diff --git a/src/ceph_fuse.cc b/src/ceph_fuse.cc
index de513bcf0a8..f7a8d1a2c73 100644
--- a/src/ceph_fuse.cc
+++ b/src/ceph_fuse.cc
@@ -155,14 +155,15 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv, const char *envp[]) {
     }
 
     r = cfuse.init(newargc, newargv);
-    if (r < 0) {
+    if (r != 0) {
       cerr << "ceph-fuse[" << getpid() << "]: fuse failed to initialize" << std::endl;
-      goto out_shutdown;
+      goto out_client_unmount;
     }
     cerr << "ceph-fuse[" << getpid() << "]: starting fuse" << std::endl;
     r = cfuse.loop();
     cerr << "ceph-fuse[" << getpid() << "]: fuse finished with error " << r << std::endl;
 
+  out_client_unmount:
     client->unmount();
     //cout << "unmounted" << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/src/log/Log.cc b/src/log/Log.cc
index 2912463f6b6..e06afbfe1e2 100644
--- a/src/log/Log.cc
+++ b/src/log/Log.cc
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void Log::_log_message(const char *s, bool crash)
 
 void Log::dump_recent()
 {
-  pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_flush_mutex);
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&m_flush_mutex);
 
   pthread_mutex_lock(&m_queue_mutex);
   EntryQueue t;
diff --git a/src/os/FileJournal.cc b/src/os/FileJournal.cc
index 5f31406db40..20324f37a3d 100644
--- a/src/os/FileJournal.cc
+++ b/src/os/FileJournal.cc
@@ -1147,8 +1147,10 @@ void FileJournal::write_thread_entry()
     }
     assert(r == 0);
 
-    logger->inc(l_os_j_wr);
-    logger->inc(l_os_j_wr_bytes, bl.length());
+    if (logger) {
+      logger->inc(l_os_j_wr);
+      logger->inc(l_os_j_wr_bytes, bl.length());
+    }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBAIO
     if (aio)
@@ -1249,40 +1251,51 @@ int FileJournal::write_aio_bl(off64_t& pos, bufferlist& bl, uint64_t seq)
 
   dout(20) << "write_aio_bl " << pos << "~" << bl.length() << " seq " << seq << dendl;
   
-  aio_queue.push_back(aio_info(bl, pos, seq));
-  aio_info& aio = aio_queue.back();
-
-  aio.iov = new iovec[aio.bl.buffers().size()];
-  int n = 0;
-  for (std::list<buffer::ptr>::const_iterator p = aio.bl.buffers().begin(); 
-       p != aio.bl.buffers().end();
-       ++p, ++n) {
-    aio.iov[n].iov_base = (void *)p->c_str();
-    aio.iov[n].iov_len = p->length();
-  }
-  io_prep_pwritev(&aio.iocb, fd, aio.iov, n, pos);
-
-  dout(20) << "write_aio_bl .. " << aio.off << "~" << aio.len
-	   << " in " << n << dendl;
-
-  aio_num++;
-  aio_bytes += aio.len;
-
-  iocb *piocb = &aio.iocb;
-  int attempts = 10;
-  do {
-    int r = io_submit(aio_ctx, 1, &piocb);
-    if (r < 0) {
-      derr << "io_submit to " << aio.off << "~" << aio.len
-	   << " got " << cpp_strerror(r) << dendl;
-      if (r == -EAGAIN && attempts-- > 0) {
-	usleep(500);
-	continue;
-      }
-      assert(0 == "io_submit got unexpected error");
+  while (bl.length() > 0) {
+    int max = MIN(bl.buffers().size(), IOV_MAX-1);
+    iovec *iov = new iovec[max];
+    int n = 0;
+    unsigned len = 0;
+    for (std::list<buffer::ptr>::const_iterator p = bl.buffers().begin();
+	 n < max;
+	 ++p, ++n) {
+      assert(p != bl.buffers().end());
+      iov[n].iov_base = (void *)p->c_str();
+      iov[n].iov_len = p->length();
+      len += p->length();
     }
-  } while (false);
-  pos += aio.len;
+
+    bufferlist tbl;
+    bl.splice(0, len, &tbl);  // move bytes from bl -> tbl
+
+    aio_queue.push_back(aio_info(tbl, pos, bl.length() > 0 ? 0 : seq));
+    aio_info& aio = aio_queue.back();
+    aio.iov = iov;
+
+    io_prep_pwritev(&aio.iocb, fd, aio.iov, n, pos);
+
+    dout(20) << "write_aio_bl .. " << aio.off << "~" << aio.len
+	     << " in " << n << dendl;
+
+    aio_num++;
+    aio_bytes += aio.len;
+
+    iocb *piocb = &aio.iocb;
+    int attempts = 10;
+    do {
+      int r = io_submit(aio_ctx, 1, &piocb);
+      if (r < 0) {
+	derr << "io_submit to " << aio.off << "~" << aio.len
+	     << " got " << cpp_strerror(r) << dendl;
+	if (r == -EAGAIN && attempts-- > 0) {
+	  usleep(500);
+	  continue;
+	}
+	assert(0 == "io_submit got unexpected error");
+      }
+    } while (false);
+    pos += aio.len;
+  }
   write_finish_cond.Signal();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/test_filejournal.cc b/src/test/test_filejournal.cc
index c3af26bc3e4..5b7576dea39 100644
--- a/src/test/test_filejournal.cc
+++ b/src/test/test_filejournal.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #include "common/ceph_argparse.h"
 #include "common/common_init.h"
@@ -69,8 +70,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   finisher = new Finisher(g_ceph_context);
   
-  srand(getpid()+time(0));
-  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/tmp/test_filejournal.tmp.%d", rand());
+  if (args.size()) {
+    strcpy(path, args[0]);
+  } else {
+    srand(getpid()+time(0));
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/tmp/test_filejournal.tmp.%d", rand());
+  }
+  cout << "path " << path << std::endl;
 
   ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
 
@@ -160,6 +166,43 @@ TEST(TestFileJournal, WriteMany) {
   j.close();
 }
 
+TEST(TestFileJournal, WriteManyVecs) {
+  fsid.generate_random();
+  FileJournal j(fsid, finisher, &sync_cond, path, directio, aio);
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, j.create());
+  j.make_writeable();
+
+  C_GatherBuilder gb(g_ceph_context, new C_SafeCond(&lock, &cond, &done));
+
+  bufferlist first;
+  first.append("small");
+  j.submit_entry(1, first, 0, gb.new_sub());
+
+  bufferlist bl;
+  for (int i=0; i<IOV_MAX * 2; i++) {
+    bufferptr bp = buffer::create_page_aligned(4096);
+    memset(bp.c_str(), (char)i, 4096);
+    bl.append(bp);
+  }
+  bufferlist origbl = bl;
+  j.submit_entry(2, bl, 0, gb.new_sub());
+  gb.activate();
+  wait();
+
+  j.close();
+
+  j.open(1);
+  bufferlist inbl;
+  string v;
+  uint64_t seq = 0;
+  ASSERT_EQ(true, j.read_entry(inbl, seq));
+  ASSERT_EQ(seq, 2ull);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(inbl.contents_equal(origbl));
+  j.make_writeable();
+  j.close();
+
+}
+
 TEST(TestFileJournal, ReplaySmall) {
   fsid.generate_random();
   FileJournal j(fsid, finisher, &sync_cond, path, directio, aio);