Turns out the fix was applied to the kvm portion of the linux kernel. Is in kernel version 4.4rc1 .
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7cae2bedcbd4680b155999655e49c27b9cf020fa see also upstream qemu issue tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1494350 Thanks, Chad. On Tuesday, November 03, 2015 07:45:16 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Processing control commands: > > reassign -1 qemu-system-x86 > > Bug #789566 [qemu-kvm] Jessie guest 100% steal time after live migration > Bug reassigned from package 'qemu-kvm' to 'qemu-system-x86'. > No longer marked as found in versions qemu/1:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1. > Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #789566 to the same values > previously set > > severity -1 important > > Bug #789566 [qemu-system-x86] Jessie guest 100% steal time after live > migration Severity set to 'important' from 'normal' > > > forcemerge 785557 -1 > > Bug #785557 [qemu-system-x86] QEMU: causes vCPU steal time overflow on live > migration Bug #789566 [qemu-system-x86] Jessie guest 100% steal time after > live migration Set Bug forwarded-to-address to > 'http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-06/msg01295.html'. Added > indication that 789566 affects src:perl > Marked as found in versions qemu/1.5.0~rc0+dfsg-1 and qemu/1:2.1+dfsg-12. > Added tag(s) upstream, sid, and stretch. > Merged 785557 789566
