Merge tag 'pull-testing-for-7.2-011122-3' of https://github.com/stsquad/qemu into staging

testing and plugin updates for 7.2:

  - cleanup win32/64 docker files
  - update test-mingw test
  - add flex/bison to debian-all-test
  - handle --enable-static/--disable-pie in config
  - extend timeouts on x86_64 avocado tests
  - add flex/bison to debian-hexagon-cross
  - use regular semihosting for nios2 check-tcg
  - fix obscure linker error to nios2 softmmu tests
  - various windows portability fixes for tests
  - clean-up of MAINTAINERS
  - use -machine none when appropriate in avocado
  - make raspi2_initrd test detect shutdown
  - disable sh4 rd2 tests on gitlab
  - re-enable threadcount/linux-test for sh4
  - clean-up s390x handling of "ex" instruction
  - better handle new CPUs in execlog plugin
  - pass CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG to plugin builds
  - try and avoid races in test-io-channel-command
  - speed up ssh key checking for tests/vm

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* tag 'pull-testing-for-7.2-011122-3' of https://github.com/stsquad/qemu: (31 commits)
  tests/vm: use -o IdentitiesOnly=yes for ssh
  tests/unit: cleanups for test-io-channel-command
  contrib/plugins: protect execlog's last_exec expansion
  contrib/plugins: enable debug on CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG
  tests/tcg: include CONFIG_PLUGIN in config-host.mak
  target/s390x: fake instruction loading when handling 'ex'
  target/s390x: don't probe next pc for EXecuted insns
  target/s390x: don't use ld_code2 to probe next pc
  tests/tcg: re-enable threadcount for sh4
  tests/tcg: re-enable linux-test for sh4
  tests/avocado: disable sh4 rd2 tests on Gitlab
  tests/avocado: raspi2_initrd: Wait for guest shutdown message before stopping
  tests/avocado: set -machine none for userfwd and vnc tests
  MAINTAINERS: fix-up for check-tcg Makefile changes
  MAINTAINERS: add features_to_c.sh to gdbstub files
  MAINTAINERS: add entries for the key build bits
  hw/usb: dev-mtp: Use g_mkdir()
  block/vvfat: Unify the mkdir() call
  tcg: Avoid using hardcoded /tmp
  semihosting/arm-compat-semi: Avoid using hardcoded /tmp
  ...

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

16 files changed, 286 insertions, 148 deletions

diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
index b7522ad3a1..571d33882a 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class BootLinuxX8664(LinuxTest):
     """
     :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
     """
+    timeout = 480
 
     def test_pc_i440fx_tcg(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index ca9d09b0d7..4c9d551f47 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import shutil
 
 from avocado import skip
 from avocado import skipUnless
+from avocado import skipIf
 from avocado_qemu import QemuSystemTest
 from avocado_qemu import exec_command
 from avocado_qemu import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
                                                 'BCM2835')
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
                                                 '/soc/cprman@7e101000')
-        exec_command(self, 'halt')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'halt', 'reboot: System halted')
         # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
         self.vm.wait()
 
@@ -1175,6 +1176,10 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         self.vm.add_args('-M', 'graphics=off')
         self.do_test_advcal_2018('15', tar_hash, 'invaders.elf')
 
+    # This test has a 6-10% failure rate on various hosts that look
+    # like issues with a buggy kernel. As a result we don't want it
+    # gating releases on Gitlab.
+    @skipIf(os.getenv('GITLAB_CI'), 'Running on GitLab')
     def test_sh4_r2d(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:sh4
diff --git a/tests/avocado/info_usernet.py b/tests/avocado/info_usernet.py
index b862a47dba..fdc4d90c42 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/info_usernet.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/info_usernet.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from qemu.utils import get_info_usernet_hostfwd_port
 
 
 class InfoUsernet(QemuSystemTest):
+    """
+    :avocado: tags=machine:none
+    """
 
     def test_hostfwd(self):
         self.require_netdev('user')
diff --git a/tests/avocado/vnc.py b/tests/avocado/vnc.py
index 187fd3febc..aeeefc70be 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/vnc.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/vnc.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def find_free_ports(count: int) -> List[int]:
 class Vnc(QemuSystemTest):
     """
     :avocado: tags=vnc,quick
+    :avocado: tags=machine:none
     """
     def test_no_vnc(self):
         self.vm.add_args('-nodefaults', '-S')
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-all-test-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-all-test-cross.docker
index 2beb077fb4..8dc5e1b5de 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-all-test-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-all-test-cross.docker
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
 # Add extra build tools and as many cross compilers as we can for testing
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
         apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        bison \
         ccache \
         clang  \
+        flex \
         git \
         ninja-build \
         gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
index 8d219bb81d..c4238e893f 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RUN cat /etc/apt/sources.list | sed "s/^deb\ /deb-src /" >> /etc/apt/sources.lis
 # Install QEMU build deps for use in CI
 RUN apt update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy git ninja-build && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy bison flex git ninja-build && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
     apt build-dep -yy --arch-only qemu
 COPY --from=0 /usr/local /usr/local
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
index aca37aabc4..75383ba185 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
@@ -1,46 +1,103 @@
+# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
+#
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw32 fedora-35 qemu
+#
+# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
+
 FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
 
-# Please keep this list sorted alphabetically
-ENV PACKAGES \
-    bc \
-    bison \
-    bzip2 \
-    ccache \
-    diffutils \
-    findutils \
-    flex \
-    gcc \
-    gettext \
-    git \
-    glib2-devel \
-    hostname \
-    make \
-    meson \
-    mingw32-bzip2 \
-    mingw32-curl \
-    mingw32-glib2 \
-    mingw32-gmp \
-    mingw32-gnutls \
-    mingw32-gtk3 \
-    mingw32-libffi \
-    mingw32-libjpeg-turbo \
-    mingw32-libpng \
-    mingw32-libtasn1 \
-    mingw32-libusbx \
-    mingw32-nettle \
-    mingw32-nsis \
-    mingw32-pixman \
-    mingw32-pkg-config \
-    mingw32-SDL2 \
-    msitools \
-    perl \
-    python3 \
-    python3-PyYAML \
-    tar \
-    which
+RUN dnf install -y nosync && \
+    echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\
+if test -d /usr/lib64\n\
+then\n\
+    export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/nosync/nosync.so\n\
+else\n\
+    export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/nosync/nosync.so\n\
+fi\n\
+exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/nosync && \
+    nosync dnf update -y && \
+    nosync dnf install -y \
+               bash \
+               bc \
+               bison \
+               bzip2 \
+               ca-certificates \
+               ccache \
+               ctags \
+               dbus-daemon \
+               diffutils \
+               findutils \
+               flex \
+               gcovr \
+               genisoimage \
+               git \
+               glib2-devel \
+               glibc-langpack-en \
+               hostname \
+               llvm \
+               make \
+               meson \
+               ninja-build \
+               nmap-ncat \
+               openssh-clients \
+               pcre-static \
+               perl-base \
+               python3 \
+               python3-PyYAML \
+               python3-numpy \
+               python3-opencv \
+               python3-pillow \
+               python3-pip \
+               python3-sphinx \
+               python3-sphinx_rtd_theme \
+               rpm \
+               sed \
+               sparse \
+               spice-protocol \
+               tar \
+               tesseract \
+               tesseract-langpack-eng \
+               texinfo \
+               util-linux \
+               which && \
+    nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
+    nosync dnf clean all -y
+
+ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
+ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
+ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
+ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
+ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
 
-RUN dnf install -y $PACKAGES
-RUN rpm -q $PACKAGES | sort > /packages.txt
+RUN nosync dnf install -y \
+               mingw32-SDL2 \
+               mingw32-SDL2_image \
+               mingw32-bzip2 \
+               mingw32-curl \
+               mingw32-gcc \
+               mingw32-gcc-c++ \
+               mingw32-gettext \
+               mingw32-glib2 \
+               mingw32-gnutls \
+               mingw32-gtk3 \
+               mingw32-libgcrypt \
+               mingw32-libjpeg-turbo \
+               mingw32-libpng \
+               mingw32-libtasn1 \
+               mingw32-nettle \
+               mingw32-nsis \
+               mingw32-pixman \
+               mingw32-pkg-config && \
+    nosync dnf clean all -y && \
+    rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/i686-w64-mingw32-c++ && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/i686-w64-mingw32-cc && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/i686-w64-mingw32-g++ && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 
-# Specify the cross prefix for this image (see tests/docker/common.rc)
+ENV ABI "i686-w64-mingw32"
+ENV MESON_OPTS "--cross-file=/usr/share/mingw/toolchain-mingw32.meson"
 ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=i686-w64-mingw32-
+ENV DEF_TARGET_LIST i386-softmmu
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
index 3642766479..98c03dc13b 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
@@ -1,43 +1,103 @@
+# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
+#
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross mingw64 fedora-35 qemu
+#
+# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
+
 FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:35
 
-# Please keep this list sorted alphabetically
-ENV PACKAGES \
-    bc \
-    bison \
-    bzip2 \
-    ccache \
-    diffutils \
-    findutils \
-    flex \
-    gcc \
-    gettext \
-    git \
-    glib2-devel \
-    hostname \
-    make \
-    meson \
-    mingw32-nsis \
-    mingw64-bzip2 \
-    mingw64-curl \
-    mingw64-glib2 \
-    mingw64-gmp \
-    mingw64-gtk3 \
-    mingw64-libffi \
-    mingw64-libjpeg-turbo \
-    mingw64-libpng \
-    mingw64-libtasn1 \
-    mingw64-libusbx \
-    mingw64-pixman \
-    mingw64-pkg-config \
-    msitools \
-    perl \
-    python3 \
-    python3-PyYAML \
-    tar \
-    which
+RUN dnf install -y nosync && \
+    echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\
+if test -d /usr/lib64\n\
+then\n\
+    export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/nosync/nosync.so\n\
+else\n\
+    export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/nosync/nosync.so\n\
+fi\n\
+exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/nosync && \
+    nosync dnf update -y && \
+    nosync dnf install -y \
+               bash \
+               bc \
+               bison \
+               bzip2 \
+               ca-certificates \
+               ccache \
+               ctags \
+               dbus-daemon \
+               diffutils \
+               findutils \
+               flex \
+               gcovr \
+               genisoimage \
+               git \
+               glib2-devel \
+               glibc-langpack-en \
+               hostname \
+               llvm \
+               make \
+               meson \
+               ninja-build \
+               nmap-ncat \
+               openssh-clients \
+               pcre-static \
+               perl-base \
+               python3 \
+               python3-PyYAML \
+               python3-numpy \
+               python3-opencv \
+               python3-pillow \
+               python3-pip \
+               python3-sphinx \
+               python3-sphinx_rtd_theme \
+               rpm \
+               sed \
+               sparse \
+               spice-protocol \
+               tar \
+               tesseract \
+               tesseract-langpack-eng \
+               texinfo \
+               util-linux \
+               which && \
+    nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
+    nosync dnf clean all -y
+
+ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
+ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
+ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
+ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
+ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
 
-RUN dnf install -y $PACKAGES
-RUN rpm -q $PACKAGES | sort > /packages.txt
+RUN nosync dnf install -y \
+               mingw32-nsis \
+               mingw64-SDL2 \
+               mingw64-SDL2_image \
+               mingw64-bzip2 \
+               mingw64-curl \
+               mingw64-gcc \
+               mingw64-gcc-c++ \
+               mingw64-gettext \
+               mingw64-glib2 \
+               mingw64-gnutls \
+               mingw64-gtk3 \
+               mingw64-libgcrypt \
+               mingw64-libjpeg-turbo \
+               mingw64-libpng \
+               mingw64-libtasn1 \
+               mingw64-nettle \
+               mingw64-pixman \
+               mingw64-pkg-config && \
+    nosync dnf clean all -y && \
+    rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/x86_64-w64-mingw32-c++ && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/x86_64-w64-mingw32-cc && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
 
-# Specify the cross prefix for this image (see tests/docker/common.rc)
-ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --disable-capstone
+ENV ABI "x86_64-w64-mingw32"
+ENV MESON_OPTS "--cross-file=/usr/share/mingw/toolchain-mingw64.meson"
+ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-
+ENV DEF_TARGET_LIST x86_64-softmmu
diff --git a/tests/docker/test-mingw b/tests/docker/test-mingw
index 0bc6d78872..18366972eb 100755
--- a/tests/docker/test-mingw
+++ b/tests/docker/test-mingw
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
 
 . common.rc
 
-requires_binary x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
-requires_binary i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+requires_binary x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 
 cd "$BUILD_DIR"
 
-for prefix in x86_64-w64-mingw32- i686-w64-mingw32-; do
-    TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
-        build_qemu --cross-prefix=$prefix \
+TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
+build_qemu \
         --enable-trace-backends=simple \
         --enable-gnutls \
         --enable-nettle \
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ for prefix in x86_64-w64-mingw32- i686-w64-mingw32-; do
         --enable-bzip2 \
         --enable-guest-agent \
         --enable-docs
-    install_qemu
-    make installer
-    make clean
-
-done
+install_qemu
+make installer
+make clean
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
-Subproject 79691a50a5f99bd7adda236f66c3c09371b01af
+Subproject d40e203631eb3eacee17e8cf8fd20aa5152db62
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index e45c99adbe..ce0b24c0b1 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ debian11_extras = [
 ]
 
 
-def debian_cross_build(prefix, targets):
+def cross_build(prefix, targets):
     conf = "ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=%s\n" % (prefix)
     targets = "ENV DEF_TARGET_LIST %s\n" % (targets)
     return "".join([conf, targets])
@@ -121,45 +121,55 @@ try:
     #
     generate_dockerfile("debian-amd64-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="x86_64",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("x86_64-linux-gnu-",
-                                                   "x86_64-softmmu,"
-                                                   "x86_64-linux-user,"
-                                                   "i386-softmmu,i386-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("x86_64-linux-gnu-",
+                                            "x86_64-softmmu,"
+                                            "x86_64-linux-user,"
+                                            "i386-softmmu,i386-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-arm64-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="aarch64",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("aarch64-linux-gnu-",
-                                                   "aarch64-softmmu,aarch64-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("aarch64-linux-gnu-",
+                                            "aarch64-softmmu,aarch64-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-armel-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="armv6l",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabi-",
-                                                   "arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user,armeb-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabi-",
+                                            "arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user,armeb-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-armhf-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="armv7l",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabihf-",
-                                                   "arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabihf-",
+                                            "arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-mips64el-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="mips64el",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-",
-                                                  "mips64el-softmmu,mips64el-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-",
+                                            "mips64el-softmmu,mips64el-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-mipsel-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="mipsel",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("mipsel-linux-gnu-",
-                                                   "mipsel-softmmu,mipsel-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("mipsel-linux-gnu-",
+                                            "mipsel-softmmu,mipsel-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-ppc64el-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="ppc64le",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",
-                                                   "ppc64-softmmu,ppc64-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",
+                                            "ppc64-softmmu,ppc64-linux-user"))
 
     generate_dockerfile("debian-s390x-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="s390x",
-                        trailer=debian_cross_build("s390x-linux-gnu-",
-                                                   "s390x-softmmu,s390x-linux-user"))
+                        trailer=cross_build("s390x-linux-gnu-",
+                                            "s390x-softmmu,s390x-linux-user"))
+
+    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win32-cross", "fedora-35",
+                        cross="mingw32",
+                        trailer=cross_build("i686-w64-mingw32-",
+                                            "i386-softmmu"))
+
+    generate_dockerfile("fedora-win64-cross", "fedora-35",
+                        cross="mingw64",
+                        trailer=cross_build("x86_64-w64-mingw32-",
+                                            "x86_64-softmmu"))
 
     #
     # Cirrus packages lists for GitLab
diff --git a/tests/tcg/nios2/10m50-ghrd.ld b/tests/tcg/nios2/10m50-ghrd.ld
index 7db0d59ad7..71cdda450c 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/nios2/10m50-ghrd.ld
+++ b/tests/tcg/nios2/10m50-ghrd.ld
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ SECTIONS
     .data : ALIGN(4) {
         *(.shdata)
         *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
-        . = ALIGN(4);
-        _gp = ABSOLUTE(. + 0x8000);
-        *(.got.plt) *(.got)
-        *(.lit8)
-        *(.lit4)
+    } >ram :RAM
+
+    HIDDEN (_gp = ALIGN(16) + 0x7ff0);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (gp = _gp);
+    .got : ALIGN(4) {
+        *(.got.plt) *(.igot.plt) *(.got) *(.igot)
+    } >ram :RAM
+
+    .sdata : ALIGN(4) {
         *(.sdata .sdata.* .gnu.linkonce.s.*)
     } >ram :RAM
 
diff --git a/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.softmmu-target
index c3d0594a39..bc7fd55060 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-T$(LINK_SCRIPT) -static -nostdlib $(CRT_OBJS) -lgcc
 %: %.o $(LINK_SCRIPT) $(CRT_OBJS)
 	$(call quiet-command, $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS), LD, $@)
 
-# FIXME: nios2 semihosting writes to stdout, not a chardev
-QEMU_OPTS = -M 10m50-ghrd,vic=on -semihosting >$@.out -kernel
+QEMU_OPTS = -M 10m50-ghrd,vic=on -semihosting-config enable=on,target=native,chardev=output -kernel
 
 memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=0
 TESTS += $(MULTIARCH_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/tcg/sh4/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/sh4/Makefile.target
index 35ebe6b4e3..47c39a44b6 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/sh4/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/sh4/Makefile.target
@@ -12,15 +12,3 @@ run-signals: signals
 	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
 run-plugin-signals-with-%:
 	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
-
-# This test is currently broken: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/704
-run-linux-test: linux-test
-	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
-run-plugin-linux-test-with-%:
-	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
-
-# This test is currently unreliable: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/856
-run-threadcount:
-	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
-run-plugin-threadcount-with-%:
-	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c b/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
index 7eee939c07..43e29c8cfb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-io-channel-command.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include "io/channel-command.h"
 #include "io-channel-helpers.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -26,32 +27,32 @@
 
 #define TEST_FIFO "test-io-channel-command.fifo"
 
-#define SOCAT_SRC "PIPE:" TEST_FIFO ",wronly"
-#define SOCAT_DST "PIPE:" TEST_FIFO ",rdonly"
-
 static char *socat = NULL;
 
 static void test_io_channel_command_fifo(bool async)
 {
+    g_autofree gchar *tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp("qemu-test-io-channel.XXXXXX", NULL);
+    g_autofree gchar *fifo = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", tmpdir, TEST_FIFO);
+    g_autoptr(GString) srcargs = g_string_new(socat);
+    g_autoptr(GString) dstargs = g_string_new(socat);
+    g_auto(GStrv) srcargv;
+    g_auto(GStrv) dstargv;
     QIOChannel *src, *dst;
     QIOChannelTest *test;
-    const char *srcargv[] = {
-        socat, "-", SOCAT_SRC, NULL,
-    };
-    const char *dstargv[] = {
-        socat, SOCAT_DST, "-", NULL,
-    };
 
-    if (!socat) {
-        g_test_skip("socat is not found in PATH");
-        return;
-    }
+    g_string_append_printf(srcargs, " - PIPE:%s,wronly", fifo);
+    g_string_append_printf(dstargs, " PIPE:%s,rdonly -", fifo);
+
+    srcargv = g_strsplit(srcargs->str, " ", -1);
+    dstargv = g_strsplit(dstargs->str, " ", -1);
 
-    unlink(TEST_FIFO);
-    src = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_command_new_spawn(srcargv,
+    src = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_command_new_spawn((const char **) srcargv,
                                                     O_WRONLY,
                                                     &error_abort));
-    dst = QIO_CHANNEL(qio_channel_command_new_spawn(dstargv,
+    /* 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));
 
@@ -62,17 +63,27 @@ static void test_io_channel_command_fifo(bool async)
     object_unref(OBJECT(src));
     object_unref(OBJECT(dst));
 
-    unlink(TEST_FIFO);
+    g_rmdir(tmpdir);
 }
 
 
 static void test_io_channel_command_fifo_async(void)
 {
+    if (!socat) {
+        g_test_skip("socat is not found in PATH");
+        return;
+    }
+
     test_io_channel_command_fifo(true);
 }
 
 static void test_io_channel_command_fifo_sync(void)
 {
+    if (!socat) {
+        g_test_skip("socat is not found in PATH");
+        return;
+    }
+
     test_io_channel_command_fifo(false);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 4fd9af10b7..2276364c42 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ class BaseVM(object):
                    "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=" + os.devnull,
                    "-o",
                    "ConnectTimeout={}".format(self._config["ssh_timeout"]),
-                   "-p", str(self.ssh_port), "-i", self._ssh_tmp_key_file]
+                   "-p", str(self.ssh_port), "-i", self._ssh_tmp_key_file,
+                   "-o", "IdentitiesOnly=yes"]
         # If not in debug mode, set ssh to quiet mode to
         # avoid printing the results of commands.
         if not self.debug: