diff --git a/debuggerd/crasher.cpp b/debuggerd/crasher.cpp
index 3db67b3..b0e8b17 100644
--- a/debuggerd/crasher.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/crasher.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: init pid=%d tid=%d\n", __progname, getpid(), gettid());
 
-    if (!strncmp(arg, "exhaustfd-", strlen("exhaustfd-"))) {
+    if (!strncmp(arg, "wait-", strlen("wait-"))) {
+      char buf[1];
+      TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+      return do_action(arg + strlen("wait-"));
+    } else if (!strncmp(arg, "exhaustfd-", strlen("exhaustfd-"))) {
       errno = 0;
       while (errno != EMFILE) {
         open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
@@ -235,6 +239,8 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "on the process' main thread.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "prefix any of the above with 'exhaustfd-' to exhaust\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "all available file descriptors before crashing.\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "prefix any of the above with 'wait-' to wait until input is received on stdin\n");
+
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/init/action.cpp b/init/action.cpp
index ed88f6d..a12f225 100644
--- a/init/action.cpp
+++ b/init/action.cpp
@@ -118,14 +118,16 @@
     Timer t;
     int result = command.InvokeFunc();
 
-    // TODO: this should probably be changed to "if (failed || took a long time)"...
-    if (android::base::GetMinimumLogSeverity() <= android::base::DEBUG) {
+    double duration_ms = t.duration() * 1000;
+    // Any action longer than 50ms will be warned to user as slow operation
+    if (duration_ms > 50.0 ||
+        android::base::GetMinimumLogSeverity() <= android::base::DEBUG) {
         std::string trigger_name = BuildTriggersString();
         std::string cmd_str = command.BuildCommandString();
         std::string source = command.BuildSourceString();
 
         LOG(INFO) << "Command '" << cmd_str << "' action=" << trigger_name << source
-                  << " returned " << result << " took " << t.duration() << "s";
+                  << " returned " << result << " took " << duration_ms << "ms.";
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 31e0fbf..94dc832 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,15 @@
             callback_on_ro_remount = unmount_and_fsck;
         } else if (cmd == ANDROID_RB_RESTART2) {
             reboot_target = &command[len + 1];
+            // When rebooting to the bootloader notify the bootloader writing
+            // also the BCB.
+            if (strcmp(reboot_target, "bootloader") == 0) {
+                std::string err;
+                if (!write_reboot_bootloader(&err)) {
+                    LOG(ERROR) << "reboot-bootloader: Error writing "
+                                  "bootloader_message: " << err;
+                }
+            }
         }
     } else if (command[len] != '\0') {
         LOG(ERROR) << "powerctl: unrecognized reboot target '" << &command[len] << "'";
diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index a2099b0..1f53a1b 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@
 bool Service::ParsePriority(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err) {
     priority_ = 0;
     if (!ParseInt(args[1], &priority_,
-                  static_cast<int>(ANDROID_PRIORITY_LOWEST),
-                  static_cast<int>(ANDROID_PRIORITY_HIGHEST))) {
+                  static_cast<int>(ANDROID_PRIORITY_HIGHEST), // highest is negative
+                  static_cast<int>(ANDROID_PRIORITY_LOWEST))) {
         *err = StringPrintf("process priority value must be range %d - %d",
                 ANDROID_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, ANDROID_PRIORITY_LOWEST);
         return false;
diff --git a/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp b/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
index 148c418..fd8b713 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
+++ b/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -73,20 +72,42 @@
   if (!BacktraceMap::IsValid(map) || !(map.flags & PROT_READ)) {
     return 0;
   }
+
   bytes = MIN(map.end - addr, bytes);
-
-  struct iovec local_io;
-  local_io.iov_base = buffer;
-  local_io.iov_len = bytes;
-
-  struct iovec remote_io;
-  remote_io.iov_base = reinterpret_cast<void*>(addr);
-  remote_io.iov_len = bytes;
-
-  ssize_t bytes_read = process_vm_readv(Tid(), &local_io, 1, &remote_io, 1, 0);
-  if (bytes_read == -1) {
-    return 0;
+  size_t bytes_read = 0;
+  word_t data_word;
+  size_t align_bytes = addr & (sizeof(word_t) - 1);
+  if (align_bytes != 0) {
+    if (!PtraceRead(Tid(), addr & ~(sizeof(word_t) - 1), &data_word)) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    size_t copy_bytes = MIN(sizeof(word_t) - align_bytes, bytes);
+    memcpy(buffer, reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(&data_word) + align_bytes, copy_bytes);
+    addr += copy_bytes;
+    buffer += copy_bytes;
+    bytes -= copy_bytes;
+    bytes_read += copy_bytes;
   }
-  return static_cast<size_t>(bytes_read);
+
+  size_t num_words = bytes / sizeof(word_t);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < num_words; i++) {
+    if (!PtraceRead(Tid(), addr, &data_word)) {
+      return bytes_read;
+    }
+    memcpy(buffer, &data_word, sizeof(word_t));
+    buffer += sizeof(word_t);
+    addr += sizeof(word_t);
+    bytes_read += sizeof(word_t);
+  }
+
+  size_t left_over = bytes & (sizeof(word_t) - 1);
+  if (left_over) {
+    if (!PtraceRead(Tid(), addr, &data_word)) {
+      return bytes_read;
+    }
+    memcpy(buffer, &data_word, left_over);
+    bytes_read += left_over;
+  }
+  return bytes_read;
 #endif
 }