diff --git a/fs/hpfs/alloc.c b/fs/hpfs/alloc.c
index cdb84a8..58b5106 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/alloc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,58 @@
 
 #include "hpfs_fn.h"
 
+static void hpfs_claim_alloc(struct super_block *s, secno sec)
+{
+	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free != (unsigned)-1) {
+		if (unlikely(!sbi->sb_n_free)) {
+			hpfs_error(s, "free count underflow, allocating sector %08x", sec);
+			sbi->sb_n_free = -1;
+			return;
+		}
+		sbi->sb_n_free--;
+	}
+}
+
+static void hpfs_claim_free(struct super_block *s, secno sec)
+{
+	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free != (unsigned)-1) {
+		if (unlikely(sbi->sb_n_free >= sbi->sb_fs_size)) {
+			hpfs_error(s, "free count overflow, freeing sector %08x", sec);
+			sbi->sb_n_free = -1;
+			return;
+		}
+		sbi->sb_n_free++;
+	}
+}
+
+static void hpfs_claim_dirband_alloc(struct super_block *s, secno sec)
+{
+	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes != (unsigned)-1) {
+		if (unlikely(!sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes)) {
+			hpfs_error(s, "dirband free count underflow, allocating sector %08x", sec);
+			sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes = -1;
+			return;
+		}
+		sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes--;
+	}
+}
+
+static void hpfs_claim_dirband_free(struct super_block *s, secno sec)
+{
+	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes != (unsigned)-1) {
+		if (unlikely(sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes >= sbi->sb_dirband_size / 4)) {
+			hpfs_error(s, "dirband free count overflow, freeing sector %08x", sec);
+			sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes = -1;
+			return;
+		}
+		sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes++;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Check if a sector is allocated in bitmap
  * This is really slow. Turned on only if chk==2
@@ -203,9 +255,15 @@
 	}
 	sec = 0;
 	ret:
+	if (sec) {
+		i = 0;
+		do
+			hpfs_claim_alloc(s, sec + i);
+		while (unlikely(++i < n));
+	}
 	if (sec && f_p) {
 		for (i = 0; i < forward; i++) {
-			if (!hpfs_alloc_if_possible(s, sec + i + 1)) {
+			if (!hpfs_alloc_if_possible(s, sec + n + i)) {
 				hpfs_error(s, "Prealloc doesn't work! Wanted %d, allocated at %08x, can't allocate %d", forward, sec, i);
 				sec = 0;
 				break;
@@ -228,6 +286,7 @@
 	nr >>= 2;
 	sec = alloc_in_bmp(s, (~0x3fff) | nr, 1, 0);
 	if (!sec) return 0;
+	hpfs_claim_dirband_alloc(s, sec);
 	return ((sec & 0x3fff) << 2) + sbi->sb_dirband_start;
 }
 
@@ -242,6 +301,7 @@
 		bmp[(sec & 0x3fff) >> 5] &= cpu_to_le32(~(1 << (sec & 0x1f)));
 		hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh);
 		hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
+		hpfs_claim_alloc(s, sec);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
@@ -275,6 +335,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	bmp[(sec & 0x3fff) >> 5] |= cpu_to_le32(1 << (sec & 0x1f));
+	hpfs_claim_free(s, sec);
 	if (!--n) {
 		hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh);
 		hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
@@ -359,6 +420,7 @@
 		bmp[ssec >> 5] |= cpu_to_le32(1 << (ssec & 0x1f));
 		hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh);
 		hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
+		hpfs_claim_dirband_free(s, dno);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +428,7 @@
 			 dnode_secno *dno, struct quad_buffer_head *qbh)
 {
 	struct dnode *d;
-	if (hpfs_count_one_bitmap(s, hpfs_sb(s)->sb_dmap) > FREE_DNODES_ADD) {
+	if (hpfs_get_free_dnodes(s) > FREE_DNODES_ADD) {
 		if (!(*dno = alloc_in_dirband(s, near)))
 			if (!(*dno = hpfs_alloc_sector(s, near, 4, 0))) return NULL;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/buffer.c b/fs/hpfs/buffer.c
index 4d0a1af..139ef16 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/buffer.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 void *hpfs_map_4sectors(struct super_block *s, unsigned secno, struct quad_buffer_head *qbh,
 		   int ahead)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	char *data;
 
 	hpfs_lock_assert(s);
@@ -100,34 +99,32 @@
 
 	hpfs_prefetch_sectors(s, secno, 4 + ahead);
 
+	if (!(qbh->bh[0] = sb_bread(s, secno + 0))) goto bail0;
+	if (!(qbh->bh[1] = sb_bread(s, secno + 1))) goto bail1;
+	if (!(qbh->bh[2] = sb_bread(s, secno + 2))) goto bail2;
+	if (!(qbh->bh[3] = sb_bread(s, secno + 3))) goto bail3;
+
+	if (likely(qbh->bh[1]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 1 * 512) &&
+	    likely(qbh->bh[2]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 2 * 512) &&
+	    likely(qbh->bh[3]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 3 * 512)) {
+		return qbh->data = qbh->bh[0]->b_data;
+	}
+
 	qbh->data = data = kmalloc(2048, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!data) {
 		printk("HPFS: hpfs_map_4sectors: out of memory\n");
-		goto bail;
+		goto bail4;
 	}
 
-	qbh->bh[0] = bh = sb_bread(s, secno);
-	if (!bh)
-		goto bail0;
-	memcpy(data, bh->b_data, 512);
-
-	qbh->bh[1] = bh = sb_bread(s, secno + 1);
-	if (!bh)
-		goto bail1;
-	memcpy(data + 512, bh->b_data, 512);
-
-	qbh->bh[2] = bh = sb_bread(s, secno + 2);
-	if (!bh)
-		goto bail2;
-	memcpy(data + 2 * 512, bh->b_data, 512);
-
-	qbh->bh[3] = bh = sb_bread(s, secno + 3);
-	if (!bh)
-		goto bail3;
-	memcpy(data + 3 * 512, bh->b_data, 512);
+	memcpy(data + 0 * 512, qbh->bh[0]->b_data, 512);
+	memcpy(data + 1 * 512, qbh->bh[1]->b_data, 512);
+	memcpy(data + 2 * 512, qbh->bh[2]->b_data, 512);
+	memcpy(data + 3 * 512, qbh->bh[3]->b_data, 512);
 
 	return data;
 
+ bail4:
+	brelse(qbh->bh[3]);
  bail3:
 	brelse(qbh->bh[2]);
  bail2:
@@ -135,9 +132,6 @@
  bail1:
 	brelse(qbh->bh[0]);
  bail0:
-	kfree(data);
-	printk("HPFS: hpfs_map_4sectors: read error\n");
- bail:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -155,44 +149,54 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/*return hpfs_map_4sectors(s, secno, qbh, 0);*/
+	if (!hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 0, &qbh->bh[0])) goto bail0;
+	if (!hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 1, &qbh->bh[1])) goto bail1;
+	if (!hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 2, &qbh->bh[2])) goto bail2;
+	if (!hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 3, &qbh->bh[3])) goto bail3;
+
+	if (likely(qbh->bh[1]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 1 * 512) &&
+	    likely(qbh->bh[2]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 2 * 512) &&
+	    likely(qbh->bh[3]->b_data == qbh->bh[0]->b_data + 3 * 512)) {
+		return qbh->data = qbh->bh[0]->b_data;
+	}
+
 	if (!(qbh->data = kmalloc(2048, GFP_NOFS))) {
 		printk("HPFS: hpfs_get_4sectors: out of memory\n");
-		return NULL;
+		goto bail4;
 	}
-	if (!(hpfs_get_sector(s, secno, &qbh->bh[0]))) goto bail0;
-	if (!(hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 1, &qbh->bh[1]))) goto bail1;
-	if (!(hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 2, &qbh->bh[2]))) goto bail2;
-	if (!(hpfs_get_sector(s, secno + 3, &qbh->bh[3]))) goto bail3;
-	memcpy(qbh->data, qbh->bh[0]->b_data, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->data + 512, qbh->bh[1]->b_data, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->data + 2*512, qbh->bh[2]->b_data, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->data + 3*512, qbh->bh[3]->b_data, 512);
 	return qbh->data;
 
-	bail3:	brelse(qbh->bh[2]);
-	bail2:	brelse(qbh->bh[1]);
-	bail1:	brelse(qbh->bh[0]);
-	bail0:
+bail4:
+	brelse(qbh->bh[3]);
+bail3:
+	brelse(qbh->bh[2]);
+bail2:
+	brelse(qbh->bh[1]);
+bail1:
+	brelse(qbh->bh[0]);
+bail0:
 	return NULL;
 }
 	
 
 void hpfs_brelse4(struct quad_buffer_head *qbh)
 {
-	brelse(qbh->bh[3]);
-	brelse(qbh->bh[2]);
-	brelse(qbh->bh[1]);
+	if (unlikely(qbh->data != qbh->bh[0]->b_data))
+		kfree(qbh->data);
 	brelse(qbh->bh[0]);
-	kfree(qbh->data);
+	brelse(qbh->bh[1]);
+	brelse(qbh->bh[2]);
+	brelse(qbh->bh[3]);
 }	
 
 void hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(struct quad_buffer_head *qbh)
 {
-	memcpy(qbh->bh[0]->b_data, qbh->data, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->bh[1]->b_data, qbh->data + 512, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->bh[2]->b_data, qbh->data + 2 * 512, 512);
-	memcpy(qbh->bh[3]->b_data, qbh->data + 3 * 512, 512);
+	if (unlikely(qbh->data != qbh->bh[0]->b_data)) {
+		memcpy(qbh->bh[0]->b_data, qbh->data + 0 * 512, 512);
+		memcpy(qbh->bh[1]->b_data, qbh->data + 1 * 512, 512);
+		memcpy(qbh->bh[2]->b_data, qbh->data + 2 * 512, 512);
+		memcpy(qbh->bh[3]->b_data, qbh->data + 3 * 512, 512);
+	}
 	mark_buffer_dirty(qbh->bh[0]);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(qbh->bh[1]);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(qbh->bh[2]);
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 6797bf8..3ba49c0 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 __printf(2, 3)
 void hpfs_error(struct super_block *, const char *, ...);
 int hpfs_stop_cycles(struct super_block *, int, int *, int *, char *);
-unsigned hpfs_count_one_bitmap(struct super_block *, secno);
+unsigned hpfs_get_free_dnodes(struct super_block *);
 
 /*
  * local time (HPFS) to GMT (Unix)
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index b8d01ef..4534ff6 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	call_rcu(&hpfs_sb(s)->rcu, lazy_free_sbi);
 }
 
-unsigned hpfs_count_one_bitmap(struct super_block *s, secno secno)
+static unsigned hpfs_count_one_bitmap(struct super_block *s, secno secno)
 {
 	struct quad_buffer_head qbh;
 	unsigned long *bits;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 	bits = hpfs_map_4sectors(s, secno, &qbh, 0);
 	if (!bits)
-		return 0;
+		return (unsigned)-1;
 	count = bitmap_weight(bits, 2048 * BITS_PER_BYTE);
 	hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
 	return count;
@@ -144,30 +144,45 @@
 		hpfs_prefetch_bitmap(s, n);
 	}
 	for (n = 0; n < n_bands; n++) {
+		unsigned c;
 		hpfs_prefetch_bitmap(s, n + COUNT_RD_AHEAD);
-		count += hpfs_count_one_bitmap(s, le32_to_cpu(hpfs_sb(s)->sb_bmp_dir[n]));
+		c = hpfs_count_one_bitmap(s, le32_to_cpu(hpfs_sb(s)->sb_bmp_dir[n]));
+		if (c != (unsigned)-1)
+			count += c;
 	}
 	return count;
 }
 
+unsigned hpfs_get_free_dnodes(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes == (unsigned)-1) {
+		unsigned c = hpfs_count_one_bitmap(s, sbi->sb_dmap);
+		if (c == (unsigned)-1)
+			return 0;
+		sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes = c;
+	}
+	return sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes;
+}
+
 static int hpfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
 	struct super_block *s = dentry->d_sb;
 	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
 	u64 id = huge_encode_dev(s->s_bdev->bd_dev);
+
 	hpfs_lock(s);
 
-	/*if (sbi->sb_n_free == -1) {*/
+	if (sbi->sb_n_free == (unsigned)-1)
 		sbi->sb_n_free = count_bitmaps(s);
-		sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes = hpfs_count_one_bitmap(s, sbi->sb_dmap);
-	/*}*/
+
 	buf->f_type = s->s_magic;
 	buf->f_bsize = 512;
 	buf->f_blocks = sbi->sb_fs_size;
 	buf->f_bfree = sbi->sb_n_free;
 	buf->f_bavail = sbi->sb_n_free;
 	buf->f_files = sbi->sb_dirband_size / 4;
-	buf->f_ffree = sbi->sb_n_free_dnodes;
+	buf->f_ffree = hpfs_get_free_dnodes(s);
 	buf->f_fsid.val[0] = (u32)id;
 	buf->f_fsid.val[1] = (u32)(id >> 32);
 	buf->f_namelen = 254;