#include <channel_commands.h>
+/**
+ * Check if any Virtio-Serial VM end-points exist in path.
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * The path to the serial device on the filesystem
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 1 if at least one potential end-point found.
+ * - 0 if no end-points found.
+ */
+int guest_channel_host_check_exists(const char *path);
+
/**
* Connect to the Virtio-Serial VM end-point located in path. It is
* thread safe for unique lcore_ids. This function must be only called once from