I just wanted to point out that we've this patch in Debian since ages, and it's been included in upstream for a long time too. Added a debbug reference for this as well.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #597517 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597517 ** Also affects: qemu-kvm (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597517 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524447 Title: virsh save is very slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libvirt/+bug/524447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs