diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.cpp
index 0cadbc375c..6c072d0a39 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <map>
 #include <sstream>
-#include "common/assert.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
 #include "common/hex_util.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/swap.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/ips_layer.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/vfs_vector.h"
@@ -17,22 +23,48 @@ enum class IPSFileType {
     Error,
 };
 
-constexpr std::array<std::pair<const char*, const char*>, 11> ESCAPE_CHARACTER_MAP{
-    std::pair{"\\a", "\a"}, {"\\b", "\b"},  {"\\f", "\f"},  {"\\n", "\n"},
-    {"\\r", "\r"},          {"\\t", "\t"},  {"\\v", "\v"},  {"\\\\", "\\"},
-    {"\\\'", "\'"},         {"\\\"", "\""}, {"\\\?", "\?"},
-};
+constexpr std::array<std::pair<const char*, const char*>, 11> ESCAPE_CHARACTER_MAP{{
+    {"\\a", "\a"},
+    {"\\b", "\b"},
+    {"\\f", "\f"},
+    {"\\n", "\n"},
+    {"\\r", "\r"},
+    {"\\t", "\t"},
+    {"\\v", "\v"},
+    {"\\\\", "\\"},
+    {"\\\'", "\'"},
+    {"\\\"", "\""},
+    {"\\\?", "\?"},
+}};
 
 static IPSFileType IdentifyMagic(const std::vector<u8>& magic) {
-    if (magic.size() != 5)
+    if (magic.size() != 5) {
         return IPSFileType::Error;
-    if (magic == std::vector<u8>{'P', 'A', 'T', 'C', 'H'})
+    }
+
+    constexpr std::array<u8, 5> patch_magic{{'P', 'A', 'T', 'C', 'H'}};
+    if (std::equal(magic.begin(), magic.end(), patch_magic.begin())) {
         return IPSFileType::IPS;
-    if (magic == std::vector<u8>{'I', 'P', 'S', '3', '2'})
+    }
+
+    constexpr std::array<u8, 5> ips32_magic{{'I', 'P', 'S', '3', '2'}};
+    if (std::equal(magic.begin(), magic.end(), ips32_magic.begin())) {
         return IPSFileType::IPS32;
+    }
+
     return IPSFileType::Error;
 }
 
+static bool IsEOF(IPSFileType type, const std::vector<u8>& data) {
+    constexpr std::array<u8, 3> eof{{'E', 'O', 'F'}};
+    if (type == IPSFileType::IPS && std::equal(data.begin(), data.end(), eof.begin())) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    constexpr std::array<u8, 4> eeof{{'E', 'E', 'O', 'F'}};
+    return type == IPSFileType::IPS32 && std::equal(data.begin(), data.end(), eeof.begin());
+}
+
 VirtualFile PatchIPS(const VirtualFile& in, const VirtualFile& ips) {
     if (in == nullptr || ips == nullptr)
         return nullptr;
@@ -47,8 +79,7 @@ VirtualFile PatchIPS(const VirtualFile& in, const VirtualFile& ips) {
     u64 offset = 5; // After header
     while (ips->Read(temp.data(), temp.size(), offset) == temp.size()) {
         offset += temp.size();
-        if (type == IPSFileType::IPS32 && temp == std::vector<u8>{'E', 'E', 'O', 'F'} ||
-            type == IPSFileType::IPS && temp == std::vector<u8>{'E', 'O', 'F'}) {
+        if (IsEOF(type, temp)) {
             break;
         }
 
@@ -88,11 +119,20 @@ VirtualFile PatchIPS(const VirtualFile& in, const VirtualFile& ips) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (temp != std::vector<u8>{'E', 'E', 'O', 'F'} && temp != std::vector<u8>{'E', 'O', 'F'})
+    if (!IsEOF(type, temp)) {
         return nullptr;
-    return std::make_shared<VectorVfsFile>(in_data, in->GetName(), in->GetContainingDirectory());
+    }
+
+    return std::make_shared<VectorVfsFile>(std::move(in_data), in->GetName(),
+                                           in->GetContainingDirectory());
 }
 
+struct IPSwitchCompiler::IPSwitchPatch {
+    std::string name;
+    bool enabled;
+    std::map<u32, std::vector<u8>> records;
+};
+
 IPSwitchCompiler::IPSwitchCompiler(VirtualFile patch_text_) : patch_text(std::move(patch_text_)) {
     Parse();
 }
@@ -291,7 +331,8 @@ VirtualFile IPSwitchCompiler::Apply(const VirtualFile& in) const {
         }
     }
 
-    return std::make_shared<VectorVfsFile>(in_data, in->GetName(), in->GetContainingDirectory());
+    return std::make_shared<VectorVfsFile>(std::move(in_data), in->GetName(),
+                                           in->GetContainingDirectory());
 }
 
 } // namespace FileSys
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.h b/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.h
index 57da00da8c..450b2f71e0 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.h
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/ips_layer.h
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <array>
 #include <memory>
+#include <vector>
 
+#include "common/common_types.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/vfs.h"
 
 namespace FileSys {
@@ -22,17 +25,13 @@ public:
     VirtualFile Apply(const VirtualFile& in) const;
 
 private:
+    struct IPSwitchPatch;
+
     void ParseFlag(const std::string& flag);
     void Parse();
 
     bool valid = false;
 
-    struct IPSwitchPatch {
-        std::string name;
-        bool enabled;
-        std::map<u32, std::vector<u8>> records;
-    };
-
     VirtualFile patch_text;
     std::vector<IPSwitchPatch> patches;
     std::array<u8, 0x20> nso_build_id{};