diff --git a/include/migration/cpr.h b/include/migration/cpr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9364f7d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/migration/cpr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MIGRATION_CPR_H
+#define MIGRATION_CPR_H
+
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-migration.h"
+
+#define QEMU_CPR_FILE_MAGIC     0x51435052
+#define QEMU_CPR_FILE_VERSION   0x00000001
+
+void cpr_save_fd(const char *name, int id, int fd);
+void cpr_delete_fd(const char *name, int id);
+int cpr_find_fd(const char *name, int id);
+
+int cpr_state_save(MigrationChannel *channel, Error **errp);
+int cpr_state_load(MigrationChannel *channel, Error **errp);
+void cpr_state_close(void);
+struct QIOChannel *cpr_state_ioc(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/migration/cpr.c b/migration/cpr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87bcfdb5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/cpr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "migration/cpr.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
+#include "migration/options.h"
+#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "migration/savevm.h"
+#include "migration/vmstate.h"
+#include "system/runstate.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+/* cpr state container for all information to be saved. */
+
+typedef QLIST_HEAD(CprFdList, CprFd) CprFdList;
+
+typedef struct CprState {
+    CprFdList fds;
+} CprState;
+
+static CprState cpr_state;
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct CprFd {
+    char *name;
+    unsigned int namelen;
+    int id;
+    int fd;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(CprFd) next;
+} CprFd;
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_cpr_fd = {
+    .name = "cpr fd",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT32(namelen, CprFd),
+        VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(name, CprFd, 0, NULL, namelen),
+        VMSTATE_INT32(id, CprFd),
+        VMSTATE_INT32(fd, CprFd),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
+void cpr_save_fd(const char *name, int id, int fd)
+{
+    CprFd *elem = g_new0(CprFd, 1);
+
+    trace_cpr_save_fd(name, id, fd);
+    elem->name = g_strdup(name);
+    elem->namelen = strlen(name) + 1;
+    elem->id = id;
+    elem->fd = fd;
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&cpr_state.fds, elem, next);
+}
+
+static CprFd *find_fd(CprFdList *head, const char *name, int id)
+{
+    CprFd *elem;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(elem, head, next) {
+        if (!strcmp(elem->name, name) && elem->id == id) {
+            return elem;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void cpr_delete_fd(const char *name, int id)
+{
+    CprFd *elem = find_fd(&cpr_state.fds, name, id);
+
+    if (elem) {
+        QLIST_REMOVE(elem, next);
+        g_free(elem->name);
+        g_free(elem);
+    }
+
+    trace_cpr_delete_fd(name, id);
+}
+
+int cpr_find_fd(const char *name, int id)
+{
+    CprFd *elem = find_fd(&cpr_state.fds, name, id);
+    int fd = elem ? elem->fd : -1;
+
+    trace_cpr_find_fd(name, id, fd);
+    return fd;
+}
+/*************************************************************************/
+#define CPR_STATE "CprState"
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_cpr_state = {
+    .name = CPR_STATE,
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_QLIST_V(fds, CprState, 1, vmstate_cpr_fd, CprFd, next),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+static QEMUFile *cpr_state_file;
+
+QIOChannel *cpr_state_ioc(void)
+{
+    return qemu_file_get_ioc(cpr_state_file);
+}
+
+int cpr_state_save(MigrationChannel *channel, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+    QEMUFile *f;
+    MigMode mode = migrate_mode();
+
+    trace_cpr_state_save(MigMode_str(mode));
+
+    /* set f based on mode in a later patch in this series */
+    return 0;
+
+    qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_CPR_FILE_MAGIC);
+    qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_CPR_FILE_VERSION);
+
+    ret = vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_cpr_state, &cpr_state, 0);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vmstate_save_state error %d", ret);
+        qemu_fclose(f);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Close the socket only partially so we can later detect when the other
+     * end closes by getting a HUP event.
+     */
+    qemu_fflush(f);
+    qio_channel_shutdown(qemu_file_get_ioc(f), QIO_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_WRITE,
+                         NULL);
+    cpr_state_file = f;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int cpr_state_load(MigrationChannel *channel, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+    uint32_t v;
+    QEMUFile *f;
+    MigMode mode = 0;
+
+    /* set f and mode based on other parameters later in this patch series */
+    return 0;
+
+    trace_cpr_state_load(MigMode_str(mode));
+
+    v = qemu_get_be32(f);
+    if (v != QEMU_CPR_FILE_MAGIC) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Not a migration stream (bad magic %x)", v);
+        qemu_fclose(f);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    v = qemu_get_be32(f);
+    if (v != QEMU_CPR_FILE_VERSION) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported migration stream version %d", v);
+        qemu_fclose(f);
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    ret = vmstate_load_state(f, &vmstate_cpr_state, &cpr_state, 1);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vmstate_load_state error %d", ret);
+        qemu_fclose(f);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Let the caller decide when to close the socket (and generate a HUP event
+     * for the sending side).
+     */
+    cpr_state_file = f;
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void cpr_state_close(void)
+{
+    if (cpr_state_file) {
+        qemu_fclose(cpr_state_file);
+        cpr_state_file = NULL;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/migration/meson.build b/migration/meson.build
index dac687ee3a..1eb8c96d23 100644
--- a/migration/meson.build
+++ b/migration/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ system_ss.add(files(
   'block-active.c',
   'channel.c',
   'channel-block.c',
+  'cpr.c',
   'cpu-throttle.c',
   'dirtyrate.c',
   'exec.c',
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 2d1da917c7..fce7b22ae8 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "system/cpu-throttle.h"
 #include "rdma.h"
 #include "ram.h"
+#include "migration/cpr.h"
 #include "migration/global_state.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration.h"
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index b82a1c5e40..4e3061bc55 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@ colo_receive_message(const char *msg) "Receive '%s' message"
 # colo-failover.c
 colo_failover_set_state(const char *new_state) "new state %s"
 
+# cpr.c
+cpr_save_fd(const char *name, int id, int fd) "%s, id %d, fd %d"
+cpr_delete_fd(const char *name, int id) "%s, id %d"
+cpr_find_fd(const char *name, int id, int fd) "%s, id %d returns %d"
+cpr_state_save(const char *mode) "%s mode"
+cpr_state_load(const char *mode) "%s mode"
+
 # block-dirty-bitmap.c
 send_bitmap_header_enter(void) ""
 send_bitmap_bits(uint32_t flags, uint64_t start_sector, uint32_t nr_sectors, uint64_t data_size) "flags: 0x%x, start_sector: %" PRIu64 ", nr_sectors: %" PRIu32 ", data_size: %" PRIu64