diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 501c8a4..00fd9c9 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1225,35 +1225,23 @@
 	return sz;
 }
 
-#define DUMP_WRITE(addr, nr, foffset)	\
-	do { if (!dump_write(file, (addr), (nr))) return 0; *foffset += (nr); } while(0)
-
-static int alignfile(struct file *file, loff_t *foffset)
+static int alignfile(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	static const char buf[4] = { 0, };
-	DUMP_WRITE(buf, roundup(*foffset, 4) - *foffset, foffset);
-	return 1;
+	return dump_emit(cprm, buf, roundup(cprm->written, 4) - cprm->written);
 }
 
-static int writenote(struct memelfnote *men, struct file *file,
-			loff_t *foffset)
+static int writenote(struct memelfnote *men, struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	struct elf_note en;
 	en.n_namesz = strlen(men->name) + 1;
 	en.n_descsz = men->datasz;
 	en.n_type = men->type;
 
-	DUMP_WRITE(&en, sizeof(en), foffset);
-	DUMP_WRITE(men->name, en.n_namesz, foffset);
-	if (!alignfile(file, foffset))
-		return 0;
-	DUMP_WRITE(men->data, men->datasz, foffset);
-	if (!alignfile(file, foffset))
-		return 0;
-
-	return 1;
+	return dump_emit(cprm, &en, sizeof(en)) &&
+	    dump_emit(cprm, men->name, en.n_namesz) && alignfile(cprm) &&
+	    dump_emit(cprm, men->data, men->datasz) && alignfile(cprm);
 }
-#undef DUMP_WRITE
 
 static void fill_elf_header(struct elfhdr *elf, int segs,
 			    u16 machine, u32 flags)
@@ -1702,7 +1690,7 @@
  * process-wide notes are interleaved after the first thread-specific note.
  */
 static int write_note_info(struct elf_note_info *info,
-			   struct file *file, loff_t *foffset)
+			   struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	bool first = 1;
 	struct elf_thread_core_info *t = info->thread;
@@ -1710,22 +1698,22 @@
 	do {
 		int i;
 
-		if (!writenote(&t->notes[0], file, foffset))
+		if (!writenote(&t->notes[0], cprm))
 			return 0;
 
-		if (first && !writenote(&info->psinfo, file, foffset))
+		if (first && !writenote(&info->psinfo, cprm))
 			return 0;
-		if (first && !writenote(&info->signote, file, foffset))
+		if (first && !writenote(&info->signote, cprm))
 			return 0;
-		if (first && !writenote(&info->auxv, file, foffset))
+		if (first && !writenote(&info->auxv, cprm))
 			return 0;
 		if (first && info->files.data &&
-				!writenote(&info->files, file, foffset))
+				!writenote(&info->files, cprm))
 			return 0;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < info->thread_notes; ++i)
 			if (t->notes[i].data &&
-			    !writenote(&t->notes[i], file, foffset))
+			    !writenote(&t->notes[i], cprm))
 				return 0;
 
 		first = 0;
@@ -1935,13 +1923,13 @@
 }
 
 static int write_note_info(struct elf_note_info *info,
-			   struct file *file, loff_t *foffset)
+			   struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct list_head *t;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < info->numnote; i++)
-		if (!writenote(info->notes + i, file, foffset))
+		if (!writenote(info->notes + i, cprm))
 			return 0;
 
 	/* write out the thread status notes section */
@@ -1950,7 +1938,7 @@
 				list_entry(t, struct elf_thread_status, list);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < tmp->num_notes; i++)
-			if (!writenote(&tmp->notes[i], file, foffset))
+			if (!writenote(&tmp->notes[i], cprm))
 				return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2136,13 +2124,10 @@
 
 	offset = dataoff;
 
-	size += sizeof(*elf);
-	if (size > cprm->limit || !dump_write(cprm->file, elf, sizeof(*elf)))
+	if (!dump_emit(cprm, elf, sizeof(*elf)))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
-	size += sizeof(*phdr4note);
-	if (size > cprm->limit
-	    || !dump_write(cprm->file, phdr4note, sizeof(*phdr4note)))
+	if (!dump_emit(cprm, phdr4note, sizeof(*phdr4note)))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
 	/* Write program headers for segments dump */
@@ -2164,19 +2149,20 @@
 			phdr.p_flags |= PF_X;
 		phdr.p_align = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE;
 
-		size += sizeof(phdr);
-		if (size > cprm->limit
-		    || !dump_write(cprm->file, &phdr, sizeof(phdr)))
+		if (!dump_emit(cprm, &phdr, sizeof(phdr)))
 			goto end_coredump;
 	}
+	size = cprm->written;
 
 	if (!elf_core_write_extra_phdrs(cprm->file, offset, &size, cprm->limit))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
+	cprm->written = foffset;	/* will disappear */
  	/* write out the notes section */
-	if (!write_note_info(&info, cprm->file, &foffset))
+	if (!write_note_info(&info, cprm))
 		goto end_coredump;
 
+	foffset = cprm->written;
 	if (elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(cprm->file, &foffset))
 		goto end_coredump;