+#define VFIO_MAX_GROUPS RTE_MAX_VFIO_GROUPS
+
+/*
+ * Function prototypes for VFIO multiprocess sync functions
+ */
+int vfio_mp_sync_send_request(int socket, int req);
+int vfio_mp_sync_receive_request(int socket);
+int vfio_mp_sync_send_fd(int socket, int fd);
+int vfio_mp_sync_receive_fd(int socket);
+int vfio_mp_sync_connect_to_primary(void);
+
+/*
+ * we don't need to store device fd's anywhere since they can be obtained from
+ * the group fd via an ioctl() call.
+ */
+struct vfio_group {
+ int group_no;
+ int fd;
+ int devices;
+};
+
+struct vfio_config {
+ int vfio_enabled;
+ int vfio_container_fd;
+ int vfio_active_groups;
+ struct vfio_group vfio_groups[VFIO_MAX_GROUPS];
+};
+
+/* DMA mapping function prototype.
+ * Takes VFIO container fd as a parameter.
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ * */
+typedef int (*vfio_dma_func_t)(int);
+
+struct vfio_iommu_type {
+ int type_id;
+ const char *name;
+ vfio_dma_func_t dma_map_func;
+};
+
+/* pick IOMMU type. returns a pointer to vfio_iommu_type or NULL for error */
+const struct vfio_iommu_type *
+vfio_set_iommu_type(int vfio_container_fd);
+
+/* check if we have any supported extensions */
+int
+vfio_has_supported_extensions(int vfio_container_fd);
+
+/* open container fd or get an existing one */
+int
+vfio_get_container_fd(void);
+
+/* parse IOMMU group number for a device
+ * returns 1 on success, -1 for errors, 0 for non-existent group
+ */
+int
+vfio_get_group_no(const char *sysfs_base,
+ const char *dev_addr, int *iommu_group_no);
+
+/* open group fd or get an existing one */
+int
+vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no);
+
+int vfio_mp_sync_setup(void);
+
+#define SOCKET_REQ_CONTAINER 0x100
+#define SOCKET_REQ_GROUP 0x200
+#define SOCKET_CLR_GROUP 0x300
+#define SOCKET_OK 0x0
+#define SOCKET_NO_FD 0x1
+#define SOCKET_ERR 0xFF
+
+#endif /* VFIO_PRESENT */