diff --git a/adb/daemon/main.cpp b/adb/daemon/main.cpp
index feea7a3..240985f 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/main.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/main.cpp
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        int err = prctl(PR_CAPBSET_DROP, i, 0, 0, 0);
-
-        // Some kernels don't have file capabilities compiled in, and
-        // prctl(PR_CAPBSET_DROP) returns EINVAL. Don't automatically
-        // die when we see such misconfigured kernels.
-        if ((err < 0) && (errno != EINVAL)) {
+        if (prctl(PR_CAPBSET_DROP, i, 0, 0, 0) == -1) {
             PLOG(FATAL) << "Could not drop capabilities";
         }
     }
diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-host.c b/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
index abc4f94..15dd43e 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@
     char template[PATH_MAX];
     snprintf(template, sizeof(template), "/tmp/android-ashmem-%d-XXXXXXXXX", getpid());
     int fd = mkstemp(template);
-    if (fd != -1 && TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ftruncate(fd, size)) != -1 && unlink(template) != -1) {
-        return fd;
+    if (fd == -1) return -1;
+
+    unlink(template);
+
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ftruncate(fd, size)) == -1) {
+      close(fd);
+      return -1;
     }
-    close(fd);
-    return -1;
+
+    return fd;
 }
 
 int ashmem_set_prot_region(int fd __unused, int prot __unused)
diff --git a/logd/LogListener.cpp b/logd/LogListener.cpp
index 9bbf9e8..5348a2d 100644
--- a/logd/LogListener.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogListener.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     char buffer[sizeof_log_id_t + sizeof(uint16_t) + sizeof(log_time)
         + LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD];
     struct iovec iov = { buffer, sizeof(buffer) };
-    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
 
     char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred))];
     struct msghdr hdr = {
@@ -60,6 +59,9 @@
 
     int socket = cli->getSocket();
 
+    // To clear the entire buffer is secure/safe, but this contributes to 1.68%
+    // overhead under logging load. We are safe because we check counts.
+    // memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
     ssize_t n = recvmsg(socket, &hdr, 0);
     if (n <= (ssize_t)(sizeof(android_log_header_t))) {
         return false;