1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ktime.h b/include/linux/ktime.h
index e83512f63df5..bbca12804d12 100644
--- a/include/linux/ktime.h
+++ b/include/linux/ktime.h
@@ -330,6 +330,24 @@ static inline ktime_t ktime_sub_us(const ktime_t kt, const u64 usec)
 
 extern ktime_t ktime_add_safe(const ktime_t lhs, const ktime_t rhs);
 
+/**
+ * ktime_to_timespec_cond - convert a ktime_t variable to timespec
+ *                          format only if the variable contains data
+ * @kt:         the ktime_t variable to convert
+ * @ts:         the timespec variable to store the result in
+ *
+ * Returns true if there was a successful conversion, false if kt was 0.
+ */
+static inline bool ktime_to_timespec_cond(const ktime_t kt, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        if (kt.tv64) {
+                *ts = ktime_to_timespec(kt);
+                return true;
+        } else {
+                return false;
+        }
+}
+
 /*
  * The resolution of the clocks. The resolution value is returned in
  * the clock_getres() system call to give application programmers an