diff --git a/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp b/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
index 510dcc2..61a3777 100644
--- a/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         return 0;
     }
 
-    outfile = fopen(path, "we");
+    outfile = fopen(path, "w");
     if (!outfile) {
         D("Failed to open '%s'\n", path);
         return 0;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 
     old_mask = umask(077);
 
-    f = fopen(file, "we");
+    f = fopen(file, "w");
     if (!f) {
         D("Failed to open '%s'\n", file);
         umask(old_mask);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 {
     D("read_key '%s'\n", file);
 
-    FILE* fp = fopen(file, "re");
+    FILE* fp = fopen(file, "r");
     if (!fp) {
         D("Failed to open '%s': %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
         return 0;
diff --git a/include/cutils/sched_policy.h b/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
index ba84ce3..6a8d570 100644
--- a/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
+++ b/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     SP_SYSTEM_DEFAULT = SP_FOREGROUND,
 } SchedPolicy;
 
+extern int set_cpuset_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy);
+
 /* Assign thread tid to the cgroup associated with the specified policy.
  * If the thread is a thread group leader, that is it's gettid() == getpid(),
  * then the other threads in the same thread group are _not_ affected.
diff --git a/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp b/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
index e10cce1..fd8b713 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
+++ b/libbacktrace/BacktracePtrace.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
   errno = 0;
   *out_value = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKTEXT, tid, reinterpret_cast<void*>(addr), nullptr);
   if (*out_value == static_cast<word_t>(-1) && errno) {
-    BACK_LOGW("invalid pointer %p reading from tid %d, ptrace() strerror(errno)=%s",
-              reinterpret_cast<void*>(addr), tid, strerror(errno));
     return false;
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 9dc15d1..0963076 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(libcutils_c_includes)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := liblog
+ifneq ($(ENABLE_CPUSETS),)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DUSE_CPUSETS
+endif
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Werror -std=gnu90
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@
 # liblog symbols present in libcutils.
 LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcutils liblog
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog
+ifneq ($(ENABLE_CPUSETS),)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DUSE_CPUSETS
+endif
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Werror
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(libcutils_c_includes)
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/libcutils/sched_policy.c b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
index dfc8777..a7ff85e 100644
--- a/libcutils/sched_policy.c
+++ b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 /*
 ** Copyright 2007, 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 
+** 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 
+**     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 
+** 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.
 */
 
@@ -59,27 +59,16 @@
 static int bg_cgroup_fd = -1;
 static int fg_cgroup_fd = -1;
 
+// File descriptors open to /dev/cpuset/../tasks, setup by initialize, or -1 on error
+static int bg_cpuset_fd = -1;
+static int fg_cpuset_fd = -1;
+
 /* Add tid to the scheduling group defined by the policy */
-static int add_tid_to_cgroup(int tid, SchedPolicy policy)
+static int add_tid_to_cgroup(int tid, int fd)
 {
-    int fd;
-
-    switch (policy) {
-    case SP_BACKGROUND:
-        fd = bg_cgroup_fd;
-        break;
-    case SP_FOREGROUND:
-    case SP_AUDIO_APP:
-    case SP_AUDIO_SYS:
-        fd = fg_cgroup_fd;
-        break;
-    default:
-        fd = -1;
-        break;
-    }
-
     if (fd < 0) {
-        SLOGE("add_tid_to_cgroup failed; policy=%d\n", policy);
+        SLOGE("add_tid_to_cgroup failed; fd=%d\n", fd);
+        errno = EINVAL;
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -100,8 +89,9 @@
          */
         if (errno == ESRCH)
                 return 0;
-        SLOGW("add_tid_to_cgroup failed to write '%s' (%s); policy=%d\n",
-              ptr, strerror(errno), policy);
+        SLOGW("add_tid_to_cgroup failed to write '%s' (%s); fd=%d\n",
+              ptr, strerror(errno), fd);
+        errno = EINVAL;
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -127,6 +117,17 @@
     } else {
         __sys_supports_schedgroups = 0;
     }
+
+#ifdef USE_CPUSETS
+    if (!access("/dev/cpuset/tasks", F_OK)) {
+
+        filename = "/dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks";
+        fg_cpuset_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+        filename = "/dev/cpuset/background/tasks";
+        bg_cpuset_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    }
+#endif
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -236,6 +237,45 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+int set_cpuset_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy)
+{
+    // in the absence of cpusets, use the old sched policy
+#ifndef USE_CPUSETS
+    return set_sched_policy(tid, policy);
+#else
+    if (tid == 0) {
+        tid = gettid();
+    }
+    policy = _policy(policy);
+    pthread_once(&the_once, __initialize);
+
+    int fd;
+    switch (policy) {
+    case SP_BACKGROUND:
+        fd = bg_cpuset_fd;
+        break;
+    case SP_FOREGROUND:
+    case SP_AUDIO_APP:
+    case SP_AUDIO_SYS:
+        fd = fg_cpuset_fd;
+        break;
+    default:
+        fd = -1;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    if (add_tid_to_cgroup(tid, fd) != 0) {
+        if (errno != ESRCH && errno != ENOENT)
+            return -errno;
+    }
+
+    // we do both setting of cpuset and setting of cgroup
+    // ensures that backgrounded apps are actually deprioritized
+    // including on core 0
+    return set_sched_policy(tid, policy);
+#endif
+}
+
 int set_sched_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy)
 {
     if (tid == 0) {
@@ -286,7 +326,23 @@
 #endif
 
     if (__sys_supports_schedgroups) {
-        if (add_tid_to_cgroup(tid, policy)) {
+        int fd;
+        switch (policy) {
+        case SP_BACKGROUND:
+            fd = bg_cgroup_fd;
+            break;
+        case SP_FOREGROUND:
+        case SP_AUDIO_APP:
+        case SP_AUDIO_SYS:
+            fd = fg_cgroup_fd;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fd = -1;
+            break;
+        }
+
+
+        if (add_tid_to_cgroup(tid, fd) != 0) {
             if (errno != ESRCH && errno != ENOENT)
                 return -errno;
         }
@@ -296,7 +352,7 @@
         param.sched_priority = 0;
         sched_setscheduler(tid,
                            (policy == SP_BACKGROUND) ?
-                            SCHED_BATCH : SCHED_NORMAL,
+                           SCHED_BATCH : SCHED_NORMAL,
                            &param);
     }
 
@@ -337,4 +393,3 @@
     else
         return "error";
 }
-
diff --git a/liblog/log_is_loggable.c b/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
index 2e09192..7a8e33f 100644
--- a/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
+++ b/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
@@ -15,41 +15,158 @@
 */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/system_properties.h>
+#define _REALLY_INCLUDE_SYS__SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_H_
+#include <sys/_system_properties.h>
 
 #include <android/log.h>
 
-static int __android_log_level(const char *tag, int def)
+struct cache {
+    const prop_info *pinfo;
+    uint32_t serial;
+    char c;
+};
+
+static void refresh_cache(struct cache *cache, const char *key)
 {
+    uint32_t serial;
     char buf[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
 
-    if (!tag || !*tag) {
-        return def;
+    if (!cache->pinfo) {
+        cache->pinfo = __system_property_find(key);
+        if (!cache->pinfo) {
+            return;
+        }
     }
-    {
-        static const char log_namespace[] = "persist.log.tag.";
-        char key[sizeof(log_namespace) + strlen(tag)];
+    serial = __system_property_serial(cache->pinfo);
+    if (serial == cache->serial) {
+        return;
+    }
+    cache->serial = serial;
+    __system_property_read(cache->pinfo, 0, buf);
+    cache->c = buf[0];
+}
 
-        strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+static pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+static int __android_log_level(const char *tag, int def)
+{
+    /* sizeof() is used on this array below */
+    static const char log_namespace[] = "persist.log.tag.";
+    static const size_t base_offset = 8; /* skip "persist." */
+    /* calculate the size of our key temporary buffer */
+    const size_t taglen = (tag && *tag) ? strlen(tag) : 0;
+    /* sizeof(log_namespace) = strlen(log_namespace) + 1 */
+    char key[sizeof(log_namespace) + taglen];
+    char *kp;
+    size_t i;
+    char c = 0;
+    /*
+     * Single layer cache of four properties. Priorities are:
+     *    log.tag.<tag>
+     *    persist.log.tag.<tag>
+     *    log.tag
+     *    persist.log.tag
+     * Where the missing tag matches all tags and becomes the
+     * system global default. We do not support ro.log.tag* .
+     */
+    static char *last_tag;
+    static uint32_t global_serial;
+    uint32_t current_global_serial;
+    static struct cache tag_cache[2] = {
+        { NULL, -1, 0 },
+        { NULL, -1, 0 }
+    };
+    static struct cache global_cache[2] = {
+        { NULL, -1, 0 },
+        { NULL, -1, 0 }
+    };
+
+    strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
+
+    current_global_serial = __system_property_area_serial();
+
+    if (taglen) {
+        uint32_t current_local_serial = current_global_serial;
+
+        if (!last_tag || strcmp(last_tag, tag)) {
+            /* invalidate log.tag.<tag> cache */
+            for(i = 0; i < (sizeof(tag_cache) / sizeof(tag_cache[0])); ++i) {
+                tag_cache[i].pinfo = NULL;
+                tag_cache[i].serial = -1;
+                tag_cache[i].c = '\0';
+            }
+            free(last_tag);
+            last_tag = NULL;
+            current_global_serial = -1;
+        }
+        if (!last_tag) {
+            last_tag = strdup(tag);
+        }
         strcpy(key + sizeof(log_namespace) - 1, tag);
 
-        if (__system_property_get(key + 8, buf) <= 0) {
-            buf[0] = '\0';
-        }
-        if (!buf[0] && __system_property_get(key, buf) <= 0) {
-            buf[0] = '\0';
+        kp = key;
+        for(i = 0; i < (sizeof(tag_cache) / sizeof(tag_cache[0])); ++i) {
+            if (current_local_serial != global_serial) {
+                refresh_cache(&tag_cache[i], kp);
+            }
+
+            if (tag_cache[i].c) {
+                c = tag_cache[i].c;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            kp = key + base_offset;
         }
     }
-    switch (toupper(buf[0])) {
-        case 'V': return ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE;
-        case 'D': return ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG;
-        case 'I': return ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
-        case 'W': return ANDROID_LOG_WARN;
-        case 'E': return ANDROID_LOG_ERROR;
-        case 'F': /* FALLTHRU */ /* Not officially supported */
-        case 'A': return ANDROID_LOG_FATAL;
-        case 'S': return -1; /* ANDROID_LOG_SUPPRESS */
+
+    switch (toupper(c)) { /* if invalid, resort to global */
+    case 'V':
+    case 'D':
+    case 'I':
+    case 'W':
+    case 'E':
+    case 'F': /* Not officially supported */
+    case 'A':
+    case 'S':
+        break;
+    default:
+        /* clear '.' after log.tag */
+        key[sizeof(log_namespace) - 2] = '\0';
+
+        kp = key;
+        for(i = 0; i < (sizeof(global_cache) / sizeof(global_cache[0])); ++i) {
+            if (current_global_serial != global_serial) {
+                refresh_cache(&global_cache[i], kp);
+            }
+
+            if (global_cache[i].c) {
+                c = global_cache[i].c;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            kp = key + base_offset;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    global_serial = current_global_serial;
+
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);
+
+    switch (toupper(c)) {
+    case 'V': return ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE;
+    case 'D': return ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG;
+    case 'I': return ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
+    case 'W': return ANDROID_LOG_WARN;
+    case 'E': return ANDROID_LOG_ERROR;
+    case 'F': /* FALLTHRU */ /* Not officially supported */
+    case 'A': return ANDROID_LOG_FATAL;
+    case 'S': return -1; /* ANDROID_LOG_SUPPRESS */
     }
     return def;
 }
diff --git a/liblog/tests/Android.mk b/liblog/tests/Android.mk
index d75bbc9..a407c50 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/liblog/tests/Android.mk
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := $(test_module_prefix)unit-tests
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := $(test_tags)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(test_c_flags)
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog libcutils
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(test_src_files)
 include $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST)
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
index 33f6481..abe0239 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
+++ b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+
+#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <log/logger.h>
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@
 
     LOG_FAILURE_RETRY(__android_log_buf_write(LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
                                               tag, max_payload_buf));
+    sleep(2);
 
     struct logger_list *logger_list;
 
@@ -603,10 +606,14 @@
         if (id != android_name_to_log_id(name)) {
             continue;
         }
+        fprintf(stderr, "log buffer %s\r", name);
         struct logger * logger;
         EXPECT_TRUE(NULL != (logger = android_logger_open(logger_list, id)));
         EXPECT_EQ(id, android_logger_get_id(logger));
-        EXPECT_LT(0, android_logger_get_log_size(logger));
+        /* crash buffer is allowed to be empty, that is actually healthy! */
+        if (android_logger_get_log_size(logger) || strcmp("crash", name)) {
+            EXPECT_LT(0, android_logger_get_log_size(logger));
+        }
         EXPECT_LT(0, android_logger_get_log_readable_size(logger));
         EXPECT_LT(0, android_logger_get_log_version(logger));
     }
@@ -682,3 +689,190 @@
 
     android_log_format_free(p_format);
 }
+
+TEST(liblog, is_loggable) {
+    static const char tag[] = "is_loggable";
+    static const char log_namespace[] = "persist.log.tag.";
+    static const size_t base_offset = 8; /* skip "persist." */
+    // sizeof("string") = strlen("string") + 1
+    char key[sizeof(log_namespace) + sizeof(tag) - 1];
+    char hold[4][PROP_VALUE_MAX];
+    static const struct {
+        int level;
+        char type;
+    } levels[] = {
+        { ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE, 'v' },
+        { ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG  , 'd' },
+        { ANDROID_LOG_INFO   , 'i' },
+        { ANDROID_LOG_WARN   , 'w' },
+        { ANDROID_LOG_ERROR  , 'e' },
+        { ANDROID_LOG_FATAL  , 'a' },
+        { -1                 , 's' },
+        { -2                 , 'g' }, // Illegal value, resort to default
+    };
+
+    // Set up initial test condition
+    memset(hold, 0, sizeof(hold));
+    snprintf(key, sizeof(key), "%s%s", log_namespace, tag);
+    property_get(key, hold[0], "");
+    property_set(key, "");
+    property_get(key + base_offset, hold[1], "");
+    property_set(key + base_offset, "");
+    strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+    key[sizeof(log_namespace) - 2] = '\0';
+    property_get(key, hold[2], "");
+    property_set(key, "");
+    property_get(key, hold[3], "");
+    property_set(key + base_offset, "");
+
+    // All combinations of level and defaults
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++i) {
+        if (levels[i].level == -2) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for(size_t j = 0; j < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++j) {
+            if (levels[j].level == -2) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu\r", i, j);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       levels[j].level));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      levels[j].level));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // All combinations of level and tag and global properties
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++i) {
+        if (levels[i].level == -2) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for(size_t j = 0; j < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++j) {
+            char buf[2];
+            buf[0] = levels[j].type;
+            buf[1] = '\0';
+
+            snprintf(key, sizeof(key), "%s%s", log_namespace, tag);
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key, buf);
+            property_set(key, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG)
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key, "");
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key + base_offset, buf);
+            property_set(key + base_offset, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG)
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key + base_offset, "");
+
+            strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+            key[sizeof(log_namespace) - 2] = '\0';
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key, buf);
+            property_set(key, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG)
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key, "");
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key + base_offset, buf);
+            property_set(key + base_offset, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG)
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key + base_offset, "");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // All combinations of level and tag properties, but with global set to INFO
+    strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+    key[sizeof(log_namespace) - 2] = '\0';
+    property_set(key, "I");
+    snprintf(key, sizeof(key), "%s%s", log_namespace, tag);
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++i) {
+        if (levels[i].level == -2) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for(size_t j = 0; j < (sizeof(levels) / sizeof(levels[0])); ++j) {
+            char buf[2];
+            buf[0] = levels[j].type;
+            buf[1] = '\0';
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key, buf);
+            property_set(key, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_INFO) // Yes INFO
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key, "");
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "i=%zu j=%zu property_set(\"%s\",\"%s\")\r",
+                    i, j, key + base_offset, buf);
+            property_set(key + base_offset, buf);
+            if ((levels[i].level < levels[j].level)
+                    || (levels[j].level == -1)
+                    || ((levels[i].level < ANDROID_LOG_INFO) // Yes INFO
+                        && (levels[j].level == -2))) {
+                EXPECT_FALSE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                       ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_TRUE(__android_log_is_loggable(levels[i].level, tag,
+                                                      ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG));
+            }
+            property_set(key + base_offset, "");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // reset parms
+    snprintf(key, sizeof(key), "%s%s", log_namespace, tag);
+    property_set(key, hold[0]);
+    property_set(key + base_offset, hold[1]);
+    strcpy(key, log_namespace);
+    key[sizeof(log_namespace) - 2] = '\0';
+    property_set(key, hold[2]);
+    property_set(key + base_offset, hold[3]);
+}
diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
index 4373e2a..0f5071b 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,26 @@
     if ((log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) || (log_id < 0)) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
+
     LogBufferElement *elem = new LogBufferElement(log_id, realtime,
                                                   uid, pid, tid, msg, len);
+    int prio = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
+    const char *tag = NULL;
+    if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS) {
+        tag = android::tagToName(elem->getTag());
+    } else {
+        prio = *msg;
+        tag = msg + 1;
+    }
+    if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+        // Log traffic received to total
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&mLogElementsLock);
+        stats.add(elem);
+        stats.subtract(elem);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&mLogElementsLock);
+        delete elem;
+        return -EACCES;
+    }
 
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mLogElementsLock);
 
diff --git a/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp b/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
index 8238a52..3f5fdce 100644
--- a/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "LogReader.h"
 
 const uint64_t LogBufferElement::FLUSH_ERROR(0);
-atomic_int_fast64_t LogBufferElement::sequence;
+atomic_int_fast64_t LogBufferElement::sequence(1);
 
 LogBufferElement::LogBufferElement(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime,
                                    uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid,
@@ -105,8 +105,12 @@
 size_t LogBufferElement::populateDroppedMessage(char *&buffer,
         LogBuffer *parent) {
     static const char tag[] = "chatty";
-    static const char format_uid[] = "uid=%u%s%s expire %u line%s";
 
+    if (!__android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    static const char format_uid[] = "uid=%u%s%s expire %u line%s";
     char *name = parent->uidToName(mUid);
     char *commName = android::tidToName(mTid);
     if (!commName && (mTid != mPid)) {
diff --git a/logd/LogKlog.cpp b/logd/LogKlog.cpp
index 7d14648..d578c04 100644
--- a/logd/LogKlog.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogKlog.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
     }
     char c;
     while ((c = *s++)) {
-        if (!isdigit(c) && (c == '>')) {
-            return s;
+        if (!isdigit(c)) {
+            return (c == '>') ? s : NULL;
         }
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -65,17 +65,15 @@
     while ((c = *s++)) {
         if ((c == '.') && first_period) {
             first_period = false;
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (!isdigit(c) && (c == ']')) {
-            return s;
+        } else if (!isdigit(c)) {
+            return ((c == ']') && !first_period && (*s == ' ')) ? s : NULL;
         }
     }
     return NULL;
 }
 
 // Like strtok_r with "\r\n" except that we look for log signatures (regex)
-//   \(\(<[0-9]+>\)\([[] *[0-9]+[]]\)\{0,1\}\|[[] *[0-9]+[]]\)
+// \(\(<[0-9]+>\)\([[] *[0-9]+[.][0-9]+[]] \)\{0,1\}\|[[] *[0-9]+[.][0-9]+[]] \)
 // and split if we see a second one without a newline.
 
 #define SIGNATURE_MASK     0xF0
@@ -547,10 +545,21 @@
         }
     }
     size_t l = etag - tag;
+    // skip leading space
     while (isspace(*buf)) {
         ++buf;
     }
-    size_t n = 1 + l + 1 + strlen(buf) + 1;
+    // truncate trailing space
+    size_t b = strlen(buf);
+    while (b && isspace(buf[b-1])) {
+        --b;
+    }
+    // trick ... allow tag with empty content to be logged. log() drops empty
+    if (!b && l) {
+        buf = " ";
+        b = 1;
+    }
+    size_t n = 1 + l + 1 + b + 1;
 
     // Allocate a buffer to hold the interpreted log message
     int rc = n;
@@ -572,7 +581,8 @@
     ++np;
 
     // Copy main message to the remainder
-    strcpy(np, buf);
+    strncpy(np, buf, b);
+    np[b] = '\0';
 
     // Log message
     rc = logbuf->log(LOG_ID_KERNEL, now, uid, pid, tid, newstr,
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index a876c99..9b88983 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <memory>
+
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
@@ -275,6 +277,45 @@
             && !property_get_bool("ro.config.low_ram", false));
 }
 
+static void readDmesg(LogAudit *al, LogKlog *kl) {
+    if (!al && !kl) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int len = klogctl(KLOG_SIZE_BUFFER, NULL, 0);
+    if (len <= 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    len += 1024; // Margin for additional input race or trailing nul
+    std::unique_ptr<char []> buf(new char[len]);
+
+    int rc = klogctl(KLOG_READ_ALL, buf.get(), len);
+    if (rc <= 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (rc < len) {
+        len = rc + 1;
+    }
+    buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+    if (kl) {
+        kl->synchronize(buf.get());
+    }
+
+    for (char *ptr = NULL, *tok = buf.get();
+         (rc >= 0) && ((tok = log_strtok_r(tok, &ptr)));
+         tok = NULL) {
+        if (al) {
+            rc = al->log(tok);
+        }
+        if (kl) {
+            rc = kl->log(tok);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Foreground waits for exit of the main persistent threads
 // that are started here. The threads are created to manage
 // UNIX domain client sockets for writing, reading and
@@ -410,41 +451,16 @@
         kl = new LogKlog(logBuf, reader, fdDmesg, fdPmesg, al != NULL);
     }
 
-    if (al || kl) {
-        int len = klogctl(KLOG_SIZE_BUFFER, NULL, 0);
-        if (len > 0) {
-            len++;
-            char buf[len];
+    readDmesg(al, kl);
 
-            int rc = klogctl(KLOG_READ_ALL, buf, len);
+    // failure is an option ... messages are in dmesg (required by standard)
 
-            buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+    if (kl && kl->startListener()) {
+        delete kl;
+    }
 
-            if ((rc >= 0) && kl) {
-                kl->synchronize(buf);
-            }
-
-            for (char *ptr = NULL, *tok = buf;
-                 (rc >= 0) && ((tok = log_strtok_r(tok, &ptr)));
-                 tok = NULL) {
-                if (al) {
-                    rc = al->log(tok);
-                }
-                if (kl) {
-                    rc = kl->log(tok);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // failure is an option ... messages are in dmesg (required by standard)
-
-        if (kl && kl->startListener()) {
-            delete kl;
-        }
-
-        if (al && al->startListener()) {
-            delete al;
-        }
+    if (al && al->startListener()) {
+        delete al;
     }
 
     TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pause());
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 2fbac23..acca097 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -125,6 +125,28 @@
     write /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/cpu.rt_runtime_us 700000
     write /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/cpu.rt_period_us 1000000
 
+    # sets up initial cpusets for ActivityManager
+    mkdir /dev/cpuset
+    mount cpuset none /dev/cpuset
+    mkdir /dev/cpuset/foreground
+    mkdir /dev/cpuset/background
+    # this ensures that the cpusets are present and usable, but the device's
+    # init.rc must actually set the correct cpus
+    write /dev/cpuset/foreground/cpus 0
+    write /dev/cpuset/background/cpus 0
+    write /dev/cpuset/foreground/mems 0
+    write /dev/cpuset/background/mems 0
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset/foreground
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset/background
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset/tasks
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks
+    chown system system /dev/cpuset/background/tasks
+    chmod 0644 /dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks
+    chmod 0644 /dev/cpuset/background/tasks
+    chmod 0644 /dev/cpuset/tasks
+
+
     # qtaguid will limit access to specific data based on group memberships.
     #   net_bw_acct grants impersonation of socket owners.
     #   net_bw_stats grants access to other apps' detailed tagged-socket stats.