1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index ef1a1b99f..a42a91247 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -247,15 +247,16 @@ static int sysctl_handle_preload_file(const char *filename)
         /* Must do it _after_ config_open(): */
         xchdir("/proc/sys");
 
-//TODO: ';' is comment char too
-//TODO: <space><tab><space>#comment is also comment, not strictly 1st char only
         parse_flags = 0;
         parse_flags &= ~PARSE_COLLAPSE;   // NO (var==val is not var=val) - treat consecutive delimiters as one
         parse_flags &= ~PARSE_TRIM;       // NO - trim leading and trailing delimiters
         parse_flags |= PARSE_GREEDY;      // YES - last token takes entire remainder of the line
         parse_flags &= ~PARSE_MIN_DIE;    // NO - die if < min tokens found
         parse_flags &= ~PARSE_EOL_COMMENTS; // NO (only first char) - comments are recognized even if not first char
-        while (config_read(parser, token, 2, 2, "#=", parse_flags)) {
+        parse_flags |= PARSE_ALT_COMMENTS;// YES - two comment chars: ';' and '#'
+        /* <space><tab><space>#comment is also comment, not strictly 1st char only */
+        parse_flags |= PARSE_WS_COMMENTS; // YES - comments are recognized even if there is whitespace before
+        while (config_read(parser, token, 2, 2, ";#=", parse_flags)) {
                 char *tp;
 
                 trim(token[1]);