writel(0, base + TIMER_CTRL);
... ...
writel(xxx | TIMER_CTRL_PERIODIC, base + TIMER_CTRL);

The timer is just temporarily disabled, and it will be set to periodic
mode later.

The description of the field TimerMode of the register TimerXControl
as shown below:
0 = Timer module is in free-running mode (default)
1 = Timer module is in periodic mode.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leiz...@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c 
b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
index 097f5a83163c6e1..a443f392a8e7d63 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ int __init sp804_clocksource_and_sched_clock_init(void 
__iomem *base,
        if (rate < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       /* setup timer 0 as free-running clocksource */
        writel(0, base + TIMER_CTRL);
        writel(0xffffffff, base + TIMER_LOAD);
        writel(0xffffffff, base + TIMER_VALUE);
-- 
1.8.3


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