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+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
+/*
+ * Ceph - scalable distributed file system
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 IONOS SE
+ *
+ * Author: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation.  See file COPYING.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CEPH_MSG_TIMEOUT_H
+#define CEPH_MSG_TIMEOUT_H
+
+#include <time.h> // for struct timeval
+
+/**
+ * Convert the given `struct timeval` to milliseconds.
+ *
+ * This is supposed to be used as timeout parameter to system calls
+ * such as poll() and epoll_wait().
+ */
+constexpr int
+timeout_to_milliseconds(const struct timeval &tv) noexcept
+{
+  return tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This overload makes the timeout optional; on nullptr, it returns
+ * -1.
+ */
+constexpr int
+timeout_to_milliseconds(const struct timeval *tv) noexcept
+{
+  return tv != nullptr ? timeout_to_milliseconds(*tv) : -1;
+}
+
+#endif