+extern int timekeeping_is_continuous(void);
+
+/**
+ * timespec_to_ns - Convert timespec to nanoseconds
+ * @ts: pointer to the timespec variable to be converted
+ *
+ * Returns the scalar nanosecond representation of the timespec
+ * parameter.
+ */
+static inline s64 timespec_to_ns(const struct timespec *ts)
+{
+ return ((s64) ts->tv_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC) + ts->tv_nsec;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timeval_to_ns - Convert timeval to nanoseconds
+ * @ts: pointer to the timeval variable to be converted
+ *
+ * Returns the scalar nanosecond representation of the timeval
+ * parameter.
+ */
+static inline s64 timeval_to_ns(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+ return ((s64) tv->tv_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC) +
+ tv->tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ns_to_timespec - Convert nanoseconds to timespec
+ * @nsec: the nanoseconds value to be converted
+ *
+ * Returns the timespec representation of the nsec parameter.
+ */
+extern struct timespec ns_to_timespec(const s64 nsec);
+
+/**
+ * ns_to_timeval - Convert nanoseconds to timeval
+ * @nsec: the nanoseconds value to be converted
+ *
+ * Returns the timeval representation of the nsec parameter.
+ */
+extern struct timeval ns_to_timeval(const s64 nsec);