diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
index 60b5583..1a58761 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 			return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	if (!dump_skip(cprm, roundup(cprm->pos - ret + sz, 4) - cprm->pos))
-		return -EIO;
+	dump_skip_to(cprm, roundup(cprm->pos - ret + sz, 4));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index b12ba98..187b3f2b 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2267,8 +2267,7 @@
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	/* Align to page */
-	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->pos))
-		goto end_coredump;
+	dump_skip_to(cprm, dataoff);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < vma_count; i++) {
 		struct core_vma_metadata *meta = vma_meta + i;
@@ -2276,7 +2275,6 @@
 		if (!dump_user_range(cprm, meta->start, meta->dump_size))
 			goto end_coredump;
 	}
-	dump_truncate(cprm);
 
 	if (!elf_core_write_extra_data(cprm))
 		goto end_coredump;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 3cfd6cd..2c99b10 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1631,8 +1631,7 @@
 				goto end_coredump;
 	}
 
-	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->pos))
-		goto end_coredump;
+	dump_skip_to(cprm, dataoff);
 
 	if (!elf_fdpic_dump_segments(cprm, vma_meta, vma_count))
 		goto end_coredump;
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 1c0fdc1..2868e3e 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -809,6 +809,16 @@
 		}
 		file_start_write(cprm.file);
 		core_dumped = binfmt->core_dump(&cprm);
+		/*
+		 * Ensures that file size is big enough to contain the current
+		 * file postion. This prevents gdb from complaining about
+		 * a truncated file if the last "write" to the file was
+		 * dump_skip.
+		 */
+		if (cprm.to_skip) {
+			cprm.to_skip--;
+			dump_emit(&cprm, "", 1);
+		}
 		file_end_write(cprm.file);
 	}
 	if (ispipe && core_pipe_limit)
@@ -835,7 +845,7 @@
  * do on a core-file: use only these functions to write out all the
  * necessary info.
  */
-int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
+static int __dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
 {
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 	loff_t pos = file->f_pos;
@@ -855,9 +865,8 @@
 
 	return 1;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_emit);
 
-int dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
+static int __dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
 {
 	static char zeroes[PAGE_SIZE];
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
@@ -869,13 +878,35 @@
 		return 1;
 	} else {
 		while (nr > PAGE_SIZE) {
-			if (!dump_emit(cprm, zeroes, PAGE_SIZE))
+			if (!__dump_emit(cprm, zeroes, PAGE_SIZE))
 				return 0;
 			nr -= PAGE_SIZE;
 		}
-		return dump_emit(cprm, zeroes, nr);
+		return __dump_emit(cprm, zeroes, nr);
 	}
 }
+
+int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr)
+{
+	if (cprm->to_skip) {
+		if (!__dump_skip(cprm, cprm->to_skip))
+			return 0;
+		cprm->to_skip = 0;
+	}
+	return __dump_emit(cprm, addr, nr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_emit);
+
+void dump_skip_to(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long pos)
+{
+	cprm->to_skip = pos - cprm->pos;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip_to);
+
+void dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr)
+{
+	cprm->to_skip += nr;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ELF_CORE
@@ -902,11 +933,11 @@
 			stop = !dump_emit(cprm, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
 			kunmap_local(kaddr);
 			put_page(page);
+			if (stop)
+				return 0;
 		} else {
-			stop = !dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
+			dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
 		}
-		if (stop)
-			return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -914,33 +945,16 @@
 
 int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
 {
-	unsigned mod = cprm->pos & (align - 1);
+	unsigned mod = (cprm->pos + cprm->to_skip) & (align - 1);
 	if (align & (align - 1))
 		return 0;
-	return mod ? dump_skip(cprm, align - mod) : 1;
+	if (mod)
+		cprm->to_skip += align - mod;
+	return 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_align);
 
 /*
- * Ensures that file size is big enough to contain the current file
- * postion. This prevents gdb from complaining about a truncated file
- * if the last "write" to the file was dump_skip.
- */
-void dump_truncate(struct coredump_params *cprm)
-{
-	struct file *file = cprm->file;
-	loff_t offset;
-
-	if (file->f_op->llseek && file->f_op->llseek != no_llseek) {
-		offset = file->f_op->llseek(file, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-		if (i_size_read(file->f_mapping->host) < offset)
-			do_truncate(file_mnt_user_ns(file), file->f_path.dentry,
-				    offset, 0, file);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_truncate);
-
-/*
  * The purpose of always_dump_vma() is to make sure that special kernel mappings
  * that are useful for post-mortem analysis are included in every core dump.
  * In that way we ensure that the core dump is fully interpretable later
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 0abd93e..049cf94 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 	unsigned long mm_flags;
 	loff_t written;
 	loff_t pos;
+	loff_t to_skip;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index e58e8c2..78fcd77 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -7,34 +7,34 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 struct core_vma_metadata {
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long dump_size;
 };
 
+extern int core_uses_pid;
+extern char core_pattern[];
+extern unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
+
 /*
  * These are the only things you should do on a core-file: use only these
  * functions to write out all the necessary info.
  */
 struct coredump_params;
-extern int dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr);
+extern void dump_skip_to(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long to);
+extern void dump_skip(struct coredump_params *cprm, size_t nr);
 extern int dump_emit(struct coredump_params *cprm, const void *addr, int nr);
 extern int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align);
-extern void dump_truncate(struct coredump_params *cprm);
 int dump_user_range(struct coredump_params *cprm, unsigned long start,
 		    unsigned long len);
 int dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm, int *vma_count,
 		      struct core_vma_metadata **vma_meta,
 		      size_t *vma_data_size_ptr);
-#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 extern void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo);
 #else
 static inline void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo) {}
 #endif
 
-extern int core_uses_pid;
-extern char core_pattern[];
-extern unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_COREDUMP_H */