diff --git a/native/src/Cargo.lock b/native/src/Cargo.lock
index f73b2097c..5492d8257 100644
--- a/native/src/Cargo.lock
+++ b/native/src/Cargo.lock
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 name = "base"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "argh",
  "cfg-if",
  "cxx",
  "cxx-gen",
diff --git a/native/src/base/Cargo.toml b/native/src/base/Cargo.toml
index 371b53329..bfb8e57f8 100644
--- a/native/src/base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/src/base/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ cxx = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+argh = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/native/src/base/misc.rs b/native/src/base/misc.rs
index d0cc45359..1a048f05a 100644
--- a/native/src/base/misc.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/misc.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ use std::ffi::{CStr, FromBytesWithNulError, OsStr};
 use std::fmt::{Arguments, Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::exit;
 use std::str::Utf8Error;
 use std::{fmt, io, mem, slice, str};
 
+use argh::EarlyExit;
 use libc::c_char;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -297,18 +299,18 @@ where
     fn as_raw_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
         unsafe {
             let self_ptr = self as *const Self as *const u8;
-            slice::from_raw_parts(self_ptr, std::mem::size_of::<Self>())
+            slice::from_raw_parts(self_ptr, mem::size_of::<Self>())
         }
     }
     fn as_raw_bytes_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         unsafe {
             let self_ptr = self as *mut Self as *mut u8;
-            slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self_ptr, std::mem::size_of::<Self>())
+            slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self_ptr, mem::size_of::<Self>())
         }
     }
 
     fn bytes_size(&self) -> usize {
-        std::mem::size_of::<Self>()
+        mem::size_of::<Self>()
     }
 }
 
@@ -369,3 +371,34 @@ impl<T: AsMut<[u8]>> MutBytesExt for T {
         ffi::mut_u8_patch(self.as_mut(), from, to)
     }
 }
+
+// SAFETY: libc guarantees argc and argv is properly setup
+#[allow(clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref)]
+pub fn map_args<'a>(argc: i32, argv: *const *const c_char) -> Result<Vec<&'a Utf8CStr>, StrErr> {
+    unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize) }
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| unsafe { Utf8CStr::from_ptr(*s) })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub trait EarlyExitExt<T> {
+    fn early_exit(self) -> T;
+}
+
+impl<T> EarlyExitExt<T> for Result<T, EarlyExit> {
+    fn early_exit(self) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(EarlyExit { output, status }) => match status {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    eprintln!("{}", output);
+                    exit(0)
+                }
+                Err(_) => {
+                    eprintln!("{}", output);
+                    exit(1)
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/native/src/boot/cpio.rs b/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
index bf0819c7a..cf2402a9d 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
+++ b/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::os::unix::fs::{symlink, DirBuilderExt, FileTypeExt, MetadataExt};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::slice;
 
-use argh::{EarlyExit, FromArgs};
+use argh::FromArgs;
 use size::{Base, Size, Style};
 
 use base::libc::{
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ use base::libc::{
     S_IFLNK, S_IFMT, S_IFREG, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH, S_IRUSR, S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR, S_IXGRP,
     S_IXOTH, S_IXUSR,
 };
-use base::{log_err, LoggedResult, MappedFile, ResultExt, StrErr, Utf8CStr, WriteExt};
+use base::{
+    log_err, map_args, EarlyExitExt, LoggedResult, MappedFile, ResultExt, Utf8CStr, WriteExt,
+};
 
 use crate::ramdisk::MagiskCpio;
 
@@ -525,12 +526,7 @@ pub fn cpio_commands(argc: i32, argv: *const *const c_char) -> bool {
             return Err(log_err!("no arguments"));
         }
 
-        let cmds: Result<Vec<&Utf8CStr>, StrErr> =
-            unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize) }
-                .iter()
-                .map(|s| unsafe { Utf8CStr::from_ptr(*s) })
-                .collect();
-        let cmds = cmds?;
+        let cmds = map_args(argc, argv)?;
 
         let file = cmds[0];
         let mut cpio = if Path::new(file).exists() {
@@ -538,26 +534,20 @@ pub fn cpio_commands(argc: i32, argv: *const *const c_char) -> bool {
         } else {
             Cpio::new()
         };
+
         for cmd in &cmds[1..] {
             if cmd.starts_with('#') {
                 continue;
             }
-            let mut cli = match CpioCli::from_args(
+            let mut cli = CpioCli::from_args(
                 &["magiskboot", "cpio", file],
                 cmd.split(' ')
                     .filter(|x| !x.is_empty())
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                     .as_slice(),
-            ) {
-                Ok(cli) => cli,
-                Err(EarlyExit { output, status }) => match status {
-                    Ok(_) => {
-                        eprintln!("{}", output);
-                        exit(0)
-                    }
-                    Err(_) => return Err(log_err!(output)),
-                },
-            };
+            )
+            .early_exit();
+
             match &mut cli.command {
                 CpioCommands::Test(Test {}) => exit(cpio.test()),
                 CpioCommands::Restore(Restore {}) => cpio.restore()?,
@@ -590,7 +580,7 @@ pub fn cpio_commands(argc: i32, argv: *const *const c_char) -> bool {
                     cpio.ls(path.as_str(), *recursive);
                     exit(0);
                 }
-            }
+            };
         }
         cpio.dump(file)?;
         Ok(())
diff --git a/native/src/boot/main.cpp b/native/src/boot/main.cpp
index e43f0255e..f69a2f330 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/main.cpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/main.cpp
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         compress(action[8] == '=' ? &action[9] : "gzip", argv[2], argv[3]);
     } else if (argc > 4 && action == "hexpatch") {
         return hexpatch(byte_view(argv[2]), byte_view(argv[3]), byte_view(argv[4])) ? 0 : 1;
-    } else if (argc > 2 && action == "cpio"sv) {
-        if (!rust::cpio_commands(argc - 2, argv + 2))
-            usage(argv[0]);
+    } else if (argc > 2 && action == "cpio") {
+        return rust::cpio_commands(argc - 2, argv + 2) ? 0 : 1;
     } else if (argc > 3 && action == "dtb") {
         if (dtb_commands(argc - 2, argv + 2))
             usage(argv[0]);