[PATCH 07/10] ARC: [plat-eznps] disabled stall counter due to a HW bug

[Noam Camus]

>From: Alexey Brodkin [mailto:Alexey.Brodkin at synopsys.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 14:10 PM
...
>> diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c 
>> index aaaaffd..e0cb36b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c
>> +++ b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c
>> @@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ void mtm_enable_core(unsigned int cpu)
>>  	mt_ctrl.value = 0;
>>  	mt_ctrl.hsen = 1;
>>  	mt_ctrl.hs_cnt = MT_CTRL_HS_CNT;
>> -	mt_ctrl.sten = 1;
>> -	mt_ctrl.st_cnt = MT_CTRL_ST_CNT;

>Even though I don't know your architecture this change doesn't make enough sense to me in absence of better explanation of what is really done here.

>I.e. how removal of those 2 lines above improve your situation.
By removing 2 lines I am resorting to HW reset value where sten=0 i.e. feature is disabled.
I will rewrite the explanation

-Noam