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>

29 files changed, 53 insertions, 65 deletions

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