2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/utils.c b/plugins/utils.c
index 0e79fbdb..88b44114 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.c
+++ b/plugins/utils.c
@@ -53,6 +53,33 @@ max_state (int a, int b)
                 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);
diff --git a/plugins/utils.h b/plugins/utils.h
index f15a7b16..bb99ee16 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.h
+++ b/plugins/utils.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ char *strpcpy (char *, const char *, const char *);
 char *strpcat (char *, const char *, const char *);
 
 int max_state (int a, int b);
+int max_state_alt (int a, int b);
 
 void usage (const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage2(const char *, const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));