Hi, Given this sample code, running on DPDK 20.08: if( rte_ring_dequeue( master->buffers, ( void** )&data ) ) { // Handle situation } else { // do stuff with data } We're encountering a situation where data is null but the function rte_ring_dequeue does not return an error code (returns 0) - This seems to happen at random times, but always at least after few minutes of execution. the ring seems to be correctly configured in MT mode and another thread/worker from time to time enqueue items into the ring, dumping the GDB output so maybe someone can spot issues: . $4 = {name = "bufm_7572335744434674_fr\000\000\000\000\000\000\000", flags = 0, memzone = 0x1000056c0, size = 64, mask = 63, capacity = 63, pad0 = 0 '\000', {prod = { head = 124, tail = 124, {sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, single = 0}}, hts_prod = {ht = {raw = 532575944828, pos = {head = 124, tail = 124}}, sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT}, rts_prod = {tail = {raw = 532575944828, val = {cnt = 124, pos = 124}}, sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, htd_max = 0, head = {raw = 0, val = {cnt = 0, pos = 0}}}}, pad1 = 0 '\000', {cons = {head = 63, tail = 63, {sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, single = 0}}, hts_cons = {ht = {raw = 270582939711, pos = {head = 63, tail = 63}}, sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT}, rts_cons = {tail = {raw = 270582939711, val = {cnt = 63, pos = 63}}, sync_type = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT, htd_max = 0, head = {raw = 0, val = {cnt = 0, pos = 0}}}}, pad2 = 0 '\000'} . How this is possible? I would expect rte_ring_dequeue to return 0 only if the provided pointer is valid.. Any suggestion on what I can investigate to understand the problem and fix it? Thanks -- BR, Filip +48 666 369 823