Re: [PATCH v4 4/8] hpet: move out main counter read into a separate block

[Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 06:05:56PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:05:56 +0200
> From: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v4 4/8] hpet: move out main counter read into a separate
>  block
> 
> Follow up patche will switch main counter read to
> lock-less mode. As preparation for that move relevant
> branch into a separate top level block to make followup
> patch cleaner/simplier by reducing contextual noise
> when lock-less read is introduced.
> 
> no functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
>   * drop 'addr <= 0xff' as addr == HPET_COUNTER is sufficient
>      Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/timer/hpet.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>