diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8859a50c36..73a5555735 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ T: git git://github.com/jasowang/qemu.git net
 
 SCSI
 M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+R: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: include/hw/scsi/*
 F: hw/scsi/*
@@ -1271,6 +1272,7 @@ T: git git://github.com/stefanha/qemu.git block
 
 Block SCSI subsystem
 M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+R: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
 L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
 S: Supported
 F: include/scsi/*
diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
index 9b544d88c8..4452cd9856 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
@@ -525,19 +525,13 @@ static inline bool cpu_handle_interrupt(CPUState *cpu,
                                         TranslationBlock **last_tb)
 {
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
-    int32_t insns_left;
 
     /* Clear the interrupt flag now since we're processing
      * cpu->interrupt_request and cpu->exit_request.
+     * Ensure zeroing happens before reading cpu->exit_request or
+     * cpu->interrupt_request (see also smp_wmb in cpu_exit())
      */
-    insns_left = atomic_read(&cpu->icount_decr.u32);
-    atomic_set(&cpu->icount_decr.u16.high, 0);
-    if (unlikely(insns_left < 0)) {
-        /* Ensure the zeroing of icount_decr comes before the next read
-         * of cpu->exit_request or cpu->interrupt_request.
-         */
-        smp_mb();
-    }
+    atomic_mb_set(&cpu->icount_decr.u16.high, 0);
 
     if (unlikely(atomic_read(&cpu->interrupt_request))) {
         int interrupt_request;
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 4683f3b244..5c0a9e55b6 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * QEMU Block driver for iSCSI images
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ typedef struct IscsiTask {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun;
     QEMUTimer retry_timer;
     int err_code;
+    char *err_str;
 } IscsiTask;
 
 typedef struct IscsiAIOCB {
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ iscsi_co_generic_cb(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int status,
             }
         }
         iTask->err_code = iscsi_translate_sense(&task->sense);
-        error_report("iSCSI Failure: %s", iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
+        iTask->err_str = g_strdup(iscsi_get_error(iscsi));
     }
 
 out:
@@ -629,6 +630,8 @@ retry:
 
     if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
         iscsi_allocmap_set_invalid(iscsilun, sector_num, nb_sectors);
+        error_report("iSCSI WRITE10/16 failed at lba %" PRIu64 ": %s", lba,
+                     iTask.err_str);
         r = iTask.err_code;
         goto out_unlock;
     }
@@ -637,6 +640,7 @@ retry:
 
 out_unlock:
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
     return r;
 }
 
@@ -651,10 +655,9 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn iscsi_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
     struct scsi_get_lba_status *lbas = NULL;
     struct scsi_lba_status_descriptor *lbasd = NULL;
     struct IscsiTask iTask;
+    uint64_t lba;
     int64_t ret;
 
-    iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
-
     if (!is_sector_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
@@ -670,11 +673,13 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn iscsi_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    lba = sector_qemu2lun(sector_num, iscsilun);
+
+    iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
     qemu_mutex_lock(&iscsilun->mutex);
 retry:
     if (iscsi_get_lba_status_task(iscsilun->iscsi, iscsilun->lun,
-                                  sector_qemu2lun(sector_num, iscsilun),
-                                  8 + 16, iscsi_co_generic_cb,
+                                  lba, 8 + 16, iscsi_co_generic_cb,
                                   &iTask) == NULL) {
         ret = -ENOMEM;
         goto out_unlock;
@@ -701,6 +706,8 @@ retry:
          * because the device is busy or the cmd is not
          * supported) we pretend all blocks are allocated
          * for backwards compatibility */
+        error_report("iSCSI GET_LBA_STATUS failed at lba %" PRIu64 ": %s",
+                     lba, iTask.err_str);
         goto out_unlock;
     }
 
@@ -738,6 +745,7 @@ retry:
     }
 out_unlock:
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
 out:
     if (iTask.task != NULL) {
         scsi_free_scsi_task(iTask.task);
@@ -756,6 +764,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
     struct IscsiTask iTask;
     uint64_t lba;
     uint32_t num_sectors;
+    int r = 0;
 
     if (!is_sector_request_lun_aligned(sector_num, nb_sectors, iscsilun)) {
         return -EINVAL;
@@ -853,19 +862,23 @@ retry:
         iTask.complete = 0;
         goto retry;
     }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
 
     if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
-        return iTask.err_code;
+        error_report("iSCSI READ10/16 failed at lba %" PRIu64 ": %s",
+                     lba, iTask.err_str);
+        r = iTask.err_code;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
+    return r;
 }
 
 static int coroutine_fn iscsi_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     IscsiLun *iscsilun = bs->opaque;
     struct IscsiTask iTask;
+    int r = 0;
 
     iscsi_co_init_iscsitask(iscsilun, &iTask);
     qemu_mutex_lock(&iscsilun->mutex);
@@ -892,13 +905,15 @@ retry:
         iTask.complete = 0;
         goto retry;
     }
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
 
     if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
-        return iTask.err_code;
+        error_report("iSCSI SYNCHRONIZECACHE10 failed: %s", iTask.err_str);
+        r = iTask.err_code;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
+    return r;
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -1128,6 +1143,9 @@ retry:
         goto retry;
     }
 
+    iscsi_allocmap_set_invalid(iscsilun, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                               bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
+
     if (iTask.status == SCSI_STATUS_CHECK_CONDITION) {
         /* the target might fail with a check condition if it
            is not happy with the alignment of the UNMAP request
@@ -1136,15 +1154,15 @@ retry:
     }
 
     if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
+        error_report("iSCSI UNMAP failed at lba %" PRIu64 ": %s",
+                     list.lba, iTask.err_str);
         r = iTask.err_code;
         goto out_unlock;
     }
 
-    iscsi_allocmap_set_invalid(iscsilun, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                               bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
-
 out_unlock:
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
     return r;
 }
 
@@ -1241,6 +1259,8 @@ retry:
     if (iTask.status != SCSI_STATUS_GOOD) {
         iscsi_allocmap_set_invalid(iscsilun, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                                    bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
+        error_report("iSCSI WRITESAME10/16 failed at lba %" PRIu64 ": %s",
+                     lba, iTask.err_str);
         r = iTask.err_code;
         goto out_unlock;
     }
@@ -1255,6 +1275,7 @@ retry:
 
 out_unlock:
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&iscsilun->mutex);
+    g_free(iTask.err_str);
     return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index 28f551a7b0..9e3c22109c 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "block/nbd.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
+#include "io/net-listener.h"
 
 typedef struct NBDServerData {
-    QIOChannelSocket *listen_ioc;
-    int watch;
+    QIONetListener *listener;
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
 } NBDServerData;
 
@@ -32,27 +32,13 @@ static void nbd_blockdev_client_closed(NBDClient *client, bool ignored)
     nbd_client_put(client);
 }
 
-static gboolean nbd_accept(QIOChannel *ioc, GIOCondition condition,
-                           gpointer opaque)
+static void nbd_accept(QIONetListener *listener, QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
+                       gpointer opaque)
 {
-    QIOChannelSocket *cioc;
-
-    if (!nbd_server) {
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-
-    cioc = qio_channel_socket_accept(QIO_CHANNEL_SOCKET(ioc),
-                                     NULL);
-    if (!cioc) {
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-
     qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(cioc), "nbd-server");
     nbd_client_new(NULL, cioc,
                    nbd_server->tlscreds, NULL,
                    nbd_blockdev_client_closed);
-    object_unref(OBJECT(cioc));
-    return TRUE;
 }
 
 
@@ -62,10 +48,8 @@ static void nbd_server_free(NBDServerData *server)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (server->watch != -1) {
-        g_source_remove(server->watch);
-    }
-    object_unref(OBJECT(server->listen_ioc));
+    qio_net_listener_disconnect(server->listener);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(server->listener));
     if (server->tlscreds) {
         object_unref(OBJECT(server->tlscreds));
     }
@@ -112,12 +96,12 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
     }
 
     nbd_server = g_new0(NBDServerData, 1);
-    nbd_server->watch = -1;
-    nbd_server->listen_ioc = qio_channel_socket_new();
-    qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(nbd_server->listen_ioc),
-                         "nbd-listener");
-    if (qio_channel_socket_listen_sync(
-            nbd_server->listen_ioc, addr, errp) < 0) {
+    nbd_server->listener = qio_net_listener_new();
+
+    qio_net_listener_set_name(nbd_server->listener,
+                              "nbd-listener");
+
+    if (qio_net_listener_open_sync(nbd_server->listener, addr, errp) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -134,12 +118,10 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
         }
     }
 
-    nbd_server->watch = qio_channel_add_watch(
-        QIO_CHANNEL(nbd_server->listen_ioc),
-        G_IO_IN,
-        nbd_accept,
-        NULL,
-        NULL);
+    qio_net_listener_set_client_func(nbd_server->listener,
+                                     nbd_accept,
+                                     NULL,
+                                     NULL);
 
     return;
 
diff --git a/chardev/baum.c b/chardev/baum.c
index 67fd783a59..78b0c87625 100644
--- a/chardev/baum.c
+++ b/chardev/baum.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * QEMU Baum Braille Device
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010-2011, 2016 Samuel Thibault
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010-2011, 2016-2017 Samuel Thibault
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ static int baum_deferred_init(BaumChardev *baum)
         brlapi_perror("baum: brlapi__getDisplaySize");
         return 0;
     }
+    if (baum->y > 1) {
+        baum->y = 1;
+    }
+    if (baum->x > 84) {
+        baum->x = 84;
+    }
 
     con = qemu_console_lookup_by_index(0);
     if (con && qemu_console_is_graphic(con)) {
diff --git a/chardev/char-mux.c b/chardev/char-mux.c
index 4cda5e7458..567bf965cd 100644
--- a/chardev/char-mux.c
+++ b/chardev/char-mux.c
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ static void mux_chr_send_event(MuxChardev *d, int mux_nr, int event)
     }
 }
 
+static void mux_chr_be_event(Chardev *chr, int event)
+{
+    MuxChardev *d = MUX_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    if (d->focus != -1) {
+        mux_chr_send_event(d, d->focus, event);
+    }
+}
+
 static int mux_proc_byte(Chardev *chr, MuxChardev *d, int ch)
 {
     if (d->term_got_escape) {
@@ -346,6 +355,7 @@ static void char_mux_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->chr_write = mux_chr_write;
     cc->chr_accept_input = mux_chr_accept_input;
     cc->chr_add_watch = mux_chr_add_watch;
+    cc->chr_be_event = mux_chr_be_event;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo char_mux_type_info = {
diff --git a/chardev/char-socket.c b/chardev/char-socket.c
index 53eda8ef00..630a7f2995 100644
--- a/chardev/char-socket.c
+++ b/chardev/char-socket.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
 #include "io/channel-tls.h"
+#include "io/net-listener.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ typedef struct {
     Chardev parent;
     QIOChannel *ioc; /* Client I/O channel */
     QIOChannelSocket *sioc; /* Client master channel */
-    QIOChannelSocket *listen_ioc;
-    guint listen_tag;
+    QIONetListener *listener;
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tls_creds;
     int connected;
     int max_size;
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ static void check_report_connect_error(Chardev *chr,
     qemu_chr_socket_restart_timer(chr);
 }
 
-static gboolean tcp_chr_accept(QIOChannel *chan,
-                               GIOCondition cond,
-                               void *opaque);
+static void tcp_chr_accept(QIONetListener *listener,
+                           QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
+                           void *opaque);
 
 static int tcp_chr_read_poll(void *opaque);
 static void tcp_chr_disconnect(Chardev *chr);
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ static void tcp_chr_disconnect(Chardev *chr)
 
     tcp_chr_free_connection(chr);
 
-    if (s->listen_ioc && s->listen_tag == 0) {
-        s->listen_tag = qio_channel_add_watch(
-            QIO_CHANNEL(s->listen_ioc), G_IO_IN, tcp_chr_accept, chr, NULL);
+    if (s->listener) {
+        qio_net_listener_set_client_func(s->listener, tcp_chr_accept,
+                                         chr, NULL);
     }
     update_disconnected_filename(s);
     if (emit_close) {
@@ -702,9 +702,8 @@ static int tcp_chr_new_client(Chardev *chr, QIOChannelSocket *sioc)
     if (s->do_nodelay) {
         qio_channel_set_delay(s->ioc, false);
     }
-    if (s->listen_tag) {
-        g_source_remove(s->listen_tag);
-        s->listen_tag = 0;
+    if (s->listener) {
+        qio_net_listener_set_client_func(s->listener, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     }
 
     if (s->tls_creds) {
@@ -736,24 +735,14 @@ static int tcp_chr_add_client(Chardev *chr, int fd)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static gboolean tcp_chr_accept(QIOChannel *channel,
-                               GIOCondition cond,
-                               void *opaque)
+static void tcp_chr_accept(QIONetListener *listener,
+                           QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
+                           void *opaque)
 {
     Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
-    QIOChannelSocket *sioc;
 
-    sioc = qio_channel_socket_accept(QIO_CHANNEL_SOCKET(channel),
-                                     NULL);
-    if (!sioc) {
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-
-    tcp_chr_new_client(chr, sioc);
-
-    object_unref(OBJECT(sioc));
-
-    return TRUE;
+    tcp_chr_set_client_ioc_name(chr, cioc);
+    tcp_chr_new_client(chr, cioc);
 }
 
 static int tcp_chr_wait_connected(Chardev *chr, Error **errp)
@@ -767,9 +756,10 @@ static int tcp_chr_wait_connected(Chardev *chr, Error **errp)
         if (s->is_listen) {
             info_report("QEMU waiting for connection on: %s",
                         chr->filename);
-            qio_channel_set_blocking(QIO_CHANNEL(s->listen_ioc), true, NULL);
-            tcp_chr_accept(QIO_CHANNEL(s->listen_ioc), G_IO_IN, chr);
-            qio_channel_set_blocking(QIO_CHANNEL(s->listen_ioc), false, NULL);
+            sioc = qio_net_listener_wait_client(s->listener);
+            tcp_chr_set_client_ioc_name(chr, sioc);
+            tcp_chr_new_client(chr, sioc);
+            object_unref(OBJECT(sioc));
         } else {
             sioc = qio_channel_socket_new();
             tcp_chr_set_client_ioc_name(chr, sioc);
@@ -797,12 +787,9 @@ static void char_socket_finalize(Object *obj)
         s->reconnect_timer = 0;
     }
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(s->addr);
-    if (s->listen_tag) {
-        g_source_remove(s->listen_tag);
-        s->listen_tag = 0;
-    }
-    if (s->listen_ioc) {
-        object_unref(OBJECT(s->listen_ioc));
+    if (s->listener) {
+        qio_net_listener_set_client_func(s->listener, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        object_unref(OBJECT(s->listener));
     }
     if (s->tls_creds) {
         object_unref(OBJECT(s->tls_creds));
@@ -935,29 +922,29 @@ static void qmp_chardev_open_socket(Chardev *chr,
     } else {
         if (s->is_listen) {
             char *name;
-            sioc = qio_channel_socket_new();
+            s->listener = qio_net_listener_new();
 
             name = g_strdup_printf("chardev-tcp-listener-%s", chr->label);
-            qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(sioc), name);
+            qio_net_listener_set_name(s->listener, name);
             g_free(name);
 
-            if (qio_channel_socket_listen_sync(sioc, s->addr, errp) < 0) {
+            if (qio_net_listener_open_sync(s->listener, s->addr, errp) < 0) {
+                object_unref(OBJECT(s->listener));
+                s->listener = NULL;
                 goto error;
             }
 
             qapi_free_SocketAddress(s->addr);
-            s->addr = socket_local_address(sioc->fd, errp);
+            s->addr = socket_local_address(s->listener->sioc[0]->fd, errp);
             update_disconnected_filename(s);
 
-            s->listen_ioc = sioc;
             if (is_waitconnect &&
                 qemu_chr_wait_connected(chr, errp) < 0) {
                 return;
             }
             if (!s->ioc) {
-                s->listen_tag = qio_channel_add_watch(
-                    QIO_CHANNEL(s->listen_ioc), G_IO_IN,
-                    tcp_chr_accept, chr, NULL);
+                qio_net_listener_set_client_func(s->listener, tcp_chr_accept,
+                                                 chr, NULL);
             }
         } else if (qemu_chr_wait_connected(chr, errp) < 0) {
             goto error;
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index 2ae4f465ec..8c3765ee99 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -43,10 +43,19 @@ static Object *get_chardevs_root(void)
     return container_get(object_get_root(), "/chardevs");
 }
 
-void qemu_chr_be_event(Chardev *s, int event)
+static void chr_be_event(Chardev *s, int event)
 {
     CharBackend *be = s->be;
 
+    if (!be || !be->chr_event) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    be->chr_event(be->opaque, event);
+}
+
+void qemu_chr_be_event(Chardev *s, int event)
+{
     /* Keep track if the char device is open */
     switch (event) {
         case CHR_EVENT_OPENED:
@@ -57,11 +66,7 @@ void qemu_chr_be_event(Chardev *s, int event)
             break;
     }
 
-    if (!be || !be->chr_event) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    be->chr_event(be->opaque, event);
+    CHARDEV_GET_CLASS(s)->chr_be_event(s, event);
 }
 
 /* Not reporting errors from writing to logfile, as logs are
@@ -244,6 +249,7 @@ static void char_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     ChardevClass *cc = CHARDEV_CLASS(oc);
 
     cc->chr_write = null_chr_write;
+    cc->chr_be_event = chr_be_event;
 }
 
 static void char_finalize(Object *obj)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9c8aa5a98b..100309c33f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ vxhs=""
 supported_cpu="no"
 supported_os="no"
 bogus_os="no"
+malloc_trim=""
 
 # parse CC options first
 for opt do
@@ -1047,6 +1048,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-tcg) tcg="yes"
   ;;
+  --disable-malloc-trim) malloc_trim="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-malloc-trim) malloc_trim="yes"
+  ;;
   --disable-spice) spice="no"
   ;;
   --enable-spice) spice="yes"
@@ -1466,6 +1471,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
                            Default:trace-<pid>
   --disable-slirp          disable SLIRP userspace network connectivity
   --enable-tcg-interpreter enable TCG with bytecode interpreter (TCI)
+  --enable-malloc-trim     enable libc malloc_trim() for memory optimization
   --oss-lib                path to OSS library
   --cpu=CPU                Build for host CPU [$cpu]
   --with-coroutine=BACKEND coroutine backend. Supported options:
@@ -3860,6 +3866,30 @@ if test "$tcmalloc" = "yes" && test "$jemalloc" = "yes" ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Even if malloc_trim() is available, these non-libc memory allocators
+# do not support it.
+if test "$tcmalloc" = "yes" || test "$jemalloc" = "yes" ; then
+    if test "$malloc_trim" = "yes" ; then
+        echo "Disabling malloc_trim with non-libc memory allocator"
+    fi
+    malloc_trim="no"
+fi
+
+#######################################
+# malloc_trim
+
+if test "$malloc_trim" != "no" ; then
+    cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <malloc.h>
+int main(void) { malloc_trim(0); return 0; }
+EOF
+    if compile_prog "" "" ; then
+        malloc_trim="yes"
+    else
+        malloc_trim="no"
+    fi
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # tcmalloc probe
 
@@ -3923,7 +3953,7 @@ fi
 # check if memfd is supported
 memfd=no
 cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/memfd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 int main(void)
 {
@@ -5505,6 +5535,7 @@ if test "$tcg" = "yes" ; then
     echo "TCG debug enabled $debug_tcg"
     echo "TCG interpreter   $tcg_interpreter"
 fi
+echo "malloc trim support $malloc_trim"
 echo "RDMA support      $rdma"
 echo "fdt support       $fdt"
 echo "preadv support    $preadv"
@@ -6015,6 +6046,10 @@ if test "$opengl" = "yes" ; then
   fi
 fi
 
+if test "$malloc_trim" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$avx2_opt" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_AVX2_OPT=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/qemu-guest-agent.service b/contrib/systemd/qemu-guest-agent.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51cd7b37ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/qemu-guest-agent.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=QEMU Guest Agent
+BindTo=dev-virtio\x2dports-org.qemu.guest_agent.0.device
+After=dev-virtio\x2dports-org.qemu.guest_agent.0.device
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=-/usr/bin/qemu-ga
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=0
+
+[Install]
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.service b/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1d27b0221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Persistent Reservation Daemon for QEMU
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/tmp
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/qemu-pr-helper
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ReadWritePaths=/var/run
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=0
+
+[Install]
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.socket b/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d7c3e5e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/qemu-pr-helper.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Persistent Reservation Daemon for QEMU
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=/run/qemu-pr-helper.sock
+SocketMode=0600
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 114c29b6a0..83700c1716 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -1057,13 +1057,22 @@ static void qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
 }
 
+static void qemu_cpu_stop(CPUState *cpu, bool exit)
+{
+    g_assert(qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu));
+    cpu->stop = false;
+    cpu->stopped = true;
+    if (exit) {
+        cpu_exit(cpu);
+    }
+    qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_pause_cond);
+}
+
 static void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     atomic_mb_set(&cpu->thread_kicked, false);
     if (cpu->stop) {
-        cpu->stop = false;
-        cpu->stopped = true;
-        qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_pause_cond);
+        qemu_cpu_stop(cpu, false);
     }
     process_queued_cpu_work(cpu);
 }
@@ -1610,12 +1619,12 @@ void pause_all_vcpus(void)
 
     qemu_clock_enable(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, false);
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu->stop = true;
-        qemu_cpu_kick(cpu);
-    }
-
-    if (qemu_in_vcpu_thread()) {
-        cpu_stop_current();
+        if (qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
+            qemu_cpu_stop(cpu, true);
+        } else {
+            cpu->stop = true;
+            qemu_cpu_kick(cpu);
+        }
     }
 
     while (!all_vcpus_paused()) {
@@ -1778,11 +1787,8 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
         /* If the target cpu hasn't set up any address spaces itself,
          * give it the default one.
          */
-        AddressSpace *as = g_new0(AddressSpace, 1);
-
-        address_space_init(as, cpu->memory, "cpu-memory");
         cpu->num_ases = 1;
-        cpu_address_space_init(cpu, as, 0);
+        cpu_address_space_init(cpu, 0, "cpu-memory", cpu->memory);
     }
 
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
@@ -1799,10 +1805,7 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 void cpu_stop_current(void)
 {
     if (current_cpu) {
-        current_cpu->stop = false;
-        current_cpu->stopped = true;
-        cpu_exit(current_cpu);
-        qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_pause_cond);
+        qemu_cpu_stop(current_cpu, true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 3e7c57e914..4722e521d4 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -705,9 +705,17 @@ CPUState *qemu_get_cpu(int index)
 }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-void cpu_address_space_init(CPUState *cpu, AddressSpace *as, int asidx)
+void cpu_address_space_init(CPUState *cpu, int asidx,
+                            const char *prefix, MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
     CPUAddressSpace *newas;
+    AddressSpace *as = g_new0(AddressSpace, 1);
+    char *as_name;
+
+    assert(mr);
+    as_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%d", prefix, cpu->cpu_index);
+    address_space_init(as, mr, as_name);
+    g_free(as_name);
 
     /* Target code should have set num_ases before calling us */
     assert(asidx < cpu->num_ases);
@@ -2717,6 +2725,37 @@ static uint16_t dummy_section(PhysPageMap *map, FlatView *fv, MemoryRegion *mr)
     return phys_section_add(map, &section);
 }
 
+static void readonly_mem_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
+                               uint64_t val, unsigned size)
+{
+    /* Ignore any write to ROM. */
+}
+
+static bool readonly_mem_accepts(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
+                                 unsigned size, bool is_write)
+{
+    return is_write;
+}
+
+/* This will only be used for writes, because reads are special cased
+ * to directly access the underlying host ram.
+ */
+static const MemoryRegionOps readonly_mem_ops = {
+    .write = readonly_mem_write,
+    .valid.accepts = readonly_mem_accepts,
+    .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
+    .valid = {
+        .min_access_size = 1,
+        .max_access_size = 8,
+        .unaligned = false,
+    },
+    .impl = {
+        .min_access_size = 1,
+        .max_access_size = 8,
+        .unaligned = false,
+    },
+};
+
 MemoryRegion *iotlb_to_region(CPUState *cpu, hwaddr index, MemTxAttrs attrs)
 {
     int asidx = cpu_asidx_from_attrs(cpu, attrs);
@@ -2729,7 +2768,8 @@ MemoryRegion *iotlb_to_region(CPUState *cpu, hwaddr index, MemTxAttrs attrs)
 
 static void io_mem_init(void)
 {
-    memory_region_init_io(&io_mem_rom, NULL, &unassigned_mem_ops, NULL, NULL, UINT64_MAX);
+    memory_region_init_io(&io_mem_rom, NULL, &readonly_mem_ops,
+                          NULL, NULL, UINT64_MAX);
     memory_region_init_io(&io_mem_unassigned, NULL, &unassigned_mem_ops, NULL,
                           NULL, UINT64_MAX);
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/i8259.c b/hw/i386/kvm/i8259.c
index 11d1b726b6..b91e98074e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/i8259.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/i8259.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void kvm_pic_set_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 {
     int delivered;
 
+    pic_stat_update_irq(irq, level);
     delivered = kvm_set_irq(kvm_state, irq, level);
     apic_report_irq_delivered(delivered);
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/trace-events b/hw/i386/trace-events
index d43b4b6cd3..22d44648af 100644
--- a/hw/i386/trace-events
+++ b/hw/i386/trace-events
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ amdvi_mode_invalid(uint8_t level, uint64_t addr)"error: translation level 0x%"PR
 amdvi_page_fault(uint64_t addr) "error: page fault accessing guest physical address 0x%"PRIx64
 amdvi_iotlb_hit(uint8_t bus, uint8_t slot, uint8_t func, uint64_t addr, uint64_t txaddr) "hit iotlb devid %02x:%02x.%x gpa 0x%"PRIx64" hpa 0x%"PRIx64
 amdvi_translation_result(uint8_t bus, uint8_t slot, uint8_t func, uint64_t addr, uint64_t txaddr) "devid: %02x:%02x.%x gpa 0x%"PRIx64" hpa 0x%"PRIx64
+
+# hw/i386/vmport.c
+vmport_register(unsigned char command, void *func, void *opaque) "command: 0x%02x func: %p opaque: %p"
+vmport_command(unsigned char command) "command: 0x%02x"
diff --git a/hw/i386/vmport.c b/hw/i386/vmport.c
index eb880c6def..9b8c68806e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/vmport.c
+++ b/hw/i386/vmport.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
-
-/* #define VMPORT_DEBUG */
+#include "trace.h"
 
 #define VMPORT_CMD_GETVERSION 0x0a
 #define VMPORT_CMD_GETRAMSIZE 0x14
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ void vmport_register(unsigned char command, VMPortReadFunc *func, void *opaque)
         return;
     }
 
+    trace_vmport_register(command, func, opaque);
     port_state->func[command] = func;
     port_state->opaque[command] = opaque;
 }
@@ -76,13 +76,9 @@ static uint64_t vmport_ioport_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
     }
 
     command = env->regs[R_ECX];
-    if (command >= VMPORT_ENTRIES) {
-        return eax;
-    }
-    if (!s->func[command]) {
-#ifdef VMPORT_DEBUG
-        fprintf(stderr, "vmport: unknown command %x\n", command);
-#endif
+    trace_vmport_command(command);
+    if (command >= VMPORT_ENTRIES || !s->func[command]) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP, "vmport: unknown command %x\n", command);
         return eax;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/intc/i8259.c b/hw/intc/i8259.c
index fe9ecd6bd4..1602255a87 100644
--- a/hw/intc/i8259.c
+++ b/hw/intc/i8259.c
@@ -25,24 +25,15 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
-#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "hw/isa/i8259_internal.h"
-#include "hw/intc/intc.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 
 /* debug PIC */
 //#define DEBUG_PIC
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_PIC
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...)                                       \
-    do { printf("pic: " fmt , ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#else
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...)
-#endif
-
 //#define DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY
-//#define DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT
 
 #define TYPE_I8259 "isa-i8259"
 #define PIC_CLASS(class) OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(PICClass, (class), TYPE_I8259)
@@ -58,12 +49,6 @@ typedef struct PICClass {
     DeviceRealize parent_realize;
 } PICClass;
 
-#if defined(DEBUG_PIC) || defined(DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT)
-static int irq_level[16];
-#endif
-#ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT
-static uint64_t irq_count[16];
-#endif
 #ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY
 static int64_t irq_time[16];
 #endif
@@ -122,8 +107,7 @@ static void pic_update_irq(PICCommonState *s)
 
     irq = pic_get_irq(s);
     if (irq >= 0) {
-        DPRINTF("pic%d: imr=%x irr=%x padd=%d\n",
-                s->master ? 0 : 1, s->imr, s->irr, s->priority_add);
+        trace_pic_update_irq(s->master, s->imr, s->irr, s->priority_add);
         qemu_irq_raise(s->int_out[0]);
     } else {
         qemu_irq_lower(s->int_out[0]);
@@ -135,22 +119,11 @@ static void pic_set_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 {
     PICCommonState *s = opaque;
     int mask = 1 << irq;
-
-#if defined(DEBUG_PIC) || defined(DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT) || \
-    defined(DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY)
     int irq_index = s->master ? irq : irq + 8;
-#endif
-#if defined(DEBUG_PIC) || defined(DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT)
-    if (level != irq_level[irq_index]) {
-        DPRINTF("pic_set_irq: irq=%d level=%d\n", irq_index, level);
-        irq_level[irq_index] = level;
-#ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT
-        if (level == 1) {
-            irq_count[irq_index]++;
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-#endif
+
+    trace_pic_set_irq(s->master, irq, level);
+    pic_stat_update_irq(irq_index, level);
+
 #ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY
     if (level) {
         irq_time[irq_index] = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
@@ -223,18 +196,18 @@ int pic_read_irq(DeviceState *d)
         intno = s->irq_base + irq;
     }
 
-#if defined(DEBUG_PIC) || defined(DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY)
     if (irq == 2) {
         irq = irq2 + 8;
     }
-#endif
+
 #ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_LATENCY
     printf("IRQ%d latency=%0.3fus\n",
            irq,
            (double)(qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) -
                     irq_time[irq]) * 1000000.0 / NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
 #endif
-    DPRINTF("pic_interrupt: irq=%d\n", irq);
+
+    trace_pic_interrupt(irq, intno);
     return intno;
 }
 
@@ -252,35 +225,6 @@ static void pic_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     pic_init_reset(s);
 }
 
-static bool pic_get_statistics(InterruptStatsProvider *obj,
-                               uint64_t **irq_counts, unsigned int *nb_irqs)
-{
-    PICCommonState *s = PIC_COMMON(obj);
-
-    if (s->master) {
-#ifdef DEBUG_IRQ_COUNT
-        *irq_counts = irq_count;
-        *nb_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_count);
-#else
-        return false;
-#endif
-    } else {
-        *irq_counts = NULL;
-        *nb_irqs = 0;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-static void pic_print_info(InterruptStatsProvider *obj, Monitor *mon)
-{
-    PICCommonState *s = PIC_COMMON(obj);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "pic%d: irr=%02x imr=%02x isr=%02x hprio=%d "
-                   "irq_base=%02x rr_sel=%d elcr=%02x fnm=%d\n",
-                   s->master ? 0 : 1, s->irr, s->imr, s->isr, s->priority_add,
-                   s->irq_base, s->read_reg_select, s->elcr,
-                   s->special_fully_nested_mode);
-}
-
 static void pic_ioport_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr64,
                              uint64_t val64, unsigned size)
 {
@@ -289,7 +233,8 @@ static void pic_ioport_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr64,
     uint32_t val = val64;
     int priority, cmd, irq;
 
-    DPRINTF("write: addr=0x%02x val=0x%02x\n", addr, val);
+    trace_pic_ioport_write(s->master, addr, val);
+
     if (addr == 0) {
         if (val & 0x10) {
             pic_init_reset(s);
@@ -402,7 +347,7 @@ static uint64_t pic_ioport_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
             ret = s->imr;
         }
     }
-    DPRINTF("read: addr=0x%02" HWADDR_PRIx " val=0x%02x\n", addr, ret);
+    trace_pic_ioport_read(s->master, addr, ret);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -497,13 +442,10 @@ static void i8259_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     PICClass *k = PIC_CLASS(klass);
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    InterruptStatsProviderClass *ic = INTERRUPT_STATS_PROVIDER_CLASS(klass);
 
     k->parent_realize = dc->realize;
     dc->realize = pic_realize;
     dc->reset = pic_reset;
-    ic->get_statistics = pic_get_statistics;
-    ic->print_info = pic_print_info;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo i8259_info = {
@@ -512,10 +454,6 @@ static const TypeInfo i8259_info = {
     .parent     = TYPE_PIC_COMMON,
     .class_init = i8259_class_init,
     .class_size = sizeof(PICClass),
-    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
-        { TYPE_INTERRUPT_STATS_PROVIDER },
-        { }
-    },
 };
 
 static void pic_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/intc/i8259_common.c b/hw/intc/i8259_common.c
index 18427b459a..c75c880157 100644
--- a/hw/intc/i8259_common.c
+++ b/hw/intc/i8259_common.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/isa/i8259_internal.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
+
+static int irq_level[16];
+static uint64_t irq_count[16];
 
 void pic_reset_common(PICCommonState *s)
 {
@@ -98,6 +102,44 @@ ISADevice *i8259_init_chip(const char *name, ISABus *bus, bool master)
     return isadev;
 }
 
+void pic_stat_update_irq(int irq, int level)
+{
+    if (level != irq_level[irq]) {
+        irq_level[irq] = level;
+        if (level == 1) {
+            irq_count[irq]++;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+bool pic_get_statistics(InterruptStatsProvider *obj,
+                        uint64_t **irq_counts, unsigned int *nb_irqs)
+{
+    PICCommonState *s = PIC_COMMON(obj);
+
+    if (s->master) {
+        *irq_counts = irq_count;
+        *nb_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_count);
+    } else {
+        *irq_counts = NULL;
+        *nb_irqs = 0;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void pic_print_info(InterruptStatsProvider *obj, Monitor *mon)
+{
+    PICCommonState *s = PIC_COMMON(obj);
+
+    pic_dispatch_pre_save(s);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "pic%d: irr=%02x imr=%02x isr=%02x hprio=%d "
+                   "irq_base=%02x rr_sel=%d elcr=%02x fnm=%d\n",
+                   s->master ? 0 : 1, s->irr, s->imr, s->isr, s->priority_add,
+                   s->irq_base, s->read_reg_select, s->elcr,
+                   s->special_fully_nested_mode);
+}
+
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_pic_common = {
     .name = "i8259",
     .version_id = 1,
@@ -136,6 +178,7 @@ static Property pic_properties_common[] = {
 static void pic_common_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    InterruptStatsProviderClass *ic = INTERRUPT_STATS_PROVIDER_CLASS(klass);
 
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_pic_common;
     dc->props = pic_properties_common;
@@ -147,6 +190,8 @@ static void pic_common_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
      * code.
      */
     dc->user_creatable = false;
+    ic->get_statistics = pic_get_statistics;
+    ic->print_info = pic_print_info;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo pic_common_type = {
@@ -156,6 +201,10 @@ static const TypeInfo pic_common_type = {
     .class_size = sizeof(PICCommonClass),
     .class_init = pic_common_class_init,
     .abstract = true,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_INTERRUPT_STATS_PROVIDER },
+        { }
+    },
 };
 
 static void pic_common_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/intc/trace-events b/hw/intc/trace-events
index 7077aaaee6..be769186fc 100644
--- a/hw/intc/trace-events
+++ b/hw/intc/trace-events
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # See docs/devel/tracing.txt for syntax documentation.
 
+# hw/intc/i8259.c
+pic_update_irq(bool master, uint8_t imr, uint8_t irr, uint8_t padd) "master %d imr %"PRIu8" irr %"PRIu8" padd %"PRIu8
+pic_set_irq(bool master, int irq, int level) "master %d irq %d level %d"
+pic_interrupt(int irq, int intno) "irq %d intno %d"
+pic_ioport_write(bool master, uint64_t addr, uint64_t val) "master %d addr 0x%"PRIx64" val 0x%"PRIx64
+pic_ioport_read(bool master, uint64_t addr, int val) "master %d addr 0x%"PRIx64" val 0x%x"
+
 # hw/intc/apic_common.c
 cpu_set_apic_base(uint64_t val) "0x%016"PRIx64
 cpu_get_apic_base(uint64_t val) "0x%016"PRIx64
diff --git a/hw/mips/boston.c b/hw/mips/boston.c
index 1cb4b6aca2..fb23161b33 100644
--- a/hw/mips/boston.c
+++ b/hw/mips/boston.c
@@ -248,16 +248,6 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps boston_platreg_ops = {
     .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
 };
 
-static void boston_flash_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
-                               uint64_t val, unsigned size)
-{
-}
-
-static const MemoryRegionOps boston_flash_ops = {
-    .write = boston_flash_write,
-    .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
-};
-
 static const TypeInfo boston_device = {
     .name          = TYPE_MIPS_BOSTON,
     .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
@@ -481,8 +471,8 @@ static void boston_mach_init(MachineState *machine)
     sysbus_mmio_map_overlap(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(s->cps), 0, 0, 1);
 
     flash =  g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    memory_region_init_rom_device_nomigrate(flash, NULL, &boston_flash_ops, s,
-                                  "boston.flash", 128 * M_BYTE, &err);
+    memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(flash, NULL,
+                                     "boston.flash", 128 * M_BYTE, &err);
     memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(sys_mem, 0x18000000, flash, 0);
 
     ddr = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
diff --git a/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c b/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
index 3c3ba9d8c5..6c200becab 100644
--- a/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
+++ b/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@
 #include "elf.h"
 
 #define PHYS_MEM_BASE 0x80000000
+#define FIRMWARE_BASE 0x1000
+#define FIRMWARE_SIZE (128 * 0x1000)
 
 typedef struct {
     uint64_t ram_size;
@@ -122,8 +125,8 @@ static void moxiesim_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_init_ram(ram, NULL, "moxiesim.ram", ram_size, &error_fatal);
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, ram_base, ram);
 
-    memory_region_init_ram(rom, NULL, "moxie.rom", 128 * 0x1000, &error_fatal);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), 0x1000, rom);
+    memory_region_init_ram(rom, NULL, "moxie.rom", FIRMWARE_SIZE, &error_fatal);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), FIRMWARE_BASE, rom);
 
     if (kernel_filename) {
         loader_params.ram_size = ram_size;
@@ -132,6 +135,11 @@ static void moxiesim_init(MachineState *machine)
         loader_params.initrd_filename = initrd_filename;
         load_kernel(cpu, &loader_params);
     }
+    if (bios_name) {
+        if (load_image_targphys(bios_name, FIRMWARE_BASE, FIRMWARE_SIZE) < 0) {
+            error_report("Failed to load firmware '%s'", bios_name);
+        }
+    }
 
     /* A single 16450 sits at offset 0x3f8.  */
     if (serial_hds[0]) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index 977f7bce1f..965becf31f 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -540,20 +540,8 @@ static int32_t scsi_target_send_command(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *buf)
         if (req->lun != 0) {
             const struct SCSISense sense = SENSE_CODE(LUN_NOT_SUPPORTED);
 
-            if (fixed_sense) {
-                r->buf[0] = 0x70;
-                r->buf[2] = sense.key;
-                r->buf[10] = 10;
-                r->buf[12] = sense.asc;
-                r->buf[13] = sense.ascq;
-                r->len = MIN(req->cmd.xfer, SCSI_SENSE_LEN);
-            } else {
-                r->buf[0] = 0x72;
-                r->buf[1] = sense.key;
-                r->buf[2] = sense.asc;
-                r->buf[3] = sense.ascq;
-                r->len = 8;
-            }
+            r->len = scsi_build_sense_buf(r->buf, req->cmd.xfer,
+                                          sense, fixed_sense);
         } else {
             r->len = scsi_device_get_sense(r->req.dev, r->buf,
                                            MIN(req->cmd.xfer, r->buf_len),
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index 870d9ae85a..e58833a087 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -3004,6 +3004,7 @@ static const TypeInfo scsi_cd_info = {
 static Property scsi_block_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_BLOCK_ERROR_PROPERTIES(SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf),         \
     DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.blk),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("share-rw", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.share_rw, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("rotation_rate", SCSIDiskState, rotation_rate, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
diff --git a/include/chardev/char.h b/include/chardev/char.h
index 43aabccef5..778d610295 100644
--- a/include/chardev/char.h
+++ b/include/chardev/char.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ typedef struct ChardevClass {
     void (*chr_accept_input)(Chardev *chr);
     void (*chr_set_echo)(Chardev *chr, bool echo);
     void (*chr_set_fe_open)(Chardev *chr, int fe_open);
+    void (*chr_be_event)(Chardev *s, int event);
 } ChardevClass;
 
 Chardev *qemu_chardev_new(const char *id, const char *typename,
diff --git a/include/exec/exec-all.h b/include/exec/exec-all.h
index 0f51c92adb..b37f7d8d92 100644
--- a/include/exec/exec-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/exec-all.h
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ void cpu_reloading_memory_map(void);
 /**
  * cpu_address_space_init:
  * @cpu: CPU to add this address space to
- * @as: address space to add
  * @asidx: integer index of this address space
+ * @prefix: prefix to be used as name of address space
+ * @mr: the root memory region of address space
  *
  * Add the specified address space to the CPU's cpu_ases list.
  * The address space added with @asidx 0 is the one used for the
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ void cpu_reloading_memory_map(void);
  *
  * Note that with KVM only one address space is supported.
  */
-void cpu_address_space_init(CPUState *cpu, AddressSpace *as, int asidx);
+void cpu_address_space_init(CPUState *cpu, int asidx,
+                            const char *prefix, MemoryRegion *mr);
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) && defined(CONFIG_TCG)
diff --git a/include/hw/isa/i8259_internal.h b/include/hw/isa/i8259_internal.h
index 6954b6ec5f..f742c2a726 100644
--- a/include/hw/isa/i8259_internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/isa/i8259_internal.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
+#include "hw/intc/intc.h"
 
 typedef struct PICCommonState PICCommonState;
 
@@ -76,8 +77,10 @@ struct PICCommonState {
 };
 
 void pic_reset_common(PICCommonState *s);
-
 ISADevice *i8259_init_chip(const char *name, ISABus *bus, bool master);
-
+void pic_stat_update_irq(int irq, int level);
+bool pic_get_statistics(InterruptStatsProvider *obj,
+                        uint64_t **irq_counts, unsigned int *nb_irqs);
+void pic_print_info(InterruptStatsProvider *obj, Monitor *mon);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_I8259_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/include/qemu/sockets.h b/include/qemu/sockets.h
index 4f7311b52a..8889bcb1ec 100644
--- a/include/qemu/sockets.h
+++ b/include/qemu/sockets.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int inet_connect_saddr(InetSocketAddress *saddr, Error **errp);
 
 NetworkAddressFamily inet_netfamily(int family);
 
-int unix_listen(const char *path, char *ostr, int olen, Error **errp);
+int unix_listen(const char *path, Error **errp);
 int unix_connect(const char *path, Error **errp);
 
 SocketAddress *socket_parse(const char *str, Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/scsi/utils.h b/include/scsi/utils.h
index 00a4bdb080..4b705f5e0f 100644
--- a/include/scsi/utils.h
+++ b/include/scsi/utils.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ typedef struct SCSISense {
 } SCSISense;
 
 int scsi_build_sense(uint8_t *buf, SCSISense sense);
+SCSISense scsi_parse_sense_buf(const uint8_t *in_buf, int in_len);
+int scsi_build_sense_buf(uint8_t *buf, size_t max_size, SCSISense sense,
+                         bool fixed_sense);
 
 /*
  * Predefined sense codes
@@ -76,7 +79,11 @@ extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_LUN_FAILURE;
 extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_LUN_COMM_FAILURE;
 /* Command aborted, Overlapped Commands Attempted */
 extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_OVERLAPPED_COMMANDS;
-/* LUN not ready, Capacity data has changed */
+/* Medium error, Unrecovered read error */
+extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_READ_ERROR;
+/* LUN not ready, Cause not reportable */
+extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_NOT_READY;
+/* Unit attention, Capacity data has changed */
 extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_CAPACITY_CHANGED;
 /* Unit attention, SCSI bus reset */
 extern const struct SCSISense sense_code_SCSI_BUS_RESET;
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 69e2953dc6..90bea7331d 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2612,11 +2612,6 @@ synonym for setting ``-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard''.
 The ``-no-kvm-irqchip'' argument is now a synonym for
 setting ``-machine kernel_irqchip=off''.
 
-@subsection -no-kvm-pit (since 1.3.0)
-
-The ``-no-kvm-pit'' argument is ignored. It is no longer
-possible to disable the KVM PIT directly.
-
 @subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
 
 The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index d75ca51482..3723493be1 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
+#include "io/net-listener.h"
 #include "crypto/init.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "qemu-version.h"
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ static int persistent = 0;
 static enum { RUNNING, TERMINATE, TERMINATING, TERMINATED } state;
 static int shared = 1;
 static int nb_fds;
-static QIOChannelSocket *server_ioc;
-static int server_watch = -1;
+static QIONetListener *server;
 static QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
 
 static void usage(const char *name)
@@ -344,44 +344,25 @@ static void nbd_client_closed(NBDClient *client, bool negotiated)
     nbd_client_put(client);
 }
 
-static gboolean nbd_accept(QIOChannel *ioc, GIOCondition cond, gpointer opaque)
+static void nbd_accept(QIONetListener *listener, QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
+                       gpointer opaque)
 {
-    QIOChannelSocket *cioc;
-
-    cioc = qio_channel_socket_accept(QIO_CHANNEL_SOCKET(ioc),
-                                     NULL);
-    if (!cioc) {
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-
     if (state >= TERMINATE) {
-        object_unref(OBJECT(cioc));
-        return TRUE;
+        return;
     }
 
     nb_fds++;
     nbd_update_server_watch();
     nbd_client_new(newproto ? NULL : exp, cioc,
                    tlscreds, NULL, nbd_client_closed);
-    object_unref(OBJECT(cioc));
-
-    return TRUE;
 }
 
 static void nbd_update_server_watch(void)
 {
     if (nbd_can_accept()) {
-        if (server_watch == -1) {
-            server_watch = qio_channel_add_watch(QIO_CHANNEL(server_ioc),
-                                                 G_IO_IN,
-                                                 nbd_accept,
-                                                 NULL, NULL);
-        }
+        qio_net_listener_set_client_func(server, nbd_accept, NULL, NULL);
     } else {
-        if (server_watch != -1) {
-            g_source_remove(server_watch);
-            server_watch = -1;
-        }
+        qio_net_listener_set_client_func(server, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     }
 }
 
@@ -915,23 +896,29 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         snprintf(sockpath, 128, SOCKET_PATH, basename(device));
     }
 
+    server = qio_net_listener_new();
     if (socket_activation == 0) {
-        server_ioc = qio_channel_socket_new();
         saddr = nbd_build_socket_address(sockpath, bindto, port);
-        if (qio_channel_socket_listen_sync(server_ioc, saddr, &local_err) < 0) {
-            object_unref(OBJECT(server_ioc));
+        if (qio_net_listener_open_sync(server, saddr, &local_err) < 0) {
+            object_unref(OBJECT(server));
             error_report_err(local_err);
-            return 1;
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     } else {
+        size_t i;
         /* See comment in check_socket_activation above. */
-        assert(socket_activation == 1);
-        server_ioc = qio_channel_socket_new_fd(FIRST_SOCKET_ACTIVATION_FD,
-                                               &local_err);
-        if (server_ioc == NULL) {
-            error_report("Failed to use socket activation: %s",
-                         error_get_pretty(local_err));
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        for (i = 0; i < socket_activation; i++) {
+            QIOChannelSocket *sioc;
+            sioc = qio_channel_socket_new_fd(FIRST_SOCKET_ACTIVATION_FD + i,
+                                             &local_err);
+            if (sioc == NULL) {
+                object_unref(OBJECT(server));
+                error_report("Failed to use socket activation: %s",
+                             error_get_pretty(local_err));
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+            }
+            qio_net_listener_add(server, sioc);
+            object_unref(OBJECT(sioc));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b1e5781908..94647e21e3 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3927,9 +3927,6 @@ HXCOMM Deprecated by kvm-pit driver properties
 DEF("no-kvm-pit-reinjection", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit_reinjection,
     "", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
 
-HXCOMM Deprecated (ignored)
-DEF("no-kvm-pit", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit, "", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
-
 HXCOMM Deprecated by -machine kernel_irqchip=on|off property
 DEF("no-kvm-irqchip", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip, "", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
 
diff --git a/qga/channel-posix.c b/qga/channel-posix.c
index 3f34465159..b812bf4d51 100644
--- a/qga/channel-posix.c
+++ b/qga/channel-posix.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static gboolean ga_channel_open(GAChannel *c, const gchar *path,
         if (fd < 0) {
             Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-            fd = unix_listen(path, NULL, strlen(path), &local_err);
+            fd = unix_listen(path, &local_err);
             if (local_err != NULL) {
                 g_critical("%s", error_get_pretty(local_err));
                 error_free(local_err);
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 34df753571..3dc27d9656 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2475,8 +2475,11 @@ sub process {
 
 # no volatiles please
 		my $asm_volatile = qr{\b(__asm__|asm)\s+(__volatile__|volatile)\b};
-		if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/) {
-			ERROR("Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
+		if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/ &&
+                    $line !~ /sig_atomic_t/ &&
+                    !ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+			my $msg = "Use of volatile is usually wrong, please add a comment\n" . $herecurr;
+                        ERROR($msg);
 		}
 
 # warn about #if 0
diff --git a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
index dd9785143b..9fe615c73c 100644
--- a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
+++ b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
@@ -314,6 +314,22 @@ static int is_mpath(int fd)
     return !strncmp(tgt->target_type, "multipath", DM_MAX_TYPE_NAME);
 }
 
+static SCSISense mpath_generic_sense(int r)
+{
+    switch (r) {
+    case MPATH_PR_SENSE_NOT_READY:
+         return SENSE_CODE(NOT_READY);
+    case MPATH_PR_SENSE_MEDIUM_ERROR:
+         return SENSE_CODE(READ_ERROR);
+    case MPATH_PR_SENSE_HARDWARE_ERROR:
+         return SENSE_CODE(TARGET_FAILURE);
+    case MPATH_PR_SENSE_ABORTED_COMMAND:
+         return SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR);
+    default:
+         abort();
+    }
+}
+
 static int mpath_reconstruct_sense(int fd, int r, uint8_t *sense)
 {
     switch (r) {
@@ -329,7 +345,13 @@ static int mpath_reconstruct_sense(int fd, int r, uint8_t *sense)
              */
             uint8_t cdb[6] = { TEST_UNIT_READY };
             int sz = 0;
-            return do_sgio(fd, cdb, sense, NULL, &sz, SG_DXFER_NONE);
+            int r = do_sgio(fd, cdb, sense, NULL, &sz, SG_DXFER_NONE);
+
+            if (r != GOOD) {
+                return r;
+            }
+            scsi_build_sense(sense, mpath_generic_sense(r));
+            return CHECK_CONDITION;
         }
 
     case MPATH_PR_SENSE_UNIT_ATTENTION:
@@ -449,7 +471,7 @@ static int multipath_pr_out(int fd, const uint8_t *cdb, uint8_t *sense,
     memset(&paramp, 0, sizeof(paramp));
     memcpy(&paramp.key, &param[0], 8);
     memcpy(&paramp.sa_key, &param[8], 8);
-    paramp.sa_flags = param[10];
+    paramp.sa_flags = param[20];
     if (sz > PR_OUT_FIXED_PARAM_SIZE) {
         size_t transportid_len;
         int i, j;
@@ -478,8 +500,8 @@ static int multipath_pr_out(int fd, const uint8_t *cdb, uint8_t *sense,
                 j += offsetof(struct transportid, n_port_name[8]);
                 i += 24;
                 break;
-            case 3:
-            case 0x43:
+            case 5:
+            case 0x45:
                 /* iSCSI transport.  */
                 len = lduw_be_p(&param[i + 2]);
                 if (len > 252 || (len & 3) || i + len + 4 > transportid_len) {
diff --git a/scsi/utils.c b/scsi/utils.c
index 5684951b12..ddae650a99 100644
--- a/scsi/utils.c
+++ b/scsi/utils.c
@@ -96,15 +96,60 @@ int scsi_cdb_length(uint8_t *buf)
     return cdb_len;
 }
 
+SCSISense scsi_parse_sense_buf(const uint8_t *in_buf, int in_len)
+{
+    bool fixed_in;
+    SCSISense sense;
+
+    assert(in_len > 0);
+    fixed_in = (in_buf[0] & 2) == 0;
+    if (fixed_in) {
+        if (in_len < 14) {
+            return SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR);
+        }
+        sense.key = in_buf[2];
+        sense.asc = in_buf[12];
+        sense.ascq = in_buf[13];
+    } else {
+        if (in_len < 4) {
+            return SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR);
+        }
+        sense.key = in_buf[1];
+        sense.asc = in_buf[2];
+        sense.ascq = in_buf[3];
+    }
+
+    return sense;
+}
+
+int scsi_build_sense_buf(uint8_t *out_buf, size_t size, SCSISense sense,
+                         bool fixed_sense)
+{
+    int len;
+    uint8_t buf[SCSI_SENSE_LEN] = { 0 };
+
+    if (fixed_sense) {
+        buf[0] = 0x70;
+        buf[2] = sense.key;
+        buf[7] = 10;
+        buf[12] = sense.asc;
+        buf[13] = sense.ascq;
+        len = 18;
+    } else {
+        buf[0] = 0x72;
+        buf[1] = sense.key;
+        buf[2] = sense.asc;
+        buf[3] = sense.ascq;
+        len = 8;
+    }
+    len = MIN(len, size);
+    memcpy(out_buf, buf, len);
+    return len;
+}
+
 int scsi_build_sense(uint8_t *buf, SCSISense sense)
 {
-    memset(buf, 0, 18);
-    buf[0] = 0x70;
-    buf[2] = sense.key;
-    buf[7] = 10;
-    buf[12] = sense.asc;
-    buf[13] = sense.ascq;
-    return 18;
+    return scsi_build_sense_buf(buf, SCSI_SENSE_LEN, sense, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -211,6 +256,16 @@ const struct SCSISense sense_code_LUN_COMM_FAILURE = {
     .key = ABORTED_COMMAND, .asc = 0x08, .ascq = 0x00
 };
 
+/* Medium Error, Unrecovered read error */
+const struct SCSISense sense_code_READ_ERROR = {
+    .key = MEDIUM_ERROR, .asc = 0x11, .ascq = 0x00
+};
+
+/* Not ready, Cause not reportable */
+const struct SCSISense sense_code_NOT_READY = {
+    .key = NOT_READY, .asc = 0x04, .ascq = 0x00
+};
+
 /* Unit attention, Capacity data has changed */
 const struct SCSISense sense_code_CAPACITY_CHANGED = {
     .key = UNIT_ATTENTION, .asc = 0x2a, .ascq = 0x09
@@ -264,67 +319,36 @@ const struct SCSISense sense_code_SPACE_ALLOC_FAILED = {
 int scsi_convert_sense(uint8_t *in_buf, int in_len,
                        uint8_t *buf, int len, bool fixed)
 {
-    bool fixed_in;
     SCSISense sense;
-    if (!fixed && len < 8) {
-        return 0;
+    bool fixed_in;
+
+    fixed_in = (in_buf[0] & 2) == 0;
+    if (in_len && fixed == fixed_in) {
+        memcpy(buf, in_buf, MIN(len, in_len));
+        return MIN(len, in_len);
     }
 
     if (in_len == 0) {
-        sense.key = NO_SENSE;
-        sense.asc = 0;
-        sense.ascq = 0;
+        sense = SENSE_CODE(NO_SENSE);
     } else {
-        fixed_in = (in_buf[0] & 2) == 0;
-
-        if (fixed == fixed_in) {
-            memcpy(buf, in_buf, MIN(len, in_len));
-            return MIN(len, in_len);
-        }
-
-        if (fixed_in) {
-            sense.key = in_buf[2];
-            sense.asc = in_buf[12];
-            sense.ascq = in_buf[13];
-        } else {
-            sense.key = in_buf[1];
-            sense.asc = in_buf[2];
-            sense.ascq = in_buf[3];
-        }
-    }
-
-    memset(buf, 0, len);
-    if (fixed) {
-        /* Return fixed format sense buffer */
-        buf[0] = 0x70;
-        buf[2] = sense.key;
-        buf[7] = 10;
-        buf[12] = sense.asc;
-        buf[13] = sense.ascq;
-        return MIN(len, SCSI_SENSE_LEN);
-    } else {
-        /* Return descriptor format sense buffer */
-        buf[0] = 0x72;
-        buf[1] = sense.key;
-        buf[2] = sense.asc;
-        buf[3] = sense.ascq;
-        return 8;
+        sense = scsi_parse_sense_buf(in_buf, in_len);
     }
+    return scsi_build_sense_buf(buf, len, sense, fixed);
 }
 
 int scsi_sense_to_errno(int key, int asc, int ascq)
 {
     switch (key) {
-    case 0x00: /* NO SENSE */
-    case 0x01: /* RECOVERED ERROR */
-    case 0x06: /* UNIT ATTENTION */
+    case NO_SENSE:
+    case RECOVERED_ERROR:
+    case UNIT_ATTENTION:
         /* These sense keys are not errors */
         return 0;
-    case 0x0b: /* COMMAND ABORTED */
+    case ABORTED_COMMAND: /* COMMAND ABORTED */
         return ECANCELED;
-    case 0x02: /* NOT READY */
-    case 0x05: /* ILLEGAL REQUEST */
-    case 0x07: /* DATA PROTECTION */
+    case NOT_READY:
+    case ILLEGAL_REQUEST:
+    case DATA_PROTECT:
         /* Parse ASCQ */
         break;
     default:
@@ -356,34 +380,15 @@ int scsi_sense_to_errno(int key, int asc, int ascq)
     }
 }
 
-int scsi_sense_buf_to_errno(const uint8_t *sense, size_t sense_size)
+int scsi_sense_buf_to_errno(const uint8_t *in_buf, size_t in_len)
 {
-    int key, asc, ascq;
-    if (sense_size < 1) {
+    SCSISense sense;
+    if (in_len < 1) {
         return EIO;
     }
-    switch (sense[0]) {
-    case 0x70: /* Fixed format sense data. */
-        if (sense_size < 14) {
-            return EIO;
-        }
-        key = sense[2] & 0xF;
-        asc = sense[12];
-        ascq = sense[13];
-        break;
-    case 0x72: /* Descriptor format sense data. */
-        if (sense_size < 4) {
-            return EIO;
-        }
-        key = sense[1] & 0xF;
-        asc = sense[2];
-        ascq = sense[3];
-        break;
-    default:
-        return EIO;
-        break;
-    }
-    return scsi_sense_to_errno(key, asc, ascq);
+
+    sense = scsi_parse_sense_buf(in_buf, in_len);
+    return scsi_sense_to_errno(sense.key, sense.asc, sense.ascq);
 }
 
 const char *scsi_command_name(uint8_t cmd)
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 7f7a3d1e32..cc1856c32b 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -705,9 +705,6 @@ static void arm_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
     int pagebits;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-    AddressSpace *as;
-#endif
 
     cpu_exec_realizefn(cs, &local_err);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
@@ -912,21 +909,17 @@ static void arm_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     if (cpu->has_el3 || arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M_SECURITY)) {
-        as = g_new0(AddressSpace, 1);
-
         cs->num_ases = 2;
 
         if (!cpu->secure_memory) {
             cpu->secure_memory = cs->memory;
         }
-        address_space_init(as, cpu->secure_memory, "cpu-secure-memory");
-        cpu_address_space_init(cs, as, ARMASIdx_S);
+        cpu_address_space_init(cs, ARMASIdx_S, "cpu-secure-memory",
+                               cpu->secure_memory);
     } else {
         cs->num_ases = 1;
     }
-    as = g_new0(AddressSpace, 1);
-    address_space_init(as, cs->memory, "cpu-memory");
-    cpu_address_space_init(cs, as, ARMASIdx_NS);
+    cpu_address_space_init(cs, ARMASIdx_NS, "cpu-memory", cs->memory);
 #endif
 
     qemu_init_vcpu(cs);
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 82603e3130..b069eafcc6 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
     [FEAT_7_0_ECX] = {
         .feat_names = {
             NULL, "avx512vbmi", "umip", "pku",
-            "ospke", NULL, NULL, NULL,
-            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-            NULL, NULL, "avx512-vpopcntdq", NULL,
+            "ospke", NULL, "avx512vbmi2", NULL,
+            "gfni", "vaes", "vpclmulqdq", "avx512vnni",
+            "avx512bitalg", NULL, "avx512-vpopcntdq", NULL,
             "la57", NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, "rdpid", NULL,
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
@@ -3736,11 +3736,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     if (tcg_enabled()) {
-        AddressSpace *as_normal = g_new0(AddressSpace, 1);
-        AddressSpace *as_smm = g_new(AddressSpace, 1);
-
-        address_space_init(as_normal, cs->memory, "cpu-memory");
-
         cpu->cpu_as_mem = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
         cpu->cpu_as_root = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
 
@@ -3755,11 +3750,10 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                                  get_system_memory(), 0, ~0ull);
         memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(cpu->cpu_as_root, 0, cpu->cpu_as_mem, 0);
         memory_region_set_enabled(cpu->cpu_as_mem, true);
-        address_space_init(as_smm, cpu->cpu_as_root, "CPU");
 
         cs->num_ases = 2;
-        cpu_address_space_init(cs, as_normal, 0);
-        cpu_address_space_init(cs, as_smm, 1);
+        cpu_address_space_init(cs, 0, "cpu-memory", cs->memory);
+        cpu_address_space_init(cs, 1, "cpu-smm", cpu->cpu_as_root);
 
         /* ... SMRAM with higher priority, linked from /machine/smram.  */
         cpu->machine_done.notify = x86_cpu_machine_done;
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index b086b1528b..d605cc6ccb 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -635,6 +635,12 @@ typedef uint32_t FeatureWordArray[FEATURE_WORDS];
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_UMIP     (1U << 2)
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_PKU      (1U << 3)
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_OSPKE    (1U << 4)
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_VBMI2    (1U << 6) /* Additional VBMI Instrs */
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_GFNI     (1U << 8)
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_VAES     (1U << 9)
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_VPCLMULQDQ (1U << 10)
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512VNNI (1U << 11)
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512BITALG (1U << 12)
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ (1U << 14) /* POPCNT for vectors of DW/QW */
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_LA57     (1U << 16)
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_RDPID    (1U << 22)
@@ -1091,14 +1097,16 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
     uint64_t async_pf_en_msr;
     uint64_t pv_eoi_en_msr;
 
+    /* Partition-wide HV MSRs, will be updated only on the first vcpu */
     uint64_t msr_hv_hypercall;
     uint64_t msr_hv_guest_os_id;
-    uint64_t msr_hv_vapic;
     uint64_t msr_hv_tsc;
+
+    /* Per-VCPU HV MSRs */
+    uint64_t msr_hv_vapic;
     uint64_t msr_hv_crash_params[HV_CRASH_PARAMS];
     uint64_t msr_hv_runtime;
     uint64_t msr_hv_synic_control;
-    uint64_t msr_hv_synic_version;
     uint64_t msr_hv_synic_evt_page;
     uint64_t msr_hv_synic_msg_page;
     uint64_t msr_hv_synic_sint[HV_SINT_COUNT];
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index d4b2ce2e94..351b64f77c 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUState *cs)
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_VP_RUNTIME_AVAILABLE;
     }
     if (cpu->hyperv_synic) {
-        int sint;
-
         if (!has_msr_hv_synic ||
             kvm_vcpu_enable_cap(cs, KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC, 0)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Hyper-V SynIC is not supported by kernel\n");
@@ -671,10 +669,6 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUState *cs)
         }
 
         env->features[FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] |= HV_SYNIC_AVAILABLE;
-        env->msr_hv_synic_version = HV_SYNIC_VERSION;
-        for (sint = 0; sint < ARRAY_SIZE(env->msr_hv_synic_sint); sint++) {
-            env->msr_hv_synic_sint[sint] = HV_SINT_MASKED;
-        }
     }
     if (cpu->hyperv_stimer) {
         if (!has_msr_hv_stimer) {
@@ -1053,6 +1047,13 @@ void kvm_arch_reset_vcpu(X86CPU *cpu)
     } else {
         env->mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
     }
+
+    if (cpu->hyperv_synic) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env->msr_hv_synic_sint); i++) {
+            env->msr_hv_synic_sint[i] = HV_SINT_MASKED;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_do_init_vcpu(X86CPU *cpu)
@@ -1678,19 +1679,26 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level)
             kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,
                               env->msr_global_ctrl);
         }
-        if (has_msr_hv_hypercall) {
-            kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID,
-                              env->msr_hv_guest_os_id);
-            kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL,
-                              env->msr_hv_hypercall);
+        /*
+         * Hyper-V partition-wide MSRs: to avoid clearing them on cpu hot-add,
+         * only sync them to KVM on the first cpu
+         */
+        if (current_cpu == first_cpu) {
+            if (has_msr_hv_hypercall) {
+                kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID,
+                                  env->msr_hv_guest_os_id);
+                kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL,
+                                  env->msr_hv_hypercall);
+            }
+            if (cpu->hyperv_time) {
+                kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC,
+                                  env->msr_hv_tsc);
+            }
         }
         if (cpu->hyperv_vapic) {
             kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE,
                               env->msr_hv_vapic);
         }
-        if (cpu->hyperv_time) {
-            kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC, env->msr_hv_tsc);
-        }
         if (has_msr_hv_crash) {
             int j;
 
@@ -1706,10 +1714,10 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level)
         if (cpu->hyperv_synic) {
             int j;
 
+            kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION, HV_SYNIC_VERSION);
+
             kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SCONTROL,
                               env->msr_hv_synic_control);
-            kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION,
-                              env->msr_hv_synic_version);
             kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SIEFP,
                               env->msr_hv_synic_evt_page);
             kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SIMP,
@@ -2073,7 +2081,6 @@ static int kvm_get_msrs(X86CPU *cpu)
         uint32_t msr;
 
         kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SCONTROL, 0);
-        kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION, 0);
         kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SIEFP, 0);
         kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, HV_X64_MSR_SIMP, 0);
         for (msr = HV_X64_MSR_SINT0; msr <= HV_X64_MSR_SINT15; msr++) {
@@ -2277,9 +2284,6 @@ static int kvm_get_msrs(X86CPU *cpu)
         case HV_X64_MSR_SCONTROL:
             env->msr_hv_synic_control = msrs[i].data;
             break;
-        case HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION:
-            env->msr_hv_synic_version = msrs[i].data;
-            break;
         case HV_X64_MSR_SIEFP:
             env->msr_hv_synic_evt_page = msrs[i].data;
             break;
diff --git a/target/i386/translate.c b/target/i386/translate.c
index 088a9d9766..23d7eec964 100644
--- a/target/i386/translate.c
+++ b/target/i386/translate.c
@@ -4467,10 +4467,7 @@ static target_ulong disas_insn(DisasContext *s, CPUState *cpu)
     target_ulong pc_start = s->base.pc_next;
 
     s->pc_start = s->pc = pc_start;
-    prefixes = 0;
     s->override = -1;
-    rex_w = -1;
-    rex_r = 0;
 #ifdef TARGET_X86_64
     s->rex_x = 0;
     s->rex_b = 0;
@@ -4484,6 +4481,10 @@ static target_ulong disas_insn(DisasContext *s, CPUState *cpu)
         return s->pc;
     }
 
+    prefixes = 0;
+    rex_w = -1;
+    rex_r = 0;
+
  next_byte:
     b = x86_ldub_code(env, s);
     /* Collect prefixes.  */
@@ -4547,9 +4548,9 @@ static target_ulong disas_insn(DisasContext *s, CPUState *cpu)
             if (!CODE64(s) && (vex2 & 0xc0) != 0xc0) {
                 /* 4.1.4.6: In 32-bit mode, bits [7:6] must be 11b,
                    otherwise the instruction is LES or LDS.  */
+                s->pc--; /* rewind the advance_pc() x86_ldub_code() did */
                 break;
             }
-            s->pc++;
 
             /* 4.1.1-4.1.3: No preceding lock, 66, f2, f3, or rex prefixes. */
             if (prefixes & (PREFIX_REPZ | PREFIX_REPNZ
diff --git a/tests/boot-serial-test.c b/tests/boot-serial-test.c
index c935d69824..d99726919e 100644
--- a/tests/boot-serial-test.c
+++ b/tests/boot-serial-test.c
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
  * or later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  *
  * This test is used to check that the serial output of the firmware
- * (that we provide for some machines) contains an expected string.
- * Thus we check that the firmware still boots at least to a certain
- * point and so we know that the machine is not completely broken.
+ * (that we provide for some machines) or some small mini-kernels that
+ * we provide here contains an expected string. Thus we check that the
+ * firmware/kernel still boots at least to a certain point and so we
+ * know that the machine is not completely broken.
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ typedef struct testdef {
     const char *machine;    /* Name of the machine */
     const char *extra;      /* Additional parameters */
     const char *expect;     /* Expected string in the serial output */
+    size_t codesize;        /* Size of the kernel or bios data */
+    const uint8_t *kernel;  /* Set in case we use our own mini kernel */
+    const uint8_t *bios;    /* Set in case we use our own mini bios */
 } testdef_t;
 
 static testdef_t tests[] = {
@@ -43,12 +47,13 @@ static testdef_t tests[] = {
 static void check_guest_output(const testdef_t *test, int fd)
 {
     bool output_ok = false;
-    int i, nbr, pos = 0;
+    int i, nbr, pos = 0, ccnt;
     char ch;
 
     /* Poll serial output... Wait at most 60 seconds */
     for (i = 0; i < 6000; ++i) {
-        while ((nbr = read(fd, &ch, 1)) == 1) {
+        ccnt = 0;
+        while ((nbr = read(fd, &ch, 1)) == 1 && ccnt++ < 512) {
             if (ch == test->expect[pos]) {
                 pos += 1;
                 if (test->expect[pos] == '\0') {
@@ -71,26 +76,52 @@ done:
 static void test_machine(const void *data)
 {
     const testdef_t *test = data;
-    char tmpname[] = "/tmp/qtest-boot-serial-XXXXXX";
-    int fd;
+    char serialtmp[] = "/tmp/qtest-boot-serial-sXXXXXX";
+    char codetmp[] = "/tmp/qtest-boot-serial-cXXXXXX";
+    const char *codeparam = "";
+    const uint8_t *code = NULL;
+    int ser_fd;
 
-    fd = mkstemp(tmpname);
-    g_assert(fd != -1);
+    ser_fd = mkstemp(serialtmp);
+    g_assert(ser_fd != -1);
+
+    if (test->kernel) {
+        code = test->kernel;
+        codeparam = "-kernel";
+    } else if (test->bios) {
+        code = test->bios;
+        codeparam = "-bios";
+    }
+
+    if (code) {
+        ssize_t wlen;
+        int code_fd;
+
+        code_fd = mkstemp(codetmp);
+        g_assert(code_fd != -1);
+        wlen = write(code_fd, code, test->codesize);
+        g_assert(wlen == test->codesize);
+        close(code_fd);
+    }
 
     /*
      * Make sure that this test uses tcg if available: It is used as a
      * fast-enough smoketest for that.
      */
-    global_qtest = qtest_startf("-M %s,accel=tcg:kvm "
+    global_qtest = qtest_startf("%s %s -M %s,accel=tcg:kvm "
                                 "-chardev file,id=serial0,path=%s "
                                 "-no-shutdown -serial chardev:serial0 %s",
-                                test->machine, tmpname, test->extra);
-    unlink(tmpname);
+                                codeparam, code ? codetmp : "",
+                                test->machine, serialtmp, test->extra);
+    unlink(serialtmp);
+    if (code) {
+        unlink(codetmp);
+    }
 
-    check_guest_output(test, fd);
+    check_guest_output(test, ser_fd);
     qtest_quit(global_qtest);
 
-    close(fd);
+    close(ser_fd);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/tests/test-char.c b/tests/test-char.c
index 7ac25ff73f..911e3f6e8d 100644
--- a/tests/test-char.c
+++ b/tests/test-char.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
+#include "chardev/char-mux.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ static void char_mux_test(void)
     FeHandler h1 = { 0, }, h2 = { 0, };
     CharBackend chr_be1, chr_be2;
 
+    muxes_realized = true; /* done after machine init */
     opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), "mux-label",
                             1, &error_abort);
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "backend", "ringbuf", &error_abort);
@@ -201,8 +203,23 @@ static void char_mux_test(void)
     g_assert_cmpstr(h2.read_buf, ==, "hello");
     h2.read_count = 0;
 
+    g_assert_cmpint(h1.last_event, !=, 42); /* should be MUX_OUT or OPENED */
+    g_assert_cmpint(h2.last_event, !=, 42); /* should be MUX_IN or OPENED */
+    /* sending event on the base broadcast to all fe, historical reasons? */
+    qemu_chr_be_event(base, 42);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h1.last_event, ==, 42);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h2.last_event, ==, 42);
+    qemu_chr_be_event(chr, -1);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h1.last_event, ==, 42);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h2.last_event, ==, -1);
+
     /* switch focus */
     qemu_chr_be_write(base, (void *)"\1c", 2);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h1.last_event, ==, CHR_EVENT_MUX_IN);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h2.last_event, ==, CHR_EVENT_MUX_OUT);
+    qemu_chr_be_event(chr, -1);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h1.last_event, ==, -1);
+    g_assert_cmpint(h2.last_event, ==, CHR_EVENT_MUX_OUT);
 
     qemu_chr_be_write(base, (void *)"hello", 6);
     g_assert_cmpint(h2.read_count, ==, 0);
diff --git a/util/memfd.c b/util/memfd.c
index 4571d1aba8..412e94a405 100644
--- a/util/memfd.c
+++ b/util/memfd.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/memfd.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMFD
-#include <sys/memfd.h>
-#elif defined CONFIG_LINUX
+#if defined CONFIG_LINUX && !defined CONFIG_MEMFD
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index af4f01211a..d6a1e1759e 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ static int try_bind(int socket, InetSocketAddress *saddr, struct addrinfo *e)
 
 static int inet_listen_saddr(InetSocketAddress *saddr,
                              int port_offset,
-                             bool update_addr,
                              Error **errp)
 {
     struct addrinfo ai,*res,*e;
@@ -326,15 +325,6 @@ listen_failed:
     return -1;
 
 listen_ok:
-    if (update_addr) {
-        g_free(saddr->host);
-        saddr->host = g_strdup(uaddr);
-        g_free(saddr->port);
-        saddr->port = g_strdup_printf("%d",
-                                      inet_getport(e) - port_offset);
-        saddr->has_ipv6 = saddr->ipv6 = e->ai_family == PF_INET6;
-        saddr->has_ipv4 = saddr->ipv4 = e->ai_family != PF_INET6;
-    }
     freeaddrinfo(res);
     return slisten;
 }
@@ -790,7 +780,6 @@ static int vsock_parse(VsockSocketAddress *addr, const char *str,
 #ifndef _WIN32
 
 static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
-                             bool update_addr,
                              Error **errp)
 {
     struct sockaddr_un un;
@@ -855,12 +844,7 @@ static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    if (update_addr && pathbuf) {
-        g_free(saddr->path);
-        saddr->path = pathbuf;
-    } else {
-        g_free(pathbuf);
-    }
+    g_free(pathbuf);
     return sock;
 
 err:
@@ -920,7 +904,6 @@ static int unix_connect_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr, Error **errp)
 #else
 
 static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
-                             bool update_addr,
                              Error **errp)
 {
     error_setg(errp, "unix sockets are not available on windows");
@@ -937,7 +920,7 @@ static int unix_connect_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr, Error **errp)
 #endif
 
 /* compatibility wrapper */
-int unix_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen, Error **errp)
+int unix_listen(const char *str, Error **errp)
 {
     char *path, *optstr;
     int sock, len;
@@ -957,11 +940,7 @@ int unix_listen(const char *str, char *ostr, int olen, Error **errp)
         saddr->path = g_strdup(str);
     }
 
-    sock = unix_listen_saddr(saddr, true, errp);
-
-    if (sock != -1 && ostr) {
-        snprintf(ostr, olen, "%s%s", saddr->path, optstr ? optstr : "");
-    }
+    sock = unix_listen_saddr(saddr, errp);
 
     qapi_free_UnixSocketAddress(saddr);
     return sock;
@@ -1052,11 +1031,11 @@ int socket_listen(SocketAddress *addr, Error **errp)
 
     switch (addr->type) {
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET:
-        fd = inet_listen_saddr(&addr->u.inet, 0, false, errp);
+        fd = inet_listen_saddr(&addr->u.inet, 0, errp);
         break;
 
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_UNIX:
-        fd = unix_listen_saddr(&addr->u.q_unix, false, errp);
+        fd = unix_listen_saddr(&addr->u.q_unix, errp);
         break;
 
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD:
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index 7306475899..959a57079f 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -479,15 +479,29 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor)) qemu_thread_atexit_init(void)
 }
 
 
-/* Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
- * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
- */
-static void qemu_thread_set_name(QemuThread *thread, const char *name)
-{
 #ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
-    pthread_setname_np(thread->thread, name);
-#endif
+typedef struct {
+    void *(*start_routine)(void *);
+    void *arg;
+    char *name;
+} QemuThreadArgs;
+
+static void *qemu_thread_start(void *args)
+{
+    QemuThreadArgs *qemu_thread_args = args;
+    void *(*start_routine)(void *) = qemu_thread_args->start_routine;
+    void *arg = qemu_thread_args->arg;
+
+    /* Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
+     * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
+     */
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), qemu_thread_args->name);
+    g_free(qemu_thread_args->name);
+    g_free(qemu_thread_args);
+    return start_routine(arg);
 }
+#endif
+
 
 void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
                        void *(*start_routine)(void*),
@@ -502,23 +516,34 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
         error_exit(err, __func__);
     }
 
+    if (mode == QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED) {
+        pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
+    }
+
     /* Leave signal handling to the iothread.  */
     sigfillset(&set);
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set, &oldset);
-    err = pthread_create(&thread->thread, &attr, start_routine, arg);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
+    if (name_threads) {
+        QemuThreadArgs *qemu_thread_args;
+        qemu_thread_args = g_new0(QemuThreadArgs, 1);
+        qemu_thread_args->name = g_strdup(name);
+        qemu_thread_args->start_routine = start_routine;
+        qemu_thread_args->arg = arg;
+
+        err = pthread_create(&thread->thread, &attr,
+                             qemu_thread_start, qemu_thread_args);
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        err = pthread_create(&thread->thread, &attr,
+                             start_routine, arg);
+    }
+
     if (err)
         error_exit(err, __func__);
 
-    if (name_threads) {
-        qemu_thread_set_name(thread, name);
-    }
-
-    if (mode == QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED) {
-        err = pthread_detach(thread->thread);
-        if (err) {
-            error_exit(err, __func__);
-        }
-    }
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
 
     pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
diff --git a/util/rcu.c b/util/rcu.c
index ca5a63e36a..f4d09c8304 100644
--- a/util/rcu.c
+++ b/util/rcu.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#if defined(CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM)
+#include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Global grace period counter.  Bit 0 is always one in rcu_gp_ctr.
@@ -246,6 +249,9 @@ static void *call_rcu_thread(void *opaque)
                 qemu_event_reset(&rcu_call_ready_event);
                 n = atomic_read(&rcu_call_count);
                 if (n == 0) {
+#if defined(CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM)
+                    malloc_trim(4 * 1024 * 1024);
+#endif
                     qemu_event_wait(&rcu_call_ready_event);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e9012bb009..d3a5c5d021 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3817,10 +3817,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
                 qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "accel=tcg", false);
                 break;
-            case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit: {
-                warn_report("ignoring deprecated option");
-                break;
-            }
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit_reinjection: {
                 static GlobalProperty kvm_pit_lost_tick_policy = {
                     .driver   = "kvm-pit",