diff --git a/include/hooks.h b/include/hooks.h
index 9914ffd65..c10198340 100644
--- a/include/hooks.h
+++ b/include/hooks.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ struct hook {
 	hook_cb_t cb;		/**< The hook callback function as a function pointer. */
 };
 
+/** Sort hook list according to the their priority. See hook::priority. */
+int hooks_sort_priority(const void *a, const void *b);
+
 /** The following prototypes are example hooks
  *
  * @addtogroup hooks_examples Examples for hook functions
diff --git a/include/path.h b/include/path.h
index 8592fa7ca..7ec31abe6 100644
--- a/include/path.h
+++ b/include/path.h
@@ -140,4 +140,7 @@ const char * path_name(struct path *p);
  */
 int path_run_hook(struct path *p, enum hook_type t);
 
+/** Check if node is used as source or destination of a path. */
+int path_uses_node(struct path *p, struct node *n);
+
 #endif /** _PATH_H_ @} */
diff --git a/lib/list.c b/lib/list.c
index 47c59578b..d355cd507 100644
--- a/lib/list.c
+++ b/lib/list.c
@@ -13,6 +13,25 @@
 
 #include "list.h"
 
+/* Compare functions */
+static int cmp_lookup(const void *a, const void *b) {
+	const struct {
+		char *name;
+	} *obj = a;
+		
+	return strcmp(obj->name, b);
+}
+
+int cmp_contains(const void *a, const void *b) {
+	return a == b ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+int cmp_sort(const void *a, const void *b, void *thunk) {
+	cmp_cb_t cmp = (cmp_cb_t) thunk;
+
+	return cmp(*(void **) a, *(void **) b);
+}
+
 void list_init(struct list *l, dtor_cb_t dtor)
 {
 	pthread_mutex_init(&l->lock, NULL);
@@ -80,24 +99,12 @@ void list_remove(struct list *l, void *p)
 
 void * list_lookup(struct list *l, const char *name)
 {
-	int cmp_helper(const void *a, const void *b) {
-		const struct {
-			char *name;
-		} *obj = a;
-		
-		return strcmp(obj->name, b);
-	}
-
-	return list_search(l, cmp_helper, (void *) name);
+	return list_search(l, cmp_lookup, (void *) name);
 }
 
 int list_contains(struct list *l, void *p)
-{
-	int cmp_helper(const void *a, const void *b) {
-		return a == b ? 0 : 1;
-	}
-	
-	return list_count(l, cmp_helper, p);
+{	
+	return list_count(l, cmp_contains, p);
 }
 
 int list_count(struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp, void *ctx)
@@ -118,9 +125,10 @@ int list_count(struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp, void *ctx)
 
 void * list_search(struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp, void *ctx)
 {
+	void *e;
+
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&l->lock);
 	
-	void *e;
 	list_foreach(e, l) {
 		if (!cmp(e, ctx))
 			goto out;
@@ -135,13 +143,9 @@ out:	pthread_mutex_unlock(&l->lock);
 
 void list_sort(struct list *l, cmp_cb_t cmp)
 {
-	int cmp_helper(const void *a, const void *b) {
-		return cmp(*(void **) a, *(void **) b);
-	}
-
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&l->lock);
 
-	qsort(l->array, l->length, sizeof(void *), cmp_helper);
+	qsort_r(l->array, l->length, sizeof(void *), cmp_sort, (void *) cmp);
 
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&l->lock);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/path.c b/lib/path.c
index f2166eae7..d2f2b5928 100644
--- a/lib/path.c
+++ b/lib/path.c
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ int path_start(struct path *p)
 		path_name(p), p->poolsize, p->msgsize, list_length(&p->hooks), p->rate);
 	
 	/* We sort the hooks according to their priority before starting the path */
-	list_sort(&p->hooks, ({int cmp(const void *a, const void *b) {
-		return ((struct hook *) a)->priority - ((struct hook *) b)->priority;
-	}; &cmp; }));
+	list_sort(&p->hooks, hooks_sort_priority);
 
 	if (path_run_hook(p, HOOK_PATH_START))
 		return -1;
@@ -231,3 +229,7 @@ void path_destroy(struct path *p)
 	free(p->pool);
 	free(p);
 }
+
+int path_uses_node(struct path *p, struct node *n) {
+	return (p->in == n) || list_contains(&p->destinations, n) ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 15c0a6f89..e1b0ee5a1 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -167,11 +167,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	info("Starting nodes");
 	list_foreach(struct node *n, &nodes) { INDENT
-		int used_by_path(struct path *p, struct node *n) {
-			return (p->in == n) || list_contains(&p->destinations, n) ? 0 : 1;
-		}
-	
-		int refs = list_count(&paths, (cmp_cb_t) used_by_path, n);
+		int refs = list_count(&paths, (cmp_cb_t) path_uses_node, n);
 		if (refs > 0)
 			node_start(n);
 		else