Since r->consumer_pos is modified only by the user thread in the given ringbuf context (and as such, it is thread-local) it does not require a load-acquire. Signed-off-by: Soham Bagchi <soham.bagchi@xxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c index 9702b70da44..7753a6570cf 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int64_t ringbuf_process_ring(struct ring *r, size_t n) bool got_new_data; void *sample; - cons_pos = smp_load_acquire(r->consumer_pos); + cons_pos = *r->consumer_pos; do { got_new_data = false; prod_pos = smp_load_acquire(r->producer_pos); -- 2.34.1