onlink = -1;
 
                                        spin_lock(&ifa->lock);
-                                       lifetime = min_t(unsigned long,
-                                                        ifa->valid_lft, 0x7fffffffUL/HZ);
+
+                                       lifetime = addrconf_timeout_fixup(ifa->valid_lft, HZ);
+                                       /*
+                                        * Note: Because this address is
+                                        * not permanent, lifetime <
+                                        * LONG_MAX / HZ here.
+                                        */
                                        if (time_before(expires,
                                                        ifa->tstamp + lifetime * HZ))
                                                expires = ifa->tstamp + lifetime * HZ;
        __u32 valid_lft;
        __u32 prefered_lft;
        int addr_type;
-       unsigned long rt_expires;
        struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
 
        pinfo = (struct prefix_info *) opt;
         *      2) Configure prefixes with the auto flag set
         */
 
-       if (valid_lft == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME)
-               rt_expires = ~0UL;
-       else if (valid_lft >= 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ) {
+       if (pinfo->onlink) {
+               struct rt6_info *rt;
+               unsigned long rt_expires;
+
                /* Avoid arithmetic overflow. Really, we could
                 * save rt_expires in seconds, likely valid_lft,
                 * but it would require division in fib gc, that it
                 * not good.
                 */
-               rt_expires = 0x7FFFFFFF - (0x7FFFFFFF % HZ);
-       } else
-               rt_expires = valid_lft * HZ;
+               if (HZ > USER_HZ)
+                       rt_expires = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, HZ);
+               else
+                       rt_expires = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, USER_HZ);
 
-       /*
-        * We convert this (in jiffies) to clock_t later.
-        * Avoid arithmetic overflow there as well.
-        * Overflow can happen only if HZ < USER_HZ.
-        */
-       if (HZ < USER_HZ && ~rt_expires && rt_expires > 0x7FFFFFFF / USER_HZ)
-               rt_expires = 0x7FFFFFFF / USER_HZ;
+               if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires))
+                       rt_expires *= HZ;
 
-       if (pinfo->onlink) {
-               struct rt6_info *rt;
                rt = rt6_lookup(dev_net(dev), &pinfo->prefix, NULL,
                                dev->ifindex, 1);
 
                        if (valid_lft == 0) {
                                ip6_del_rt(rt);
                                rt = NULL;
-                       } else if (~rt_expires) {
+                       } else if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
                                /* not infinity */
                                rt->rt6i_expires = jiffies + rt_expires;
                                rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
                                rt->rt6i_expires = 0;
                        }
                } else if (valid_lft) {
-                       int flags = RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_PREFIX_RT;
                        clock_t expires = 0;
-                       if (~rt_expires) {
+                       int flags = RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_PREFIX_RT;
+                       if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
                                /* not infinity */
                                flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
                                expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(rt_expires);
        int scope;
        u32 flags;
        clock_t expires;
+       unsigned long timeout;
 
        ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 
        scope = ipv6_addr_scope(pfx);
 
-       if (valid_lft == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
-               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
-               flags = 0;
-               expires = 0;
-       } else {
-               if (valid_lft >= 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ)
-                       valid_lft = 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ;
+       timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, HZ);
+       if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout)) {
+               expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(timeout * HZ);
+               valid_lft = timeout;
                flags = RTF_EXPIRES;
-               expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(valid_lft * HZ);
+       } else {
+               expires = 0;
+               flags = 0;
+               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
        }
 
-       if (prefered_lft == 0)
-               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
-       else if ((prefered_lft >= 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ) &&
-                (prefered_lft != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME))
-               prefered_lft = 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ;
+       timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(prefered_lft, HZ);
+       if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout)) {
+               if (timeout == 0)
+                       ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
+               prefered_lft = timeout;
+       }
 
        ifp = ipv6_add_addr(idev, pfx, plen, scope, ifa_flags);
 
 {
        u32 flags;
        clock_t expires;
+       unsigned long timeout;
 
        if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (valid_lft == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
-               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
-               flags = 0;
-               expires = 0;
-       } else {
-               if (valid_lft >= 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ)
-                       valid_lft = 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ;
+       timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, HZ);
+       if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout)) {
+               expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(timeout * HZ);
+               valid_lft = timeout;
                flags = RTF_EXPIRES;
-               expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(valid_lft * HZ);
+       } else {
+               expires = 0;
+               flags = 0;
+               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
        }
 
-       if (prefered_lft == 0)
-               ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
-       else if ((prefered_lft >= 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ) &&
-                (prefered_lft != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME))
-               prefered_lft = 0x7FFFFFFF/HZ;
+       timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(prefered_lft, HZ);
+       if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout)) {
+               if (timeout == 0)
+                       ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
+               prefered_lft = timeout;
+       }
 
        spin_lock_bh(&ifp->lock);
        ifp->flags = (ifp->flags & ~(IFA_F_DEPRECATED | IFA_F_PERMANENT | IFA_F_NODAD | IFA_F_HOMEADDRESS)) | ifa_flags;
 
        struct route_info *rinfo = (struct route_info *) opt;
        struct in6_addr prefix_buf, *prefix;
        unsigned int pref;
-       u32 lifetime;
+       unsigned long lifetime;
        struct rt6_info *rt;
 
        if (len < sizeof(struct route_info)) {
        if (pref == ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_INVALID)
                pref = ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM;
 
-       lifetime = ntohl(rinfo->lifetime);
-       if (lifetime == 0xffffffff) {
-               /* infinity */
-       } else if (lifetime > 0x7fffffff/HZ - 1) {
-               /* Avoid arithmetic overflow */
-               lifetime = 0x7fffffff/HZ - 1;
-       }
+       lifetime = addrconf_timeout_fixup(ntohl(rinfo->lifetime), HZ);
 
        if (rinfo->length == 3)
                prefix = (struct in6_addr *)rinfo->prefix;
                                 (rt->rt6i_flags & ~RTF_PREF_MASK) | RTF_PREF(pref);
 
        if (rt) {
-               if (lifetime == 0xffffffff) {
+               if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime)) {
                        rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
                } else {
                        rt->rt6i_expires = jiffies + HZ * lifetime;