Add CONFIG_GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT in preparation to add
multiplication overflow protection to the VDSO time getter functions.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
---
 lib/vdso/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/vdso/Kconfig b/lib/vdso/Kconfig
index d883ac299508..c46c2300517c 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/vdso/Kconfig
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ config GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
          Selected by architectures which support time namespaces in the
          VDSO
 
+config GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT
+       bool
+       help
+         Select to add multiplication overflow protection to the VDSO
+         time getter functions for the price of an extra conditional
+         in the hotpath.
+
 endif
-- 
2.34.1

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