diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 6cbae1d205..6b83b3e267 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -949,19 +949,21 @@ int64_t qcow2_alloc_bytes(BlockDriverState *bs, int size)
     }
 
     free_in_cluster = s->cluster_size - offset_into_cluster(s, offset);
-    if (!offset || free_in_cluster < size) {
-        int64_t new_cluster = alloc_clusters_noref(bs, s->cluster_size);
-        if (new_cluster < 0) {
-            return new_cluster;
-        }
+    do {
+        if (!offset || free_in_cluster < size) {
+            int64_t new_cluster = alloc_clusters_noref(bs, s->cluster_size);
+            if (new_cluster < 0) {
+                return new_cluster;
+            }
 
-        if (!offset || ROUND_UP(offset, s->cluster_size) != new_cluster) {
-            offset = new_cluster;
+            if (!offset || ROUND_UP(offset, s->cluster_size) != new_cluster) {
+                offset = new_cluster;
+            }
         }
-    }
 
-    assert(offset);
-    ret = update_refcount(bs, offset, size, 1, false, QCOW2_DISCARD_NEVER);
+        assert(offset);
+        ret = update_refcount(bs, offset, size, 1, false, QCOW2_DISCARD_NEVER);
+    } while (ret == -EAGAIN);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index dae5d2fee9..9ee92791ef 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define FTYPE_FILE 0
 #define FTYPE_CD     1
 #define FTYPE_HARDDISK 2
+#define WINDOWS_VISTA 6
 
 typedef struct RawWin32AIOData {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ typedef struct BDRVRawState {
     QEMUWin32AIOState *aio;
 } BDRVRawState;
 
+typedef struct BDRVRawReopenState {
+    HANDLE hfile;
+} BDRVRawReopenState;
+
 /*
  * Read/writes the data to/from a given linear buffer.
  *
@@ -193,12 +198,14 @@ int qemu_ftruncate64(int fd, int64_t length)
     return res ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
+/*
 static int set_sparse(int fd)
 {
     DWORD returned;
     return (int) DeviceIoControl((HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd), FSCTL_SET_SPARSE,
 				 NULL, 0, NULL, 0, &returned, NULL);
 }
+*/
 
 static void raw_detach_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
@@ -292,6 +299,100 @@ static QemuOptsList raw_runtime_opts = {
     },
 };
 
+static int raw_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *state, BlockReopenQueue *queue, Error **errp)
+{
+    BDRVRawState *s;
+    BDRVRawReopenState *raw_s;
+    int ret = 0;
+    int access_flags;
+    DWORD overlapped;
+    OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
+
+    assert(state != NULL);
+    assert(state->bs != NULL);
+
+    s = state->bs->opaque;
+
+    state->opaque = g_malloc0(sizeof(BDRVRawReopenState));
+    raw_s = state->opaque;
+
+    raw_parse_flags(state->flags, &access_flags, &overlapped);
+
+    ZeroMemory(&osvi, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO));
+    osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
+
+    GetVersionEx(&osvi);
+    raw_s->hfile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+
+    if (osvi.dwMajorVersion >= WINDOWS_VISTA) {
+        raw_s->hfile = ReOpenFile(s->hfile, access_flags, FILE_SHARE_READ,
+                                  overlapped);
+    }
+
+    /* could not reopen the file handle, so fall back to opening
+     * new file (CreateFile) */
+    if (raw_s->hfile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        raw_s->hfile = CreateFile(state->bs->filename, access_flags,
+                                  FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                                  overlapped, NULL);
+        if (raw_s->hfile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+            /* this could happen because the access_flags requested are
+             * incompatible with the existing share mode of s->hfile,
+             * so our only option now is to close s->hfile, and try again.
+             * This could end badly */
+            CloseHandle(s->hfile);
+            s->hfile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+            raw_s->hfile = CreateFile(state->bs->filename, access_flags,
+                                      FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                                      overlapped, NULL);
+            if (raw_s->hfile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+                /* Unrecoverable error */
+                error_set(errp, ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR,
+                          "Fatal error reopening %s file; file closed and cannot be opened\n",
+                          state->bs->filename);
+                ret = -1;
+            } else{
+                /* since we had to close the original, go ahead and
+                 * re-assign here */
+                s->hfile = raw_s->hfile;
+                raw_s->hfile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void raw_reopen_commit(BDRVReopenState *state)
+{
+    BDRVRawReopenState *raw_s = state->opaque;
+    BDRVRawState *s = state->bs->opaque;
+
+    if (raw_s->hfile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        CloseHandle(s->hfile);
+        s->hfile = raw_s->hfile;
+    }
+
+    g_free(state->opaque);
+    state->opaque = NULL;
+}
+
+static void raw_reopen_abort(BDRVReopenState *state)
+{
+    BDRVRawReopenState *raw_s = state->opaque;
+
+     /* nothing to do if NULL, we didn't get far enough */
+    if (raw_s == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (raw_s->hfile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        CloseHandle(raw_s->hfile);
+    }
+    g_free(state->opaque);
+    state->opaque = NULL;
+}
+
 static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
                     Error **errp)
 {
@@ -329,7 +430,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     }
 
     s->hfile = CreateFile(filename, access_flags,
-                          FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL,
+                          FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL,
                           OPEN_EXISTING, overlapped, NULL);
     if (s->hfile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
         int err = GetLastError();
@@ -520,7 +621,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Could not create file");
         return -EIO;
     }
-    set_sparse(fd);
+    //set_sparse(fd);
     ftruncate(fd, total_size);
     qemu_close(fd);
     return 0;
@@ -547,6 +648,9 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_needs_filename = true,
     .bdrv_parse_filename = raw_parse_filename,
     .bdrv_file_open     = raw_open,
+    .bdrv_reopen_prepare = raw_reopen_prepare,
+    .bdrv_reopen_commit = raw_reopen_commit,
+    .bdrv_reopen_abort = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_close         = raw_close,
     .bdrv_create        = raw_create,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = bdrv_has_zero_init_1,
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index bb3ed45d5c..e24062f22a 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                         iov1.iov_base = qemu_blockalign(bs, iov1.iov_len);
                         memset(iov1.iov_base, 0, iov1.iov_len);
                         qemu_iovec_concat_iov(&hd_qiov, &iov1, 1, 0,
-                                              sinfo.block_offset);
+                                              iov1.iov_len);
                         sectors_to_write += iov1.iov_len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
                     }
 
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                         iov2.iov_base = qemu_blockalign(bs, iov2.iov_len);
                         memset(iov2.iov_base, 0, iov2.iov_len);
                         qemu_iovec_concat_iov(&hd_qiov, &iov2, 1, 0,
-                                              sinfo.block_offset);
+                                              iov2.iov_len);
                         sectors_to_write += iov2.iov_len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
                     }
                 }