diff --git a/misc/services/life_mngr/log.h b/misc/services/life_mngr/log.h
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+++ b/misc/services/life_mngr/log.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C)2021 Intel Corporation
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+#ifndef _LOG_H_
+#define _LOG_H_
+#include <time.h>
+
+extern FILE *log_fd;
+static inline void output_timestamp(void)
+{
+	struct tm *t;
+	time_t tt;
+
+	time(&tt);
+	t = localtime(&tt);
+	fprintf(log_fd, "[%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d]", t->tm_year + 1900, \
+		t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_hour, t->tm_min, t->tm_sec);
+}
+#define LOG_PRINTF(format, args...) \
+do { output_timestamp(); \
+	fprintf(log_fd, format, args); \
+	fflush(log_fd); } while (0)
+
+#define LOG_WRITE(args) \
+do { output_timestamp(); \
+	fwrite(args, 1, sizeof(args), log_fd); \
+	fflush(log_fd); } while (0)
+
+static inline bool open_log(const char *path)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	log_fd = fopen("/var/log/life_mngr.log", "a+");
+	if (log_fd != NULL)
+		ret = true;
+	return ret;
+}
+static inline void close_log(void)
+{
+	if (log_fd != NULL)
+		fclose(log_fd);
+}
+#endif