diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
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+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */
+#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_RING_BUFFER_H_
+#define _TOOLS_LINUX_RING_BUFFER_H_
+
+#define READ_ONCE(x)		(*(volatile typeof(x) *)&x)
+#define WRITE_ONCE(x, v)	(*(volatile typeof(x) *)&x) = (v)
+
+#define barrier()		asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+# define smp_store_release(p, v)		\
+do {						\
+	barrier();				\
+	WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);			\
+} while (0)
+
+# define smp_load_acquire(p)			\
+({						\
+	typeof(*p) ___p = READ_ONCE(*p);	\
+	barrier();				\
+	___p;					\
+})
+#else
+# define smp_mb()	__sync_synchronize()
+
+# define smp_store_release(p, v)		\
+do {						\
+	smp_mb();				\
+	WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);			\
+} while (0)
+
+# define smp_load_acquire(p)			\
+({						\
+	typeof(*p) ___p = READ_ONCE(*p);	\
+	smp_mb();				\
+	___p;					\
+})
+#endif /* defined(__x86_64__) */
+
+static inline __u64 ring_buffer_read_head(struct perf_event_mmap_page *base)
+{
+	return smp_load_acquire(&base->data_head);
+}
+
+static inline void ring_buffer_write_tail(struct perf_event_mmap_page *base,
+					  __u64 tail)
+{
+	smp_store_release(&base->data_tail, tail);
+}
+
+#endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_RING_BUFFER_H_ */