+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT8(mbuf, offset) \
+ (mbuf->metadata[offset])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT16(mbuf, offset) \
+ (mbuf->metadata16[offset/sizeof(uint16_t)])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT32(mbuf, offset) \
+ (mbuf->metadata32[offset/sizeof(uint32_t)])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT64(mbuf, offset) \
+ (mbuf->metadata64[offset/sizeof(uint64_t)])
+
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT8_PTR(mbuf, offset) \
+ (&mbuf->metadata[offset])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT16_PTR(mbuf, offset) \
+ (&mbuf->metadata16[offset/sizeof(uint16_t)])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT32_PTR(mbuf, offset) \
+ (&mbuf->metadata32[offset/sizeof(uint32_t)])
+#define RTE_MBUF_METADATA_UINT64_PTR(mbuf, offset) \
+ (&mbuf->metadata64[offset/sizeof(uint64_t)])
+