The patch can still apply to net-next cleanly. netperf results for removing send queue gain on my laptop (guest to host test) is around 20%. See below: Before: ------- [root@localhost ~]# netperf -H 192.168.122.1 -c -C -l60 -t TCP_STREAM Recv Send Send Utilization Service Demand Socket Socket Message Elapsed Send Recv Send Recv Size Size Size Time Throughput local remote local remote bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/s % S % S us/KB us/KB 87380 16384 16384 60.03 3230.30 99.75 85.84 2.530 4.354 After: ------ Recv Send Send Utilization Service Demand Socket Socket Message Elapsed Send Recv Send Recv Size Size Size Time Throughput local remote local remote bytes bytes bytes secs. 10^6bits/s % S % S us/KB us/KB 87380 16384 16384 60.02 4038.13 99.62 85.79 2.021 3.481 Thanks Shirley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html