other: 0.211 semantic: 0.159 device: 0.146 files: 0.068 network: 0.059 vnc: 0.054 graphic: 0.053 permissions: 0.050 PID: 0.046 socket: 0.046 boot: 0.034 debug: 0.030 performance: 0.026 KVM: 0.019 other: 0.244 network: 0.142 debug: 0.108 files: 0.098 performance: 0.065 semantic: 0.063 device: 0.062 PID: 0.053 boot: 0.047 socket: 0.043 vnc: 0.023 graphic: 0.022 permissions: 0.018 KVM: 0.013 NUMA node binding are not supported by this QEMU I read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1417937/, but I don't understand why it was only fixed on Ubunto. I'm running on Debian 8, openstack kilo, and trying to launch a VM with numa pinning. Is it not possible to build qemu with CONFIG_NUMA enabled for Debian where libnuma is present? it did turn out that my qemu had CONFIG_NUMA disabled. ended up upgrading it which solved it.