5 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 26a8f8416b79..8df27401d292 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* NOTE:
@@ -689,7 +690,8 @@ static ssize_t oom_adjust_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
         if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
                 return -EFAULT;
         oom_adjust = simple_strtol(buffer, &end, 0);
-        if ((oom_adjust < -16 || oom_adjust > 15) && oom_adjust != OOM_DISABLE)
+        if ((oom_adjust < OOM_ADJUST_MIN || oom_adjust > OOM_ADJUST_MAX) &&
+             oom_adjust != OOM_DISABLE)
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (*end == '\n')
                 end++;
diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild
index 5114ff18101d..a1155a2beb32 100644
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ header-y += netrom.h
 header-y += nfs2.h
 header-y += nfs4_mount.h
 header-y += nfs_mount.h
+header-y += oom.h
 header-y += param.h
 header-y += pci_ids.h
 header-y += pci_regs.h
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5a6068ff5556..d538de901965 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1115,9 +1115,6 @@ int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr);
 #define in_gate_area(task, addr) ({(void)task; in_gate_area_no_task(addr);})
 #endif  /* __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA */
 
-/* /proc/<pid>/oom_adj set to -17 protects from the oom-killer */
-#define OOM_DISABLE -17
-
 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
                                         void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 unsigned long shrink_slab(unsigned long scanned, gfp_t gfp_mask,
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad76463629a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef __INCLUDE_LINUX_OOM_H
+#define __INCLUDE_LINUX_OOM_H
+
+/* /proc/<pid>/oom_adj set to -17 protects from the oom-killer */
+#define OOM_DISABLE (-17)
+/* inclusive */
+#define OOM_ADJUST_MIN (-16)
+#define OOM_ADJUST_MAX 15
+
+#endif
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 20f41b082e16..2e3ce3a928b9 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  *  kernel subsystems and hints as to where to find out what things do.
  */
 
+#include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>