1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 0fd1efaf1cff..1855e8fea423 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -493,3 +493,15 @@ unsigned int nfs_page_array_len(unsigned int base, size_t len)
                 PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert a struct timespec into a 64-bit change attribute
+ *
+ * This does approximately the same thing as timespec_to_ns(),
+ * but for calculation efficiency, we multiply the seconds by
+ * 1024*1024*1024.
+ */
+static inline
+u64 nfs_timespec_to_change_attr(const struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        return ((u64)ts->tv_sec << 30) + ts->tv_nsec;
+}