1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index 265e2c3cbd1c..aded9b1ac5ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -303,7 +303,13 @@ extern void jiffies_to_timespec(const unsigned long jiffies,
 extern unsigned long timeval_to_jiffies(const struct timeval *value);
 extern void jiffies_to_timeval(const unsigned long jiffies,
                                struct timeval *value);
+
 extern clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(unsigned long x);
+static inline clock_t jiffies_delta_to_clock_t(long delta)
+{
+        return jiffies_to_clock_t(max(0L, delta));
+}
+
 extern unsigned long clock_t_to_jiffies(unsigned long x);
 extern u64 jiffies_64_to_clock_t(u64 x);
 extern u64 nsec_to_clock_t(u64 x);