diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk b/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
index 8c7c4a8..6442701 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libdumpstate_default.c
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libdumpstate_default.cpp
 LOCAL_MODULE := libdumpstate.default
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DFWDUMP_$(BOARD_WLAN_DEVICE)
 endif
 
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := dumpstate.c utils.c
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := dumpstate.cpp utils.cpp
 
 LOCAL_MODULE := dumpstate
 
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
rename to cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
index de51419..7560416 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 }
 
 /* timeout in ms */
-static unsigned long logcat_timeout(char *name) {
+static unsigned long logcat_timeout(const char *name) {
     static const char global_tuneable[] = "persist.logd.size"; // Settings App
     static const char global_default[] = "ro.logd.size";       // BoardConfig.mk
     char key[PROP_NAME_MAX];
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
index c5d3044..f10ec46 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 #define SU_PATH "/system/xbin/su"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 typedef void (for_each_pid_func)(int, const char *);
 typedef void (for_each_tid_func)(int, int, const char *);
 
@@ -84,4 +88,8 @@
 /* Implemented by libdumpstate_board to dump board-specific info */
 void dumpstate_board();
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _DUMPSTATE_H_ */
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/libdumpstate_default.c b/cmds/dumpstate/libdumpstate_default.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from cmds/dumpstate/libdumpstate_default.c
rename to cmds/dumpstate/libdumpstate_default.cpp
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
similarity index 97%
rename from cmds/dumpstate/utils.c
rename to cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
index 0dd0c21..12f44ae 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.cpp
@@ -117,19 +117,19 @@
 }
 
 static void for_each_pid_helper(int pid, const char *cmdline, void *arg) {
-    for_each_pid_func *func = arg;
+    for_each_pid_func *func = (for_each_pid_func*) arg;
     func(pid, cmdline);
 }
 
 void for_each_pid(for_each_pid_func func, const char *header) {
-    __for_each_pid(for_each_pid_helper, header, func);
+  __for_each_pid(for_each_pid_helper, header, (void *)func);
 }
 
 static void for_each_tid_helper(int pid, const char *cmdline, void *arg) {
     DIR *d;
     struct dirent *de;
     char taskpath[255];
-    for_each_tid_func *func = arg;
+    for_each_tid_func *func = (for_each_tid_func *) arg;
 
     sprintf(taskpath, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 }
 
 void for_each_tid(for_each_tid_func func, const char *header) {
-    __for_each_pid(for_each_tid_helper, header, func);
+    __for_each_pid(for_each_tid_helper, header, (void *) func);
 }
 
 void show_wchan(int pid, int tid, const char *name) {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
     DIR *dirp;
     struct dirent *d;
     char *newpath = NULL;
-    char *slash = "/";
+    const char *slash = "/";
     int fd, retval = 0;
 
     if (title) {
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    /* Variables below must be initialized before 'goto' statements */
+    int dalvik_found = 0;
+    int ifd, wfd = -1;
+
     /* walk /proc and kill -QUIT all Dalvik processes */
     DIR *proc = opendir("/proc");
     if (proc == NULL) {
@@ -648,20 +652,19 @@
     }
 
     /* use inotify to find when processes are done dumping */
-    int ifd = inotify_init();
+    ifd = inotify_init();
     if (ifd < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "inotify_init: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         goto error_close_fd;
     }
 
-    int wfd = inotify_add_watch(ifd, traces_path, IN_CLOSE_WRITE);
+    wfd = inotify_add_watch(ifd, traces_path, IN_CLOSE_WRITE);
     if (wfd < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "inotify_add_watch(%s): %s\n", traces_path, strerror(errno));
         goto error_close_ifd;
     }
 
     struct dirent *d;
-    int dalvik_found = 0;
     while ((d = readdir(proc))) {
         int pid = atoi(d->d_name);
         if (pid <= 0) continue;