}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_enable_cpu);
 
+/*
+ * The total entries in the ring buffer is the running counter
+ * of entries entered into the ring buffer, minus the sum of
+ * the entries read from the ring buffer and the number of
+ * entries that were overwritten.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long
+rb_num_of_entries(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
+{
+       return local_read(&cpu_buffer->entries) -
+               (local_read(&cpu_buffer->overrun) + cpu_buffer->read);
+}
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_entries_cpu - get the number of entries in a cpu buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer
 unsigned long ring_buffer_entries_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 {
        struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
-       unsigned long ret;
 
        if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
                return 0;
 
        cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
-       ret = (local_read(&cpu_buffer->entries) - local_read(&cpu_buffer->overrun))
-               - cpu_buffer->read;
 
-       return ret;
+       return rb_num_of_entries(cpu_buffer);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_entries_cpu);
 
        /* if you care about this being correct, lock the buffer */
        for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
                cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
-               entries += (local_read(&cpu_buffer->entries) -
-                           local_read(&cpu_buffer->overrun)) - cpu_buffer->read;
+               entries += rb_num_of_entries(cpu_buffer);
        }
 
        return entries;