`-enable-kvm -cpu SandyBridge` instead of `-cpu qemu64`. Due to a bug in KVM, QEMU or Linux, RAPL must be disabled to prevent a NULL deref: gdb -batch -ex 'target remote localhost:1234' -ex 'break rapl_pmu_init' -ex c -ex return -ex c ./vmlinux (speed improvement probably due to avx and xsave) flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx hypervisor lahf_lm xsaveopt Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:43:29 +0000 [ 0.650749] random: cryptsetup urandom read with 1 bits of entropy available [ 1.236093] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3392.282 MHz aes-cbc 128b 675.3 MiB/s 2552.0 MiB/s serpent-cbc 128b 98.8 MiB/s 332.4 MiB/s twofish-cbc 128b 205.4 MiB/s 393.3 MiB/s aes-cbc 256b 495.3 MiB/s 1871.6 MiB/s serpent-cbc 256b 98.8 MiB/s 332.4 MiB/s twofish-cbc 256b 205.4 MiB/s 393.0 MiB/s aes-xts 256b 2113.5 MiB/s 2095.7 MiB/s serpent-xts 256b 343.4 MiB/s 326.1 MiB/s twofish-xts 256b 384.6 MiB/s 386.7 MiB/s Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:43:47 +0000 aes-cbc 128b 675.9 MiB/s 2553.2 MiB/s serpent-cbc 128b 98.8 MiB/s 332.4 MiB/s twofish-cbc 128b 205.4 MiB/s 393.2 MiB/s aes-cbc 256b 495.3 MiB/s 1874.5 MiB/s serpent-cbc 256b 98.8 MiB/s 332.4 MiB/s twofish-cbc 256b 205.2 MiB/s 392.9 MiB/s aes-xts 256b 2114.0 MiB/s 2095.4 MiB/s serpent-xts 256b 342.9 MiB/s 326.0 MiB/s twofish-xts 256b 384.3 MiB/s 386.5 MiB/s Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:44:05 +0000 aes-cbc 128b 675.1 MiB/s 2547.3 MiB/s serpent-cbc 128b 98.7 MiB/s 332.0 MiB/s twofish-cbc 128b 205.1 MiB/s 392.5 MiB/s aes-cbc 256b 494.0 MiB/s 1856.5 MiB/s serpent-cbc 256b 98.7 MiB/s 331.9 MiB/s twofish-cbc 256b 205.1 MiB/s 392.3 MiB/s aes-xts 256b 2088.9 MiB/s 2073.2 MiB/s serpent-xts 256b 342.7 MiB/s 325.6 MiB/s twofish-xts 256b 383.5 MiB/s 385.7 MiB/s Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:44:23 +0000