1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 7b4dc36532bb..d9cdba54b789 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -33,11 +33,34 @@ struct timezone {
 #define NSEC_PER_SEC            1000000000L
 #define NSEC_PER_USEC           1000L
 
-static __inline__ int timespec_equal(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b)
+static inline int timespec_equal(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b)
 {
         return (a->tv_sec == b->tv_sec) && (a->tv_nsec == b->tv_nsec);
 }
 
+/*
+ * lhs < rhs:  return <0
+ * lhs == rhs: return 0
+ * lhs > rhs:  return >0
+ */
+static inline int timespec_compare(struct timespec *lhs, struct timespec *rhs)
+{
+        if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
+                return -1;
+        if (lhs->tv_sec > rhs->tv_sec)
+                return 1;
+        return lhs->tv_nsec - rhs->tv_nsec;
+}
+
+static inline int timeval_compare(struct timeval *lhs, struct timeval *rhs)
+{
+        if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
+                return -1;
+        if (lhs->tv_sec > rhs->tv_sec)
+                return 1;
+        return lhs->tv_usec - rhs->tv_usec;
+}
+
 extern unsigned long mktime(const unsigned int year, const unsigned int mon,
                             const unsigned int day, const unsigned int hour,
                             const unsigned int min, const unsigned int sec);