diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index a7661c430cd9..0702d2531bc7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef unsigned int   u32;
 
 /* This must be large enough to hold the entire setup */
 u8 buf[SETUP_SECT_MAX*512];
-int is_big_kernel;
 
 #define PECOFF_RELOC_RESERVE 0x20
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 2c0f3407bd1f..1f4422d5c8d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -40,13 +40,8 @@ pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
 /* Wipe all early page tables except for the kernel symbol map */
 static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void)
 {
-	unsigned long i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PGD-1; i++)
-		early_level4_pgt[i].pgd = 0;
-
+	memset(early_level4_pgt, 0, sizeof(pgd_t)*(PTRS_PER_PGD-1));
 	next_early_pgt = 0;
-
 	write_cr3(__pa_nodebug(early_level4_pgt));
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +49,6 @@ static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void)
 int __init early_make_pgtable(unsigned long address)
 {
 	unsigned long physaddr = address - __PAGE_OFFSET;
-	unsigned long i;
 	pgdval_t pgd, *pgd_p;
 	pudval_t pud, *pud_p;
 	pmdval_t pmd, *pmd_p;
@@ -81,8 +75,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		pud_p = (pudval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++];
-		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PUD; i++)
-			pud_p[i] = 0;
+		memset(pud_p, 0, sizeof(*pud_p) * PTRS_PER_PUD);
 		*pgd_p = (pgdval_t)pud_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE;
 	}
 	pud_p += pud_index(address);
@@ -97,8 +90,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		pmd_p = (pmdval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++];
-		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++)
-			pmd_p[i] = 0;
+		memset(pmd_p, 0, sizeof(*pmd_p) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
 		*pud_p = (pudval_t)pmd_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE;
 	}
 	pmd = (physaddr & PMD_MASK) + early_pmd_flags;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 2e974680f5ad..22fbf9df61bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ startup_64:
 	subq	$_text - __START_KERNEL_map, %rbp
 
 	/* Is the address not 2M aligned? */
-	movq	%rbp, %rax
-	andl	$~PMD_PAGE_MASK, %eax
-	testl	%eax, %eax
+	testl	$~PMD_PAGE_MASK, %ebp
 	jnz	bad_address
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
index 422db000d727..5cc78bf57232 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ static inline int myisspace(u8 c)
  * @option: option string to look for
  *
  * Returns the position of that @option (starts counting with 1)
- * or 0 on not found.
+ * or 0 on not found.  @option will only be found if it is found
+ * as an entire word in @cmdline.  For instance, if @option="car"
+ * then a cmdline which contains "cart" will not match.
  */
-int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
+static int
+__cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, int max_cmdline_size,
+			   const char *option)
 {
 	char c;
-	int len, pos = 0, wstart = 0;
+	int pos = 0, wstart = 0;
 	const char *opptr = NULL;
 	enum {
 		st_wordstart = 0,	/* Start of word/after whitespace */
@@ -37,11 +41,11 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
 	if (!cmdline)
 		return -1;      /* No command line */
 
-	len = min_t(int, strlen(cmdline), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	if (!len)
-		return 0;
-
-	while (len--) {
+	/*
+	 * This 'pos' check ensures we do not overrun
+	 * a non-NULL-terminated 'cmdline'
+	 */
+	while (pos < max_cmdline_size) {
 		c = *(char *)cmdline++;
 		pos++;
 
@@ -58,18 +62,35 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
 			/* fall through */
 
 		case st_wordcmp:
-			if (!*opptr)
+			if (!*opptr) {
+				/*
+				 * We matched all the way to the end of the
+				 * option we were looking for.  If the
+				 * command-line has a space _or_ ends, then
+				 * we matched!
+				 */
 				if (!c || myisspace(c))
 					return wstart;
-				else
-					state = st_wordskip;
-			else if (!c)
+				/*
+				 * We hit the end of the option, but _not_
+				 * the end of a word on the cmdline.  Not
+				 * a match.
+				 */
+			} else if (!c) {
+				/*
+				 * Hit the NULL terminator on the end of
+				 * cmdline.
+				 */
 				return 0;
-			else if (c != *opptr++)
-				state = st_wordskip;
-			else if (!len)		/* last word and is matching */
-				return wstart;
-			break;
+			} else if (c == *opptr++) {
+				/*
+				 * We are currently matching, so continue
+				 * to the next character on the cmdline.
+				 */
+				break;
+			}
+			state = st_wordskip;
+			/* fall through */
 
 		case st_wordskip:
 			if (!c)
@@ -82,3 +103,8 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
 
 	return 0;	/* Buffer overrun */
 }
+
+int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
+{
+	return __cmdline_find_option_bool(cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option);
+}