+
+/**
+ * Try to execute critical section in a hardware memory transaction,
+ * if it fails or not available take the recursive spinlocks
+ *
+ * NOTE: An attempt to perform a HW I/O operation inside a hardware memory
+ * transaction always aborts the transaction since the CPU is not able to
+ * roll-back should the transaction fail. Therefore, hardware transactional
+ * locks are not advised to be used around rte_eth_rx_burst() and
+ * rte_eth_tx_burst() calls.
+ *
+ * @param slr
+ * A pointer to the recursive spinlock.
+ */
+static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(
+ rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr);
+
+/**
+ * Commit hardware memory transaction or release the recursive spinlock
+ * if the recursive spinlock is used as a fall-back
+ *
+ * @param slr
+ * A pointer to the recursive spinlock.
+ */
+static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(
+ rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr);
+
+/**
+ * Try to execute critical section in a hardware memory transaction,
+ * if it fails or not available try to take the recursive lock
+ *
+ * NOTE: An attempt to perform a HW I/O operation inside a hardware memory
+ * transaction always aborts the transaction since the CPU is not able to
+ * roll-back should the transaction fail. Therefore, hardware transactional
+ * locks are not advised to be used around rte_eth_rx_burst() and
+ * rte_eth_tx_burst() calls.
+ *
+ * @param slr
+ * A pointer to the recursive spinlock.
+ * @return
+ * 1 if the hardware memory transaction is successfully started
+ * or lock is successfully taken; 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static inline int rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock_tm(
+ rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr);
+