MLECO-3070: Further HAL cleanup.

Cleaning up HAL sources by removing unnecessary redirections
with function pointers. The "platform packages" under HAL are
now streamlined enough to not need any major HAL wrapping (as
was the case before).

This allows us to have a very thin HAL layer that sits on top
of the platform and compnent packs. Also helps in getting rid
of "hal platform" pointer being passed around in the code to
use any HAL functionality.

Change-Id: I04b2057f972aad7a5cfb4a396bcdf147c9f9ef1c
Signed-off-by: Kshitij Sisodia <kshitij.sisodia@arm.com>
diff --git a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/platform_drivers.h b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/platform_drivers.h
index 8b699d5..de03bcd 100644
--- a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/platform_drivers.h
+++ b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/platform_drivers.h
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@
 void platform_release(void);
 
 /**
- * @brief   Sets the platform name.
- * @param[out] name     Name of the platform to be set
- * @param[in]  size     Size of the input buffer
+ * @brief   Gets the platform name.
+ * @return  Pointer to the name
  */
-void platform_name(char* name, size_t size);
+const char* platform_name(void);
 
 #endif /* PLATFORM_DRIVERS_H */
diff --git a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/timer_mps3.h b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/timer_mps3.h
index b370e89..dcec980 100644
--- a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/timer_mps3.h
+++ b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/include/timer_mps3.h
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 void platform_reset_counters(void);
 
 /**
- * @brief   Gets the current counter values.
- * @returns A populated instance of pmu_counters struct.
+ * @brief       Gets the current counter values.
+ * @param[out]  Pointer to a pmu_counters object.
  **/
-pmu_counters platform_get_counters(void);
+void platform_get_counters(pmu_counters* counters);
 
 /**
  * @brief  Gets the MPS3 core clock
diff --git a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/platform_drivers.c b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/platform_drivers.c
index 17ccdf2..d1c3da2 100644
--- a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/platform_drivers.c
+++ b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/platform_drivers.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
  */
 static int verify_platform(void);
 
+/** Platform name */
+static const char* s_platform_name = DESIGN_NAME;
+
 int platform_init(void)
 {
     int err = 0;
@@ -82,8 +85,7 @@
 #endif /* ARM_NPU */
 
     /* Print target design info */
-    info("Target system design: %s\n", DESIGN_NAME);
-
+    info("Target system design: %s\n", s_platform_name);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -92,9 +94,9 @@
     __disable_irq();
 }
 
-void platform_name(char* name, size_t size)
+const char* platform_name(void)
 {
-    strncpy(name, DESIGN_NAME, size);
+    return s_platform_name;
 }
 
 #define CREATE_MASK(msb, lsb)           (int)(((1U << ((msb) - (lsb) + 1)) - 1) << (lsb))
diff --git a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/timer_mps3.c b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/timer_mps3.c
index 6330269..7ce3002 100644
--- a/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/timer_mps3.c
+++ b/source/hal/source/platform/mps3/source/timer_mps3.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "smm_mps3.h"   /* Memory map for MPS3. */
 
 static uint64_t cpu_cycle_count = 0;    /* 64-bit cpu cycle counter */
+static const char* unit_cycles = "cycles";
+static const char* unit_ms = "milliseconds";
 
 /**
  * @brief   Gets the system tick triggered cycle counter for the CPU.
@@ -69,12 +71,10 @@
 #endif /* defined (ARM_NPU) */
 }
 
-pmu_counters platform_get_counters(void)
+void platform_get_counters(pmu_counters* counters)
 {
-    pmu_counters platform_counters = {
-        .num_counters = 0,
-        .initialised = true
-    };
+    counters->num_counters = 0;
+    counters->initialised = true;
     uint32_t i = 0;
 
 #if defined (ARM_NPU)
@@ -84,20 +84,20 @@
             npu_counters.npu_evt_counters[i].counter_value,
             npu_counters.npu_evt_counters[i].name,
             npu_counters.npu_evt_counters[i].unit,
-            &platform_counters);
+            counters);
     }
     for (i = 0; i < ETHOSU_DERIVED_NCOUNTERS; ++i) {
         add_pmu_counter(
             npu_counters.npu_derived_counters[i].counter_value,
             npu_counters.npu_derived_counters[i].name,
             npu_counters.npu_derived_counters[i].unit,
-            &platform_counters);
+            counters);
     }
     add_pmu_counter(
         npu_counters.npu_total_ccnt,
         "NPU TOTAL",
-        "cycles",
-        &platform_counters);
+        unit_cycles,
+        counters);
 #endif /* defined (ARM_NPU) */
 
 #if defined(CPU_PROFILE_ENABLED)
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@
     add_pmu_counter(
             mps3_counters.counter_systick,
             "CPU TOTAL",
-            "cycles",
-            &platform_counters);
+            unit_cycles,
+            counters);
 
     add_pmu_counter(
             get_tstamp_milliseconds(&mps3_counters),
             "DURATION",
-            "milliseconds",
-            &platform_counters);
+            unit_ms,
+            counters);
 #endif /* defined(CPU_PROFILE_ENABLED) */
 
 #if !defined(CPU_PROFILE_ENABLED)
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@
     UNUSED(i);
 #endif /* !defined(ARM_NPU) */
 #endif /* !defined(CPU_PROFILE_ENABLED) */
-
-    return platform_counters;
 }
 
 uint32_t get_mps3_core_clock(void)