diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 13303073d..7ee66dce6 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ extern const char *msg_eol;
 extern int logmode;
 extern int die_sleep;
 extern int xfunc_error_retval;
+extern void sleep_and_die(void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 extern void bb_show_usage(void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 extern void bb_error_msg(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 extern void bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn, format (printf, 1, 2)));
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 2e8ca3ca8..6fc68afb1 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "init_shared.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 # include <sys/syslog.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct serial_struct {
 #define _PATH_STDPATH	"/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 #endif
 
-#if defined CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
 /*
  * When a file named CORE_ENABLE_FLAG_FILE exists, setrlimit is called
  * before processes are spawned to set core file size as unlimited.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ struct init_action {
 static struct init_action *init_action_list = NULL;
 static char console[CONSOLE_BUFF_SIZE] = CONSOLE_DEV;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if !ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 static char *log_console = VC_5;
 #endif
 #if !ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ enum {
 	LOG = 0x1,
 	CONSOLE = 0x2,
 
-#if defined CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
 	MAYBE_CONSOLE = 0x0,
 #else
 	MAYBE_CONSOLE = CONSOLE,
@@ -162,11 +162,13 @@ static int waitfor(const struct init_action *a, pid_t pid);
 static void shutdown_signal(int sig);
 #endif
 
+#if !ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT
 static void loop_forever(void)
 {
 	while (1)
 		sleep(1);
 }
+#endif
 
 /* Print a message to the specified device.
  * Device may be bitwise-or'd from LOG | CONSOLE */
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ static void message(int device, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list arguments;
 	int l;
 	RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(msg, 1024);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if !ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 	static int log_fd = -1;
 #endif
 
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ static void message(int device, const char *fmt, ...)
 	l = vsnprintf(msg + 1, 1024 - 2, fmt, arguments) + 1;
 		va_end(arguments);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 	/* Log the message to syslogd */
 	if (device & LOG) {
 		/* don`t out "\r\n" */
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ static void console_init(void)
 	}
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		/* Perhaps we should panic here? */
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if !ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 		log_console =
 #endif
 		safe_strncpy(console, bb_dev_null, sizeof(console));
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ static void console_init(void)
 			 * if TERM is set to linux (the default) */
 			if (s == NULL || strcmp(s, "linux") == 0)
 				putenv("TERM=vt102");
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
+#if !ENABLE_SYSLOGD
 			log_console = console;
 #endif
 		} else {
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
 				cmd[0][0] = '-';
 				strcpy(cmd[0] + 1, s);
 			}
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
 			/* Establish this process as session leader and
 			 * (attempt) to make the tty (if any) a controlling tty.
 			 */
@@ -543,7 +545,7 @@ static pid_t run(const struct init_action *a)
 		message(LOG, "Starting pid %d, console %s: '%s'",
 				  getpid(), a->terminal, cmdpath);
 
-#if defined CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
 		{
 			struct stat sb;
 			if (stat(CORE_ENABLE_FLAG_FILE, &sb) == 0) {
@@ -622,11 +624,12 @@ static void init_reboot(unsigned long magic)
 	/* We have to fork here, since the kernel calls do_exit(0) in
 	 * linux/kernel/sys.c, which can cause the machine to panic when
 	 * the init process is killed.... */
-	if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
+	pid = vfork();
+	if (pid == 0) { /* child */
 		reboot(magic);
 		_exit(0);
 	}
-	waitpid (pid, NULL, 0);
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static void shutdown_system(void)
@@ -746,7 +749,6 @@ static void shutdown_signal(int sig)
 	sleep(2);
 
 	init_reboot(rb);
-
 	loop_forever();
 }
 
@@ -785,11 +787,7 @@ static void new_init_action(int action, const char *command, const char *cons)
 	if (strcmp(cons, bb_dev_null) == 0 && (action & ASKFIRST))
 		return;
 
-	new_action = calloc((size_t) (1), sizeof(struct init_action));
-	if (!new_action) {
-		message(LOG | CONSOLE, "Memory allocation failure");
-		loop_forever();
-	}
+	new_action = xzalloc(sizeof(struct init_action));
 
 	/* Append to the end of the list */
 	for (a = last = init_action_list; a; a = a->next) {
@@ -841,7 +839,7 @@ static void delete_init_action(struct init_action *action)
  */
 static void parse_inittab(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
 	FILE *file;
 	char buf[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE], lineAsRead[INIT_BUFFS_SIZE];
 	char tmpConsole[CONSOLE_BUFF_SIZE];
@@ -870,7 +868,7 @@ static void parse_inittab(void)
 		new_init_action(SYSINIT, INIT_SCRIPT, "");
 
 		return;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
 	}
 
 	while (fgets(buf, INIT_BUFFS_SIZE, file) != NULL) {
@@ -941,10 +939,10 @@ static void parse_inittab(void)
 	}
 	fclose(file);
 	return;
-#endif							/* CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
+#endif /* FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
 static void reload_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 	struct init_action *a, *tmp;
@@ -969,13 +967,15 @@ static void reload_signal(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 	run_actions(RESPAWN);
 	return;
 }
-#endif							/* CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
+#endif  /* FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
 
 int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct init_action *a;
 	pid_t wpid;
 
+	die_sleep = 30 * 24*60*60; /* if xmalloc will ever die... */
+
 	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-q")) {
 		return kill(1,SIGHUP);
 	}
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		parse_inittab();
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX
+#if ENABLE_SELINUX
 	if (getenv("SELINUX_INIT") == NULL) {
 		int enforce = 0;
 
@@ -1092,12 +1092,12 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Next run anything to be run only once */
 	run_actions(ONCE);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
 	/* Redefine SIGHUP to reread /etc/inittab */
 	signal(SIGHUP, reload_signal);
 #else
 	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
+#endif /* FEATURE_USE_INITTAB */
 
 
 	/* Now run the looping stuff for the rest of forever */
diff --git a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
index 10d953513..7c5a4ebe9 100644
--- a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 
 int die_sleep;
 
+void sleep_and_die(void)
+{
+	if (die_sleep)
+		sleep(die_sleep);
+	exit(xfunc_error_retval);
+}
+
 void bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	va_list p;
@@ -22,7 +29,5 @@ void bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	va_start(p, s);
 	bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
 	va_end(p);
-	if (die_sleep)
-		sleep(die_sleep);
-	exit(xfunc_error_retval);
+	sleep_and_die();
 }
diff --git a/libbb/fflush_stdout_and_exit.c b/libbb/fflush_stdout_and_exit.c
index 456ce9513..6f44770c6 100644
--- a/libbb/fflush_stdout_and_exit.c
+++ b/libbb/fflush_stdout_and_exit.c
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@
 
 void fflush_stdout_and_exit(int retval)
 {
-	if (fflush(stdout)) {
-		retval = xfunc_error_retval;
-	}
-	if (die_sleep)
-		sleep(die_sleep);
+	if (fflush(stdout))
+		sleep_and_die();
 	exit(retval);
 }
diff --git a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
index f62ddd2ea..a7a22caf7 100644
--- a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
@@ -19,7 +19,5 @@ void bb_herror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	va_start(p, s);
 	bb_vherror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
-	if (die_sleep)
-		sleep(die_sleep);
-	exit(xfunc_error_retval);
+	sleep_and_die();
 }
diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
index 2303ba211..7521e7157 100644
--- a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
@@ -20,7 +20,5 @@ void bb_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	va_start(p, s);
 	bb_vperror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
-	if (die_sleep)
-		sleep(die_sleep);
-	exit(xfunc_error_retval);
+	sleep_and_die();
 }
diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index fa7964e4e..aace3ee18 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static void SynchronizeFile(const char *fileName)
 			struct stat sbuf;
 
 			if (fstat(fileno(fi), &sbuf) == 0 && sbuf.st_uid == DaemonUid) {
-				CronFile *file = calloc(1, sizeof(CronFile));
+				CronFile *file = xzalloc(sizeof(CronFile));
 				CronLine **pline;
 
 				file->cf_User = strdup(fileName);
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void SynchronizeFile(const char *fileName)
 
 					FixDayDow(&line);
 
-					*pline = calloc(1, sizeof(CronLine));
+					*pline = xzalloc(sizeof(CronLine));
 					**pline = line;
 
 					/* copy command */
diff --git a/networking/httpd.c b/networking/httpd.c
index e50955ddc..ff5c14672 100644
--- a/networking/httpd.c
+++ b/networking/httpd.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static void parse_conf(const char *path, int flag)
 			 continue;
 		if (*p0 == 'A' || *p0 == 'D') {
 			/* storing current config IP line */
-			pip = calloc(1, sizeof(Htaccess_IP));
+			pip = xzalloc(sizeof(Htaccess_IP));
 			if (pip) {
 				if (scan_ip_mask(c, &(pip->ip), &(pip->mask))) {
 					/* syntax IP{/mask} error detected, protect all */
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static void parse_conf(const char *path, int flag)
  || ENABLE_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_MIME_TYPES \
  || ENABLE_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_SCRIPT_INTERPR
 		/* storing current config line */
-		cur = calloc(1, sizeof(Htaccess) + strlen(p0));
+		cur = xzalloc(sizeof(Htaccess) + strlen(p0));
 		if (cur) {
 			cf = strcpy(cur->before_colon, p0);
 			c = strchr(cf, ':');
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c b/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
index d8acd6bc7..c83ef2420 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk_sgi.c
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ sgi_set_xcyl(void)
 static sgiinfo *
 fill_sgiinfo(void)
 {
-	sgiinfo *info = calloc(1, sizeof(sgiinfo));
+	sgiinfo *info = xzalloc(sizeof(sgiinfo));
 
 	info->magic = SGI_SSWAP32(SGI_INFO_MAGIC);
 	info->b1 = SGI_SSWAP32(-1);