Merge branch 'master' into refactor/check_curl

96 files changed, 9657 insertions, 8612 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/monitoring-plugins.spec b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 5cae3e59..10799128 100644
--- a/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/.github/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ 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 +701,6 @@ 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 +714,6 @@ 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..47c762d3 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"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-next.yml b/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
index 81240759..fd59e85d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-next.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
               ${{ matrix.distro }} \
               /bin/sh -c '${{ matrix.prepare }} && \
                 tools/setup && \
-                ./configure --enable-libtap  --with-ipv6=no && \
+                ./configure --enable-libtap && \
                 make && \
                 make test && \
                 make dist && \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 77ca6585..ce0ec547 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
               ${{ matrix.distro }} \
               /bin/sh -c '${{ matrix.prepare }} && \
                 tools/setup && \
-                ./configure --enable-libtap  --with-ipv6=no && \
+                ./configure --enable-libtap && \
                 make && \
                 make test && \
                 make dist && \
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0efc2b66..8b14f429 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,7 +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
@@ -153,6 +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
@@ -177,8 +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
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ 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
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/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 204fc6e3..ce140218 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])
 
@@ -1519,21 +1519,47 @@ 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 $FPING_MAJOR_VERSION > 5 ; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_2_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION_5_3_OR_HIGHER, "true", [fping is of version 5.2 or higher])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping is of version 5.3 or higher])
+                fi
+
+                if test "`fping --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //'`" =  "5.2" ; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION, "5.2", [the version of fping available])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping version: 5.2])
+                elif test "`fping --version | sed 's/.*fping: Version //'`" =  "5.3"; then
+                        AC_DEFINE(FPING_VERSION, "5.3", [the version of fping available])
+                        AC_MSG_NOTICE([fping version: 5.3])
+                fi
         fi
 else
         AC_MSG_WARN([Get fping from http://www.fping.com in order to make check_fping plugin])
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index e41201c4..a9f3ff40 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ noinst_LIBRARIES = libmonitoringplug.a
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DNP_STATE_DIR_PREFIX=\"$(localstatedir)\" \
         -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 output.c perfdata.c output.c thresholds.c vendor/cJSON/cJSON.c
+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_disk.h \
         utils_tcp.h \
         utils_cmd.h \
         parse_ini.h \
diff --git a/lib/output.c b/lib/output.c
index 61fbf832..34ff7dab 100644
--- a/lib/output.c
+++ b/lib/output.c
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 
 // == 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 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 ==
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ static inline char *fmt_subcheck_perfdata(mp_subcheck check) {
  * It sets useful defaults
  */
 mp_check mp_check_init(void) {
-        mp_check check = {0};
+        mp_check check = {
+                .evaluation_function = &mp_eval_check_default,
+        };
         return check;
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ void mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], const mp_perfdata
  */
 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");
+                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s - %s #%d: %s", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__,
+                        "Sub check output is NULL");
         }
 
         mp_subcheck_list *tmp = NULL;
@@ -193,16 +198,33 @@ char *get_subcheck_summary(mp_check check) {
         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 it's own state and it's subchecks states
+ * Generate the result state of a mp_subcheck object based on its own state and its subchecks
+ * states
  */
-mp_state_enum mp_compute_subcheck_state(const mp_subcheck check) {
-        if (check.state_set_explicitly) {
-                return check.state;
+mp_state_enum mp_eval_subcheck_default(mp_subcheck subcheck) {
+        if (subcheck.evaluation_function != NULL) {
+                return subcheck.evaluation_function(subcheck);
         }
 
-        mp_subcheck_list *scl = check.subchecks;
-        mp_state_enum result = check.default_state;
+        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));
@@ -212,10 +234,18 @@ mp_state_enum mp_compute_subcheck_state(const mp_subcheck check) {
         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_compute_check_state(const mp_check check) {
+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;
@@ -247,7 +277,11 @@ char *mp_fmt_output(mp_check check) {
                 mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
 
                 while (subchecks != NULL) {
-                        asprintf(&result, "%s\n%s", result, fmt_subcheck_output(MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE, subchecks->subcheck, 1));
+                        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;
                 }
 
@@ -258,7 +292,8 @@ char *mp_fmt_output(mp_check check) {
                         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));
+                                asprintf(&pd_string, "%s %s", pd_string,
+                                                 fmt_subcheck_perfdata(subchecks->subcheck));
                         }
 
                         subchecks = subchecks->next;
@@ -327,22 +362,55 @@ static char *generate_indentation_string(unsigned int indentation) {
 /*
  * 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) {
+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:
+        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));
+                        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");
         }
@@ -539,3 +607,27 @@ parsed_output_format mp_parse_output_format(char *format_string) {
 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
index 2bdfa074..c63c8e3f 100644
--- a/lib/output.h
+++ b/lib/output.h
@@ -7,15 +7,21 @@
 /*
  * A partial check result
  */
-typedef struct {
+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)
+        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
+        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
-} mp_subcheck;
+
+        // 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
@@ -38,8 +44,18 @@ typedef enum output_format {
 /*
  * Format related functions
  */
- void mp_set_format(mp_output_format format);
- mp_output_format mp_get_format(void);
+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.
@@ -47,10 +63,14 @@ typedef enum output_format {
  * The final result is always derived from the children and the "worst" state
  * in the first layer of subchecks
  */
-typedef struct {
-        char *summary;           // Overall summary, if not set a summary will be automatically generated
+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;
-} mp_check;
+
+        // 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);
@@ -68,6 +88,13 @@ 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;
diff --git a/lib/perfdata.c b/lib/perfdata.c
index 661756c5..b87de7e0 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata.c
+++ b/lib/perfdata.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ char *pd_value_to_string(const mp_perfdata_value pd) {
 char *pd_to_string(mp_perfdata pd) {
         assert(pd.label != NULL);
         char *result = NULL;
-        asprintf(&result, "%s=", pd.label);
+        asprintf(&result, "'%s'=", pd.label);
 
         asprintf(&result, "%s%s", result, pd_value_to_string(pd.value));
 
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_double(mp_perfdata pd, double value) {
         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); }
@@ -288,6 +292,10 @@ mp_perfdata_value mp_create_pd_value_double(double value) {
 
 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); }
@@ -514,3 +522,84 @@ perfdata_value_parser_wrapper parse_pd_value(const char *input) {
         }
         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
index 74583ee5..7fd908a9 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata.h
+++ b/lib/perfdata.h
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(mp_perfdata, unsigned long long);
         _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,                                                                                                     \
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ mp_perfdata mp_set_pd_value_u_long_long(mp_perfdata, unsigned long long);
 
 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);
@@ -171,6 +175,11 @@ 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
  */
@@ -178,6 +187,13 @@ 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
 // =================
diff --git a/lib/tests/Makefile.am b/lib/tests/Makefile.am
index 9be94f6d..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 test_generic_output
+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 test_generic_output.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 test_generic_output.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_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/thresholds.c b/lib/thresholds.c
index ddefae37..de2b9315 100644
--- a/lib/thresholds.c
+++ b/lib/thresholds.c
@@ -51,9 +51,21 @@ mp_state_enum mp_get_pd_status(mp_perfdata perfdata) {
         }
         if (perfdata.warn_present) {
                 if (mp_check_range(perfdata.value, perfdata.warn)) {
-                        return STATE_CRITICAL;
+                        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
index 4e7defee..5f9f9247 100644
--- a/lib/thresholds.h
+++ b/lib/thresholds.h
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@ 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 ff9540c7..c49a473f 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -225,27 +225,15 @@ bool mp_check_range(const mp_perfdata_value value, const mp_range my_range) {
         if (my_range.end_infinity == false && my_range.start_infinity == false) {
                 // range:  .........|---inside---|...........
                 // value
-                if ((cmp_perfdata_value(my_range.start, value) < 1) && (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) <= 0)) {
-                        is_inside = true;
-                } else {
-                        is_inside = false;
-                }
+                is_inside = ((cmp_perfdata_value(my_range.start, value) < 1) && (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) <= 0));
         } else if (my_range.start_infinity == false && my_range.end_infinity == true) {
                 // range:  .........|---inside---------
                 // value
-                if (cmp_perfdata_value(my_range.start, value) < 0) {
-                        is_inside = true;
-                } else {
-                        is_inside = false;
-                }
+                is_inside = (cmp_perfdata_value(my_range.start, value) < 0);
         } else if (my_range.start_infinity == true && my_range.end_infinity == false) {
                 // range:  -inside--------|....................
                 // value
-                if (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) == -1) {
-                        is_inside = true;
-                } else {
-                        is_inside = false;
-                }
+                is_inside = (cmp_perfdata_value(value, my_range.end) == -1);
         } else {
                 // range from -inf to inf, so always inside
                 is_inside = true;
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index 18350ac0..9b222409 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int cmd_run_array(char *const *argv, output *out, output *err, int 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)
                 memset(out, 0, sizeof(output));
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.h b/lib/utils_cmd.h
index d00069c9..728ece23 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.h
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ typedef struct 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.h b/lib/utils_tcp.h
index d5999e9b..a7d83c59 100644
--- a/lib/utils_tcp.h
+++ b/lib/utils_tcp.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * server.
  */
 enum np_match_result {
+        NP_MATCH_NONE,
         NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
         NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
         NP_MATCH_RETRY
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..daed9cb0 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 ****/
 
@@ -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 +185,60 @@ 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 +246,80 @@ 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 +333,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -358,8 +389,9 @@ 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) {
@@ -393,14 +425,15 @@ 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 +445,28 @@ 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 +476,15 @@ 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;
@@ -468,7 +504,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -484,17 +520,19 @@ 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));
@@ -508,56 +546,56 @@ 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);
 
                 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 +606,37 @@ 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 +648,12 @@ 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 +663,101 @@ 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);
@@ -722,6 +769,7 @@ 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);
@@ -746,105 +794,116 @@ 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 +933,18 @@ 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 +953,9 @@ 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 +964,60 @@ 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 */
+                                /* 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(_(" 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;
@@ -947,94 +1028,115 @@ 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'},
@@ -1046,61 +1148,55 @@ static int call_getopt(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                                    {"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}};
 
-        int c = 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 +1210,18 @@ 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 +1230,16 @@ 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__)
@@ -1249,7 +1358,7 @@ 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 +1377,53 @@ 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 +1439,7 @@ 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");
@@ -1346,7 +1458,6 @@ static void print_help(void) {
         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 +1465,4 @@ 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..d56fbd8b
--- /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 = OK,
+        };
+
+        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 = ERROR;
+                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..c348bef5
--- /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/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/Makefile.am b/plugins/Makefile.am
index 3ce24325..0d043b41 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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@
@@ -40,26 +40,51 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = check_mysql check_radius check_pgsql check_snmp check_hpjd \
         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_disk
 
 SUBDIRS = picohttpparser
 
-np_test_scripts = tests/test_check_swap.t
+np_test_scripts = tests/test_check_swap.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_disk.d \
+                         check_time.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_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
 
@@ -101,6 +126,7 @@ check_curl_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(LIBCURLLIBS) $(SSLOBJS) $(URIPARSERLIBS) picohtt
 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)
@@ -121,8 +147,6 @@ 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)
@@ -149,6 +173,8 @@ 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_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_disk.c b/plugins/check_disk.c
index 037a6f7a..515ddff0 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 +68,310 @@ 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
+// 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;
 
-        output = strdup("");
-        ignored = strdup("");
-        details = strdup("");
-        perf = strdup("");
-        perf_ilabel = strdup("");
-        stat_buf = malloc(sizeof *stat_buf);
 
+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);
-                                        }
-                                }
-                                continue;
-                                /* Skip pseudo fs's if we haven't asked for all fs's */
-                        }
-                        if (me->me_dummy && !show_all_fs) {
+                        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 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);
+                path = mp_int_fs_list_get_next(path);
+        }
 
-                        /* 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...
-                        */
+        // 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);
 
-                        /* *_high_tide must be reinitialized at each run */
-                        uint64_t warning_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->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)));
-                        }
-
-                        uint64_t critical_high_tide = UINT64_MAX;
-
-                        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 +404,42 @@ 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;
+
+        bool path_selected = false;
+        char *group = NULL;
+        byte_unit unit = MebiBytes_factor;
 
-        np_add_regex(&fs_exclude_list, "iso9660", REG_EXTENDED);
+        result.config.mount_list = read_file_system_list(false);
 
-        for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
-                        strcpy(argv[c], "-t");
+        np_add_regex(&result.config.fs_exclude_list, "iso9660", REG_EXTENDED);
 
-        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);
+        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 (c == -1 || c == EOF)
+                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 +470,10 @@ 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 +509,184 @@ 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':
+                        unit = MebiBytes_factor;
                         break;
-                case 'm': /* display mountpoint */
-                        mult = 1024 * 1024;
-                        if (units)
-                                free(units);
-                        units = strdup("MiB");
+                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 */
+                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)) {
+                                  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);
+                                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);
+                                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)
+                        if (path_selected) {
                                 die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "DISK %s: %s", _("UNKNOWN"), _("Must set -E before selecting paths\n"));
-                        exact_match = true;
+                        }
+                        result.config.exact_match = true;
                         break;
                 case 'f':
-                        freespace_ignore_reserved = true;
+                        result.config.freespace_ignore_reserved = true;
                         break;
                 case 'g':
-                        if (path_selected)
+                        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);
+                        }
+                        regex_t regex;
+                        int err = regcomp(&regex, optarg, cflags);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &re, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                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;
-
-                        previous = NULL;
-                        while (temp_list) {
-                                if (temp_list->best_match) {
-                                        if (np_regex_match_mount_entry(temp_list->best_match, &re)) {
+                        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)) {
 
-                                                if (verbose >= 3)
-                                                        printf("ignoring %s matching regex\n", temp_list->name);
+                                                if (verbose >= 3) {
+                                                        printf("ignoring %s matching regex\n", elem->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 +694,83 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'R':
                         cflags |= REG_ICASE;
                         // Intentional fallthrough
-                case 'r':
+                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)) {
+                                  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"));
                         }
 
-                        err = regcomp(&re, optarg, cflags);
+                        regex_t regex;
+                        int err = regcomp(&regex, optarg, cflags);
                         if (err != 0) {
-                                regerror(err, &re, errbuf, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER);
+                                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)
+                        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);
+                                        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 (!fnd)
+                        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);
+                        }
 
-                        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':
+                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);
+                        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 +779,145 @@ 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 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);
+                }
         }
 
-        if (units == NULL) {
-                units = strdup("MiB");
-                mult = (uintmax_t)1024 * 1024;
+        // 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 true;
+        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) {
@@ -948,8 +964,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
         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", "-l, --local");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Only check local filesystems"));
         printf(" %s\n", "-L, --stat-remote-fs");
@@ -957,8 +971,6 @@ void print_help(void) {
         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");
@@ -974,12 +986,25 @@ void print_help(void) {
         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", "-N, --include-type=TYPE_REGEX");
         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:"));
@@ -1009,105 +1034,187 @@ void print_usage(void) {
         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;
+        }
+
+        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);
         }
-        np_add_name(&seen, p->best_match->me_mountdir);
+
+        /* 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..eec1282b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,517 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * 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..6831d1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_disk.d/utils_disk.h
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#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_fping.c b/plugins/check_fping.c
index c1d03ece..8018e06d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_fping.c
+++ b/plugins/check_fping.c
@@ -38,52 +38,29 @@ 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 +68,79 @@ 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 +154,29 @@ 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 +195,17 @@ 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, '(');
@@ -198,6 +217,10 @@ int textscan(char *buf) {
                         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);
 
@@ -221,18 +244,19 @@ 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),
+                        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")) {
@@ -241,22 +265,24 @@ 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 +292,12 @@ 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 +315,52 @@ 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 +372,126 @@ 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, "%"))
+                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, "%"))
+                }
+                if (!strstr(arg1, "%") && !strstr(arg2, "%")) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Only one threshold must be packet loss (%s)\n"), progname, arg);
+                }
         }
 
         if (arg2 && strstr(arg2, "%")) {
@@ -489,6 +553,16 @@ 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)"));
diff --git a/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h b/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d95e9ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_fping.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#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_hpjd.c b/plugins/check_hpjd.c
index b39bccff..62417fd6 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);
@@ -97,9 +74,15 @@ 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,
@@ -107,7 +90,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         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 +105,41 @@ 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;
@@ -186,16 +182,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
 
                 /* 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 +201,15 @@ 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 +219,9 @@ 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 +255,23 @@ 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 +281,44 @@ 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 +331,26 @@ 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..8e0c15ec 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -1724,6 +1724,16 @@ 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", _("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"));
+
   printf ("\n\n");
 
   print_usage ();
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..597644bd 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 +34,178 @@ 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 +214,272 @@ 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..2925bff3 100644
--- a/plugins/check_load.c
+++ b/plugins/check_load.c
@@ -1,350 +1,423 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
-*
-* 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;
+        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"));
         }
-        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);
+
+        const check_load_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        double load_values[3] = {0, 0, 0};
+
+        // 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"));
         }
-        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;
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
-#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;
+
+        bool is_using_scaled_load_values = false;
+        long numcpus;
+        if (config.take_into_account_cpus && ((numcpus = GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS()) > 0)) {
+                is_using_scaled_load_values = true;
+
+                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);
         }
 
-        /* we got this far, so assume OK until we've measured */
-        result = STATE_OK;
+        mp_subcheck load_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        load_sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(load_sc, STATE_OK);
+        load_sc.output = "Total Load";
 
-        xasprintf(&status_line, _("load average: %.2f, %.2f, %.2f"), la1, la5, la15);
-        xasprintf(&status_line, ("total %s"), 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]);
+        }
 
+        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]);
+        }
 
-        double scaled_la[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
-        bool is_using_scaled_load_values = false;
+        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]);
+        }
 
-        if (take_into_account_cpus == true && (numcpus = GET_NUMBER_OF_CPUS()) > 0) {
-                is_using_scaled_load_values = true;
+        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);
 
-                scaled_la[0] = la[0] / numcpus;
-                scaled_la[1] = la[1] / numcpus;
-                scaled_la[2] = la[2] / numcpus;
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, load_sc);
 
-                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);
-        }
+        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);
 
-        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;
+                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]);
                         }
-                        else if(la[i] > wload[i]) result = STATE_WARNING;
                 }
-        }
 
-        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_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, top_proc_sc);
         }
 
-        putchar('\n');
-        if (n_procs_to_show > 0) {
-                print_top_consuming_processes();
-        }
-        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);
+        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 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]);
-        }
-
-        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 +429,51 @@ 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,
+        };
+        struct output chld_out;
+        struct 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..5bd276dc 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 +128,59 @@ 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)) {
+        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) {
+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}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        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 +188,39 @@ 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 +234,69 @@ 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
+        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) {
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..8c7cf8aa 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 +114,21 @@ 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))
+        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 +173,26 @@ 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,
+        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)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));
+                          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 +200,7 @@ 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 +210,49 @@ 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 +266,39 @@ 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 2b6cfeaf..ca3422b5 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mysql.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql.c
@@ -40,32 +40,14 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #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_replica = 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"};
@@ -78,28 +60,16 @@ static const char *metric_counter[LENGTH_METRIC_COUNTER] = {
 #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);
+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) {
-
-        MYSQL mysql;
-        MYSQL_RES *res;
-        MYSQL_ROW row;
-
-        /* should be status */
-
-        char *result = NULL;
-        char *error = NULL;
-        char replica_result[REPLICA_RESULTSIZE] = {0};
-        char *perf;
-
-        perf = strdup("");
-
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -107,36 +77,43 @@ 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_config_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
         }
 
+        const check_mysql_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);
+        if (config.opt_group != NULL) {
+                mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, config.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)) {
+                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) {
+                }
+
+                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));
@@ -152,7 +129,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         /* get the server stats */
-        result = strdup(mysql_stat(&mysql));
+        char *result = strdup(mysql_stat(&mysql));
 
         /* error checking once more */
         if (mysql_error(&mysql)) {
@@ -165,6 +142,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
+        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) {
@@ -174,15 +155,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
 
                 while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) != NULL) {
-                        int i;
-
-                        for (i = 0; i < LENGTH_METRIC_UNIT; i++) {
+                        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));
                                         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));
                                         continue;
@@ -195,8 +174,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (check_replica) {
-
+        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"
@@ -283,12 +262,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                 } else {
                         /* mysql 4.x.x and mysql 5.x.x */
-                        int replica_io_field = -1, replica_sql_field = -1, seconds_behind_field = -1, i, num_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) {
                                         replica_io_field = i;
                                         continue;
@@ -353,11 +334,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 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));
+                                                  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_REPLICA %s: %s|%s\n", _("WARNING"), replica_result, perf);
@@ -377,7 +358,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         mysql_close(&mysql);
 
         /* print out the result of stats */
-        if (check_replica) {
+        if (config.check_replica) {
                 printf("%s %s|%s\n", result, replica_result, perf);
         } else {
                 printf("%s|%s\n", result, perf);
@@ -389,12 +370,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #define CHECK_REPLICA_OPT CHAR_MAX + 1
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
-        int c;
-        char *warning = NULL;
-        char *critical = NULL;
-
-        int option = 0;
+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'},
@@ -419,56 +395,66 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"ciphers", required_argument, 0, 'L'},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
+        check_mysql_config_wrapper result = {
+                .errorcode = OK,
+                .config = check_mysql_config_init(),
+        };
+
         if (argc < 1) {
-                return ERROR;
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
         }
 
-        while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hlvVnSP:p:u:d:H:s:c:w:a:k:C:D:L:f:g:", longopts, &option);
+        char *warning = NULL;
+        char *critical = NULL;
+
+        int option = 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 (c == -1 || c == EOF) {
+                if (option_index == -1 || option_index == EOF) {
                         break;
                 }
 
-                switch (c) {
+                switch (option_index) {
                 case 'H': /* hostname */
                         if (is_host(optarg)) {
-                                db_host = optarg;
+                                result.config.db_host = optarg;
                         } else if (*optarg == '/') {
-                                db_socket = optarg;
+                                result.config.db_socket = 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 '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;
+                        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') {
@@ -477,28 +463,28 @@ 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 'S':
                 case CHECK_REPLICA_OPT:
-                        check_replica = true; /* check-slave */
+                        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);
@@ -514,48 +500,47 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        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[c]);
+                                usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), argv[index]);
                         }
-                } 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 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);
 }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (db_user == NULL) {
-                db_user = strdup("");
+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("");
         }
 
-        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.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..5e04a94b 100644
--- a/plugins/check_mysql_query.c
+++ b/plugins/check_mysql_query.c
@@ -37,27 +37,21 @@ 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 +61,46 @@ 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 +141,11 @@ 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"));
@@ -152,17 +154,16 @@ 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) {
+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'},
@@ -170,8 +171,15 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 {"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 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 +188,29 @@ 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 +219,13 @@ 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 +237,7 @@ 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 +250,29 @@ 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..7dd23e5c 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);
@@ -131,49 +81,57 @@ 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 */
+                        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(&temp_string, "%s%s", temp_string, output_message);
@@ -186,82 +144,87 @@ 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);
 
-                        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;
+                                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%%)"), value_list,
+                                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"), value_list,
+                                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 (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;
-                                else
+                                } else {
                                         return_code = STATE_OK;
+                                }
 
                                 output_message = strdup(temp_string);
                                 perfdata = temp_string_perf;
@@ -271,41 +234,40 @@ 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. */
@@ -316,15 +278,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                   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
@@ -346,26 +307,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                  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, "&");
@@ -375,16 +342,18 @@ 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... */
@@ -396,63 +365,65 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 }
                                 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,
+                                                  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 +442,16 @@ 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 +466,44 @@ 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 +513,128 @@ 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) {
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_peer.c b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
index f99e5032..6e76bf23 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);
 
@@ -157,25 +146,25 @@ typedef struct {
                 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 +179,13 @@ 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 +200,23 @@ 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 +239,10 @@ 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 +257,28 @@ 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 +286,9 @@ 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 +299,35 @@ 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);
@@ -342,60 +352,68 @@ 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)
+                                        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",
@@ -404,19 +422,21 @@ int ntp_request(double *offset, int *offset_result, double *jitter, int *stratum
                                 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));
@@ -424,28 +444,32 @@ 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'},
@@ -454,14 +478,21 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 {"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)
+        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)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF || option_char == 1) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case 'h':
@@ -476,45 +507,46 @@ 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);
@@ -536,29 +568,34 @@ 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) {
+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) {
+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) {
+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) {
+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 +608,13 @@ 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 +622,40 @@ 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 +674,67 @@ 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=%l (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=%l (CRITICAL)", result_line, ntp_res.stratum);
                 } else {
-                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%i", result_line, stratum);
+                        xasprintf(&result_line, "%s, stratum=%l", 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) {
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..31162883 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);
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ 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)                                                                                                                   \
@@ -208,56 +209,52 @@ typedef struct {
         } 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 +270,16 @@ 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 +321,7 @@ 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 +330,43 @@ 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)
+        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 +392,7 @@ 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 +401,14 @@ 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 +424,10 @@ 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 +447,15 @@ 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 +473,22 @@ 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 +503,24 @@ 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 +535,7 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose++;
                         break;
                 case 'q':
-                        quiet = true;
+                        result.config.quiet = true;
                         break;
                 case 'w':
                         owarn = optarg;
@@ -527,18 +544,19 @@ 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;
@@ -557,14 +575,16 @@ 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) {
+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);
 }
@@ -577,10 +597,13 @@ 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 +611,13 @@ 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 +642,14 @@ 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) {
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..84305adb 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";
@@ -35,12 +36,13 @@ 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 */
@@ -53,33 +55,18 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #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 +126,19 @@ 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 +147,32 @@ 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;
@@ -194,24 +186,26 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 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)(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;
@@ -228,21 +222,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                            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 +258,18 @@ 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);
 
-                if (option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* usage */
@@ -279,68 +281,75 @@ 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 +357,9 @@ 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 +387,9 @@ 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 +404,7 @@ 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);
 
@@ -482,9 +492,11 @@ 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)) {
@@ -510,8 +522,9 @@ 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 +532,12 @@ 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")
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..6bcdeaad 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 +96,86 @@ 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) {
-                        printf("|%s",
-                                   fperfdata("rta", (double)rta, "ms", wrta > 0 ? true : false, wrta, crta > 0 ? true : false, crta, true, 0, false, 0));
+                if (pinged.packet_loss != 100) {
+                        printf("|%s", 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 +184,7 @@ 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 +193,35 @@ 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 +248,18 @@ 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);
@@ -252,203 +267,248 @@ 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 */
@@ -459,8 +519,8 @@ int run_ping(const char *cmd, const char *addr) {
                         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 {
@@ -474,43 +534,46 @@ 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) {
@@ -551,9 +614,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         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", _("(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..83e6864e 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 +43,288 @@ 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 +334,350 @@ 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 +689,12 @@ 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 +702,125 @@ 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);
 
-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", _("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("%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("\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("%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");
+        printf("\n\n");
 
-  print_usage ();
+        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"));
+        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..cc846709 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 +35,57 @@ 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);
+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)
+#       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_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 +141,167 @@ 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;
-        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}
+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}};
+
+        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 +309,115 @@ 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)
-{
+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(a);
+        *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..ec0928ed 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 +77,51 @@ 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 +129,79 @@ 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 +210,56 @@ 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
+        } else {
                 printf("%s\n", status_line);
+        }
 
         /* close the connection */
         close(socket);
@@ -240,11 +267,11 @@ 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) {
+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'},
@@ -252,61 +279,70 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"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 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 +368,28 @@ 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) {
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_swap.c b/plugins/check_swap.c
index cb95949a..435a104e 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.c
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ 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) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h b/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
index 1000fc9e..da08d65a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.d/check_swap.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "../common.h"
-#include "output.h"
+#include "../../lib/output.h"
+#include "../../lib/states.h"
 
 #ifndef SWAP_CONVERSION
 #       define SWAP_CONVERSION 1
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ 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;
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c b/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
index 180d5037..634f80d9 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.d/swap.c
@@ -68,7 +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) {
@@ -78,83 +78,71 @@ 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;
-
                         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
+                 */
+                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);
+                        }
 
-                        /*
-                         * 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;
+                        /* 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;
         }
 
@@ -297,8 +285,14 @@ 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 */
@@ -322,8 +316,8 @@ 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) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 49ad096c..22dcc74e 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 +29,63 @@
 
 /* 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);
+}
 
-/* int my_recv(char *, size_t); */
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static void print_help(void);
+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);
+}
+
+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;
 
-#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 MAXBUF = 1024;
+
+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, "");
@@ -105,277 +94,377 @@ 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"));
+        }
 
-        if (flags & FLAG_VERBOSE) {
-                printf("Using service %s\n", SERVICE);
-                printf("Port: %d\n", server_port);
-                printf("flags: 0x%x\n", (int)flags);
+        config = paw.config;
+
+        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;
 
-        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_subcheck elapsed_time_result = mp_subcheck_init();
 
-        /* did we get the response we hoped? */
-        if (match == NP_MATCH_FAILURE && result != STATE_CRITICAL)
-                result = expect_mismatch_state;
+        mp_perfdata time_pd = perfdata_init();
+        time_pd = mp_set_pd_value(time_pd, elapsed_time);
+        time_pd.label = "time";
+        time_pd.uom = "s";
 
-        /* reset the alarm */
-        alarm(0);
+        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;
 
-        /* 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);
+                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 (match != NP_MATCH_FAILURE && !(flags & FLAG_HIDE_OUTPUT) && len)
-                printf(" [%s]", status);
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&elapsed_time_result, time_pd);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, elapsed_time_result);
 
-        /* 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));
+        /* did we get the response we hoped? */
+        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);
+        }
 
-        putchar('\n');
-        return result;
+        /* reset the alarm */
+        alarm(0);
+
+        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'},
@@ -404,54 +493,58 @@ static int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"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)
+        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 +552,190 @@ 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();
 
@@ -662,6 +782,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(UT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
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..debf59f3 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 +71,40 @@ 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 +116,56 @@ 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 +178,37 @@ 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 +220,19 @@ 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 +242,12 @@ 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 +256,53 @@ 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..ecc0760f 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 +86,75 @@ 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 +163,7 @@ 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 +191,12 @@ 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",
+                        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 +219,12 @@ 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,
+                        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 +247,12 @@ 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,
+                        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 +284,12 @@ 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,
+                        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 +311,12 @@ 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,
+                        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));
                 }
         }
 
@@ -373,66 +330,73 @@ 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 */
@@ -500,7 +464,7 @@ 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 +478,14 @@ 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 +512,52 @@ 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 +578,27 @@ 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) {
diff --git a/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..353104f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ups.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#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/common.h b/plugins/common.h
index 603bae55..35d1e549 100644
--- a/plugins/common.h
+++ b/plugins/common.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifndef _COMMON_H_
 #define _COMMON_H_
 
-#include "config.h"
+#include "../config.h"
 #include "../lib/monitoringplug.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FEATURES_H
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 /* GNU Libraries */
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include "dirname.h"
+#include "../gl/dirname.h"
 
 #include <locale.h>
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ enum {
  * Internationalization
  *
  */
-#include "gettext.h"
+#include "../gl/gettext.h"
 #define _(String) gettext (String)
 #if ! ENABLE_NLS
 # undef textdomain
diff --git a/plugins/negate.c b/plugins/negate.c
index 750c0bfb..0520d298 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 +92,52 @@ 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 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 */
@@ -139,58 +151,68 @@ static const char **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 'T': /* Result to return on timeouts */
-                        if ((timeout_state = mp_translate_state(optarg)) == ERROR)
+                        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)
+                        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)
+                        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)
+                        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)
+                        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) {
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/sslutils.c b/plugins/sslutils.c
index 719de575..96740b3a 100644
--- a/plugins/sslutils.c
+++ b/plugins/sslutils.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int np_net_ssl_check_certificate(X509 *certificate, int days_till_exp_warn, int
         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;
         }
 
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_jabber.t b/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
index 08cadcbd..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 = '/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_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_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/lib/tests/test_disk.c b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.c
index c18db7a4..35c57bce 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_disk.c
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_check_disk.c
@@ -17,28 +17,16 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #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);
 
 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 +35,7 @@ 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 +48,9 @@ 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;
@@ -77,6 +68,7 @@ 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:"));
@@ -89,14 +81,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         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");
+        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");
 
-        np_set_best_match(paths, dummy_mount_list, false);
-        for (p = paths; p; p = p->name_next) {
+        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")) {
@@ -112,15 +106,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
         }
 
-        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 +132,66 @@ 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))
+        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);
 
-        } 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/utils.h b/plugins/utils.h
index 92a6c115..1d3c153c 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.h
+++ b/plugins/utils.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ 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, ...);
+int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 
 void usage(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 void usage2(const char *, const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));