diff --git a/src/ini_file_reader.c b/src/ini_file_reader.c
index 1798d4c..5370af3 100644
--- a/src/ini_file_reader.c
+++ b/src/ini_file_reader.c
@@ -134,104 +134,11 @@ static void iniSortItems(IniContext *pContext)
 
 int iniLoadFromFile(const char *szFilename, IniContext *pContext)
 {
-	int result;
-	int len;
-	char *pLast;
-	char full_filename[MAX_PATH_SIZE];
-
-	if ((result=iniInitContext(pContext)) != 0)
-	{
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	if (strncasecmp(szFilename, "http://", 7) == 0)
-	{
-		*pContext->config_path = '\0';
-		snprintf(full_filename, sizeof(full_filename),"%s",szFilename);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		if (*szFilename == '/')
-		{
-			pLast = strrchr(szFilename, '/');
-			len = pLast - szFilename;
-			if (len >= sizeof(pContext->config_path))
-			{
-				logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "\
-					"the path of the config file: %s is " \
-					"too long!", __LINE__, szFilename);
-				return ENOSPC;
-			}
-
-			memcpy(pContext->config_path, szFilename, len);
-			*(pContext->config_path + len) = '\0';
-			snprintf(full_filename, sizeof(full_filename), \
-				"%s", szFilename);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			memset(pContext->config_path, 0, \
-				sizeof(pContext->config_path));
-			if (getcwd(pContext->config_path, sizeof( \
-				pContext->config_path)) == NULL)
-			{
-				logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
-					"getcwd fail, errno: %d, " \
-					"error info: %s", \
-					__LINE__, errno, STRERROR(errno));
-				return errno != 0 ? errno : EPERM;
-			}
-
-			len = strlen(pContext->config_path);
-			if (len > 0 && pContext->config_path[len - 1] == '/')
-			{
-				len--;
-				*(pContext->config_path + len) = '\0';
-			}
-
-			snprintf(full_filename, sizeof(full_filename), \
-				"%s/%s", pContext->config_path, szFilename);
-
-			pLast = strrchr(szFilename, '/');
-			if (pLast != NULL)
-			{
-				int tail_len;
-
-				tail_len = pLast - szFilename;
-				if (len + 1 + tail_len >= sizeof( \
-						pContext->config_path))
-				{
-					logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "\
-						"the path of the config " \
-						"file: %s is too long!", \
-						__LINE__, szFilename);
-					return ENOSPC;
-				}
-
-                *(pContext->config_path + len++) = '/';
-				memcpy(pContext->config_path + len, \
-					szFilename, tail_len);
-				len += tail_len;
-				*(pContext->config_path + len) = '\0';
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	result = iniDoLoadFromFile(full_filename, pContext);
-	if (result == 0)
-	{
-		iniSortItems(pContext);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		iniFreeContext(pContext);
-	}
-
-	return result;
+    return iniLoadFromFileEx(szFilename, pContext, false);
 }
 
 int iniLoadFromFileEx(const char *szFilename, IniContext *pContext,
-    char annotation)
+    bool ignore_annotation)
 {
 	int result;
 	int len;
@@ -243,7 +150,7 @@ int iniLoadFromFileEx(const char *szFilename, IniContext *pContext,
 		return result;
 	}
 
-    pContext->annotation = annotation;
+    pContext->ignore_annotation = ignore_annotation;
 
 	if (strncasecmp(szFilename, "http://", 7) == 0)
 	{
@@ -511,7 +418,7 @@ static int iniDoLoadItemsFromBuffer(char *content, IniContext *pContext)
             strncasecmp(pLine+1, "@function", 9) == 0 && \
             (*(pLine+10) == ' ' || *(pLine+10) == '\t')))
         {
-            if (pContext->annotation != IGNORE_ANNOTATION) {
+            if (!pContext->ignore_annotation) {
                 nNameLen = strlen(pLine + 11);
                 if (nNameLen > FAST_INI_ITEM_NAME_LEN)
                 {
@@ -531,8 +438,8 @@ static int iniDoLoadItemsFromBuffer(char *content, IniContext *pContext)
                             "the function name of annotation line is empty", \
                             __LINE__);
                 }
-                continue;
             }
+            continue;
         }
 
 		trim(pLine);
diff --git a/src/ini_file_reader.h b/src/ini_file_reader.h
index 388328c..aa65a13 100644
--- a/src/ini_file_reader.h
+++ b/src/ini_file_reader.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ typedef struct
 	HashArray sections;  //key is session name, and value is IniSection
 	IniSection *current_section; //for load from ini file
 	char config_path[MAX_PATH_SIZE];  //save the config filepath
-    char annotation;
+    bool ignore_annotation;
 } IniContext;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ int iniLoadFromFile(const char *szFilename, IniContext *pContext);
  *  parameters:
  *           szFilename: the filename, can be an URL
  *           pContext: the ini context
- *           annotation: whether ignore annotation
+ *           ignore_annotation: whether ignore annotation
  *  return: error no, 0 for success, != 0 fail
 */
 int iniLoadFromFileEx(const char *szFilename, IniContext *pContext,
-    char annotation);
+    bool ignore_annotation);
 
 /** load ini items from string buffer
  *  parameters:
diff --git a/src/process_ctrl.c b/src/process_ctrl.c
index 48f3496..a62ca77 100644
--- a/src/process_ctrl.c
+++ b/src/process_ctrl.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int get_base_path_from_conf_file(const char *filename, char *base_path,
 
 	memset(&iniContext, 0, sizeof(IniContext));
 
-	if ((result=iniLoadFromFileEx(filename, &iniContext, IGNORE_ANNOTATION)) != 0)
+	if ((result=iniLoadFromFileEx(filename, &iniContext, true)) != 0)
 	{
 		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
 			"load conf file \"%s\" fail, ret code: %d", \
diff --git a/src/shared_func.c b/src/shared_func.c
index 8330e34..b666841 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.c
+++ b/src/shared_func.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ int load_log_level_ex(const char *conf_filename)
 	int result;
 	IniContext iniContext;
 
-	if ((result=iniLoadFromFileEx(conf_filename, &iniContext, IGNORE_ANNOTATION)) != 0)
+	if ((result=iniLoadFromFileEx(conf_filename, &iniContext, true)) != 0)
 	{
 		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
 			"load conf file \"%s\" fail, ret code: %d", \