Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/10] Rework ram block hash

["Michael R. Hines" <mrhines@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 05/19/2015 01:55 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
>> I would like to keep the ramblock list directly addressable by hash
>> on both sides, because, as I mentioned earlier, we want as much
>> flexibility in registering RAMBlock memory as possible by being
>> able to add or delete arbitrary blocks int the list at anytime during
>> a migration.
>>
>> I will try to get the patchset that allows anyone to register memory
>> for transfer out as soon as I can.
> Hmm OK, I think I can rework that to regenerate the hash; it's a little
> difficult without knowing how you're intending to use it.
>
> Dave

We can use the RAMBlock name as a key to the hash, right?

I see a "future" where storage replication also uses RDMA,
(not that I'm volunteering to write it), but I don't want to
lose the ability for arbitrary QEMU callers to be able to
register/unregister ramblocks dynamically.

- Michae