[PATCH] bpf: relax acquire for consumer_pos in ringbuf_process_ring()
From: Soham Bagchi
Date: Wed Jul 30 2025 - 14:54:00 EST
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