diff --git a/libbb/mode_string.c b/libbb/mode_string.c
index b9975f4cc..7d4e514b1 100644
--- a/libbb/mode_string.c
+++ b/libbb/mode_string.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static const mode_t mode_flags[] = {
 /* The previous version used "0pcCd?bB-?l?s???".  However, the '0', 'C',
  * and 'B' types don't appear to be available on linux.  So I removed them. */
 static const char type_chars[16] ALIGN1 = "?pc?d?b?-?l?s???";
-/*                                  0123456789abcdef */
+/***************************************** 0123456789abcdef */
 static const char mode_chars[7] ALIGN1 = "rwxSTst";
 
 const char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(mode_t mode)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(mode_t mode)
 /* The previous version used "0pcCd?bB-?l?s???".  However, the '0', 'C',
  * and 'B' types don't appear to be available on linux.  So I removed them. */
 static const char type_chars[16] = "?pc?d?b?-?l?s???";
-/*                                  0123456789abcdef */
+/********************************** 0123456789abcdef */
 static const char mode_chars[7] = "rwxSTst";
 
 const char* FAST_FUNC bb_mode_string(mode_t mode)
diff --git a/miscutils/last.c b/miscutils/last.c
index 8c8192bee..f8c301395 100644
--- a/miscutils/last.c
+++ b/miscutils/last.c
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ int last_main(int argc, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 					strcpy(ut.ut_line, "system boot");
 			}
 		}
+		/* manpages say ut_tv.tv_sec *is* time_t,
+		 * but some systems have it wrong */
 		t_tmp = (time_t)ut.ut_tv.tv_sec;
 		printf("%-10s %-14s %-18s %-12.12s\n",
 		       ut.ut_user, ut.ut_line, ut.ut_host, ctime(&t_tmp) + 4);
diff --git a/miscutils/taskset.c b/miscutils/taskset.c
index 3175af10d..b43d42e90 100644
--- a/miscutils/taskset.c
+++ b/miscutils/taskset.c
@@ -11,31 +11,53 @@
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_TASKSET_FANCY
 #define TASKSET_PRINTF_MASK "%s"
-#define from_cpuset(x) __from_cpuset(&x)
 /* craft a string from the mask */
-static char *__from_cpuset(cpu_set_t *mask)
+static char *from_cpuset(cpu_set_t *mask)
 {
 	int i;
-	char *ret = 0, *str = xzalloc(9);
+	char *ret = NULL;
+	char *str = xzalloc((CPU_SETSIZE / 4) + 1); /* we will leak it */
 
 	for (i = CPU_SETSIZE - 4; i >= 0; i -= 4) {
-		char val = 0;
+		int val = 0;
 		int off;
 		for (off = 0; off <= 3; ++off)
-			if (CPU_ISSET(i+off, mask))
-				val |= 1<<off;
-
+			if (CPU_ISSET(i + off, mask))
+				val |= 1 << off;
 		if (!ret && val)
 			ret = str;
-		*str++ = (val-'0'<=9) ? (val+48) : (val+87);
+		*str++ = bb_hexdigits_upcase[val] | 0x20;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-#define TASKSET_PRINTF_MASK "%x"
-/* (void*) cast is for battling gcc: */
-/* "dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules" */
-#define from_cpuset(mask) (*(unsigned*)(void*)&(mask))
+#define TASKSET_PRINTF_MASK "%llx"
+static unsigned long long from_cpuset(cpu_set_t *mask)
+{
+	struct BUG_CPU_SETSIZE_is_too_small {
+		char BUG_CPU_SETSIZE_is_too_small[
+			CPU_SETSIZE < sizeof(int) ? -1 : 1];
+	};
+	char *p = (void*)mask;
+
+	/* Take the least significant bits. Careful!
+	 * Consider both CPU_SETSIZE=4 and CPU_SETSIZE=1024 cases
+	 */
+#if BB_BIG_ENDIAN
+	/* For big endian, it means LAST bits */
+	if (CPU_SETSIZE < sizeof(long))
+		p += CPU_SETSIZE - sizeof(int);
+	else if (CPU_SETSIZE < sizeof(long long))
+		p += CPU_SETSIZE - sizeof(long);
+	else
+		p += CPU_SETSIZE - sizeof(long long);
+#endif
+	if (CPU_SETSIZE < sizeof(long))
+		return *(unsigned*)p;
+	if (CPU_SETSIZE < sizeof(long long))
+		return *(unsigned long*)p;
+	return *(unsigned long long*)p;
+}
 #endif
 
 
@@ -78,7 +100,7 @@ int taskset_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		if (sched_getaffinity(pid, sizeof(mask), &mask) < 0)
 			bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't %cet pid %d's affinity", 'g', pid);
 		printf("pid %d's %s affinity mask: "TASKSET_PRINTF_MASK"\n",
-				pid, current_new, from_cpuset(mask));
+				pid, current_new, from_cpuset(&mask));
 		if (!*argv) {
 			/* Either it was just "-p <pid>",
 			 * or it was "-p <aff> <pid>" and we came here