diff --git a/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c b/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
index b0ced669427e154cc67c7b4b4f9e4630f934919f..c4ab6fdf17a01426db5d6e2bb9638130147bee61 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
@@ -400,8 +400,9 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_devreq_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	/* remove the op from the in progress hash table */
 	op = orangefs_devreq_remove_op(head.tag);
 	if (!op) {
-		gossip_err("WARNING: No one's waiting for tag %llu\n",
-			   llu(head.tag));
+		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DEV_DEBUG,
+			     "%s: No one's waiting for tag %llu\n",
+			     __func__, llu(head.tag));
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index 551bc74ed2b822fe0f211d90527397da2d86bb38..5cd617980fbfa2a38d8d08ac4017bae67679bd16 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-struct backing_dev_info orangefs_backing_dev_info = {
-	.name = "orangefs",
-	.ra_pages = 0,
-	.capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_DIRTY | BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK,
-};
-
 /** ORANGEFS2 implementation of address space operations */
 const struct address_space_operations orangefs_address_operations = {
 	.readpage = orangefs_readpage,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
index 75375e90a63f32e4bac0ef3e996c960c673b250e..6333cbbdfef7ae652c1a4e6c4d2818ae1cd188d7 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ int orangefs_bufmap_initialize(struct ORANGEFS_dev_map_desc *user_desc)
 		     user_desc->size,
 		     user_desc->count);
 
+	if (user_desc->total_size < 0 ||
+	    user_desc->size < 0 ||
+	    user_desc->count < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * sanity check alignment and size of buffer that caller wants to
 	 * work with
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
index 27e75cf28b3a0c386c645bf714975c4772e14866..791912da97d7487d99c618ce8ac6f5fbe3cd11fb 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
@@ -967,13 +967,13 @@ int orangefs_debugfs_new_client_string(void __user *arg)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(&client_debug_array_string,
-                                     (void __user *)arg,
-                                     ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN);
+			     (void __user *)arg,
+			     ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN);
 
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_info("%s: CLIENT_STRING: copy_from_user failed\n",
 			__func__);
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -988,17 +988,18 @@ int orangefs_debugfs_new_client_string(void __user *arg)
 	 */
 	client_debug_array_string[ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN - 1] =
 		'\0';
-	
+
 	pr_info("%s: client debug array string has been received.\n",
 		__func__);
 
 	if (!help_string_initialized) {
 
 		/* Build a proper debug help string. */
-		if (orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string(0)) {
+		ret = orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string(0);
+		if (ret) {
 			gossip_err("%s: no debug help string \n",
 				   __func__);
-			return -EIO;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -1011,7 +1012,7 @@ int orangefs_debugfs_new_client_string(void __user *arg)
 
 	help_string_initialized++;
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int orangefs_debugfs_new_debug(void __user *arg) 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-dev-proto.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-dev-proto.h
index a3d84ffee9050a33532f3927ce9750937f27e22f..f380f9ed1b286a7eedfb41fa5f7f8f9259abfdf3 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-dev-proto.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-dev-proto.h
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
  * Misc constants. Please retain them as multiples of 8!
  * Otherwise 32-64 bit interactions will be messed up :)
  */
-#define ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN	0x00000400
-#define ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_ARRAY_LEN	0x00000800
+#define ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN	0x00000800
 
 /*
  * The maximum number of directory entries in a single request is 96.
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
index 3bf803d732c5b3702f735c5776cae6d249b85364..70355a9a25969bb681612cee734cf4341afd2428 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ extern spinlock_t orangefs_htable_ops_in_progress_lock;
 extern int hash_table_size;
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations orangefs_address_operations;
-extern struct backing_dev_info orangefs_backing_dev_info;
 extern const struct inode_operations orangefs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations orangefs_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations orangefs_symlink_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
index 4113eb0495bf90549daca478dd0f8c5a7940680a..c1b5174cb5a9fd5fa0963c22478f1457503e6657 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ static int __init orangefs_init(void)
 	int ret = -1;
 	__u32 i = 0;
 
-	ret = bdi_init(&orangefs_backing_dev_info);
-
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	if (op_timeout_secs < 0)
 		op_timeout_secs = 0;
 
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ static int __init orangefs_init(void)
 	/* initialize global book keeping data structures */
 	ret = op_cache_initialize();
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err;
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = orangefs_inode_cache_initialize();
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -181,9 +176,6 @@ static int __init orangefs_init(void)
 cleanup_op:
 	op_cache_finalize();
 
-err:
-	bdi_destroy(&orangefs_backing_dev_info);
-
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -207,8 +199,6 @@ static void __exit orangefs_exit(void)
 
 	kfree(orangefs_htable_ops_in_progress);
 
-	bdi_destroy(&orangefs_backing_dev_info);
-
 	pr_info("orangefs: module version %s unloaded\n", ORANGEFS_VERSION);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
index 084954448f1868840cbf3291cbb226206c2ffd51..afd2f523b2837988ae30975c231d83a21869c533 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-sysfs.c
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@
  * Description:
  *			Readahead cache buffer count and size.
  *
+ * What:		/sys/fs/orangefs/readahead_readcnt
+ * Date:		Jan 2017
+ * Contact:		Martin Brandenburg <martin@omnibond.com>
+ * Description:
+ *			Number of buffers (in multiples of readahead_size)
+ *			which can be read ahead for a single file at once.
+ *
  * What:		/sys/fs/orangefs/acache/...
  * Date:		Jun 2015
  * Contact:		Martin Brandenburg <martin@omnibond.com>
@@ -329,7 +336,8 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_service_op_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 		if (!(orangefs_features & ORANGEFS_FEATURE_READAHEAD) &&
 		    (!strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count") ||
 		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_size") ||
-		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count_size"))) {
+		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count_size") ||
+		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_readcnt"))) {
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -360,6 +368,11 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_service_op_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				 "readahead_count_size"))
 			new_op->upcall.req.param.op =
 				ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_COUNT_SIZE;
+
+		else if (!strcmp(attr->attr.name,
+				 "readahead_readcnt"))
+			new_op->upcall.req.param.op =
+				ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_READCNT;
 	} else if (!strcmp(kobj->name, ACACHE_KOBJ_ID)) {
 		if (!strcmp(attr->attr.name, "timeout_msecs"))
 			new_op->upcall.req.param.op =
@@ -542,7 +555,8 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_service_op_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		if (!(orangefs_features & ORANGEFS_FEATURE_READAHEAD) &&
 		    (!strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count") ||
 		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_size") ||
-		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count_size"))) {
+		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_count_size") ||
+		    !strcmp(attr->attr.name, "readahead_readcnt"))) {
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -609,6 +623,15 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_service_op_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 			new_op->upcall.req.param.u.value32[0] = val1;
 			new_op->upcall.req.param.u.value32[1] = val2;
 			goto value_set;
+		} else if (!strcmp(attr->attr.name,
+				   "readahead_readcnt")) {
+			if ((val >= 0)) {
+				new_op->upcall.req.param.op =
+				ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_READCNT;
+			} else {
+				rc = 0;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 
 	} else if (!strcmp(kobj->name, ACACHE_KOBJ_ID)) {
@@ -812,6 +835,10 @@ static struct orangefs_attribute readahead_count_size_attribute =
 	__ATTR(readahead_count_size, 0664, sysfs_service_op_show,
 	       sysfs_service_op_store);
 
+static struct orangefs_attribute readahead_readcnt_attribute =
+	__ATTR(readahead_readcnt, 0664, sysfs_service_op_show,
+	       sysfs_service_op_store);
+
 static struct orangefs_attribute perf_counter_reset_attribute =
 	__ATTR(perf_counter_reset,
 	       0664,
@@ -838,6 +865,7 @@ static struct attribute *orangefs_default_attrs[] = {
 	&readahead_count_attribute.attr,
 	&readahead_size_attribute.attr,
 	&readahead_count_size_attribute.attr,
+	&readahead_readcnt_attribute.attr,
 	&perf_counter_reset_attribute.attr,
 	&perf_history_size_attribute.attr,
 	&perf_time_interval_secs_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/upcall.h b/fs/orangefs/upcall.h
index af0b0e36d5595f5b996fd0d041e763976aacc931..b8249f8fdd8027b8552e4b019203b4ea2dd6ea2a 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/upcall.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/upcall.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ enum orangefs_param_request_op {
 	ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_SIZE = 26,
 	ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_COUNT = 27,
 	ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_COUNT_SIZE = 28,
+	ORANGEFS_PARAM_REQUEST_OP_READAHEAD_READCNT = 29,
 };
 
 struct orangefs_param_request_s {