+#define RTE_VHOST_NEED_LOG(features) ((features) & (1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL))
+
+/**
+ * Log the memory write start with given address.
+ *
+ * This function only need be invoked when the live migration starts.
+ * Therefore, we won't need call it at all in the most of time. For
+ * making the performance impact be minimum, it's suggested to do a
+ * check before calling it:
+ *
+ * if (unlikely(RTE_VHOST_NEED_LOG(features)))
+ * rte_vhost_log_write(vid, addr, len);
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ * vhost device ID
+ * @param addr
+ * the starting address for write
+ * @param len
+ * the length to write
+ */
+void rte_vhost_log_write(int vid, uint64_t addr, uint64_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Log the used ring update start at given offset.
+ *
+ * Same as rte_vhost_log_write, it's suggested to do a check before
+ * calling it:
+ *
+ * if (unlikely(RTE_VHOST_NEED_LOG(features)))
+ * rte_vhost_log_used_vring(vid, vring_idx, offset, len);
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ * vhost device ID
+ * @param vring_idx
+ * the vring index
+ * @param offset
+ * the offset inside the used ring
+ * @param len
+ * the length to write
+ */
+void rte_vhost_log_used_vring(int vid, uint16_t vring_idx,
+ uint64_t offset, uint64_t len);
+
+int rte_vhost_enable_guest_notification(int vid, uint16_t queue_id, int enable);
+
+/**
+ * Register vhost driver. path could be different for multiple
+ * instance support.
+ */
+int rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags);
+
+/* Unregister vhost driver. This is only meaningful to vhost user. */
+int rte_vhost_driver_unregister(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Set the feature bits the vhost-user driver supports.
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * The vhost-user socket file path
+ * @param features
+ * Supported features
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+int rte_vhost_driver_set_features(const char *path, uint64_t features);
+
+/**
+ * Enable vhost-user driver features.
+ *
+ * Note that
+ * - the param features should be a subset of the feature bits provided
+ * by rte_vhost_driver_set_features().
+ * - it must be invoked before vhost-user negotiation starts.
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * The vhost-user socket file path
+ * @param features
+ * Features to enable
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+int rte_vhost_driver_enable_features(const char *path, uint64_t features);
+
+/**
+ * Disable vhost-user driver features.
+ *
+ * The two notes at rte_vhost_driver_enable_features() also apply here.
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * The vhost-user socket file path
+ * @param features
+ * Features to disable
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+int rte_vhost_driver_disable_features(const char *path, uint64_t features);
+
+/**
+ * Get the feature bits before feature negotiation.
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * The vhost-user socket file path
+ * @param features
+ * A pointer to store the queried feature bits
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+int rte_vhost_driver_get_features(const char *path, uint64_t *features);
+
+/**
+ * Get the feature bits after negotiation
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ * Vhost device ID
+ * @param features
+ * A pointer to store the queried feature bits
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+int rte_vhost_get_negotiated_features(int vid, uint64_t *features);