Merge tag 'pull-jan-omnibus-020223-1' of https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu into staging

Testing, docs, semihosting and plugin updates

  - update playbooks for custom runners
  - add section timing support to gitlab
  - upgrade fedora images to 37
  - purge perl from the build system and deps
  - disable unstable tests in CI
  - improve intro, emulation and semihosting docs
  - semihosting bug fix and O_BINARY default
  - add memory-sve test
  - fix some races in qht
  - improve plugin handling of memory helpers
  - optimise plugin hooks
  - fix some plugin deadlocks
  - reduce win64-cross build time by dropping some targets

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* tag 'pull-jan-omnibus-020223-1' of https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu: (36 commits)
  gitlab: cut even more from cross-win64-system build
  plugins: Iterate on cb_lists in qemu_plugin_user_exit
  cpu-exec: assert that plugin_mem_cbs is NULL after execution
  tcg: exclude non-memory effecting helpers from instrumentation
  translator: always pair plugin_gen_insn_{start, end} calls
  plugins: fix optimization in plugin_gen_disable_mem_helpers
  plugins: make qemu_plugin_user_exit's locking order consistent with fork_start's
  util/qht: use striped locks under TSAN
  thread: de-const qemu_spin_destroy
  util/qht: add missing atomic_set(hashes[i])
  cpu: free cpu->tb_jmp_cache with RCU
  tests/tcg: add memory-sve test for aarch64
  semihosting: add O_BINARY flag in host_open for NT compatibility
  semihosting: Write back semihosting data before completion callback
  docs: add an introduction to the system docs
  semihosting: add semihosting section to the docs
  docs: add a new section to outline emulation support
  docs: add hotlinks to about preface text
  MAINTAINERS: Fix the entry for tests/tcg/nios2
  gitlab: wrap up test results for custom runners
  ...

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

75 files changed, 753 insertions, 272 deletions

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
index 69b36c148a..50fb59e147 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 # most restrictive to least restrictive
 #
 .base_job_template:
+  variables:
+    # Each script line from will be in a collapsible section in the job output
+    # and show the duration of each line.
+    FF_SCRIPT_SECTIONS: 1
+
   rules:
     #############################################################
     # Stage 1: exclude scenarios where we definitely don't
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index 1c35cbfa10..0aa149a352 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ build-oss-fuzz:
     IMAGE: fedora
   script:
     - mkdir build-oss-fuzz
+    - export LSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=scripts/oss-fuzz/lsan_suppressions.txt
     - CC="clang" CXX="clang++" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address"
       ./scripts/oss-fuzz/build.sh
     - export ASAN_OPTIONS="fast_unwind_on_malloc=0"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
index e3fc3235b9..8934e5d57f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip-3.8'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv perl5 pixman pkgconf png py39-numpy py39-pillow py39-pip py39-sphinx py39-sphinx_rtd_theme py39-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
+PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv pixman pkgconf png py39-numpy py39-pillow py39-pip py39-sphinx py39-sphinx_rtd_theme py39-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio spice-protocol tesseract usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS=''
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
index 9f56babd9c..65ce456c48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip-3.8'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv perl5 pixman pkgconf png py39-numpy py39-pillow py39-pip py39-sphinx py39-sphinx_rtd_theme py39-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
+PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv pixman pkgconf png py39-numpy py39-pillow py39-pip py39-sphinx py39-sphinx_rtd_theme py39-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio spice-protocol tesseract usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS=''
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-12.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-12.vars
index ef9e14b373..65b78fa08f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-12.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-12.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/opt/homebrew/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/opt/homebrew/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='brew'
 PIP3='/opt/homebrew/bin/pip3'
-PKGS='bash bc bison bzip2 capstone ccache cmocka ctags curl dbus diffutils dtc flex gcovr gettext git glib gnu-sed gnutls gtk+3 jemalloc jpeg-turbo json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libiscsi libnfs libpng libslirp libssh libtasn1 libusb llvm lzo make meson ncurses nettle ninja perl pixman pkg-config python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sparse spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir vde vte3 zlib zstd'
+PKGS='bash bc bison bzip2 capstone ccache cmocka ctags curl dbus diffutils dtc flex gcovr gettext git glib gnu-sed gnutls gtk+3 jemalloc jpeg-turbo json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libiscsi libnfs libpng libslirp libssh libtasn1 libusb llvm lzo make meson ncurses nettle ninja pixman pkg-config python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sparse spice-protocol tesseract usbredir vde vte3 zlib zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS='PyYAML numpy pillow sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme'
 PYTHON='/opt/homebrew/bin/python3'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
index 8dbbb8f881..74d6259b90 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ cross-win64-system:
     job: win64-fedora-cross-container
   variables:
     IMAGE: fedora-win64-cross
-    CROSS_SKIP_TARGETS: or1k-softmmu rx-softmmu sh4eb-softmmu sparc64-softmmu
+    CROSS_SKIP_TARGETS: alpha-softmmu avr-softmmu hppa-softmmu
+                        m68k-softmmu microblazeel-softmmu nios2-softmmu
+                        or1k-softmmu rx-softmmu sh4eb-softmmu sparc64-softmmu
                         tricore-softmmu xtensaeb-softmmu
   artifacts:
     paths:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners.yml
index 97f99e29c2..9fdc476c48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
 variables:
   GIT_STRATEGY: clone
 
+# All custom runners can extend this template to upload the testlog
+# data as an artifact and also feed the junit report
+.custom_artifacts_template:
+  artifacts:
+    name: "$CI_JOB_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
+    expire_in: 7 days
+    paths:
+      - build/meson-logs/testlog.txt
+    reports:
+      junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
+
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml'
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.yml'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
index fcaef9e5ef..f512eaeaa3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-20.04-s390x.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # "Install basic packages to build QEMU on Ubuntu 20.04/20.04"
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all-linux-static:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -19,12 +20,11 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all-linux-static:
  - ../configure --enable-debug --static --disable-system --disable-glusterfs --disable-libssh
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
+ - make --output-sync check-tcg
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
- - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check-tcg
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-all:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-alldbg:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-alldbg:
  - make clean
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-clang:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-clang:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-tci:
  needs: []
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-tci:
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
 
 ubuntu-20.04-s390x-notcg:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -128,4 +128,3 @@ ubuntu-20.04-s390x-notcg:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch32.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch32.yml
index 2c386fa3e9..42137aaf2a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch32.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch32.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # "Install basic packages to build QEMU on Ubuntu 20.04"
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch32-all:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -22,4 +23,3 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch32-all:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.yml
index abeb33eaff..8ba85be440 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # "Install basic packages to build QEMU on Ubuntu 20.04"
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-all-linux-static:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -19,12 +20,11 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-all-linux-static:
  - ../configure --enable-debug --static --disable-system --disable-pie
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
+ - make check-tcg
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
- - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check-tcg
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-all:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-all:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-alldbg:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-alldbg:
  - make clean
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-clang:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-clang:
  script:
  - mkdir build
  - cd build
- - ../configure --disable-libssh --cc=clang-10 --cxx=clang++-10 --enable-sanitizers
+ - ../configure --disable-libssh --cc=clang --cxx=clang++ --enable-sanitizers
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-tci:
  needs: []
@@ -108,6 +107,7 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-tci:
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
 
 ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-notcg:
+ extends: .custom_artifacts_template
  needs: []
  stage: build
  tags:
@@ -127,4 +127,3 @@ ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-notcg:
    || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40`
  - make --output-sync -j`nproc --ignore=40` check
-   || { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; } ;
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml
index a1d5790580..cf445b77f6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ msys2-64bit:
   # for the msys2 64-bit job, due to the build could not complete within
   # the project timeout.
   - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc '../configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
-      --without-default-devices --disable-opengl'
+      --without-default-devices'
   - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc 'make'
   # qTests don't run successfully with "--without-default-devices",
   # so let's exclude the qtests from CI for now.
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ msys2-32bit:
   - $env:MSYS = 'winsymlinks:native' # Enable native Windows symlink
   - mkdir output
   - cd output
-  - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc '../configure --target-list=ppc64-softmmu
-        --disable-opengl'
+  - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc '../configure --target-list=ppc64-softmmu'
   - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc 'make'
   - ..\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc 'make check MTESTARGS=\"--no-suite qtest\" ||
                                 { cat meson-logs/testlog.txt; exit 1; }'
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 307a9d5d4c..5765f1b130 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ F: target/microblaze/
 F: hw/microblaze/
 F: disas/microblaze.c
 F: tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-microblaze-cross.d/build-toolchain.sh
-F: tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.target
 
 MIPS TCG CPUs
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
@@ -262,6 +261,7 @@ F: hw/nios2/
 F: disas/nios2.c
 F: configs/devices/nios2-softmmu/default.mak
 F: tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-nios2-cross.d/build-toolchain.sh
+F: tests/tcg/nios2/
 
 OpenRISC TCG CPUs
 M: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
index 04cd1f3092..9c857eeb07 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ static void cpu_exec_exit(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cc->tcg_ops->cpu_exec_exit) {
         cc->tcg_ops->cpu_exec_exit(cpu);
     }
+    QEMU_PLUGIN_ASSERT(cpu->plugin_mem_cbs == NULL);
 }
 
 void cpu_exec_step_atomic(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -980,6 +981,7 @@ cpu_exec_loop(CPUState *cpu, SyncClocks *sc)
 
             cpu_loop_exec_tb(cpu, tb, pc, &last_tb, &tb_exit);
 
+            QEMU_PLUGIN_ASSERT(cpu->plugin_mem_cbs == NULL);
             /* Try to align the host and virtual clocks
                if the guest is in advance */
             align_clocks(sc, cpu);
@@ -1064,13 +1066,12 @@ void tcg_exec_realizefn(CPUState *cpu, Error **errp)
 /* undo the initializations in reverse order */
 void tcg_exec_unrealizefn(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    qemu_plugin_vcpu_exit_hook(cpu);
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     tcg_iommu_free_notifier_list(cpu);
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
     tlb_destroy(cpu);
-    g_free(cpu->tb_jmp_cache);
+    g_free_rcu(cpu->tb_jmp_cache, rcu);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
diff --git a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
index c7d6514840..17a686bd9e 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ static void inject_mem_helper(TCGOp *begin_op, GArray *arr)
  * is possible that the code we generate after the instruction is
  * dead, we also add checks before generating tb_exit etc.
  */
-static void inject_mem_enable_helper(struct qemu_plugin_insn *plugin_insn,
+static void inject_mem_enable_helper(struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
+                                     struct qemu_plugin_insn *plugin_insn,
                                      TCGOp *begin_op)
 {
     GArray *cbs[2];
@@ -599,6 +600,7 @@ static void inject_mem_enable_helper(struct qemu_plugin_insn *plugin_insn,
         rm_ops(begin_op);
         return;
     }
+    ptb->mem_helper = true;
 
     arr = g_array_sized_new(false, false,
                             sizeof(struct qemu_plugin_dyn_cb), n_cbs);
@@ -626,15 +628,22 @@ void plugin_gen_disable_mem_helpers(void)
 {
     TCGv_ptr ptr;
 
-    if (likely(tcg_ctx->plugin_insn == NULL ||
-               !tcg_ctx->plugin_insn->mem_helper)) {
+    /*
+     * We could emit the clearing unconditionally and be done. However, this can
+     * be wasteful if for instance plugins don't track memory accesses, or if
+     * most TBs don't use helpers. Instead, emit the clearing iff the TB calls
+     * helpers that might access guest memory.
+     *
+     * Note: we do not reset plugin_tb->mem_helper here; a TB might have several
+     * exit points, and we want to emit the clearing from all of them.
+     */
+    if (!tcg_ctx->plugin_tb->mem_helper) {
         return;
     }
     ptr = tcg_const_ptr(NULL);
     tcg_gen_st_ptr(ptr, cpu_env, offsetof(CPUState, plugin_mem_cbs) -
                                  offsetof(ArchCPU, env));
     tcg_temp_free_ptr(ptr);
-    tcg_ctx->plugin_insn->mem_helper = false;
 }
 
 static void plugin_gen_tb_udata(const struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
@@ -682,14 +691,14 @@ static void plugin_gen_mem_inline(const struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
     inject_inline_cb(cbs, begin_op, op_rw);
 }
 
-static void plugin_gen_enable_mem_helper(const struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
+static void plugin_gen_enable_mem_helper(struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
                                          TCGOp *begin_op, int insn_idx)
 {
     struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = g_ptr_array_index(ptb->insns, insn_idx);
-    inject_mem_enable_helper(insn, begin_op);
+    inject_mem_enable_helper(ptb, insn, begin_op);
 }
 
-static void plugin_gen_disable_mem_helper(const struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
+static void plugin_gen_disable_mem_helper(struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
                                           TCGOp *begin_op, int insn_idx)
 {
     struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = g_ptr_array_index(ptb->insns, insn_idx);
@@ -750,7 +759,7 @@ static void pr_ops(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void plugin_gen_inject(const struct qemu_plugin_tb *plugin_tb)
+static void plugin_gen_inject(struct qemu_plugin_tb *plugin_tb)
 {
     TCGOp *op;
     int insn_idx = -1;
@@ -870,6 +879,7 @@ bool plugin_gen_tb_start(CPUState *cpu, const DisasContextBase *db,
         ptb->haddr1 = db->host_addr[0];
         ptb->haddr2 = NULL;
         ptb->mem_only = mem_only;
+        ptb->mem_helper = false;
 
         plugin_gen_empty_callback(PLUGIN_GEN_FROM_TB);
     }
diff --git a/accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h b/accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h
index 9829abe4a9..8e685e0654 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h
+++ b/accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
-DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_2(plugin_vcpu_udata_cb, TCG_CALL_NO_RWG, void, i32, ptr)
-DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_4(plugin_vcpu_mem_cb, TCG_CALL_NO_RWG, void, i32, i32, i64, ptr)
+DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_2(plugin_vcpu_udata_cb, TCG_CALL_NO_RWG | TCG_CALL_PLUGIN, void, i32, ptr)
+DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_4(plugin_vcpu_mem_cb, TCG_CALL_NO_RWG | TCG_CALL_PLUGIN, void, i32, i32, i64, ptr)
 #endif
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h b/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
index ff5ffc8fc2..b3f6e78835 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
+++ b/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * a load_acquire/store_release to 'tb'.
  */
 struct CPUJumpCache {
+    struct rcu_head rcu;
     struct {
         TranslationBlock *tb;
 #if TARGET_TB_PCREL
diff --git a/accel/tcg/translator.c b/accel/tcg/translator.c
index 061519691f..ef5193c67e 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translator.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translator.c
@@ -100,19 +100,24 @@ void translator_loop(CPUState *cpu, TranslationBlock *tb, int max_insns,
             ops->translate_insn(db, cpu);
         }
 
-        /* Stop translation if translate_insn so indicated.  */
-        if (db->is_jmp != DISAS_NEXT) {
-            break;
-        }
-
         /*
          * We can't instrument after instructions that change control
          * flow although this only really affects post-load operations.
+         *
+         * Calling plugin_gen_insn_end() before we possibly stop translation
+         * is important. Even if this ends up as dead code, plugin generation
+         * needs to see a matching plugin_gen_insn_{start,end}() pair in order
+         * to accurately track instrumented helpers that might access memory.
          */
         if (plugin_enabled) {
             plugin_gen_insn_end();
         }
 
+        /* Stop translation if translate_insn so indicated.  */
+        if (db->is_jmp != DISAS_NEXT) {
+            break;
+        }
+
         /* Stop translation if the output buffer is full,
            or we have executed all of the allowed instructions.  */
         if (tcg_op_buf_full() || db->num_insns >= db->max_insns) {
diff --git a/cpu.c b/cpu.c
index 4a7d865427..21cf809614 100644
--- a/cpu.c
+++ b/cpu.c
@@ -176,11 +176,20 @@ void cpu_exec_unrealizefn(CPUState *cpu)
         vmstate_unregister(NULL, &vmstate_cpu_common, cpu);
     }
 #endif
+
+    /* Call the plugin hook before clearing cpu->cpu_index in cpu_list_remove */
     if (tcg_enabled()) {
-        tcg_exec_unrealizefn(cpu);
+        qemu_plugin_vcpu_exit_hook(cpu);
     }
 
     cpu_list_remove(cpu);
+    /*
+     * Now that the vCPU has been removed from the RCU list, we can call
+     * tcg_exec_unrealizefn, which may free fields using call_rcu.
+     */
+    if (tcg_enabled()) {
+        tcg_exec_unrealizefn(cpu);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/docs/about/emulation.rst b/docs/about/emulation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b510a54418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/about/emulation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+Emulation
+=========
+
+QEMU's Tiny Code Generator (TCG) provides the ability to emulate a
+number of CPU architectures on any supported host platform. Both
+:ref:`System Emulation` and :ref:`User Mode Emulation` are supported
+depending on the guest architecture.
+
+.. list-table:: Supported Guest Architectures for Emulation
+  :widths: 30 10 10 50
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Architecture (qemu name)
+    - System
+    - User
+    - Notes
+  * - Alpha
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - Legacy 64 bit RISC ISA developed by DEC
+  * - Arm (arm, aarch64)
+    - :ref:`Yes<ARM-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - Wide range of features, see :ref:`Arm Emulation` for details
+  * - AVR
+    - :ref:`Yes<AVR-System-emulator>`
+    - No
+    - 8 bit micro controller, often used in maker projects
+  * - Cris
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - Embedded RISC chip developed by AXIS
+  * - Hexagon
+    - No
+    - Yes
+    - Family of DSPs by Qualcomm
+  * - PA-RISC (hppa)
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - A legacy RISC system used in HP's old minicomputers
+  * - x86 (i386, x86_64)
+    - :ref:`Yes<QEMU-PC-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - The ubiquitous desktop PC CPU architecture, 32 and 64 bit.
+  * - Loongarch
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - A MIPS-like 64bit RISC architecture developed in China
+  * - m68k
+    - :ref:`Yes<ColdFire-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - Motorola 68000 variants and ColdFire
+  * - Microblaze
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - RISC based soft-core by Xilinx
+  * - MIPS (mips*)
+    - :ref:`Yes<MIPS-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - Venerable RISC architecture originally out of Stanford University
+  * - Nios2
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - 32 bit embedded soft-core by Altera
+  * - OpenRISC
+    - :ref:`Yes<OpenRISC-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - Open source RISC architecture developed by the OpenRISC community
+  * - Power (ppc, ppc64)
+    - :ref:`Yes<PowerPC-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - A general purpose RISC architecture now managed by IBM
+  * - RISC-V
+    - :ref:`Yes<RISC-V-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - An open standard RISC ISA maintained by RISC-V International
+  * - RX
+    - :ref:`Yes<RX-System-emulator>`
+    - No
+    - A 32 bit micro controller developed by Renesas
+  * - s390x
+    - :ref:`Yes<s390x-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - A 64 bit CPU found in IBM's System Z mainframes
+  * - sh4
+    - Yes
+    - Yes
+    - A 32 bit RISC embedded CPU developed by Hitachi
+  * - SPARC (sparc, sparc64)
+    - :ref:`Yes<Sparc32-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - A RISC ISA originally developed by Sun Microsystems
+  * - Tricore
+    - Yes
+    - No
+    - A 32 bit RISC/uController/DSP developed by Infineon
+  * - Xtensa
+    - :ref:`Yes<Xtensa-System-emulator>`
+    - Yes
+    - A configurable 32 bit soft core now owned by Cadence
+
+A number of features are are only available when running under
+emulation including :ref:`Record/Replay<replay>` and :ref:`TCG Plugins`.
+
+.. _Semihosting:
+
+Semihosting
+-----------
+
+Semihosting is a feature defined by the owner of the architecture to
+allow programs to interact with a debugging host system. On real
+hardware this is usually provided by an In-circuit emulator (ICE)
+hooked directly to the board. QEMU's implementation allows for
+semihosting calls to be passed to the host system or via the
+``gdbstub``.
+
+Generally semihosting makes it easier to bring up low level code before a
+more fully functional operating system has been enabled. On QEMU it
+also allows for embedded micro-controller code which typically doesn't
+have a full libc to be run as "bare-metal" code under QEMU's user-mode
+emulation. It is also useful for writing test cases and indeed a
+number of compiler suites as well as QEMU itself use semihosting calls
+to exit test code while reporting the success state.
+
+Semihosting is only available using TCG emulation. This is because the
+instructions to trigger a semihosting call are typically reserved
+causing most hypervisors to trap and fault on them.
+
+.. warning::
+   Semihosting inherently bypasses any isolation there may be between
+   the guest and the host. As a result a program using semihosting can
+   happily trash your host system. You should only ever run trusted
+   code with semihosting enabled.
+
+Redirection
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Semihosting calls can be re-directed to a (potentially remote) gdb
+during debugging via the :ref:`gdbstub<GDB usage>`. Output to the
+semihosting console is configured as a ``chardev`` so can be
+redirected to a file, pipe or socket like any other ``chardev``
+device.
+
+Supported Targets
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Most targets offer similar semihosting implementations with some
+minor changes to define the appropriate instruction to encode the
+semihosting call and which registers hold the parameters. They tend to
+presents a simple POSIX-like API which allows your program to read and
+write files, access the console and some other basic interactions.
+
+For full details of the ABI for a particular target, and the set of
+calls it provides, you should consult the semihosting specification
+for that architecture.
+
+.. note::
+   QEMU makes an implementation decision to implement all file
+   access in ``O_BINARY`` mode. The user-visible effect of this is
+   regardless of the text/binary mode the program sets QEMU will
+   always select a binary mode ensuring no line-terminator conversion
+   is performed on input or output. This is because gdb semihosting
+   support doesn't make the distinction between the modes and
+   magically processing line endings can be confusing.
+
+.. list-table:: Guest Architectures supporting Semihosting
+  :widths: 10 10 80
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Architecture
+    - Modes
+    - Specification
+  * - Arm
+    - System and User-mode
+    - https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/main/semihosting/semihosting.rst
+  * - m68k
+    - System
+    - https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=libgloss/m68k/m68k-semi.txt;hb=HEAD
+  * - MIPS
+    - System
+    - Unified Hosting Interface (MD01069)
+  * - Nios II
+    - System
+    - https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=libgloss/nios2/nios2-semi.txt;hb=HEAD
+  * - RISC-V
+    - System and User-mode
+    - https://github.com/riscv/riscv-semihosting-spec/blob/main/riscv-semihosting-spec.adoc
+  * - Xtensa
+    - System
+    - Tensilica ISS SIMCALL
diff --git a/docs/about/index.rst b/docs/about/index.rst
index 5bea653c07..b00b584b31 100644
--- a/docs/about/index.rst
+++ b/docs/about/index.rst
@@ -5,24 +5,25 @@ About QEMU
 QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
 
 QEMU can be used in several different ways. The most common is for
-"system emulation", where it provides a virtual model of an
+:ref:`System Emulation`, where it provides a virtual model of an
 entire machine (CPU, memory and emulated devices) to run a guest OS.
-In this mode the CPU may be fully emulated, or it may work with
-a hypervisor such as KVM, Xen, Hax or Hypervisor.Framework to
-allow the guest to run directly on the host CPU.
+In this mode the CPU may be fully emulated, or it may work with a
+hypervisor such as KVM, Xen, Hax or Hypervisor.Framework to allow the
+guest to run directly on the host CPU.
 
-The second supported way to use QEMU is "user mode emulation",
+The second supported way to use QEMU is :ref:`User Mode Emulation`,
 where QEMU can launch processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU.
 In this mode the CPU is always emulated.
 
-QEMU also provides a number of standalone commandline utilities,
-such as the ``qemu-img`` disk image utility that allows you to create,
-convert and modify disk images.
+QEMU also provides a number of standalone :ref:`command line
+utilities<Tools>`, such as the ``qemu-img`` disk image utility that
+allows you to create, convert and modify disk images.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    build-platforms
+   emulation
    deprecated
    removed-features
    license
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e33cf3d381..73a287a4f2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -297,19 +297,6 @@ man_pages = [
 ]
 man_make_section_directory = False
 
-# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-    (master_doc, 'QEMU', u'QEMU Documentation',
-     author, 'QEMU', 'One line description of project.',
-     'Miscellaneous'),
-]
-
-
-
 # We use paths starting from qemu_docdir here so that you can run
 # sphinx-build from anywhere and the kerneldoc extension can still
 # find everything.
diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
index 9740a70406..81dcd43a61 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
    Copyright (c) 2019, Linaro Limited
    Written by Emilio Cota and Alex Bennée
 
+.. _TCG Plugins:
+
 QEMU TCG Plugins
 ================
 
diff --git a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
index 135784ab33..691429c7af 100644
--- a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
     later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
+.. _Live Block Operations:
+
 ============================
 Live Block Device Operations
 ============================
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst
index 357effd64f..f94614a0b2 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _QMP Ref:
+
 QEMU QMP Reference Manual
 =========================
 
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/emulation.rst b/docs/system/arm/emulation.rst
index b33d7c28dc..b87e064d9d 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/emulation.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/emulation.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _Arm Emulation:
+
 A-profile CPU architecture support
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/docs/system/index.rst b/docs/system/index.rst
index e3695649c5..3605bbe1ce 100644
--- a/docs/system/index.rst
+++ b/docs/system/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _System Emulation:
+
 ----------------
 System Emulation
 ----------------
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ or Hypervisor.Framework.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
 
-   quickstart
+   introduction
    invocation
    device-emulation
    keys
diff --git a/docs/system/introduction.rst b/docs/system/introduction.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a9fe6c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/system/introduction.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+Introduction
+============
+
+Virtualisation Accelerators
+---------------------------
+
+QEMU's system emulation provides a virtual model of a machine (CPU,
+memory and emulated devices) to run a guest OS. It supports a number
+of hypervisors (known as accelerators) as well as a JIT known as the
+Tiny Code Generator (TCG) capable of emulating many CPUs.
+
+.. list-table:: Supported Accelerators
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Accelerator
+    - Host OS
+    - Host Architectures
+  * - KVM
+    - Linux
+    - Arm (64 bit only), MIPS, PPC, RISC-V, s390x, x86
+  * - Xen
+    - Linux (as dom0)
+    - Arm, x86
+  * - Intel HAXM (hax)
+    - Linux, Windows
+    - x86
+  * - Hypervisor Framework (hvf)
+    - MacOS
+    - x86 (64 bit only), Arm (64 bit only)
+  * - Windows Hypervisor Platform (wphx)
+    - Windows
+    - x86
+  * - NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor (nvmm)
+    - NetBSD
+    - x86
+  * - Tiny Code Generator (tcg)
+    - Linux, other POSIX, Windows, MacOS
+    - Arm, x86, Loongarch64, MIPS, PPC, s390x, Sparc64
+
+Feature Overview
+----------------
+
+System emulation provides a wide range of device models to emulate
+various hardware components you may want to add to your machine. This
+includes a wide number of VirtIO devices which are specifically tuned
+for efficient operation under virtualisation. Some of the device
+emulation can be offloaded from the main QEMU process using either
+vhost-user (for VirtIO) or :ref:`Multi-process QEMU`. If the platform
+supports it QEMU also supports directly passing devices through to
+guest VMs to eliminate the device emulation overhead. See
+:ref:`device-emulation` for more details.
+
+There is a full :ref:`featured block layer<Live Block Operations>`
+which allows for construction of complex storage topology which can be
+stacked across multiple layers supporting redirection, networking,
+snapshots and migration support.
+
+The flexible ``chardev`` system allows for handling IO from character
+like devices using stdio, files, unix sockets and TCP networking.
+
+QEMU provides a number of management interfaces including a line based
+:ref:`Human Monitor Protocol (HMP)<QEMU monitor>` that allows you to
+dynamically add and remove devices as well as introspect the system
+state. The :ref:`QEMU Monitor Protocol<QMP Ref>` (QMP) is a well
+defined, versioned, machine usable API that presents a rich interface
+to other tools to create, control and manage Virtual Machines. This is
+the interface used by higher level tools interfaces such as `Virt
+Manager <https://virt-manager.org/>`_ using the `libvirt framework
+<https://libvirt.org>`_.
+
+For the common accelerators QEMU, supported debugging with its
+:ref:`gdbstub<GDB usage>` which allows users to connect GDB and debug
+system software images.
+
+Running
+-------
+
+QEMU provides a rich and complex API which can be overwhelming to
+understand. While some architectures can boot something with just a
+disk image, those examples elide a lot of details with defaults that
+may not be optimal for modern systems.
+
+For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine types,
+the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the machine
+and boot behaviour. You will find often find example command lines in
+the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual.
+
+While the project doesn't want to discourage users from using the
+command line to launch VMs, we do want to highlight that there are a
+number of projects dedicated to providing a more user friendly
+experience. Those built around the ``libvirt`` framework can make use
+of feature probing to build modern VM images tailored to run on the
+hardware you have.
+
+That said, the general form of a QEMU command line can be expressed
+as:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  $ |qemu_system| [machine opts] \\
+                  [cpu opts] \\
+                  [accelerator opts] \\
+                  [device opts] \\
+                  [backend opts] \\
+                  [interface opts] \\
+                  [boot opts]
+
+Most options will generate some help information. So for example:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+   $ |qemu_system| -M help
+
+will list the machine types supported by that QEMU binary. ``help``
+can also be passed as an argument to another option. For example:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  $ |qemu_system| -device scsi-hd,help
+
+will list the arguments and their default values of additional options
+that can control the behaviour of the ``scsi-hd`` device.
+
+.. list-table:: Options Overview
+  :header-rows: 1
+  :widths: 10, 90
+
+  * - Options
+    -
+  * - Machine
+    - Define the machine type, amount of memory etc
+  * - CPU
+    - Type and number/topology of vCPUs. Most accelerators offer
+      a ``host`` cpu option which simply passes through your host CPU
+      configuration without filtering out any features.
+  * - Accelerator
+    - This will depend on the hypervisor you run. Note that the
+      default is TCG, which is purely emulated, so you must specify an
+      accelerator type to take advantage of hardware virtualization.
+  * - Devices
+    - Additional devices that are not defined by default with the
+      machine type.
+  * - Backends
+    - Backends are how QEMU deals with the guest's data, for example
+      how a block device is stored, how network devices see the
+      network or how a serial device is directed to the outside world.
+  * - Interfaces
+    - How the system is displayed, how it is managed and controlled or
+      debugged.
+  * - Boot
+    - How the system boots, via firmware or direct kernel boot.
+
+In the following example we first define a ``virt`` machine which is a
+general purpose platform for running Aarch64 guests. We enable
+virtualisation so we can use KVM inside the emulated guest. As the
+``virt`` machine comes with some built in pflash devices we give them
+names so we can override the defaults later.
+
+.. code::
+
+ $ qemu-system-aarch64 \
+    -machine type=virt,virtualization=on,pflash0=rom,pflash1=efivars \
+    -m 4096 \
+
+We then define the 4 vCPUs using the ``max`` option which gives us all
+the Arm features QEMU is capable of emulating. We enable a more
+emulation friendly implementation of Arm's pointer authentication
+algorithm. We explicitly specify TCG acceleration even though QEMU
+would default to it anyway.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -cpu max,pauth-impdef=on \
+ -smp 4 \
+ -accel tcg \
+
+As the ``virt`` platform doesn't have any default network or storage
+devices we need to define them. We give them ids so we can link them
+with the backend later on.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=unet \
+ -device virtio-scsi-pci \
+ -device scsi-hd,drive=hd \
+
+We connect the user-mode networking to our network device. As
+user-mode networking isn't directly accessible from the outside world
+we forward localhost port 2222 to the ssh port on the guest.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -netdev user,id=unet,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 \
+
+We connect the guest visible block device to an LVM partition we have
+set aside for our guest.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -blockdev driver=raw,node-name=hd,file.driver=host_device,file.filename=/dev/lvm-disk/debian-bullseye-arm64 \
+
+We then tell QEMU to multiplex the :ref:`QEMU monitor` with the serial
+port output (we can switch between the two using :ref:`keys in the
+character backend multiplexer`). As there is no default graphical
+device we disable the display as we can work entirely in the terminal.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -serial mon:stdio \
+ -display none \
+
+Finally we override the default firmware to ensure we have some
+storage for EFI to persist its configuration. That firmware is
+responsible for finding the disk, booting grub and eventually running
+our system.
+
+.. code::
+
+ -blockdev node-name=rom,driver=file,filename=(pwd)/pc-bios/edk2-aarch64-code.fd,read-only=true \
+ -blockdev node-name=efivars,driver=file,filename=$HOME/images/qemu-arm64-efivars
diff --git a/docs/system/multi-process.rst b/docs/system/multi-process.rst
index 210531ee17..16f0352416 100644
--- a/docs/system/multi-process.rst
+++ b/docs/system/multi-process.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _Multi-process QEMU:
+
 Multi-process QEMU
 ==================
 
diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 681678c86e..0000000000
--- a/docs/system/quickstart.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-.. _pcsys_005fquickstart:
-
-Quick Start
------------
-
-Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g.
-``linux.img``) and type:
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
-   |qemu_system| linux.img
-
-Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
-
-Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity
-of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and assumes the
-first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot
-sector. For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine
-types, the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the
-machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines
-in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual.
diff --git a/docs/tools/index.rst b/docs/tools/index.rst
index 1edd5a8054..2151adcf78 100644
--- a/docs/tools/index.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _Tools:
+
 -----
 Tools
 -----
diff --git a/docs/user/index.rst b/docs/user/index.rst
index 2c4e29f3db..782d27cda2 100644
--- a/docs/user/index.rst
+++ b/docs/user/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _User Mode Emulation:
+
 -------------------
 User Mode Emulation
 -------------------
diff --git a/include/qemu/plugin.h b/include/qemu/plugin.h
index a772e14193..fb338ba576 100644
--- a/include/qemu/plugin.h
+++ b/include/qemu/plugin.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ get_plugin_meminfo_rw(qemu_plugin_meminfo_t i)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_plugin_opts;
 
+#define QEMU_PLUGIN_ASSERT(cond) g_assert(cond)
+
 static inline void qemu_plugin_add_opts(void)
 {
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_plugin_opts);
@@ -118,7 +120,10 @@ struct qemu_plugin_insn {
     void *haddr;
     GArray *cbs[PLUGIN_N_CB_TYPES][PLUGIN_N_CB_SUBTYPES];
     bool calls_helpers;
+
+    /* if set, the instruction calls helpers that might access guest memory */
     bool mem_helper;
+
     bool mem_only;
 };
 
@@ -158,6 +163,10 @@ struct qemu_plugin_tb {
     void *haddr1;
     void *haddr2;
     bool mem_only;
+
+    /* if set, the TB calls helpers that might access guest memory */
+    bool mem_helper;
+
     GArray *cbs[PLUGIN_N_CB_SUBTYPES];
 };
 
@@ -243,6 +252,8 @@ void qemu_plugin_user_postfork(bool is_child);
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_PLUGIN */
 
+#define QEMU_PLUGIN_ASSERT(cond)
+
 static inline void qemu_plugin_add_opts(void)
 { }
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/thread.h b/include/qemu/thread.h
index 7c6703bce3..7841084199 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread.h
@@ -237,11 +237,10 @@ static inline void qemu_spin_init(QemuSpin *spin)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* const parameter because the only purpose here is the TSAN annotation */
-static inline void qemu_spin_destroy(const QemuSpin *spin)
+static inline void qemu_spin_destroy(QemuSpin *spin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TSAN
-    __tsan_mutex_destroy((void *)spin, __tsan_mutex_not_static);
+    __tsan_mutex_destroy(spin, __tsan_mutex_not_static);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 6f497172f8..8dc291d030 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ typedef TCGv_ptr TCGv_env;
 #define TCG_CALL_NO_SIDE_EFFECTS    0x0004
 /* Helper is G_NORETURN.  */
 #define TCG_CALL_NO_RETURN          0x0008
+/* Helper is part of Plugins.  */
+#define TCG_CALL_PLUGIN             0x0010
 
 /* convenience version of most used call flags */
 #define TCG_CALL_NO_RWG         TCG_CALL_NO_READ_GLOBALS
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a03d3dbd3a..b4c384013d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SLIRP', slirp.found())
 genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)
 
 hxtool = find_program('scripts/hxtool')
-shaderinclude = find_program('scripts/shaderinclude.pl')
+shaderinclude = find_program('scripts/shaderinclude.py')
 qapi_gen = find_program('scripts/qapi-gen.py')
 qapi_gen_depends = [ meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/__init__.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/commands.py',
diff --git a/plugins/core.c b/plugins/core.c
index ccb770a485..e04ffa1ba4 100644
--- a/plugins/core.c
+++ b/plugins/core.c
@@ -500,26 +500,33 @@ void qemu_plugin_user_exit(void)
     enum qemu_plugin_event ev;
     CPUState *cpu;
 
-    QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&plugin.lock);
-
+    /*
+     * Locking order: we must acquire locks in an order that is consistent
+     * with the one in fork_start(). That is:
+     * - start_exclusive(), which acquires qemu_cpu_list_lock,
+     *   must be called before acquiring plugin.lock.
+     * - tb_flush(), which acquires mmap_lock(), must be called
+     *   while plugin.lock is not held.
+     */
     start_exclusive();
 
+    qemu_rec_mutex_lock(&plugin.lock);
     /* un-register all callbacks except the final AT_EXIT one */
     for (ev = 0; ev < QEMU_PLUGIN_EV_MAX; ev++) {
         if (ev != QEMU_PLUGIN_EV_ATEXIT) {
-            struct qemu_plugin_ctx *ctx;
-            QTAILQ_FOREACH(ctx, &plugin.ctxs, entry) {
-                plugin_unregister_cb__locked(ctx, ev);
+            struct qemu_plugin_cb *cb, *next;
+
+            QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE_RCU(cb, &plugin.cb_lists[ev], entry, next) {
+                plugin_unregister_cb__locked(cb->ctx, ev);
             }
         }
     }
-
-    tb_flush(current_cpu);
-
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
         qemu_plugin_disable_mem_helpers(cpu);
     }
+    qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(&plugin.lock);
 
+    tb_flush(current_cpu);
     end_exclusive();
 
     /* now it's safe to handle the exit case */
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index d59d19704b..88e93c6103 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -4633,10 +4633,11 @@ DEF("semihosting", 0, QEMU_OPTION_semihosting,
     QEMU_ARCH_MIPS | QEMU_ARCH_NIOS2 | QEMU_ARCH_RISCV)
 SRST
 ``-semihosting``
-    Enable semihosting mode (ARM, M68K, Xtensa, MIPS, Nios II, RISC-V only).
+    Enable :ref:`Semihosting` mode (ARM, M68K, Xtensa, MIPS, Nios II, RISC-V only).
 
-    Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem, so
-    should only be used with a trusted guest OS.
+    .. warning::
+      Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem, so
+      should only be used with a trusted guest OS.
 
     See the -semihosting-config option documentation for further
     information about the facilities this enables.
@@ -4648,22 +4649,12 @@ QEMU_ARCH_ARM | QEMU_ARCH_M68K | QEMU_ARCH_XTENSA |
 QEMU_ARCH_MIPS | QEMU_ARCH_NIOS2 | QEMU_ARCH_RISCV)
 SRST
 ``-semihosting-config [enable=on|off][,target=native|gdb|auto][,chardev=id][,userspace=on|off][,arg=str[,...]]``
-    Enable and configure semihosting (ARM, M68K, Xtensa, MIPS, Nios II, RISC-V
+    Enable and configure :ref:`Semihosting` (ARM, M68K, Xtensa, MIPS, Nios II, RISC-V
     only).
 
-    Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem, so
-    should only be used with a trusted guest OS.
-
-    On Arm this implements the standard semihosting API, version 2.0.
-
-    On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by
-    libgloss.
-
-    Xtensa semihosting provides basic file IO calls, such as
-    open/read/write/seek/select. Tensilica baremetal libc for ISS and
-    linux platform "sim" use this interface.
-
-    On RISC-V this implements the standard semihosting API, version 0.2.
+    .. warning::
+      Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem, so
+      should only be used with a trusted guest OS.
 
     ``target=native|gdb|auto``
         Defines where the semihosting calls will be addressed, to QEMU
diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml b/scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml
index b04c2b7cee..58438008ee 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@
           - nettle-devel
           - ninja-build
           - nmap-ncat
-          - perl-Test-Harness
           - pixman-devel
           - python36
           - rdma-core-devel
diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
index 33128be85d..95d4199c03 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
@@ -50,60 +50,30 @@
 
     - name: Download the matching gitlab-runner
       get_url:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
-        url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/v{{ gitlab_runner_version  }}/binaries/gitlab-runner-{{ gitlab_runner_os }}-{{ gitlab_runner_arch }}"
-        owner: gitlab-runner
-        group: gitlab-runner
-        mode: u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx
-
-    - name: Register the gitlab-runner
-      command: "/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --tag-list {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }},{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'"
-
-    - name: Install the gitlab-runner service using its own functionality
-      command: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner install --user gitlab-runner --working-directory /home/gitlab-runner
-      register: gitlab_runner_install_service_result
-      failed_when: "gitlab_runner_install_service_result.rc != 0 and \"already exists\" not in gitlab_runner_install_service_result.stderr"
+        dest: "/root/"
+        url: "https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/deb/gitlab-runner_{{ gitlab_runner_arch }}.deb"
 
-    - name: Enable the gitlab-runner service
-      service:
-        name: gitlab-runner
-        state: started
-        enabled: yes
+    - name: Install gitlab-runner via package manager
+      apt: deb="/root/gitlab-runner_{{ gitlab_runner_arch }}.deb"
 
-    - name: Download secondary gitlab-runner
-      get_url:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner-arm
-        url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/v{{ gitlab_runner_version  }}/binaries/gitlab-runner-{{ gitlab_runner_os }}-arm"
-        owner: gitlab-runner
-        group: gitlab-runner
-        mode: u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx
-      when:
-        - ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'
-        - ansible_facts['architecture'] == 'aarch64'
-        - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '20.04'
+    - name: Register the gitlab-runner
+      command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --tag-list {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }},{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'"
 
+    # The secondary runner will still run under the single gitlab-runner service
     - name: Register secondary gitlab-runner
-      command: "/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner-arm register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --tag-list aarch32,{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'"
+      command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --tag-list aarch32,{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'"
       when:
         - ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'
         - ansible_facts['architecture'] == 'aarch64'
-        - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '20.04'
+        - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '22.04'
 
-    - name: Install the secondary gitlab-runner service using its own functionality
-      command: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner-arm install --user gitlab-runner --working-directory /home/gitlab-runner/arm -n gitlab-runner-arm
+    - name: Install the gitlab-runner service using its own functionality
+      command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner install --user gitlab-runner --working-directory /home/gitlab-runner"
       register: gitlab_runner_install_service_result
       failed_when: "gitlab_runner_install_service_result.rc != 0 and \"already exists\" not in gitlab_runner_install_service_result.stderr"
-      when:
-        - ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'
-        - ansible_facts['architecture'] == 'aarch64'
-        - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '20.04'
 
-    - name: Enable the secondary gitlab-runner service
+    - name: Enable the gitlab-runner service
       service:
-        name: gitlab-runner-arm
+        name: gitlab-runner
         state: started
         enabled: yes
-      when:
-        - ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'
-        - ansible_facts['architecture'] == 'aarch64'
-        - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '20.04'
diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
index e48089761f..4b355fb80f 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# The version of the gitlab-runner to use
-gitlab_runner_version: 13.12.0
 # The URL of the gitlab server to use, usually https://gitlab.com unless you're
 # using a private GitLab instance
 gitlab_runner_server_url: https://gitlab.com
diff --git a/scripts/oss-fuzz/lsan_suppressions.txt b/scripts/oss-fuzz/lsan_suppressions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02ec0a6ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/oss-fuzz/lsan_suppressions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# The tcmalloc on Fedora37 confuses things
+leak:/lib64/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4
diff --git a/scripts/shaderinclude.pl b/scripts/shaderinclude.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3bb40b12..0000000000
--- a/scripts/shaderinclude.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-my $file = shift;
-open FILE, "<", $file or die "open $file: $!";
-my $name = $file;
-$name =~ s|.*/||;
-$name =~ s/[-.]/_/g;
-print "static GLchar ${name}_src[] =\n";
-while (<FILE>) {
-    chomp;
-    printf "    \"%s\\n\"\n", $_;
-}
-print "    \"\\n\";\n";
-close FILE;
diff --git a/scripts/shaderinclude.py b/scripts/shaderinclude.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab2aade2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/shaderinclude.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+
+def main(args):
+    file_path = args[1]
+    basename = os.path.basename(file_path)
+    varname = basename.replace('-', '_').replace('.', '_')
+
+    with os.fdopen(sys.stdout.fileno(), "wt", closefd=False, newline='\n') as stdout:
+        with open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8') as file:
+            print(f'static GLchar {varname}_src[] =', file=stdout)
+            for line in file:
+                line = line.rstrip()
+                print(f'    "{line}\\n"', file=stdout)
+            print('    "\\n";', file=stdout)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/semihosting/syscalls.c b/semihosting/syscalls.c
index 5893c760c5..e89992cf90 100644
--- a/semihosting/syscalls.c
+++ b/semihosting/syscalls.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void host_open(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
 {
     CPUArchState *env G_GNUC_UNUSED = cs->env_ptr;
     char *p;
-    int ret, host_flags;
+    int ret, host_flags = O_BINARY;
 
     ret = validate_lock_user_string(&p, cs, fname, fname_len);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ static void host_open(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
 
     if (gdb_flags & GDB_O_WRONLY) {
-        host_flags = O_WRONLY;
+        host_flags |= O_WRONLY;
     } else if (gdb_flags & GDB_O_RDWR) {
-        host_flags = O_RDWR;
+        host_flags |= O_RDWR;
     } else {
-        host_flags = O_RDONLY;
+        host_flags |= O_RDONLY;
     }
     if (gdb_flags & GDB_O_CREAT) {
         host_flags |= O_CREAT;
@@ -319,11 +319,11 @@ static void host_read(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
     ret = RETRY_ON_EINTR(read(gf->hostfd, ptr, len));
     if (ret == -1) {
-        complete(cs, -1, errno);
         unlock_user(ptr, buf, 0);
+        complete(cs, -1, errno);
     } else {
-        complete(cs, ret, 0);
         unlock_user(ptr, buf, ret);
+        complete(cs, ret, 0);
     }
 }
 
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ static void host_write(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
         return;
     }
     ret = write(gf->hostfd, ptr, len);
-    complete(cs, ret, ret == -1 ? errno : 0);
     unlock_user(ptr, buf, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret, ret == -1 ? errno : 0);
 }
 
 static void host_lseek(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ static void host_stat(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
             ret = -1;
         }
     }
-    complete(cs, ret, err);
     unlock_user(name, fname, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret, err);
 }
 
 static void host_remove(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ static void host_remove(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
 
     ret = remove(p);
-    complete(cs, ret, ret ? errno : 0);
     unlock_user(p, fname, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret, ret ? errno : 0);
 }
 
 static void host_rename(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ static void host_rename(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
 
     ret = rename(ostr, nstr);
-    complete(cs, ret, ret ? errno : 0);
     unlock_user(ostr, oname, 0);
     unlock_user(nstr, nname, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret, ret ? errno : 0);
 }
 
 static void host_system(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ static void host_system(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
 
     ret = system(p);
-    complete(cs, ret, ret == -1 ? errno : 0);
     unlock_user(p, cmd, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret, ret == -1 ? errno : 0);
 }
 
 static void host_gettimeofday(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ static void staticfile_read(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
     }
     memcpy(ptr, gf->staticfile.data + gf->staticfile.off, len);
     gf->staticfile.off += len;
-    complete(cs, len, 0);
     unlock_user(ptr, buf, len);
+    complete(cs, len, 0);
 }
 
 static void staticfile_lseek(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ static void console_read(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
         return;
     }
     ret = qemu_semihosting_console_read(cs, ptr, len);
-    complete(cs, ret, 0);
     unlock_user(ptr, buf, ret);
+    complete(cs, ret, 0);
 }
 
 static void console_write(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ static void console_write(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
         return;
     }
     ret = qemu_semihosting_console_write(ptr, len);
-    complete(cs, ret ? ret : -1, ret ? 0 : EIO);
     unlock_user(ptr, buf, 0);
+    complete(cs, ret ? ret : -1, ret ? 0 : EIO);
 }
 
 static void console_fstat(CPUState *cs, gdb_syscall_complete_cb complete,
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index d502327be2..fd557d55d3 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -1674,8 +1674,10 @@ void tcg_gen_callN(void *func, TCGTemp *ret, int nargs, TCGTemp **args)
     op = tcg_op_alloc(INDEX_op_call, total_args);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
-    /* detect non-plugin helpers */
-    if (tcg_ctx->plugin_insn && unlikely(strncmp(info->name, "plugin_", 7))) {
+    /* Flag helpers that may affect guest state */
+    if (tcg_ctx->plugin_insn &&
+        !(info->flags & TCG_CALL_PLUGIN) &&
+        !(info->flags & TCG_CALL_NO_SIDE_EFFECTS)) {
         tcg_ctx->plugin_insn->calls_helpers = true;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index 665ddde518..bfb0dcac21 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-mips-cross
 DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-nios2-cross
 DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-riscv64-test-cross
 DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-sh4-cross debian-sparc64-cross
-DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-tricore-cross
 DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += debian-xtensa-cross
 DOCKER_PARTIAL_IMAGES += fedora-cris-cross
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
index 094f66f4eb..4a569d82f6 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ RUN apk update && \
         numactl-dev \
         openssh-client \
         pcre-dev \
-        perl \
         pixman-dev \
         pkgconf \
         pulseaudio-dev \
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ RUN apk update && \
         spice-protocol \
         tar \
         tesseract-ocr \
-        texinfo \
         usbredir-dev \
         util-linux \
         vde2-dev \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
index 1f70d41aeb..fbc953c6dc 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ RUN dnf distro-sync -y && \
         openssh-clients \
         pam-devel \
         pcre-static \
-        perl \
         pixman-devel \
         pkgconfig \
         pulseaudio-libs-devel \
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ RUN dnf distro-sync -y && \
         systemd-devel \
         systemtap-sdt-devel \
         tar \
-        texinfo \
         usbredir-devel \
         util-linux \
         virglrenderer-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
index 5e57309361..5175095a85 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker
index bfeab01ee3..b61f664ea2 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       nettle-dev \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
                       tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo \
                       xfslibs-dev \
                       zlib1g-dev && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
index 98885bd0ee..b69958c69f 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
index d5c08714e4..96b524fab6 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
index 471444fcf4..08a75cebdb 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
index 15b0224b76..5930e6fa5d 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
index a5d3ca6e2f..c65d9830e7 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
index d2954e61f6..2ae56c978e 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
index d43ce16317..0db86a0fcd 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       ncat \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       sparse \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
+                      tesseract-ocr-eng && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-toolchain.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-toolchain.docker
index d3d4d3344e..6c73408b34 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-toolchain.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-toolchain.docker
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
         libmpc-dev \
         libmpfr-dev \
         rsync \
-        texinfo \
         wget && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
     apt build-dep -yy --arch-only gcc glibc
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
index b573b9ded2..5ae58efa09 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt update && \
        bzip2 \
        ca-certificates \
        ccache \
+       flex \
        g++ \
        gcc \
        git \
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
        locales \
        make \
        ninja-build \
-       perl-base \
        pkgconf \
        python3-pip \
        python3-setuptools \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
index 75383ba185..b659c0b8a8 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw32 fedora-35 qemu
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw32 fedora-37 qemu
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:37
 
 RUN dnf install -y nosync && \
     echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                nmap-ncat \
                openssh-clients \
                pcre-static \
-               perl-base \
                python3 \
                python3-PyYAML \
                python3-numpy \
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                tar \
                tesseract \
                tesseract-langpack-eng \
-               texinfo \
                util-linux \
                which && \
     nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
index 98c03dc13b..0a404c15bf 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw64 fedora-35 qemu
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw64 fedora-37 qemu
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:37
 
 RUN dnf install -y nosync && \
     echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                nmap-ncat \
                openssh-clients \
                pcre-static \
-               perl-base \
                python3 \
                python3-PyYAML \
                python3-numpy \
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                tar \
                tesseract \
                tesseract-langpack-eng \
-               texinfo \
                util-linux \
                which && \
     nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
index d200c7fc10..5d60a96141 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all fedora-35 qemu
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all fedora-37 qemu
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:37
 
 RUN dnf install -y nosync && \
     echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                openssh-clients \
                pam-devel \
                pcre-static \
-               perl-base \
                pixman-devel \
                pkgconfig \
                pulseaudio-libs-devel \
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
                tar \
                tesseract \
                tesseract-langpack-eng \
-               texinfo \
                usbredir-devel \
                util-linux \
                virglrenderer-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
index 4361b01464..4b2c02d6ab 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ RUN zypper update -y && \
            openssh \
            pam-devel \
            pcre-devel-static \
-           perl-base \
            pkgconfig \
            python3-Pillow \
            python3-PyYAML \
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ RUN zypper update -y && \
            tar \
            tesseract-ocr \
            tesseract-ocr-traineddata-english \
-           texinfo \
            usbredir-devel \
            util-linux \
            virglrenderer-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
index 9417bca2fa..13ab0b6887 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       nettle-dev \
                       ninja-build \
                       openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
                       pkgconf \
                       python3 \
                       python3-numpy \
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       tar \
                       tesseract-ocr \
                       tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo \
                       xfslibs-dev \
                       zlib1g-dev && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
-Subproject e3eb28cf2e17fbcf7fe7e19505ee432b8ec5bbb
+Subproject 319a534c220f53fc8670254cac25d6f662c8211
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
index c62dbc00f9..6467bcf08a 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ packages:
  - ncursesw
  - pam
  - pcre-static
- - perl
  - pixman
  - pkg-config
  - pulseaudio
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ packages:
  - tar
  - tesseract
  - tesseract-eng
- - texinfo
  - usbredir
  - virglrenderer
  - vte
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index fa966e4009..a5ea0efc3b 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ try:
     generate_dockerfile("centos8", "centos-stream-8")
     generate_dockerfile("debian-amd64", "debian-11",
                         trailer="".join(debian11_extras))
-    generate_dockerfile("fedora", "fedora-35")
+    generate_dockerfile("fedora", "fedora-37")
     generate_dockerfile("opensuse-leap", "opensuse-leap-153")
     generate_dockerfile("ubuntu2004", "ubuntu-2004",
                         trailer="".join(ubuntu2004_tsanhack))
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ try:
                         trailer=cross_build("s390x-linux-gnu-",
                                             "s390x-softmmu,s390x-linux-user"))
 
-    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win32-cross", "fedora-35",
+    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win32-cross", "fedora-37",
                         cross="mingw32",
                         trailer=cross_build("i686-w64-mingw32-",
                                             "i386-softmmu"))
 
-    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win64-cross", "fedora-35",
+    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win64-cross", "fedora-37",
                         cross="mingw64",
                         trailer=cross_build("x86_64-w64-mingw32-",
                                             "x86_64-softmmu"))
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/meson.build b/tests/qapi-schema/meson.build
index 9dfe98bc9a..d85b14f28c 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/meson.build
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/meson.build
@@ -259,22 +259,23 @@ if build_docs
   # Fix possible inconsistency in line endings in generated output and
   # in the golden reference (which could otherwise cause test failures
   # on Windows hosts). Unfortunately diff --strip-trailing-cr
-  # is GNU-diff only. The odd-looking perl is because we must avoid
+  # is GNU-diff only. The odd-looking python is because we must avoid
   # using an explicit '\' character in the command arguments to
   # a custom_target(), as Meson will unhelpfully replace it with a '/'
   # (https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1564)
+  remove_cr = [python, '-c', 'import sys;[sys.stdout.write(line.replace(chr(13), "")) for line in sys.stdin]']
   qapi_doc_out_nocr = custom_target('QAPI rST doc newline-sanitized',
                                     output: ['doc-good.txt.nocr'],
                                     input: qapi_doc_out[0],
                                     build_by_default: true,
-                                    command: ['perl', '-pe', '$x = chr 13; s/$x$//', '@INPUT@'],
+                                    command: [remove_cr, '@INPUT@'],
                                     capture: true)
 
   qapi_doc_ref_nocr = custom_target('QAPI rST doc reference newline-sanitized',
                                     output: ['doc-good.ref.nocr'],
                                     input: files('doc-good.txt'),
                                     build_by_default: true,
-                                    command: ['perl', '-pe', '$x = chr 13; s/$x$//', '@INPUT@'],
+                                    command: [remove_cr, '@INPUT@'],
                                     capture: true)
 
   test('QAPI rST doc', diff, args: ['-u', qapi_doc_ref_nocr[0], qapi_doc_out_nocr[0]],
diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
index 14bc013181..a3b0aaf8af 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ cc-option = if $(call cc-test, $1); then \
 
 # $1 = test name, $2 = cmd, $3 = desc
 ifeq ($(filter %-softmmu, $(TARGET)),)
-run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2 > $1.out, \
+run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout -s KILL --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2 > $1.out, \
 	TEST,$(or $3, $*, $<) on $(TARGET_NAME))
 else
-run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2, \
+run-test = $(call quiet-command, timeout -s KILL --foreground $(TIMEOUT) $2, \
         TEST,$(or $3, $*, $<) on $(TARGET_NAME))
 endif
 
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index a1368905f5..df9747bae8 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ config-cc.mak: Makefile
 
 memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1
 
+memory-sve: memory.c $(LINK_SCRIPT) $(CRT_OBJS) $(MINILIB_OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+memory-sve: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1 -march=armv8.1-a+sve -O3 -fno-tree-loop-distribute-patterns
+
+TESTS+=memory-sve
+
 # Running
 QEMU_BASE_MACHINE=-M virt -cpu max -display none
 QEMU_OPTS+=$(QEMU_BASE_MACHINE) -semihosting-config enable=on,target=native,chardev=output -kernel
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S b/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
index e190b1efa6..f136363d2a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
@@ -179,12 +179,13 @@ __start:
 	isb
 
 	/*
-	 * Enable FP registers. The standard C pre-amble will be
+	 * Enable FP/SVE registers. The standard C pre-amble will be
 	 * saving these and A-profile compilers will use AdvSIMD
 	 * registers unless we tell it not to.
 	*/
 	mrs	x0, cpacr_el1
 	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 20)
+	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 16)
 	msr	cpacr_el1, x0
 
 	/* Setup some stack space and enter the test code.
diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
index e7213af492..ae8b3d7268 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ munmap-pthread: LDFLAGS+=-pthread
 vma-pthread: CFLAGS+=-pthread
 vma-pthread: LDFLAGS+=-pthread
 
+# The vma-pthread seems very sensitive on gitlab and we currently
+# don't know if its exposing a real bug or the test is flaky.
+ifneq ($(GITLAB_CI),)
+run-vma-pthread: vma-pthread
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "flaky on CI?")
+run-plugin-vma-pthread-with-%: vma-pthread
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "flaky on CI?")
+endif
+
 # We define the runner for test-mmap after the individual
 # architectures have defined their supported pages sizes. If no
 # additional page sizes are defined we only run the default test.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c b/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
index 19f72eab96..425e2f5594 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "io/channel-command.h"
 #include "io-channel-helpers.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
 
 static char *socat = NULL;
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
 static void test_io_channel_command_fifo(bool async)
 {
     g_autofree gchar *tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp("qemu-test-io-channel.XXXXXX", NULL);
@@ -40,12 +43,13 @@ static void test_io_channel_command_fifo(bool async)
     QIOChannel *src, *dst;
     QIOChannelTest *test;
 
+    if (mkfifo(fifo, 0600)) {
+        g_error("mkfifo: %s", strerror(errno));
+    }
+
     src = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_command_new_spawn((const char **) srcargv,
                                                     O_WRONLY,
                                                     &error_abort));
-    /* try to avoid a race to create the socket */
-    g_usleep(1000);
-
     dst = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_command_new_spawn((const char **) dstargv,
                                                     O_RDONLY,
                                                     &error_abort));
@@ -60,7 +64,6 @@ static void test_io_channel_command_fifo(bool async)
     g_rmdir(tmpdir);
 }
 
-
 static void test_io_channel_command_fifo_async(void)
 {
     if (!socat) {
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ static void test_io_channel_command_fifo_sync(void)
 
     test_io_channel_command_fifo(false);
 }
+#endif
 
 
 static void test_io_channel_command_echo(bool async)
@@ -124,10 +128,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     socat = g_find_program_in_path("socat");
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
     g_test_add_func("/io/channel/command/fifo/sync",
                     test_io_channel_command_fifo_sync);
     g_test_add_func("/io/channel/command/fifo/async",
                     test_io_channel_command_fifo_async);
+#endif
     g_test_add_func("/io/channel/command/echo/sync",
                     test_io_channel_command_echo_sync);
     g_test_add_func("/io/channel/command/echo/async",
diff --git a/tests/vm/centos.aarch64 b/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
index 2de7ef6992..3f58de1e64 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
+++ b/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
         "dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools, "
         "dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo, "
         "dnf install -y make ninja-build git python38 gcc gcc-c++ flex bison "\
-            "glib2-devel perl pixman-devel zlib-devel docker-ce.aarch64, "
+            "glib2-devel pixman-devel zlib-devel docker-ce.aarch64, "
         "systemctl enable docker, "
     ),
     # We increase beyond the default time since during boot
diff --git a/util/qht.c b/util/qht.c
index 065fc501f4..92c6b78759 100644
--- a/util/qht.c
+++ b/util/qht.c
@@ -151,6 +151,22 @@ struct qht_bucket {
 
 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct qht_bucket) > QHT_BUCKET_ALIGN);
 
+/*
+ * Under TSAN, we use striped locks instead of one lock per bucket chain.
+ * This avoids crashing under TSAN, since TSAN aborts the program if more than
+ * 64 locks are held (this is a hardcoded limit in TSAN).
+ * When resizing a QHT we grab all the buckets' locks, which can easily
+ * go over TSAN's limit. By using striped locks, we avoid this problem.
+ *
+ * Note: this number must be a power of two for easy index computation.
+ */
+#define QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS_BITS 4
+#define QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS (1 << QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS_BITS)
+
+struct qht_tsan_lock {
+    QemuSpin lock;
+} QEMU_ALIGNED(QHT_BUCKET_ALIGN);
+
 /**
  * struct qht_map - structure to track an array of buckets
  * @rcu: used by RCU. Keep it as the top field in the struct to help valgrind
@@ -160,6 +176,7 @@ QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct qht_bucket) > QHT_BUCKET_ALIGN);
  * @n_added_buckets: number of added (i.e. "non-head") buckets
  * @n_added_buckets_threshold: threshold to trigger an upward resize once the
  *                             number of added buckets surpasses it.
+ * @tsan_bucket_locks: Array of striped locks to be used only under TSAN.
  *
  * Buckets are tracked in what we call a "map", i.e. this structure.
  */
@@ -169,6 +186,9 @@ struct qht_map {
     size_t n_buckets;
     size_t n_added_buckets;
     size_t n_added_buckets_threshold;
+#ifdef CONFIG_TSAN
+    struct qht_tsan_lock tsan_bucket_locks[QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS];
+#endif
 };
 
 /* trigger a resize when n_added_buckets > n_buckets / div */
@@ -229,10 +249,56 @@ static inline size_t qht_elems_to_buckets(size_t n_elems)
     return pow2ceil(n_elems / QHT_BUCKET_ENTRIES);
 }
 
-static inline void qht_head_init(struct qht_bucket *b)
+/*
+ * When using striped locks (i.e. under TSAN), we have to be careful not
+ * to operate on the same lock twice (e.g. when iterating through all buckets).
+ * We achieve this by operating only on each stripe's first matching lock.
+ */
+static inline void qht_do_if_first_in_stripe(struct qht_map *map,
+                                             struct qht_bucket *b,
+                                             void (*func)(QemuSpin *spin))
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_TSAN
+    unsigned long bucket_idx = b - map->buckets;
+    bool is_first_in_stripe = (bucket_idx >> QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS_BITS) == 0;
+    if (is_first_in_stripe) {
+        unsigned long lock_idx = bucket_idx & (QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS - 1);
+        func(&map->tsan_bucket_locks[lock_idx].lock);
+    }
+#else
+    func(&b->lock);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void qht_bucket_lock_do(struct qht_map *map,
+                                      struct qht_bucket *b,
+                                      void (*func)(QemuSpin *lock))
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_TSAN
+    unsigned long bucket_idx = b - map->buckets;
+    unsigned long lock_idx = bucket_idx & (QHT_TSAN_BUCKET_LOCKS - 1);
+    func(&map->tsan_bucket_locks[lock_idx].lock);
+#else
+    func(&b->lock);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void qht_bucket_lock(struct qht_map *map,
+                                   struct qht_bucket *b)
+{
+    qht_bucket_lock_do(map, b, qemu_spin_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void qht_bucket_unlock(struct qht_map *map,
+                                     struct qht_bucket *b)
+{
+    qht_bucket_lock_do(map, b, qemu_spin_unlock);
+}
+
+static inline void qht_head_init(struct qht_map *map, struct qht_bucket *b)
 {
     memset(b, 0, sizeof(*b));
-    qemu_spin_init(&b->lock);
+    qht_do_if_first_in_stripe(map, b, qemu_spin_init);
     seqlock_init(&b->sequence);
 }
 
@@ -250,7 +316,7 @@ static void qht_map_lock_buckets(struct qht_map *map)
     for (i = 0; i < map->n_buckets; i++) {
         struct qht_bucket *b = &map->buckets[i];
 
-        qemu_spin_lock(&b->lock);
+        qht_do_if_first_in_stripe(map, b, qemu_spin_lock);
     }
 }
 
@@ -261,7 +327,7 @@ static void qht_map_unlock_buckets(struct qht_map *map)
     for (i = 0; i < map->n_buckets; i++) {
         struct qht_bucket *b = &map->buckets[i];
 
-        qemu_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
+        qht_do_if_first_in_stripe(map, b, qemu_spin_unlock);
     }
 }
 
@@ -308,7 +374,7 @@ void qht_map_lock_buckets__no_stale(struct qht *ht, struct qht_map **pmap)
  * Get a head bucket and lock it, making sure its parent map is not stale.
  * @pmap is filled with a pointer to the bucket's parent map.
  *
- * Unlock with qemu_spin_unlock(&b->lock).
+ * Unlock with qht_bucket_unlock.
  *
  * Note: callers cannot have ht->lock held.
  */
@@ -322,18 +388,18 @@ struct qht_bucket *qht_bucket_lock__no_stale(struct qht *ht, uint32_t hash,
     map = qatomic_rcu_read(&ht->map);
     b = qht_map_to_bucket(map, hash);
 
-    qemu_spin_lock(&b->lock);
+    qht_bucket_lock(map, b);
     if (likely(!qht_map_is_stale__locked(ht, map))) {
         *pmap = map;
         return b;
     }
-    qemu_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
+    qht_bucket_unlock(map, b);
 
     /* we raced with a resize; acquire ht->lock to see the updated ht->map */
     qht_lock(ht);
     map = ht->map;
     b = qht_map_to_bucket(map, hash);
-    qemu_spin_lock(&b->lock);
+    qht_bucket_lock(map, b);
     qht_unlock(ht);
     *pmap = map;
     return b;
@@ -345,12 +411,13 @@ static inline bool qht_map_needs_resize(const struct qht_map *map)
            map->n_added_buckets_threshold;
 }
 
-static inline void qht_chain_destroy(const struct qht_bucket *head)
+static inline void qht_chain_destroy(struct qht_map *map,
+                                     struct qht_bucket *head)
 {
     struct qht_bucket *curr = head->next;
     struct qht_bucket *prev;
 
-    qemu_spin_destroy(&head->lock);
+    qht_do_if_first_in_stripe(map, head, qemu_spin_destroy);
     while (curr) {
         prev = curr;
         curr = curr->next;
@@ -364,7 +431,7 @@ static void qht_map_destroy(struct qht_map *map)
     size_t i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < map->n_buckets; i++) {
-        qht_chain_destroy(&map->buckets[i]);
+        qht_chain_destroy(map, &map->buckets[i]);
     }
     qemu_vfree(map->buckets);
     g_free(map);
@@ -390,7 +457,7 @@ static struct qht_map *qht_map_create(size_t n_buckets)
     map->buckets = qemu_memalign(QHT_BUCKET_ALIGN,
                                  sizeof(*map->buckets) * n_buckets);
     for (i = 0; i < n_buckets; i++) {
-        qht_head_init(&map->buckets[i]);
+        qht_head_init(map, &map->buckets[i]);
     }
     return map;
 }
@@ -638,7 +705,7 @@ bool qht_insert(struct qht *ht, void *p, uint32_t hash, void **existing)
     b = qht_bucket_lock__no_stale(ht, hash, &map);
     prev = qht_insert__locked(ht, map, b, p, hash, &needs_resize);
     qht_bucket_debug__locked(b);
-    qemu_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
+    qht_bucket_unlock(map, b);
 
     if (unlikely(needs_resize) && ht->mode & QHT_MODE_AUTO_RESIZE) {
         qht_grow_maybe(ht);
@@ -688,7 +755,7 @@ static inline void qht_bucket_remove_entry(struct qht_bucket *orig, int pos)
     int i;
 
     if (qht_entry_is_last(orig, pos)) {
-        orig->hashes[pos] = 0;
+        qatomic_set(&orig->hashes[pos], 0);
         qatomic_set(&orig->pointers[pos], NULL);
         return;
     }
@@ -749,7 +816,7 @@ bool qht_remove(struct qht *ht, const void *p, uint32_t hash)
     b = qht_bucket_lock__no_stale(ht, hash, &map);
     ret = qht_remove__locked(b, p, hash);
     qht_bucket_debug__locked(b);
-    qemu_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
+    qht_bucket_unlock(map, b);
     return ret;
 }