diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
index 10bc3f048daf7a52a836eaa7b8bf336d8f127a48..06056b1c34452e6da2d8c19e19d8ec7066f0e603 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ static void InitCompressorZlib(CompressorState *cs, int level);
 static void DeflateCompressorZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 					  bool flush);
 static void ReadDataFromArchiveZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, ReadFunc readF);
-static size_t WriteDataToArchiveZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
+static void WriteDataToArchiveZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 					   const char *data, size_t dLen);
 static void EndCompressorZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs);
 #endif
 
 /* Routines that support uncompressed data I/O */
 static void ReadDataFromArchiveNone(ArchiveHandle *AH, ReadFunc readF);
-static size_t WriteDataToArchiveNone(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
+static void WriteDataToArchiveNone(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 					   const char *data, size_t dLen);
 
 /*
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ ReadDataFromArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, int compression, ReadFunc readF)
 /*
  * Compress and write data to the output stream (via writeF).
  */
-size_t
+void
 WriteDataToArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 				   const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
@@ -190,14 +190,16 @@ WriteDataToArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 	{
 		case COMPR_ALG_LIBZ:
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
-			return WriteDataToArchiveZlib(AH, cs, data, dLen);
+			WriteDataToArchiveZlib(AH, cs, data, dLen);
 #else
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "not built with zlib support\n");
 #endif
+			break;
 		case COMPR_ALG_NONE:
-			return WriteDataToArchiveNone(AH, cs, data, dLen);
+			WriteDataToArchiveNone(AH, cs, data, dLen);
+			break;
 	}
-	return 0;					/* keep compiler quiet */
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -298,10 +300,7 @@ DeflateCompressorZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs, bool flush)
 				 */
 				size_t		len = cs->zlibOutSize - zp->avail_out;
 
-				if (cs->writeF(AH, out, len) != len)
-					exit_horribly(modulename,
-								  "could not write to output file: %s\n",
-								  strerror(errno));
+				cs->writeF(AH, out, len);
 			}
 			zp->next_out = (void *) out;
 			zp->avail_out = cs->zlibOutSize;
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ DeflateCompressorZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs, bool flush)
 	}
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 WriteDataToArchiveZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 					   const char *data, size_t dLen)
 {
@@ -320,11 +319,7 @@ WriteDataToArchiveZlib(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 	cs->zp->avail_in = dLen;
 	DeflateCompressorZlib(AH, cs, false);
 
-	/*
-	 * we have either succeeded in writing dLen bytes or we have called
-	 * exit_horribly()
-	 */
-	return dLen;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -427,19 +422,12 @@ ReadDataFromArchiveNone(ArchiveHandle *AH, ReadFunc readF)
 	free(buf);
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 WriteDataToArchiveNone(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 					   const char *data, size_t dLen)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Any write function should do its own error checking but to make sure we
-	 * do a check here as well...
-	 */
-	if (cs->writeF(AH, data, dLen) != dLen)
-		exit_horribly(modulename,
-					  "could not write to output file: %s\n",
-					  strerror(errno));
-	return dLen;
+	cs->writeF(AH, data, dLen);
+	return;
 }
 
 
@@ -573,12 +561,27 @@ cfopen(const char *path, const char *mode, int compression)
 int
 cfread(void *ptr, int size, cfp *fp)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	if (size == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 	if (fp->compressedfp)
-		return gzread(fp->compressedfp, ptr, size);
+	{
+		ret = gzread(fp->compressedfp, ptr, size);
+		if (ret != size && !gzeof(fp->compressedfp))
+			exit_horribly(modulename,
+					"could not read from input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	}
 	else
 #endif
-		return fread(ptr, 1, size, fp->uncompressedfp);
+	{
+		ret = fread(ptr, 1, size, fp->uncompressedfp);
+		if (ret != size && !feof(fp->uncompressedfp))
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fp->uncompressedfp);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int
@@ -595,12 +598,31 @@ cfwrite(const void *ptr, int size, cfp *fp)
 int
 cfgetc(cfp *fp)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 	if (fp->compressedfp)
-		return gzgetc(fp->compressedfp);
+	{
+		ret = gzgetc(fp->compressedfp);
+		if (ret == EOF)
+		{
+			if (!gzeof(fp->compressedfp))
+				exit_horribly(modulename,
+						"could not read from input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			else
+				exit_horribly(modulename,
+						"could not read from input file: end of file\n");
+		}
+	}
 	else
 #endif
-		return fgetc(fp->uncompressedfp);
+	{
+		ret = fgetc(fp->uncompressedfp);
+		if (ret == EOF)
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fp->uncompressedfp);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 char *
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.h
index aecfba5937197e2c5c3ff9f0de4ba21cb8fd2a7b..713c78b8a79dde476b8f886fc69183a4490fda20 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ typedef enum
 } CompressionAlgorithm;
 
 /* Prototype for callback function to WriteDataToArchive() */
-typedef size_t (*WriteFunc) (ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t len);
+typedef void (*WriteFunc) (ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t len);
 
 /*
  * Prototype for callback function to ReadDataFromArchive()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef struct CompressorState CompressorState;
 extern CompressorState *AllocateCompressor(int compression, WriteFunc writeF);
 extern void ReadDataFromArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, int compression,
 					ReadFunc readF);
-extern size_t WriteDataToArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
+extern void WriteDataToArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs,
 				   const void *data, size_t dLen);
 extern void EndCompressor(ArchiveHandle *AH, CompressorState *cs);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
index 83f7216d50e6a66d557854a9f213325d16f703e1..08ace67db4ba379bc8dfc0085afb2570316e063c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ extern void ArchiveEntry(Archive *AHX,
 			 DataDumperPtr dumpFn, void *dumpArg);
 
 /* Called to write *data* to the archive */
-extern size_t WriteData(Archive *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+extern void WriteData(Archive *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 
 extern int	StartBlob(Archive *AH, Oid oid);
 extern int	EndBlob(Archive *AH, Oid oid);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ extern RestoreOptions *NewRestoreOptions(void);
 extern void SortTocFromFile(Archive *AHX, RestoreOptions *ropt);
 
 /* Convenience functions used only when writing DATA */
-extern int	archputs(const char *s, Archive *AH);
+extern void	archputs(const char *s, Archive *AH);
 extern int
 archprintf(Archive *AH, const char *fmt,...)
 /* This extension allows gcc to check the format string */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
index 946454019bd533471275b5e556b941b0cdc11838..adf91e1697c9b91f2e1b559b9ab286eb80d61903 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ _enableTriggersIfNecessary(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te, RestoreOptions *ropt
  */
 
 /* Public */
-size_t
+void
 WriteData(Archive *AHX, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
 	ArchiveHandle *AH = (ArchiveHandle *) AHX;
@@ -863,7 +863,9 @@ WriteData(Archive *AHX, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 	if (!AH->currToc)
 		exit_horribly(modulename, "internal error -- WriteData cannot be called outside the context of a DataDumper routine\n");
 
-	return (*AH->WriteDataPtr) (AH, data, dLen);
+	(*AH->WriteDataPtr) (AH, data, dLen);
+
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1246,10 +1248,11 @@ SortTocFromFile(Archive *AHX, RestoreOptions *ropt)
  **********************/
 
 /* Public */
-int
+void
 archputs(const char *s, Archive *AH)
 {
-	return WriteData(AH, s, strlen(s));
+	WriteData(AH, s, strlen(s));
+	return;
 }
 
 /* Public */
@@ -1486,11 +1489,11 @@ dump_lo_buf(ArchiveHandle *AH)
  *	format to create a custom output routine to 'fake' a restore if it
  *	wants to generate a script (see TAR output).
  */
-int
+void
 ahwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ArchiveHandle *AH)
 {
-	size_t		res;
-
+	int bytes_written = 0;
+	
 	if (AH->writingBlob)
 	{
 		size_t		remaining = size * nmemb;
@@ -1509,23 +1512,12 @@ ahwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		memcpy((char *) AH->lo_buf + AH->lo_buf_used, ptr, remaining);
 		AH->lo_buf_used += remaining;
 
-		return size * nmemb;
+		bytes_written = size * nmemb;
 	}
 	else if (AH->gzOut)
-	{
-		res = GZWRITE(ptr, size, nmemb, AH->OF);
-		if (res != (nmemb * size))
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to output file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return res;
-	}
+		bytes_written = GZWRITE(ptr, size, nmemb, AH->OF);
 	else if (AH->CustomOutPtr)
-	{
-		res = AH->CustomOutPtr (AH, ptr, size * nmemb);
-
-		if (res != (nmemb * size))
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to custom output routine\n");
-		return res;
-	}
+		bytes_written = AH->CustomOutPtr (AH, ptr, size * nmemb);
 	else
 	{
 		/*
@@ -1533,16 +1525,15 @@ ahwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		 * connected then send it to the DB.
 		 */
 		if (RestoringToDB(AH))
-			return ExecuteSqlCommandBuf(AH, (const char *) ptr, size * nmemb);
+			bytes_written  = ExecuteSqlCommandBuf(AH, (const char *) ptr, size * nmemb);
 		else
-		{
-			res = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, AH->OF);
-			if (res != nmemb)
-				exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to output file: %s\n",
-							  strerror(errno));
-			return res;
-		}
+			bytes_written = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, AH->OF) * size;
 	}
+
+	if (bytes_written != size * nmemb)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+	return;
 }
 
 /* on some error, we may decide to go on... */
@@ -1847,8 +1838,11 @@ WriteStr(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *c)
 
 	if (c)
 	{
-		res = WriteInt(AH, strlen(c));
-		res += (*AH->WriteBufPtr) (AH, c, strlen(c));
+		int len = strlen(c);
+		
+		res = WriteInt(AH, len);
+		(*AH->WriteBufPtr) (AH, c, len);
+		res += len;
 	}
 	else
 		res = WriteInt(AH, -1);
@@ -1868,8 +1862,7 @@ ReadStr(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	else
 	{
 		buf = (char *) pg_malloc(l + 1);
-		if ((*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, (void *) buf, l) != l)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+		(*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, (void *) buf, l);
 
 		buf[l] = '\0';
 	}
@@ -1950,9 +1943,7 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 						  strerror(errno));
 	}
 
-	cnt = fread(sig, 1, 5, fh);
-
-	if (cnt != 5)
+	if ((cnt = fread(sig, 1, 5, fh)) != 5)
 	{
 		if (ferror(fh))
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -1975,12 +1966,12 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		 * NB: this code must agree with ReadHead().
 		 */
 		if ((byteread = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 
 		AH->vmaj = byteread;
 
 		if ((byteread = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 
 		AH->vmin = byteread;
 
@@ -1992,7 +1983,7 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		if (AH->vmaj > 1 || ((AH->vmaj == 1) && (AH->vmin > 0)))		/* Version > 1.0 */
 		{
 			if ((byteread = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-				exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 
 			AH->vrev = byteread;
 			AH->lookahead[AH->lookaheadLen++] = AH->vrev;
@@ -2004,20 +1995,20 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		AH->version = ((AH->vmaj * 256 + AH->vmin) * 256 + AH->vrev) * 256 + 0;
 
 		if ((AH->intSize = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 		AH->lookahead[AH->lookaheadLen++] = AH->intSize;
 
 		if (AH->version >= K_VERS_1_7)
 		{
 			if ((AH->offSize = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-				exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+				READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 			AH->lookahead[AH->lookaheadLen++] = AH->offSize;
 		}
 		else
 			AH->offSize = AH->intSize;
 
 		if ((byteread = fgetc(fh)) == EOF)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not read input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 
 		AH->format = byteread;
 		AH->lookahead[AH->lookaheadLen++] = AH->format;
@@ -2029,6 +2020,7 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		 * read first 512 byte header...
 		 */
 		cnt = fread(&AH->lookahead[AH->lookaheadLen], 1, 512 - AH->lookaheadLen, fh);
+		/* read failure is checked below */
 		AH->lookaheadLen += cnt;
 
 		if (AH->lookaheadLen >= strlen(TEXT_DUMPALL_HEADER) &&
@@ -2042,8 +2034,10 @@ _discoverArchiveFormat(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "input file appears to be a text format dump. Please use psql.\n");
 		}
 
-		if (AH->lookaheadLen != 512)
+		if (AH->lookaheadLen != 512 && feof(fh))
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "input file does not appear to be a valid archive (too short?)\n");
+		else
+			READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
 
 		if (!isValidTarHeader(AH->lookahead))
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "input file does not appear to be a valid archive\n");
@@ -3318,8 +3312,7 @@ ReadHead(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	 */
 	if (!AH->readHeader)
 	{
-		if ((*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, tmpMag, 5) != 5)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+		(*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, tmpMag, 5);
 
 		if (strncmp(tmpMag, "PGDMP", 5) != 0)
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "did not find magic string in file header\n");
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h
index 25aa158e5daf464b021ca549ed71b45e89f1a735..92ec1d89c6c76dbf074658551d8f7e0dd7a064c3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@
 #define GZCLOSE(fh) gzclose(fh)
 #define GZWRITE(p, s, n, fh) gzwrite(fh, p, (n) * (s))
 #define GZREAD(p, s, n, fh) gzread(fh, p, (n) * (s))
+#define GZEOF(fh)	gzeof(fh)
 #else
 #define GZCLOSE(fh) fclose(fh)
 #define GZWRITE(p, s, n, fh) (fwrite(p, s, n, fh) * (s))
 #define GZREAD(p, s, n, fh) fread(p, s, n, fh)
+#define GZEOF(fh)	feof(fh)
 /* this is just the redefinition of a libz constant */
 #define Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION (-1)
 
@@ -115,6 +117,22 @@ struct _restoreList;
 struct ParallelArgs;
 struct ParallelState;
 
+#define READ_ERROR_EXIT(fd) \
+	do { \
+		if (feof(fd)) \
+			exit_horribly(modulename, \
+						  "could not read from input file: end of file\n"); \
+		else \
+			exit_horribly(modulename, \
+					"could not read from input file: %s\n", strerror(errno)); \
+	} while (0)
+
+#define WRITE_ERROR_EXIT \
+	do { \
+		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to output file: %s\n", \
+					  strerror(errno)); \
+	} while (0)
+ 
 typedef enum T_Action
 {
 	ACT_DUMP,
@@ -126,7 +144,7 @@ typedef void (*ReopenPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH);
 typedef void (*ArchiveEntryPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
 
 typedef void (*StartDataPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
-typedef size_t (*WriteDataPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+typedef void (*WriteDataPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 typedef void (*EndDataPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
 
 typedef void (*StartBlobsPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
@@ -136,8 +154,8 @@ typedef void (*EndBlobsPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
 
 typedef int (*WriteBytePtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, const int i);
 typedef int (*ReadBytePtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH);
-typedef size_t (*WriteBufPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, const void *c, size_t len);
-typedef size_t (*ReadBufPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, void *buf, size_t len);
+typedef void (*WriteBufPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, const void *c, size_t len);
+typedef void (*ReadBufPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, void *buf, size_t len);
 typedef void (*SaveArchivePtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH);
 typedef void (*WriteExtraTocPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
 typedef void (*ReadExtraTocPtr) (struct _archiveHandle * AH, struct _tocEntry * te);
@@ -413,7 +431,7 @@ extern bool isValidTarHeader(char *header);
 extern int	ReconnectToServer(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *dbname, const char *newUser);
 extern void DropBlobIfExists(ArchiveHandle *AH, Oid oid);
 
-int			ahwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ArchiveHandle *AH);
+void		ahwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ArchiveHandle *AH);
 int			ahprintf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *fmt,...) __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));
 
 void		ahlog(ArchiveHandle *AH, int level, const char *fmt,...) __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 3, 4)));
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
index de4f023fa748b37306753f83f6d07c4d164c89e3..5f3a9100896fd1c3f10d5b6baefd8184f1890cb8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 
 static void _ArchiveEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void _StartData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
-static size_t _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+static void _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 static void _EndData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static int	_WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i);
 static int	_ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *);
-static size_t _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
-static size_t _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
 static void _CloseArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _ReopenArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _PrintTocData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te, RestoreOptions *ropt);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ typedef struct
 static void _readBlockHeader(ArchiveHandle *AH, int *type, int *id);
 static pgoff_t _getFilePos(ArchiveHandle *AH, lclContext *ctx);
 
-static size_t _CustomWriteFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t len);
+static void _CustomWriteFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t len);
 static size_t _CustomReadFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, char **buf, size_t *buflen);
 
 /* translator: this is a module name */
@@ -315,16 +315,17 @@ _StartData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te)
  *
  * Mandatory.
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
 	CompressorState *cs = ctx->cs;
 
-	if (dLen == 0)
-		return 0;
+	if (dLen > 0)
+		/* WriteDataToArchive() internally throws write errors */
+		WriteDataToArchive(AH, cs, data, dLen);
 
-	return WriteDataToArchive(AH, cs, data, dLen);
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -579,8 +580,7 @@ _skipData(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 			buf = (char *) pg_malloc(blkLen);
 			buflen = blkLen;
 		}
-		cnt = fread(buf, 1, blkLen, AH->FH);
-		if (cnt != blkLen)
+		if ((cnt = fread(buf, 1, blkLen, AH->FH)) != blkLen)
 		{
 			if (feof(AH->FH))
 				exit_horribly(modulename,
@@ -610,14 +610,13 @@ static int
 _WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	int			res;
+	int res;
 
-	res = fputc(i, AH->FH);
-	if (res != EOF)
-		ctx->filePos += 1;
-	else
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write byte: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-	return res;
+	if ((res = fputc(i, AH->FH)) == EOF)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
+	ctx->filePos += 1;
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 
 	res = getc(AH->FH);
 	if (res == EOF)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+		READ_ERROR_EXIT(AH->FH);
 	ctx->filePos += 1;
 	return res;
 }
@@ -648,20 +647,16 @@ _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
  *
  * Called by the archiver to write a block of bytes to the archive.
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
-	res = fwrite(buf, 1, len, AH->FH);
+	if (fwrite(buf, 1, len, AH->FH) != len)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
+	ctx->filePos += len;
 
-	if (res != len)
-		exit_horribly(modulename,
-					"could not write to output file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-
-	ctx->filePos += res;
-	return res;
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -671,16 +666,16 @@ _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
  *
  * Called by the archiver to read a block of bytes from the archive
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
-	res = fread(buf, 1, len, AH->FH);
-	ctx->filePos += res;
+	if (fread(buf, 1, len, AH->FH) != len)
+		READ_ERROR_EXIT(AH->FH);
+	ctx->filePos += len;
 
-	return res;
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -959,15 +954,16 @@ _readBlockHeader(ArchiveHandle *AH, int *type, int *id)
  * Callback function for WriteDataToArchive. Writes one block of (compressed)
  * data to the archive.
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _CustomWriteFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	/* never write 0-byte blocks (this should not happen) */
-	if (len == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	WriteInt(AH, len);
-	return _WriteBuf(AH, buf, len);
+	if (len > 0)
+	{
+		WriteInt(AH, len);
+		_WriteBuf(AH, buf, len);
+	}
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -978,7 +974,6 @@ static size_t
 _CustomReadFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, char **buf, size_t *buflen)
 {
 	size_t		blkLen;
-	size_t		cnt;
 
 	/* Read length */
 	blkLen = ReadInt(AH);
@@ -993,15 +988,8 @@ _CustomReadFunc(ArchiveHandle *AH, char **buf, size_t *buflen)
 		*buflen = blkLen;
 	}
 
-	cnt = _ReadBuf(AH, *buf, blkLen);
-	if (cnt != blkLen)
-	{
-		if (feof(AH->FH))
-			exit_horribly(modulename,
-						  "could not read from input file: end of file\n");
-		else
-			exit_horribly(modulename,
-					"could not read from input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-	}
-	return cnt;
+	/* exits app on read errors */
+	_ReadBuf(AH, *buf, blkLen);
+
+	return blkLen;
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c
index cd2ddedada47205bb49f77c445e3d46276fb6617..980d68fdabd44d4857a9fcca1f36fe6ab927f0fe 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_db.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ ExecuteSqlCommandBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *buf, size_t bufLen)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return bufLen;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c
index 0fae53b3468f2be38c956686ad7e709fe867f80a..2cd9b7e9f8ea138474a09b0397a4518ace648dc4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_directory.c
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ static const char *modulename = gettext_noop("directory archiver");
 static void _ArchiveEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void _StartData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void _EndData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
-static size_t _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+static void _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 static int	_WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i);
 static int	_ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *);
-static size_t _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
-static size_t _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
 static void _CloseArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _ReopenArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _PrintTocData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te, RestoreOptions *ropt);
@@ -350,18 +350,18 @@ _StartData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te)
  *
  * We write the data to the open data file.
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
 
-	if (dLen == 0)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Are we aborting? */
 	checkAborting(AH);
+	
+	if (dLen > 0 && cfwrite(data, dLen, ctx->dataFH) != dLen)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 
-	return cfwrite(data, dLen, ctx->dataFH);
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ _PrintFileData(ArchiveHandle *AH, char *filename, RestoreOptions *ropt)
 		ahwrite(buf, 1, cnt, AH);
 
 	free(buf);
-	if (cfclose(cfp) !=0)
+	if (cfclose(cfp) != 0)
 		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not close data file: %s\n",
 					  strerror(errno));
 }
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ _WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i)
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
 
 	if (cfwrite(&c, 1, ctx->dataFH) != 1)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write byte\n");
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -510,34 +510,26 @@ static int
 _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	int			res;
 
-	res = cfgetc(ctx->dataFH);
-	if (res == EOF)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
-
-	return res;
+	return cfgetc(ctx->dataFH);
 }
 
 /*
  * Write a buffer of data to the archive.
  * Called by the archiver to write a block of bytes to the TOC or a data file.
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
 	/* Are we aborting? */
 	checkAborting(AH);
 
-	res = cfwrite(buf, len, ctx->dataFH);
-	if (res != len)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to output file: %s\n",
-					  strerror(errno));
+	if (cfwrite(buf, len, ctx->dataFH) != len)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 
-	return res;
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -545,15 +537,20 @@ _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
  *
  * Called by the archiver to read a block of bytes from the archive
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
-	res = cfread(buf, len, ctx->dataFH);
+	/*
+	 * If there was an I/O error, we already exited in cfread(),
+	 * so here we exit on short reads.
+	 */
+	if (cfread(buf, len, ctx->dataFH) != len)
+		exit_horribly(modulename,
+					  "could not read from input file: end of file\n");
 
-	return res;
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_null.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_null.c
index c321068b4efadaa617fbcf427dd94b6f44cc3496..3bce5885d09fb6ff150ba9f1221a35435ec4585b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_null.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_null.c
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@
 
 #include "libpq/libpq-fs.h"
 
-
-static size_t _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
-static size_t _WriteBlobData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+static void _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+static void _WriteBlobData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 static void _EndData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static int	_WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i);
-static size_t _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
 static void _CloseArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _PrintTocData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te, RestoreOptions *ropt);
 static void _StartBlobs(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
@@ -84,19 +83,19 @@ InitArchiveFmt_Null(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 /*
  * Called by dumper via archiver from within a data dump routine
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
-	/* Just send it to output */
+	/* Just send it to output, ahwrite() already errors on failure */
 	ahwrite(data, 1, dLen, AH);
-	return dLen;
+	return;
 }
 
 /*
  * Called by dumper via archiver from within a data dump routine
  * We substitute this for _WriteData while emitting a BLOB
  */
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteBlobData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
 	if (dLen > 0)
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ _WriteBlobData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 
 		destroyPQExpBuffer(buf);
 	}
-	return dLen;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -220,11 +219,11 @@ _WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	/* Don't do anything */
-	return len;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
index 3bdbf868189aacada76f5a842825c51c83f8b932..f50539305714187cef0f81a751034cba23ba3ed4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
 
 static void _ArchiveEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void _StartData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
-static size_t _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
+static void _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen);
 static void _EndData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static int	_WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i);
 static int	_ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *);
-static size_t _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
-static size_t _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len);
+static void _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len);
 static void _CloseArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static void _PrintTocData(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te, RestoreOptions *ropt);
 static void _WriteExtraToc(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
@@ -548,13 +548,26 @@ _tarReadRaw(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len, TAR_MEMBER *th, FILE *fh)
 	if (len > 0)
 	{
 		if (fh)
+		{
 			res = fread(&((char *) buf)[used], 1, len, fh);
+			if (res != len && !feof(fh))
+				READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
+		}
 		else if (th)
 		{
 			if (th->zFH)
+			{
 				res = GZREAD(&((char *) buf)[used], 1, len, th->zFH);
+				if (res != len && !GZEOF(fh))
+					exit_horribly(modulename,
+							"could not read from input file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			}
 			else
+			{
 				res = fread(&((char *) buf)[used], 1, len, th->nFH);
+				if (res != len && !feof(fh))
+					READ_ERROR_EXIT(fh);
+			}
 		}
 		else
 			exit_horribly(modulename, "internal error -- neither th nor fh specified in tarReadRaw()\n");
@@ -593,22 +606,19 @@ tarWrite(const void *buf, size_t len, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 	else
 		res = fwrite(buf, 1, len, th->nFH);
 
-	if (res != len)
-		exit_horribly(modulename,
-					"could not write to output file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-
 	th->pos += res;
 	return res;
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteData(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *data, size_t dLen)
 {
 	lclTocEntry *tctx = (lclTocEntry *) AH->currToc->formatData;
 
-	dLen = tarWrite(data, dLen, tctx->TH);
+	if (tarWrite(data, dLen, tctx->TH) != dLen)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 
-	return dLen;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -766,13 +776,13 @@ static int
 _WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	int			res;
 	char		b = i;			/* Avoid endian problems */
 
-	res = tarWrite(&b, 1, ctx->FH);
-	if (res != EOF)
-		ctx->filePos += res;
-	return res;
+	if (tarWrite(&b, 1, ctx->FH) != 1)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+	ctx->filePos += 1;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -784,31 +794,36 @@ _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 
 	res = tarRead(&c, 1, ctx->FH);
 	if (res != 1)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+		/* We already would have exited for errors on reads, must be EOF */
+		exit_horribly(modulename,
+					  "could not read from input file: end of file\n");
 	ctx->filePos += 1;
 	return c;
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 _WriteBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
-	res = tarWrite(buf, len, ctx->FH);
-	ctx->filePos += res;
-	return res;
+	if (tarWrite(buf, len, ctx->FH) != len)
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+	ctx->filePos += len;
 }
 
-static size_t
+static void
 _ReadBuf(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	size_t		res;
 
-	res = tarRead(buf, len, ctx->FH);
-	ctx->filePos += res;
-	return res;
+	if (tarRead(buf, len, ctx->FH) != len)
+		/* We already would have exited for errors on reads, must be EOF */
+		exit_horribly(modulename,
+					  "could not read from input file: end of file\n");
+	
+	ctx->filePos += len;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -885,8 +900,7 @@ _CloseArchive(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		for (i = 0; i < 512 * 2; i++)
 		{
 			if (fputc(0, ctx->tarFH) == EOF)
-				exit_horribly(modulename,
-					   "could not write null block at end of tar archive\n");
+				WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1084,13 +1098,12 @@ _tarAddFile(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 
 	while ((cnt = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), tmp)) > 0)
 	{
-		res = fwrite(buf, 1, cnt, th->tarFH);
-		if (res != cnt)
-			exit_horribly(modulename,
-						  "could not write to output file: %s\n",
-						  strerror(errno));
+		if ((res = fwrite(buf, 1, cnt, th->tarFH)) != cnt)
+			WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 		len += res;
 	}
+	if (!feof(tmp))
+		READ_ERROR_EXIT(tmp);
 
 	if (fclose(tmp) != 0)		/* This *should* delete it... */
 		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not close temporary file: %s\n",
@@ -1111,7 +1124,7 @@ _tarAddFile(ArchiveHandle *AH, TAR_MEMBER *th)
 	for (i = 0; i < pad; i++)
 	{
 		if (fputc('\0', th->tarFH) == EOF)
-			exit_horribly(modulename, "could not output padding at end of tar member\n");
+			WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 	}
 
 	ctx->tarFHpos += len + pad;
@@ -1294,5 +1307,5 @@ _tarWriteHeader(TAR_MEMBER *th)
 
 	/* Now write the completed header. */
 	if (fwrite(h, 1, 512, th->tarFH) != 512)
-		exit_horribly(modulename, "could not write to output file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		WRITE_ERROR_EXIT;
 }