diff --git a/include/base/logging.h b/include/base/logging.h
index 283a7bc..30f6906 100644
--- a/include/base/logging.h
+++ b/include/base/logging.h
@@ -87,30 +87,64 @@
 // Replace the current logger.
 extern void SetLogger(LogFunction&& logger);
 
+// Get the minimum severity level for logging.
+extern LogSeverity GetMinimumLogSeverity();
+
+class ErrnoRestorer {
+ public:
+  ErrnoRestorer()
+      : saved_errno_(errno) {
+  }
+
+  ~ErrnoRestorer() {
+    errno = saved_errno_;
+  }
+
+  // Allow this object to evaluate to false which is useful in macros.
+  operator bool() const {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const int saved_errno_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ErrnoRestorer);
+};
+
 // Logs a message to logcat on Android otherwise to stderr. If the severity is
 // FATAL it also causes an abort. For example:
 //
 //     LOG(FATAL) << "We didn't expect to reach here";
-#define LOG(severity)                                                       \
-  ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::DEFAULT, \
-                              ::android::base::severity, -1).stream()
+#define LOG(severity) LOG_TO(DEFAULT, severity)
 
 // Logs a message to logcat with the specified log ID on Android otherwise to
 // stderr. If the severity is FATAL it also causes an abort.
-#define LOG_TO(dest, severity)                                           \
-  ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::dest, \
-                              ::android::base::severity, -1).stream()
+// Use an if-else statement instead of just an if statement here. So if there is a
+// else statement after LOG() macro, it won't bind to the if statement in the macro.
+// do-while(0) statement doesn't work here. Because we need to support << operator
+// following the macro, like "LOG(DEBUG) << xxx;".
+#define LOG_TO(dest, severity)                                                      \
+  if (LIKELY(::android::base::severity < ::android::base::GetMinimumLogSeverity())) \
+    ;                                                                               \
+  else                                                                              \
+    ::android::base::ErrnoRestorer() ? *(std::ostream*)nullptr :                    \
+      ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__,                               \
+          ::android::base::dest,                                                    \
+          ::android::base::severity, -1).stream()
 
 // A variant of LOG that also logs the current errno value. To be used when
 // library calls fail.
-#define PLOG(severity)                                                      \
-  ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::DEFAULT, \
-                              ::android::base::severity, errno).stream()
+#define PLOG(severity) PLOG_TO(DEFAULT, severity)
 
 // Behaves like PLOG, but logs to the specified log ID.
-#define PLOG_TO(dest, severity)                                          \
-  ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::dest, \
-                              ::android::base::severity, errno).stream()
+#define PLOG_TO(dest, severity)                                                     \
+  if (LIKELY(::android::base::severity < ::android::base::GetMinimumLogSeverity())) \
+    ;                                                                               \
+  else                                                                              \
+    ::android::base::ErrnoRestorer() ? *(std::ostream*)nullptr :                    \
+      ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__,                               \
+          ::android::base::dest,                                                    \
+          ::android::base::severity, errno).stream()
 
 // Marker that code is yet to be implemented.
 #define UNIMPLEMENTED(level) \
@@ -122,11 +156,13 @@
 //
 //     CHECK(false == true) results in a log message of
 //       "Check failed: false == true".
-#define CHECK(x)                                                            \
-  if (UNLIKELY(!(x)))                                                       \
-  ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::DEFAULT, \
-                              ::android::base::FATAL, -1).stream()          \
-      << "Check failed: " #x << " "
+#define CHECK(x)                                                              \
+  if (LIKELY((x)))                                                            \
+    ;                                                                         \
+  else                                                                        \
+    ::android::base::LogMessage(__FILE__, __LINE__, ::android::base::DEFAULT, \
+                                ::android::base::FATAL, -1).stream()          \
+        << "Check failed: " #x << " "
 
 // Helper for CHECK_xx(x,y) macros.
 #define CHECK_OP(LHS, RHS, OP)                                              \
@@ -153,7 +189,9 @@
 
 // Helper for CHECK_STRxx(s1,s2) macros.
 #define CHECK_STROP(s1, s2, sense)                                         \
-  if (UNLIKELY((strcmp(s1, s2) == 0) != sense))                            \
+  if (LIKELY((strcmp(s1, s2) == 0) == sense))                              \
+    ;                                                                      \
+  else                                                                     \
     LOG(FATAL) << "Check failed: "                                         \
                << "\"" << s1 << "\""                                       \
                << (sense ? " == " : " != ") << "\"" << s2 << "\""
diff --git a/logging.cpp b/logging.cpp
index e9e06df..6bfaaec 100644
--- a/logging.cpp
+++ b/logging.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@
 static LogSeverity gMinimumLogSeverity = INFO;
 static std::unique_ptr<std::string> gProgramInvocationName;
 
+LogSeverity GetMinimumLogSeverity() {
+  return gMinimumLogSeverity;
+}
+
 static const char* ProgramInvocationName() {
   if (gProgramInvocationName == nullptr) {
     gProgramInvocationName.reset(new std::string(getprogname()));
@@ -200,20 +204,6 @@
   InitLogging(argv);
 }
 
-// TODO: make this public; it's independently useful.
-class ErrnoRestorer {
- public:
-  ErrnoRestorer(int saved_errno) : saved_errno_(saved_errno) {
-  }
-
-  ~ErrnoRestorer() {
-    errno = saved_errno_;
-  }
-
- private:
-  const int saved_errno_;
-};
-
 void InitLogging(char* argv[]) {
   if (gInitialized) {
     return;
@@ -286,13 +276,12 @@
 class LogMessageData {
  public:
   LogMessageData(const char* file, unsigned int line, LogId id,
-                 LogSeverity severity, int error, int saved_errno)
+                 LogSeverity severity, int error)
       : file_(GetFileBasename(file)),
         line_number_(line),
         id_(id),
         severity_(severity),
-        error_(error),
-        errno_restorer_(saved_errno) {
+        error_(error) {
   }
 
   const char* GetFile() const {
@@ -330,39 +319,38 @@
   const LogId id_;
   const LogSeverity severity_;
   const int error_;
-  ErrnoRestorer errno_restorer_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(LogMessageData);
 };
 
 LogMessage::LogMessage(const char* file, unsigned int line, LogId id,
                        LogSeverity severity, int error)
-    : data_(new LogMessageData(file, line, id, severity, error, errno)) {
+    : data_(new LogMessageData(file, line, id, severity, error)) {
 }
 
 LogMessage::~LogMessage() {
-  if (data_->GetSeverity() < gMinimumLogSeverity) {
-    return;  // No need to format something we're not going to output.
-  }
-
   // Finish constructing the message.
   if (data_->GetError() != -1) {
     data_->GetBuffer() << ": " << strerror(data_->GetError());
   }
   std::string msg(data_->ToString());
 
-  if (msg.find('\n') == std::string::npos) {
-    LogLine(data_->GetFile(), data_->GetLineNumber(), data_->GetId(),
-            data_->GetSeverity(), msg.c_str());
-  } else {
-    msg += '\n';
-    size_t i = 0;
-    while (i < msg.size()) {
-      size_t nl = msg.find('\n', i);
-      msg[nl] = '\0';
+  {
+    // Do the actual logging with the lock held.
+    lock_guard<mutex> lock(logging_lock);
+    if (msg.find('\n') == std::string::npos) {
       LogLine(data_->GetFile(), data_->GetLineNumber(), data_->GetId(),
-              data_->GetSeverity(), &msg[i]);
-      i = nl + 1;
+              data_->GetSeverity(), msg.c_str());
+    } else {
+      msg += '\n';
+      size_t i = 0;
+      while (i < msg.size()) {
+        size_t nl = msg.find('\n', i);
+        msg[nl] = '\0';
+        LogLine(data_->GetFile(), data_->GetLineNumber(), data_->GetId(),
+                data_->GetSeverity(), &msg[i]);
+        i = nl + 1;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -382,7 +370,6 @@
 void LogMessage::LogLine(const char* file, unsigned int line, LogId id,
                          LogSeverity severity, const char* message) {
   const char* tag = ProgramInvocationName();
-  lock_guard<mutex> lock(logging_lock);
   gLogger(id, severity, tag, file, line, message);
 }
 
diff --git a/logging_test.cpp b/logging_test.cpp
index c12dfa5..9cf1aad 100644
--- a/logging_test.cpp
+++ b/logging_test.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 #include <libgen.h>
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <regex>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -49,6 +53,11 @@
 
  private:
   void init() {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    // On Windows, stderr is often buffered, so make sure it is unbuffered so
+    // that we can immediately read back what was written to stderr.
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0));
+#endif
     old_stderr_ = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
     ASSERT_NE(-1, old_stderr_);
     ASSERT_NE(-1, dup2(fd(), STDERR_FILENO));
@@ -57,21 +66,58 @@
   void reset() {
     ASSERT_NE(-1, dup2(old_stderr_, STDERR_FILENO));
     ASSERT_EQ(0, close(old_stderr_));
+    // Note: cannot restore prior setvbuf() setting.
   }
 
   TemporaryFile temp_file_;
   int old_stderr_;
 };
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+static void ExitSignalAbortHandler(int) {
+  _exit(3);
+}
+#endif
+
+static void SuppressAbortUI() {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+  // We really just want to call _set_abort_behavior(0, _CALL_REPORTFAULT) to
+  // suppress the Windows Error Reporting dialog box, but that API is not
+  // available in the OS-supplied C Runtime, msvcrt.dll, that we currently
+  // use (it is available in the Visual Studio C runtime).
+  //
+  // Instead, we setup a SIGABRT handler, which is called in abort() right
+  // before calling Windows Error Reporting. In the handler, we exit the
+  // process just like abort() does.
+  ASSERT_NE(SIG_ERR, signal(SIGABRT, ExitSignalAbortHandler));
+#endif
+}
+
 TEST(logging, CHECK) {
-  ASSERT_DEATH(CHECK(false), "Check failed: false ");
+  ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); CHECK(false);}, "Check failed: false ");
   CHECK(true);
 
-  ASSERT_DEATH(CHECK_EQ(0, 1), "Check failed: 0 == 1 ");
+  ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); CHECK_EQ(0, 1);}, "Check failed: 0 == 1 ");
   CHECK_EQ(0, 0);
 
-  ASSERT_DEATH(CHECK_STREQ("foo", "bar"), R"(Check failed: "foo" == "bar")");
+  ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); CHECK_STREQ("foo", "bar");},
+               R"(Check failed: "foo" == "bar")");
   CHECK_STREQ("foo", "foo");
+
+  // Test whether CHECK() and CHECK_STREQ() have a dangling if with no else.
+  bool flag = false;
+  if (true)
+    CHECK(true);
+  else
+    flag = true;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(flag) << "CHECK macro probably has a dangling if with no else";
+
+  flag = false;
+  if (true)
+    CHECK_STREQ("foo", "foo");
+  else
+    flag = true;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(flag) << "CHECK_STREQ probably has a dangling if with no else";
 }
 
 std::string make_log_pattern(android::base::LogSeverity severity,
@@ -85,7 +131,7 @@
 }
 
 TEST(logging, LOG) {
-  ASSERT_DEATH(LOG(FATAL) << "foobar", "foobar");
+  ASSERT_DEATH({SuppressAbortUI(); LOG(FATAL) << "foobar";}, "foobar");
 
   // We can't usefully check the output of any of these on Windows because we
   // don't have std::regex, but we can at least make sure we printed at least as
@@ -148,6 +194,50 @@
     ASSERT_TRUE(std::regex_search(output, message_regex)) << output;
 #endif
   }
+
+  // Test whether LOG() saves and restores errno.
+  {
+    CapturedStderr cap;
+    errno = 12345;
+    LOG(INFO) << (errno = 67890);
+    EXPECT_EQ(12345, errno) << "errno was not restored";
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(cap.fd(), SEEK_SET, 0));
+
+    std::string output;
+    android::base::ReadFdToString(cap.fd(), &output);
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, strstr(output.c_str(), "67890")) << output;
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    std::regex message_regex(
+        make_log_pattern(android::base::INFO, "67890"));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(std::regex_search(output, message_regex)) << output;
+#endif
+  }
+
+  // Test whether LOG() has a dangling if with no else.
+  {
+    CapturedStderr cap;
+
+    // Do the test two ways: once where we hypothesize that LOG()'s if
+    // will evaluate to true (when severity is high enough) and once when we
+    // expect it to evaluate to false (when severity is not high enough).
+    bool flag = false;
+    if (true)
+      LOG(INFO) << "foobar";
+    else
+      flag = true;
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(flag) << "LOG macro probably has a dangling if with no else";
+
+    flag = false;
+    if (true)
+      LOG(VERBOSE) << "foobar";
+    else
+      flag = true;
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(flag) << "LOG macro probably has a dangling if with no else";
+  }
 }
 
 TEST(logging, PLOG) {