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>
---
 hw/timer/hpet.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/timer/hpet.c b/hw/timer/hpet.c
index ab5aa59ae4..97687697c9 100644
--- a/hw/timer/hpet.c
+++ b/hw/timer/hpet.c
@@ -431,6 +431,16 @@ static uint64_t hpet_ram_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
     addr &= ~4;
 
     QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&s->lock);
+    if ((addr <= 0xff) && (addr == HPET_COUNTER)) {
+        if (hpet_enabled(s)) {
+            cur_tick = hpet_get_ticks(s);
+        } else {
+            cur_tick = s->hpet_counter;
+        }
+        trace_hpet_ram_read_reading_counter(addr & 4, cur_tick);
+        return cur_tick >> shift;
+    }
+
     /*address range of all global regs*/
     if (addr <= 0xff) {
         switch (addr) {
@@ -438,14 +448,6 @@ static uint64_t hpet_ram_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
             return s->capability >> shift;
         case HPET_CFG:
             return s->config >> shift;
-        case HPET_COUNTER:
-            if (hpet_enabled(s)) {
-                cur_tick = hpet_get_ticks(s);
-            } else {
-                cur_tick = s->hpet_counter;
-            }
-            trace_hpet_ram_read_reading_counter(addr & 4, cur_tick);
-            return cur_tick >> shift;
         case HPET_STATUS:
             return s->isr >> shift;
         default:
-- 
2.47.1