* to swap with a page in the ring buffer.
  *
  * for example:
- *     rpage = ring_buffer_alloc_page(buffer);
+ *     rpage = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(buffer);
  *     if (!rpage)
  *             return error;
  *     ret = ring_buffer_read_page(buffer, &rpage, cpu, 0);
         */
        if (cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page) {
                unsigned int read = cpu_buffer->reader_page->read;
+               unsigned int commit = rb_page_commit(cpu_buffer->reader_page);
 
                if (full)
                        goto out;
                /* The writer is still on the reader page, we must copy */
-               bpage = cpu_buffer->reader_page->page;
                memcpy(bpage->data,
                       cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->data + read,
-                      local_read(&bpage->commit) - read);
+                      commit - read);
 
                /* consume what was read */
-               cpu_buffer->reader_page += read;
-
+               cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = commit;
        } else {
                /* swap the pages */
                rb_init_page(bpage);