Merging upstream version 6.9.7.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Time related primitives.
+//!
+//! This module contains the kernel APIs related to time and timers that
+//! have been ported or wrapped for usage by Rust code in the kernel.
+
+/// The time unit of Linux kernel. One jiffy equals (1/HZ) second.
+pub type Jiffies = core::ffi::c_ulong;
+
+/// The millisecond time unit.
+pub type Msecs = core::ffi::c_uint;
+
+/// Converts milliseconds to jiffies.
+#[inline]
+pub fn msecs_to_jiffies(msecs: Msecs) -> Jiffies {
+    // SAFETY: The `__msecs_to_jiffies` function is always safe to call no
+    // matter what the argument is.
+    unsafe { bindings::__msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) }
+}