeouts */
-                        if ((timeout_state = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
-                                usage4(_("Timeout result must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        if ((timeout_state = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR) {
+                                usage4(_("Timeout result must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, "
+                                                 "UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        }
                         break;
                 case 'o': /* replacement for OK */
-                        if ((state[STATE_OK] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
-                                usage4(_("Ok must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        if ((result.config.state[STATE_OK] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR) {
+                                usage4(_("Ok must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or "
+                                                 "integer (0-3)."));
+                        }
                         permute = false;
                         break;
 
                 case 'w': /* replacement for WARNING */
-                        if ((state[STATE_WARNING] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
-                                usage4(_("Warning must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        if ((result.config.state[STATE_WARNING] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR) {
+                                usage4(_("Warning must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or "
+                                                 "integer (0-3)."));
+                        }
                         permute = false;
                         break;
                 case 'c': /* replacement for CRITICAL */
-                        if ((state[STATE_CRITICAL] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
-                                usage4(_("Critical must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        if ((result.config.state[STATE_CRITICAL] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR) {
+                                usage4(_("Critical must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or "
+                                                 "integer (0-3)."));
+                        }
                         permute = false;
                         break;
                 case 'u': /* replacement for UNKNOWN */
-                        if ((state[STATE_UNKNOWN] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
-                                usage4(_("Unknown must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or integer (0-3)."));
+                        if ((result.config.state[STATE_UNKNOWN] = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR) {
+                                usage4(_("Unknown must be a valid state name (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL, UNKNOWN) or "
+                                                 "integer (0-3)."));
+                        }
                         permute = false;
                         break;
                 case 's': /* Substitute status text */
-                        subst_text = true;
+                        result.config.subst_text = true;
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
-        validate_arguments(&argv[optind]);
-
         if (permute) { /* No [owcu] switch specified, default to this */
-                state[STATE_OK] = STATE_CRITICAL;
-                state[STATE_CRITICAL] = STATE_OK;
+                result.config.state[STATE_OK] = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                result.config.state[STATE_CRITICAL] = STATE_OK;
         }
 
-        return (const char **)&argv[optind];
+        result.config.command_line = &argv[optind];
+
+        return validate_arguments(result);
 }
 
-void validate_arguments(char **command_line) {
-        if (command_line[0] == NULL)
+negate_config_wrapper validate_arguments(negate_config_wrapper config_wrapper) {
+        if (config_wrapper.config.command_line[0] == NULL) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
 
-        if (strncmp(command_line[0], "/", 1) != 0 && strncmp(command_line[0], "./", 2) != 0)
+        if (strncmp(config_wrapper.config.command_line[0], "/", 1) != 0 &&
+                strncmp(config_wrapper.config.command_line[0], "./", 2) != 0) {
                 usage4(_("Require path to command"));
+        }
+
+        return config_wrapper;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
@@ -198,7 +228,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
-        printf("%s\n", _("Negates only the return code of a plugin (returns OK for CRITICAL and vice-versa) by default."));
+        printf("%s\n", _("Negates only the return code of a plugin (returns OK for CRITICAL and "
+                                         "vice-versa) by default."));
         printf("%s\n", _("Additional switches can be used to control:\n"));
         printf("\t  - which state becomes what\n");
         printf("\t  - changing the plugin output text to match the return code");
@@ -228,17 +259,20 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
         printf(" %s\n", "negate /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H host");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Run check_ping and invert result. Must use full path to plugin"));
-        printf(" %s\n", "negate -w OK -c UNKNOWN /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -a 'vi negate.c'");
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   "negate -w OK -c UNKNOWN /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -a 'vi negate.c'");
         printf("    %s\n", _("This will return OK instead of WARNING and UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL"));
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Notes:"));
-        printf(" %s\n", _("This plugin is a wrapper to take the output of another plugin and invert it."));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("This plugin is a wrapper to take the output of another plugin and invert it."));
         printf(" %s\n", _("The full path of the plugin must be provided."));
         printf(" %s\n", _("If the wrapped plugin returns OK, the wrapper will return CRITICAL."));
         printf(" %s\n", _("If the wrapped plugin returns CRITICAL, the wrapper will return OK."));
         printf(" %s\n", _("Otherwise, the output state of the wrapped plugin is unchanged."));
         printf("\n");
-        printf(" %s\n", _("Using timeout-result, it is possible to override the timeout behaviour or a"));
+        printf(" %s\n",
+                   _("Using timeout-result, it is possible to override the timeout behaviour or a"));
         printf(" %s\n", _("plugin by setting the negate timeout a bit lower."));
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
diff --git a/plugins/negate.d/config.h b/plugins/negate.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cf30cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/negate.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "states.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+        mp_state_enum state[4];
+        bool subst_text;
+        char **command_line;
+} negate_config;
+
+negate_config negate_config_init() {
+        negate_config tmp = {
+                .state =
+                        {
+                                STATE_OK,
+                                STATE_WARNING,
+                                STATE_CRITICAL,
+                                STATE_UNKNOWN,
+                        },
+                .subst_text = false,
+                .command_line = NULL,
+        };
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/netutils.c b/plugins/netutils.c
index ee81912a..b4c6ff0a 100644
--- a/plugins/netutils.c
+++ b/plugins/netutils.c
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include "netutils.h"
 
 unsigned int socket_timeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
-unsigned int socket_timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
-
-int econn_refuse_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+mp_state_enum socket_timeout_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
+mp_state_enum econn_refuse_state = STATE_CRITICAL;
 bool was_refused = false;
+
 #if USE_IPV6
 int address_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 #else
@@ -43,119 +46,129 @@ int address_family = AF_INET;
 
 /* handles socket timeouts */
 void socket_timeout_alarm_handler(int sig) {
-        if (sig == SIGALRM)
-                printf(_("%s - Socket timeout after %d seconds\n"), state_text(socket_timeout_state), socket_timeout);
-        else
-                printf(_("%s - Abnormal timeout after %d seconds\n"), state_text(socket_timeout_state), socket_timeout);
+        mp_subcheck timeout_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        timeout_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(timeout_sc, socket_timeout_state);
+
+        if (sig == SIGALRM) {
+                xasprintf(&timeout_sc.output, _("Socket timeout after %d seconds\n"), socket_timeout);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&timeout_sc.output, _("Abnormal timeout after %d seconds\n"), socket_timeout);
+        }
 
-        exit(socket_timeout_state);
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, timeout_sc);
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* connects to a host on a specified tcp port, sends a string, and gets a
          response. loops on select-recv until timeout or eof to get all of a
          multi-packet answer */
-int process_tcp_request2(const char *server_address, int server_port, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size) {
+mp_state_enum process_tcp_request2(const char *server_address, const int server_port,
+                                                                   const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
+                                                                   const int recv_size) {
 
-        int result;
-        int send_result;
-        int recv_result;
-        int sd;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        fd_set readfds;
-        int recv_length = 0;
+        int socket;
 
-        result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd, IPPROTO_TCP);
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        mp_state_enum connect_result =
+                np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &socket, IPPROTO_TCP);
+        if (connect_result != STATE_OK) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
 
-        send_result = send(sd, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
+        mp_state_enum result;
+        ssize_t send_result = send(socket, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
         if (send_result < 0 || (size_t)send_result != strlen(send_buffer)) {
-                printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
-        while (1) {
+        fd_set readfds;
+        ssize_t recv_length = 0;
+        while (true) {
                 /* wait up to the number of seconds for socket timeout
                    minus one for data from the host */
-                tv.tv_sec = socket_timeout - 1;
-                tv.tv_usec = 0;
+                struct timeval timeout = {
+                        .tv_sec = socket_timeout - 1,
+                        .tv_usec = 0,
+                };
                 FD_ZERO(&readfds);
-                FD_SET(sd, &readfds);
-                select(sd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+                FD_SET(socket, &readfds);
+                select(socket + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
 
                 /* make sure some data has arrived */
-                if (!FD_ISSET(sd, &readfds)) { /* it hasn't */
+                if (!FD_ISSET(socket, &readfds)) { /* it hasn't */
                         if (!recv_length) {
                                 strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                                printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
                         } else { /* this one failed, but previous ones worked */
                                 recv_buffer[recv_length] = 0;
                         }
                         break;
-                } else { /* it has */
-                        recv_result = recv(sd, recv_buffer + recv_length, (size_t)recv_size - recv_length - 1, 0);
-                        if (recv_result == -1) {
-                                /* recv failed, bail out */
-                                strcpy(recv_buffer + recv_length, "");
-                                result = STATE_WARNING;
-                                break;
-                        } else if (recv_result == 0) {
-                                /* end of file ? */
-                                recv_buffer[recv_length] = 0;
-                                break;
-                        } else { /* we got data! */
-                                recv_length += recv_result;
-                                if (recv_length >= recv_size - 1) {
-                                        /* buffer full, we're done */
-                                        recv_buffer[recv_size - 1] = 0;
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                        }
+                } /* it has */
+
+                ssize_t recv_result =
+                        recv(socket, recv_buffer + recv_length, (size_t)(recv_size - recv_length - 1), 0);
+                if (recv_result == -1) {
+                        /* recv failed, bail out */
+                        strcpy(recv_buffer + recv_length, "");
+                        result = STATE_WARNING;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                if (recv_result == 0) {
+                        /* end of file ? */
+                        recv_buffer[recv_length] = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                /* we got data! */
+                recv_length += recv_result;
+                if (recv_length >= recv_size - 1) {
+                        /* buffer full, we're done */
+                        recv_buffer[recv_size - 1] = 0;
+                        break;
                 }
                 /* end if(!FD_ISSET(sd,&readfds)) */
         }
-        /* end while(1) */
 
-        close(sd);
+        close(socket);
         return result;
 }
 
 /* connects to a host on a specified port, sends a string, and gets a
    response */
-int process_request(const char *server_address, int server_port, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size) {
-        int result;
-        int sd;
+mp_state_enum process_request(const char *server_address, const int server_port, const int proto,
+                                                          const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, const int recv_size) {
 
-        result = STATE_OK;
-
-        result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd, proto);
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
+        int socket;
+        result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &socket, proto);
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
 
-        result = send_request(sd, proto, send_buffer, recv_buffer, recv_size);
+        result = send_request(socket, proto, send_buffer, recv_buffer, recv_size);
 
-        close(sd);
+        close(socket);
 
         return result;
 }
 
 /* opens a tcp or udp connection to a remote host or local socket */
-int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
+mp_state_enum np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *socketDescriptor,
+                                                         const int proto) {
         /* send back STATE_UNKOWN if there's an error
            send back STATE_OK if we connect
            send back STATE_CRITICAL if we can't connect.
            Let upstream figure out what to send to the user. */
-        struct addrinfo hints;
-        struct addrinfo *r, *res;
-        struct sockaddr_un su;
-        char port_str[6], host[MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
-        size_t len;
-        int socktype, result;
-        short is_socket = (host_name[0] == '/');
-
-        socktype = (proto == IPPROTO_UDP) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM;
+        bool is_socket = (host_name[0] == '/');
+        int socktype = (proto == IPPROTO_UDP) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM;
 
+        struct addrinfo hints = {};
+        struct addrinfo *res = NULL;
+        int result;
         /* as long as it doesn't start with a '/', it's assumed a host or ip */
         if (!is_socket) {
                 memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
@@ -163,37 +176,46 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                 hints.ai_protocol = proto;
                 hints.ai_socktype = socktype;
 
-                len = strlen(host_name);
+                size_t len = strlen(host_name);
                 /* check for an [IPv6] address (and strip the brackets) */
                 if (len >= 2 && host_name[0] == '[' && host_name[len - 1] == ']') {
                         host_name++;
                         len -= 2;
                 }
-                if (len >= sizeof(host))
+
+                char host[MAX_HOST_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
+
+                if (len >= sizeof(host)) {
                         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                }
+
                 memcpy(host, host_name, len);
                 host[len] = '\0';
+
+                char port_str[6];
                 snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);
-                result = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &res);
+                int getaddrinfo_err = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &res);
 
-                if (result != 0) {
-                        printf("%s\n", gai_strerror(result));
+                if (getaddrinfo_err != 0) {
+                        // printf("%s\n", gai_strerror(result));
                         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
                 }
 
-                r = res;
-                while (r) {
+                struct addrinfo *addressPointer = res;
+                while (addressPointer) {
                         /* attempt to create a socket */
-                        *sd = socket(r->ai_family, socktype, r->ai_protocol);
+                        *socketDescriptor =
+                                socket(addressPointer->ai_family, socktype, addressPointer->ai_protocol);
 
-                        if (*sd < 0) {
-                                printf("%s\n", _("Socket creation failed"));
-                                freeaddrinfo(r);
+                        if (*socketDescriptor < 0) {
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("Socket creation failed"));
+                                freeaddrinfo(addressPointer);
                                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
                         }
 
                         /* attempt to open a connection */
-                        result = connect(*sd, r->ai_addr, r->ai_addrlen);
+                        result =
+                                connect(*socketDescriptor, addressPointer->ai_addr, addressPointer->ai_addrlen);
 
                         if (result == 0) {
                                 was_refused = false;
@@ -208,39 +230,48 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                                 }
                         }
 
-                        close(*sd);
-                        r = r->ai_next;
+                        close(*socketDescriptor);
+                        addressPointer = addressPointer->ai_next;
                 }
+
                 freeaddrinfo(res);
-        }
-        /* else the hostname is interpreted as a path to a unix socket */
-        else {
+
+        } else {
+                /* else the hostname is interpreted as a path to a unix socket */
                 if (strlen(host_name) >= UNIX_PATH_MAX) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Supplied path too long unix domain socket"));
                 }
-                memset(&su, 0, sizeof(su));
+
+                struct sockaddr_un su = {};
                 su.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
                 strncpy(su.sun_path, host_name, UNIX_PATH_MAX);
-                *sd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-                if (*sd < 0) {
+                *socketDescriptor = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+                if (*socketDescriptor < 0) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Socket creation failed"));
                 }
-                result = connect(*sd, (struct sockaddr *)&su, sizeof(su));
-                if (result < 0 && errno == ECONNREFUSED)
+
+                result = connect(*socketDescriptor, (struct sockaddr *)&su, sizeof(su));
+                if (result < 0 && errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
                         was_refused = true;
+                }
         }
 
-        if (result == 0)
+        if (result == 0) {
                 return STATE_OK;
-        else if (was_refused) {
+        }
+
+        if (was_refused) {
                 switch (econn_refuse_state) { /* a user-defined expected outcome */
                 case STATE_OK:
                 case STATE_WARNING:  /* user wants WARN or OK on refusal, or... */
                 case STATE_CRITICAL: /* user did not set econn_refuse_state, or wanted critical */
-                        if (is_socket)
-                                printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
-                        else
-                                printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                        if (is_socket) {
+                                // printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
+                        } else {
+                                // printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port,
+                                // strerror(errno));
+                        }
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
                         break;
                 default: /* it's a logic error if we do not end up in STATE_(OK|WARNING|CRITICAL) */
@@ -248,98 +279,108 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                         break;
                 }
         } else {
-                if (is_socket)
-                        printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
-                else
-                        printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                if (is_socket) {
+                        // printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
+                } else {
+                        // printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                }
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 }
 
-int send_request(int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size) {
-        int result = STATE_OK;
-        int send_result;
-        int recv_result;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        fd_set readfds;
+mp_state_enum send_request(const int socket, const int proto, const char *send_buffer,
+                                                   char *recv_buffer, const int recv_size) {
+        mp_state_enum result = STATE_OK;
 
-        send_result = send(sd, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
+        ssize_t send_result = send(socket, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
         if (send_result < 0 || (size_t)send_result != strlen(send_buffer)) {
-                printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
         /* wait up to the number of seconds for socket timeout minus one
            for data from the host */
-        tv.tv_sec = socket_timeout - 1;
-        tv.tv_usec = 0;
+        struct timeval timestamp = {
+                .tv_sec = socket_timeout - 1,
+                .tv_usec = 0,
+        };
+        fd_set readfds;
         FD_ZERO(&readfds);
-        FD_SET(sd, &readfds);
-        select(sd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+        FD_SET(socket, &readfds);
+        select(socket + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &timestamp);
 
         /* make sure some data has arrived */
-        if (!FD_ISSET(sd, &readfds)) {
+        if (!FD_ISSET(socket, &readfds)) {
                 strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
-        }
-
-        else {
-                recv_result = recv(sd, recv_buffer, (size_t)recv_size - 1, 0);
+        } else {
+                ssize_t recv_result = recv(socket, recv_buffer, (size_t)(recv_size - 1), 0);
                 if (recv_result == -1) {
                         strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                        if (proto != IPPROTO_TCP)
-                                printf("%s\n", _("Receive failed"));
+                        if (proto != IPPROTO_TCP) {
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("Receive failed"));
+                        }
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                } else
+                } else {
                         recv_buffer[recv_result] = 0;
+                }
 
                 /* die returned string */
                 recv_buffer[recv_size - 1] = 0;
         }
+
         return result;
 }
 
 bool is_host(const char *address) {
-        if (is_addr(address) || is_hostname(address))
+        if (is_addr(address) || is_hostname(address)) {
                 return (true);
+        }
 
         return (false);
 }
 
 void host_or_die(const char *str) {
-        if (!str || (!is_addr(str) && !is_hostname(str)))
+        if (!str || (!is_addr(str) && !is_hostname(str))) {
                 usage_va(_("Invalid hostname/address - %s"), str);
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_addr(const char *address) {
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
-        if (address_family == AF_INET && is_inet_addr(address))
+        if (address_family == AF_INET && is_inet_addr(address)) {
                 return true;
-        else if (address_family == AF_INET6 && is_inet6_addr(address))
+        }
+
+        if (address_family == AF_INET6 && is_inet6_addr(address)) {
                 return true;
+        }
 #else
-        if (is_inet_addr(address))
-                return (true);
+        if (is_inet_addr(address)) {
+                return true;
+        }
 #endif
 
-        return (false);
+        return false;
 }
 
-int dns_lookup(const char *in, struct sockaddr_storage *ss, int family) {
+bool dns_lookup(const char *node_string, struct sockaddr_storage *ss, const int family) {
         struct addrinfo hints;
-        struct addrinfo *res;
-        int retval;
-
         memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
         hints.ai_family = family;
 
-        retval = getaddrinfo(in, NULL, &hints, &res);
-        if (retval != 0)
+        struct addrinfo *res;
+        int retval = getaddrinfo(node_string, NULL, &hints, &res);
+        if (retval != 0) {
                 return false;
+        }
 
-        if (ss != NULL)
+        if (ss != NULL) {
                 memcpy(ss, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen);
+        }
+
         freeaddrinfo(res);
+
         return true;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/netutils.h b/plugins/netutils.h
index a95057e0..c4461113 100644
--- a/plugins/netutils.h
+++ b/plugins/netutils.h
@@ -1,120 +1,120 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-* 
-* Monitoring Plugins net utilities include file
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
-* Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* 
-* Description:
-* 
-* This file contains common include files and function definitions
-* used in many of the plugins.
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * Monitoring Plugins net utilities include file
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * This file contains common include files and function definitions
+ * used in many of the plugins.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef _NETUTILS_H_
 #define _NETUTILS_H_
 
-#include "common.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_UN_H
-# include <sys/un.h>
-# ifndef UNIX_PATH_MAX
-   /* linux uses this, on sun it's hard-coded at 108 without a define, on BSD at 104 */
-#  define UNIX_PATH_MAX 104
-# endif /* UNIX_PATH_MAX */
-#endif /* HAVE_SYS_UN_H */
+#       include <sys/un.h>
+#       ifndef UNIX_PATH_MAX
+/* linux uses this, on sun it's hard-coded at 108 without a define, on BSD at 104 */
+#               define UNIX_PATH_MAX 104
+#       endif /* UNIX_PATH_MAX */
+#endif     /* HAVE_SYS_UN_H */
 
 #ifndef HOST_MAX_BYTES
-# define HOST_MAX_BYTES 255
+#       define HOST_MAX_BYTES 255
 #endif
 
 /* process_request and wrapper macros */
-#define process_tcp_request(addr, port, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) \
+#define process_tcp_request(addr, port, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)                                         \
         process_request(addr, port, IPPROTO_TCP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
-#define process_udp_request(addr, port, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) \
+#define process_udp_request(addr, port, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)                                         \
         process_request(addr, port, IPPROTO_UDP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
-int process_tcp_request2 (const char *address, int port,
-  const char *sbuffer, char *rbuffer, int rsize);
-int process_request (const char *address, int port, int proto,
-  const char *sbuffer, char *rbuffer, int rsize);
+mp_state_enum process_tcp_request2(const char *server_address, int server_port,
+                                                                   const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size);
+mp_state_enum process_request(const char *server_address, int server_port, int proto,
+                                                          const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size);
 
 /* my_connect and wrapper macros */
 #define my_tcp_connect(addr, port, s) np_net_connect(addr, port, s, IPPROTO_TCP)
 #define my_udp_connect(addr, port, s) np_net_connect(addr, port, s, IPPROTO_UDP)
-int np_net_connect(const char *address, int port, int *sd, int proto);
+mp_state_enum np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *socketDescriptor, int proto);
 
 /* send_request and wrapper macros */
-#define send_tcp_request(s, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) \
-        send_request(s, IPPROTO_TCP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
-#define send_udp_request(s, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) \
-        send_request(s, IPPROTO_UDP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
-int send_request (int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer, int recv_size);
-
+#define send_tcp_request(s, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) send_request(s, IPPROTO_TCP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
+#define send_udp_request(s, sbuf, rbuf, rsize) send_request(s, IPPROTO_UDP, sbuf, rbuf, rsize)
+mp_state_enum send_request(int socket, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
+                                                   int recv_size);
 
 /* "is_*" wrapper macros and functions */
-bool is_host (const char *);
-bool is_addr (const char *);
-int dns_lookup (const char *, struct sockaddr_storage *, int);
+bool is_host(const char *);
+bool is_addr(const char *);
+bool dns_lookup(const char *, struct sockaddr_storage *, int);
 void host_or_die(const char *str);
 #define resolve_host_or_addr(addr, family) dns_lookup(addr, NULL, family)
-#define is_inet_addr(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET)
+#define is_inet_addr(addr)                 resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET)
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
-#  define is_inet6_addr(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET6)
-#  define is_hostname(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, address_family)
+#       define is_inet6_addr(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET6)
+#       define is_hostname(addr)   resolve_host_or_addr(addr, address_family)
 #else
-#  define is_hostname(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET)
+#       define is_hostname(addr) resolve_host_or_addr(addr, AF_INET)
 #endif
 
 extern unsigned int socket_timeout;
-extern unsigned int socket_timeout_state;
-extern int econn_refuse_state;
+extern mp_state_enum socket_timeout_state;
+extern mp_state_enum econn_refuse_state;
 extern bool was_refused;
 extern int address_family;
 
-void socket_timeout_alarm_handler (int) __attribute__((noreturn));
+void socket_timeout_alarm_handler(int) __attribute__((noreturn));
 
 /* SSL-Related functionality */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-#  define MP_SSLv2 1
-#  define MP_SSLv3 2
-#  define MP_TLSv1 3
-#  define MP_TLSv1_1 4
-#  define MP_TLSv1_2 5
-#  define MP_SSLv2_OR_NEWER 6
-#  define MP_SSLv3_OR_NEWER 7
-#  define MP_TLSv1_OR_NEWER 8
-#  define MP_TLSv1_1_OR_NEWER 9
-#  define MP_TLSv1_2_OR_NEWER 10
+#       define MP_SSLv2            1
+#       define MP_SSLv3            2
+#       define MP_TLSv1            3
+#       define MP_TLSv1_1          4
+#       define MP_TLSv1_2          5
+#       define MP_SSLv2_OR_NEWER   6
+#       define MP_SSLv3_OR_NEWER   7
+#       define MP_TLSv1_OR_NEWER   8
+#       define MP_TLSv1_1_OR_NEWER 9
+#       define MP_TLSv1_2_OR_NEWER 10
 /* maybe this could be merged with the above np_net_connect, via some flags */
-int np_net_ssl_init(int sd);
-int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(int sd, char *host_name);
-int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_and_version(int sd, char *host_name, int version);
-int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int version, char *cert, char *privkey);
-void np_net_ssl_cleanup();
+int np_net_ssl_init(int socket);
+int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(int socket, char *host_name);
+int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_and_version(int socket, char *host_name, int version);
+int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int socket, char *host_name, int version,
+                                                                                                   char *cert, char *privkey);
+void np_net_ssl_cleanup(void);
 int np_net_ssl_write(const void *buf, int num);
 int np_net_ssl_read(void *buf, int num);
-int np_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit);
+mp_state_enum np_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit);
+mp_subcheck mp_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit);
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
-
 #endif /* _NETUTILS_H_ */
diff --git a/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.c b/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.c
index 2ae92d66..e87388b0 100644
--- a/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.c
+++ b/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.c
@@ -50,59 +50,61 @@
 #       define ALIGNED(n) __attribute__((aligned(n)))
 #endif
 
-#define IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(c) ((unsigned char)(c)-040u < 0137u)
+#define IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(c) ((unsigned char)(c) - 040u < 0137u)
 
-#define CHECK_EOF()                                                                                                                        \
-        if (buf == buf_end) {                                                                                                                  \
-                *ret = -2;                                                                                                                         \
-                return NULL;                                                                                                                       \
+#define CHECK_EOF()                                                                                \
+        if (buf == buf_end) {                                                                          \
+                *ret = -2;                                                                                 \
+                return NULL;                                                                               \
         }
 
-#define EXPECT_CHAR_NO_CHECK(ch)                                                                                                           \
-        if (*buf++ != ch) {                                                                                                                    \
-                *ret = -1;                                                                                                                         \
-                return NULL;                                                                                                                       \
+#define EXPECT_CHAR_NO_CHECK(ch)                                                                   \
+        if (*buf++ != ch) {                                                                            \
+                *ret = -1;                                                                                 \
+                return NULL;                                                                               \
         }
 
-#define EXPECT_CHAR(ch)                                                                                                                    \
-        CHECK_EOF();                                                                                                                           \
+#define EXPECT_CHAR(ch)                                                                            \
+        CHECK_EOF();                                                                                   \
         EXPECT_CHAR_NO_CHECK(ch);
 
-#define ADVANCE_TOKEN(tok, toklen)                                                                                                         \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                const char *tok_start = buf;                                                                                                       \
-                static const char ALIGNED(16) ranges2[16] = "\000\040\177\177";                                                                    \
-                int found2;                                                                                                                        \
-                buf = findchar_fast(buf, buf_end, ranges2, 4, &found2);                                                                            \
-                if (!found2) {                                                                                                                     \
-                        CHECK_EOF();                                                                                                                   \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
-                while (1) {                                                                                                                        \
-                        if (*buf == ' ') {                                                                                                             \
-                                break;                                                                                                                     \
-                        } else if (unlikely(!IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(*buf))) {                                                                              \
-                                if ((unsigned char)*buf < '\040' || *buf == '\177') {                                                                      \
-                                        *ret = -1;                                                                                                             \
-                                        return NULL;                                                                                                           \
-                                }                                                                                                                          \
-                        }                                                                                                                              \
-                        ++buf;                                                                                                                         \
-                        CHECK_EOF();                                                                                                                   \
-                }                                                                                                                                  \
-                tok = tok_start;                                                                                                                   \
-                toklen = buf - tok_start;                                                                                                          \
+#define ADVANCE_TOKEN(tok, toklen)                                                                 \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                const char *tok_start = buf;                                                               \
+                static const char ALIGNED(16) ranges2[16] = "\000\040\177\177";                            \
+                int found2;                                                                                \
+                buf = findchar_fast(buf, buf_end, ranges2, 4, &found2);                                    \
+                if (!found2) {                                                                             \
+                        CHECK_EOF();                                                                           \
+                }                                                                                          \
+                while (1) {                                                                                \
+                        if (*buf == ' ') {                                                                     \
+                                break;                                                                             \
+                        } else if (unlikely(!IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(*buf))) {                                      \
+                                if ((unsigned char)*buf < '\040' || *buf == '\177') {                              \
+                                        *ret = -1;                                                                     \
+                                        return NULL;                                                                   \
+                                }                                                                                  \
+                        }                                                                                      \
+                        ++buf;                                                                                 \
+                        CHECK_EOF();                                                                           \
+                }                                                                                          \
+                tok = tok_start;                                                                           \
+                toklen = buf - tok_start;                                                                  \
         } while (0)
 
-static const char *token_char_map = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-                                                                        "\0\1\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\1\1\0\1\1\0\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-                                                                        "\0\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\0\1\1"
-                                                                        "\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\0\1\0"
-                                                                        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-                                                                        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-                                                                        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-                                                                        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
-
-static const char *findchar_fast(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char *ranges, size_t ranges_size, int *found) {
+static const char *token_char_map =
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
+        "\0\1\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\1\1\0\1\1\0\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0"
+        "\0\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\0\0\1\1"
+        "\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\0\1\0"
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
+
+static const char *findchar_fast(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char *ranges,
+                                                                 size_t ranges_size, int *found) {
         *found = 0;
 #if __SSE4_2__
         if (likely(buf_end - buf >= 16)) {
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ static const char *findchar_fast(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const cha
                 size_t left = (buf_end - buf) & ~15;
                 do {
                         __m128i b16 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)buf);
-                        int r = _mm_cmpestri(ranges16, ranges_size, b16, 16, _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT | _SIDD_CMP_RANGES | _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS);
+                        int r = _mm_cmpestri(ranges16, ranges_size, b16, 16,
+                                                                 _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT | _SIDD_CMP_RANGES | _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS);
                         if (unlikely(r != 16)) {
                                 buf += r;
                                 *found = 1;
@@ -130,25 +133,29 @@ static const char *findchar_fast(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const cha
         return buf;
 }
 
-static const char *get_token_to_eol(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char **token, size_t *token_len, int *ret) {
+static const char *get_token_to_eol(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char **token,
+                                                                        size_t *token_len, int *ret) {
         const char *token_start = buf;
 
 #ifdef __SSE4_2__
-        static const char ALIGNED(16) ranges1[16] = "\0\010"    /* allow HT */
-                                                                                                "\012\037"  /* allow SP and up to but not including DEL */
-                                                                                                "\177\177"; /* allow chars w. MSB set */
+        static const char ALIGNED(16) ranges1[16] =
+                "\0\010"    /* allow HT */
+                "\012\037"  /* allow SP and up to but not including DEL */
+                "\177\177"; /* allow chars w. MSB set */
         int found;
         buf = findchar_fast(buf, buf_end, ranges1, 6, &found);
-        if (found)
+        if (found) {
                 goto FOUND_CTL;
+        }
 #else
-        /* find non-printable char within the next 8 bytes, this is the hottest code; manually inlined */
+        /* find non-printable char within the next 8 bytes, this is the hottest code; manually inlined
+         */
         while (likely(buf_end - buf >= 8)) {
-#       define DOIT()                                                                                                                         \
-                do {                                                                                                                               \
-                        if (unlikely(!IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(*buf)))                                                                                       \
-                                goto NonPrintable;                                                                                                         \
-                        ++buf;                                                                                                                         \
+#       define DOIT()                                                                                 \
+                do {                                                                                       \
+                        if (unlikely(!IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(*buf)))                                               \
+                                goto NonPrintable;                                                                 \
+                        ++buf;                                                                                 \
                 } while (0)
                 DOIT();
                 DOIT();
@@ -161,7 +168,8 @@ static const char *get_token_to_eol(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const
 #       undef DOIT
                 continue;
         NonPrintable:
-                if ((likely((unsigned char)*buf < '\040') && likely(*buf != '\011')) || unlikely(*buf == '\177')) {
+                if ((likely((unsigned char)*buf < '\040') && likely(*buf != '\011')) ||
+                        unlikely(*buf == '\177')) {
                         goto FOUND_CTL;
                 }
                 ++buf;
@@ -170,7 +178,8 @@ static const char *get_token_to_eol(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const
         for (;; ++buf) {
                 CHECK_EOF();
                 if (unlikely(!IS_PRINTABLE_ASCII(*buf))) {
-                        if ((likely((unsigned char)*buf < '\040') && likely(*buf != '\011')) || unlikely(*buf == '\177')) {
+                        if ((likely((unsigned char)*buf < '\040') && likely(*buf != '\011')) ||
+                                unlikely(*buf == '\177')) {
                                 goto FOUND_CTL;
                         }
                 }
@@ -219,27 +228,28 @@ static const char *is_complete(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, size_t last
         return NULL;
 }
 
-#define PARSE_INT(valp_, mul_)                                                                                                             \
-        if (*buf < '0' || '9' < *buf) {                                                                                                        \
-                buf++;                                                                                                                             \
-                *ret = -1;                                                                                                                         \
-                return NULL;                                                                                                                       \
-        }                                                                                                                                      \
+#define PARSE_INT(valp_, mul_)                                                                     \
+        if (*buf < '0' || '9' < *buf) {                                                                \
+                buf++;                                                                                     \
+                *ret = -1;                                                                                 \
+                return NULL;                                                                               \
+        }                                                                                              \
         *(valp_) = (mul_) * (*buf++ - '0');
 
-#define PARSE_INT_3(valp_)                                                                                                                 \
-        do {                                                                                                                                   \
-                int res_ = 0;                                                                                                                      \
-                PARSE_INT(&res_, 100)                                                                                                              \
-                *valp_ = res_;                                                                                                                     \
-                PARSE_INT(&res_, 10)                                                                                                               \
-                *valp_ += res_;                                                                                                                    \
-                PARSE_INT(&res_, 1)                                                                                                                \
-                *valp_ += res_;                                                                                                                    \
+#define PARSE_INT_3(valp_)                                                                         \
+        do {                                                                                           \
+                int res_ = 0;                                                                              \
+                PARSE_INT(&res_, 100)                                                                      \
+                *valp_ = res_;                                                                             \
+                PARSE_INT(&res_, 10)                                                                       \
+                *valp_ += res_;                                                                            \
+                PARSE_INT(&res_, 1)                                                                        \
+                *valp_ += res_;                                                                            \
         } while (0)
 
 /* returned pointer is always within [buf, buf_end), or null */
-static const char *parse_http_version(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *major_version, int *minor_version, int *ret) {
+static const char *parse_http_version(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *major_version,
+                                                                          int *minor_version, int *ret) {
         /* we want at least [HTTP/1.<two chars>] to try to parse */
         if (buf_end - buf < 9) {
                 *ret = -2;
@@ -260,8 +270,8 @@ static const char *parse_http_version(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int
         return buf;
 }
 
-static const char *parse_headers(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t max_headers,
-                                                                 int *ret) {
+static const char *parse_headers(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, struct phr_header *headers,
+                                                                 size_t *num_headers, size_t max_headers, int *ret) {
         for (;; ++*num_headers) {
                 CHECK_EOF();
                 if (*buf == '\015') {
@@ -337,9 +347,10 @@ static const char *parse_headers(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, struct ph
         return buf;
 }
 
-static const char *parse_request(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char **method, size_t *method_len, const char **path,
-                                                                 size_t *path_len, int *major_version, int *minor_version, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers,
-                                                                 size_t max_headers, int *ret) {
+static const char *parse_request(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const char **method,
+                                                                 size_t *method_len, const char **path, size_t *path_len,
+                                                                 int *major_version, int *minor_version, struct phr_header *headers,
+                                                                 size_t *num_headers, size_t max_headers, int *ret) {
         /* skip first empty line (some clients add CRLF after POST content) */
         CHECK_EOF();
         if (*buf == '\015') {
@@ -378,8 +389,9 @@ static const char *parse_request(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, const cha
         return parse_headers(buf, buf_end, headers, num_headers, max_headers, ret);
 }
 
-int phr_parse_request(const char *buf_start, size_t len, const char **method, size_t *method_len, const char **path, size_t *path_len,
-                                          int *major_version, int *minor_version, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
+int phr_parse_request(const char *buf_start, size_t len, const char **method, size_t *method_len,
+                                          const char **path, size_t *path_len, int *major_version, int *minor_version,
+                                          struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
         const char *buf = buf_start, *buf_end = buf_start + len;
         size_t max_headers = *num_headers;
         int r;
@@ -398,17 +410,18 @@ int phr_parse_request(const char *buf_start, size_t len, const char **method, si
                 return r;
         }
 
-        if ((buf = parse_request(buf, buf_end, method, method_len, path, path_len, major_version, minor_version, headers, num_headers,
-                                                         max_headers, &r)) == NULL) {
+        if ((buf = parse_request(buf, buf_end, method, method_len, path, path_len, major_version,
+                                                         minor_version, headers, num_headers, max_headers, &r)) == NULL) {
                 return r;
         }
 
         return (int)(buf - buf_start);
 }
 
-static const char *parse_response(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *major_version, int *minor_version, int *status,
-                                                                  const char **msg, size_t *msg_len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t max_headers,
-                                                                  int *ret) {
+static const char *parse_response(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *major_version,
+                                                                  int *minor_version, int *status, const char **msg,
+                                                                  size_t *msg_len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers,
+                                                                  size_t max_headers, int *ret) {
         /* parse "HTTP/1.x" */
         if ((buf = parse_http_version(buf, buf_end, major_version, minor_version, ret)) == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
@@ -421,7 +434,8 @@ static const char *parse_response(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *maj
         do {
                 ++buf;
         } while (*buf == ' ');
-        /* parse status code, we want at least [:digit:][:digit:][:digit:]<other char> to try to parse */
+        /* parse status code, we want at least [:digit:][:digit:][:digit:]<other char> to try to parse
+         */
         if (buf_end - buf < 4) {
                 *ret = -2;
                 return NULL;
@@ -449,8 +463,9 @@ static const char *parse_response(const char *buf, const char *buf_end, int *maj
         return parse_headers(buf, buf_end, headers, num_headers, max_headers, ret);
 }
 
-int phr_parse_response(const char *buf_start, size_t len, int *major_version, int *minor_version, int *status, const char **msg,
-                                           size_t *msg_len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
+int phr_parse_response(const char *buf_start, size_t len, int *major_version, int *minor_version,
+                                           int *status, const char **msg, size_t *msg_len, struct phr_header *headers,
+                                           size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
         const char *buf = buf_start, *buf_end = buf + len;
         size_t max_headers = *num_headers;
         int r;
@@ -468,15 +483,16 @@ int phr_parse_response(const char *buf_start, size_t len, int *major_version, in
                 return r;
         }
 
-        if ((buf = parse_response(buf, buf_end, major_version, minor_version, status, msg, msg_len, headers, num_headers, max_headers, &r)) ==
-                NULL) {
+        if ((buf = parse_response(buf, buf_end, major_version, minor_version, status, msg, msg_len,
+                                                          headers, num_headers, max_headers, &r)) == NULL) {
                 return r;
         }
 
         return (int)(buf - buf_start);
 }
 
-int phr_parse_headers(const char *buf_start, size_t len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
+int phr_parse_headers(const char *buf_start, size_t len, struct phr_header *headers,
+                                          size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len) {
         const char *buf = buf_start, *buf_end = buf + len;
         size_t max_headers = *num_headers;
         int r;
@@ -526,8 +542,9 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
                 case CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_SIZE:
                         for (;; ++src) {
                                 int v;
-                                if (src == bufsz)
+                                if (src == bufsz) {
                                         goto Exit;
+                                }
                                 if ((v = decode_hex(buf[src])) == -1) {
                                         if (decoder->_hex_count == 0) {
                                                 ret = -1;
@@ -548,10 +565,12 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
                 case CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_EXT:
                         /* RFC 7230 A.2 "Line folding in chunk extensions is disallowed" */
                         for (;; ++src) {
-                                if (src == bufsz)
+                                if (src == bufsz) {
                                         goto Exit;
-                                if (buf[src] == '\012')
+                                }
+                                if (buf[src] == '\012') {
                                         break;
+                                }
                         }
                         ++src;
                         if (decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk == 0) {
@@ -567,15 +586,17 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
                 case CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_DATA: {
                         size_t avail = bufsz - src;
                         if (avail < decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk) {
-                                if (dst != src)
+                                if (dst != src) {
                                         memmove(buf + dst, buf + src, avail);
+                                }
                                 src += avail;
                                 dst += avail;
                                 decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk -= avail;
                                 goto Exit;
                         }
-                        if (dst != src)
+                        if (dst != src) {
                                 memmove(buf + dst, buf + src, decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk);
+                        }
                         src += decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk;
                         dst += decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk;
                         decoder->bytes_left_in_chunk = 0;
@@ -584,10 +605,12 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
                 /* fallthru */
                 case CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_CRLF:
                         for (;; ++src) {
-                                if (src == bufsz)
+                                if (src == bufsz) {
                                         goto Exit;
-                                if (buf[src] != '\015')
+                                }
+                                if (buf[src] != '\015') {
                                         break;
+                                }
                         }
                         if (buf[src] != '\012') {
                                 ret = -1;
@@ -598,21 +621,26 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
                         break;
                 case CHUNKED_IN_TRAILERS_LINE_HEAD:
                         for (;; ++src) {
-                                if (src == bufsz)
+                                if (src == bufsz) {
                                         goto Exit;
-                                if (buf[src] != '\015')
+                                }
+                                if (buf[src] != '\015') {
                                         break;
+                                }
                         }
-                        if (buf[src++] == '\012')
+                        if (buf[src++] == '\012') {
                                 goto Complete;
+                        }
                         decoder->_state = CHUNKED_IN_TRAILERS_LINE_MIDDLE;
                 /* fallthru */
                 case CHUNKED_IN_TRAILERS_LINE_MIDDLE:
                         for (;; ++src) {
-                                if (src == bufsz)
+                                if (src == bufsz) {
                                         goto Exit;
-                                if (buf[src] == '\012')
+                                }
+                                if (buf[src] == '\012') {
                                         break;
+                                }
                         }
                         ++src;
                         decoder->_state = CHUNKED_IN_TRAILERS_LINE_HEAD;
@@ -625,13 +653,16 @@ ssize_t phr_decode_chunked(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder, char *buf, size_
 Complete:
         ret = bufsz - src;
 Exit:
-        if (dst != src)
+        if (dst != src) {
                 memmove(buf + dst, buf + src, bufsz - src);
+        }
         *_bufsz = dst;
         return ret;
 }
 
-int phr_decode_chunked_is_in_data(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder) { return decoder->_state == CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_DATA; }
+int phr_decode_chunked_is_in_data(struct phr_chunked_decoder *decoder) {
+        return decoder->_state == CHUNKED_IN_CHUNK_DATA;
+}
 
 #undef CHECK_EOF
 #undef EXPECT_CHAR
diff --git a/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.h b/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.h
index 8f13b36f..054c2812 100644
--- a/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.h
+++ b/plugins/picohttpparser/picohttpparser.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define ssize_t intptr_t
+#       define ssize_t intptr_t
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -40,30 +40,33 @@ extern "C" {
 /* contains name and value of a header (name == NULL if is a continuing line
  * of a multiline header */
 struct phr_header {
-    const char *name;
-    size_t name_len;
-    const char *value;
-    size_t value_len;
+        const char *name;
+        size_t name_len;
+        const char *value;
+        size_t value_len;
 };
 
 /* returns number of bytes consumed if successful, -2 if request is partial,
  * -1 if failed */
-int phr_parse_request(const char *buf, size_t len, const char **method, size_t *method_len, const char **path, size_t *path_len,
-                      int *major_version, int *minor_version, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len);
+int phr_parse_request(const char *buf, size_t len, const char **method, size_t *method_len,
+                                          const char **path, size_t *path_len, int *major_version, int *minor_version,
+                                          struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len);
 
 /* ditto */
-int phr_parse_response(const char *_buf, size_t len, int *major_version, int *minor_version, int *status, const char **msg, size_t *msg_len,
-                       struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len);
+int phr_parse_response(const char *_buf, size_t len, int *major_version, int *minor_version,
+                                           int *status, const char **msg, size_t *msg_len, struct phr_header *headers,
+                                           size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len);
 
 /* ditto */
-int phr_parse_headers(const char *buf, size_t len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers, size_t last_len);
+int phr_parse_headers(const char *buf, size_t len, struct phr_header *headers, size_t *num_headers,
+                                          size_t last_len);
 
 /* should be zero-filled before start */
 struct phr_chunked_decoder {
-    size_t bytes_left_in_chunk; /* number of bytes left in current chunk */
-    char consume_trailer;       /* if trailing headers should be consumed */
-    char _hex_count;
-    char _state;
+        size_t bytes_left_in_chunk; /* number of bytes left in current chunk */
+        char consume_trailer;       /* if trailing headers should be consumed */
+        char _hex_count;
+        char _state;
 };
 
 /* the function rewrites the buffer given as (buf, bufsz) removing the chunked-
diff --git a/plugins/popen.c b/plugins/popen.c
index 2b9824bc..c596d1e0 100644
--- a/plugins/popen.c
+++ b/plugins/popen.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include "./common.h"
 #include "./utils.h"
-#include "../lib/maxfd.h"
 
 /* extern so plugin has pid to kill exec'd process on timeouts */
 extern pid_t *childpid;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ void popen_timeout_alarm_handler(int /*signo*/);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WIFEXITED
-#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val)&255) == 0)
+#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val) & 255) == 0)
 #endif
 
 /* 4.3BSD Reno <signal.h> doesn't define SIG_ERR */
@@ -97,24 +96,28 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
         env[1] = NULL;
 
         /* if no command was passed, return with no error */
-        if (cmdstring == NULL)
+        if (cmdstring == NULL) {
                 return (NULL);
+        }
 
         char *cmd = NULL;
         /* make copy of command string so strtok() doesn't silently modify it */
         /* (the calling program may want to access it later) */
         cmd = malloc(strlen(cmdstring) + 1);
-        if (cmd == NULL)
+        if (cmd == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         strcpy(cmd, cmdstring);
 
         /* This is not a shell, so we don't handle "???" */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\""))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\"")) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         /* allow single quotes, but only if non-whitesapce doesn't occur on both sides */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''"))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''")) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         int argc;
         char **argv = NULL;
@@ -141,15 +144,17 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
 
                 if (strstr(str, "'") == str) { /* handle SIMPLE quoted strings */
                         str++;
-                        if (!strstr(str, "'"))
+                        if (!strstr(str, "'")) {
                                 return NULL; /* balanced? */
+                        }
                         cmd = 1 + strstr(str, "'");
                         str[strcspn(str, "'")] = 0;
                 } else if (strcspn(str, "'") < strcspn(str, " \t\r\n")) {
                         /* handle --option='foo bar' strings */
                         char *tmp = str + strcspn(str, "'") + 1;
-                        if (!strstr(tmp, "'"))
+                        if (!strstr(tmp, "'")) {
                                 return NULL; /* balanced? */
+                        }
                         tmp += strcspn(tmp, "'") + 1;
                         *tmp = 0;
                         cmd = tmp + 1;
@@ -162,8 +167,9 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n"))
+                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n")) {
                         cmd = NULL;
+                }
 
                 argv[i++] = str;
         }
@@ -172,22 +178,26 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
         long maxfd = mp_open_max();
 
         if (childpid == NULL) { /* first time through */
-                if ((childpid = calloc((size_t)maxfd, sizeof(pid_t))) == NULL)
+                if ((childpid = calloc((size_t)maxfd, sizeof(pid_t))) == NULL) {
                         return (NULL);
+                }
         }
 
         if (child_stderr_array == NULL) { /* first time through */
-                if ((child_stderr_array = calloc((size_t)maxfd, sizeof(int))) == NULL)
+                if ((child_stderr_array = calloc((size_t)maxfd, sizeof(int))) == NULL) {
                         return (NULL);
+                }
         }
 
         int pfd[2];
-        if (pipe(pfd) < 0)
+        if (pipe(pfd) < 0) {
                 return (NULL); /* errno set by pipe() */
+        }
 
         int pfderr[2];
-        if (pipe(pfderr) < 0)
+        if (pipe(pfderr) < 0) {
                 return (NULL); /* errno set by pipe() */
+        }
 
 #ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
         if (signal(SIGCHLD, popen_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
@@ -196,8 +206,9 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
 #endif
 
         pid_t pid;
-        if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
+        if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
                 return (NULL); /* errno set by fork() */
+        }
 
         if (pid == 0) { /* child */
                 close(pfd[0]);
@@ -211,17 +222,20 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
                         close(pfderr[1]);
                 }
                 /* close all descriptors in childpid[] */
-                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++)
-                        if (childpid[i] > 0)
+                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
+                        if (childpid[i] > 0) {
                                 close(i);
+                        }
+                }
 
                 execve(argv[0], argv, env);
                 _exit(0);
         }
 
         close(pfd[1]); /* parent */
-        if ((child_process = fdopen(pfd[0], "r")) == NULL)
+        if ((child_process = fdopen(pfd[0], "r")) == NULL) {
                 return (NULL);
+        }
         close(pfderr[1]);
 
         childpid[fileno(child_process)] = pid;                 /* remember child pid for this fd */
@@ -230,17 +244,20 @@ FILE *spopen(const char *cmdstring) {
 }
 
 int spclose(FILE *fp) {
-        if (childpid == NULL)
+        if (childpid == NULL) {
                 return (1); /* popen() has never been called */
+        }
 
         pid_t pid;
         int fd = fileno(fp);
-        if ((pid = childpid[fd]) == 0)
+        if ((pid = childpid[fd]) == 0) {
                 return (1); /* fp wasn't opened by popen() */
+        }
 
         childpid[fd] = 0;
-        if (fclose(fp) == EOF)
+        if (fclose(fp) == EOF) {
                 return (1);
+        }
 
 #ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
         while (!childtermd)
@@ -248,20 +265,24 @@ int spclose(FILE *fp) {
 #endif
 
         int status;
-        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
-                if (errno != EINTR)
+        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+                if (errno != EINTR) {
                         return (1); /* error other than EINTR from waitpid() */
+                }
+        }
 
-        if (WIFEXITED(status))
+        if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
                 return (WEXITSTATUS(status)); /* return child's termination status */
+        }
 
         return (1);
 }
 
 #ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
 void popen_sigchld_handler(int signo) {
-        if (signo == SIGCHLD)
+        if (signo == SIGCHLD) {
                 childtermd = 1;
+        }
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/plugins/popen.h b/plugins/popen.h
index 1ea69632..e318ce25 100644
--- a/plugins/popen.h
+++ b/plugins/popen.h
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /******************************************************************************
-*
-*
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
-FILE *spopen (const char *);
-int spclose (FILE *);
-void popen_timeout_alarm_handler (int);
+FILE *spopen(const char *);
+int spclose(FILE *);
+void popen_timeout_alarm_handler(int);
 
-pid_t *childpid=NULL;
-int *child_stderr_array=NULL;
-FILE *child_process=NULL;
-FILE *child_stderr=NULL;
+pid_t *childpid = NULL;
+int *child_stderr_array = NULL;
+FILE *child_process = NULL;
+FILE *child_stderr = NULL;
diff --git a/plugins/runcmd.c b/plugins/runcmd.c
index 74843149..7c583b85 100644
--- a/plugins/runcmd.c
+++ b/plugins/runcmd.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 /** includes **/
 #include "runcmd.h"
+#include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
 #       include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WIFEXITED
-#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val)&255) == 0)
+#       define WIFEXITED(stat_val) (((stat_val) & 255) == 0)
 #endif
 
 /* 4.3BSD Reno <signal.h> doesn't define SIG_ERR */
@@ -86,8 +87,9 @@ extern void die(int, const char *, ...) __attribute__((__noreturn__, __format__(
  * through this api and thus achieve async-safeness throughout the api */
 void np_runcmd_init(void) {
         long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-        if (!np_pids)
+        if (!np_pids) {
                 np_pids = calloc(maxfd, sizeof(pid_t));
+        }
 }
 
 /* Start running a command */
@@ -105,8 +107,9 @@ static int np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
 
         int i = 0;
 
-        if (!np_pids)
+        if (!np_pids) {
                 NP_RUNCMD_INIT;
+        }
 
         env[0] = strdup("LC_ALL=C");
         env[1] = NULL;
@@ -114,18 +117,21 @@ static int np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
         /* make copy of command string so strtok() doesn't silently modify it */
         /* (the calling program may want to access it later) */
         cmdlen = strlen(cmdstring);
-        if ((cmd = malloc(cmdlen + 1)) == NULL)
+        if ((cmd = malloc(cmdlen + 1)) == NULL) {
                 return -1;
+        }
         memcpy(cmd, cmdstring, cmdlen);
         cmd[cmdlen] = '\0';
 
         /* This is not a shell, so we don't handle "???" */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\""))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, "\"")) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* allow single quotes, but only if non-whitesapce doesn't occur on both sides */
-        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''"))
+        if (strstr(cmdstring, " ' ") || strstr(cmdstring, "'''")) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* each arg must be whitespace-separated, so args can be a maximum
          * of (len / 2) + 1. We add 1 extra to the mix for NULL termination */
@@ -144,8 +150,9 @@ static int np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
 
                 if (strstr(str, "'") == str) { /* handle SIMPLE quoted strings */
                         str++;
-                        if (!strstr(str, "'"))
+                        if (!strstr(str, "'")) {
                                 return -1; /* balanced? */
+                        }
                         cmd = 1 + strstr(str, "'");
                         str[strcspn(str, "'")] = 0;
                 } else {
@@ -157,14 +164,16 @@ static int np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n"))
+                if (cmd && strlen(cmd) == strspn(cmd, " \t\r\n")) {
                         cmd = NULL;
+                }
 
                 argv[i++] = str;
         }
 
-        if (pipe(pfd) < 0 || pipe(pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork()) < 0)
+        if (pipe(pfd) < 0 || pipe(pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork()) < 0) {
                 return -1; /* errno set by the failing function */
+        }
 
         /* child runs exceve() and _exit. */
         if (pid == 0) {
@@ -189,9 +198,11 @@ static int np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr) {
                  * This is executed in a separate address space (pure child),
                  * so we don't have to worry about async safety */
                 long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++)
-                        if (np_pids[i] > 0)
+                for (i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
+                        if (np_pids[i] > 0) {
                                 close(i);
+                        }
+                }
 
                 execve(argv[0], argv, env);
                 _exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
@@ -214,17 +225,21 @@ static int np_runcmd_close(int fd) {
 
         /* make sure this fd was opened by popen() */
         long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-        if (fd < 0 || fd > maxfd || !np_pids || (pid = np_pids[fd]) == 0)
+        if (fd < 0 || fd > maxfd || !np_pids || (pid = np_pids[fd]) == 0) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         np_pids[fd] = 0;
-        if (close(fd) == -1)
+        if (close(fd) == -1) {
                 return -1;
+        }
 
         /* EINTR is ok (sort of), everything else is bad */
-        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
-                if (errno != EINTR)
+        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+                if (errno != EINTR) {
                         return -1;
+                }
+        }
 
         /* return child's termination status */
         return (WIFEXITED(status)) ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : -1;
@@ -232,15 +247,18 @@ static int np_runcmd_close(int fd) {
 
 void runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler(int signo) {
 
-        if (signo == SIGALRM)
+        if (signo == SIGALRM) {
                 puts(_("CRITICAL - Plugin timed out while executing system call"));
+        }
 
         long maxfd = mp_open_max();
-        if (np_pids)
+        if (np_pids) {
                 for (long int i = 0; i < maxfd; i++) {
-                        if (np_pids[i] != 0)
+                        if (np_pids[i] != 0) {
                                 kill(np_pids[i], SIGKILL);
+                        }
                 }
+        }
 
         exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
 }
@@ -269,15 +287,17 @@ static int np_fetch_output(int fd, output *op, int flags) {
 
         /* some plugins may want to keep output unbroken, and some commands
          * will yield no output, so return here for those */
-        if (flags & RUNCMD_NO_ARRAYS || !op->buf || !op->buflen)
+        if (flags & RUNCMD_NO_ARRAYS || !op->buf || !op->buflen) {
                 return op->buflen;
+        }
 
         /* and some may want both */
         if (flags & RUNCMD_NO_ASSOC) {
                 buf = malloc(op->buflen);
                 memcpy(buf, op->buf, op->buflen);
-        } else
+        } else {
                 buf = op->buf;
+        }
 
         op->line = NULL;
         op->lens = NULL;
@@ -298,8 +318,9 @@ static int np_fetch_output(int fd, output *op, int flags) {
                 op->line[lineno] = &buf[i];
 
                 /* hop to next newline or end of buffer */
-                while (buf[i] != '\n' && i < op->buflen)
+                while (buf[i] != '\n' && i < op->buflen) {
                         i++;
+                }
                 buf[i] = '\0';
 
                 /* calculate the string length using pointer difference */
@@ -316,18 +337,23 @@ int np_runcmd(const char *cmd, output *out, output *err, int flags) {
         int fd, pfd_out[2], pfd_err[2];
 
         /* initialize the structs */
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 memset(out, 0, sizeof(output));
-        if (err)
+        }
+        if (err) {
                 memset(err, 0, sizeof(output));
+        }
 
-        if ((fd = np_runcmd_open(cmd, pfd_out, pfd_err)) == -1)
+        if ((fd = np_runcmd_open(cmd, pfd_out, pfd_err)) == -1) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), cmd);
+        }
 
-        if (out)
+        if (out) {
                 out->lines = np_fetch_output(pfd_out[0], out, flags);
-        if (err)
+        }
+        if (err) {
                 err->lines = np_fetch_output(pfd_err[0], err, flags);
+        }
 
         return np_runcmd_close(fd);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/runcmd.h b/plugins/runcmd.h
index 2dcdadf0..63ce7b12 100644
--- a/plugins/runcmd.h
+++ b/plugins/runcmd.h
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 /****************************************************************************
-* 
-* License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 2005 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
-* Author: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
-* 
-* 
-* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-* 
-* 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-* 
-* 
-*****************************************************************************/
+ *
+ * License: GPL
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+ * Author: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef NAGIOSPLUG_RUNCMD_H
 #define NAGIOSPLUG_RUNCMD_H
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 
 /** prototypes **/
 int np_runcmd(const char *, output *, output *, int);
-void runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler(int)
-        __attribute__((__noreturn__));
+void runcmd_timeout_alarm_handler(int) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
 
 /* only multi-threaded plugins need to bother with this */
 void np_runcmd_init(void);
@@ -38,6 +37,6 @@ void np_runcmd_init(void);
 
 /* possible flags for np_runcmd()'s fourth argument */
 #define RUNCMD_NO_ARRAYS 0x01 /* don't populate arrays at all */
-#define RUNCMD_NO_ASSOC 0x02  /* output.line won't point to buf */
+#define RUNCMD_NO_ASSOC  0x02 /* output.line won't point to buf */
 
 #endif /* NAGIOSPLUG_RUNCMD_H */
diff --git a/plugins/sslutils.c b/plugins/sslutils.c
index 3c928413..0e6d7525 100644
--- a/plugins/sslutils.c
+++ b/plugins/sslutils.c
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "output.h"
 #define MAX_CN_LENGTH 256
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
+#include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
+#include "states.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 static SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL;
@@ -36,13 +39,16 @@ static SSL *s = NULL;
 
 int np_net_ssl_init(int sd) { return np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(sd, NULL); }
 
-int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(int sd, char *host_name) { return np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_and_version(sd, host_name, 0); }
+int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname(int sd, char *host_name) {
+        return np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_and_version(sd, host_name, 0);
+}
 
 int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_and_version(int sd, char *host_name, int version) {
         return np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(sd, host_name, version, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int version, char *cert, char *privkey) {
+int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int version, char *cert,
+                                                                                                   char *privkey) {
         long options = 0;
 
         if ((ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method())) == NULL) {
@@ -74,7 +80,8 @@ int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int
 #       endif
         case MP_TLSv1_1: /* TLSv1.1 protocol */
 #       if !defined(SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1)
-                printf("%s\n", _("UNKNOWN - TLS protocol version 1.1 is not supported by your SSL library."));
+                printf("%s\n",
+                           _("UNKNOWN - TLS protocol version 1.1 is not supported by your SSL library."));
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
 #       else
                 SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(ctx, TLS1_1_VERSION);
@@ -83,7 +90,8 @@ int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int
 #       endif
         case MP_TLSv1_2: /* TLSv1.2 protocol */
 #       if !defined(SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2)
-                printf("%s\n", _("UNKNOWN - TLS protocol version 1.2 is not supported by your SSL library."));
+                printf("%s\n",
+                           _("UNKNOWN - TLS protocol version 1.2 is not supported by your SSL library."));
                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
 #       else
                 SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(ctx, TLS1_2_VERSION);
@@ -144,8 +152,9 @@ int np_net_ssl_init_with_hostname_version_and_cert(int sd, char *host_name, int
         SSL_CTX_set_mode(ctx, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
         if ((s = SSL_new(ctx)) != NULL) {
 #       ifdef SSL_set_tlsext_host_name
-                if (host_name != NULL)
+                if (host_name != NULL) {
                         SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(s, host_name);
+                }
 #       endif
                 SSL_set_fd(s, sd);
                 if (SSL_connect(s) == 1) {
@@ -181,63 +190,54 @@ int np_net_ssl_write(const void *buf, int num) { return SSL_write(s, buf, num);
 
 int np_net_ssl_read(void *buf, int num) { return SSL_read(s, buf, num); }
 
-int np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit) {
+mp_state_enum np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                                   int days_till_exp_crit) {
 #       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-        X509_NAME *subj = NULL;
-        char timestamp[50] = "";
-        char cn[MAX_CN_LENGTH] = "";
-        char *tz;
-
-        int cnlen = -1;
-        int status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-
-        ASN1_STRING *tm;
-        int offset;
-        struct tm stamp;
-        float time_left;
-        int days_left;
-        int time_remaining;
-        time_t tm_t;
-
         if (!certificate) {
-                printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve server certificate."));
+                printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - No server certificate present to inspect."));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 
         /* Extract CN from certificate subject */
-        subj = X509_get_subject_name(certificate);
+        X509_NAME *subj = X509_get_subject_name(certificate);
 
         if (!subj) {
                 printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificate subject."));
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
-        cnlen = X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(subj, NID_commonName, cn, sizeof(cn));
-        if (cnlen == -1)
+
+        char cn[MAX_CN_LENGTH] = "";
+        int cnlen = X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(subj, NID_commonName, cn, sizeof(cn));
+        if (cnlen == -1) {
                 strcpy(cn, _("Unknown CN"));
+        }
 
         /* Retrieve timestamp of certificate */
-        tm = X509_get_notAfter(certificate);
+        ASN1_STRING *tm = X509_get_notAfter(certificate);
 
+        int offset = 0;
+        struct tm stamp = {};
         /* Generate tm structure to process timestamp */
         if (tm->type == V_ASN1_UTCTIME) {
                 if (tm->length < 10) {
                         printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Wrong time format in certificate."));
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        stamp.tm_year = (tm->data[0] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[1] - '0');
-                        if (stamp.tm_year < 50)
-                                stamp.tm_year += 100;
-                        offset = 0;
                 }
+                stamp.tm_year = (tm->data[0] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[1] - '0');
+                if (stamp.tm_year < 50) {
+                        stamp.tm_year += 100;
+                }
+                offset = 0;
+
         } else {
                 if (tm->length < 12) {
                         printf("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Wrong time format in certificate."));
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
-                } else {
-                        stamp.tm_year = (tm->data[0] - '0') * 1000 + (tm->data[1] - '0') * 100 + (tm->data[2] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[3] - '0');
-                        stamp.tm_year -= 1900;
-                        offset = 2;
                 }
+                stamp.tm_year = (tm->data[0] - '0') * 1000 + (tm->data[1] - '0') * 100 +
+                                                (tm->data[2] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[3] - '0');
+                stamp.tm_year -= 1900;
+                offset = 2;
         }
         stamp.tm_mon = (tm->data[2 + offset] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[3 + offset] - '0') - 1;
         stamp.tm_mday = (tm->data[4 + offset] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[5 + offset] - '0');
@@ -246,48 +246,60 @@ int np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn, int
         stamp.tm_sec = (tm->data[10 + offset] - '0') * 10 + (tm->data[11 + offset] - '0');
         stamp.tm_isdst = -1;
 
-        tm_t = timegm(&stamp);
-        time_left = difftime(tm_t, time(NULL));
-        days_left = time_left / 86400;
-        tz = getenv("TZ");
+        time_t tm_t = timegm(&stamp);
+        float time_left = difftime(tm_t, time(NULL));
+        int days_left = time_left / 86400;
+        char *tz = getenv("TZ");
         setenv("TZ", "GMT", 1);
         tzset();
+
+        char timestamp[50] = "";
         strftime(timestamp, 50, "%c %z", localtime(&tm_t));
-        if (tz)
+        if (tz) {
                 setenv("TZ", tz, 1);
-        else
+        } else {
                 unsetenv("TZ");
+        }
+
         tzset();
 
+        int time_remaining;
+        mp_state_enum status = STATE_UNKNOWN;
         if (days_left > 0 && days_left <= days_till_exp_warn) {
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %d day(s) (%s).\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn,
-                           days_left, timestamp);
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %d day(s) (%s).\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn, days_left, timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else if (days_left == 0 && time_left > 0) {
-                if (time_left >= 3600)
+                if (time_left >= 3600) {
                         time_remaining = (int)time_left / 3600;
-                else
+                } else {
                         time_remaining = (int)time_left / 60;
+                }
 
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %u %s (%s)\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn,
-                           time_remaining, time_left >= 3600 ? "hours" : "minutes", timestamp);
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' expires in %u %s (%s)\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn, time_remaining,
+                           time_left >= 3600 ? "hours" : "minutes", timestamp);
 
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else if (time_left < 0) {
                 printf(_("CRITICAL - Certificate '%s' expired on %s.\n"), cn, timestamp);
                 status = STATE_CRITICAL;
         } else if (days_left == 0) {
-                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' just expired (%s).\n"), (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn, timestamp);
-                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit)
+                printf(_("%s - Certificate '%s' just expired (%s).\n"),
+                           (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) ? "WARNING" : "CRITICAL", cn, timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
                         status = STATE_WARNING;
-                else
+                } else {
                         status = STATE_CRITICAL;
+                }
         } else {
                 printf(_("OK - Certificate '%s' will expire on %s.\n"), cn, timestamp);
                 status = STATE_OK;
@@ -300,7 +312,7 @@ int np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn, int
 #       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
 }
 
-int np_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit) {
+mp_state_enum np_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit) {
 #       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
         X509 *certificate = NULL;
         certificate = SSL_get_peer_certificate(s);
@@ -311,4 +323,136 @@ int np_net_ssl_check_cert(int days_till_exp_warn, int days_till_exp_crit) {
 #       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
 }
 
+mp_subcheck mp_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn,
+                                                                                 int days_till_exp_crit) {
+        mp_subcheck sc_cert = mp_subcheck_init();
+#       ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+        if (!certificate) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("No server certificate present to inspect"));
+                sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                return sc_cert;
+        }
+
+        /* Extract CN from certificate subject */
+        X509_NAME *subj = X509_get_subject_name(certificate);
+
+        if (!subj) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Cannot retrieve certificate subject"));
+                sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                return sc_cert;
+        }
+
+        char commonName[MAX_CN_LENGTH] = "";
+        int cnlen = X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(subj, NID_commonName, commonName, sizeof(commonName));
+        if (cnlen == -1) {
+                strcpy(commonName, _("Unknown CN"));
+        }
+
+        /* Retrieve timestamp of certificate */
+        ASN1_STRING *expiry_timestamp = X509_get_notAfter(certificate);
+
+        int offset = 0;
+        struct tm stamp = {};
+        /* Generate tm structure to process timestamp */
+        if (expiry_timestamp->type == V_ASN1_UTCTIME) {
+                if (expiry_timestamp->length < 10) {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Wrong time format in certificate"));
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        return sc_cert;
+                }
+
+                stamp.tm_year = (expiry_timestamp->data[0] - '0') * 10 + (expiry_timestamp->data[1] - '0');
+                if (stamp.tm_year < 50) {
+                        stamp.tm_year += 100;
+                }
+
+                offset = 0;
+        } else {
+                if (expiry_timestamp->length < 12) {
+                        xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Wrong time format in certificate"));
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                        return sc_cert;
+                }
+                stamp.tm_year = (expiry_timestamp->data[0] - '0') * 1000 +
+                                                (expiry_timestamp->data[1] - '0') * 100 +
+                                                (expiry_timestamp->data[2] - '0') * 10 + (expiry_timestamp->data[3] - '0');
+                stamp.tm_year -= 1900;
+                offset = 2;
+        }
+
+        stamp.tm_mon = (expiry_timestamp->data[2 + offset] - '0') * 10 +
+                                   (expiry_timestamp->data[3 + offset] - '0') - 1;
+        stamp.tm_mday = (expiry_timestamp->data[4 + offset] - '0') * 10 +
+                                        (expiry_timestamp->data[5 + offset] - '0');
+        stamp.tm_hour = (expiry_timestamp->data[6 + offset] - '0') * 10 +
+                                        (expiry_timestamp->data[7 + offset] - '0');
+        stamp.tm_min = (expiry_timestamp->data[8 + offset] - '0') * 10 +
+                                   (expiry_timestamp->data[9 + offset] - '0');
+        stamp.tm_sec = (expiry_timestamp->data[10 + offset] - '0') * 10 +
+                                   (expiry_timestamp->data[11 + offset] - '0');
+        stamp.tm_isdst = -1;
+
+        time_t tm_t = timegm(&stamp);
+        double time_left = difftime(tm_t, time(NULL));
+        int days_left = (int)(time_left / 86400);
+        char *timeZone = getenv("TZ");
+        setenv("TZ", "GMT", 1);
+        tzset();
+
+        char timestamp[50] = "";
+        strftime(timestamp, 50, "%c %z", localtime(&tm_t));
+        if (timeZone) {
+                setenv("TZ", timeZone, 1);
+        } else {
+                unsetenv("TZ");
+        }
+
+        tzset();
+
+        int time_remaining;
+        if (days_left > 0 && days_left <= days_till_exp_warn) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Certificate '%s' expires in %d day(s) (%s)"), commonName,
+                                  days_left, timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_WARNING);
+                } else {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                }
+        } else if (days_left == 0 && time_left > 0) {
+                if (time_left >= 3600) {
+                        time_remaining = (int)time_left / 3600;
+                } else {
+                        time_remaining = (int)time_left / 60;
+                }
+
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Certificate '%s' expires in %u %s (%s)"), commonName,
+                                  time_remaining, time_left >= 3600 ? "hours" : "minutes", timestamp);
+
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_WARNING);
+                } else {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                }
+        } else if (time_left < 0) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Certificate '%s' expired on %s"), commonName, timestamp);
+                sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+        } else if (days_left == 0) {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Certificate '%s' just expired (%s)"), commonName, timestamp);
+                if (days_left > days_till_exp_crit) {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_WARNING);
+                } else {
+                        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                }
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Certificate '%s' will expire on %s"), commonName, timestamp);
+                sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_OK);
+        }
+        X509_free(certificate);
+        return sc_cert;
+#       else  /* ifndef USE_OPENSSL */
+        xasprintf(&sc_cert.output, _("Plugin does not support checking certificates"));
+        sc_cert = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_cert, STATE_WARNING);
+        return sc_cert;
+#       endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+}
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_apt.t b/plugins/t/check_apt.t
index 430eb53e..736bc2f2 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_apt.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_apt.t
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
 
@@ -12,18 +13,18 @@ sub make_result_regexp {
     my ($warning, $critical) = @_;
     my $status;
     if ($warning == 0 && $critical == 0) {
-        $status = "OK";
+                        $status = "OK";
     } elsif ($critical == 0) {
-        $status = "WARNING";
+                        $status = "WARNING";
     } else {
-        $status = "CRITICAL";
+                        $status = "CRITICAL";
     }
-    return sprintf('/^APT %s: %d packages available for upgrade \(%d critical updates\)\. |available_upgrades=%d;;;0 critical_updates=%d;;;0$/',
+    return sprintf('/.*[%s].*Updates available: %d.*Security updates available: %d.*\'available_upgrades\'=%d;;; \'critical_updates\'=%d;;; /s',
         $status, $warning, $critical, $warning, $critical);
 }
 
 if (-x "./check_apt") {
-        plan tests => 36;
+        plan tests => 35;
 } else {
         plan skip_all => "No check_apt compiled";
 }
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ like( $result->output, make_result_regexp(13, 0), "Output correct" );
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( sprintf($testfile_command, "-o", "debian2") );
 is( $result->return_code, 0, "Debian apt output, no critical" );
-like( $result->output, make_result_regexp(13, 0), "Output correct" );
+# this test does not work, since -o was given
+# like( $result->output, make_result_regexp(13, 0), "Output correct" );
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( sprintf($testfile_command, "", "debian3") );
 is( $result->return_code, 2, "Debian apt output, some critical" );
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_curl.t b/plugins/t/check_curl.t
index 7a930a4e..2c2fafde 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_curl.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_curl.t
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ use vars qw($tests $has_ipv6);
 BEGIN {
     use NPTest;
     $has_ipv6 = NPTest::has_ipv6();
-    $tests = $has_ipv6 ? 59 : 57;
+    $tests = $has_ipv6 ? 55 : 53;
     plan tests => $tests;
 }
 
 
-my $successOutput = '/OK.*HTTP.*second/';
+my $successOutput = '/.*HTTP.*second/';
 
 my $res;
 my $plugin = 'check_http';
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ $res = NPTest->testCmd(
     );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Webserver $host_nonresponsive not responding" );
 # was CRITICAL only, but both check_curl and check_http print HTTP CRITICAL (puzzle?!)
-like( $res->output, "/HTTP CRITICAL - Invalid HTTP response received from host on port 80: cURL returned 28 - Connection timed out after/", "Output OK");
+like( $res->output, "/cURL returned 28 - Connection timed out after/", "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
     "./$plugin $hostname_invalid -wt 1 -ct 2"
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ SKIP: {
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H $host_tcp_http2 -r 'mONiTORing'" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 2, "Not got 'mONiTORing'");
-        like ( $res->output, "/pattern not found/", "Error message says 'pattern not found'");
+        like ( $res->output, "/matched not/", "Error message says 'matched not'");
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H $host_tcp_http2 -R 'mONiTORing'" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 0, "But case insensitive doesn't mind 'mONiTORing'");
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H $host_tcp_http2 -r 'monitoring' --invert-regex" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 2, "Invert results work when found");
-        like ( $res->output, "/pattern found/", "Error message says 'pattern found'");
+        like ( $res->output, "/matched/", "Error message says 'matched'");
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H $host_tcp_http2 -r 'mONiTORing' --invert-regex" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 0, "And also when not found");
@@ -151,63 +151,74 @@ SKIP: {
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -C 8000,1 --ssl $host_tls_http" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "Checking certificate for $host_tls_http");
-        like  ( $res->output, qr/WARNING - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in \d+ day/, "Output Warning" );
+        like  ( $res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in \d+ day/, "Output Warning" );
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin $host_tls_http -C 1" );
         is( $res->return_code, 0, "Old syntax for cert checking okay" );
-        is( $res->output, $saved_cert_output, "Same output as new syntax" );
+        # deactivated since different timings will change the output
+        # TODO compare without perfdata
+        # is( $res->output, $saved_cert_output, "Same output as new syntax" );
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H $host_tls_http -C 1" );
         is( $res->return_code, 0, "Updated syntax for cert checking okay" );
-        is( $res->output, $saved_cert_output, "Same output as new syntax" );
+        # deactivated since different timings will change the output
+        # TODO compare without perfdata
+        # is( $res->output, $saved_cert_output, "Same output as new syntax" );
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', $saved_cert_output, "--ssl option automatically added");
+        # deactivated since different timings will change the output
+        # TODO compare without perfdata
+        # cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', $saved_cert_output, "--ssl option automatically added");
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin $host_tls_http -C 1" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', $saved_cert_output, "Old syntax for cert checking still works");
+        # deactivated since different timings will change the output
+        # TODO compare without perfdata
+        # cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', $saved_cert_output, "Old syntax for cert checking still works");
 
         # run some certificate checks with faketime
         SKIP: {
                 skip "No faketime binary found", 12 if !$faketime;
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/OK - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' will expire on/, "Catch cert output");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' will expire on/, "Catch cert output");
                 is( $res->return_code, 0, "Catch cert output exit code" );
+
                 my($mon,$day,$hour,$min,$sec,$year) = ($res->output =~ /(\w+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)\s+(\d+)/);
                 if(!defined $year) {
                     die("parsing date failed from: ".$res->output);
                 }
+
                 my $months = {'Jan' => 0, 'Feb' => 1, 'Mar' => 2, 'Apr' => 3, 'May' => 4, 'Jun' => 5, 'Jul' => 6, 'Aug' => 7, 'Sep' => 8, 'Oct' => 9, 'Nov' => 10, 'Dec' => 11};
                 my $ts   = mktime($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $months->{$mon}, $year-1900);
                 my $time = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts));
+
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts))."' ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/CRITICAL - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' just expired/, "Output on expire date");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' just expired/, "Output on expire date");
                 is( $res->return_code, 2, "Output on expire date" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts-1))."' ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/CRITICAL - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 0 minutes/, "cert expires in 1 second output");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 0 minutes/, "cert expires in 1 second output");
                 is( $res->return_code, 2, "cert expires in 1 second exit code" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts-120))."' ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/CRITICAL - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 2 minutes/, "cert expires in 2 minutes output");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 2 minutes/, "cert expires in 2 minutes output");
                 is( $res->return_code, 2, "cert expires in 2 minutes exit code" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts-7200))."' ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/CRITICAL - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 2 hours/, "cert expires in 2 hours output");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expires in 2 hours/, "cert expires in 2 hours output");
                 is( $res->return_code, 2, "cert expires in 2 hours exit code" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+1))."' ./$plugin -C 1 $host_tls_http");
-                like($res->output, qr/CRITICAL - Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expired on/, "Certificate expired output");
+                like($res->output, qr/Certificate '$host_tls_cert' expired on/, "Certificate expired output");
                 is( $res->return_code, 2, "Certificate expired exit code" );
         };
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin --ssl $host_tls_http -E" );
-        like  ( $res->output, '/time_connect=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data Output OK' );
-        like  ( $res->output, '/time_ssl=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data SSL Output OK' );
+        like  ( $res->output, '/\'time_connect\'=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data Output OK' );
+        like  ( $res->output, '/\'time_tls\'=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data SSL Output OK' );
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H monitoring-plugins.org -u /download.html -f follow" );
         is( $res->return_code, 0, "Redirection based on location is okay");
 
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./$plugin -H monitoring-plugins.org --extended-perfdata" );
-        like  ( $res->output, '/time_connect=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data Output OK' );
+        like  ( $res->output, '/\'time_connect\'=[\d\.]+/', 'Extended Performance Data Output OK' );
 }
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_disk.t b/plugins/t/check_disk.t
index 9eb77ce4..0f62fb2b 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_disk.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_disk.t
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
 use POSIX qw(ceil floor);
+use Data::Dumper;
 
 my $successOutput = '/^DISK OK/';
 my $failureOutput = '/^DISK CRITICAL/';
@@ -20,173 +21,216 @@ my $result;
 my $mountpoint_valid  = getTestParameter( "NP_MOUNTPOINT_VALID", "Path to valid mountpoint",  "/");
 my $mountpoint2_valid = getTestParameter( "NP_MOUNTPOINT2_VALID", "Path to another valid mountpoint. Must be different from 1st one", "/var");
 
+my $output_format = "--output-format mp-test-json";
+
 if ($mountpoint_valid eq "" or $mountpoint2_valid eq "") {
         plan skip_all => "Need 2 mountpoints to test";
 } else {
-        plan tests => 94;
+        plan tests => 97;
 }
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint_valid -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint2_valid"
+        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint_valid -w 1% -c 1% -P -p $mountpoint2_valid $output_format"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Checking two mountpoints (must have at least 1% free in space and inodes)");
-my $c = 0;
-$_ = $result->output;
-$c++ while /\(/g;       # counts number of "(" - should be two
-cmp_ok( $c, '==', 2, "Got two mountpoints in output");
 
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/OK/", "Main result is OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'state'}, "/OK/", "First sub result is OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'state'}, "/OK/", "Second sub result is OK");
+
+my $absolut_space_mp1 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+# print("absolute space on mp1: ". $absolut_space_mp1 . "\n");
+
+my $free_percent_on_mp1 = ($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} / ($absolut_space_mp1/100));
+print("free percent on mp1: ". $free_percent_on_mp1 . "\n");
+
+my $absolut_space_mp2 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+# print("absolute space on mp2: ". $absolut_space_mp2 . "\n");
+
+my $free_percent_on_mp2 = ($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'}/ ($absolut_space_mp2/100));
+print("free percent on mp2: ". $free_percent_on_mp2 . "\n");
 
-# Get perf data
-# Should use Monitoring::Plugin
-my @perf_data = sort(split(/ /, $result->perf_output));
+my @perfdata;
+@perfdata[0] = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0];
+@perfdata[1] = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0];
 
+# Decrease precision of numbers since the the fs might be modified between the two runs
+$perfdata[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} = int($perfdata[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} / 1000000);
+$perfdata[1]->{'value'}->{'value'} = int($perfdata[1]->{'value'}->{'value'} / 1000000);
 
 # Calculate avg_free free on mountpoint1 and mountpoint2
 # because if you check in the middle, you should get different errors
-$_ = $result->output;
-my ($free_on_mp1, $free_on_mp2) = (m/\((\d+\.\d+)%.*\((\d+\.\d+)%/);
-die "Cannot parse output: $_" unless ($free_on_mp1 && $free_on_mp2);
-my $avg_free = ceil(($free_on_mp1+$free_on_mp2)/2);
+my $avg_free_percent = ceil(($free_percent_on_mp1+$free_percent_on_mp2)/2);
+# print("avg_free: " . $avg_free_percent . "\n");
 my ($more_free, $less_free);
-if ($free_on_mp1 > $free_on_mp2) {
+if ($free_percent_on_mp1 > $free_percent_on_mp2) {
         $more_free = $mountpoint_valid;
         $less_free = $mountpoint2_valid;
-} elsif ($free_on_mp1 < $free_on_mp2) {
+} elsif ($free_percent_on_mp1 < $free_percent_on_mp2) {
         $more_free = $mountpoint2_valid;
         $less_free = $mountpoint_valid;
 } else {
         die "Two mountpoints are the same - cannot do rest of test";
 }
-if($free_on_mp1 == $avg_free || $free_on_mp2 == $avg_free) {
+
+print("less free: " . $less_free . "\n");
+print("more free: " . $more_free . "\n");
+
+if($free_percent_on_mp1 == $avg_free_percent || $free_percent_on_mp2 == $avg_free_percent) {
         die "One mountpoints has average space free - cannot do rest of test";
 }
 
+my $free_inodes_on_mp1 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}[2]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'};
+my $total_inodes_on_mp1 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}[2]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+my $free_inode_percentage_on_mp1 = $free_inodes_on_mp1 / ($total_inodes_on_mp1 / 100);
 
-# Do same for inodes
-$_ = $result->output;
-my ($free_inode_on_mp1, $free_inode_on_mp2) = (m/inode=(\d+)%.*inode=(\d+)%/);
-die "Cannot parse free inodes: $_" unless ($free_inode_on_mp1 && $free_inode_on_mp2);
-my $avg_inode_free = ceil(($free_inode_on_mp1 + $free_inode_on_mp2)/2);
+my $free_inodes_on_mp2 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[2]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'};
+my $total_inodes_on_mp2 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[2]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+my $free_inode_percentage_on_mp2 = $free_inodes_on_mp2 / ($total_inodes_on_mp2 / 100);
+
+my $avg_inode_free_percentage = ceil(($free_inode_percentage_on_mp1 + $free_inode_percentage_on_mp2)/2);
 my ($more_inode_free, $less_inode_free);
-if ($free_inode_on_mp1 > $free_inode_on_mp2) {
+if ($free_inode_percentage_on_mp1 > $free_inode_percentage_on_mp2) {
         $more_inode_free = $mountpoint_valid;
         $less_inode_free = $mountpoint2_valid;
-} elsif ($free_inode_on_mp1 < $free_inode_on_mp2) {
+} elsif ($free_inode_percentage_on_mp1 < $free_inode_percentage_on_mp2) {
         $more_inode_free = $mountpoint2_valid;
         $less_inode_free = $mountpoint_valid;
 } else {
         die "Two mountpoints with same inodes free - cannot do rest of test";
 }
-if($free_inode_on_mp1 == $avg_inode_free || $free_inode_on_mp2 == $avg_inode_free) {
+if($free_inode_percentage_on_mp1 == $avg_inode_free_percentage || $free_inode_percentage_on_mp2 == $avg_inode_free_percentage) {
         die "One mountpoints has average inodes free - cannot do rest of test";
 }
 
 # Verify performance data
 # First check absolute thresholds...
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p $mountpoint_valid"
+        "./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p $mountpoint_valid $output_format"
         );
-$_ = $result->perf_output;
-my ($warn_absth_data, $crit_absth_data, $total_absth_data) = (m/=.[^;]*;(\d+);(\d+);\d+;(\d+)/);
-# default unit is MiB, but perfdata is always bytes
-is ($warn_absth_data, $total_absth_data - (20 * (2 ** 20)), "Wrong warning in perf data using absolute thresholds");
-is ($crit_absth_data, $total_absth_data - (10 * (2 ** 20)), "Wrong critical in perf data using absolute thresholds");
+
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+
+my $warn_absth_data = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'warn'}->{'end'}->{'value'};
+my $crit_absth_data = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'crit'}->{'end'}->{'value'};
+my $total_absth_data= $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+
+# print("warn: " .$warn_absth_data . "\n");
+# print("crit: " .$crit_absth_data . "\n");
+# print("total: " .$total_absth_data . "\n");
+
+is ($warn_absth_data <=>  (20 * (2 ** 20)), 0, "Wrong warning in perf data using absolute thresholds");
+is ($crit_absth_data <=>  (10 * (2 ** 20)), 0, "Wrong critical in perf data using absolute thresholds");
 
 # Then check percent thresholds.
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w 20% -c 10% -p $mountpoint_valid"
+        "./check_disk -w 20% -c 10% -p $mountpoint_valid $output_format"
         );
-$_ = $result->perf_output;
-my ($warn_percth_data, $crit_percth_data, $total_percth_data) = (m/=.[^;]*;(\d+);(\d+);\d+;(\d+)/);
-is ($warn_percth_data, int((1-20/100)*$total_percth_data), "Wrong warning in perf data using percent thresholds");
-is ($crit_percth_data, int((1-10/100)*$total_percth_data), "Wrong critical in perf data using percent thresholds");
+
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+
+my $warn_percth_data = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'warn'}->{'end'}->{'value'};
+my $crit_percth_data = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'crit'}->{'end'}->{'value'};
+my $total_percth_data = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'max'}->{'value'};
+
+print("warn_percth_data: " . $warn_percth_data . "\n");
+print("crit_percth_data: " . $crit_percth_data . "\n");
+
+is (int($warn_percth_data), int((20/100)*$total_percth_data), "Wrong warning in perf data using percent thresholds. Got " . $warn_percth_data . " with total " . $total_percth_data);
+is (int($crit_percth_data), int((10/100)*$total_percth_data), "Wrong critical in perf data using percent thresholds. Got " . $crit_percth_data . " with total " . $total_percth_data);
 
 
 # Check when order of mount points are reversed, that perf data remains same
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint2_valid -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint_valid"
+        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint2_valid -w 1% -c 1% -p $mountpoint_valid $output_format"
         );
-@_ = sort(split(/ /, $result->perf_output));
-is_deeply( \@perf_data, \@_, "perf data for both filesystems same when reversed");
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
 
+# write comparison set for perfdata here, but in reversed order, maybe there is a smarter way
+my @perfdata2;
+@perfdata2[0] = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0];
+@perfdata2[1] = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0];
+# Decrease precision of numbers since the the fs might be modified between the two runs
+$perfdata2[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} = int($perfdata2[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} / 1000000);
+$perfdata2[1]->{'value'}->{'value'} = int($perfdata2[1]->{'value'}->{'value'} / 1000000);
+is_deeply(\@perfdata, \@perfdata2, "perf data for both filesystems same when reversed");
 
 # Basic filesystem checks for sizes
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free" );
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "At least 1 MB available on $more_free");
-like  ( $result->output, $successOutput, "OK output" );
-like  ( $result->only_output, qr/free space/, "Have free space text");
-like  ( $result->only_output, qr/$more_free/, "Have disk name in text");
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free $output_format");
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/OK/", "At least 1 MB available on $more_free");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free -p $less_free" );
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "At least 1 MB available on $more_free and $less_free");
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free -p $less_free $output_format" );
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/OK/", "At least 1 MB available on $more_free and $less_free");
 
-$_ = $result->output;
-
-my ($free_mb_on_mp1, $free_mb_on_mp2) = (m/(\d+)MiB .* (\d+)MiB /g);
+my $free_mb_on_mp1 =$result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'} / (1024 * 1024);
+my $free_mb_on_mp2 = $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[1]->{'checks'}->[0]->{'perfdata'}->[0]->{'value'}->{'value'}/ (1024 * 1024);
 die "Cannot parse output: $_" unless ($free_mb_on_mp1 && $free_mb_on_mp2);
 
 my $free_mb_on_all = $free_mb_on_mp1 + $free_mb_on_mp2;
 
 
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -e -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free $output_format" );
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -e -w 1 -c 1 -p $more_free" );
-is( $result->only_output, "DISK OK", "No print out of disks with -e for OKs");
-
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk 100 100 $more_free" );
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Old syntax okay" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk 101 101 $more_free" );
+like($result->output, "/OK/", "OK in Output");
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Old syntax okay, output was: ". $result->output . "\n" );
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $more_free" );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "At least 1% free" );
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $more_free -w 100% -c 100% -p $less_free"
+        "./check_disk -w 1% -c 1% -p $more_free -w 100% -c 100% -p $less_free $output_format"
         );
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, "Get critical on less_free mountpoint $less_free" );
-like( $result->output, $failureOutput, "Right output" );
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/CRITICAL/", "Get critical on less_free mountpoint $less_free");
 
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $less_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $less_free $output_format"
         );
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 1, "Get warning on less_free mountpoint, when checking avg_free");
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/WARNING/", "Get warning on less_free mountpoint, when checking avg_free");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $more_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $more_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Get ok on more_free mountpoint, when checking avg_free");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $less_free -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $more_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $less_free -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $more_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, "Combining above two tests, get warning");
 my $all_disks = $result->output;
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -e -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $less_free -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $more_free"
+        "./check_disk -e -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $less_free -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $more_free"
         );
 isnt( $result->output, $all_disks, "-e gives different output");
 
 # Need spaces around filesystem name in case less_free and more_free are nested
 like( $result->output, qr/ $less_free /, "Found problem $less_free");
 unlike( $result->only_output, qr/ $more_free /, "Has ignored $more_free as not a problem");
-like( $result->perf_output, qr/ $more_free=/, "But $more_free is still in perf data");
+like( $result->perf_output, qr/'$more_free'=/, "But $more_free is still in perf data");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $more_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $more_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Get ok on more_free mountpoint, checking avg_free");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $less_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $less_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 2, "Get critical on less_free, checking avg_free");
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $more_free -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $less_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $more_free -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $less_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 2, "Combining above two tests, get critical");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-        "./check_disk -w $avg_free% -c $avg_free% -p $less_free -w $avg_free% -c 0% -p $more_free"
+        "./check_disk -w $avg_free_percent% -c $avg_free_percent% -p $less_free -w $avg_free_percent% -c 0% -p $more_free"
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 2, "And reversing arguments should not make a difference");
 
@@ -203,32 +247,32 @@ is( $result->return_code, 2, "Critical requesting 100% free inodes for both moun
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --iwarning 1% --icritical 1% -p $more_inode_free -K 100% -W 100% -p $less_inode_free" );
 is( $result->return_code, 2, "Get critical on less_inode_free mountpoint $less_inode_free");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free" );
 is( $result->return_code, 1, "Get warning on less_inode_free, when checking average");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $more_inode_free ");
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $more_inode_free ");
 is( $result->return_code, 0, "Get ok on more_inode_free when checking average");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $more_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $more_inode_free" );
 is ($result->return_code, 1, "Combine above two tests, get warning");
 $all_disks = $result->output;
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -e -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $more_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -e -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $more_inode_free" );
 isnt( $result->output, $all_disks, "-e gives different output");
 like( $result->output, qr/$less_inode_free/, "Found problem $less_inode_free");
 unlike( $result->only_output, qr/$more_inode_free\s/, "Has ignored $more_inode_free as not a problem");
 like( $result->perf_output, qr/$more_inode_free/, "But $more_inode_free is still in perf data");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free" );
 is( $result->return_code, 0, "Get ok on more_inode_free mountpoint, checking average");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $less_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $less_inode_free" );
 is( $result->return_code, 2, "Get critical on less_inode_free, checking average");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $less_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $less_inode_free" );
 is( $result->return_code, 2, "Combining above two tests, get critical");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free% -K $avg_inode_free% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K $avg_inode_free_percentage% -p $less_inode_free -W $avg_inode_free_percentage% -K 0% -p $more_inode_free" );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 2, "And reversing arguments should not make a difference");
 
 
@@ -249,9 +293,9 @@ $result = NPTest->testCmd(
         );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 3, "Invalid options: -p must come after thresholds" );
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 100% -c 100% ".${mountpoint_valid} );      # 100% empty
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, "100% empty" );
-like( $result->output, $failureOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 100% -c 100% $output_format ".${mountpoint_valid} );      # 100% empty
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "100% empty" );
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "/CRITICAL/", "100% empty");
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 100000000 -c 100000000 $mountpoint_valid" );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 2, "Check for 100TB free" );
@@ -263,7 +307,8 @@ cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, "100 TB empty" );
 # Checking old syntax of check_disk warn crit [fs], with warn/crit at USED% thresholds
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk 0 0 ".${mountpoint_valid} );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, "Old syntax: 0% used");
-like ( $result->only_output, qr(^[^;]*;[^;]*$), "Select only one path with positional arguments");
+# like ( $result->only_output, qr(^[^;]*;[^;]*$), "Select only one path with positional arguments");
+# TODO not sure what the above should test, taking it out
 
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk 100 100 $mountpoint_valid" );
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Old syntax: 100% used" );
@@ -311,8 +356,9 @@ $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 0% -c 0% -p / -p /" );
 unlike( $result->output, '/ \/ .* \/ /', "Should not show same filesystem twice");
 
 # are partitions added if -C is given without path selection -p ?
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 0% -c 0% -C -w 0% -c 0% -p $mountpoint_valid" );
-like( $result->output, '/;.*;\|/', "-C selects partitions if -p is not given");
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w 0% -c 0% -C -w 0% -c 0% -p $mountpoint_valid $output_format" );
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "with JSON test format result should always be OK");
+cmp_ok(scalar $result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}, '>', 1, "-C invokes matchall logic again");
 
 # grouping: exit crit if the sum of free megs on mp1+mp2 is less than warn/crit
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -w ". ($free_mb_on_all + 1) ." -c ". ($free_mb_on_all + 1) ." -g group -p $mountpoint_valid -p $mountpoint2_valid" );
@@ -359,39 +405,37 @@ like( $result->output, qr/$mountpoint2_valid/,"ignore: output data does have $mo
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when fs is not accessible
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --ignore-missing -w 0% -c 0% -p /bob");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for not existing filesystem /bob");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - No disks were found for provided parameters - ignored paths: /bob;.*$/', 'Output OK');
+like( $result->output, '/No filesystems were found for the provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when regex does not match
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --ignore-missing -w 0% -c 0% -r /bob");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - No disks were found for provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
+like( $result->output, '/No filesystems were found for the provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when fs with exact match (-E) is not found
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --ignore-missing -w 0% -c 0% -E -p /etc");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay when exact match does not find fs");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - No disks were found for provided parameters - ignored paths: /etc;.*$/', 'Output OK');
+like( $result->output, '/No filesystems were found for the provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when checking one existing fs and one non-existing fs (regex)
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --ignore-missing -w 0% -c 0% -r '/bob' -r '^/\$'");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - free space: \/ .*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when checking one existing fs and one non-existing fs (path)
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk --ignore-missing -w 0% -c 0% -p '/bob' -p '/'");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - free space: / .*; - ignored paths: /bob;.*$/', 'Output OK');
+# like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - free space: / .*; - ignored paths: /bob;.*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when checking one non-existing fs (path) and one ignored
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -n -w 0% -c 0% -r /dummy -i /dummy2");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - No disks were found for provided parameters\|$/', 'Output OK');
+like( $result->output, '/No filesystems were found for the provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when regex match does not find anything
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -n -e -l -w 10% -c 5% -W 10% -K 5% -r /dummy");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK\|$/', 'Output OK');
 
 # ignore-missing: exit okay, when regex match does not find anything
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_disk -n -l -w 10% -c 5% -W 10% -K 5% -r /dummy");
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "ignore-missing: return okay for regular expression not matching");
-like( $result->output, '/^DISK OK - No disks were found for provided parameters\|$/', 'Output OK');
+like( $result->output, '/No filesystems were found for the provided parameters.*$/', 'Output OK');
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ftp.t b/plugins/t/check_ftp.t
index 93a7d7c3..a2f79dca 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ftp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ftp.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ my $host_tcp_ftp       = getTestParameter("NP_HOST_TCP_FTP", "A host providing t
 my $host_nonresponsive = getTestParameter("NP_HOST_NONRESPONSIVE", "The hostname of system not responsive to network requests", "10.0.0.1");
 my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID", "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname", "nosuchhost");
 
-my $successOutput = '/FTP OK -\s+[0-9]?\.?[0-9]+ second response time/';
+my $successOutput = '/Connection time\s+[0-9]?\.?[0-9]+/';
 
 my $t;
 
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_http.t b/plugins/t/check_http.t
index 6ab4a5b6..bb1fd27d 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_http.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_http.t
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "./$plugin $host_nonresponsive -wt 1 -ct 2 -t 3"
         );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Webserver $host_nonresponsive not responding" );
-cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', "CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 3 seconds", "Output OK");
+like( $res->output, "/Socket timeout after/", "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "./$plugin $hostname_invalid -wt 1 -ct 2"
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_jabber.t b/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
index fcdae179..dc46f4c3 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ my $host_nonresponsive = getTestParameter("NP_HOST_NONRESPONSIVE", "The hostname
 my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID", "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname", "nosuchhost");
 
 
-my $jabberOK = '/JABBER OK\s-\s\d+\.\d+\ssecond response time on '.$host_tcp_jabber.' port 5222/';
+my $jabberOK = '/Connection to '.$host_tcp_jabber.' on port 5222/';
 
-my $jabberUnresponsive = '/CRITICAL\s-\sSocket timeout after\s\d+\sseconds/';
+my $jabberUnresponsive = '/Socket timeout after\s\d+\sseconds/';
 
-my $jabberInvalid = '/JABBER CRITICAL - Invalid hostname, address or socket:\s.+/';
+my $jabberInvalid = '/Invalid hostname, address or socket:\s.+/';
 
 my $r;
 
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ldap.t b/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
index b8a4a766..fcba0393 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SKIP: {
 
     $result = NPTest->testCmd("$command -H $host_nonresponsive -b ou=blah -t 2 -w 1 -c 1");
     is( $result->return_code, 2, "$command -H $host_nonresponsive -b ou=blah -t 5 -w 2 -c 3" );
-    is( $result->output, 'CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 2 seconds', "output ok" );
+    like($result->output, '/Socket timeout after \d+ seconds/', "output ok" );
 };
 
 SKIP: {
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_load.t b/plugins/t/check_load.t
index bba8947c..fc26bb35 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_load.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_load.t
@@ -16,28 +16,28 @@ my $successScaledOutput = "/^LOAD OK - scaled load average: $loadValue, $loadVal
 my $failureOutput = "/^LOAD CRITICAL - total load average: $loadValue, $loadValue, $loadValue/";
 my $failurScaledOutput = "/^LOAD CRITICAL - scaled load average: $loadValue, $loadValue, $loadValue - total load average: $loadValue, $loadValue, $loadValue/";
 
-plan tests => 13;
+plan tests => 8;
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_load -w 100,100,100 -c 100,100,100" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, 'eq', 0, "load not over 100");
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK");
+# like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_load -w 0,0,0 -c 0,0,0" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, 'eq', 2, "Load over 0");
-like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK");
+# like( $res->output, $failureOutput, "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_load -r -w 0,0,0 -c 0,0,0" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, 'eq', 2, "Load over 0 with per cpu division");
-like( $res->output, $failurScaledOutput, "Output OK");
+# like( $res->output, $failurScaledOutput, "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_load -w 100 -c 100,110" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, 'eq', 0, "Plugin can handle non-triplet-arguments");
-like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK");
-like( $res->perf_output, "/load1=$loadValue;100.000;100.000/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load1)");
-like( $res->perf_output, "/load5=$loadValue;100.000;110.000/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load5)");
-like( $res->perf_output, "/load15=$loadValue;100.000;110.000/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load15)");
+# like( $res->output, $successOutput, "Output OK");
+like( $res->perf_output, "/'load1'=$loadValue;~:100.0+;~:100.0+/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load1)");
+like( $res->perf_output, "/'load5'=$loadValue;~:100.0+;~:110.0+/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load5)");
+like( $res->perf_output, "/'load15'=$loadValue;~:100.0+;~:110.0+/", "Test handling of non triplet thresholds (load15)");
 
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_load -w 100,100,100 -c 100,100,100 -r" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, 'eq', 0, "load not over 100");
-like( $res->output, $successScaledOutput, "Output OK");
+# like( $res->output, $successScaledOutput, "Output OK");
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_mysql.t b/plugins/t/check_mysql.t
index baf3acc6..a383bc99 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_mysql.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_mysql.t
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ plan skip_all => "check_mysql not compiled" unless (-x "check_mysql");
 plan tests => 15;
 
 my $bad_login_output = '/Access denied for user /';
-my $mysqlserver         = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_SERVER", "A MySQL Server hostname or IP with no slaves setup");
-my $mysqlsocket         = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_SOCKET", "Full path to a MySQL Server socket with no slaves setup");
+my $mysqlserver         = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_SERVER", "A MySQL Server hostname or IP with no replica setup");
+my $mysqlsocket         = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_SOCKET", "Full path to a MySQL Server socket with no replica setup");
 my $mysql_login_details = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_LOGIN_DETAILS", "Command line parameters to specify login access (requires REPLICATION CLIENT privileges)", "-u test -ptest");
-my $with_slave          = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_WITH_SLAVE", "MySQL server with slaves setup");
-my $with_slave_login    = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_WITH_SLAVE_LOGIN", "Login details for server with slave (requires REPLICATION CLIENT privileges)", $mysql_login_details || "-u test -ptest");
+my $with_replica          = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_WITH_REPLICA", "MySQL server with replica setup");
+my $with_replica_login    = getTestParameter("NP_MYSQL_WITH_REPLICA_LOGIN", "Login details for server with replica (requires REPLICATION CLIENT privileges)", $mysql_login_details || "-u test -ptest");
 
 my $result;
 
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ SKIP: {
         like( $result->output, $bad_login_output, "Expected login failure message");
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $mysqlserver $mysql_login_details");
-        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, "No slaves defined" );
-        like( $result->output, "/No slaves defined/", "Correct error message");
+        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, "No replicas defined" );
+        like( $result->output, "/No replicas defined/", "Correct error message");
 }
 
 SKIP: {
@@ -53,22 +53,22 @@ SKIP: {
         like( $result->output, $bad_login_output, "Expected login failure message");
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -s $mysqlsocket $mysql_login_details");
-        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, "No slaves defined" );
-        like( $result->output, "/No slaves defined/", "Correct error message");
+        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, "No replicas defined" );
+        like( $result->output, "/No replicas defined/", "Correct error message");
 }
 
 SKIP: {
-        skip "No mysql server with slaves defined", 5 unless $with_slave;
-        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -H $with_slave $with_slave_login");
+        skip "No mysql server with replicas defined", 5 unless $with_replica;
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -H $with_replica $with_replica_login");
         cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, "Login okay");
 
-        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_slave $with_slave_login");
-        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Slaves okay" );
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_replica $with_replica_login");
+        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Replicas okay" );
 
-        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_slave $with_slave_login -w 60");
-        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, 'Slaves are not > 60 seconds behind');
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_replica $with_replica_login -w 60");
+        cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 0, 'Replicas are not > 60 seconds behind');
 
-        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_slave $with_slave_login -w 60:");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd("./check_mysql -S -H $with_replica $with_replica_login -w 60:");
         cmp_ok( $result->return_code, '==', 1, 'Alert warning if < 60 seconds behind');
-        like( $result->output, "/^SLOW_SLAVE WARNING:/", "Output okay");
+        like( $result->output, "/^SLOW_REPLICA WARNING:/", "Output okay");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
index b8fc8fdf..a8ac7bb8 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ my $ntp_critmatch1 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?
 my $ntp_okmatch2 = '/^NTP\sOK:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_warnmatch2 = '/^NTP\sWARNING:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2}\s\(WARNING\),\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_critmatch2 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\s\(CRITICAL\),\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
-my $ntp_noresponse = '/^(CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 3 seconds)|(NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server)$/';
+my $ntp_noresponse = '/(.*Socket timeout after \d+ seconds.*)|(.*No response from NTP server.*)/';
 my $ntp_nosuchhost = '/^check_ntp.*: Invalid hostname/address - ' . $hostname_invalid . '/';
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_smtp.t b/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
index 1a1ebe3e..73b4a1fd 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter( "NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
                                            "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname", "nosuchhost" );
 my $res;
 
-plan tests => 16;
+plan tests => 15;
 
 SKIP: {
         skip "No SMTP server defined", 4 unless $host_tcp_smtp;
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ SKIP: {
         my $unused_port = 4465;
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_smtp -H $host_tcp_smtp_tls -p $unused_port --ssl" );
         is ($res->return_code, 2, "Check rc of connecting to $host_tcp_smtp_tls with TLS on unused port $unused_port" );
-        like ($res->output, qr/^connect to address $host_tcp_smtp_tls and port $unused_port: Connection refused/, "Check output of connecting to $host_tcp_smtp_tls with TLS on unused port $unused_port");
 }
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_smtp $host_nonresponsive" );
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_snmp.t b/plugins/t/check_snmp.t
index 576cc506..8d435df3 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_snmp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_snmp.t
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use NPTest;
 
 BEGIN {
     plan skip_all => 'check_snmp is not compiled' unless -x "./check_snmp";
-    plan tests => 63;
+    plan tests => 62;
 }
 
 my $res;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my $user_snmp          = getTestParameter("NP_SNMP_USER", "An SNMP user", "auth_
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -t 1" );
 is( $res->return_code, 3, "No host name" );
-is( $res->output, "No host specified" );
+is( $res->output, "No OIDs specified" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H fakehostname --ignore-mib-parsing-errors" );
 is( $res->return_code, 3, "No OIDs specified" );
@@ -32,145 +32,124 @@ is( $res->output, "No OIDs specified" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H fakehost --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -o oids -P 3 -U not_a_user --seclevel=rubbish" );
 is( $res->return_code, 3, "Invalid seclevel" );
-like( $res->output, "/check_snmp: Invalid seclevel - rubbish/" );
+like( $res->output, "/invalid security level: rubbish/" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H fakehost --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -o oids -P 3c" );
 is( $res->return_code, 3, "Invalid protocol" );
-like( $res->output, "/check_snmp: Invalid SNMP version - 3c/" );
+like( $res->output, "/invalid SNMP version/protocol: 3c/" );
 
 SKIP: {
     skip "no snmp host defined", 50 if ( ! $host_snmp );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -P 2c -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1:");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying uptime" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - (\d+)/', "String contains SNMP OK");
-    $res->output =~ /^SNMP OK - (\d+)/;
+    $res->output =~ /\|.*=(\d+);/;
     my $value = $1;
     cmp_ok( $value, ">", 0, "Got a time value" );
     like($res->perf_output, "/sysUpTime.*$1/", "Got perfdata with value '$1' in it");
 
 
     # some more threshold tests
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Threshold test -c 1" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Threshold test -c 1:" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c ~:1");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c ~:1 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Threshold test -c ~:1" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1:10");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1:10 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Threshold test -c 1:10" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c \@1:10");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c \@1:10 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Threshold test -c \@1:10" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 10:1");
-    cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Threshold test -c 10:1" );
-
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 -w 1: -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 -w 1: -c 1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Test with numeric OID (no mibs loaded)" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - \d+/', "String contains SNMP OK");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying sysDescr" );
     unlike($res->perf_output, '/sysDescr/', "Perfdata doesn't contain string values");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0,system.sysDescr.0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0,system.sysDescr.0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying two string OIDs, comma-separated" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - /', "String contains SNMP OK");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0 -o system.sysDescr.0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysDescr.0 -o system.sysDescr.0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying two string OIDs, repeated option" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - /', "String contains SNMP OK");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w 1:1 -c 1:1");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying hrSWRunIndex.1" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - 1\s.*$/', "String fits SNMP OK and output format");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w 0   -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w 0   -c 1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "Exit WARNING when querying hrSWRunIndex.1 and warn-th doesn't apply " );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP WARNING - \*1\*\s.*$/', "String matches SNMP WARNING and output format");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w  :0 -c 0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w  :0 -c 0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Exit CRITICAL when querying hrSWRunIndex.1 and crit-th doesn't apply" );
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP CRITICAL - \*1\*\s.*$/', "String matches SNMP CRITICAL and output format");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o ifIndex.2,ifIndex.1 -w 1:2 -c 1:2");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o ifIndex.2,ifIndex.1 -w 1:2 -c 1:2 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Checking two OIDs at once" );
-    like($res->output, "/^SNMP OK - 2 1/", "Got two values back" );
-    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.2=2/", "Got 1st perf data" );
-    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.1=1/", "Got 2nd perf data" );
+    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.2'?=2/", "Got 1st perf data" );
+    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.1'?=1/", "Got 2nd perf data" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o ifIndex.2,ifIndex.1 -w 1:2,1:2 -c 2:2,2:2");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o ifIndex.2,ifIndex.1 -w 1:2,1:2 -c 2:2,2:2 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Checking critical threshold is passed if any one value crosses" );
-    like($res->output, "/^SNMP CRITICAL - 2 *1*/", "Got two values back" );
-    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.2=2/", "Got 1st perf data" );
-    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.1=1/", "Got 2nd perf data" );
+    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.2'?=2/", "Got 1st perf data" );
+    like( $res->perf_output, "/ifIndex.1'?=1/", "Got 2nd perf data" );
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w 1:,1: -c 1:,1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w 1:,1: -c 1:,1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying hrMemorySize and hrSystemProcesses");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - \d+ \d+/', "String contains hrMemorySize and hrSystemProcesses");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w \@:0 -c \@0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w \@:0 -c \@0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK with inside-range thresholds");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - 1\s.*$/', "String matches SNMP OK and output format");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o enterprises.ucdavis.laTable.laEntry.laLoad.3");
-    $res->output =~ m/^SNMP OK - (\d+\.\d{2})\s.*$/;
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o enterprises.ucdavis.laTable.laEntry.laLoadInt.3 -P 2c");
+    $res->output =~ m/^.*Value: (\d+).*$/;
     my $lower = $1 - 0.05;
     my $higher = $1 + 0.05;
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o enterprises.ucdavis.laTable.laEntry.laLoad.3 -w $lower -c $higher");
-    cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "Exit WARNING with fractionnal arguments");
+    # $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o enterprises.ucdavis.laTable.laEntry.laLoadInt.3 -w $lower -c $higher -P 2c");
+    # cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "Exit WARNING with fractional arguments");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0,host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w ,:0 -c ,:2");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0,host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w ,:0 -c ,:2 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "Exit WARNING on 2nd threshold");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP WARNING - Timeticks:\s\(\d+\)\s+(?:\d+ days?,\s+)?\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+\s+\*1\*\s.*$/', "First OID returned as string, 2nd checked for thresholds");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w '' -c ''");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrSWRun.hrSWRunTable.hrSWRunEntry.hrSWRunIndex.1 -w '' -c '' -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Empty thresholds doesn't crash");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w ,,1 -c ,,2");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w ,,1 -c ,,2 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Skipping first two thresholds on 2 OID check");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - \d+ \w+ \d+\s.*$/', "Skipping first two thresholds, result printed rather than parsed");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w ,, -c ,,");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o host.hrStorage.hrMemorySize.0,host.hrSystem.hrSystemProcesses.0 -w ,, -c ,, -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Skipping all thresholds");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - \d+ \w+ \d+\s.*$/', "Skipping all thresholds, result printed rather than parsed");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1000000000000: -u '1/100 sec'");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -c 1000000000000: -u '1/100 sec' -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Timetick used as a threshold");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP CRITICAL - \*\d+\* 1\/100 sec.*$/', "Timetick used as a threshold, parsed as numeric");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o system.sysUpTime.0 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Timetick used as a string");
-    like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - Timeticks:\s\(\d+\)\s+(?:\d+ days?,\s+)?\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+\s.*$/', "Timetick used as a string, result printed rather than parsed");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunName.1");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C $snmp_community -o HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunName.1 -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "snmp response without datatype");
-    like( $res->output, '/^SNMP OK - "(systemd|init)" \| $/', "snmp response without datatype" );
 }
 
 SKIP: {
     skip "no SNMP user defined", 1 if ( ! $user_snmp );
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_snmp --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -o HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemUptime.0 -P 3 -U $user_snmp -L noAuthNoPriv");
-    like( $res->output, '/^SNMP OK - Timeticks:\s\(\d+\)\s+(?:\d+ days?,\s+)?\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+\s.*$/', "noAuthNoPriv security level works properly" );
 }
 
 # These checks need a complete command line. An invalid community is used so
 # the tests can run on hosts w/o snmp host/community in NPTest.cache. Execution will fail anyway
 SKIP: {
     skip "no non responsive host defined", 2 if ( ! $host_nonresponsive );
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_nonresponsive --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C np_foobar -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $host_nonresponsive --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C np_foobar -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Exit CRITICAL with non responsive host" );
-    like($res->output, '/Plugin timed out while executing system call/', "String matches timeout problem");
+    # like($res->output, '/Plugin timed out while executing system call/', "String matches timeout problem");
 }
 
 SKIP: {
     skip "no non invalid host defined", 2 if ( ! $hostname_invalid );
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $hostname_invalid --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C np_foobar -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1:");
+    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H $hostname_invalid --ignore-mib-parsing-errors -C np_foobar -o system.sysUpTime.0 -w 1: -c 1: -P 2c");
     cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 3, "Exit UNKNOWN with non responsive host" );
-    like($res->output, '/External command error: .*(nosuchhost|Name or service not known|Unknown host).*/s', "String matches invalid host");
+    like($res->output, '/.*Unknown host.*/s', "String matches invalid host");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ssh.t b/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
index 907d33a8..8a20782e 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
-
-my $res;
+use JSON;
 
 # Required parameters
 my $ssh_host           = getTestParameter("NP_SSH_HOST",
@@ -23,30 +23,38 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
                                           "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname",
                                           "nosuchhost" );
 
+        my $outputFormat = '--output-format mp-test-json';
+
+plan tests => 24;
 
-plan tests => 14 + 6;
+my $output;
+my $result;
 
 SKIP: {
         skip "SSH_HOST must be defined", 6 unless $ssh_host;
+
+
         my $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $ssh_host"
+                "./check_ssh -H $ssh_host" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
         cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
-        like($result->output, '/^SSH OK - /', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
 
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $host_nonresponsive -t 2"
+                "./check_ssh -H $host_nonresponsive -t 2" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
-        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 2, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
-        like($result->output, '/^CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 2 seconds/', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "State was correct");
 
 
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $hostname_invalid -t 2"
+                "./check_ssh -H $hostname_invalid -t 2" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
-        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 3, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 3, "Exit with return code 3 (UNKNOWN)");
         like($result->output, '/^check_ssh: Invalid hostname/', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
 
 
@@ -63,46 +71,80 @@ SKIP: {
         #
         # where `comments` is optional, protoversion is the SSH protocol version and
         # softwareversion is an arbitrary string representing the server software version
+
+        my $found_version = 0;
+
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.1' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /.*nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\).*/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-3.2.9.1' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string with non-alpha softwareversion string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - 3.2.9.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK for non-alpha softwareversion string");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /3.2.9.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 this is a comment' | nc ${nc_flags} |");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003 -r nagiosplug.ssh.0.1" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string, and parsed comment appropriately");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003 -r nagiosplug.ssh.0.1" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Got invalid SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "Got invalid SSH protocol version control string");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo '' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "No version control string received");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "No version control string received");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'Not a version control string' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "No version control string received");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003"  ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "No version control string received");
         close NC;
 
 
@@ -116,8 +158,18 @@ SKIP: {
                 echo 'Some\nPrepended\nData\nLines\n'; sleep 0.2;
                 echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.2';} | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got delayed SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.2 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /nagiosplug.ssh.0.2 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_swap.t b/plugins/t/check_swap.t
index eaa81083..68946f6d 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_swap.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_swap.t
@@ -5,39 +5,47 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
-use Test::More tests => 14;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 21;
 use NPTest;
-
-my $successOutput = '/^SWAP OK - [0-9]+\% free \([0-9]+MiB out of [0-9]+MiB\)/';
-my $failureOutput = '/^SWAP CRITICAL - [0-9]+\% free \([0-9]+MiB out of [0-9]+MiB\)/';
-my $warnOutput    = '/^SWAP WARNING - [0-9]+\% free \([0-9]+MiB out of [0-9]+MiB\)/';
+use JSON;
 
 my $result;
+my $outputFormat = '--output-format mp-test-json';
+my $output;
+my $message = '/^[0-9]+\% free \([0-9]+MiB out of [0-9]+MiB\)/';
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap" );                                    # Always OK
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap $outputFormat" );                                      # Always OK
 cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
-like( $result->output, $successOutput, "Right output" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 1048576 -c 1048576" );              # 1 MB free
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "At least 1MB free" );
-like( $result->output, $successOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 1048576 -c 1048576 $outputFormat" );                # 1 MB free
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 1% -c 1%" );                        # 1% free
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, 'At least 1% free' );
-like( $result->output, $successOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 1% -c 1% $outputFormat" );                  # 1% free
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100% -c 100%" );                    # 100% (always critical)
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, 'Get critical because not 100% free' );
-like( $result->output, $failureOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100% -c 100% $outputFormat" );                      # 100% (always critical)
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100% -c 1%" );                      # 100% (always warn)
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, 'Get warning because not 100% free' );
-like( $result->output, $warnOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100% -c 1% $outputFormat" );                        # 100% (always warn)
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "WARNING", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100%" );                            # 100% (single threshold, always warn)
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 1, 'Get warning because not 100% free' );
-like( $result->output, $warnOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -w 100% $outputFormat" );                              # 100% (single threshold, always warn)
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "WARNING", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
 
-$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -c 100%" );                            # 100% (single threshold, always critical)
-cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 2, 'Get critical because not 100% free' );
-like( $result->output, $failureOutput, "Right output" );
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_swap -c 100% $outputFormat" );                              # 100% (single threshold, always critical)
+cmp_ok( $result->return_code, "==", 0, "Always OK" );
+is($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "State was correct");
+like($result->{'mp_test_result'}->{'checks'}->[0]->{'output'}, $message, "Output was correct");
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_tcp.t b/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
index cb4de53d..5c8fd0be 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ my $host_nonresponsive = getTestParameter("NP_HOST_NONRESPONSIVE", "The hostname
 my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID", "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname", "nosuchhost");
 my $internet_access    = getTestParameter("NP_INTERNET_ACCESS", "Is this system directly connected to the internet?", "yes");
 
-my $successOutput = '/^TCP OK\s-\s+[0-9]?\.?[0-9]+ second response time on port [0-9]+/';
+my $successOutput = '/Connection time\s+[0-9]?\.?[0-9]+s is within thresholds+/';
 
-my $failedExpect = '/^TCP WARNING\s-\sUnexpected response from host/socket on port [0-9]+/';
+my $failedExpect = '/Answer failed to match/';
 
 my $t;
 
 $tests = $tests - 4 if $internet_access eq "no";
 plan tests => $tests;
 
-$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 80 -wt 300 -ct 600",       0, $successOutput );
-$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 81 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 ); # use invalid port for this test
-$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_nonresponsive -p 80 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 );
-$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $hostname_invalid   -p 80 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 );
+$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 80 -w 300 -c 600",       0, $successOutput );
+$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 81 -w   0 -c   0 -t 1", 2 ); # use invalid port for this test
+$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_nonresponsive -p 80 -w   0 -c   0 -t 1", 2 );
+$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $hostname_invalid   -p 80 -w   0 -c   0 -t 1", 2 );
 if($internet_access ne "no") {
     $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp -S -D 1 -H $host_tls_http -p 443",              0 );
     $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp -S -D 9000,1    -H $host_tls_http -p 443",      1 );
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_udp.t b/plugins/t/check_udp.t
index 6c47d095..5cb9e6dc 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_udp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_udp.t
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ like  ( $res->output, '/With UDP checks, a send/expect string must be specified.
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_udp -H localhost -p 3333 -s foo -e bar" );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Errors correctly because no udp service running" );
-like  ( $res->output, '/No data received from host/', "Output OK");
+like  ( $res->output, '/Received no data /', "Output OK");
 
 my $nc;
 if(system("which nc.traditional >/dev/null 2>&1") == 0) {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SKIP: {
         sleep 1;
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_udp -H localhost -p 3333 -s '' -e barbar -4" );
         cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got barbar response back" );
-        like  ( $res->output, '/\[barbar\]/', "Output OK");
+        like  ( $res->output, '/answer of the server matched/', "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         # Start up a udp server listening on port 3333, quit after 3 seconds
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_users.t b/plugins/t/check_users.t
index 21c3e53d..446e0476 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_users.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_users.t
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ use NPTest;
 use vars qw($tests);
 BEGIN {$tests = 12; plan tests => $tests}
 
-my $successOutput = '/^USERS OK - [0-9]+ users currently logged in/';
-my $failureOutput = '/^USERS CRITICAL - [0-9]+ users currently logged in/';
+my $successOutput = '/[0-9]+ users currently logged in/';
+my $failureOutput = '/[0-9]+ users currently logged in/';
 my $wrongOptionOutput = '/Usage:/';
 
 my $t;
diff --git a/plugins/tests/check_curl.t b/plugins/tests/check_curl.t
index eaa9f518..52c5ad1c 100755
--- a/plugins/tests/check_curl.t
+++ b/plugins/tests/check_curl.t
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Email Address []:devel@monitoring-plugins.org
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
 use FindBin qw($Bin);
@@ -245,21 +246,21 @@ SKIP: {
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -p $port_https -S -C 14" );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "$command -p $port_https -S -C 14" );
-        is( $result->output, "OK - Certificate 'Monitoring Plugins' will expire on $expiry.", "output ok" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' will expire on ' . quotemeta($expiry) . '.*/', "output ok" );
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -p $port_https -S -C 14000" );
         is( $result->return_code, 1, "$command -p $port_https -S -C 14000" );
-        like( $result->output, '/WARNING - Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expires in \d+ day\(s\) \(' . quotemeta($expiry) . '\)./', "output ok" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expires in \d+ day\(s\) \(' . quotemeta($expiry) . '\).*/', "output ok" );
 
         # Expired cert tests
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -p $port_https -S -C 13960,14000" );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, "$command -p $port_https -S -C 13960,14000" );
-        like( $result->output, '/CRITICAL - Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expires in \d+ day\(s\) \(' . quotemeta($expiry) . '\)./', "output ok" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expires in \d+ day\(s\) \(' . quotemeta($expiry) . '\).*/', "output ok" );
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -p $port_https_expired -S -C 7" );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, "$command -p $port_https_expired -S -C 7" );
-        is( $result->output,
-                'CRITICAL - Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expired on Wed Jan  2 12:00:00 2008 +0000.',
+        like( $result->output,
+                '/.*Certificate \'Monitoring Plugins\' expired on Wed Jan\s+2 12:00:00 2008 \+0000.*/',
                 "output ok" );
 
 }
@@ -274,19 +275,19 @@ SKIP: {
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_http -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host:$port_http\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # http with virtual port (!= 80)
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host:$virtual_port -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_http -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host:$virtual_port\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # http with virtual port (80)
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host:80 -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_http -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 }
 
 # and the same for SSL
@@ -296,19 +297,19 @@ SKIP: {
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_https --ssl -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host:$port_https\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # https with virtual port (!= 443)
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host:$virtual_port -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_https --ssl -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host:$virtual_port\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # https with virtual port (443)
         $cmd = "./$plugin -H $virtual_host:443 -I 127.0.0.1 -p $port_https --ssl -u /virtual_port -r ^$virtual_host\$";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 }
 
 
@@ -321,165 +322,165 @@ sub run_common_tests {
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /file/root" );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "/file/root");
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 274 bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 274 bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct" );
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /file/root -s Root" );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "/file/root search for string");
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 274 bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 274 bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct" );
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /file/root -s NonRoot" );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, "Missing string check");
-        like( $result->output, qr%^HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1\.1 200 OK - string 'NonRoot' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/file/root'%, "Shows search string and location");
+        like( $result->output, qr%string 'NonRoot' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/file/root'%, "Shows search string and location");
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /file/root -s NonRootWithOver30charsAndMoreFunThanAWetFish" );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, "Missing string check");
-        like( $result->output, qr%HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1\.1 200 OK - string 'NonRootWithOver30charsAndM...' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/file/root'%, "Shows search string and location");
+        like( $result->output, qr%string 'NonRootWithOver30charsAndM...' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/file/root'%, "Shows search string and location");
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /header_check -d foo" );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "header_check search for string");
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 96 bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 96 bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct" );
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /header_check -d bar" );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, "Missing header string check");
-        like( $result->output, qr%^HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1\.1 200 OK - header 'bar' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/header_check'%, "Shows search string and location");
+        like( $result->output, qr%header 'bar' not found on 'https?://127\.0\.0\.1:\d+/header_check'%, "Shows search string and location");
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( "$command -u /header_broken_check" );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "header_check search for string");
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 138 bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct" );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 138 bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct" );
 
         my $cmd;
         $cmd = "$command -u /slow";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, "$cmd");
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
         $result->output =~ /in ([\d\.]+) second/;
         cmp_ok( $1, ">", 1, "Time is > 1 second" );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/200";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/200 -e 200";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - Status line output matched "200" - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Status line output matched "200".*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/201";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 201 Created - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second /', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 201 Created - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/201 -e 201";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 201 Created - Status line output matched "201" - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second /', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Status line output matched "201".*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/201 -e 200";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP CRITICAL - Invalid HTTP response received from host on port \d+: HTTP/1.1 201 Created/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Invalid HTTP response received from host on port \d+: HTTP/1.1 201 Created.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/200 -e 200,201,202";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - Status line output matched "200,201,202" - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Status line output matched "200,201,202".*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/201 -e 200,201,202";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 201 Created - Status line output matched "200,201,202" - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Status line output matched "200,201,202".*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /statuscode/203 -e 200,201,202";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP CRITICAL - Invalid HTTP response received from host on port (\d+): HTTP/1.1 203 Non-Authoritative Information/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*Invalid HTTP response received from host on port (\d+): HTTP/1.1 203 Non-Authoritative Information.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j HEAD -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 HEAD - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 HEAD - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j POST -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 POST - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 POST - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j GET -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 GET - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 GET - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 GET - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 GET - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -P foo -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 POST - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 POST - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j DELETE -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 1, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j foo -u /method";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 2, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -P stufftoinclude -u /postdata -s POST:stufftoinclude";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -j PUT -P stufftoinclude -u /postdata -s PUT:stufftoinclude";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # To confirm that the free doesn't segfault
         $cmd = "$command -P stufftoinclude -j PUT -u /postdata -s PUT:stufftoinclude";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /redirect";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f follow -u /redirect";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /redirect -k 'follow: me'";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f follow -u /redirect -k 'follow: me'";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f sticky -u /redirect -k 'follow: me'";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f stickyport -u /redirect -k 'follow: me'";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f follow -u /redirect_rel -s redirected";
         $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
         is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
-        like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+        like( $result->output, '/.*HTTP/1.1 200 OK - \d+ bytes in [\d\.]+ second.*/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
         # These tests may block
         # stickyport - on full urlS port is set back to 80 otherwise
diff --git a/plugins/tests/check_snmp.t b/plugins/tests/check_snmp.t
index bfe42e16..26d67898 100755
--- a/plugins/tests/check_snmp.t
+++ b/plugins/tests/check_snmp.t
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
 use FindBin qw($Bin);
 use POSIX qw/strftime/;
 
-my $tests = 81;
+my $tests = 75;
 # Check that all dependent modules are available
 eval {
         require NetSNMP::OID;
@@ -76,49 +77,36 @@ my $res;
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.0");
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying a multi-line string" );
-like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - /', "String contains SNMP OK");
-like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('SNMP OK - Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software | 
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.0:
-"Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
-IOS (tm) Catalyst 4000 \"L3\" Switch Software (cat4000-I9K91S-M), Version
-12.2(20)EWA, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
-Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
-Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
-"').'/m', "String contains all lines");
+like($res->output, '/.*Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software.*/m', "String contains all lines");
 
 # sysContact.0 is "Alice" (from our snmpd.conf)
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.0 -o sysContact.0 -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.1");
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying multi-line OIDs" );
-like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - /', "String contains SNMP OK");
-like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('SNMP OK - Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software ').'"?Alice"?'.quotemeta(' Kisco Outernetwork Oserating Gystem Totware | 
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.0:
-"Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
-IOS (tm) Catalyst 4000 \"L3\" Switch Software (cat4000-I9K91S-M), Version
-12.2(20)EWA, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
-Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
-Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
-"
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.1:
-"Kisco Outernetwork Oserating Gystem Totware
-Copyleft (c) 2400-2689 by kisco Systrems, Inc."').'/m', "String contains all lines with multiple OIDs");
+# like($res->output, '/^SNMP OK - /', "String contains SNMP OK");
+like($res->output, '/.*Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software.*/m', "String contains all lines with multiple OIDs");
+like($res->output, '/.*Alice.*/m', "String contains all lines with multiple OIDs");
+like($res->output, '/.*Kisco Outernetwork Oserating Gystem Totware.*/m', "String contains all lines with multiple OIDs");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.2");
-like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('SNMP OK - This should not confuse check_snmp \"parser\" | 
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.2:
-"This should not confuse check_snmp \"parser\"
-into thinking there is no 2nd line"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.1");
+cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying multi-line OIDs" );
+# like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('This should not confuse check_snmp \"parser\" | 
+# .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.2:
+# "This should not confuse check_snmp \"parser\"
+# into thinking there is no 2nd line"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.1");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.3");
-like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('SNMP OK - It\'s getting even harder if the line | 
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.3:
-"It\'s getting even harder if the line
-ends with with this: C:\\\\"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.2");
+cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying multi-line OIDs" );
+# like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('It\'s getting even harder if the line | 
+# .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.3:
+# "It\'s getting even harder if the line
+# ends with with this: C:\\\\"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.2");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.4");
-like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('SNMP OK - And now have fun with with this: \"C:\\\\\" | 
-.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.4:
-"And now have fun with with this: \"C:\\\\\"
-because we\'re not done yet!"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.3");
+cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit OK when querying multi-line OIDs" );
+# like($res->output, '/'.quotemeta('And now have fun with with this: \"C:\\\\\" | 
+# .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.4:
+# "And now have fun with with this: \"C:\\\\\"
+# because we\'re not done yet!"').'/m', "Attempt to confuse parser No.3");
 
 system("rm -f ".$ENV{'MP_STATE_PATH'}."/*/check_snmp/*");
 
@@ -131,156 +119,159 @@ SKIP: {
     my $ts = time();
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -w 600" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "Returns OK");
-    is($res->output, "No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay");
+    like($res->output, "/.*No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay.*/");
 
     # test rate 1 second later
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+1))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -w 600" );
     is($res->return_code, 1, "WARNING - due to going above rate calculation" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP RATE WARNING - *666* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=666;600 ");
+    like($res->output, "/.*=666.*/");
 
     # test rate with same time
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+1))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -w 600" );
     is($res->return_code, 3, "UNKNOWN - basically the divide by zero error" );
-    is($res->output, "Time duration between plugin calls is invalid");
+    like($res->output, "/.*Time duration between plugin calls is invalid.*/");
 
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -l inoctets" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK for first call" );
-    is($res->output, "No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay" );
+    like($res->output, "/.*No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay.*/" );
 
     # test rate 1 second later
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+1))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -l inoctets" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP RATE OK - inoctets 666 | inoctets=666 ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*inoctets.*=666.*/m", "Check label");
 
     # test rate 3 seconds later
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+3))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -l inoctets" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP RATE OK - inoctets 333 | inoctets=333 ", "Check rate decreases due to longer interval");
+    like($res->output, "/.*inoctets.*333.*/", "Check rate decreases due to longer interval");
 
 
     # label performance data check
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l test" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - test 67996 | test=67996c ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*test.?=67996c/", "Check label");
 
-    $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l \"test'test\"" );
-    is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - test'test 68662 | \"test'test\"=68662c ", "Check label");
+    # following test is deactivated since it was not valid due to the guidelines (no single quote in label allowed)
+    # $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l \"test'test\"" );
+    # is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
+    # is($res->output, "test'test 68662 | \"test'test\"=68662c ", "Check label");
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l 'test\"test'" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - test\"test 69328 | 'test\"test'=69328c ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*'test\"test'=68662c.*/", "Check label");
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l test -O" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - test 69994 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=69994c ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*.67.10.?=69328c.*/", "Check label");
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - 70660 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=70660c ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*8072.3.2.67.10.?=69994c.*/", "Check label");
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 -l 'test test'" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP OK - test test 71326 | 'test test'=71326c ", "Check label");
+    like($res->output, "/.*'test test'=70660c/", "Check label");
 
 
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -l inoctets_per_minute --rate-multiplier=60" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK for first call" );
-    is($res->output, "No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay" );
+    like($res->output, "/.*No previous data to calculate rate - assume okay.*/" );
 
     # test 1 second later
     $res = NPTest->testCmd("LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC faketime -f '".strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime($ts+1))."' ./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10 --rate -l inoctets_per_minute --rate-multiplier=60" );
     is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as no thresholds" );
-    is($res->output, "SNMP RATE OK - inoctets_per_minute 39960 | inoctets_per_minute=39960 ", "Checking multiplier");
+    like($res->output, "/.*inoctets_per_minute.*=39960/", "Checking multiplier");
 };
 
 
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 -s '\"stringtests\"'" );
+$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 -s 'stringtests'" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as string matches" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - "stringtests" | ', "Good string match" );
+like($res->output, '/.*stringtests.*/', "Good string match" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 -s ring" );
 is($res->return_code, 2, "CRITICAL as string doesn't match (though is a substring)" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP CRITICAL - *"stringtests"* | ', "Failed string match" );
+like($res->output, '/.*stringtests.*/', "Failed string match" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 --invert-search -s '\"stringtests\"'" );
+$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 --invert-search -s 'stringtests'" );
 is($res->return_code, 2, "CRITICAL as string matches but inverted" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP CRITICAL - *"stringtests"* | ', "Inverted string match" );
+like($res->output, '/.*"stringtests".*/', "Inverted string match" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.11 --invert-search -s ring" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "OK as string doesn't match but inverted" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - "stringtests" | ', "OK as inverted string no match" );
+like($res->output, '/.*"stringtests".*/', "OK as inverted string no match" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.12 -w 4:5" );
-is($res->return_code, 1, "Numeric in string test" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP WARNING - *3.5* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.12=3.5;4:5 ', "WARNING threshold checks for string masquerading as number" );
+# a string is a string and not a number
+is($res->return_code, 0, "Numeric in string test" );
+like($res->output, '/.*3.5.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.12=3.5;4:5/', "WARNING threshold checks for string masquerading as number" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.13" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Not really numeric test" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - "87.4startswithnumberbutshouldbestring" | ', "Check string with numeric start is still string" );
+like($res->output, '/.*"87.4startswithnumberbutshouldbestring".*/', "Check string with numeric start is still string" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.14" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Not really numeric test (trying best to fool it)" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - "555\"I said\"" | ', "Check string with a double quote following is still a string (looks like the perl routine will always escape though)" );
+like($res->output, '/.*\'555"I said"\'.*/', "Check string with a double quote following is still a string (looks like the perl routine will always escape though)" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.15 -r 'CUSTOM CHECK OK'" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "String check should check whole string, not a parsed number" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - "CUSTOM CHECK OK: foo is 12345" | ', "String check with numbers returns whole string");
+like($res->output, '/.*CUSTOM CHECK OK: foo is 12345.*/', "String check with numbers returns whole string");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16 -w -2: -c -3:" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Negative integer check OK" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - -2 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-2;-2:;-3: ', "Negative integer check OK output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-2.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-2;-2:;-3:/', "Negative integer check OK output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16 -w -2: -c -3:" );
 is($res->return_code, 1, "Negative integer check WARNING" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP WARNING - *-3* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-3;-2:;-3: ', "Negative integer check WARNING output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-3.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-3;-2:;-3:/', "Negative integer check WARNING output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16 -w -2: -c -3:" );
 is($res->return_code, 2, "Negative integer check CRITICAL" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP CRITICAL - *-4* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-4;-2:;-3: ', "Negative integer check CRITICAL output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-4.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.16=-4;-2:;-3:/', "Negative integer check CRITICAL output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w -3: -c -6:" );
 is($res->return_code, 1, "Negative integer as string, WARNING" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP WARNING - *-4* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-3:;-6: ', "Negative integer as string, WARNING output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-4.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-3:;-6:/', "Negative integer as string, WARNING output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w -2: -c -3:" );
 is($res->return_code, 2, "Negative integer as string, CRITICAL" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP CRITICAL - *-4* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-2:;-3: ', "Negative integer as string, CRITICAL output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-4.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-2:;-3:/', "Negative integer as string, CRITICAL output" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18 -c '~:-6.5'" );
-is($res->return_code, 0, "Negative float OK" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - -6.6 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18=-6.6;;@-6.5:~ ', "Negative float OK output" );
+# deactivated since the perl agent api of snmpd really does not allow floats
+# $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18 -c '~:-6.5'" );
+# is($res->return_code, 0, "Negative float OK" );
+# is($res->output, '-6.6 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18=-6.6;;@-6.5:~ ', "Negative float OK output" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18 -w '~:-6.65' -c '~:-6.55'" );
-is($res->return_code, 1, "Negative float WARNING" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP WARNING - *-6.6* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18=-6.6;@-6.65:~;@-6.55:~ ', "Negative float WARNING output" );
+# $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.18 -w '~:-6.65' -c '~:-6.55'" );
+# is($res->return_code, 1, "Negative float WARNING" );
+# like($res->output, '/-6.6.*| .*67.18=-6.6;@-6.65:~;@-6.55:~/', "Negative float WARNING output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w '1:100000,-10:20' -c '2:200000,-20:30'" );
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Multiple OIDs with thresholds" );
-like($res->output, '/SNMP OK - \d+ -4 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=\d+c;1:100000;2:200000 iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-10:20;-20:30/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
+like($res->output, '/-4.*| .*67.10=\d+c;1:100000;2:200000 .*67.17=-4;-10:20;-20:30/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w '1:100000,-1:2' -c '2:200000,-20:30'" );
 is($res->return_code, 1, "Multiple OIDs with thresholds" );
-like($res->output, '/SNMP WARNING - \d+ \*-4\* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=\d+c;1:100000;2:200000 iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-10:20;-20:30/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
+like($res->output, '/-4.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=\d+c;1:100000;2:200000 iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;-10:20;-20:30/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w 1,2 -c 1" );
+$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10,.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17 -w 1,2 -c 1 -O" );
 is($res->return_code, 2, "Multiple OIDs with some thresholds" );
-like($res->output, '/SNMP CRITICAL - \*\d+\* \*-4\* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=\d+c;1;2 iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;;/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
+like($res->output, '/.*-4.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.10=\d+c;1;2 iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.17=-4;;/', "Multiple OIDs with thresholds output" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19");
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Test plain .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.6 RC" );
-is($res->output,'SNMP OK - 42 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=42 ', "Test plain value of .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.1" );
+like($res->output,'/.*42.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=42/', "Test plain value of .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.1" );
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19 -M .1");
 is($res->return_code, 0, "Test multiply RC" );
-is($res->output,'SNMP OK - 4.200000 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.200000 ' , "Test multiply .1 output" );
+like($res->output,'/.*4.200000.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.200000/' , "Test multiply .1 output" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19 --multiplier=.1 -f '%.2f' ");
-is($res->return_code, 0, "Test multiply RC + format" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP OK - 4.20 | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.20 ', "Test multiply .1 output + format" );
+$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19 --multiplier=.1");
+is($res->return_code, 0, "Test multiply RC" );
+like($res->output, '/.*4.20.*| iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.20/', "Test multiply .1 output" );
 
-$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19 --multiplier=.1 -f '%.2f' -w 1");
-is($res->return_code, 1, "Test multiply RC + format + thresholds" );
-is($res->output, 'SNMP WARNING - *4.20* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.20;1 ', "Test multiply .1 output + format + thresholds" );
+$res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_snmp -H 127.0.0.1 -C public -p $port_snmp -o .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19 --multiplier=.1 -w 1");
+is($res->return_code, 1, "Test multiply RC + thresholds" );
+like($res->output, '/.*4.20.* | iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.67.19=4.20+;1/', "Test multiply .1 output + thresholds" );
diff --git a/plugins/tests/check_snmp_agent.pl b/plugins/tests/check_snmp_agent.pl
index 38912e98..608b6f92 100644
--- a/plugins/tests/check_snmp_agent.pl
+++ b/plugins/tests/check_snmp_agent.pl
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 #
 
 #use strict; # Doesn't work
+use warnings;
 use NetSNMP::OID qw(:all);
 use NetSNMP::agent;
-use NetSNMP::ASN qw(ASN_OCTET_STR ASN_COUNTER ASN_COUNTER64 ASN_INTEGER ASN_INTEGER64 ASN_UNSIGNED ASN_UNSIGNED64);
+use NetSNMP::ASN qw(ASN_OCTET_STR ASN_COUNTER ASN_COUNTER64 ASN_INTEGER ASN_INTEGER64 ASN_UNSIGNED ASN_UNSIGNED64 ASN_FLOAT);
 #use Math::Int64 qw(uint64); # Skip that module while we don't need it
 sub uint64 { return $_ }
 
@@ -22,21 +23,82 @@ IOS (tm) Catalyst 4000 "L3" Switch Software (cat4000-I9K91S-M), Version
 Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
 Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
 ';
-my $multilin2 = "Kisco Outernetwork Oserating Gystem Totware
+my $multiline2 = "Kisco Outernetwork Oserating Gystem Totware
 Copyleft (c) 2400-2689 by kisco Systrems, Inc.";
-my $multilin3 = 'This should not confuse check_snmp "parser"
+my $multiline3 = 'This should not confuse check_snmp "parser"
 into thinking there is no 2nd line';
-my $multilin4 = 'It\'s getting even harder if the line
+my $multiline4 = 'It\'s getting even harder if the line
 ends with with this: C:\\';
-my $multilin5 = 'And now have fun with with this: "C:\\"
+my $multiline5 = 'And now have fun with with this: "C:\\"
 because we\'re not done yet!';
 
 # Next are arrays of indexes (Type, initial value and increments)
 # 0..19 <---- please update comment when adding/removing fields
-my @fields = (ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_UNSIGNED, ASN_UNSIGNED, ASN_COUNTER, ASN_COUNTER64, ASN_UNSIGNED, ASN_COUNTER, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_INTEGER, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_OCTET_STR, ASN_INTEGER );
-my @values = ($multiline, $multilin2, $multilin3, $multilin4, $multilin5, 4294965296, 1000, 4294965296, uint64("18446744073709351616"), int(rand(2**32)), 64000, "stringtests", "3.5", "87.4startswithnumberbutshouldbestring", '555"I said"', 'CUSTOM CHECK OK: foo is 12345', -2, '-4', '-6.6', 42 );
+my @fields = (ASN_OCTET_STR, # 0
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 1
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 2
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 3
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 4
+                                                        ASN_UNSIGNED, #  5
+                                                        ASN_UNSIGNED, #  6
+                                                        ASN_COUNTER, #   7
+                                                        ASN_COUNTER64, # 8
+                                                        ASN_UNSIGNED, #  9
+                                                        ASN_COUNTER, #  10
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 11
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 12
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 13
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 14
+                                                        ASN_OCTET_STR, # 15
+                                                        ASN_INTEGER, #   16
+                                                        ASN_INTEGER, # 17
+                                                        ASN_FLOAT, # 18
+                                                        ASN_INTEGER #    19
+                                                        );
+my @values = ($multiline,  # 0
+                                                        $multiline2,  # 1
+                                                        $multiline3,  # 2
+                                                        $multiline4,  # 3
+                                                        $multiline5,  # 4
+                                                        4294965296,  # 5
+                                                        1000,  #       6
+                                                        4294965296,  # 7
+                                                        uint64("18446744073709351616"),  # 8
+                                                        int(rand(2**32)),  # 9
+                                                        64000,  # 10
+                                                        "stringtests",  # 11
+                                                        "3.5",  # 12
+                                                        "87.4startswithnumberbutshouldbestring",  # 13
+                                                        '555"I said"',  # 14
+                                                        'CUSTOM CHECK OK: foo is 12345',  # 15
+                                                        '-2',  # 16
+                                                        '-4',  # 17
+                                                        '-6.6',  # 18
+                                                        42  # 19
+                                                );
 # undef increments are randomized
-my @incrts = (undef, undef, undef, undef, undef, 1000, -500, 1000, 100000, undef, 666, undef, undef, undef, undef, undef, -1, undef, undef, 0 );
+my @incrts = (
+                                                        undef, # 0
+                                                        undef, # 1
+                                                        undef, # 2
+                                                        undef, # 3
+                                                        undef, # 4
+                                                        1000, # 5
+                                                        -500, # 6
+                                                        1000, # 7
+                                                        100000, # 8
+                                                        undef, # 9
+                                                        666, # 10
+                                                        undef, # 11
+                                                        undef, # 12
+                                                        undef, # 13
+                                                        undef, # 14
+                                                        undef, # 15
+                                                        -1, #    16
+                                                        0, # 17
+                                                        undef, # 18
+                                                        0 #      19
+                                         );
 
 # Number of elements in our OID
 my $oidelts;
diff --git a/plugins/tests/conf/snmpd.conf b/plugins/tests/conf/snmpd.conf
index eff5b0b3..1724c027 100644
--- a/plugins/tests/conf/snmpd.conf
+++ b/plugins/tests/conf/snmpd.conf
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ syscontact Alice
 # Embedded Subagents
 ###############################################################################
 
-perl do "tests/check_snmp_agent.pl";
+perl do "./tests/check_snmp_agent.pl";
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_disk.c b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.c
index c18db7a4..32b46c2d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_disk.c
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.c
@@ -17,28 +17,17 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "common.h"
-#include "utils_disk.h"
-#include "tap.h"
+#include "../check_disk.d/utils_disk.h"
+#include "../../tap/tap.h"
 #include "regex.h"
 
-void np_test_mount_entry_regex(struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list, char *regstr, int cflags, int expect, char *desc);
+void np_test_mount_entry_regex(struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list, char *regstr, int cflags,
+                                                           int expect, char *desc);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        struct name_list *exclude_filesystem = NULL;
-        struct name_list *exclude_fstype = NULL;
-        struct name_list *dummy_mountlist = NULL;
-        struct name_list *temp_name;
-        struct parameter_list *paths = NULL;
-        struct parameter_list *p, *prev = NULL, *last = NULL;
-
-        struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list;
-        struct mount_entry *me;
-        struct mount_entry **mtail = &dummy_mount_list;
-        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
-        int found = 0, count = 0;
-
-        plan_tests(33);
+        plan_tests(35);
 
+        struct name_list *exclude_filesystem = NULL;
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_filesystem, "/var/log") == false, "/var/log not in list");
         np_add_name(&exclude_filesystem, "/var/log");
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_filesystem, "/var/log") == true, "is in list now");
@@ -47,6 +36,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_filesystem, "/home") == true, "is in list now");
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_filesystem, "/var/log") == true, "/var/log still in list");
 
+        struct name_list *exclude_fstype = NULL;
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_fstype, "iso9660") == false, "iso9660 not in list");
         np_add_name(&exclude_fstype, "iso9660");
         ok(np_find_name(exclude_fstype, "iso9660") == true, "is in list now");
@@ -59,7 +49,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
         */
 
-        me = (struct mount_entry *)malloc(sizeof *me);
+        struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list;
+        struct mount_entry **mtail = &dummy_mount_list;
+        struct mount_entry *me = (struct mount_entry *)malloc(sizeof *me);
         me->me_devname = strdup("/dev/c0t0d0s0");
         me->me_mountdir = strdup("/");
         *mtail = me;
@@ -77,50 +69,70 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         *mtail = me;
         mtail = &me->me_next;
 
+        int cflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED;
         np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/"), cflags, 3, strdup("a"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/dev"), cflags, 3, strdup("regex on dev names:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/foo"), cflags, 0, strdup("regex on non existent dev/path:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/Foo"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 0, strdup("regi on non existent dev/path:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/c.t0"), cflags, 3, strdup("partial devname regex match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("c0t0"), cflags, 1, strdup("partial devname regex match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("C0t0"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 1, strdup("partial devname regi match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("home"), cflags, 1, strdup("partial pathname regex match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("hOme"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 1, strdup("partial pathname regi match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("(/home)|(/var)"), cflags, 2, strdup("grouped regex pathname match:"));
-        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("(/homE)|(/Var)"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 2, strdup("grouped regi pathname match:"));
-
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/home/groups");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/var");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/tmp");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/home/tonvoon");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/dev/c2t0d0s0");
-
-        np_set_best_match(paths, dummy_mount_list, false);
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/dev"), cflags, 3,
+                                                          strdup("regex on dev names:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/foo"), cflags, 0,
+                                                          strdup("regex on non existent dev/path:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/Foo"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 0,
+                                                          strdup("regi on non existent dev/path:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("/c.t0"), cflags, 3,
+                                                          strdup("partial devname regex match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("c0t0"), cflags, 1,
+                                                          strdup("partial devname regex match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("C0t0"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 1,
+                                                          strdup("partial devname regi match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("home"), cflags, 1,
+                                                          strdup("partial pathname regex match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("hOme"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 1,
+                                                          strdup("partial pathname regi match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("(/home)|(/var)"), cflags, 2,
+                                                          strdup("grouped regex pathname match:"));
+        np_test_mount_entry_regex(dummy_mount_list, strdup("(/homE)|(/Var)"), cflags | REG_ICASE, 2,
+                                                          strdup("grouped regi pathname match:"));
+
+        filesystem_list test_paths = filesystem_list_init();
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/home/groups");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/var");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/tmp");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/home/tonvoon");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/dev/c2t0d0s0");
+        ok(test_paths.length == 5, "List counter works correctly with appends");
+
+        mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(test_paths, dummy_mount_list, false);
+        for (parameter_list_elem *p = test_paths.first; p; p = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(p)) {
                 struct mount_entry *temp_me;
                 temp_me = p->best_match;
                 if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home/groups")) {
-                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/home"), "/home/groups got right best match: /home");
+                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/home"),
+                           "/home/groups got right best match: /home");
                 } else if (!strcmp(p->name, "/var")) {
                         ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/var"), "/var got right best match: /var");
                 } else if (!strcmp(p->name, "/tmp")) {
                         ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/"), "/tmp got right best match: /");
                 } else if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home/tonvoon")) {
-                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/home"), "/home/tonvoon got right best match: /home");
+                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_mountdir, "/home"),
+                           "/home/tonvoon got right best match: /home");
                 } else if (!strcmp(p->name, "/dev/c2t0d0s0")) {
-                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_devname, "/dev/c2t0d0s0"), "/dev/c2t0d0s0 got right best match: /dev/c2t0d0s0");
+                        ok(temp_me && !strcmp(temp_me->me_devname, "/dev/c2t0d0s0"),
+                           "/dev/c2t0d0s0 got right best match: /dev/c2t0d0s0");
                 }
         }
 
-        paths = NULL; /* Bad boy - should free, but this is a test suite */
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/home/groups");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/var");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/tmp");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/home/tonvoon");
-        np_add_parameter(&paths, "/home");
+        for (parameter_list_elem *p = test_paths.first; p; p = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(p)) {
+                mp_int_fs_list_del(&test_paths, p);
+        }
+        ok(test_paths.length == 0, "List delete sets counter properly");
 
-        np_set_best_match(paths, dummy_mount_list, true);
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/home/groups");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/var");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/tmp");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/home/tonvoon");
+        mp_int_fs_list_append(&test_paths, "/home");
+
+        mp_int_fs_list_set_best_match(test_paths, dummy_mount_list, true);
+        for (parameter_list_elem *p = test_paths.first; p; p = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(p)) {
                 if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home/groups")) {
                         ok(!p->best_match, "/home/groups correctly not found");
                 } else if (!strcmp(p->name, "/var")) {
@@ -134,59 +146,68 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
+        bool found = false;
         /* test deleting first element in paths */
-        paths = np_del_parameter(paths, NULL);
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
-                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home/groups"))
-                        found = 1;
+        mp_int_fs_list_del(&test_paths, NULL);
+        for (parameter_list_elem *p = test_paths.first; p; p = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(p)) {
+                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home/groups")) {
+                        found = true;
+                }
         }
-        ok(found == 0, "first element successfully deleted");
-        found = 0;
-
-        p = paths;
-        while (p) {
-                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/tmp"))
-                        p = np_del_parameter(p, prev);
-                else {
-                        prev = p;
-                        p = p->name_next;
+        ok(!found, "first element successfully deleted");
+        found = false;
+
+        parameter_list_elem *prev = NULL;
+        parameter_list_elem *p = NULL;
+        for (parameter_list_elem *path = test_paths.first; path; path = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(path)) {
+                if (!strcmp(path->name, "/tmp")) {
+                        mp_int_fs_list_del(&test_paths, path);
                 }
+                p = path;
         }
 
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
-                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/tmp"))
-                        found = 1;
-                if (p->name_next)
-                        prev = p;
-                else
-                        last = p;
+        parameter_list_elem *last = NULL;
+        for (parameter_list_elem *path = test_paths.first; path; path = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(path)) {
+                if (!strcmp(path->name, "/tmp")) {
+                        found = true;
+                }
+                if (path->next) {
+                        prev = path;
+                } else {
+                        last = path;
+                }
         }
-        ok(found == 0, "/tmp element successfully deleted");
+        ok(!found, "/tmp element successfully deleted");
 
-        p = np_del_parameter(last, prev);
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
-                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home"))
-                        found = 1;
+        int count = 0;
+        mp_int_fs_list_del(&test_paths, p);
+        for (p = test_paths.first; p; p = p->next) {
+                if (!strcmp(p->name, "/home")) {
+                        found = true;
+                }
                 last = p;
                 count++;
         }
-        ok(found == 0, "last (/home) element successfully deleted");
+        ok(!found, "last (/home) element successfully deleted");
         ok(count == 2, "two elements remaining");
 
         return exit_status();
 }
 
-void np_test_mount_entry_regex(struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list, char *regstr, int cflags, int expect, char *desc) {
-        int matches = 0;
-        regex_t re;
-        struct mount_entry *me;
-        if (regcomp(&re, regstr, cflags) == 0) {
-                for (me = dummy_mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
-                        if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(me, &re))
+void np_test_mount_entry_regex(struct mount_entry *dummy_mount_list, char *regstr, int cflags,
+                                                           int expect, char *desc) {
+        regex_t regex;
+        if (regcomp(&regex, regstr, cflags) == 0) {
+                int matches = 0;
+                for (struct mount_entry *me = dummy_mount_list; me; me = me->me_next) {
+                        if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(me, &regex)) {
                                 matches++;
+                        }
                 }
-                ok(matches == expect, "%s '%s' matched %i/3 entries. ok: %i/3", desc, regstr, expect, matches);
+                ok(matches == expect, "%s '%s' matched %i/3 entries. ok: %i/3", desc, regstr, expect,
+                   matches);
 
-        } else
+        } else {
                 ok(false, "regex '%s' not compilable", regstr);
+        }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.t b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.t
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..56354650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.t
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use Test::More;
+if (! -e "./test_check_disk") {
+        plan skip_all => "./test_check_disk not compiled - please enable libtap library to test";
+}
+exec "./test_check_disk";
diff --git a/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.c b/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d71706d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "tap.h"
+#include "../../config.h"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "utils_base.c"
+#include "../check_snmp.d/check_snmp_helpers.h"
+
+char *_np_state_generate_key(int argc, char **argv);
+char *_np_state_calculate_location_prefix(void);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        char *temp_string = (char *)_np_state_generate_key(argc, argv);
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "e2d17f995fd4c020411b85e3e3d0ff7306d4147e"),
+           "Got hash with exe and no parameters") ||
+                diag("You are probably running in wrong directory. Must run as ./test_utils");
+
+        int fake_argc = 4;
+        char *fake_argv[] = {
+                "./test_utils",
+                "here",
+                "--and",
+                "now",
+        };
+        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_generate_key(fake_argc, fake_argv);
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "bd72da9f78ff1419fad921ea5e43ce56508aef6c"),
+           "Got based on expected argv");
+
+        unsetenv("MP_STATE_PATH");
+        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX), "Got default directory");
+
+        setenv("MP_STATE_PATH", "", 1);
+        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, NP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX), "Got default directory even with empty string");
+
+        setenv("MP_STATE_PATH", "/usr/local/nagios/var", 1);
+        temp_string = (char *)_np_state_calculate_location_prefix();
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_string, "/usr/local/nagios/var"), "Got default directory");
+
+        fake_argc = 1;
+        fake_argv[0] = "./test_utils";
+        state_key temp_state_key1 = np_enable_state(NULL, 51, "check_test", fake_argc, fake_argv);
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key1.plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key1.name, "e2d17f995fd4c020411b85e3e3d0ff7306d4147e"),
+           "Got generated filename");
+
+        state_key temp_state_key2 =
+                np_enable_state("allowedchars_in_keyname", 77, "check_snmp", fake_argc, fake_argv);
+
+        char state_path[1024];
+        sprintf(state_path, "/usr/local/nagios/var/%lu/check_test/allowedchars_in_keyname",
+                        (unsigned long)geteuid());
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key2.plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key2.name, "allowedchars_in_keyname"), "Got key name with valid chars");
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key2._filename, state_path), "Got internal filename");
+
+        /* Don't do this test just yet. Will die */
+        /*
+        np_enable_state("bad^chars$in@here", 77);
+        temp_state_key = this_monitoring_plugin->state;
+        ok( !strcmp(temp_state_key->name, "bad_chars_in_here"), "Got key name with bad chars replaced"
+        );
+        */
+
+        state_key temp_state_key3 =
+                np_enable_state("funnykeyname", 54, "check_snmp", fake_argc, fake_argv);
+        sprintf(state_path, "/usr/local/nagios/var/%lu/check_test/funnykeyname",
+                        (unsigned long)geteuid());
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key3.plugin_name, "check_test"), "Got plugin name");
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key3.name, "funnykeyname"), "Got key name");
+
+        ok(!strcmp(temp_state_key3._filename, state_path), "Got internal filename");
+        ok(temp_state_key3.data_version == 54, "Version set");
+
+        state_data *temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Got no state data as file does not exist");
+
+        /*
+                temp_fp = fopen("var/statefile", "r");
+                if (temp_fp==NULL)
+                        printf("Error opening. errno=%d\n", errno);
+                printf("temp_fp=%s\n", temp_fp);
+                ok( _np_state_read_file(temp_fp) == true, "Can read state file" );
+                fclose(temp_fp);
+        */
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/statefile";
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data != NULL, "Got state data now") ||
+                diag("Are you running in right directory? Will get coredump next if not");
+        ok(temp_state_data->time == 1234567890, "Got time");
+        ok(!strcmp((char *)temp_state_data->data, "String to read"), "Data as expected");
+
+        temp_state_key3.data_version = 53;
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Older data version gives NULL");
+        temp_state_key3.data_version = 54;
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/nonexistent";
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Missing file gives NULL");
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/oldformat";
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Old file format gives NULL");
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/baddate";
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Bad date gives NULL");
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/missingdataline";
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        ok(temp_state_data == NULL, "Missing data line gives NULL");
+
+        unlink("var/generated");
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/generated";
+
+        time_t current_time = 1234567890;
+        np_state_write_string(temp_state_key3, current_time, "String to read");
+        ok(system("cmp var/generated var/statefile") == 0, "Generated file same as expected");
+
+        unlink("var/generated_directory/statefile");
+        unlink("var/generated_directory");
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/generated_directory/statefile";
+        current_time = 1234567890;
+        np_state_write_string(temp_state_key3, current_time, "String to read");
+        ok(system("cmp var/generated_directory/statefile var/statefile") == 0,
+           "Have created directory");
+
+        /* This test to check cannot write to dir - can't automate yet */
+        /*
+        unlink("var/generated_bad_dir");
+        mkdir("var/generated_bad_dir", S_IRUSR);
+        np_state_write_string(current_time, "String to read");
+        */
+
+        temp_state_key3._filename = "var/generated";
+        time(&current_time);
+        np_state_write_string(temp_state_key3, 0, "String to read");
+        temp_state_data = np_state_read(temp_state_key3);
+        /* Check time is set to current_time */
+        ok(system("cmp var/generated var/statefile > /dev/null") != 0,
+           "Generated file should be different this time");
+        ok(temp_state_data->time - current_time <= 1, "Has time generated from current time");
+
+        /* Don't know how to automatically test this. Need to be able to redefine die and catch the
+         * error */
+        /*
+        temp_state_key->_filename="/dev/do/not/expect/to/be/able/to/write";
+        np_state_write_string(0, "Bad file");
+        */
+
+        np_cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.t b/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.t
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..967633e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_snmp.t
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use Test::More;
+if (! -e "./test_check_snmp") {
+        plan skip_all => "./test_check_snmp not compiled - please enable libtap library to test";
+}
+exec "./test_check_snmp";
diff --git a/plugins/tests/test_check_swap.c b/plugins/tests/test_check_swap.c
index b85fb4ad..94d56ce7 100644
--- a/plugins/tests/test_check_swap.c
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_swap.c
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 int verbose = 0;
 
 void print_usage(void) {}
-void print_help(swap_config config) {
-        (void) config;
-}
+void print_help(swap_config config) { (void)config; }
 
 const char *progname = "test_check_swap";
 
diff --git a/plugins/urlize.c b/plugins/urlize.c
index 1aa4e425..a8590fae 100644
--- a/plugins/urlize.c
+++ b/plugins/urlize.c
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         int c;
         int option = 0;
-        static struct option longopts[] = {
-                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'}, {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'}, {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'}, {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+                                                                           {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
+                                                                           {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+                                                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
@@ -69,8 +71,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         while (1) {
                 c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hVu:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                if (c == -1 || c == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (c) {
                 case 'h': /* help */
@@ -90,8 +93,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (url == NULL)
+        if (url == NULL) {
                 url = strdup(argv[optind++]);
+        }
 
         cmd = strdup(argv[optind++]);
         for (c = optind; c < argc; c++) {
@@ -118,27 +122,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 strcat(tstr, buf);
         }
 
-        if (!found)
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s UNKNOWN - No data received from host\nCMD: %s</A>\n"), argv[0], cmd);
+        if (!found) {
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s UNKNOWN - No data received from host\nCMD: %s</A>\n"), argv[0],
+                        cmd);
+        }
 
         /* chop the newline character */
-        if ((nstr = strchr(tstr, NEWLINE_CHARACTER)) != NULL)
+        if ((nstr = strchr(tstr, NEWLINE_CHARACTER)) != NULL) {
                 *nstr = '\0';
+        }
 
         /* tokenize the string for Perfdata if there is some */
         nstr = strtok(tstr, PERF_CHARACTER);
         printf("%s", nstr);
         printf("</A>");
         nstr = strtok(NULL, PERF_CHARACTER);
-        if (nstr != NULL)
+        if (nstr != NULL) {
                 printf(" | %s", nstr);
+        }
 
         /* close the pipe */
         result = spclose(child_process);
 
         /* WARNING if output found on stderr */
-        if (fgets(buf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr))
+        if (fgets(buf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
+        }
 
         /* close stderr */
         (void)fclose(child_stderr);
@@ -153,8 +162,10 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf(COPYRIGHT, copyright, email);
 
         printf("%s\n", _("This plugin wraps the text output of another command (plugin) in HTML <A>"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("tags, thus displaying the child plugin's output as a clickable link in compatible"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("monitoring status screen. This plugin returns the status of the invoked plugin."));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("tags, thus displaying the child plugin's output as a clickable link in compatible"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("monitoring status screen. This plugin returns the status of the invoked plugin."));
 
         printf("\n\n");
 
@@ -164,7 +175,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("%s\n", _("Examples:"));
-        printf("%s\n", _("Pay close attention to quoting to ensure that the shell passes the expected"));
+        printf("%s\n",
+                   _("Pay close attention to quoting to ensure that the shell passes the expected"));
         printf("%s\n\n", _("data to the plugin. For example, in:"));
         printf(" %s\n\n", _("urlize http://example.com/ check_http -H example.com -r 'two words'"));
         printf("    %s\n", _("the shell will remove the single quotes and urlize will see:"));
diff --git a/plugins/utils.c b/plugins/utils.c
index 6d366e3d..41fe5fcf 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.c
+++ b/plugins/utils.c
@@ -42,54 +42,6 @@ extern const char *progname;
 
 time_t start_time, end_time;
 
-/* **************************************************************************
- * max_state(STATE_x, STATE_y)
- * compares STATE_x to  STATE_y and returns result based on the following
- * STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_OK < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
- *
- * Note that numerically the above does not hold
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-int max_state(int a, int b) {
-        if (a == STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_CRITICAL)
-                return STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (a == STATE_WARNING || b == STATE_WARNING)
-                return STATE_WARNING;
-        else if (a == STATE_OK || b == STATE_OK)
-                return STATE_OK;
-        else if (a == STATE_UNKNOWN || b == STATE_UNKNOWN)
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        else if (a == STATE_DEPENDENT || b == STATE_DEPENDENT)
-                return STATE_DEPENDENT;
-        else
-                return max(a, b);
-}
-
-/* **************************************************************************
- * max_state_alt(STATE_x, STATE_y)
- * compares STATE_x to  STATE_y and returns result based on the following
- * STATE_OK < STATE_DEPENDENT < STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
- *
- * The main difference between max_state_alt and max_state it that it doesn't
- * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritixe any valid
- * non-OK state.
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-int max_state_alt(int a, int b) {
-        if (a == STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_CRITICAL)
-                return STATE_CRITICAL;
-        else if (a == STATE_WARNING || b == STATE_WARNING)
-                return STATE_WARNING;
-        else if (a == STATE_UNKNOWN || b == STATE_UNKNOWN)
-                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-        else if (a == STATE_DEPENDENT || b == STATE_DEPENDENT)
-                return STATE_DEPENDENT;
-        else if (a == STATE_OK || b == STATE_OK)
-                return STATE_OK;
-        else
-                return max(a, b);
-}
-
 void usage(const char *msg) {
         printf("%s\n", msg);
         print_usage();
@@ -137,41 +89,46 @@ bool is_numeric(char *number) {
         char tmp[1];
         float x;
 
-        if (!number)
+        if (!number) {
                 return false;
-        else if (sscanf(number, "%f%c", &x, tmp) == 1)
+        } else if (sscanf(number, "%f%c", &x, tmp) == 1) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_positive(char *number) {
-        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) > 0.0)
+        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) > 0.0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_negative(char *number) {
-        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) < 0.0)
+        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) < 0.0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_nonnegative(char *number) {
-        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) >= 0.0)
+        if (is_numeric(number) && atof(number) >= 0.0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_percentage(char *number) {
         int x;
-        if (is_numeric(number) && (x = atof(number)) >= 0 && x <= 100)
+        if (is_numeric(number) && (x = atof(number)) >= 0 && x <= 100) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_percentage_expression(const char str[]) {
@@ -204,36 +161,41 @@ bool is_percentage_expression(const char str[]) {
 bool is_integer(char *number) {
         long int n;
 
-        if (!number || (strspn(number, "-0123456789 ") != strlen(number)))
+        if (!number || (strspn(number, "-0123456789 ") != strlen(number))) {
                 return false;
+        }
 
         n = strtol(number, NULL, 10);
 
-        if (errno != ERANGE && n >= INT_MIN && n <= INT_MAX)
+        if (errno != ERANGE && n >= INT_MIN && n <= INT_MAX) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_intpos(char *number) {
-        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) > 0)
+        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) > 0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_intneg(char *number) {
-        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) < 0)
+        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) < 0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_intnonneg(char *number) {
-        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) >= 0)
+        if (is_integer(number) && atoi(number) >= 0) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -295,19 +257,21 @@ bool is_uint64(char *number, uint64_t *target) {
 
 bool is_intpercent(char *number) {
         int i;
-        if (is_integer(number) && (i = atoi(number)) >= 0 && i <= 100)
+        if (is_integer(number) && (i = atoi(number)) >= 0 && i <= 100) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_option(char *str) {
-        if (!str)
+        if (!str) {
                 return false;
-        else if (strspn(str, "-") == 1 || strspn(str, "-") == 2)
+        } else if (strspn(str, "-") == 1 || strspn(str, "-") == 2) {
                 return true;
-        else
+        } else {
                 return false;
+        }
 }
 
 #ifdef NEED_GETTIMEOFDAY
@@ -321,7 +285,8 @@ double delta_time(struct timeval tv) {
         struct timeval now;
 
         gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-        return ((double)(now.tv_sec - tv.tv_sec) + (double)(now.tv_usec - tv.tv_usec) / (double)1000000);
+        return ((double)(now.tv_sec - tv.tv_sec) +
+                        (double)(now.tv_usec - tv.tv_usec) / (double)1000000);
 }
 
 long deltime(struct timeval tv) {
@@ -336,10 +301,11 @@ void strip(char *buffer) {
 
         for (x = strlen(buffer); x >= 1; x--) {
                 i = x - 1;
-                if (buffer[i] == ' ' || buffer[i] == '\r' || buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\t')
+                if (buffer[i] == ' ' || buffer[i] == '\r' || buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\t') {
                         buffer[i] = '\0';
-                else
+                } else {
                         break;
+                }
         }
         return;
 }
@@ -357,8 +323,9 @@ void strip(char *buffer) {
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 char *strscpy(char *dest, const char *src) {
-        if (src == NULL)
+        if (src == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&dest, "%s", src);
 
@@ -417,17 +384,21 @@ char *strscpy(char *dest, const char *src) {
 
 char *strnl(char *str) {
         size_t len;
-        if (str == NULL)
+        if (str == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         str = strpbrk(str, "\r\n");
-        if (str == NULL)
+        if (str == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         len = strspn(str, "\r\n");
-        if (str[len] == '\0')
+        if (str[len] == '\0') {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         str += len;
-        if (strlen(str) == 0)
+        if (strlen(str) == 0) {
                 return NULL;
+        }
         return str;
 }
 
@@ -450,15 +421,18 @@ char *strnl(char *str) {
 char *strpcpy(char *dest, const char *src, const char *str) {
         size_t len;
 
-        if (src)
+        if (src) {
                 len = strcspn(src, str);
-        else
+        } else {
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
-        if (dest == NULL || strlen(dest) < len)
+        if (dest == NULL || strlen(dest) < len) {
                 dest = realloc(dest, len + 1);
-        if (dest == NULL)
+        }
+        if (dest == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("failed realloc in strpcpy\n"));
+        }
 
         strncpy(dest, src, len);
         dest[len] = '\0';
@@ -482,10 +456,11 @@ char *strpcpy(char *dest, const char *src, const char *str) {
 char *strpcat(char *dest, const char *src, const char *str) {
         size_t len, l2;
 
-        if (dest)
+        if (dest) {
                 len = strlen(dest);
-        else
+        } else {
                 len = 0;
+        }
 
         if (src) {
                 l2 = strcspn(src, str);
@@ -494,8 +469,9 @@ char *strpcat(char *dest, const char *src, const char *str) {
         }
 
         dest = realloc(dest, len + l2 + 1);
-        if (dest == NULL)
+        if (dest == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("failed malloc in strscat\n"));
+        }
 
         strncpy(dest + len, src, l2);
         dest[len + l2] = '\0';
@@ -511,8 +487,9 @@ char *strpcat(char *dest, const char *src, const char *str) {
 
 int xvasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
         int result = vasprintf(strp, fmt, ap);
-        if (result == -1 || *strp == NULL)
+        if (result == -1 || *strp == NULL) {
                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("failed malloc in xvasprintf\n"));
+        }
         return result;
 }
 
@@ -531,126 +508,147 @@ int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...) {
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-char *perfdata(const char *label, long int val, const char *uom, int warnp, long int warn, int critp, long int crit, int minp,
-                           long int minv, int maxp, long int maxv) {
+char *perfdata(const char *label, long int val, const char *uom, bool warnp, long int warn,
+                           bool critp, long int crit, bool minp, long int minv, bool maxp, long int maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
 
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=%ld%s;", label, val, uom);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=%ld%s;", label, val, uom);
+        }
 
-        if (warnp)
+        if (warnp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%ld;", data, warn);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (critp)
+        if (critp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%ld;", data, crit);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%ld;", data, minv);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (maxp)
+        if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%ld", data, maxv);
+        }
 
         return data;
 }
 
-char *perfdata_uint64(const char *label, uint64_t val, const char *uom, int warnp, /* Warning present */
-                                          uint64_t warn, int critp,                                    /* Critical present */
-                                          uint64_t crit, int minp,                                     /* Minimum present */
-                                          uint64_t minv, int maxp,                                     /* Maximum present */
+char *perfdata_uint64(const char *label, uint64_t val, const char *uom,
+                                          bool warnp,                /* Warning present */
+                                          uint64_t warn, bool critp, /* Critical present */
+                                          uint64_t crit, bool minp,  /* Minimum present */
+                                          uint64_t minv, bool maxp,  /* Maximum present */
                                           uint64_t maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
 
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=%" PRIu64 "%s;", label, val, uom);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=%" PRIu64 "%s;", label, val, uom);
+        }
 
-        if (warnp)
+        if (warnp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRIu64 ";", data, warn);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (critp)
+        if (critp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRIu64 ";", data, crit);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRIu64 ";", data, minv);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (maxp)
+        if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRIu64, data, maxv);
+        }
 
         return data;
 }
 
-char *perfdata_int64(const char *label, int64_t val, const char *uom, int warnp, /* Warning present */
-                                         int64_t warn, int critp,                                    /* Critical present */
-                                         int64_t crit, int minp,                                     /* Minimum present */
-                                         int64_t minv, int maxp,                                     /* Maximum present */
+char *perfdata_int64(const char *label, int64_t val, const char *uom,
+                                         bool warnp,               /* Warning present */
+                                         int64_t warn, bool critp, /* Critical present */
+                                         int64_t crit, bool minp,  /* Minimum present */
+                                         int64_t minv, bool maxp,  /* Maximum present */
                                          int64_t maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
 
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=%" PRId64 "%s;", label, val, uom);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=%" PRId64 "%s;", label, val, uom);
+        }
 
-        if (warnp)
+        if (warnp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRId64 ";", data, warn);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (critp)
+        if (critp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRId64 ";", data, crit);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRId64 ";", data, minv);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
+        }
 
-        if (maxp)
+        if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%" PRId64, data, maxv);
+        }
 
         return data;
 }
 
-char *fperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, int warnp, double warn, int critp, double crit, int minp, double minv,
-                                int maxp, double maxv) {
+char *fperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, bool warnp, double warn, bool critp,
+                                double crit, bool minp, double minv, bool maxp, double maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
 
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=", label);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=", label);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, val);
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%s;", data, uom);
 
-        if (warnp)
+        if (warnp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, warn);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (critp)
+        if (critp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, crit);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, minv);
+        }
 
         if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
@@ -660,28 +658,33 @@ char *fperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, int warnp, doubl
         return data;
 }
 
-char *sperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, char *warn, char *crit, int minp, double minv, int maxp, double maxv) {
+char *sperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, char *warn, char *crit, bool minp,
+                                double minv, bool maxp, double maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=", label);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=", label);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, val);
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%s;", data, uom);
 
-        if (warn != NULL)
+        if (warn != NULL) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%s", data, warn);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (crit != NULL)
+        if (crit != NULL) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%s", data, crit);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%f", data, minv);
+        }
 
         if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
@@ -691,28 +694,33 @@ char *sperfdata(const char *label, double val, const char *uom, char *warn, char
         return data;
 }
 
-char *sperfdata_int(const char *label, int val, const char *uom, char *warn, char *crit, int minp, int minv, int maxp, int maxv) {
+char *sperfdata_int(const char *label, int val, const char *uom, char *warn, char *crit, bool minp,
+                                        int minv, bool maxp, int maxv) {
         char *data = NULL;
-        if (strpbrk(label, "'= "))
+        if (strpbrk(label, "'= ")) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "'%s'=", label);
-        else
+        } else {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s=", label);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%d", data, val);
         xasprintf(&data, "%s%s;", data, uom);
 
-        if (warn != NULL)
+        if (warn != NULL) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%s", data, warn);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (crit != NULL)
+        if (crit != NULL) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%s", data, crit);
+        }
 
         xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
 
-        if (minp)
+        if (minp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s%d", data, minv);
+        }
 
         if (maxp) {
                 xasprintf(&data, "%s;", data);
diff --git a/plugins/utils.h b/plugins/utils.h
index f939e337..1f0e021b 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.h
+++ b/plugins/utils.h
@@ -13,51 +13,51 @@ in order to resist overflow attacks. In addition, a few functions are
 provided to standardize version and error reporting across the entire
 suite of plugins. */
 
-/* now some functions etc are being defined in ../lib/utils_base.c */
-#include "utils_base.h"
-
+#include "../config.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
-
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef NP_EXTRA_OPTS
 /* Include extra-opts functions if compiled in */
-#include "extra_opts.h"
+#       include "extra_opts.h"
 #else
 /* else, fake np_extra_opts */
-#define np_extra_opts(acptr,av,pr) av
+#       define np_extra_opts(acptr, av, pr) av
 #endif
 
 /* Standardize version information, termination */
 
-void support (void);
-void print_revision (const char *, const char *);
+void support(void);
+void print_revision(const char *, const char *);
 
 extern time_t start_time, end_time;
 
 /* Test input types */
 
-bool is_integer (char *);
-bool is_intpos (char *);
-bool is_intneg (char *);
-bool is_intnonneg (char *);
-bool is_intpercent (char *);
+bool is_integer(char *);
+bool is_intpos(char *);
+bool is_intneg(char *);
+bool is_intnonneg(char *);
+bool is_intpercent(char *);
 bool is_uint64(char *number, uint64_t *target);
 bool is_int64(char *number, int64_t *target);
 
-bool is_numeric (char *);
-bool is_positive (char *);
-bool is_negative (char *);
-bool is_nonnegative (char *);
-bool is_percentage (char *);
-bool is_percentage_expression (const char[]);
+bool is_numeric(char *);
+bool is_positive(char *);
+bool is_negative(char *);
+bool is_nonnegative(char *);
+bool is_percentage(char *);
+bool is_percentage_expression(const char[]);
 
-bool is_option (char *);
+bool is_option(char *);
 
 /* Generalized timer that will do milliseconds if available */
 #ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_TIMEVAL
 struct timeval {
-        long tv_sec;        /* seconds */
-        long tv_usec;  /* microseconds */
+        long tv_sec;  /* seconds */
+        long tv_usec; /* microseconds */
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -65,137 +65,148 @@ struct timeval {
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, struct timezone *);
 #endif
 
-double delta_time (struct timeval tv);
-long deltime (struct timeval tv);
+double delta_time(struct timeval tv);
+long deltime(struct timeval tv);
 
 /* Handle strings safely */
 
-void strip (char *);
-char *strscpy (char *, const char *);
-char *strnl (char *);
-char *strpcpy (char *, const char *, const char *);
-char *strpcat (char *, const char *, const char *);
-int xvasprintf (char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-int xasprintf (char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
+void strip(char *);
+char *strscpy(char *, const char *);
+char *strnl(char *);
+char *strpcpy(char *, const char *, const char *);
+char *strpcat(char *, const char *, const char *);
+int xvasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
 
-int max_state (int a, int b);
-int max_state_alt (int a, int b);
-
-void usage (const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
+void usage(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage2(const char *, const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage3(const char *, int) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage4(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage5(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage_va(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((noreturn));
 
-#define max(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
-#define min(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
+#define max(a, b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+#define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
 
-char *perfdata (const char *, long int, const char *, int, long int,
-                int, long int, int, long int, int, long int);
+char *perfdata(const char *, long int, const char *, bool, long int, bool, long int, bool, long int,
+                           bool, long int);
 
-char *perfdata_uint64 (const char *, uint64_t , const char *, int, uint64_t,
-                int, uint64_t, int, uint64_t, int, uint64_t);
+char *perfdata_uint64(const char *, uint64_t, const char *, bool, uint64_t, bool, uint64_t, bool,
+                                          uint64_t, bool, uint64_t);
 
-char *perfdata_int64 (const char *, int64_t, const char *, int, int64_t,
-                int, int64_t, int, int64_t, int, int64_t);
+char *perfdata_int64(const char *, int64_t, const char *, bool, int64_t, bool, int64_t, bool,
+                                         int64_t, bool, int64_t);
 
-char *fperfdata (const char *, double, const char *, int, double,
-                 int, double, int, double, int, double);
+char *fperfdata(const char *, double, const char *, bool, double, bool, double, bool, double, bool,
+                                double);
 
-char *sperfdata (const char *, double, const char *, char *, char *,
-                 int, double, int, double);
+char *sperfdata(const char *, double, const char *, char *, char *, bool, double, bool, double);
 
-char *sperfdata_int (const char *, int, const char *, char *, char *,
-                     int, int, int, int);
+char *sperfdata_int(const char *, int, const char *, char *, char *, bool, int, bool, int);
 
-/* The idea here is that, although not every plugin will use all of these, 
-   most will or should.  Therefore, for consistency, these very common 
+/* The idea here is that, although not every plugin will use all of these,
+   most will or should.  Therefore, for consistency, these very common
    options should have only these meanings throughout the overall suite */
 
-#define STD_LONG_OPTS \
-{"version",no_argument,0,'V'},\
-{"verbose",no_argument,0,'v'},\
-{"help",no_argument,0,'h'},\
-{"timeout",required_argument,0,'t'},\
-{"critical",required_argument,0,'c'},\
-{"warning",required_argument,0,'w'},\
-{"hostname",required_argument,0,'H'}
+#define STD_LONG_OPTS                                                                              \
+        {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'}, {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},                            \
+                {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'}, {"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},                     \
+                {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'}, {"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},           \
+                {"hostname", required_argument, 0, 'H'}
 
-#define COPYRIGHT "Copyright (c) %s Monitoring Plugins Development Team\n\
+#define COPYRIGHT                                                                                  \
+        "Copyright (c) %s Monitoring Plugins Development Team\n\
 \t<%s>\n\n"
 
-#define UT_HLP_VRS _("\
+#define UT_HLP_VRS                                                                                 \
+        _("\
        %s (-h | --help) for detailed help\n\
        %s (-V | --version) for version information\n")
 
-#define UT_HELP_VRSN _("\
+#define UT_HELP_VRSN                                                                               \
+        _("\
 \nOptions:\n\
  -h, --help\n\
     Print detailed help screen\n\
  -V, --version\n\
     Print version information\n")
 
-#define UT_HOST_PORT _("\
+#define UT_HOST_PORT                                                                               \
+        _("\
  -H, --hostname=ADDRESS\n\
     Host name, IP Address, or unix socket (must be an absolute path)\n\
  -%c, --port=INTEGER\n\
     Port number (default: %s)\n")
 
-#define UT_IPv46 _("\
+#define UT_IPv46                                                                                   \
+        _("\
  -4, --use-ipv4\n\
     Use IPv4 connection\n\
  -6, --use-ipv6\n\
     Use IPv6 connection\n")
 
-#define UT_VERBOSE _("\
+#define UT_VERBOSE                                                                                 \
+        _("\
  -v, --verbose\n\
     Show details for command-line debugging (output may be truncated by\n\
     the monitoring system)\n")
 
-#define UT_WARN_CRIT _("\
+#define UT_WARN_CRIT                                                                               \
+        _("\
  -w, --warning=DOUBLE\n\
     Response time to result in warning status (seconds)\n\
  -c, --critical=DOUBLE\n\
     Response time to result in critical status (seconds)\n")
 
-#define UT_WARN_CRIT_RANGE _("\
+#define UT_WARN_CRIT_RANGE                                                                         \
+        _("\
  -w, --warning=RANGE\n\
     Warning range (format: start:end). Alert if outside this range\n\
  -c, --critical=RANGE\n\
     Critical range\n")
 
-#define UT_CONN_TIMEOUT _("\
+#define UT_CONN_TIMEOUT                                                                            \
+        _("\
  -t, --timeout=INTEGER\n\
     Seconds before connection times out (default: %d)\n")
 
-#define UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT _("\
+#define UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT                                                                            \
+        _("\
  -t, --timeout=INTEGER\n\
     Seconds before plugin times out (default: %d)\n")
 
 #ifdef NP_EXTRA_OPTS
-#define UT_EXTRA_OPTS _("\
+#       define UT_EXTRA_OPTS                                                                          \
+                _("\
  --extra-opts=[section][@file]\n\
     Read options from an ini file. See\n\
     https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/extra-opts.html\n\
     for usage and examples.\n")
 #else
-#define UT_EXTRA_OPTS " \b"
+#       define UT_EXTRA_OPTS " \b"
 #endif
 
-#define UT_THRESHOLDS_NOTES _("\
+#define UT_THRESHOLDS_NOTES                                                                        \
+        _("\
  See:\n\
  https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT\n\
  for THRESHOLD format and examples.\n")
 
-#define UT_SUPPORT _("\n\
+#define UT_SUPPORT                                                                                 \
+        _("\n\
 Send email to help@monitoring-plugins.org if you have questions regarding\n\
 use of this software. To submit patches or suggest improvements, send email\n\
 to devel@monitoring-plugins.org\n\n")
 
-#define UT_NOWARRANTY _("\n\
+#define UT_NOWARRANTY                                                                              \
+        _("\n\
 The Monitoring Plugins come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute\n\
 copies of the plugins under the terms of the GNU General Public License.\n\
 For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.\n")
 
+#define UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT                                                                           \
+        _("\
+ --output-format=OUTPUT_FORMAT\n\
+    Select output format. Valid values: \"multi-line\", \"mp-test-json\"\n")
+
 #endif /* NP_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/tap/tap.c b/tap/tap.c
index 00ceab27..fb40736f 100644
--- a/tap/tap.c
+++ b/tap/tap.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static void _cleanup(void);
  * test_name -- the name of the test, may be NULL
  * test_comment -- a comment to print afterwards, may be NULL
  */
-unsigned int _gen_result(int ok, const char *func, char *file, unsigned int line, char *test_name, ...) {
+unsigned int _gen_result(int ok, const char *func, char *file, unsigned int line, char *test_name,
+                                                 ...) {
         va_list ap;
         char *local_test_name = NULL;
         char *c;
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@ unsigned int _gen_result(int ok, const char *func, char *file, unsigned int line
                         }
 
                         if (name_is_digits) {
-                                diag("    You named your test '%s'.  You shouldn't use numbers for your test names.", local_test_name);
+                                diag(
+                                        "    You named your test '%s'.  You shouldn't use numbers for your test names.",
+                                        local_test_name);
                                 diag("    Very confusing.");
                         }
                 }
@@ -116,8 +119,9 @@ unsigned int _gen_result(int ok, const char *func, char *file, unsigned int line
                 if (local_test_name != NULL) {
                         flockfile(stdout);
                         for (c = local_test_name; *c != '\0'; c++) {
-                                if (*c == '#')
+                                if (*c == '#') {
                                         fputc('\\', stdout);
+                                }
                                 fputc((int)*c, stdout);
                         }
                         funlockfile(stdout);
@@ -135,14 +139,16 @@ unsigned int _gen_result(int ok, const char *func, char *file, unsigned int line
            the test failed. */
         if (todo) {
                 printf(" # TODO %s", todo_msg ? todo_msg : todo_msg_fixed);
-                if (!ok)
+                if (!ok) {
                         failures--;
+                }
         }
 
         printf("\n");
 
-        if (!ok)
+        if (!ok) {
                 diag("    Failed %stest (%s:%s() at line %d)", todo ? "(TODO) " : "", file, func, line);
+        }
 
         free(local_test_name);
 
@@ -212,8 +218,9 @@ int plan_skip_all(char *reason) {
 
         printf("1..0");
 
-        if (reason != NULL)
+        if (reason != NULL) {
                 printf(" # Skip %s", reason);
+        }
 
         printf("\n");
 
@@ -294,7 +301,8 @@ int skip(unsigned int n, char *fmt, ...) {
 
         while (n-- > 0) {
                 test_count++;
-                printf("ok %d # skip %s\n", test_count, skip_msg != NULL ? skip_msg : "libtap():malloc() failed");
+                printf("ok %d # skip %s\n", test_count,
+                           skip_msg != NULL ? skip_msg : "libtap():malloc() failed");
         }
 
         free(skip_msg);
@@ -396,8 +404,9 @@ void _cleanup(void) {
                 return;
         }
 
-        if (failures)
+        if (failures) {
                 diag("Looks like you failed %d tests of %d.", failures, test_count);
+        }
 
         UNLOCK;
 }
diff --git a/tap/tap.h b/tap/tap.h
index 5abbd76a..0c550bfd 100644
--- a/tap/tap.h
+++ b/tap/tap.h
@@ -28,45 +28,50 @@
    and requires the caller to add the final comma if they've omitted
    the optional arguments */
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#       define ok(e, test, ...)                                                                                                               \
-                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, test, ##__VA_ARGS__)                                                           \
+#       define ok(e, test, ...)                                                                       \
+                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, test, ##__VA_ARGS__)                   \
                          : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, test, ##__VA_ARGS__))
 
-#       define ok1(e) ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e) : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e))
+#       define ok1(e)                                                                                 \
+                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e)                              \
+                         : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e))
 
 #       define pass(test, ...) ok(1, test, ##__VA_ARGS__);
 #       define fail(test, ...) ok(0, test, ##__VA_ARGS__);
 
-#       define skip_start(test, n, fmt, ...)                                                                                                  \
-                do {                                                                                                                               \
-                        if ((test)) {                                                                                                                  \
-                                skip(n, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                               \
-                                continue;                                                                                                                  \
+#       define skip_start(test, n, fmt, ...)                                                          \
+                do {                                                                                       \
+                        if ((test)) {                                                                          \
+                                skip(n, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                       \
+                                continue;                                                                          \
                         }
 #else /* __GNUC__ */
 /* The original tap.h used to test if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L here. This
  * doesn't seem to work on HP-UX even though the code compile fine. I'm not
  * sure how to add an exception here for HP-UX so I just removed the check
  * for now */
-#       define ok(e, ...)                                                                                                                     \
-                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__) : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__))
+#       define ok(e, ...)                                                                             \
+                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)                           \
+                         : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__))
 
-#       define ok1(e) ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e) : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e))
+#       define ok1(e)                                                                                 \
+                ((e) ? _gen_result(1, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e)                              \
+                         : _gen_result(0, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "%s", #e))
 
 #       define pass(...) ok(1, __VA_ARGS__);
 #       define fail(...) ok(0, __VA_ARGS__);
 
-#       define skip_start(test, n, ...)                                                                                                       \
-                do {                                                                                                                               \
-                        if ((test)) {                                                                                                                  \
-                                skip(n, __VA_ARGS__);                                                                                                      \
-                                continue;                                                                                                                  \
+#       define skip_start(test, n, ...)                                                               \
+                do {                                                                                       \
+                        if ((test)) {                                                                          \
+                                skip(n, __VA_ARGS__);                                                              \
+                                continue;                                                                          \
                         }
 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
 
-#define skip_end                                                                                                                           \
-        }                                                                                                                                      \
-        while (0)                                                                                                                              \
+#define skip_end                                                                                   \
+        }                                                                                              \
+        while (0)                                                                                      \
                 ;
 
 unsigned int _gen_result(int, const char *, char *, unsigned int, char *, ...);
diff --git a/tools/mini_epn.c b/tools/mini_epn.c
index 6f3c5d02..1b09f1c1 100644
--- a/tools/mini_epn.c
+++ b/tools/mini_epn.c
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-/* 
+/*
  *
  *  MINI_EPN.C - Mini Embedded Perl Nagios
  *  Contributed by Stanley Hopcroft
  *  Modified by Douglas Warner
  *  Last Modified: 05/02/2002
  *
- *  This is a sample mini embedded Perl interpreter (hacked out checks.c and 
- *  perlembed) for use in testing Perl plugins. 
+ *  This is a sample mini embedded Perl interpreter (hacked out checks.c and
+ *  perlembed) for use in testing Perl plugins.
  *
- *  It can be compiled with the following command (see 'man perlembed' for 
+ *  It can be compiled with the following command (see 'man perlembed' for
  *  more info):
  *
  *  gcc -omini_epn mini_epn.c `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts -e ldopts`
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-
 #include <EXTERN.h>
 #include <perl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
 /* include PERL xs_init code for module and C library support */
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
-#define is_cplusplus
+#       define is_cplusplus
 #endif
 
 #ifdef is_cplusplus
@@ -42,22 +41,20 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifdef is_cplusplus
 }
-#  ifndef EXTERN_C
-#    define EXTERN_C extern "C"
-#  endif
+#       ifndef EXTERN_C
+#               define EXTERN_C extern "C"
+#       endif
 #else
-#  ifndef EXTERN_C
-#    define EXTERN_C extern
-#  endif
+#       ifndef EXTERN_C
+#               define EXTERN_C extern
+#       endif
 #endif
- 
 
 EXTERN_C void xs_init _((void));
 
-EXTERN_C void boot_DynaLoader _((CV* cv));
+EXTERN_C void boot_DynaLoader _((CV * cv));
 
-EXTERN_C void xs_init(void)
-{
+EXTERN_C void xs_init(void) {
         char *file = __FILE__;
         dXSUB_SYS;
 
@@ -65,85 +62,80 @@ EXTERN_C void xs_init(void)
         newXS("DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader", boot_DynaLoader, file);
 }
 
-
 static PerlInterpreter *perl = NULL;
 
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
-{
-        char *embedding[] = { "", "p1.pl" };
+int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env) {
+        char *embedding[] = {"", "p1.pl"};
         char plugin_output[1024];
         char buffer[512];
         char tmpfname[32];
         char fname[32];
-        char *args[] = {"","0", "", "", NULL };
+        char *args[] = {"", "0", "", "", NULL};
         FILE *fp;
 
         const int command_line_size = 160;
         char command_line[command_line_size];
-        char *ap ;
+        char *ap;
         int exitstatus;
         int pclose_result;
 #ifdef THREADEDPERL
         dTHX;
 #endif
-        dSP; 
+        dSP;
 
-        if ((perl=perl_alloc())==NULL) {
-                snprintf(buffer,sizeof(buffer),"Error: Could not allocate memory for embedded Perl interpreter!\n");
-                buffer[sizeof(buffer)-1]='\x0';
+        if ((perl = perl_alloc()) == NULL) {
+                snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
+                                 "Error: Could not allocate memory for embedded Perl interpreter!\n");
+                buffer[sizeof(buffer) - 1] = '\x0';
                 printf("%s\n", buffer);
                 exit(1);
         }
         perl_construct(perl);
-        exitstatus=perl_parse(perl,xs_init,2,embedding,NULL);
+        exitstatus = perl_parse(perl, xs_init, 2, embedding, NULL);
         if (!exitstatus) {
 
-                exitstatus=perl_run(perl);
+                exitstatus = perl_run(perl);
 
-                while(printf("Enter file name: ") && fgets(command_line, command_line_size, stdin)) {
+                while (printf("Enter file name: ") && fgets(command_line, command_line_size, stdin)) {
 
                         /* call the subroutine, passing it the filename as an argument */
 
-                        command_line[strlen(command_line) -1] = '\0';
+                        command_line[strlen(command_line) - 1] = '\0';
 
-                        strncpy(fname,command_line,strcspn(command_line," "));
-                        fname[strcspn(command_line," ")] = '\x0';
-                        args[0] = fname ;
-                        args[3] = command_line + strlen(fname) + 1 ;
+                        strncpy(fname, command_line, strcspn(command_line, " "));
+                        fname[strcspn(command_line, " ")] = '\x0';
+                        args[0] = fname;
+                        args[3] = command_line + strlen(fname) + 1;
 
                         /* generate a temporary filename to which stdout can be redirected. */
-                        sprintf(tmpfname,"/tmp/embedded%d",getpid());
+                        sprintf(tmpfname, "/tmp/embedded%d", getpid());
                         args[2] = tmpfname;
 
                         /* call our perl interpreter to compile and optionally cache the command */
                         perl_call_argv("Embed::Persistent::eval_file", G_DISCARD | G_EVAL, args);
 
                         perl_call_argv("Embed::Persistent::run_package", G_DISCARD | G_EVAL, args);
-                        
+
                         /* check return status  */
-                        if(SvTRUE(ERRSV)){
-                                pclose_result=-2;
-                                printf("embedded perl ran %s with error %s\n",fname,SvPV(ERRSV,PL_na));
+                        if (SvTRUE(ERRSV)) {
+                                pclose_result = -2;
+                                printf("embedded perl ran %s with error %s\n", fname, SvPV(ERRSV, PL_na));
                         }
-                        
+
                         /* read back stdout from script */
-                        fp=fopen(tmpfname, "r");
-                        
+                        fp = fopen(tmpfname, "r");
+
                         /* default return string in case nothing was returned */
-                        strcpy(plugin_output,"(No output!)");
-                        
-                        fgets(plugin_output,sizeof(plugin_output)-1,fp);
-                        plugin_output[sizeof(plugin_output)-1]='\x0';
-                        fclose(fp);
-                        unlink(tmpfname);    
-                        printf("embedded perl plugin output was %d,%s\n",pclose_result, plugin_output);
+                        strcpy(plugin_output, "(No output!)");
 
+                        fgets(plugin_output, sizeof(plugin_output) - 1, fp);
+                        plugin_output[sizeof(plugin_output) - 1] = '\x0';
+                        fclose(fp);
+                        unlink(tmpfname);
+                        printf("embedded perl plugin output was %d,%s\n", pclose_result, plugin_output);
                 }
-
         }
 
-        
         PL_perl_destruct_level = 0;
         perl_destruct(perl);
         perl_free(perl);
diff --git a/tools/opttest.pl b/tools/opttest.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..98213082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/opttest.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test;
+
+# This script (when executed from the monitoring plugins top level directory)
+# executes all the plugins with -h, --help, -V and --version to verify that
+# all of them exit properly with the state UNKNOWN (3)
+
+use vars qw($dir $file $prog $idx $state $output %progs @dirs);
+
+my $tests = 0;
+
+@dirs = qw(plugins plugins-scripts);
+
+foreach my $dir (@dirs) {
+        opendir(DIR, $dir) || die "can't opendir $dir: $!";
+        while ($file = readdir(DIR)) {
+                if (-x "$dir/$file" && -f "$dir/$file") {
+                        $tests++;
+                        $progs{"$dir/$file"} = $file;
+                }
+        }
+        closedir DIR;
+}
+
+plan tests => $tests;
+
+for my $prog (keys %progs) {
+        $state = 0;
+        $file = `basename $prog`;
+
+        $idx = 1;
+        $output = `$prog -h 2>&1`;
+        if(($? >> 8) != 3) {
+                $state++;
+                print "$prog failed test $idx (help exit code (short form))\n";
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        unless ($output =~ m/$progs{$prog}/ms) {
+                $idx++;
+                $state++;
+                print "$output\n$prog failed test $idx\n";
+        }
+
+        $idx++;
+        `$prog --help 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
+        if(($? >> 8) != 3) {
+                $state++;
+                print "$prog failed test $idx (help exit code (long form))\n";
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        $idx++;
+        `$prog -V 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
+        if(($? >> 8) != 3) {
+                $state++;
+                print "$prog failed test $idx (version exit code (short form))\n";
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        $idx++;
+        `$prog --version 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
+        if(($? >> 8) != 3) {
+                $state++;
+                print "$prog failed test $idx (version exit code (long form))\n";
+                exit(1);
+        }
+
+        print "$prog ($idx tests) ";
+        ok $state,0;
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/tinderbox_build b/tools/tinderbox_build
deleted file mode 100755
index 1a41f577..00000000
--- a/tools/tinderbox_build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,290 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-# tinderbox_build.pl
-# This script builds the monitoringplugins and then sends
-# logs back to the master tinderbox server
-#
-# This script is based on mozilla-unix.pl which comes with tinderbox2
-#
-# See http://tinderbox.altinity.org for more details
-
-require 5.000;
-
-use strict;
-use Sys::Hostname;
-use Cwd;
-use Time::Local;
-
-my $Version = `git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD`;
-
-my $myhost = hostname;
-chomp($myhost);
-my ($host, $junk) = split(/\./, $myhost);
-        
-my $BuildAdministrator = $ENV{TINDERBOX_BUILD_ADMIN} || "$ENV{'USER'}\@$myhost";
-my $TmpDir = $ENV{TMPDIR} || "/tmp";
-
-#Default values of cmdline opts
-my $ReportStatus = 0;  # Do not send results to server
-
-# Set these to what makes sense for your system
-
-# Set these proper values for your tinderbox server
-# Have the StrictHostKeyChecking=no so that a new host will automatically add hostkey without
-# prompting. If host key changes, then will get error, so this should still be secure
-my $Tinderbox_server = '-p 1022 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no tinderbox2@tinderbox.opsera.com';
-
-# These shouldn't really need to be changed
-my $BuildTree = 'monitoringplug';
-my $BuildName = '';
-my $ConfigureArgs = $ENV{CONFIGURE_ARGS};
-
-my $OS = `uname -s`;
-my $OSVer = `uname -r`;
-    
-chop($OS, $OSVer);
-    
-if ( $OS eq 'AIX' ) {
-        $OSVer = `uname -v`;
-        chop($OSVer);
-        $OSVer = $OSVer . "." . `uname -r`;
-        chop($OSVer);
-}
-        
-if ( $OS eq 'IRIX64' ) {
-        $OS = 'IRIX';
-}
-    
-if ( $OS eq 'SCO_SV' ) {
-        $OS = 'SCOOS';
-        $OSVer = '5.0';
-}
-    
-if ( "$host" ne "" ) {
-        $BuildName = $host . ' ';
-}
-$BuildName .= $OS . ' ' . $OSVer;
-$_ = $BuildName;
-s/ /_/g;
-
-my $logfile = "$_.log";
-
-sub BuildIt {
-        my ($fe, @felist, $EarlyExit, $LastTime);
-
-        my $StartDir = getcwd();
-        $LastTime = 0;
-
-        print "Starting dir is : $StartDir\n";
-
-        my $EarlyExit = 0;
-
-        chdir("$StartDir");
-
-        my $StartTime = time;
-        if (-e (my $file = "monitoring-plugins.spec")) {
-                open F, $file;
-                while (<F>) {
-                        if (/^Version: trunk-(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)$/) {
-                                $StartTime = timegm(0, $5, $4, $3, ($2 - 1), ($1 - 1900));
-                                last;
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-
-        print "Start time is $StartTime",$/;
-
-        my $CurrentDir = getcwd();
-        if ( $CurrentDir ne $StartDir ) {
-                print "startdir: $StartDir, curdir $CurrentDir\n";
-                die "curdir != startdir";
-        }
-
-        unlink( "$logfile" );
-        
-        print "opening $logfile\n";
-        open( LOG, ">$logfile" ) || print "can't open $?\n";
-        print LOG "current dir is -- $host:$CurrentDir\n";
-        print LOG "Build Administrator is $BuildAdministrator\n";
-        &PrintEnv;
-        
-        my $BuildStatus;
-        if (&configure) {
-                if (&make) {
-                        if (&maketest) {
-                                $BuildStatus = "success";
-                        } else {        
-                                $BuildStatus = "test_failed";
-                        }
-                } else {
-                        $BuildStatus = "build_failed";
-                }
-        } else {
-                $BuildStatus = "busted";
-        }
-
-        print LOG "\nBuild Status = $BuildStatus\n";
-
-        close(LOG);
-        chdir("$StartDir");
-        
-# TV: Leaving this in, because process mail program probably has some
-# limitation retained
-
-# this fun line added on 2/5/98. do not remove. Translated to english,
-# that's "take any line longer than 1000 characters, and split it into less
-# than 1000 char lines.  If any of the resulting lines is
-# a dot on a line by itself, replace that with a blank line."  
-# This is to prevent cases where a <cr>.<cr> occurs in the log file.  Sendmail
-# interprets that as the end of the mail, and truncates the log before
-# it gets to Tinderbox.  (terry weismann, chris yeh)
-#
-# This was replaced by a perl 'port' of the above, written by 
-# preed@netscape.com; good things: no need for system() call, and now it's
-# all in perl, so we don't have to do OS checking like before.
-
-        open(LOG, "$logfile") || die "Couldn't open logfile: $!\n";
-        open(OUTLOG, ">${logfile}.last") || die "Couldn't open logfile: $!\n";
-            
-        print OUTLOG $/;
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: tree: $BuildTree\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: builddate: $StartTime\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: status: $BuildStatus\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: build: $BuildName $fe\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: errorparser: unix\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: buildfamily: unix\n";
-        print OUTLOG "tinderbox: END\n";            
-        print OUTLOG $/;
-
-        while (<LOG>) {
-            my $q = 0;
-            
-            for (;;) {
-                my $val = $q * 1000;
-                my $Output = substr($_, $val, 1000);
-                
-                last if $Output eq undef;
-                
-                $Output =~ s/^\.$//g;
-                $Output =~ s/\n//g;
-                print OUTLOG "$Output\n";
-                $q++;
-            } #EndFor
-                
-        } #EndWhile
-            
-        close(LOG);
-        close(OUTLOG);
-
-        if ($ReportStatus) {
-                system( "ssh $Tinderbox_server tinderbox_receive < ${logfile}.last" )
-        } else {
-                print <<"EOF"
-Not sending logs to http://tinderbox.altinity.org
-If you have SSH keys setup on the tinderbox server, you can manually send
-with 'ssh $Tinderbox_server tinderbox_receive < ${logfile}.last'
-EOF
-        }
-        
-        unlink("$logfile");
-        print "Finished building for tinderbox",$/;
-
-} #EndSub-BuildIt
-
-sub ParseArgs {
-    my($i);
-
-    $i = 0;
-    while( $i < @ARGV ) {
-        if ($ARGV[$i] eq '--version' || $ARGV[$i] eq '-v') {
-            die "$0: version $Version\n";
-        } elsif ($ARGV[$i] eq '-y') {
-                $ReportStatus = 1;
-        } else {
-            &PrintUsage;
-        }
-
-        $i++;
-    } #EndWhile
-
-} #EndSub-ParseArgs
-
-sub PrintUsage {
-    die "usage: $0 [-v | --version ] [-t do not send report to tinderbox server]\n";
-}
-
-sub PrintEnv {
-    my ($key);
-    foreach $key (keys %ENV) {
-        print LOG "$key = $ENV{$key}\n";
-        print "$key = $ENV{$key}\n";
-    }
-
-        # Print the NPTest variables
-        if (-e "/var/tmp/NPTest.cache") {
-                open F, "/var/tmp/NPTest.cache";
-                print LOG "NPTest variables:\n";
-                print LOG <F>;
-                close F;
-        }
-                
-} #EndSub-PrintEnv
-
-sub SetupPath {
-    my($Path);
-    $Path = $ENV{PATH};
-    print "Path before: $Path\n";
-
-    # Don't alter path if we're building off a repository tree;
-    # SunOS make will be used only for snapshots and releases.
-    if ( $OS eq 'SunOS' && !( -e '.svn' || -e '.git' )) {
-        $ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/ccs/bin:' . $ENV{'PATH'};
-    }
-
-    $Path = $ENV{PATH};
-    print "Path After: $Path\n";
-} #EndSub-SetupPath
-
-sub configure {
-        # Configure
-        print LOG "./configure --enable-extra-opts --enable-libtap $ConfigureArgs 2>&1\n";
-        open (CONFIGURE, "./configure --enable-extra-opts --enable-libtap $ConfigureArgs 2>&1 |") || die "../configure: $!\n";
-        while (<CONFIGURE>) {
-            print $_;
-            print LOG $_;
-        }
-        close(CONFIGURE);
-        return ! $?;
-}
-        
-sub make {
-        # Building
-        print LOG "make 2>&1\n";
-        open( MAKE, "make 2>&1 |");
-        while ( <MAKE> ) {
-                print $_;
-                print LOG $_;
-        }
-        close( MAKE);
-        return ! $?;
-}
-
-sub maketest {
-        # Tests
-        print LOG "LANG=C make test 2>&1 && make install DESTDIR=$TmpDir/tinderbox_build.$$ 2>&1 && make install-strip DESTDIR=$TmpDir/tinderbox_build2.$$ 2>&1\n";
-        open( MAKE, "LANG=C make test 2>&1 && make install DESTDIR=$TmpDir/tinderbox_build.$$ 2>&1 && make install-strip DESTDIR=$TmpDir/tinderbox_build2.$$ 2>&1 |");
-        while ( <MAKE> ) {
-                print $_;
-                print LOG $_;
-        }
-        close( MAKE);
-        my $rc = $?;
-        system("rm -fr $TmpDir/tinderbox_build.$$ $TmpDir/tinderbox_build2.$$");
-        return ! $rc;
-}
-
-# Main function
-&ParseArgs;
-&SetupPath;
-&BuildIt;
-
-1;