diff --git a/include/migration/colo.h b/include/migration/colo.h
index 2fe48ad353..fefb2fcf4c 100644
--- a/include/migration/colo.h
+++ b/include/migration/colo.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-migration.h"
 
+enum colo_event {
+    COLO_EVENT_NONE,
+    COLO_EVENT_CHECKPOINT,
+    COLO_EVENT_FAILOVER,
+};
+
 void colo_info_init(void);
 
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s);
diff --git a/net/colo-compare.c b/net/colo-compare.c
index 23b2d2c4cc..7ff3ae8904 100644
--- a/net/colo-compare.c
+++ b/net/colo-compare.c
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "net/colo.h"
 #include "sysemu/iothread.h"
+#include "net/colo-compare.h"
+#include "migration/colo.h"
 
 #define TYPE_COLO_COMPARE "colo-compare"
 #define COLO_COMPARE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(CompareState, (obj), TYPE_COLO_COMPARE)
 
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(, CompareState) net_compares =
+       QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(net_compares);
+
 #define COMPARE_READ_LEN_MAX NET_BUFSIZE
 #define MAX_QUEUE_SIZE 1024
 
@@ -41,6 +46,10 @@
 /* TODO: Should be configurable */
 #define REGULAR_PACKET_CHECK_MS 3000
 
+static QemuMutex event_mtx;
+static QemuCond event_complete_cond;
+static int event_unhandled_count;
+
 /*
  *  + CompareState ++
  *  |               |
@@ -87,6 +96,11 @@ typedef struct CompareState {
     IOThread *iothread;
     GMainContext *worker_context;
     QEMUTimer *packet_check_timer;
+
+    QEMUBH *event_bh;
+    enum colo_event event;
+
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(CompareState) next;
 } CompareState;
 
 typedef struct CompareClass {
@@ -736,6 +750,25 @@ static void check_old_packet_regular(void *opaque)
                 REGULAR_PACKET_CHECK_MS);
 }
 
+/* Public API, Used for COLO frame to notify compare event */
+void colo_notify_compares_event(void *opaque, int event, Error **errp)
+{
+    CompareState *s;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&event_mtx);
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(s, &net_compares, next) {
+        s->event = event;
+        qemu_bh_schedule(s->event_bh);
+        event_unhandled_count++;
+    }
+    /* Wait all compare threads to finish handling this event */
+    while (event_unhandled_count > 0) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(&event_complete_cond, &event_mtx);
+    }
+
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&event_mtx);
+}
+
 static void colo_compare_timer_init(CompareState *s)
 {
     AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(s->iothread);
@@ -756,6 +789,28 @@ static void colo_compare_timer_del(CompareState *s)
     }
  }
 
+static void colo_flush_packets(void *opaque, void *user_data);
+
+static void colo_compare_handle_event(void *opaque)
+{
+    CompareState *s = opaque;
+
+    switch (s->event) {
+    case COLO_EVENT_CHECKPOINT:
+        g_queue_foreach(&s->conn_list, colo_flush_packets, s);
+        break;
+    case COLO_EVENT_FAILOVER:
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&event_mtx);
+    assert(event_unhandled_count > 0);
+    event_unhandled_count--;
+    qemu_cond_broadcast(&event_complete_cond);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&event_mtx);
+}
+
 static void colo_compare_iothread(CompareState *s)
 {
     object_ref(OBJECT(s->iothread));
@@ -769,6 +824,7 @@ static void colo_compare_iothread(CompareState *s)
                              s, s->worker_context, true);
 
     colo_compare_timer_init(s);
+    s->event_bh = qemu_bh_new(colo_compare_handle_event, s);
 }
 
 static char *compare_get_pri_indev(Object *obj, Error **errp)
@@ -926,8 +982,13 @@ static void colo_compare_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
     net_socket_rs_init(&s->pri_rs, compare_pri_rs_finalize, s->vnet_hdr);
     net_socket_rs_init(&s->sec_rs, compare_sec_rs_finalize, s->vnet_hdr);
 
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&net_compares, s, next);
+
     g_queue_init(&s->conn_list);
 
+    qemu_mutex_init(&event_mtx);
+    qemu_cond_init(&event_complete_cond);
+
     s->connection_track_table = g_hash_table_new_full(connection_key_hash,
                                                       connection_key_equal,
                                                       g_free,
@@ -990,6 +1051,7 @@ static void colo_compare_init(Object *obj)
 static void colo_compare_finalize(Object *obj)
 {
     CompareState *s = COLO_COMPARE(obj);
+    CompareState *tmp = NULL;
 
     qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&s->chr_pri_in, false);
     qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&s->chr_sec_in, false);
@@ -997,6 +1059,16 @@ static void colo_compare_finalize(Object *obj)
     if (s->iothread) {
         colo_compare_timer_del(s);
     }
+
+    qemu_bh_delete(s->event_bh);
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(tmp, &net_compares, next) {
+        if (!strcmp(tmp->outdev, s->outdev)) {
+            QTAILQ_REMOVE(&net_compares, s, next);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Release all unhandled packets after compare thead exited */
     g_queue_foreach(&s->conn_list, colo_flush_packets, s);
 
@@ -1009,6 +1081,10 @@ static void colo_compare_finalize(Object *obj)
     if (s->iothread) {
         object_unref(OBJECT(s->iothread));
     }
+
+    qemu_mutex_destroy(&event_mtx);
+    qemu_cond_destroy(&event_complete_cond);
+
     g_free(s->pri_indev);
     g_free(s->sec_indev);
     g_free(s->outdev);
diff --git a/net/colo-compare.h b/net/colo-compare.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b1ce76aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/colo-compare.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * COarse-grain LOck-stepping Virtual Machines for Non-stop Service (COLO)
+ * (a.k.a. Fault Tolerance or Continuous Replication)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 FUJITSU LIMITED
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *    zhanghailiang <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>
+ *    Zhang Chen <zhangckid@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 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 QEMU_COLO_COMPARE_H
+#define QEMU_COLO_COMPARE_H
+
+void colo_notify_compares_event(void *opaque, int event, Error **errp);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_COLO_COMPARE_H */
