diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 68c8b7f..4f46560 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <base/file.h>
 #include <base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <base/strings.h>
 #include <cutils/android_reboot.h>
 #include <cutils/fs.h>
 #include <cutils/iosched_policy.h>
@@ -205,16 +206,15 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    struct stat s;
-    if (stat(svc->args[0], &s) != 0) {
-        ERROR("cannot find '%s', disabling '%s'\n", svc->args[0], svc->name);
+    struct stat sb;
+    if (stat(svc->args[0], &sb) == -1) {
+        ERROR("cannot find '%s' (%s), disabling '%s'\n", svc->args[0], strerror(errno), svc->name);
         svc->flags |= SVC_DISABLED;
         return;
     }
 
     if ((!(svc->flags & SVC_ONESHOT)) && dynamic_args) {
-        ERROR("service '%s' must be one-shot to use dynamic args, disabling\n",
-               svc->args[0]);
+        ERROR("service '%s' must be one-shot to use dynamic args, disabling\n", svc->args[0]);
         svc->flags |= SVC_DISABLED;
         return;
     }
@@ -746,36 +746,20 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void import_kernel_nv(char *name, bool for_emulator)
-{
-    char *value = strchr(name, '=');
-    int name_len = strlen(name);
-
-    if (value == 0) return;
-    *value++ = 0;
-    if (name_len == 0) return;
+static void import_kernel_nv(const std::string& key, const std::string& value, bool for_emulator) {
+    if (key.empty()) return;
 
     if (for_emulator) {
-        /* in the emulator, export any kernel option with the
-         * ro.kernel. prefix */
-        char buff[PROP_NAME_MAX];
-        int len = snprintf( buff, sizeof(buff), "ro.kernel.%s", name );
-
-        if (len < (int)sizeof(buff))
-            property_set( buff, value );
+        // In the emulator, export any kernel option with the "ro.kernel." prefix.
+        property_set(android::base::StringPrintf("ro.kernel.%s", key.c_str()).c_str(), value.c_str());
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!strcmp(name,"qemu")) {
-        strlcpy(qemu, value, sizeof(qemu));
-    } else if (!strncmp(name, "androidboot.", 12) && name_len > 12) {
-        const char *boot_prop_name = name + 12;
-        char prop[PROP_NAME_MAX];
-        int cnt;
-
-        cnt = snprintf(prop, sizeof(prop), "ro.boot.%s", boot_prop_name);
-        if (cnt < PROP_NAME_MAX)
-            property_set(prop, value);
+    if (key == "qemu") {
+        strlcpy(qemu, value.c_str(), sizeof(qemu));
+    } else if (android::base::StartsWith(key, "androidboot.")) {
+        property_set(android::base::StringPrintf("ro.boot.%s", key.c_str() + 12).c_str(),
+                     value.c_str());
     }
 }
 
@@ -799,8 +783,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-static void process_kernel_dt(void)
-{
+static void process_kernel_dt() {
     static const char android_dir[] = "/proc/device-tree/firmware/android";
 
     std::string file_name = android::base::StringPrintf("%s/compatible", android_dir);
@@ -813,13 +796,13 @@
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<DIR, int(*)(DIR*)>dir(opendir(android_dir), closedir);
-    if (!dir)
-        return;
+    if (!dir) return;
 
     struct dirent *dp;
     while ((dp = readdir(dir.get())) != NULL) {
-        if (dp->d_type != DT_REG || !strcmp(dp->d_name, "compatible"))
+        if (dp->d_type != DT_REG || !strcmp(dp->d_name, "compatible")) {
             continue;
+        }
 
         file_name = android::base::StringPrintf("%s/%s", android_dir, dp->d_name);
 
@@ -831,18 +814,15 @@
     }
 }
 
-static void process_kernel_cmdline(void)
-{
-    /* don't expose the raw commandline to nonpriv processes */
+static void process_kernel_cmdline() {
+    // Don't expose the raw commandline to unprivileged processes.
     chmod("/proc/cmdline", 0440);
 
-    /* first pass does the common stuff, and finds if we are in qemu.
-     * second pass is only necessary for qemu to export all kernel params
-     * as props.
-     */
+    // The first pass does the common stuff, and finds if we are in qemu.
+    // The second pass is only necessary for qemu to export all kernel params
+    // as properties.
     import_kernel_cmdline(false, import_kernel_nv);
-    if (qemu[0])
-        import_kernel_cmdline(true, import_kernel_nv);
+    if (qemu[0]) import_kernel_cmdline(true, import_kernel_nv);
 }
 
 static int queue_property_triggers_action(int nargs, char **args)
@@ -865,17 +845,11 @@
 static selinux_enforcing_status selinux_status_from_cmdline() {
     selinux_enforcing_status status = SELINUX_ENFORCING;
 
-    std::function<void(char*,bool)> fn = [&](char* name, bool in_qemu) {
-        char *value = strchr(name, '=');
-        if (value == nullptr) { return; }
-        *value++ = '\0';
-        if (strcmp(name, "androidboot.selinux") == 0) {
-            if (strcmp(value, "permissive") == 0) {
-                status = SELINUX_PERMISSIVE;
-            }
+    import_kernel_cmdline(false, [&](const std::string& key, const std::string& value, bool in_qemu) {
+        if (key == "androidboot.selinux" && value == "permissive") {
+            status = SELINUX_PERMISSIVE;
         }
-    };
-    import_kernel_cmdline(false, fn);
+    });
 
     return status;
 }
@@ -989,7 +963,7 @@
     klog_init();
     klog_set_level(KLOG_NOTICE_LEVEL);
 
-    NOTICE("init%s started!\n", is_first_stage ? "" : " second stage");
+    NOTICE("init %s started!\n", is_first_stage ? "first stage" : "second stage");
 
     if (!is_first_stage) {
         // Indicate that booting is in progress to background fw loaders, etc.
@@ -1002,7 +976,7 @@
         process_kernel_dt();
         process_kernel_cmdline();
 
-        // Propogate the kernel variables to internal variables
+        // Propagate the kernel variables to internal variables
         // used by init as well as the current required properties.
         export_kernel_boot_props();
     }
@@ -1028,7 +1002,7 @@
     // These directories were necessarily created before initial policy load
     // and therefore need their security context restored to the proper value.
     // This must happen before /dev is populated by ueventd.
-    INFO("Running restorecon...\n");
+    NOTICE("Running restorecon...\n");
     restorecon("/dev");
     restorecon("/dev/socket");
     restorecon("/dev/__properties__");
diff --git a/init/init_parser.cpp b/init/init_parser.cpp
index b76b04e..e5b3b58 100644
--- a/init/init_parser.cpp
+++ b/init/init_parser.cpp
@@ -426,29 +426,27 @@
 
 parser_done:
     list_for_each(node, &import_list) {
-         struct import *import = node_to_item(node, struct import, list);
-         int ret;
-
-         ret = init_parse_config_file(import->filename);
-         if (ret)
-             ERROR("could not import file '%s' from '%s'\n",
-                   import->filename, fn);
+         struct import* import = node_to_item(node, struct import, list);
+         if (!init_parse_config_file(import->filename)) {
+             ERROR("could not import file '%s' from '%s': %s\n",
+                   import->filename, fn, strerror(errno));
+         }
     }
 }
 
-int init_parse_config_file(const char* path) {
+bool init_parse_config_file(const char* path) {
     INFO("Parsing %s...\n", path);
     Timer t;
     std::string data;
     if (!read_file(path, &data)) {
-        return -1;
+        return false;
     }
 
     parse_config(path, data);
     dump_parser_state();
 
     NOTICE("(Parsing %s took %.2fs.)\n", path, t.duration());
-    return 0;
+    return true;
 }
 
 static int valid_name(const char *name)
diff --git a/init/init_parser.h b/init/init_parser.h
index 6348607..90f880f 100644
--- a/init/init_parser.h
+++ b/init/init_parser.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 void queue_all_property_triggers();
 void queue_builtin_action(int (*func)(int nargs, char **args), const char *name);
 
-int init_parse_config_file(const char *fn);
+bool init_parse_config_file(const char* path);
 int expand_props(char *dst, const char *src, int len);
 
 service* make_exec_oneshot_service(int argc, char** argv);
diff --git a/init/log.cpp b/init/log.cpp
index d32f2da..eb5ec42 100644
--- a/init/log.cpp
+++ b/init/log.cpp
@@ -14,30 +14,35 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "log.h"
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 
 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
-#include "log.h"
+#include <base/stringprintf.h>
 
 static void init_klog_vwrite(int level, const char* fmt, va_list ap) {
     static const char* tag = basename(getprogname());
 
-    char prefix[64];
-    snprintf(prefix, sizeof(prefix), "<%d>%s: ", level, tag);
+    // The kernel's printk buffer is only 1024 bytes.
+    // TODO: should we automatically break up long lines into multiple lines?
+    // Or we could log but with something like "..." at the end?
+    char buf[1024];
+    size_t prefix_size = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "<%d>%s: ", level, tag);
+    size_t msg_size = vsnprintf(buf + prefix_size, sizeof(buf) - prefix_size, fmt, ap);
+    if (msg_size >= sizeof(buf) - prefix_size) {
+        msg_size = snprintf(buf + prefix_size, sizeof(buf) - prefix_size,
+                            "(%zu-byte message too long for printk)\n", msg_size);
+    }
 
-    char msg[512];
-    vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), fmt, ap);
+    iovec iov[1];
+    iov[0].iov_base = buf;
+    iov[0].iov_len = prefix_size + msg_size;
 
-    iovec iov[2];
-    iov[0].iov_base = prefix;
-    iov[0].iov_len = strlen(prefix);
-    iov[1].iov_base = msg;
-    iov[1].iov_len = strlen(msg);
-
-    klog_writev(level, iov, 2);
+    klog_writev(level, iov, 1);
 }
 
 void init_klog_write(int level, const char* fmt, ...) {
diff --git a/init/util.cpp b/init/util.cpp
index 9343145..7754e53 100644
--- a/init/util.cpp
+++ b/init/util.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include <base/file.h>
+#include <base/strings.h>
 
 /* for ANDROID_SOCKET_* */
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
@@ -403,32 +404,16 @@
     }
 }
 
-void import_kernel_cmdline(bool in_qemu, std::function<void(char*,bool)> import_kernel_nv)
-{
-    char cmdline[2048];
-    char *ptr;
-    int fd;
+void import_kernel_cmdline(bool in_qemu,
+                           std::function<void(const std::string&, const std::string&, bool)> fn) {
+    std::string cmdline;
+    android::base::ReadFileToString("/proc/cmdline", &cmdline);
 
-    fd = open("/proc/cmdline", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-    if (fd >= 0) {
-        int n = read(fd, cmdline, sizeof(cmdline) - 1);
-        if (n < 0) n = 0;
-
-        /* get rid of trailing newline, it happens */
-        if (n > 0 && cmdline[n-1] == '\n') n--;
-
-        cmdline[n] = 0;
-        close(fd);
-    } else {
-        cmdline[0] = 0;
-    }
-
-    ptr = cmdline;
-    while (ptr && *ptr) {
-        char *x = strchr(ptr, ' ');
-        if (x != 0) *x++ = 0;
-        import_kernel_nv(ptr, in_qemu);
-        ptr = x;
+    for (const auto& entry : android::base::Split(android::base::Trim(cmdline), " ")) {
+        std::vector<std::string> pieces = android::base::Split(entry, "=");
+        if (pieces.size() == 2) {
+            fn(pieces[0], pieces[1], in_qemu);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/init/util.h b/init/util.h
index 6864acf..4ac941e 100644
--- a/init/util.h
+++ b/init/util.h
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 void remove_link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int wait_for_file(const char *filename, int timeout);
 void open_devnull_stdio(void);
-void import_kernel_cmdline(bool in_qemu, std::function<void(char*,bool)>);
+void import_kernel_cmdline(bool in_qemu,
+                           std::function<void(const std::string&, const std::string&, bool)>);
 int make_dir(const char *path, mode_t mode);
 int restorecon(const char *pathname);
 int restorecon_recursive(const char *pathname);