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diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index ac5498d9b..db91213bb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,16 @@ static ssize_t oom_adj_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, buffer, len);
}
+/*
+ * /proc/pid/oom_adj exists solely for backwards compatibility with previous
+ * kernels. The effective policy is defined by oom_score_adj, which has a
+ * different scale: oom_adj grew exponentially and oom_score_adj grows linearly.
+ * Values written to oom_adj are simply mapped linearly to oom_score_adj.
+ * Processes that become oom disabled via oom_adj will still be oom disabled
+ * with this implementation.
+ *
+ * oom_adj cannot be removed since existing userspace binaries use it.
+ */
static ssize_t oom_adj_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -2484,6 +2494,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_coredump_filter_write(struct file *file,
mm = get_task_mm(task);
if (!mm)
goto out_no_mm;
+ ret = 0;
for (i = 0, mask = 1; i < MMF_DUMP_FILTER_BITS; i++, mask <<= 1) {
if (val & mask)