diff --git a/debuggerd/Android.bp b/debuggerd/Android.bp
index d7e8f32..f713ff2 100644
--- a/debuggerd/Android.bp
+++ b/debuggerd/Android.bp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "-Wno-unused-function",
         "-Wno-nullability-completeness",
         "-Os",
+        "-fno-finite-loops",
     ],
 
     local_include_dirs: ["include"],
diff --git a/debuggerd/OWNERS b/debuggerd/OWNERS
index bfeedca..6f7e4a3 100644
--- a/debuggerd/OWNERS
+++ b/debuggerd/OWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 cferris@google.com
-jmgao@google.com
diff --git a/diagnose_usb/OWNERS b/diagnose_usb/OWNERS
index 643b448..fcd7757 100644
--- a/diagnose_usb/OWNERS
+++ b/diagnose_usb/OWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-jmgao@google.com
 yabinc@google.com
diff --git a/fastboot/OWNERS b/fastboot/OWNERS
index a72ee07..58b2a81 100644
--- a/fastboot/OWNERS
+++ b/fastboot/OWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 dvander@google.com
 hridya@google.com
 enh@google.com
-jmgao@google.com
diff --git a/fastboot/device/flashing.cpp b/fastboot/device/flashing.cpp
index ee0aa58..9b5d2cd 100644
--- a/fastboot/device/flashing.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/device/flashing.cpp
@@ -187,11 +187,17 @@
                                  ", build may be missing broken or missing boot_devices");
     }
 
+    std::string slot_suffix = device->GetCurrentSlot();
+    uint32_t slot_number = SlotNumberForSlotSuffix(slot_suffix);
+
+    std::string other_slot_suffix;
+    if (!slot_suffix.empty()) {
+        other_slot_suffix = (slot_suffix == "_a") ? "_b" : "_a";
+    }
+
     // If we are unable to read the existing metadata, then the super partition
     // is corrupt. In this case we reflash the whole thing using the provided
     // image.
-    std::string slot_suffix = device->GetCurrentSlot();
-    uint32_t slot_number = SlotNumberForSlotSuffix(slot_suffix);
     std::unique_ptr<LpMetadata> old_metadata = ReadMetadata(super_name, slot_number);
     if (wipe || !old_metadata) {
         if (!FlashPartitionTable(super_name, *new_metadata.get())) {
@@ -203,11 +209,15 @@
     }
 
     std::set<std::string> partitions_to_keep;
+    bool virtual_ab = android::base::GetBoolProperty("ro.virtual_ab.enabled", false);
     for (const auto& partition : old_metadata->partitions) {
         // Preserve partitions in the other slot, but not the current slot.
         std::string partition_name = GetPartitionName(partition);
-        if (!slot_suffix.empty() && GetPartitionSlotSuffix(partition_name) == slot_suffix) {
-            continue;
+        if (!slot_suffix.empty()) {
+            auto part_suffix = GetPartitionSlotSuffix(partition_name);
+            if (part_suffix == slot_suffix || (part_suffix == other_slot_suffix && virtual_ab)) {
+                continue;
+            }
         }
         std::string group_name = GetPartitionGroupName(old_metadata->groups[partition.group_index]);
         // Skip partitions in the COW group
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
index c87ce60..532b524 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
@@ -941,7 +941,8 @@
         // Tries to locate top-level vbmeta from boot.img footer.
         uint64_t footer_offset = buf->sz - AVB_FOOTER_SIZE;
         if (0 != data.compare(footer_offset, AVB_FOOTER_MAGIC_LEN, AVB_FOOTER_MAGIC)) {
-            die("Failed to find AVB_FOOTER at offset: %" PRId64, footer_offset);
+            die("Failed to find AVB_FOOTER at offset: %" PRId64 ", is BOARD_AVB_ENABLE true?",
+                footer_offset);
         }
         const AvbFooter* footer = reinterpret_cast<const AvbFooter*>(data.c_str() + footer_offset);
         vbmeta_offset = be64toh(footer->vbmeta_offset);
@@ -1021,6 +1022,24 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    // If overflows and negative, it should be < buf->sz.
+    int64_t partition_size = static_cast<int64_t>(get_partition_size(partition));
+
+    if (partition_size == buf->sz) {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Some device bootloaders might not implement `fastboot getvar partition-size:boot[_a|_b]`.
+    // In this case, partition_size will be zero.
+    if (partition_size < buf->sz) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "Warning: skip copying boot image avb footer"
+                " (boot partition size: %" PRId64 ", boot image size: %" PRId64 ").\n",
+                partition_size, buf->sz);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // IMPORTANT: after the following read, we need to reset buf->fd before return (if not die).
+    // Because buf->fd will still be used afterwards.
     std::string data;
     if (!android::base::ReadFdToString(buf->fd, &data)) {
         die("Failed reading from boot");
@@ -1028,17 +1047,9 @@
 
     uint64_t footer_offset = buf->sz - AVB_FOOTER_SIZE;
     if (0 != data.compare(footer_offset, AVB_FOOTER_MAGIC_LEN, AVB_FOOTER_MAGIC)) {
+        lseek(buf->fd.get(), 0, SEEK_SET);  // IMPORTANT: resets buf->fd before return.
         return;
     }
-    // If overflows and negative, it should be < buf->sz.
-    int64_t partition_size = static_cast<int64_t>(get_partition_size(partition));
-
-    if (partition_size == buf->sz) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (partition_size < buf->sz) {
-        die("boot partition is smaller than boot image");
-    }
 
     unique_fd fd(make_temporary_fd("boot rewriting"));
     if (!android::base::WriteStringToFd(data, fd)) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
index d4fc2b9..6170aee 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
         "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64",
     ],
     srcs: [
+        "blockdev.cpp",
         "file_wait.cpp",
         "fs_mgr.cpp",
         "fs_mgr_format.cpp",
diff --git a/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp b/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b217c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/blockdev.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <libdm/dm.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "blockdev.h"
+
+using android::base::Basename;
+using android::base::ErrnoError;
+using android::base::Error;
+using android::base::Result;
+using android::base::ResultError;
+using android::base::StartsWith;
+using android::base::StringPrintf;
+using android::base::unique_fd;
+using android::dm::DeviceMapper;
+
+// Return the parent device of a partition. Converts e.g. "sda26" into "sda".
+static std::string PartitionParent(const std::string& blockdev) {
+    if (blockdev.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": invalid argument " << blockdev;
+        return blockdev;
+    }
+    auto dir = std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)>{opendir("/sys/class/block"), closedir};
+    if (!dir) {
+        return blockdev;
+    }
+    for (struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir.get()); ent; ent = readdir(dir.get())) {
+        if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        std::string path = StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/%s", ent->d_name, blockdev.c_str());
+        struct stat statbuf;
+        if (stat(path.c_str(), &statbuf) >= 0) {
+            return ent->d_name;
+        }
+    }
+    return blockdev;
+}
+
+// Convert a major:minor pair into a block device name.
+static std::string BlockdevName(dev_t dev) {
+    auto dir = std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)>{opendir("/dev/block"), closedir};
+    if (!dir) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    for (struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir.get()); ent; ent = readdir(dir.get())) {
+        if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const std::string path = std::string("/dev/block/") + ent->d_name;
+        struct stat statbuf;
+        if (stat(path.c_str(), &statbuf) >= 0 && dev == statbuf.st_rdev) {
+            return ent->d_name;
+        }
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+// Trim whitespace from the end of a string.
+static void rtrim(std::string& s) {
+    s.erase(s.find_last_not_of('\n') + 1, s.length());
+}
+
+// For file `file_path`, retrieve the block device backing the filesystem on
+// which the file exists and return the queue depth of the block device.
+static Result<uint32_t> BlockDeviceQueueDepth(const std::string& file_path) {
+    struct stat statbuf;
+    int res = stat(file_path.c_str(), &statbuf);
+    if (res < 0) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "stat(" << file_path << ")";
+    }
+    std::string blockdev = "/dev/block/" + BlockdevName(statbuf.st_dev);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << file_path << " -> " << blockdev;
+    if (blockdev.empty()) {
+        const std::string err_msg =
+                StringPrintf("Failed to convert %u:%u (path %s)", major(statbuf.st_dev),
+                             minor(statbuf.st_dev), file_path.c_str());
+        return ResultError(err_msg, 0);
+    }
+    auto& dm = DeviceMapper::Instance();
+    for (;;) {
+        std::optional<std::string> child = dm.GetParentBlockDeviceByPath(blockdev);
+        if (!child) {
+            break;
+        }
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << blockdev << " -> " << *child;
+        blockdev = *child;
+    }
+    std::optional<std::string> maybe_blockdev = android::dm::ExtractBlockDeviceName(blockdev);
+    if (!maybe_blockdev) {
+        return ResultError("Failed to remove /dev/block/ prefix from " + blockdev, 0);
+    }
+    blockdev = PartitionParent(*maybe_blockdev);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": "
+               << "Partition parent: " << blockdev;
+    const std::string nr_tags_path =
+            StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/mq/0/nr_tags", blockdev.c_str());
+    std::string nr_tags;
+    if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(nr_tags_path, &nr_tags)) {
+        return ResultError("Failed to read " + nr_tags_path, 0);
+    }
+    rtrim(nr_tags);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": " << file_path << " is backed by /dev/" << blockdev
+               << " and that block device supports queue depth " << nr_tags;
+    return strtol(nr_tags.c_str(), NULL, 0);
+}
+
+// Set 'nr_requests' of `loop_device_path` to the queue depth of the block
+// device backing `file_path`.
+Result<void> ConfigureQueueDepth(const std::string& loop_device_path,
+                                 const std::string& file_path) {
+    if (!StartsWith(loop_device_path, "/dev/")) {
+        return Error() << "Invalid argument " << loop_device_path;
+    }
+
+    const std::string loop_device_name = Basename(loop_device_path);
+
+    const Result<uint32_t> qd = BlockDeviceQueueDepth(file_path);
+    if (!qd.ok()) {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": "
+                   << "BlockDeviceQueueDepth() returned " << qd.error();
+        return ResultError(qd.error());
+    }
+    const std::string nr_requests = StringPrintf("%u", *qd);
+    const std::string sysfs_path =
+            StringPrintf("/sys/class/block/%s/queue/nr_requests", loop_device_name.c_str());
+    unique_fd sysfs_fd(open(sysfs_path.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC));
+    if (sysfs_fd == -1) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "Failed to open " << sysfs_path;
+    }
+
+    const int res = write(sysfs_fd.get(), nr_requests.data(), nr_requests.length());
+    if (res < 0) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "Failed to write to " << sysfs_path;
+    }
+    return {};
+}
diff --git a/fs_mgr/blockdev.h b/fs_mgr/blockdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c0d68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/blockdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <android-base/result.h>
+#include <string>
+
+android::base::Result<void> ConfigureQueueDepth(const std::string& loop_device_path,
+                                                const std::string& file_path);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
index ec66144..5f15aad 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #include <log/log_properties.h>
 #include <logwrap/logwrap.h>
 
+#include "blockdev.h"
 #include "fs_mgr_priv.h"
 
 #define KEY_LOC_PROP   "ro.crypto.keyfile.userdata"
@@ -2110,6 +2111,8 @@
 
     ConfigureIoScheduler(loop_device);
 
+    ConfigureQueueDepth(loop_device, "/");
+
     // set block size & direct IO
     unique_fd loop_fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(loop_device.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC)));
     if (loop_fd.get() == -1) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
index 4d32bda..0522ac5 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_overlayfs.cpp
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
         return false;
     }
     if (!images->BackingImageExists(partition_name)) {
-        static constexpr uint64_t kMinimumSize = 16_MiB;
+        static constexpr uint64_t kMinimumSize = 64_MiB;
         static constexpr uint64_t kMaximumSize = 2_GiB;
 
         uint64_t size = std::clamp(info.size / 2, kMinimumSize, kMaximumSize);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp b/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
index 8e3d5a5..4034e30 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libdm/dm.cpp
@@ -578,34 +578,30 @@
     return std::string{spec.target_type, sizeof(spec.target_type)};
 }
 
-static bool ExtractBlockDeviceName(const std::string& path, std::string* name) {
+std::optional<std::string> ExtractBlockDeviceName(const std::string& path) {
     static constexpr std::string_view kDevBlockPrefix("/dev/block/");
     if (android::base::StartsWith(path, kDevBlockPrefix)) {
-        *name = path.substr(kDevBlockPrefix.length());
-        return true;
+        return path.substr(kDevBlockPrefix.length());
     }
-    return false;
+    return {};
 }
 
 bool DeviceMapper::IsDmBlockDevice(const std::string& path) {
-    std::string name;
-    if (!ExtractBlockDeviceName(path, &name)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return android::base::StartsWith(name, "dm-");
+    std::optional<std::string> name = ExtractBlockDeviceName(path);
+    return name && android::base::StartsWith(*name, "dm-");
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> DeviceMapper::GetDmDeviceNameByPath(const std::string& path) {
-    std::string name;
-    if (!ExtractBlockDeviceName(path, &name)) {
+    std::optional<std::string> name = ExtractBlockDeviceName(path);
+    if (!name) {
         LOG(WARNING) << path << " is not a block device";
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    if (!android::base::StartsWith(name, "dm-")) {
+    if (!android::base::StartsWith(*name, "dm-")) {
         LOG(WARNING) << path << " is not a dm device";
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    std::string dm_name_file = "/sys/block/" + name + "/dm/name";
+    std::string dm_name_file = "/sys/block/" + *name + "/dm/name";
     std::string dm_name;
     if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(dm_name_file, &dm_name)) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read file " << dm_name_file;
@@ -616,16 +612,16 @@
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> DeviceMapper::GetParentBlockDeviceByPath(const std::string& path) {
-    std::string name;
-    if (!ExtractBlockDeviceName(path, &name)) {
+    std::optional<std::string> name = ExtractBlockDeviceName(path);
+    if (!name) {
         LOG(WARNING) << path << " is not a block device";
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    if (!android::base::StartsWith(name, "dm-")) {
+    if (!android::base::StartsWith(*name, "dm-")) {
         // Reached bottom of the device mapper stack.
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    auto slaves_dir = "/sys/block/" + name + "/slaves";
+    auto slaves_dir = "/sys/block/" + *name + "/slaves";
     auto dir = std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)>(opendir(slaves_dir.c_str()), closedir);
     if (dir == nullptr) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to open: " << slaves_dir;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h b/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
index 31c3003..7e01b85 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libdm/include/libdm/dm.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 
 static constexpr uint64_t kSectorSize = 512;
 
+// Returns `path` without /dev/block prefix if and only if `path` starts with
+// that prefix.
+std::optional<std::string> ExtractBlockDeviceName(const std::string& path);
+
 class DeviceMapper final {
   public:
     class DmBlockDevice final {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/mock_snapshot_writer.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/mock_snapshot_writer.h
index 0457986..3655c01 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/mock_snapshot_writer.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/mock_snapshot_writer.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitCopy, (uint64_t, uint64_t), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitRawBlocks, (uint64_t, const void*, size_t), (override));
+    MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitXorBlocks, (uint32_t, const void*, size_t, uint32_t, uint16_t),
+                (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitZeroBlocks, (uint64_t, uint64_t), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitLabel, (uint64_t), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(bool, EmitSequenceData, (size_t, const uint32_t*), (override));
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 035038f..7633d9c 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -1305,20 +1305,8 @@
 
     return {};
 }
-
-static bool IsApexUpdatable() {
-    static bool updatable = android::sysprop::ApexProperties::updatable().value_or(false);
-    return updatable;
-}
-
 static Result<void> do_update_linker_config(const BuiltinArguments&) {
-    // If APEX is not updatable, then all APEX information are already included in the first
-    // linker config generation, so there is no need to update linker configuration again.
-    if (IsApexUpdatable()) {
-        return GenerateLinkerConfiguration();
-    }
-
-    return {};
+    return GenerateLinkerConfiguration();
 }
 
 static Result<void> parse_apex_configs() {
diff --git a/init/mount_namespace.cpp b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
index 575cae9..593e5ae 100644
--- a/init/mount_namespace.cpp
+++ b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
@@ -97,110 +97,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-#ifdef ACTIVATE_FLATTENED_APEX
-
-static Result<void> MountDir(const std::string& path, const std::string& mount_path) {
-    if (int ret = mkdir(mount_path.c_str(), 0755); ret != 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
-        return ErrnoError() << "Could not create mount point " << mount_path;
-    }
-    if (mount(path.c_str(), mount_path.c_str(), nullptr, MS_BIND, nullptr) != 0) {
-        return ErrnoError() << "Could not bind mount " << path << " to " << mount_path;
-    }
-    return {};
-}
-
-static Result<apex::proto::ApexManifest> GetApexManifest(const std::string& apex_dir) {
-    const std::string manifest_path = apex_dir + "/apex_manifest.pb";
-    std::string content;
-    if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(manifest_path, &content)) {
-        return Error() << "Failed to read manifest file: " << manifest_path;
-    }
-    apex::proto::ApexManifest manifest;
-    if (!manifest.ParseFromString(content)) {
-        return Error() << "Can't parse manifest file: " << manifest_path;
-    }
-    return manifest;
-}
-
-template <typename Fn>
-static Result<void> ActivateFlattenedApexesFrom(const std::string& from_dir,
-                                                const std::string& to_dir, Fn on_activate) {
-    std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)> dir(opendir(from_dir.c_str()), closedir);
-    if (!dir) {
-        return {};
-    }
-    dirent* entry;
-    std::vector<std::string> entries;
-
-    while ((entry = readdir(dir.get())) != nullptr) {
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.') continue;
-        if (entry->d_type == DT_DIR) {
-            entries.push_back(entry->d_name);
-        }
-    }
-
-    std::sort(entries.begin(), entries.end());
-    for (const auto& name : entries) {
-        const std::string apex_path = from_dir + "/" + name;
-        const auto apex_manifest = GetApexManifest(apex_path);
-        if (!apex_manifest.ok()) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << apex_path << " is not an APEX directory: " << apex_manifest.error();
-            continue;
-        }
-        const std::string mount_path = to_dir + "/" + apex_manifest->name();
-        if (auto result = MountDir(apex_path, mount_path); !result.ok()) {
-            return result;
-        }
-        on_activate(apex_path, *apex_manifest);
-    }
-    return {};
-}
-
-static bool ActivateFlattenedApexesIfPossible() {
-    if (IsRecoveryMode() || IsApexUpdatable()) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    const std::string kApexTop = "/apex";
-    const std::vector<std::string> kBuiltinDirsForApexes = {
-            "/system/apex",
-            "/system_ext/apex",
-            "/product/apex",
-            "/vendor/apex",
-    };
-
-    std::vector<com::android::apex::ApexInfo> apex_infos;
-    auto on_activate = [&](const std::string& apex_path,
-                           const apex::proto::ApexManifest& apex_manifest) {
-        apex_infos.emplace_back(apex_manifest.name(), apex_path, apex_path, apex_manifest.version(),
-                                apex_manifest.versionname(), /*isFactory=*/true, /*isActive=*/true,
-                                /* lastUpdateMillis= */ 0);
-    };
-
-    for (const auto& dir : kBuiltinDirsForApexes) {
-        if (auto result = ActivateFlattenedApexesFrom(dir, kApexTop, on_activate); !result.ok()) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << result.error();
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    std::ostringstream oss;
-    com::android::apex::ApexInfoList apex_info_list(apex_infos);
-    com::android::apex::write(oss, apex_info_list);
-    const std::string kApexInfoList = kApexTop + "/apex-info-list.xml";
-    if (!android::base::WriteStringToFile(oss.str(), kApexInfoList)) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to write " << kApexInfoList;
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (selinux_android_restorecon(kApexInfoList.c_str(), 0) != 0) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "selinux_android_restorecon(" << kApexInfoList << ") failed";
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-#endif  // ACTIVATE_FLATTENED_APEX
-
 static android::base::unique_fd bootstrap_ns_fd;
 static android::base::unique_fd default_ns_fd;
 
@@ -294,9 +190,7 @@
         default_ns_fd.reset(OpenMountNamespace());
         default_ns_id = GetMountNamespaceId();
     }
-#ifdef ACTIVATE_FLATTENED_APEX
-    success &= ActivateFlattenedApexesIfPossible();
-#endif
+
     LOG(INFO) << "SetupMountNamespaces done";
     return success;
 }
diff --git a/init/reboot.cpp b/init/reboot.cpp
index 0e788e4..c5f1ee4 100644
--- a/init/reboot.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot.cpp
@@ -1035,6 +1035,20 @@
                         return;
                     }
                 }
+            } else if (reboot_target == "quiescent") {
+                bootloader_message boot = {};
+                if (std::string err; !read_bootloader_message(&boot, &err)) {
+                    LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read bootloader message: " << err;
+                }
+                // Update the boot command field if it's empty, and preserve
+                // the other arguments in the bootloader message.
+                if (!CommandIsPresent(&boot)) {
+                    strlcpy(boot.command, "boot-quiescent", sizeof(boot.command));
+                    if (std::string err; !write_bootloader_message(boot, &err)) {
+                        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to set bootloader message: " << err;
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
             } else if (reboot_target == "sideload" || reboot_target == "sideload-auto-reboot" ||
                        reboot_target == "fastboot") {
                 std::string arg = reboot_target == "sideload-auto-reboot" ? "sideload_auto_reboot"
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index a7322fa..ab0aff5 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -591,9 +591,10 @@
     # Load trusted keys from dm-verity protected partitions
     exec -- /system/bin/fsverity_init --load-verified-keys
 
+on late-fs && property:ro.product.cpu.abilist64=*
     # Set up a tracing instance for system_server to monitor error_report_end events.
     # These are sent by kernel tools like KASAN and KFENCE when a memory corruption
-    # is detected.
+    # is detected. This is only needed for 64-bit systems.
     mkdir /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver 0700 system system
     restorecon_recursive /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver
     write /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/bootreceiver/buffer_size_kb 1