diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4ab67e8cb776..873b4ca82ccb 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@ static void aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2)
 		 * Tell lockdep we inherited freeze protection from submission
 		 * thread.
 		 */
-		__sb_writers_acquired(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+		if (S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
+			__sb_writers_acquired(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 		file_end_write(file);
 	}
 
@@ -1525,7 +1526,8 @@ static ssize_t aio_write(struct kiocb *req, struct iocb *iocb, bool vectored,
 		 * by telling it the lock got released so that it doesn't
 		 * complain about held lock when we return to userspace.
 		 */
-		__sb_writers_release(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+		if (S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
+			__sb_writers_release(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 	}
 	kfree(iovec);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 29a02daf08a9..422370293cfd 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2298,6 +2298,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 				goto end_coredump;
 		}
 	}
+	dump_truncate(cprm);
 
 	if (!elf_core_write_extra_data(cprm))
 		goto end_coredump;
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index e525b6017cdf..ae6b05629ca1 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -833,3 +833,21 @@ int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
 	return mod ? dump_skip(cprm, align - mod) : 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->f_path.dentry, offset, 0, file);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_truncate);
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 595522022aca..c9d48dc78495 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -922,11 +922,10 @@ int simple_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	int error;
 
 	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-		error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return 0;
-		if (error == 0)
-			acl = NULL;
+		error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode,
+				&inode->i_mode, &acl);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 	}
 
 	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index d016a121a8c4..28ffa94aed6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct coredump_params;
 extern int 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);
 #ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 extern void do_coredump(const siginfo_t *siginfo);
 #else
diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 25f572303801..e68604ae3ced 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -730,43 +730,50 @@ size_t iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(struct page *page,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic);
 
-static void pipe_advance(struct iov_iter *i, size_t size)
+static inline void pipe_truncate(struct iov_iter *i)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = i->pipe;
-	struct pipe_buffer *buf;
-	int idx = i->idx;
-	size_t off = i->iov_offset, orig_sz;
-	
-	if (unlikely(i->count < size))
-		size = i->count;
-	orig_sz = size;
-
-	if (size) {
-		if (off) /* make it relative to the beginning of buffer */
-			size += off - pipe->bufs[idx].offset;
-		while (1) {
-			buf = &pipe->bufs[idx];
-			if (size <= buf->len)
-				break;
-			size -= buf->len;
-			idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
-		}
-		buf->len = size;
-		i->idx = idx;
-		off = i->iov_offset = buf->offset + size;
-	}
-	if (off)
-		idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
 	if (pipe->nrbufs) {
-		int unused = (pipe->curbuf + pipe->nrbufs) & (pipe->buffers - 1);
-		/* [curbuf,unused) is in use.  Free [idx,unused) */
-		while (idx != unused) {
+		size_t off = i->iov_offset;
+		int idx = i->idx;
+		int nrbufs = (idx - pipe->curbuf) & (pipe->buffers - 1);
+		if (off) {
+			pipe->bufs[idx].len = off - pipe->bufs[idx].offset;
+			idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
+			nrbufs++;
+		}
+		while (pipe->nrbufs > nrbufs) {
 			pipe_buf_release(pipe, &pipe->bufs[idx]);
 			idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
 			pipe->nrbufs--;
 		}
 	}
-	i->count -= orig_sz;
+}
+
+static void pipe_advance(struct iov_iter *i, size_t size)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = i->pipe;
+	if (unlikely(i->count < size))
+		size = i->count;
+	if (size) {
+		struct pipe_buffer *buf;
+		size_t off = i->iov_offset, left = size;
+		int idx = i->idx;
+		if (off) /* make it relative to the beginning of buffer */
+			left += off - pipe->bufs[idx].offset;
+		while (1) {
+			buf = &pipe->bufs[idx];
+			if (left <= buf->len)
+				break;
+			left -= buf->len;
+			idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
+		}
+		i->idx = idx;
+		i->iov_offset = buf->offset + left;
+	}
+	i->count -= size;
+	/* ... and discard everything past that point */
+	pipe_truncate(i);
 }
 
 void iov_iter_advance(struct iov_iter *i, size_t size)
@@ -826,6 +833,7 @@ void iov_iter_pipe(struct iov_iter *i, int direction,
 			size_t count)
 {
 	BUG_ON(direction != ITER_PIPE);
+	WARN_ON(pipe->nrbufs == pipe->buffers);
 	i->type = direction;
 	i->pipe = pipe;
 	i->idx = (pipe->curbuf + pipe->nrbufs) & (pipe->buffers - 1);