[PATCH 2/4] Add new timeval_to_sec function

[Varun Chandramohan <varunc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

A new function for converting timeval to time_t is added in time.h. Its a common function used in different
places.

Signed-off-by: Varun Chandramohan <varunc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/time.h |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index dda9be6..c81baa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ static inline s64 timeval_to_ns(const st
 }
 
 /**
+ * timeval_to_sec - Convert timeval to seconds
+ * @tv:         pointer to the timeval variable to be converted
+ *
+ * Returns the seconds representation of timeval parameter.
+ */
+static inline time_t timeval_to_sec(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	return (tv->tv_sec + (tv->tv_usec + 500000)/1000000);
+}
+
+/**
  * ns_to_timespec - Convert nanoseconds to timespec
  * @nsec:	the nanoseconds value to be converted
  *
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