diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 55102f4761..f757369373 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3910,6 +3910,16 @@ F: configure
 F: scripts/mtest2make.py
 F: tests/Makefile.include
 
+Kconfig
+M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+S: Maintained
+F: scripts/minikconf.py
+F: docs/devel/kconfig.rst
+F: Kconfig*
+F: */Kconfig*
+F: hw/*/Kconfig*
+F: target/*/Kconfig*
+
 GIT submodules
 M: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 S: Odd Fixes
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tb-maint.c b/accel/tcg/tb-maint.c
index cb1f806f00..0dd173fbf0 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tb-maint.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tb-maint.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static void do_tb_flush(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data tb_flush_count)
 
     tcg_region_reset_all();
     /* XXX: flush processor icache at this point if cache flush is expensive */
-    qatomic_mb_set(&tb_ctx.tb_flush_count, tb_ctx.tb_flush_count + 1);
+    qatomic_inc(&tb_ctx.tb_flush_count);
 
 done:
     mmap_unlock();
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ done:
 void tb_flush(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (tcg_enabled()) {
-        unsigned tb_flush_count = qatomic_mb_read(&tb_ctx.tb_flush_count);
+        unsigned tb_flush_count = qatomic_read(&tb_ctx.tb_flush_count);
 
         if (cpu_in_exclusive_context(cpu)) {
             do_tb_flush(cpu, RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_INT(tb_flush_count));
diff --git a/docs/devel/kconfig.rst b/docs/devel/kconfig.rst
index ac9453eba9..e3a544e463 100644
--- a/docs/devel/kconfig.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/kconfig.rst
@@ -282,9 +282,19 @@ want to change some lines in the first group, for example like this::
    CONFIG_PCI_DEVICES=y
    #CONFIG_TEST_DEVICES=n
 
-and/or pick a subset of the devices in those device groups.  Right now
-there is no single place that lists all the optional devices for
-``CONFIG_PCI_DEVICES`` and ``CONFIG_TEST_DEVICES``.  In the future,
+and/or pick a subset of the devices in those device groups.  Without
+further modifications to ``configs/devices/``, a system emulator built
+without default devices might not do much more than start an empty
+machine, and even then only if ``--nodefaults`` is specified on the
+command line.  Starting a VM *without* ``--nodefaults`` is allowed to
+fail, but should never abort.  Failures in ``make check`` with
+``--without-default-devices`` are considered bugs in the test code:
+the tests should either use ``--nodefaults``, and should be skipped
+if a necessary device is not present in the build.  Such failures
+should not be worked around with ``select`` directives.
+
+Right now there is no single place that lists all the optional devices
+for ``CONFIG_PCI_DEVICES`` and ``CONFIG_TEST_DEVICES``.  In the future,
 we expect that ``.mak`` files will be automatically generated, so that
 they will include all these symbols and some help text on what they do.
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 9eff0be95b..cc61b00ba9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ QEMU_EXTERN_C int daemon(int, int);
 #ifdef _WIN32
 /* as defined in sdkddkver.h */
 #ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601 /* Windows 7 API (should be in sync with glib) */
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0602 /* Windows 8 API (should be >= the one from glib) */
 #endif
 /* reduces the number of implicitly included headers */
 #ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
diff --git a/include/qemu/rcu.h b/include/qemu/rcu.h
index 313fc414bc..661c1a1468 100644
--- a/include/qemu/rcu.h
+++ b/include/qemu/rcu.h
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
     ctr = qatomic_read(&rcu_gp_ctr);
     qatomic_set(&p_rcu_reader->ctr, ctr);
 
-    /* Write p_rcu_reader->ctr before reading RCU-protected pointers.  */
+    /*
+     * Read rcu_gp_ptr and write p_rcu_reader->ctr before reading
+     * RCU-protected pointers.
+     */
     smp_mb_placeholder();
 }
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 229eb585f7..27782f8f52 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3217,6 +3217,10 @@ modinfo_files = []
 block_mods = []
 softmmu_mods = []
 foreach d, list : modules
+  if not (d == 'block' ? have_block : have_system)
+    continue
+  endif
+
   foreach m, module_ss : list
     if enable_modules and targetos != 'windows'
       module_ss = module_ss.apply(config_all, strict: false)
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 823320fe42..4187759f10 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
             "pfthreshold", "avic", NULL, "v-vmsave-vmload",
             "vgif", NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, "vnmi", NULL, NULL,
             "svme-addr-chk", NULL, NULL, NULL,
         },
         .cpuid = { .eax = 0x8000000A, .reg = R_EDX, },
@@ -933,15 +933,31 @@ FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, "wbnoinvd", NULL, NULL,
             "ibpb", NULL, "ibrs", "amd-stibp",
-            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, "stibp-always-on", NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
             "amd-ssbd", "virt-ssbd", "amd-no-ssb", NULL,
-            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            "amd-psfd", NULL, NULL, NULL,
         },
         .cpuid = { .eax = 0x80000008, .reg = R_EBX, },
         .tcg_features = 0,
         .unmigratable_flags = 0,
     },
+    [FEAT_8000_0021_EAX] = {
+        .type = CPUID_FEATURE_WORD,
+        .feat_names = {
+            "no-nested-data-bp", NULL, "lfence-always-serializing", NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, "null-sel-clr-base", NULL,
+            "auto-ibrs", NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+        },
+        .cpuid = { .eax = 0x80000021, .reg = R_EAX, },
+        .tcg_features = 0,
+        .unmigratable_flags = 0,
+    },
     [FEAT_XSAVE] = {
         .type = CPUID_FEATURE_WORD,
         .feat_names = {
@@ -1620,6 +1636,7 @@ typedef struct X86CPUVersionDefinition {
     const char *alias;
     const char *note;
     PropValue *props;
+    const CPUCaches *const cache_info;
 } X86CPUVersionDefinition;
 
 /* Base definition for a CPU model */
@@ -1728,6 +1745,56 @@ static const CPUCaches epyc_cache_info = {
     },
 };
 
+static CPUCaches epyc_v4_cache_info = {
+    .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = DATA_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l1i_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = INSTRUCTION_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 64 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 4,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 256,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l2_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 2,
+        .size = 512 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 1024,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+    },
+    .l3_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 3,
+        .size = 8 * MiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 16,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 8192,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = true,
+        .inclusive = true,
+        .complex_indexing = false,
+    },
+};
+
 static const CPUCaches epyc_rome_cache_info = {
     .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
         .type = DATA_CACHE,
@@ -1778,6 +1845,56 @@ static const CPUCaches epyc_rome_cache_info = {
     },
 };
 
+static const CPUCaches epyc_rome_v3_cache_info = {
+    .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = DATA_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l1i_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = INSTRUCTION_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l2_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 2,
+        .size = 512 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 1024,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+    },
+    .l3_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 3,
+        .size = 16 * MiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 16,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 16384,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = true,
+        .inclusive = true,
+        .complex_indexing = false,
+    },
+};
+
 static const CPUCaches epyc_milan_cache_info = {
     .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
         .type = DATA_CACHE,
@@ -1828,6 +1945,106 @@ static const CPUCaches epyc_milan_cache_info = {
     },
 };
 
+static const CPUCaches epyc_milan_v2_cache_info = {
+    .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = DATA_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l1i_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = INSTRUCTION_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l2_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 2,
+        .size = 512 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 1024,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+    },
+    .l3_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 3,
+        .size = 32 * MiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 16,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 32768,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = true,
+        .inclusive = true,
+        .complex_indexing = false,
+    },
+};
+
+static const CPUCaches epyc_genoa_cache_info = {
+    .l1d_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = DATA_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l1i_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = INSTRUCTION_CACHE,
+        .level = 1,
+        .size = 32 * KiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 64,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = 1,
+        .no_invd_sharing = true,
+    },
+    .l2_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 2,
+        .size = 1 * MiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 8,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 2048,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+    },
+    .l3_cache = &(CPUCacheInfo) {
+        .type = UNIFIED_CACHE,
+        .level = 3,
+        .size = 32 * MiB,
+        .line_size = 64,
+        .associativity = 16,
+        .partitions = 1,
+        .sets = 32768,
+        .lines_per_tag = 1,
+        .self_init = true,
+        .inclusive = true,
+        .complex_indexing = false,
+    },
+};
+
 /* The following VMX features are not supported by KVM and are left out in the
  * CPU definitions:
  *
@@ -4112,6 +4329,15 @@ static const X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
                     { /* end of list */ }
                 }
             },
+            {
+                .version = 4,
+                .props = (PropValue[]) {
+                    { "model-id",
+                      "AMD EPYC-v4 Processor" },
+                    { /* end of list */ }
+                },
+                .cache_info = &epyc_v4_cache_info
+            },
             { /* end of list */ }
         }
     },
@@ -4231,6 +4457,15 @@ static const X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
                     { /* end of list */ }
                 }
             },
+            {
+                .version = 3,
+                .props = (PropValue[]) {
+                    { "model-id",
+                      "AMD EPYC-Rome-v3 Processor" },
+                    { /* end of list */ }
+                },
+                .cache_info = &epyc_rome_v3_cache_info
+            },
             { /* end of list */ }
         }
     },
@@ -4288,6 +4523,98 @@ static const X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
         .xlevel = 0x8000001E,
         .model_id = "AMD EPYC-Milan Processor",
         .cache_info = &epyc_milan_cache_info,
+        .versions = (X86CPUVersionDefinition[]) {
+            { .version = 1 },
+            {
+                .version = 2,
+                .props = (PropValue[]) {
+                    { "model-id",
+                      "AMD EPYC-Milan-v2 Processor" },
+                    { "vaes", "on" },
+                    { "vpclmulqdq", "on" },
+                    { "stibp-always-on", "on" },
+                    { "amd-psfd", "on" },
+                    { "no-nested-data-bp", "on" },
+                    { "lfence-always-serializing", "on" },
+                    { "null-sel-clr-base", "on" },
+                    { /* end of list */ }
+                },
+                .cache_info = &epyc_milan_v2_cache_info
+            },
+            { /* end of list */ }
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        .name = "EPYC-Genoa",
+        .level = 0xd,
+        .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_AMD,
+        .family = 25,
+        .model = 17,
+        .stepping = 0,
+        .features[FEAT_1_EDX] =
+            CPUID_SSE2 | CPUID_SSE | CPUID_FXSR | CPUID_MMX | CPUID_CLFLUSH |
+            CPUID_PSE36 | CPUID_PAT | CPUID_CMOV | CPUID_MCA | CPUID_PGE |
+            CPUID_MTRR | CPUID_SEP | CPUID_APIC | CPUID_CX8 | CPUID_MCE |
+            CPUID_PAE | CPUID_MSR | CPUID_TSC | CPUID_PSE | CPUID_DE |
+            CPUID_VME | CPUID_FP87,
+        .features[FEAT_1_ECX] =
+            CPUID_EXT_RDRAND | CPUID_EXT_F16C | CPUID_EXT_AVX |
+            CPUID_EXT_XSAVE | CPUID_EXT_AES |  CPUID_EXT_POPCNT |
+            CPUID_EXT_MOVBE | CPUID_EXT_SSE42 | CPUID_EXT_SSE41 |
+            CPUID_EXT_PCID | CPUID_EXT_CX16 | CPUID_EXT_FMA |
+            CPUID_EXT_SSSE3 | CPUID_EXT_MONITOR | CPUID_EXT_PCLMULQDQ |
+            CPUID_EXT_SSE3,
+        .features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] =
+            CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_RDTSCP | CPUID_EXT2_PDPE1GB |
+            CPUID_EXT2_FFXSR | CPUID_EXT2_MMXEXT | CPUID_EXT2_NX |
+            CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL,
+        .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
+            CPUID_EXT3_OSVW | CPUID_EXT3_3DNOWPREFETCH |
+            CPUID_EXT3_MISALIGNSSE | CPUID_EXT3_SSE4A | CPUID_EXT3_ABM |
+            CPUID_EXT3_CR8LEG | CPUID_EXT3_SVM | CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM |
+            CPUID_EXT3_TOPOEXT | CPUID_EXT3_PERFCORE,
+        .features[FEAT_8000_0008_EBX] =
+            CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_CLZERO | CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_XSAVEERPTR |
+            CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_WBNOINVD | CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_IBPB |
+            CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_IBRS | CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_STIBP |
+            CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON |
+            CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_AMD_SSBD | CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_AMD_PSFD,
+        .features[FEAT_8000_0021_EAX] =
+            CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_No_NESTED_DATA_BP |
+            CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_LFENCE_ALWAYS_SERIALIZING |
+            CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_NULL_SEL_CLR_BASE |
+            CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_AUTO_IBRS,
+        .features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] =
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_FSGSBASE | CPUID_7_0_EBX_BMI1 | CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX2 |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_SMEP | CPUID_7_0_EBX_BMI2 | CPUID_7_0_EBX_ERMS |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_INVPCID | CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512F |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512DQ | CPUID_7_0_EBX_RDSEED | CPUID_7_0_EBX_ADX |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_SMAP | CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512IFMA |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_CLFLUSHOPT | CPUID_7_0_EBX_CLWB |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512CD | CPUID_7_0_EBX_SHA_NI |
+            CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512BW | CPUID_7_0_EBX_AVX512VL,
+        .features[FEAT_7_0_ECX] =
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512_VBMI | CPUID_7_0_ECX_UMIP | CPUID_7_0_ECX_PKU |
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512_VBMI2 | CPUID_7_0_ECX_GFNI |
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_VAES | CPUID_7_0_ECX_VPCLMULQDQ |
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512VNNI | CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512BITALG |
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ | CPUID_7_0_ECX_LA57 |
+            CPUID_7_0_ECX_RDPID,
+        .features[FEAT_7_0_EDX] =
+            CPUID_7_0_EDX_FSRM,
+        .features[FEAT_7_1_EAX] =
+            CPUID_7_1_EAX_AVX512_BF16,
+        .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
+            CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT | CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEC |
+            CPUID_XSAVE_XGETBV1 | CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVES,
+        .features[FEAT_6_EAX] =
+            CPUID_6_EAX_ARAT,
+        .features[FEAT_SVM] =
+            CPUID_SVM_NPT | CPUID_SVM_NRIPSAVE | CPUID_SVM_VNMI |
+            CPUID_SVM_SVME_ADDR_CHK,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000022,
+        .model_id = "AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor",
+        .cache_info = &epyc_genoa_cache_info,
     },
 };
 
@@ -5225,6 +5552,31 @@ static void x86_cpu_apply_version_props(X86CPU *cpu, X86CPUModel *model)
     assert(vdef->version == version);
 }
 
+static const CPUCaches *x86_cpu_get_versioned_cache_info(X86CPU *cpu,
+                                                         X86CPUModel *model)
+{
+    const X86CPUVersionDefinition *vdef;
+    X86CPUVersion version = x86_cpu_model_resolve_version(model);
+    const CPUCaches *cache_info = model->cpudef->cache_info;
+
+    if (version == CPU_VERSION_LEGACY) {
+        return cache_info;
+    }
+
+    for (vdef = x86_cpu_def_get_versions(model->cpudef); vdef->version; vdef++) {
+        if (vdef->cache_info) {
+            cache_info = vdef->cache_info;
+        }
+
+        if (vdef->version == version) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert(vdef->version == version);
+    return cache_info;
+}
+
 /*
  * Load data from X86CPUDefinition into a X86CPU object.
  * Only for builtin_x86_defs models initialized with x86_register_cpudef_types.
@@ -5257,7 +5609,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_load_model(X86CPU *cpu, X86CPUModel *model)
     }
 
     /* legacy-cache defaults to 'off' if CPU model provides cache info */
-    cpu->legacy_cache = !def->cache_info;
+    cpu->legacy_cache = !x86_cpu_get_versioned_cache_info(cpu, model);
 
     env->features[FEAT_1_ECX] |= CPUID_EXT_HYPERVISOR;
 
@@ -6024,6 +6376,10 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
             *ebx |= (sev_get_reduced_phys_bits() & 0x3f) << 6; /* EBX[11:6] */
         }
         break;
+    case 0x80000021:
+        *eax = env->features[FEAT_8000_0021_EAX];
+        *ebx = *ecx = *edx = 0;
+        break;
     default:
         /* reserved values: zero */
         *eax = 0;
@@ -6453,6 +6809,10 @@ void x86_cpu_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
             x86_cpu_adjust_level(cpu, &env->cpuid_min_xlevel, 0x8000001F);
         }
 
+        if (env->features[FEAT_8000_0021_EAX]) {
+            x86_cpu_adjust_level(cpu, &env->cpuid_min_xlevel, 0x80000021);
+        }
+
         /* SGX requires CPUID[0x12] for EPC enumeration */
         if (env->features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] & CPUID_7_0_EBX_SGX) {
             x86_cpu_adjust_level(cpu, &env->cpuid_min_level, 0x12);
@@ -6736,14 +7096,17 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     /* Cache information initialization */
     if (!cpu->legacy_cache) {
-        if (!xcc->model || !xcc->model->cpudef->cache_info) {
+        const CPUCaches *cache_info =
+            x86_cpu_get_versioned_cache_info(cpu, xcc->model);
+
+        if (!xcc->model || !cache_info) {
             g_autofree char *name = x86_cpu_class_get_model_name(xcc);
             error_setg(errp,
                        "CPU model '%s' doesn't support legacy-cache=off", name);
             return;
         }
         env->cache_info_cpuid2 = env->cache_info_cpuid4 = env->cache_info_amd =
-            *xcc->model->cpudef->cache_info;
+            *cache_info;
     } else {
         /* Build legacy cache information */
         env->cache_info_cpuid2.l1d_cache = &legacy_l1d_cache;
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index 8504aaac68..8ade71ab55 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ typedef enum FeatureWord {
     FEAT_8000_0001_ECX, /* CPUID[8000_0001].ECX */
     FEAT_8000_0007_EDX, /* CPUID[8000_0007].EDX */
     FEAT_8000_0008_EBX, /* CPUID[8000_0008].EBX */
+    FEAT_8000_0021_EAX, /* CPUID[8000_0021].EAX */
     FEAT_C000_0001_EDX, /* CPUID[C000_0001].EDX */
     FEAT_KVM,           /* CPUID[4000_0001].EAX (KVM_CPUID_FEATURES) */
     FEAT_KVM_HINTS,     /* CPUID[4000_0001].EDX */
@@ -773,6 +774,7 @@ uint64_t x86_cpu_get_supported_feature_word(FeatureWord w,
 #define CPUID_SVM_AVIC            (1U << 13)
 #define CPUID_SVM_V_VMSAVE_VMLOAD (1U << 15)
 #define CPUID_SVM_VGIF            (1U << 16)
+#define CPUID_SVM_VNMI            (1U << 25)
 #define CPUID_SVM_SVME_ADDR_CHK   (1U << 28)
 
 /* Support RDFSBASE/RDGSBASE/WRFSBASE/WRGSBASE */
@@ -946,8 +948,21 @@ uint64_t x86_cpu_get_supported_feature_word(FeatureWord w,
 #define CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_IBRS        (1U << 14)
 /* Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */
 #define CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_STIBP       (1U << 15)
+/* STIBP mode has enhanced performance and may be left always on */
+#define CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON    (1U << 17)
 /* Speculative Store Bypass Disable */
 #define CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_AMD_SSBD    (1U << 24)
+/* Predictive Store Forwarding Disable */
+#define CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_AMD_PSFD    (1U << 28)
+
+/* Processor ignores nested data breakpoints */
+#define CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_No_NESTED_DATA_BP    (1U << 0)
+/* LFENCE is always serializing */
+#define CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_LFENCE_ALWAYS_SERIALIZING    (1U << 2)
+/* Null Selector Clears Base */
+#define CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_NULL_SEL_CLR_BASE    (1U << 6)
+/* Automatic IBRS */
+#define CPUID_8000_0021_EAX_AUTO_IBRS   (1U << 8)
 
 #define CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT   (1U << 0)
 #define CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEC     (1U << 1)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-aio-multithread.c b/tests/unit/test-aio-multithread.c
index a555cc8835..80c5d4e2e6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-aio-multithread.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-aio-multithread.c
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ static void test_lifecycle(void)
 /* aio_co_schedule test.  */
 
 static Coroutine *to_schedule[NUM_CONTEXTS];
-
-static bool now_stopping;
+static bool stop[NUM_CONTEXTS];
 
 static int count_retry;
 static int count_here;
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ static bool schedule_next(int n)
 
 static void finish_cb(void *opaque)
 {
+    stop[id] = true;
     schedule_next(id);
 }
 
@@ -143,13 +143,19 @@ static coroutine_fn void test_multi_co_schedule_entry(void *opaque)
 {
     g_assert(to_schedule[id] == NULL);
 
-    while (!qatomic_mb_read(&now_stopping)) {
+    /*
+     * The next iteration will set to_schedule[id] again, but once finish_cb
+     * is scheduled there is no guarantee that it will actually be woken up,
+     * so at that point it must not go to sleep.
+     */
+    while (!stop[id]) {
         int n;
 
         n = g_test_rand_int_range(0, NUM_CONTEXTS);
         schedule_next(n);
 
         qatomic_mb_set(&to_schedule[id], qemu_coroutine_self());
+        /* finish_cb can run here.  */
         qemu_coroutine_yield();
         g_assert(to_schedule[id] == NULL);
     }
@@ -161,7 +167,6 @@ static void test_multi_co_schedule(int seconds)
     int i;
 
     count_here = count_other = count_retry = 0;
-    now_stopping = false;
 
     create_aio_contexts();
     for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
@@ -171,10 +176,10 @@ static void test_multi_co_schedule(int seconds)
 
     g_usleep(seconds * 1000000);
 
-    qatomic_mb_set(&now_stopping, true);
+    /* Guarantee that each AioContext is woken up from its last wait.  */
     for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONTEXTS; i++) {
         ctx_run(i, finish_cb, NULL);
-        to_schedule[i] = NULL;
+        g_assert(to_schedule[i] == NULL);
     }
 
     join_aio_contexts();
@@ -199,10 +204,11 @@ static uint32_t atomic_counter;
 static uint32_t running;
 static uint32_t counter;
 static CoMutex comutex;
+static bool now_stopping;
 
 static void coroutine_fn test_multi_co_mutex_entry(void *opaque)
 {
-    while (!qatomic_mb_read(&now_stopping)) {
+    while (!qatomic_read(&now_stopping)) {
         qemu_co_mutex_lock(&comutex);
         counter++;
         qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&comutex);
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ static void test_multi_co_mutex(int threads, int seconds)
 
     g_usleep(seconds * 1000000);
 
-    qatomic_mb_set(&now_stopping, true);
+    qatomic_set(&now_stopping, true);
     while (running > 0) {
         g_usleep(100000);
     }
@@ -327,7 +333,7 @@ static void mcs_mutex_unlock(void)
 
 static void test_multi_fair_mutex_entry(void *opaque)
 {
-    while (!qatomic_mb_read(&now_stopping)) {
+    while (!qatomic_read(&now_stopping)) {
         mcs_mutex_lock();
         counter++;
         mcs_mutex_unlock();
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ static void test_multi_fair_mutex(int threads, int seconds)
 
     g_usleep(seconds * 1000000);
 
-    qatomic_mb_set(&now_stopping, true);
+    qatomic_set(&now_stopping, true);
     while (running > 0) {
         g_usleep(100000);
     }
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@ static QemuMutex mutex;
 
 static void test_multi_mutex_entry(void *opaque)
 {
-    while (!qatomic_mb_read(&now_stopping)) {
+    while (!qatomic_read(&now_stopping)) {
         qemu_mutex_lock(&mutex);
         counter++;
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
@@ -411,7 +417,7 @@ static void test_multi_mutex(int threads, int seconds)
 
     g_usleep(seconds * 1000000);
 
-    qatomic_mb_set(&now_stopping, true);
+    qatomic_set(&now_stopping, true);
     while (running > 0) {
         g_usleep(100000);
     }
diff --git a/util/rcu.c b/util/rcu.c
index b6d6c71cff..30a7e22026 100644
--- a/util/rcu.c
+++ b/util/rcu.c
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ static void wait_for_readers(void)
          */
         qemu_event_reset(&rcu_gp_event);
 
-        /* Instead of using qatomic_mb_set for index->waiting, and
-         * qatomic_mb_read for index->ctr, memory barriers are placed
-         * manually since writes to different threads are independent.
-         * qemu_event_reset has acquire semantics, so no memory barrier
-         * is needed here.
-         */
         QLIST_FOREACH(index, &registry, node) {
             qatomic_set(&index->waiting, true);
         }
@@ -96,6 +90,10 @@ static void wait_for_readers(void)
         /* Here, order the stores to index->waiting before the loads of
          * index->ctr.  Pairs with smp_mb_placeholder() in rcu_read_unlock(),
          * ensuring that the loads of index->ctr are sequentially consistent.
+         *
+         * If this is the last iteration, this barrier also prevents
+         * frees from seeping upwards, and orders the two wait phases
+         * on architectures with 32-bit longs; see synchronize_rcu().
          */
         smp_mb_global();
 
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ static void wait_for_readers(void)
                 QLIST_REMOVE(index, node);
                 QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&qsreaders, index, node);
 
-                /* No need for mb_set here, worst of all we
+                /* No need for memory barriers here, worst of all we
                  * get some extra futex wakeups.
                  */
                 qatomic_set(&index->waiting, false);
@@ -149,26 +147,26 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
 
     /* Write RCU-protected pointers before reading p_rcu_reader->ctr.
      * Pairs with smp_mb_placeholder() in rcu_read_lock().
+     *
+     * Also orders write to RCU-protected pointers before
+     * write to rcu_gp_ctr.
      */
     smp_mb_global();
 
     QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&rcu_registry_lock);
     if (!QLIST_EMPTY(&registry)) {
-        /* In either case, the qatomic_mb_set below blocks stores that free
-         * old RCU-protected pointers.
-         */
         if (sizeof(rcu_gp_ctr) < 8) {
             /* For architectures with 32-bit longs, a two-subphases algorithm
              * ensures we do not encounter overflow bugs.
              *
              * Switch parity: 0 -> 1, 1 -> 0.
              */
-            qatomic_mb_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
+            qatomic_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
             wait_for_readers();
-            qatomic_mb_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
+            qatomic_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
         } else {
             /* Increment current grace period.  */
-            qatomic_mb_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr + RCU_GP_CTR);
+            qatomic_set(&rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr + RCU_GP_CTR);
         }
 
         wait_for_readers();
@@ -191,8 +189,22 @@ static void enqueue(struct rcu_head *node)
     struct rcu_head **old_tail;
 
     node->next = NULL;
+
+    /*
+     * Make this node the tail of the list.  The node will be
+     * used by further enqueue operations, but it will not
+     * be dequeued yet...
+     */
     old_tail = qatomic_xchg(&tail, &node->next);
-    qatomic_mb_set(old_tail, node);
+
+    /*
+     * ... until it is pointed to from another item in the list.
+     * In the meantime, try_dequeue() will find a NULL next pointer
+     * and loop.
+     *
+     * Synchronizes with qatomic_load_acquire() in try_dequeue().
+     */
+    qatomic_store_release(old_tail, node);
 }
 
 static struct rcu_head *try_dequeue(void)
@@ -200,26 +212,31 @@ static struct rcu_head *try_dequeue(void)
     struct rcu_head *node, *next;
 
 retry:
-    /* Test for an empty list, which we do not expect.  Note that for
+    /* Head is only written by this thread, so no need for barriers.  */
+    node = head;
+
+    /*
+     * If the head node has NULL in its next pointer, the value is
+     * wrong and we need to wait until its enqueuer finishes the update.
+     */
+    next = qatomic_load_acquire(&node->next);
+    if (!next) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Test for an empty list, which we do not expect.  Note that for
      * the consumer head and tail are always consistent.  The head
      * is consistent because only the consumer reads/writes it.
      * The tail, because it is the first step in the enqueuing.
      * It is only the next pointers that might be inconsistent.
      */
-    if (head == &dummy && qatomic_mb_read(&tail) == &dummy.next) {
+    if (head == &dummy && qatomic_read(&tail) == &dummy.next) {
         abort();
     }
 
-    /* If the head node has NULL in its next pointer, the value is
-     * wrong and we need to wait until its enqueuer finishes the update.
-     */
-    node = head;
-    next = qatomic_mb_read(&head->next);
-    if (!next) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* Since we are the sole consumer, and we excluded the empty case
+    /*
+     * Since we are the sole consumer, and we excluded the empty case
      * above, the queue will always have at least two nodes: the
      * dummy node, and the one being removed.  So we do not need to update
      * the tail pointer.