Index: head/sys/sys/buf_ring.h =================================================================== --- head/sys/sys/buf_ring.h +++ head/sys/sys/buf_ring.h @@ -310,14 +310,23 @@ if (!mtx_owned(br->br_lock)) panic("lock not held on single consumer dequeue"); #endif - /* - * I believe it is safe to not have a memory barrier - * here because we control cons and tail is worst case - * a lagging indicator so we worst case we might - * return NULL immediately after a buffer has been enqueued - */ + if (br->br_cons_head == br->br_prod_tail) return (NULL); + +#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) + /* + * The barrier is required there on ARM and ARM64 to ensure, that + * br->br_ring[br->br_cons_head] will not be fetched before the above + * condition is checked. + * Without the barrier, it is possible, that buffer will be fetched + * before the enqueue will put mbuf into br, then, in the meantime, the + * enqueue will update the array and the br_prod_tail, and the + * conditional check will be true, so we will return previously fetched + * (and invalid) buffer. + */ + atomic_thread_fence_acq(); +#endif #ifdef DEBUG_BUFRING /*