spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->rx_cons_lock, flags);
        queue->rx.rsp_cons = val;
-       queue->rx_rsp_unconsumed = RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(&queue->rx);
+       queue->rx_rsp_unconsumed = XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(&queue->rx);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->rx_cons_lock, flags);
 }
 
                return false;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->rx_cons_lock, flags);
-       work_queued = RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(&queue->rx);
+       work_queued = XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(&queue->rx);
        if (work_queued > queue->rx_rsp_unconsumed) {
                queue->rx_rsp_unconsumed = work_queued;
                *eoi = 0;
 
  * of the shared memory area (PAGE_SIZE, for instance). To initialise
  * the front half:
  *
- *     mytag_front_ring_t front_ring;
- *     SHARED_RING_INIT((mytag_sring_t *)shared_page);
- *     FRONT_RING_INIT(&front_ring, (mytag_sring_t *)shared_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+ *     mytag_front_ring_t ring;
+ *     XEN_FRONT_RING_INIT(&ring, (mytag_sring_t *)shared_page, PAGE_SIZE);
  *
  * Initializing the back follows similarly (note that only the front
  * initializes the shared ring):
 
 #define FRONT_RING_INIT(_r, _s, __size) FRONT_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, 0, __size)
 
+#define XEN_FRONT_RING_INIT(r, s, size) do {                            \
+    SHARED_RING_INIT(s);                                                \
+    FRONT_RING_INIT(r, s, size);                                        \
+} while (0)
+
 #define BACK_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, _i, __size) do {                       \
     (_r)->rsp_prod_pvt = (_i);                                          \
     (_r)->req_cons = (_i);                                              \
     (RING_FREE_REQUESTS(_r) == 0)
 
 /* Test if there are outstanding messages to be processed on a ring. */
-#define RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(_r)                               \
+#define XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(_r)                            \
     ((_r)->sring->rsp_prod - (_r)->rsp_cons)
 
-#define RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(_r) ({                             \
+#define XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(_r) ({                          \
     unsigned int req = (_r)->sring->req_prod - (_r)->req_cons;          \
     unsigned int rsp = RING_SIZE(_r) -                                  \
         ((_r)->req_cons - (_r)->rsp_prod_pvt);                          \
     req < rsp ? req : rsp;                                              \
 })
 
+#define RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(_r) \
+    (!!XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(_r))
+#define RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(_r)  \
+    (!!XEN_RING_NR_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS(_r))
+
 /* Direct access to individual ring elements, by index. */
 #define RING_GET_REQUEST(_r, _idx)                                      \
     (&((_r)->sring->ring[((_idx) & (RING_SIZE(_r) - 1))].req))