diff --git a/bootstat/Android.mk b/bootstat/Android.mk
index 348db88..223450d 100644
--- a/bootstat/Android.mk
+++ b/bootstat/Android.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(bootstat_c_includes)
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_lib_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(bootstat_c_includes)
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_lib_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(bootstat_c_includes)
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_lib_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -105,6 +111,8 @@
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libbootstat
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
@@ -119,6 +127,8 @@
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libbootstat_debug libgmock
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_test_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST)
 
@@ -133,5 +143,7 @@
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(bootstat_shared_libs)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libbootstat_host_debug libgmock_host
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(bootstat_test_src_files)
+# Clang is required because of C++14
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_NATIVE_TEST)
diff --git a/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h b/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
index 9876e34..85d6c19 100644
--- a/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
+++ b/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 #define AID_METRICSD      1043  /* metricsd process */
 #define AID_WEBSERV       1044  /* webservd process */
 #define AID_DEBUGGERD     1045  /* debuggerd unprivileged user */
+#define AID_MEDIA_CODEC   1046  /* mediacodec process */
 
 #define AID_SHELL         2000  /* adb and debug shell user */
 #define AID_CACHE         2001  /* cache access */
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
     { "metricsd",      AID_METRICSD },
     { "webserv",       AID_WEBSERV },
     { "debuggerd",     AID_DEBUGGERD, },
+    { "mediacodec",    AID_MEDIA_CODEC, },
 
     { "shell",         AID_SHELL, },
     { "cache",         AID_CACHE, },
diff --git a/init/readme.txt b/init/readme.txt
index 5a1cf44..ef85ccf 100644
--- a/init/readme.txt
+++ b/init/readme.txt
@@ -40,17 +40,43 @@
 These directories are intended for all Actions and Services used after
 file system mounting.
 
+One may specify paths in the mount_all command line to have it import
+.rc files at the specified paths instead of the default ones listed above.
+This is primarily for supporting factory mode and other non-standard boot
+modes.  The three default paths should be used for the normal boot process.
+
 The intention of these directories is as follows
    1) /system/etc/init/ is for core system items such as
-      SurfaceFlinger and MediaService.
+      SurfaceFlinger, MediaService, and logcatd.
    2) /vendor/etc/init/ is for SoC vendor items such as actions or
       daemons needed for core SoC functionality.
    3) /odm/etc/init/ is for device manufacturer items such as
       actions or daemons needed for motion sensor or other peripheral
       functionality.
 
-One may specify paths in the mount_all command line to have it import
-.rc files at the specified paths instead of the default ones described above.
+All services whose binaries reside on the system, vendor, or odm
+partitions should have their service entries placed into a
+corresponding init .rc file, located in the /etc/init/
+directory of the partition where they reside.  There is a build
+system macro, LOCAL_INIT_RC, that handles this for developers.  Each
+init .rc file should additionally contain any actions associated with
+its service.
+
+An example is the logcatd.rc and Android.mk files located in the
+system/core/logcat directory.  The LOCAL_INIT_RC macro in the
+Android.mk file places logcatd.rc in /system/etc/init/ during the
+build process.  Init loads logcatd.rc during the mount_all command and
+allows the service to be run and the action to be queued when
+appropriate.
+
+This break up of init .rc files according to their daemon is preferred
+to the previously used monolithic init .rc files.  This approach
+ensures that the only service entries that init reads and the only
+actions that init performs correspond to services whose binaries are in
+fact present on the file system, which was not the case with the
+monolithic init .rc files.  This additionally will aid in merge
+conflict resolution when multiple services are added to the system, as
+each one will go into a separate file.
 
 Actions
 -------
diff --git a/metricsd/uploader/metrics_log.cc b/metricsd/uploader/metrics_log.cc
index 39655e6..fcaa8c1 100644
--- a/metricsd/uploader/metrics_log.cc
+++ b/metricsd/uploader/metrics_log.cc
@@ -85,5 +85,6 @@
 }
 
 bool MetricsLog::PopulateSystemProfile(SystemProfileSetter* profile_setter) {
+  CHECK(profile_setter);
   return profile_setter->Populate(uma_proto());
 }
diff --git a/metricsd/uploader/system_profile_cache.cc b/metricsd/uploader/system_profile_cache.cc
index 70f6afd..e6f6617 100644
--- a/metricsd/uploader/system_profile_cache.cc
+++ b/metricsd/uploader/system_profile_cache.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
   } else {
     reader.Load();
     auto client = update_engine::UpdateEngineClient::CreateInstance();
+    if (!client) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "failed to create the update engine client";
+      return false;
+    }
     if (!client->GetChannel(&channel)) {
       LOG(ERROR) << "failed to read the current channel from update engine.";
       return false;
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 1575c10..441f28b 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 on init
     sysclktz 0
 
+    # Mix device-specific information into the entropy pool
+    copy /proc/cmdline /dev/urandom
+    copy /default.prop /dev/urandom
+
     # Backward compatibility.
     symlink /system/etc /etc
     symlink /sys/kernel/debug /d