struct smb_hdr * /* out */ ,
                        int * /* bytes returned */ , const int long_op);
 extern int SendReceive2(const unsigned int /* xid */ , struct cifsSesInfo *,
-                       struct smb_hdr * /* input */ , int hdr_len,
-                       const char * /* SMB data to send */ , int data_len,
+                       struct kvec *, int /* nvec */,
                        int * /* bytes returned */ , const int long_op);
 extern int checkSMBhdr(struct smb_hdr *smb, __u16 mid);
 extern int checkSMB(struct smb_hdr *smb, __u16 mid, int length);
 extern int CIFSSMBWrite2(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
                        const int netfid, const unsigned int count,
                        const __u64 offset, unsigned int *nbytes, 
-                       const char *buf,const int long_op);
+                       struct kvec *iov, const int nvec, const int long_op);
 extern int CIFSGetSrvInodeNumber(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
                        const unsigned char *searchName, __u64 * inode_number,
                        const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, 
 
                                rc = CIFSTCon(0, tcon->ses, tcon->treeName, tcon
                                        , nls_codepage);
                                up(&tcon->ses->sesSem);
+                               /* BB FIXME add code to check if wsize needs
+                                  update due to negotiated smb buffer size
+                                  shrinking */
                                if(rc == 0)
                                        atomic_inc(&tconInfoReconnectCount);
 
                                rc = CIFSTCon(0, tcon->ses, tcon->treeName,
                                              tcon, nls_codepage);
                                up(&tcon->ses->sesSem);
+                               /* BB FIXME add code to check if wsize needs
+                               update due to negotiated smb buffer size
+                               shrinking */
                                if(rc == 0)
                                        atomic_inc(&tconInfoReconnectCount);
 
 int
 CIFSSMBWrite2(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
             const int netfid, const unsigned int count,
-            const __u64 offset, unsigned int *nbytes, const char *buf,
-            const int long_op)
+            const __u64 offset, unsigned int *nbytes, struct kvec *iov,
+            int n_vec, const int long_op)
 {
        int rc = -EACCES;
        WRITE_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
        int bytes_returned;
        int smb_hdr_len;
-       __u32 bytes_sent;
-       __u16 byte_count;
 
        cFYI(1,("write2 at %lld %d bytes",offset,count)); /* BB removeme BB */
        rc = small_smb_init(SMB_COM_WRITE_ANDX, 14, tcon, (void **) &pSMB);
        pSMB->WriteMode = 0;
        pSMB->Remaining = 0;
 
-       /* Can increase buffer size if buffer is big enough in some cases - ie 
-       can send more if LARGE_WRITE_X capability returned by the server and if
-       our buffer is big enough or if we convert to iovecs on socket writes
-       and eliminate the copy to the CIFS buffer */
-       if(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_LARGE_WRITE_X) {
-               bytes_sent = min_t(const unsigned int, CIFSMaxBufSize, count);
-       } else {
-               bytes_sent = (tcon->ses->server->maxBuf - MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE)
-                        & ~0xFF;
-       }
-
-       if (bytes_sent > count)
-               bytes_sent = count;
        pSMB->DataOffset =
            cpu_to_le16(offsetof(struct smb_com_write_req,Data) - 4);
 
-       byte_count = bytes_sent + 1 /* pad */ ; /* BB fix this for sends > 64K */
-       pSMB->DataLengthLow = cpu_to_le16(bytes_sent & 0xFFFF);
-       pSMB->DataLengthHigh = cpu_to_le16(bytes_sent >> 16);
+       pSMB->DataLengthLow = cpu_to_le16(count & 0xFFFF);
+       pSMB->DataLengthHigh = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
        smb_hdr_len = pSMB->hdr.smb_buf_length + 1; /* hdr + 1 byte pad */
-       pSMB->hdr.smb_buf_length += bytes_sent+1;
-       pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(byte_count);
+       pSMB->hdr.smb_buf_length += count+1;
+       pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(count + 1);
+
+       iov[0].iov_base = pSMB;
+       iov[0].iov_len = smb_hdr_len + 4;
 
-       rc = SendReceive2(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB, smb_hdr_len,
-                         buf, bytes_sent, &bytes_returned, long_op);
+       rc = SendReceive2(xid, tcon->ses, iov, n_vec + 1, &bytes_returned,
+                         long_op);
        cifs_stats_inc(&tcon->num_writes);
        if (rc) {
                cFYI(1, ("Send error in write = %d", rc));
 
                                }
                        }
                }
+               if (!(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_LARGE_WRITE_X))
+                       cifs_sb->wsize = min(cifs_sb->wsize,
+                                            (tcon->ses->server->maxBuf -
+                                             MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE));
        }
 
        /* volume_info.password is freed above when existing session found
 
                        /* BB FIXME We can not sign across two buffers yet */
                        if((experimEnabled) && ((pTcon->ses->server->secMode & 
                         (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED)) == 0)) {
+                               struct kvec iov[2];
+                               unsigned int len;
+
+                               len = min(cifs_sb->wsize,
+                                         write_size - total_written);
+                               /* iov[0] is reserved for smb header */
+                               iov[1].iov_base = (char *)write_data +
+                                                 total_written;
+                               iov[1].iov_len = len;
                                rc = CIFSSMBWrite2(xid, pTcon,
-                                               open_file->netfid,
-                                               min_t(const int, cifs_sb->wsize,
-                                                   write_size - total_written),
+                                               open_file->netfid, len,
                                                *poffset, &bytes_written,
-                                               write_data + total_written, 
-                                               long_op);
+                                               iov, 1, long_op);
                        } else
                        /* BB FIXME fixup indentation of line below */
 #endif                 
 
           Flags2 is converted in SendReceive */
 
        smb_buffer->smb_buf_length = cpu_to_be32(smb_buffer->smb_buf_length);
-       cFYI(1, ("Sending smb of length %d ", smb_buf_length));
+       cFYI(1, ("Sending smb of length %d", smb_buf_length));
        dump_smb(smb_buffer, len);
 
        while (len > 0) {
                rc = kernel_sendmsg(ssocket, &smb_msg, &iov, 1, len);
                if ((rc == -ENOSPC) || (rc == -EAGAIN)) {
                        i++;
-                       if(i > 60) {
+               /* smaller timeout here than send2 since smaller size */
+               /* Although it may not be required, this also is smaller 
+                  oplock break time */  
+                       if(i > 30) {
                                cERROR(1,
-                                  ("sends on sock %p stuck for 30 seconds",
+                                  ("sends on sock %p stuck for 15 seconds",
                                    ssocket));
                                rc = -EAGAIN;
                                break;
        }
 
        if (rc < 0) {
-               cERROR(1,("Error %d sending data on socket to server.", rc));
+               cERROR(1,("Error %d sending data on socket to server", rc));
        } else {
                rc = 0;
        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 static int
-smb_send2(struct socket *ssocket, struct smb_hdr *smb_buffer,
-        unsigned int smb_hdr_length, const char * data, unsigned int datalen,
-        struct sockaddr *sin)
+smb_send2(struct socket *ssocket, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec,
+         struct sockaddr *sin)
 {
        int rc = 0;
        int i = 0;
        struct msghdr smb_msg;
-       struct kvec iov[2];
-       unsigned len = smb_hdr_length + 4;
+       struct smb_hdr *smb_buffer = iov[0].iov_base;
+       unsigned int len = iov[0].iov_len;
+       unsigned int total_len;
+       int first_vec = 0;
        
        if(ssocket == NULL)
                return -ENOTSOCK; /* BB eventually add reconnect code here */
-       iov[0].iov_base = smb_buffer;
-       iov[0].iov_len = len;
-       iov[1].iov_base = data;
-       iov[1].iov_len = datalen;
+
        smb_msg.msg_name = sin;
        smb_msg.msg_namelen = sizeof (struct sockaddr);
        smb_msg.msg_control = NULL;
           cifssmb.c and RFC1001 len is converted to bigendian in smb_send 
           Flags2 is converted in SendReceive */
 
+
+       total_len = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < n_vec; i++)
+               total_len += iov[i].iov_len;
+
        smb_buffer->smb_buf_length = cpu_to_be32(smb_buffer->smb_buf_length);
-       cFYI(1, ("Sending smb:  hdrlen %d datalen %d",
-                smb_hdr_length,datalen));
+       cFYI(1, ("Sending smb:  total_len %d", total_len));
        dump_smb(smb_buffer, len);
 
-       while (len + datalen > 0) {
-               rc = kernel_sendmsg(ssocket, &smb_msg, iov, 2, len);
+       while (total_len) {
+               rc = kernel_sendmsg(ssocket, &smb_msg, &iov[first_vec],
+                                   n_vec - first_vec, total_len);
                if ((rc == -ENOSPC) || (rc == -EAGAIN)) {
                        i++;
-                       if(i > 60) {
+                       if(i > 40) {
                                cERROR(1,
-                                  ("sends on sock %p stuck for 30 seconds",
+                                  ("sends on sock %p stuck for 20 seconds",
                                    ssocket));
                                rc = -EAGAIN;
                                break;
                }
                if (rc < 0) 
                        break;
-               if(iov[0].iov_len > 0) {
-                       if(rc >= len) {
-                               iov[0].iov_len = 0;
-                               rc -= len;
-                               len = 0;
-                       } else {  /* some of hdr was not sent */
-                               len -= rc;
-                               iov[0].iov_len -= rc;
-                               iov[0].iov_base += rc;
-                               continue;
-                       }
+
+               if (rc >= total_len) {
+                       WARN_ON(rc > total_len);
+                       break;
+               }
+               if(rc == 0) {
+                       /* should never happen, letting socket clear before
+                          retrying is our only obvious option here */
+                       cERROR(1,("tcp sent no data");
+                       msleep(500);
+                       continue;
                }
-               if((iov[0].iov_len == 0) && (rc > 0)){
-                       iov[1].iov_base += rc;
-                       iov[1].iov_len -= rc;
-                       datalen -= rc;
+               total_len -= rc;
+               for (i = first_vec; i < n_vec; i++) {
+                       if (iov[i].iov_len) {
+                               if (rc > iov[i].iov_len) {
+                                       rc -= iov[i].iov_len;
+                                       iov[i].iov_len = 0;
+                               } else {
+                                       iov[i].iov_base += rc;
+                                       iov[i].iov_len -= rc;
+                                       first_vec = i;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
        }
 
        if (rc < 0) {
-               cERROR(1,("Error %d sending data on socket to server.", rc));
-       } else {
+               cERROR(1,("Error %d sending data on socket to server", rc));
+       } else
                rc = 0;
-       }
 
        return rc;
 }
 
 int
 SendReceive2(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses, 
-            struct smb_hdr *in_buf, int hdrlen, const char * data,
-            int datalen, int *pbytes_returned, const int long_op)
+            struct kvec *iov, int n_vec, int *pbytes_returned,
+            const int long_op)
 {
        int rc = 0;
        unsigned int receive_len;
        unsigned long timeout;
        struct mid_q_entry *midQ;
+       struct smb_hdr *in_buf = iov[0].iov_base;
 
        if (ses == NULL) {
                cERROR(1,("Null smb session"));
 /*     rc = cifs_sign_smb2(in_buf, data, ses->server, &midQ->sequence_number); */
 
        midQ->midState = MID_REQUEST_SUBMITTED;
-       rc = smb_send2(ses->server->ssocket, in_buf, hdrlen, data, datalen,
+       rc = smb_send2(ses->server->ssocket, iov, n_vec,
                      (struct sockaddr *) &(ses->server->addr.sockAddr));
        if(rc < 0) {
                DeleteMidQEntry(midQ);