1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 6a08660b4fac..d63a4336fad6 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -669,3 +669,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_jiffies_64);
 #endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies);
+
+/*
+ * Add two timespec values and do a safety check for overflow.
+ * It's assumed that both values are valid (>= 0)
+ */
+struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
+                                  const struct timespec rhs)
+{
+        struct timespec res;
+
+        set_normalized_timespec(&res, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+                                lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+
+        if (res.tv_sec < lhs.tv_sec || res.tv_sec < rhs.tv_sec)
+                res.tv_sec = TIME_T_MAX;
+
+        return res;
+}