box. I'll send an updated KVM tools patch in a bit as well. Before: # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_RR MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 16384 87380 1 1 10.00 11160.63 16384 87380 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_RR MIGRATED UDP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 122880 122880 1 1 10.00 12072.64 229376 229376 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_STREAM MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 16384 10.00 4654.50 netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_STREAM -- -m 128 MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 128 10.00 635.45 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_STREAM MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 122880 65507 10.00 113894 0 5968.54 229376 10.00 89373 4683.54 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 128 MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 122880 128 10.00 550634 0 56.38 229376 10.00 398786 40.84 After: # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_RR MIGRATED TCP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 16384 87380 1 1 10.00 8952.47 16384 87380 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_RR MIGRATED UDP REQUEST/RESPONSE TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET : first burst 0 Local /Remote Socket Size Request Resp. Elapsed Trans. Send Recv Size Size Time Rate bytes Bytes bytes bytes secs. per sec 122880 122880 1 1 10.00 9534.52 229376 229376 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_STREAM MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 16384 10.13 2278.23 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t TCP_STREAM -- -m 128 MIGRATED TCP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Recv Send Send Socket Socket Message Elapsed Size Size Size Time Throughput bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/sec 87380 16384 128 10.00 623.27 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_STREAM MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 122880 65507 10.00 136930 0 7175.72 229376 10.00 16726 876.51 # netperf -H 192.168.33.4,ipv4 -t UDP_STREAM -- -m 128 MIGRATED UDP STREAM TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 192.168.33.4 (192.168.33.4) port 0 AF_INET Socket Message Elapsed Messages Size Size Time Okay Errors Throughput bytes bytes secs # # 10^6bits/sec 122880 128 10.00 982492 0 100.61 229376 10.00 249597 25.56 -- Sasha.