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-rw-r--r--chardev/char-socket.c13
-rwxr-xr-xconfigure24
-rw-r--r--docs/COLO-FT.txt12
-rw-r--r--docs/ccid.txt6
-rw-r--r--docs/colo-proxy.txt16
-rw-r--r--docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/interop/firmware.json2
-rw-r--r--docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/interop/qmp-intro.txt4
-rw-r--r--docs/system/cpu-hotplug.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/system/cpu-models-x86.rst.inc4
-rw-r--r--docs/system/deprecated.rst7
-rw-r--r--docs/system/s390x/3270.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/system/target-avr.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/system/vnc-security.rst8
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst4
-rw-r--r--gdbstub.c2
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/esp-pci.c5
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/esp.c7
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c6
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/megasas.c6
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/mptsas.c5
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c2
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c172
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c28
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c12
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/trace-events4
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c24
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c5
-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c4
-rw-r--r--hw/usb/dev-storage.c6
-rw-r--r--hw/usb/dev-uas.c7
-rw-r--r--include/hw/scsi/esp.h2
-rw-r--r--include/hw/scsi/scsi.h6
-rw-r--r--include/scsi/utils.h2
-rw-r--r--meson.build18
-rw-r--r--meson_options.txt2
-rw-r--r--qapi/char.json4
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx138
-rw-r--r--qom/object.c2
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/entitlement.sh20
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client2
-rw-r--r--scsi/utils.c51
-rw-r--r--softmmu/vl.c1
-rw-r--r--target/i386/cpu.c4
-rw-r--r--target/i386/cpu.h2
-rw-r--r--target/i386/tcg/misc_helper.c3
-rwxr-xr-xtests/guest-debug/run-test.py8
-rw-r--r--tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c52
-rw-r--r--tests/test-char.c4
50 files changed, 406 insertions, 322 deletions
diff --git a/chardev/char-socket.c b/chardev/char-socket.c
index 9061981f6d..06a37c0cc8 100644
--- a/chardev/char-socket.c
+++ b/chardev/char-socket.c
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ static ssize_t tcp_chr_recv(Chardev *chr, char *buf, size_t len)
 static GSource *tcp_chr_add_watch(Chardev *chr, GIOCondition cond)
 {
     SocketChardev *s = SOCKET_CHARDEV(chr);
+    if (!s->ioc) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     return qio_channel_create_watch(s->ioc, cond);
 }
 
@@ -449,7 +452,7 @@ static char *qemu_chr_socket_address(SocketChardev *s, const char *prefix)
                                qemu_chr_socket_protocol(s),
                                s->addr->u.inet.host,
                                s->addr->u.inet.port,
-                               s->is_listen ? ",server" : "");
+                               s->is_listen ? ",server=on" : "");
         break;
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_UNIX:
     {
@@ -467,12 +470,12 @@ static char *qemu_chr_socket_address(SocketChardev *s, const char *prefix)
 
         return g_strdup_printf("%sunix:%s%s%s%s", prefix, sa->path,
                                abstract, tight,
-                               s->is_listen ? ",server" : "");
+                               s->is_listen ? ",server=on" : "");
         break;
     }
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_FD:
         return g_strdup_printf("%sfd:%s%s", prefix, s->addr->u.fd.str,
-                               s->is_listen ? ",server" : "");
+                               s->is_listen ? ",server=on" : "");
         break;
     case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_VSOCK:
         return g_strdup_printf("%svsock:%s:%s", prefix,
@@ -604,7 +607,7 @@ static char *qemu_chr_compute_filename(SocketChardev *s)
     case AF_UNIX:
         return g_strdup_printf("unix:%s%s",
                                ((struct sockaddr_un *)(ss))->sun_path,
-                               s->is_listen ? ",server" : "");
+                               s->is_listen ? ",server=on" : "");
 #endif
     case AF_INET6:
         left  = "[";
@@ -618,7 +621,7 @@ static char *qemu_chr_compute_filename(SocketChardev *s)
         return g_strdup_printf("%s:%s%s%s:%s%s <-> %s%s%s:%s",
                                qemu_chr_socket_protocol(s),
                                left, shost, right, sserv,
-                               s->is_listen ? ",server" : "",
+                               s->is_listen ? ",server=on" : "",
                                left, phost, right, pserv);
 
     default:
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a79b3746d4..cc435e2503 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ skip_meson=no
 gettext="auto"
 fuse="auto"
 fuse_lseek="auto"
-multiprocess="no"
+multiprocess="auto"
 
 malloc_trim="auto"
 
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ Linux)
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
   vhost_user=${default_feature:-yes}
-  multiprocess=${default_feature:-yes}
 ;;
 esac
 
@@ -1558,9 +1557,9 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-fuse-lseek) fuse_lseek="disabled"
   ;;
-  --enable-multiprocess) multiprocess="yes"
+  --enable-multiprocess) multiprocess="enabled"
   ;;
-  --disable-multiprocess) multiprocess="no"
+  --disable-multiprocess) multiprocess="disabled"
   ;;
   *)
       echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
@@ -1914,7 +1913,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   libdaxctl       libdaxctl support
   fuse            FUSE block device export
   fuse-lseek      SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA support for FUSE exports
-  multiprocess    Multiprocess QEMU support
+  multiprocess    Out of process device emulation support
 
 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -6089,14 +6088,21 @@ fi
 if test "$have_mlockall" = "yes" ; then
   echo "HAVE_MLOCKALL=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$multiprocess" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$fuzzing" = "yes" ; then
   # If LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE is set, assume we are running on OSS-Fuzz, and the
   # needed CFLAGS have already been provided
   if test -z "${LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE+xxx}" ; then
+    # Add CFLAGS to tell clang to add fuzzer-related instrumentation to all the
+    # compiled code.
     QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS -fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link"
+    # To build non-fuzzer binaries with --enable-fuzzing, link everything with
+    # fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link. Otherwise, the linker will be unable to bind
+    # the fuzzer-related callbacks added by instrumentation.
+    QEMU_LDFLAGS="$QEMU_LDFLAGS -fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link"
+    # For the actual fuzzer binaries, we need to link against the libfuzzer
+    # library. Provide the flags for doing this in FUZZ_EXE_LDFLAGS. The meson
+    # rule for the fuzzer adds these to the link_args. They need to be
+    # configurable, to support OSS-Fuzz
     FUZZ_EXE_LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=fuzzer"
   else
     FUZZ_EXE_LDFLAGS="$LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE"
@@ -6424,7 +6430,7 @@ NINJA=$ninja $meson setup \
         -Dzstd=$zstd -Dseccomp=$seccomp -Dvirtfs=$virtfs -Dcap_ng=$cap_ng \
         -Dattr=$attr -Ddefault_devices=$default_devices \
         -Ddocs=$docs -Dsphinx_build=$sphinx_build -Dinstall_blobs=$blobs \
-        -Dvhost_user_blk_server=$vhost_user_blk_server \
+        -Dvhost_user_blk_server=$vhost_user_blk_server -Dmultiprocess=$multiprocess \
         -Dfuse=$fuse -Dfuse_lseek=$fuse_lseek -Dguest_agent_msi=$guest_agent_msi \
         $(if test "$default_features" = no; then echo "-Dauto_features=disabled"; fi) \
 	-Dtcg_interpreter=$tcg_interpreter \
diff --git a/docs/COLO-FT.txt b/docs/COLO-FT.txt
index bc5fb2a1bb..8d6d53a5a2 100644
--- a/docs/COLO-FT.txt
+++ b/docs/COLO-FT.txt
@@ -158,15 +158,15 @@ instance.
 
 # imagefolder="/mnt/vms/colo-test-primary"
 
-# qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,+kvmclock -m 512 -smp 1 -qmp stdio \
+# qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,kvmclock=on -m 512 -smp 1 -qmp stdio \
    -device piix3-usb-uhci -device usb-tablet -name primary \
    -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,helper=/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper \
    -device rtl8139,id=e0,netdev=hn0 \
-   -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=0.0.0.0,port=9003,server,nowait \
-   -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=0.0.0.0,port=9004,server,wait \
-   -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=127.0.0.1,port=9001,server,nowait \
+   -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=0.0.0.0,port=9003,server=on,wait=off \
+   -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=0.0.0.0,port=9004,server=on,wait=on \
+   -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=127.0.0.1,port=9001,server=on,wait=off \
    -chardev socket,id=compare0-0,host=127.0.0.1,port=9001 \
-   -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=127.0.0.1,port=9005,server,nowait \
+   -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=127.0.0.1,port=9005,server=on,wait=off \
    -chardev socket,id=compare_out0,host=127.0.0.1,port=9005 \
    -object filter-mirror,id=m0,netdev=hn0,queue=tx,outdev=mirror0 \
    -object filter-redirector,netdev=hn0,id=redire0,queue=rx,indev=compare_out \
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ any IP's here, except for the $primary_ip variable.
 
 # qemu-img create -f qcow2 $imagefolder/secondary-hidden.qcow2 10G
 
-# qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,+kvmclock -m 512 -smp 1 -qmp stdio \
+# qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,kvmclock=on -m 512 -smp 1 -qmp stdio \
    -device piix3-usb-uhci -device usb-tablet -name secondary \
    -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,helper=/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper \
    -device rtl8139,id=e0,netdev=hn0 \
diff --git a/docs/ccid.txt b/docs/ccid.txt
index c7fda6d07d..c97fbd2de0 100644
--- a/docs/ccid.txt
+++ b/docs/ccid.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ NSS.  Registration can be done from Firefox or the command line:
 
 on the host specify the ccid-card-passthru device with a suitable chardev:
 
-    qemu -chardev socket,server,host=0.0.0.0,port=2001,id=ccid,nowait -usb -device usb-ccid -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid
+    qemu -chardev socket,server=on,host=0.0.0.0,port=2001,id=ccid,wait=off \
+         -usb -device usb-ccid -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid
 
 on the client run vscclient, built when you built QEMU:
 
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ Follow instructions as per #4, except run QEMU and vscclient as follows:
 Run qemu as per #5, and run vscclient from the "fake-smartcard"
 directory as follows:
 
-    qemu -chardev socket,server,host=0.0.0.0,port=2001,id=ccid,nowait -usb -device usb-ccid -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid
+    qemu -chardev socket,server=on,host=0.0.0.0,port=2001,id=ccid,wait=off \
+         -usb -device usb-ccid -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=ccid
     vscclient -e "db=\"sql:$PWD\" use_hw=no soft=(,Test,CAC,,id-cert,signing-cert,encryption-cert)" <qemu-host> 2001
 
 
diff --git a/docs/colo-proxy.txt b/docs/colo-proxy.txt
index fa1cef0278..1fc38aed1b 100644
--- a/docs/colo-proxy.txt
+++ b/docs/colo-proxy.txt
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ clearly describe the usage.
 Primary(ip:3.3.3.3):
 -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,downscript=/etc/qemu-ifdown
 -device e1000,id=e0,netdev=hn0,mac=52:a4:00:12:78:66
--chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server,nowait
--chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server,nowait
--chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server,nowait
+-chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server=on,wait=off
+-chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server=on,wait=off
+-chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server=on,wait=off
 -chardev socket,id=compare0-0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001
--chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server,nowait
+-chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server=on,wait=off
 -chardev socket,id=compare_out0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005
 -object iothread,id=iothread1
 -object filter-mirror,id=m0,netdev=hn0,queue=tx,outdev=mirror0
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ If you want to use virtio-net-pci or other driver with vnet_header:
 Primary(ip:3.3.3.3):
 -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,downscript=/etc/qemu-ifdown
 -device e1000,id=e0,netdev=hn0,mac=52:a4:00:12:78:66
--chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server,nowait
--chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server,nowait
--chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server,nowait
+-chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server=on,wait=off
+-chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server=on,wait=off
+-chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server=on,wait=off
 -chardev socket,id=compare0-0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001
--chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server,nowait
+-chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server=on,wait=off
 -chardev socket,id=compare_out0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005
 -object filter-mirror,id=m0,netdev=hn0,queue=tx,outdev=mirror0,vnet_hdr_support
 -object filter-redirector,netdev=hn0,id=redire0,queue=rx,indev=compare_out,vnet_hdr_support
diff --git a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
index 258e63bff5..b1e31d56c0 100644
--- a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ shown here.
 First, QEMU should be started like this:
 
 # qemu-system-TARGET [...] \
-    -chardev socket,id=qmp,port=4444,host=localhost,server \
+    -chardev socket,id=qmp,port=4444,host=localhost,server=on \
     -mon chardev=qmp,mode=control,pretty=on
 
 Then, in a different terminal:
diff --git a/docs/interop/firmware.json b/docs/interop/firmware.json
index 989f10b626..9d94ccafa9 100644
--- a/docs/interop/firmware.json
+++ b/docs/interop/firmware.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 #                "-machine smm=on". (On the "pc-q35-*" machine types of
 #                the @i386 emulation target, @requires-smm presents
 #                further CPU requirements; one combination known to work
-#                is "-cpu coreduo,-nx".) If the firmware is marked as
+#                is "-cpu coreduo,nx=off".) If the firmware is marked as
 #                both @secure-boot and @requires-smm, then write
 #                accesses to the pflash chip (NVRAM) that holds the UEFI
 #                variable store must be restricted to code that executes
diff --git a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
index e13f5a21f8..1073b930dc 100644
--- a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ socket::
         -M q35 -nodefaults -m 512 \
         -blockdev node-name=node-A,driver=qcow2,file.driver=file,file.node-name=file,file.filename=./a.qcow2 \
         -device virtio-blk,drive=node-A,id=virtio0 \
-        -monitor stdio -qmp unix:/tmp/qmp-sock,server,nowait
+        -monitor stdio -qmp unix:/tmp/qmp-sock,server=on,wait=off
 
 The ``-blockdev`` command-line option, used above, is available from
 QEMU 2.9 onwards.  In the above invocation, notice the ``node-name``
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ it could be located elsewhere)::
         -M q35 -nodefaults -m 512 \
         -blockdev node-name=node-TargetDisk,driver=qcow2,file.driver=file,file.node-name=file,file.filename=./target-disk.qcow2 \
         -device virtio-blk,drive=node-TargetDisk,id=virtio0 \
-        -S -monitor stdio -qmp unix:./qmp-sock2,server,nowait \
+        -S -monitor stdio -qmp unix:./qmp-sock2,server=on,wait=off \
         -incoming tcp:localhost:6666
 
 Given the disk image chain on source QEMU::
diff --git a/docs/interop/qmp-intro.txt b/docs/interop/qmp-intro.txt
index 9d54a718b8..1c745a7af0 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qmp-intro.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/qmp-intro.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Usage
 You can use the -qmp option to enable QMP. For example, the following
 makes QMP available on localhost port 4444:
 
-$ qemu [...] -qmp tcp:localhost:4444,server,nowait
+$ qemu [...] -qmp tcp:localhost:4444,server=on,wait=off
 
 However, for more flexibility and to make use of more options, the -mon
 command-line option should be used. For instance, the following example
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ creates one HMP instance (human monitor) on stdio and one QMP instance
 on localhost port 4444:
 
 $ qemu [...] -chardev stdio,id=mon0 -mon chardev=mon0,mode=readline \
-             -chardev socket,id=mon1,host=localhost,port=4444,server,nowait \
+             -chardev socket,id=mon1,host=localhost,port=4444,server=on,wait=off \
              -mon chardev=mon1,mode=control,pretty=on
 
 Please, refer to QEMU's manpage for more information.
diff --git a/docs/system/cpu-hotplug.rst b/docs/system/cpu-hotplug.rst
index d0b06403f1..bd0663616e 100644
--- a/docs/system/cpu-hotplug.rst
+++ b/docs/system/cpu-hotplug.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ vCPU hotplug
       $ qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -no-user-config -m 2048 \
           -nodefaults -monitor stdio -machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off \
           -smp 1,maxcpus=2 -cpu IvyBridge-IBRS \
-          -qmp unix:/tmp/qmp-sock,server,nowait
+          -qmp unix:/tmp/qmp-sock,server=on,wait=off
 
 (2) Run 'qmp-shell' (located in the source tree, under: "scripts/qmp/)
     to connect to the just-launched QEMU::
diff --git a/docs/system/cpu-models-x86.rst.inc b/docs/system/cpu-models-x86.rst.inc
index 9a2327828e..867c8216b5 100644
--- a/docs/system/cpu-models-x86.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/system/cpu-models-x86.rst.inc
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Host passthrough with feature customization:
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
-  |qemu_system| -cpu host,-vmx,...
+  |qemu_system| -cpu host,vmx=off,...
 
 Named CPU models:
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Named CPU models with feature customization:
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
-  |qemu_system| -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
+  |qemu_system| -cpu Westmere,pcid=on,...
 
 Libvirt guest XML
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index 2fcac7861e..561c916da2 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ library enabled as a cryptography provider.
 Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
 supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
 
+``-writeconfig`` (since 6.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``-writeconfig`` option is not able to serialize the entire contents
+of the QEMU command line.  It is thus considered a failed experiment
+and deprecated, with no current replacement.
+
 QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst b/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst
index 0554a70a9f..0e173b323f 100644
--- a/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst
+++ b/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Example configuration
 
 * Add a ``tn3270`` chardev and a ``x-terminal3270`` to the QEMU command line::
 
-   -chardev socket,id=ch0,host=0.0.0.0,port=2300,nowait,server,tn3270
+   -chardev socket,id=ch0,host=0.0.0.0,port=2300,wait=off,server=on,tn3270=on
    -device x-terminal3270,chardev=ch0,devno=fe.0.000a,id=terminal0
 
 * Start the guest. In the guest, use ``chccwdev -e 0.0.000a`` to enable
diff --git a/docs/system/target-avr.rst b/docs/system/target-avr.rst
index 25ab46ef05..03d5ab51c1 100644
--- a/docs/system/target-avr.rst
+++ b/docs/system/target-avr.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AVR cpu
 - Continuous non interrupted execution with serial output into telnet window::
 
    qemu-system-avr -M mega2560 -bios demo.elf -nographic \
-                   -serial tcp::5678,server,nowait
+                   -serial tcp::5678,server=on,wait=off
 
   and then in another shell::
 
diff --git a/docs/system/vnc-security.rst b/docs/system/vnc-security.rst
index ebca656d87..830f6acc73 100644
--- a/docs/system/vnc-security.rst
+++ b/docs/system/vnc-security.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ the password all clients will be rejected.
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
-   |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
+   |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password=on -monitor stdio
    (qemu) change vnc password
    Password: ********
    (qemu)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ authentication to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
 
    |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] \
      -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=on \
-     -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,password -monitor stdio
+     -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,password=on -monitor stdio
    (qemu) change vnc password
    Password: ********
    (qemu)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ can be launched with:
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
-   |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
+   |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl=on -monitor stdio
 
 .. _vnc_005fsec_005fcertificate_005fsasl:
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ x509 options:
 
    |qemu_system| [...OPTIONS...] \
      -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=on \
-     -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,sasl -monitor stdio
+     -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,sasl=on -monitor stdio
 
 .. _vnc_005fsetup_005fsasl:
 
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
index f63627eaf6..c05b3d3811 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Standard options:
   a description of character device properties. A common character device
   definition configures a UNIX domain socket::
 
-  --chardev socket,id=char1,path=/tmp/qmp.sock,server,nowait
+  --chardev socket,id=char1,path=/tmp/qmp.sock,server=on,wait=off
 
 .. option:: --export [type=]nbd,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>[,name=<export-name>][,writable=on|off][,bitmap=<name>]
   --export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=unix,addr.path=<socket-path>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Launch the daemon with QMP monitor socket ``qmp.sock`` so clients can execute
 QMP commands::
 
   $ qemu-storage-daemon \
-      --chardev socket,path=qmp.sock,server,nowait,id=char1 \
+      --chardev socket,path=qmp.sock,server=on,wait=off,id=char1 \
       --monitor chardev=char1
 
 Export raw image file ``disk.img`` over NBD UNIX domain socket ``nbd.sock``::
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 759bb00bcf..3ee40479b6 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -3505,7 +3505,7 @@ int gdbserver_start(const char *device)
         if (strstart(device, "tcp:", NULL)) {
             /* enforce required TCP attributes */
             snprintf(gdbstub_device_name, sizeof(gdbstub_device_name),
-                     "%s,nowait,nodelay,server", device);
+                     "%s,wait=off,delay=off,server=on", device);
             device = gdbstub_device_name;
         }
 #ifndef _WIN32
diff --git a/hw/scsi/esp-pci.c b/hw/scsi/esp-pci.c
index 2ce96dc56e..4d7c2cab56 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/esp-pci.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/esp-pci.c
@@ -329,13 +329,12 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_esp_pci_scsi = {
     }
 };
 
-static void esp_pci_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status,
-                                     size_t resid)
+static void esp_pci_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     ESPState *s = req->hba_private;
     PCIESPState *pci = container_of(s, PCIESPState, esp);
 
-    esp_command_complete(req, status, resid);
+    esp_command_complete(req, resid);
     pci->dma_regs[DMA_WBC] = 0;
     pci->dma_regs[DMA_STAT] |= DMA_STAT_DONE;
 }
diff --git a/hw/scsi/esp.c b/hw/scsi/esp.c
index b84e0fe33e..93d9c9c7b9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/esp.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/esp.c
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ static void esp_report_command_complete(ESPState *s, uint32_t status)
     }
 }
 
-void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status,
-                          size_t resid)
+void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     ESPState *s = req->hba_private;
 
@@ -495,11 +494,11 @@ void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status,
          * interrupt has been handled.
          */
         trace_esp_command_complete_deferred();
-        s->deferred_status = status;
+        s->deferred_status = req->status;
         s->deferred_complete = true;
         return;
     }
-    esp_report_command_complete(s, status);
+    esp_report_command_complete(s, req->status);
 }
 
 void esp_transfer_data(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t len)
diff --git a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
index 7d13c7dc1c..a4e58580e4 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
@@ -787,14 +787,14 @@ static int lsi_queue_req(LSIState *s, SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t len)
 }
 
  /* Callback to indicate that the SCSI layer has completed a command.  */
-static void lsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+static void lsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     LSIState *s = LSI53C895A(req->bus->qbus.parent);
     int out;
 
     out = (s->sstat1 & PHASE_MASK) == PHASE_DO;
-    trace_lsi_command_complete(status);
-    s->status = status;
+    trace_lsi_command_complete(req->status);
+    s->status = req->status;
     s->command_complete = 2;
     if (s->waiting && s->dbc != 0) {
         /* Raise phase mismatch for short transfers.  */
diff --git a/hw/scsi/megasas.c b/hw/scsi/megasas.c
index 5bfc92fca1..8f2389d2c6 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/megasas.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/megasas.c
@@ -1852,13 +1852,12 @@ static void megasas_xfer_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t len)
     }
 }
 
-static void megasas_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status,
-                                     size_t resid)
+static void megasas_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     MegasasCmd *cmd = req->hba_private;
     uint8_t cmd_status = MFI_STAT_OK;
 
-    trace_megasas_command_complete(cmd->index, status, resid);
+    trace_megasas_command_complete(cmd->index, req->status, resid);
 
     if (req->io_canceled) {
         return;
@@ -1873,7 +1872,6 @@ static void megasas_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status,
             return;
         }
     } else {
-        req->status = status;
         trace_megasas_scsi_complete(cmd->index, req->status,
                                     cmd->iov_size, req->cmd.xfer);
         if (req->status != GOOD) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
index f86616544b..7416e78706 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static QEMUSGList *mptsas_get_sg_list(SCSIRequest *sreq)
 }
 
 static void mptsas_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq,
-        uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+        size_t resid)
 {
     MPTSASRequest *req = sreq->hba_private;
     MPTSASState *s = req->dev;
@@ -1143,7 +1143,8 @@ static void mptsas_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq,
     hwaddr sense_buffer_addr = req->dev->sense_buffer_high_addr |
             req->scsi_io.SenseBufferLowAddr;
 
-    trace_mptsas_command_complete(s, req->scsi_io.MsgContext, status, resid);
+    trace_mptsas_command_complete(s, req->scsi_io.MsgContext,
+                                  sreq->status, resid);
 
     sense_len = scsi_req_get_sense(sreq, sense_buf, SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE);
     if (sense_len > 0) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index c349fb7f2d..dc4141ec8d 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ void scsi_req_complete(SCSIRequest *req, int status)
 
     scsi_req_ref(req);
     scsi_req_dequeue(req);
-    req->bus->info->complete(req, req->status, req->resid);
+    req->bus->info->complete(req, req->resid);
 
     /* Cancelled requests might end up being completed instead of cancelled */
     notifier_list_notify(&req->cancel_notifiers, req);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index ed52fcd49f..a5a58d7db3 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ struct SCSIDiskState {
     uint16_t rotation_rate;
 };
 
-static bool scsi_handle_rw_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int error, bool acct_failed);
-
 static void scsi_free_request(SCSIRequest *req)
 {
     SCSIDiskReq *r = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskReq, req, req);
@@ -182,6 +180,78 @@ static void scsi_disk_load_request(QEMUFile *f, SCSIRequest *req)
     qemu_iovec_init_external(&r->qiov, &r->iov, 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * scsi_handle_rw_error has two return values.  False means that the error
+ * must be ignored, true means that the error has been processed and the
+ * caller should not do anything else for this request.  Note that
+ * scsi_handle_rw_error always manages its reference counts, independent
+ * of the return value.
+ */
+static bool scsi_handle_rw_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret, bool acct_failed)
+{
+    bool is_read = (r->req.cmd.mode == SCSI_XFER_FROM_DEV);
+    SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, r->req.dev);
+    SCSIDiskClass *sdc = (SCSIDiskClass *) object_get_class(OBJECT(s));
+    SCSISense sense = SENSE_CODE(NO_SENSE);
+    int error = 0;
+    bool req_has_sense = false;
+    BlockErrorAction action;
+    int status;
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        status = scsi_sense_from_errno(-ret, &sense);
+        error = -ret;
+    } else {
+        /* A passthrough command has completed with nonzero status.  */
+        status = ret;
+        if (status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
+            req_has_sense = true;
+            error = scsi_sense_buf_to_errno(r->req.sense, sizeof(r->req.sense));
+        } else {
+            error = EINVAL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Check whether the error has to be handled by the guest or should
+     * rather follow the rerror=/werror= settings.  Guest-handled errors
+     * are usually retried immediately, so do not post them to QMP and
+     * do not account them as failed I/O.
+     */
+    if (req_has_sense &&
+        scsi_sense_buf_is_guest_recoverable(r->req.sense, sizeof(r->req.sense))) {
+        action = BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_REPORT;
+        acct_failed = false;
+    } else {
+        action = blk_get_error_action(s->qdev.conf.blk, is_read, error);
+        blk_error_action(s->qdev.conf.blk, action, is_read, error);
+    }
+
+    switch (action) {
+    case BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_REPORT:
+        if (acct_failed) {
+            block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
+        }
+        if (req_has_sense) {
+            sdc->update_sense(&r->req);
+        } else if (status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
+            scsi_req_build_sense(&r->req, sense);
+        }
+        scsi_req_complete(&r->req, status);
+        return true;
+
+    case BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_IGNORE:
+        return false;
+
+    case BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_STOP:
+        scsi_req_retry(&r->req);
+        return true;
+
+    default:
+        g_assert_not_reached();
+    }
+}
+
 static bool scsi_disk_req_check_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret, bool acct_failed)
 {
     if (r->req.io_canceled) {
@@ -189,8 +259,10 @@ static bool scsi_disk_req_check_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret, bool acct_failed)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (ret < 0 || (r->status && *r->status)) {
-        return scsi_handle_rw_error(r, -ret, acct_failed);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return scsi_handle_rw_error(r, ret, acct_failed);
+    } else if (r->status && *r->status) {
+        return scsi_handle_rw_error(r, *r->status, acct_failed);
     }
 
     return false;
@@ -428,89 +500,6 @@ static void scsi_read_data(SCSIRequest *req)
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * scsi_handle_rw_error has two return values.  False means that the error
- * must be ignored, true means that the error has been processed and the
- * caller should not do anything else for this request.  Note that
- * scsi_handle_rw_error always manages its reference counts, independent
- * of the return value.
- */
-static bool scsi_handle_rw_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int error, bool acct_failed)
-{
-    bool is_read = (r->req.cmd.mode == SCSI_XFER_FROM_DEV);
-    SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, r->req.dev);
-    SCSIDiskClass *sdc = (SCSIDiskClass *) object_get_class(OBJECT(s));
-    BlockErrorAction action = blk_get_error_action(s->qdev.conf.blk,
-                                                   is_read, error);
-
-    if (action == BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_REPORT) {
-        if (acct_failed) {
-            block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
-        }
-        switch (error) {
-        case 0:
-            /* A passthrough command has run and has produced sense data; check
-             * whether the error has to be handled by the guest or should rather
-             * pause the host.
-             */
-            assert(r->status && *r->status);
-            if (scsi_sense_buf_is_guest_recoverable(r->req.sense, sizeof(r->req.sense))) {
-                /* These errors are handled by guest. */
-                sdc->update_sense(&r->req);
-                scsi_req_complete(&r->req, *r->status);
-                return true;
-            }
-            error = scsi_sense_buf_to_errno(r->req.sense, sizeof(r->req.sense));
-            break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-            /* These errno mapping are specific to Linux.  For more information:
-             * - scsi_decide_disposition in drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
-             * - scsi_result_to_blk_status in drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
-             * - blk_errors[] in block/blk-core.c
-             */
-        case EBADE:
-            /* DID_NEXUS_FAILURE -> BLK_STS_NEXUS.  */
-            scsi_req_complete(&r->req, RESERVATION_CONFLICT);
-            break;
-        case ENODATA:
-            /* DID_MEDIUM_ERROR -> BLK_STS_MEDIUM.  */
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(READ_ERROR));
-            break;
-        case EREMOTEIO:
-            /* DID_TARGET_FAILURE -> BLK_STS_TARGET.  */
-            scsi_req_complete(&r->req, HARDWARE_ERROR);
-            break;
-#endif
-        case ENOMEDIUM:
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(NO_MEDIUM));
-            break;
-        case ENOMEM:
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(TARGET_FAILURE));
-            break;
-        case EINVAL:
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(INVALID_FIELD));
-            break;
-        case ENOSPC:
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(SPACE_ALLOC_FAILED));
-            break;
-        default:
-            scsi_check_condition(r, SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR));
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    blk_error_action(s->qdev.conf.blk, action, is_read, error);
-    if (action == BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_IGNORE) {
-        scsi_req_complete(&r->req, 0);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    if (action == BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_STOP) {
-        scsi_req_retry(&r->req);
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 static void scsi_write_complete_noio(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret)
 {
     uint32_t n;
@@ -2624,7 +2613,7 @@ static int get_device_type(SCSIDiskState *s)
     cmd[4] = sizeof(buf);
 
     ret = scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(s->qdev.conf.blk, cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-                              buf, sizeof(buf));
+                              buf, sizeof(buf), s->qdev.io_timeout);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -2785,10 +2774,11 @@ static BlockAIOCB *scsi_block_do_sgio(SCSIBlockReq *req,
     /* The rest is as in scsi-generic.c.  */
     io_header->mx_sb_len = sizeof(r->req.sense);
     io_header->sbp = r->req.sense;
-    io_header->timeout = UINT_MAX;
+    io_header->timeout = s->qdev.io_timeout * 1000;
     io_header->usr_ptr = r;
     io_header->flags |= SG_FLAG_DIRECT_IO;
-
+    trace_scsi_disk_aio_sgio_command(r->req.tag, req->cdb[0], lba,
+                                     nb_logical_blocks, io_header->timeout);
     aiocb = blk_aio_ioctl(s->qdev.conf.blk, SG_IO, io_header, cb, opaque);
     assert(aiocb != NULL);
     return aiocb;
@@ -3103,6 +3093,8 @@ static Property scsi_block_properties[] = {
                        DEFAULT_MAX_IO_SIZE),
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("scsi_version", SCSIDiskState, qdev.default_scsi_version,
                       -1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("io_timeout", SCSIDiskState, qdev.io_timeout,
+                       DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index ab220141f5..cf7e11cf44 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ static int execute_command(BlockBackend *blk,
                            SCSIGenericReq *r, int direction,
                            BlockCompletionFunc *complete)
 {
+    SCSIDevice *s = r->req.dev;
+
     r->io_header.interface_id = 'S';
     r->io_header.dxfer_direction = direction;
     r->io_header.dxferp = r->buf;
@@ -123,10 +125,12 @@ static int execute_command(BlockBackend *blk,
     r->io_header.cmd_len = r->req.cmd.len;
     r->io_header.mx_sb_len = sizeof(r->req.sense);
     r->io_header.sbp = r->req.sense;
-    r->io_header.timeout = MAX_UINT;
+    r->io_header.timeout = s->io_timeout * 1000;
     r->io_header.usr_ptr = r;
     r->io_header.flags |= SG_FLAG_DIRECT_IO;
 
+    trace_scsi_generic_aio_sgio_command(r->req.tag, r->req.cmd.buf[0],
+                                        r->io_header.timeout);
     r->req.aiocb = blk_aio_ioctl(blk, SG_IO, &r->io_header, complete, r);
     if (r->req.aiocb == NULL) {
         return -EIO;
@@ -506,7 +510,7 @@ static int read_naa_id(const uint8_t *p, uint64_t *p_wwn)
 }
 
 int scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(BlockBackend *blk, uint8_t *cmd, uint8_t cmd_size,
-                        uint8_t *buf, uint8_t buf_size)
+                        uint8_t *buf, uint8_t buf_size, uint32_t timeout)
 {
     sg_io_hdr_t io_header;
     uint8_t sensebuf[8];
@@ -521,10 +525,14 @@ int scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(BlockBackend *blk, uint8_t *cmd, uint8_t cmd_size,
     io_header.cmd_len = cmd_size;
     io_header.mx_sb_len = sizeof(sensebuf);
     io_header.sbp = sensebuf;
-    io_header.timeout = 6000; /* XXX */
+    io_header.timeout = timeout * 1000;
 
+    trace_scsi_generic_ioctl_sgio_command(cmd[0], io_header.timeout);
     ret = blk_ioctl(blk, SG_IO, &io_header);
-    if (ret < 0 || io_header.driver_status || io_header.host_status) {
+    if (ret < 0 || io_header.status ||
+        io_header.driver_status || io_header.host_status) {
+        trace_scsi_generic_ioctl_sgio_done(cmd[0], ret, io_header.status,
+                                           io_header.host_status);
         return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -551,7 +559,7 @@ static void scsi_generic_set_vpd_bl_emulation(SCSIDevice *s)
     cmd[4] = sizeof(buf);
 
     ret = scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(s->conf.blk, cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-                              buf, sizeof(buf));
+                              buf, sizeof(buf), s->io_timeout);
     if (ret < 0) {
         /*
          * Do not assume anything if we can't retrieve the
@@ -587,7 +595,7 @@ static void scsi_generic_read_device_identification(SCSIDevice *s)
     cmd[4] = sizeof(buf);
 
     ret = scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(s->conf.blk, cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-                              buf, sizeof(buf));
+                              buf, sizeof(buf), s->io_timeout);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return;
     }
@@ -638,7 +646,7 @@ static int get_stream_blocksize(BlockBackend *blk)
     cmd[0] = MODE_SENSE;
     cmd[4] = sizeof(buf);
 
-    ret = scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(blk, cmd, sizeof(cmd), buf, sizeof(buf));
+    ret = scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(blk, cmd, sizeof(cmd), buf, sizeof(buf), 6);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -665,7 +673,8 @@ static void scsi_generic_realize(SCSIDevice *s, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (blk_get_on_error(s->conf.blk, 0) != BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC) {
+    if (blk_get_on_error(s->conf.blk, 0) != BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC &&
+        blk_get_on_error(s->conf.blk, 0) != BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT) {
         error_setg(errp, "Device doesn't support drive option werror");
         return;
     }
@@ -728,6 +737,7 @@ static void scsi_generic_realize(SCSIDevice *s, Error **errp)
 
     /* Only used by scsi-block, but initialize it nevertheless to be clean.  */
     s->default_scsi_version = -1;
+    s->io_timeout = DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT;
     scsi_generic_read_device_inquiry(s);
 }
 
@@ -751,6 +761,8 @@ static SCSIRequest *scsi_new_request(SCSIDevice *d, uint32_t tag, uint32_t lun,
 static Property scsi_generic_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDevice, conf.blk),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("share-rw", SCSIDevice, conf.share_rw, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("io_timeout", SCSIDevice, io_timeout,
+                       DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
index 4aa0224c47..ca5c13c4a8 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
@@ -551,19 +551,19 @@ static void vscsi_transfer_data(SCSIRequest *sreq, uint32_t len)
 }
 
 /* Callback to indicate that the SCSI layer has completed a transfer.  */
-static void vscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq, uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+static void vscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq, size_t resid)
 {
     VSCSIState *s = VIO_SPAPR_VSCSI_DEVICE(sreq->bus->qbus.parent);
     vscsi_req *req = sreq->hba_private;
     int32_t res_in = 0, res_out = 0;
 
-    trace_spapr_vscsi_command_complete(sreq->tag, status, req);
+    trace_spapr_vscsi_command_complete(sreq->tag, sreq->status, req);
     if (req == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "VSCSI: Can't find request for tag 0x%x\n", sreq->tag);
         return;
     }
 
-    if (status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
+    if (sreq->status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
         req->senselen = scsi_req_get_sense(req->sreq, req->sense,
                                            sizeof(req->sense));
         trace_spapr_vscsi_command_complete_sense_data1(req->senselen,
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ static void vscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq, uint32_t status, size_t re
                 req->sense[12], req->sense[13], req->sense[14], req->sense[15]);
     }
 
-    trace_spapr_vscsi_command_complete_status(status);
-    if (status == 0) {
+    trace_spapr_vscsi_command_complete_status(sreq->status);
+    if (sreq->status == 0) {
         /* We handle overflows, not underflows for normal commands,
          * but hopefully nobody cares
          */
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static void vscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *sreq, uint32_t status, size_t re
             res_in = req->data_len;
         }
     }
-    vscsi_send_rsp(s, req, status, res_in, res_out);
+    vscsi_send_rsp(s, req, sreq->status, res_in, res_out);
     vscsi_put_req(req);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/trace-events b/hw/scsi/trace-events
index 0e0aa9847d..9788661bfd 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/trace-events
+++ b/hw/scsi/trace-events
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ scsi_disk_emulate_command_UNKNOWN(int cmd, const char *name) "Unknown SCSI comma
 scsi_disk_dma_command_READ(uint64_t lba, uint32_t len) "Read (sector %" PRId64 ", count %u)"
 scsi_disk_dma_command_WRITE(const char *cmd, uint64_t lba, int len) "Write %s(sector %" PRId64 ", count %u)"
 scsi_disk_new_request(uint32_t lun, uint32_t tag, const char *line) "Command: lun=%d tag=0x%x data=%s"
+scsi_disk_aio_sgio_command(uint32_t tag, uint8_t cmd, uint64_t lba, int len, uint32_t timeout) "disk aio sgio: tag=0x%x cmd=0x%x (sector %" PRId64 ", count %d) timeout=%u"
 
 # scsi-generic.c
 scsi_generic_command_complete_noio(void *req, uint32_t tag, int statuc) "Command complete %p tag=0x%x status=%d"
@@ -342,3 +343,6 @@ scsi_generic_write_data(uint32_t tag) "scsi_write_data tag=0x%x"
 scsi_generic_send_command(const char *line) "Command: data=%s"
 scsi_generic_realize_type(int type) "device type %d"
 scsi_generic_realize_blocksize(int blocksize) "block size %d"
+scsi_generic_aio_sgio_command(uint32_t tag, uint8_t cmd, uint32_t timeout) "generic aio sgio: tag=0x%x cmd=0x%x timeout=%u"
+scsi_generic_ioctl_sgio_command(uint8_t cmd, uint32_t timeout) "generic ioctl sgio: cmd=0x%x timeout=%u"
+scsi_generic_ioctl_sgio_done(uint8_t cmd, int ret, uint8_t status, uint8_t host_status) "generic ioctl sgio: cmd=0x%x ret=%d status=0x%x host_status=0x%x"
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
index 2c83a0ab1f..4ad8793406 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ void virtio_scsi_dataplane_setup(VirtIOSCSI *s, Error **errp)
 static bool virtio_scsi_data_plane_handle_cmd(VirtIODevice *vdev,
                                               VirtQueue *vq)
 {
-    bool progress;
+    bool progress = false;
     VirtIOSCSI *s = VIRTIO_SCSI(vdev);
 
     virtio_scsi_acquire(s);
-    assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
-    progress = virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(s, vq);
+    if (!s->dataplane_fenced) {
+        assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
+        progress = virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(s, vq);
+    }
     virtio_scsi_release(s);
     return progress;
 }
@@ -65,12 +67,14 @@ static bool virtio_scsi_data_plane_handle_cmd(VirtIODevice *vdev,
 static bool virtio_scsi_data_plane_handle_ctrl(VirtIODevice *vdev,
                                                VirtQueue *vq)
 {
-    bool progress;
+    bool progress = false;
     VirtIOSCSI *s = VIRTIO_SCSI(vdev);
 
     virtio_scsi_acquire(s);
-    assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
-    progress = virtio_scsi_handle_ctrl_vq(s, vq);
+    if (!s->dataplane_fenced) {
+        assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
+        progress = virtio_scsi_handle_ctrl_vq(s, vq);
+    }
     virtio_scsi_release(s);
     return progress;
 }
@@ -78,12 +82,14 @@ static bool virtio_scsi_data_plane_handle_ctrl(VirtIODevice *vdev,
 static bool virtio_scsi_data_plane_handle_event(VirtIODevice *vdev,
                                                 VirtQueue *vq)
 {
-    bool progress;
+    bool progress = false;
     VirtIOSCSI *s = VIRTIO_SCSI(vdev);
 
     virtio_scsi_acquire(s);
-    assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
-    progress = virtio_scsi_handle_event_vq(s, vq);
+    if (!s->dataplane_fenced) {
+        assert(s->ctx && s->dataplane_started);
+        progress = virtio_scsi_handle_event_vq(s, vq);
+    }
     virtio_scsi_release(s);
     return progress;
 }
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index 99ff261cea..358c0e70b0 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@ static void virtio_scsi_complete_cmd_req(VirtIOSCSIReq *req)
     virtio_scsi_complete_req(req);
 }
 
-static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, uint32_t status,
-                                         size_t resid)
+static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, size_t resid)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req = r->hba_private;
     uint8_t sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE];
@@ -513,7 +512,7 @@ static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, uint32_t status,
     }
 
     req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_OK;
-    req->resp.cmd.status = status;
+    req->resp.cmd.status = r->status;
     if (req->resp.cmd.status == GOOD) {
         req->resp.cmd.resid = virtio_tswap32(vdev, resid);
     } else {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
index a63d25de48..0da378ed50 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ pvscsi_write_sense(PVSCSIRequest *r, uint8_t *sense, int len)
 }
 
 static void
-pvscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+pvscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     PVSCSIRequest *pvscsi_req = req->hba_private;
     PVSCSIState *s;
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ pvscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid)
         pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_DATARUN;
     }
 
-    pvscsi_req->cmp.scsiStatus = status;
+    pvscsi_req->cmp.scsiStatus = req->status;
     if (pvscsi_req->cmp.scsiStatus == CHECK_CONDITION) {
         uint8_t sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE];
         int sense_len =
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
index c49e8b819e..a5f76fc001 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
@@ -277,17 +277,17 @@ static void usb_msd_transfer_data(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t len)
     }
 }
 
-static void usb_msd_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+static void usb_msd_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
     MSDState *s = DO_UPCAST(MSDState, dev.qdev, req->bus->qbus.parent);
     USBPacket *p = s->packet;
 
-    trace_usb_msd_cmd_complete(status, req->tag);
+    trace_usb_msd_cmd_complete(req->status, req->tag);
 
     s->csw.sig = cpu_to_le32(0x53425355);
     s->csw.tag = cpu_to_le32(req->tag);
     s->csw.residue = cpu_to_le32(s->data_len);
-    s->csw.status = status != 0;
+    s->csw.status = req->status != 0;
 
     if (s->packet) {
         if (s->data_len == 0 && s->mode == USB_MSDM_DATAOUT) {
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-uas.c b/hw/usb/dev-uas.c
index a51402bc0b..d2bd85d3f6 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-uas.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-uas.c
@@ -598,17 +598,16 @@ static void usb_uas_scsi_transfer_data(SCSIRequest *r, uint32_t len)
     }
 }
 
-static void usb_uas_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r,
-                                          uint32_t status, size_t resid)
+static void usb_uas_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, size_t resid)
 {
     UASRequest *req = r->hba_private;
 
-    trace_usb_uas_scsi_complete(req->uas->dev.addr, req->tag, status, resid);
+    trace_usb_uas_scsi_complete(req->uas->dev.addr, req->tag, r->status, resid);
     req->complete = true;
     if (req->data) {
         usb_uas_complete_data_packet(req);
     }
-    usb_uas_queue_sense(req, status);
+    usb_uas_queue_sense(req, r->status);
     scsi_req_unref(req->req);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
index 60cc3047a5..d8a6263c13 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/esp.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct SysBusESPState {
 
 void esp_dma_enable(ESPState *s, int irq, int level);
 void esp_request_cancelled(SCSIRequest *req);
-void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t status, size_t resid);
+void esp_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid);
 void esp_transfer_data(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t len);
 void esp_hard_reset(ESPState *s);
 uint64_t esp_reg_read(ESPState *s, uint32_t saddr);
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
index 09fa5c9d2a..5d992e6e1d 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ typedef struct SCSIReqOps SCSIReqOps;
 
 #define SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD 96
 #define SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE 252
+#define DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT 30
 
 struct SCSIRequest {
     SCSIBus           *bus;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ struct SCSIDevice
     uint64_t port_wwn;
     int scsi_version;
     int default_scsi_version;
+    uint32_t io_timeout;
     bool needs_vpd_bl_emulation;
     bool hba_supports_iothread;
 };
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ struct SCSIBusInfo {
     int (*parse_cdb)(SCSIDevice *dev, SCSICommand *cmd, uint8_t *buf,
                      void *hba_private);
     void (*transfer_data)(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t arg);
-    void (*complete)(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t arg, size_t resid);
+    void (*complete)(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid);
     void (*cancel)(SCSIRequest *req);
     void (*change)(SCSIBus *bus, SCSIDevice *dev, SCSISense sense);
     QEMUSGList *(*get_sg_list)(SCSIRequest *req);
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ void scsi_device_unit_attention_reported(SCSIDevice *dev);
 void scsi_generic_read_device_inquiry(SCSIDevice *dev);
 int scsi_device_get_sense(SCSIDevice *dev, uint8_t *buf, int len, bool fixed);
 int scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV(BlockBackend *blk, uint8_t *cmd, uint8_t cmd_size,
-                        uint8_t *buf, uint8_t buf_size);
+                        uint8_t *buf, uint8_t buf_size, uint32_t timeout);
 SCSIDevice *scsi_device_find(SCSIBus *bus, int channel, int target, int lun);
 SCSIDevice *scsi_device_get(SCSIBus *bus, int channel, int target, int lun);
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/utils.h b/include/scsi/utils.h
index 096489c6cd..ff7c7091b6 100644
--- a/include/scsi/utils.h
+++ b/include/scsi/utils.h
@@ -135,4 +135,6 @@ int sg_io_sense_from_errno(int errno_value, struct sg_io_hdr *io_hdr,
                            SCSISense *sense);
 #endif
 
+int scsi_sense_from_errno(int errno_value, SCSISense *sense);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f3db83e974..07bc23129a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ if targetos != 'linux' and get_option('mpath').enabled()
   error('Multipath is supported only on Linux')
 endif
 
+if targetos != 'linux' and get_option('multiprocess').enabled()
+  error('Multiprocess QEMU is supported only on Linux')
+endif
+multiprocess_allowed = targetos == 'linux' and not get_option('multiprocess').disabled()
+
 m = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 util = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
 winmm = []
@@ -1228,7 +1233,7 @@ host_kconfig = \
   (have_virtfs ? ['CONFIG_VIRTFS=y'] : []) + \
   ('CONFIG_LINUX' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_LINUX=y'] : []) + \
   ('CONFIG_PVRDMA' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_PVRDMA=y'] : []) + \
-  ('CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y'] : [])
+  (multiprocess_allowed ? ['CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y'] : [])
 
 ignored = [ 'TARGET_XML_FILES', 'TARGET_ABI_DIR', 'TARGET_ARCH' ]
 
@@ -2224,7 +2229,7 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
     endif
 
     emulator = executable(exe_name, exe['sources'],
-               install: not exe_sign,
+               install: true,
                c_args: c_args,
                dependencies: arch_deps + deps + exe['dependencies'],
                objects: lib.extract_all_objects(recursive: true),
@@ -2235,8 +2240,6 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
 
     if exe_sign
       emulators += {exe['name'] : custom_target(exe['name'],
-                   install: true,
-                   install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
                    depends: emulator,
                    output: exe['name'],
                    command: [
@@ -2246,6 +2249,11 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'accel/hvf/entitlements.plist'
                    ])
       }
+
+      meson.add_install_script('scripts/entitlement.sh', '--install',
+                               get_option('bindir') / exe_name,
+                               get_option('bindir') / exe['name'],
+                               meson.current_source_dir() / 'accel/hvf/entitlements.plist')
     else
       emulators += {exe['name']: emulator}
     endif
@@ -2553,6 +2561,7 @@ endif
 summary_info += {'target list':       ' '.join(target_dirs)}
 if have_system
   summary_info += {'default devices':   get_option('default_devices')}
+  summary_info += {'out of process emulation': multiprocess_allowed}
 endif
 summary(summary_info, bool_yn: true, section: 'Targets and accelerators')
 
@@ -2673,7 +2682,6 @@ summary_info += {'libpmem support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBPMEM')}
 summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBDAXCTL')}
 summary_info += {'libudev':           libudev.found()}
 summary_info += {'FUSE lseek':        fuse_lseek.found()}
-summary_info += {'Multiprocess QEMU': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED')}
 summary(summary_info, bool_yn: true, section: 'Dependencies')
 
 if not supported_cpus.contains(cpu)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 675a9c500a..9734019995 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ option('cfi', type: 'boolean', value: 'false',
        description: 'Control-Flow Integrity (CFI)')
 option('cfi_debug', type: 'boolean', value: 'false',
        description: 'Verbose errors in case of CFI violation')
+option('multiprocess', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'Out of process device emulation support')
 
 option('attr', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'attr/xattr support')
diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json
index 58338ed62d..6413970fa7 100644
--- a/qapi/char.json
+++ b/qapi/char.json
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
 #       "return": [
 #          {
 #             "label": "charchannel0",
-#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server",
+#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
 #             "frontend-open": false
 #          },
 #          {
 #             "label": "charmonitor",
-#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server",
+#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
 #             "frontend-open": true
 #          },
 #          {
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 6c34c7050f..252db9357c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1894,16 +1894,17 @@ DEF("spice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_spice,
     "-spice [port=port][,tls-port=secured-port][,x509-dir=<dir>]\n"
     "       [,x509-key-file=<file>][,x509-key-password=<file>]\n"
     "       [,x509-cert-file=<file>][,x509-cacert-file=<file>]\n"
-    "       [,x509-dh-key-file=<file>][,addr=addr][,ipv4|ipv6|unix]\n"
+    "       [,x509-dh-key-file=<file>][,addr=addr]\n"
+    "       [,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off][,unix=on|off]\n"
     "       [,tls-ciphers=<list>]\n"
     "       [,tls-channel=[main|display|cursor|inputs|record|playback]]\n"
     "       [,plaintext-channel=[main|display|cursor|inputs|record|playback]]\n"
-    "       [,sasl][,password=<secret>][,disable-ticketing]\n"
+    "       [,sasl=on|off][,password=<secret>][,disable-ticketing=on|off]\n"
     "       [,image-compression=[auto_glz|auto_lz|quic|glz|lz|off]]\n"
     "       [,jpeg-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]]\n"
     "       [,zlib-glz-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]]\n"
-    "       [,streaming-video=[off|all|filter]][,disable-copy-paste]\n"
-    "       [,disable-agent-file-xfer][,agent-mouse=[on|off]]\n"
+    "       [,streaming-video=[off|all|filter]][,disable-copy-paste=on|off]\n"
+    "       [,disable-agent-file-xfer=on|off][,agent-mouse=[on|off]]\n"
     "       [,playback-compression=[on|off]][,seamless-migration=[on|off]]\n"
     "       [,gl=[on|off]][,rendernode=<file>]\n"
     "   enable spice\n"
@@ -1920,13 +1921,13 @@ SRST
         Set the IP address spice is listening on. Default is any
         address.
 
-    ``ipv4``; \ ``ipv6``; \ ``unix``
+    ``ipv4=on|off``; \ ``ipv6=on|off``; \ ``unix=on|off``
         Force using the specified IP version.
 
     ``password=<secret>``
         Set the password you need to authenticate.
 
-    ``sasl``
+    ``sasl=on|off``
         Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the spice.
         The exact choice of authentication method used is controlled
         from the system / user's SASL configuration file for the 'qemu'
@@ -1940,13 +1941,13 @@ SRST
         data encryption preventing compromise of authentication
         credentials.
 
-    ``disable-ticketing``
+    ``disable-ticketing=on|off``
         Allow client connects without authentication.
 
-    ``disable-copy-paste``
+    ``disable-copy-paste=on|off``
         Disable copy paste between the client and the guest.
 
-    ``disable-agent-file-xfer``
+    ``disable-agent-file-xfer=on|off``
         Disable spice-vdagent based file-xfer between the client and the
         guest.
 
@@ -2122,13 +2123,13 @@ SRST
     Following the display value there may be one or more option flags
     separated by commas. Valid options are
 
-    ``reverse``
+    ``reverse=on|off``
         Connect to a listening VNC client via a "reverse" connection.
         The client is specified by the display. For reverse network
         connections (host:d,``reverse``), the d argument is a TCP port
         number, not a display number.
 
-    ``websocket``
+    ``websocket=on|off``
         Opens an additional TCP listening port dedicated to VNC
         Websocket connections. If a bare websocket option is given, the
         Websocket port is 5700+display. An alternative port can be
@@ -2142,7 +2143,7 @@ SRST
         runs in unencrypted mode. If TLS credentials are provided, the
         websocket connection requires encrypted client connections.
 
-    ``password``
+    ``password=on|off``
         Require that password based authentication is used for client
         connections.
 
@@ -2179,7 +2180,7 @@ SRST
         on the fly while the VNC server is active. If missing, it will
         default to denying access.
 
-    ``sasl``
+    ``sasl=on|off``
         Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the VNC
         server. The exact choice of authentication method used is
         controlled from the system / user's SASL configuration file for
@@ -2202,7 +2203,7 @@ SRST
         fly while the VNC server is active. If missing, it will default
         to denying access.
 
-    ``acl``
+    ``acl=on|off``
         Legacy method for enabling authorization of clients against the
         x509 distinguished name and SASL username. It results in the
         creation of two ``authz-list`` objects with IDs of
@@ -2212,13 +2213,13 @@ SRST
         This option is deprecated and should no longer be used. The new
         ``sasl-authz`` and ``tls-authz`` options are a replacement.
 
-    ``lossy``
+    ``lossy=on|off``
         Enable lossy compression methods (gradient, JPEG, ...). If this
         option is set, VNC client may receive lossy framebuffer updates
         depending on its encoding settings. Enabling this option can
         save a lot of bandwidth at the expense of quality.
 
-    ``non-adaptive``
+    ``non-adaptive=on|off``
         Disable adaptive encodings. Adaptive encodings are enabled by
         default. An adaptive encoding will try to detect frequently
         updated screen regions, and send updates in these regions using
@@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ SRST
         must be omitted, otherwise is must be present and specify a
         valid audiodev.
 
-    ``power-control``
+    ``power-control=on|off``
         Permit the remote client to issue shutdown, reboot or reset power
         control requests.
 ERST
@@ -2405,8 +2406,8 @@ DEFHEADING(Network options:)
 
 DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
-    "-netdev user,id=str[,ipv4[=on|off]][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr]\n"
-    "         [,ipv6[=on|off]][,ipv6-net=addr[/int]][,ipv6-host=addr]\n"
+    "-netdev user,id=str[,ipv4=on|off][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr]\n"
+    "         [,ipv6=on|off][,ipv6-net=addr[/int]][,ipv6-host=addr]\n"
     "         [,restrict=on|off][,hostname=host][,dhcpstart=addr]\n"
     "         [,dns=addr][,ipv6-dns=addr][,dnssearch=domain][,domainname=domain]\n"
     "         [,tftp=dir][,tftp-server-name=name][,bootfile=f][,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
@@ -2453,8 +2454,8 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
 #endif
 #ifdef __linux__
     "-netdev l2tpv3,id=str,src=srcaddr,dst=dstaddr[,srcport=srcport][,dstport=dstport]\n"
-    "         [,rxsession=rxsession],txsession=txsession[,ipv6=on/off][,udp=on/off]\n"
-    "         [,cookie64=on/off][,counter][,pincounter][,txcookie=txcookie]\n"
+    "         [,rxsession=rxsession],txsession=txsession[,ipv6=on|off][,udp=on|off]\n"
+    "         [,cookie64=on|off][,counter][,pincounter][,txcookie=txcookie]\n"
     "         [,rxcookie=rxcookie][,offset=offset]\n"
     "                configure a network backend with ID 'str' connected to\n"
     "                an Ethernet over L2TPv3 pseudowire.\n"
@@ -2883,7 +2884,7 @@ SRST
                          -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \\
                          -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4
 
-``-netdev l2tpv3,id=id,src=srcaddr,dst=dstaddr[,srcport=srcport][,dstport=dstport],txsession=txsession[,rxsession=rxsession][,ipv6][,udp][,cookie64][,counter][,pincounter][,txcookie=txcookie][,rxcookie=rxcookie][,offset=offset]``
+``-netdev l2tpv3,id=id,src=srcaddr,dst=dstaddr[,srcport=srcport][,dstport=dstport],txsession=txsession[,rxsession=rxsession][,ipv6=on|off][,udp=on|off][,cookie64][,counter][,pincounter][,txcookie=txcookie][,rxcookie=rxcookie][,offset=offset]``
     Configure a L2TPv3 pseudowire host network backend. L2TPv3 (RFC3931)
     is a popular protocol to transport Ethernet (and other Layer 2) data
     frames between two systems. It is present in routers, firewalls and
@@ -3032,13 +3033,13 @@ DEFHEADING(Character device options:)
 DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
     "-chardev help\n"
     "-chardev null,id=id[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
-    "-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
-    "         [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off]\n"
+    "-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off][,delay=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
+    "         [,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,telnet=on|off][,websocket=on|off][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off]\n"
     "         [,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off][,tls-creds=ID][,tls-authz=ID] (tcp)\n"
-    "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
+    "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,telnet=on|off][,websocket=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
     "         [,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off][,abstract=on|off][,tight=on|off] (unix)\n"
     "-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr]\n"
-    "         [,localport=localport][,ipv4][,ipv6][,mux=on|off]\n"
+    "         [,localport=localport][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off][,mux=on|off]\n"
     "         [,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
     "-chardev msmouse,id=id[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
     "-chardev vc,id=id[[,width=width][,height=height]][[,cols=cols][,rows=rows]]\n"
@@ -3148,21 +3149,21 @@ The available backends are:
     A void device. This device will not emit any data, and will drop any
     data it receives. The null backend does not take any options.
 
-``-chardev socket,id=id[,TCP options or unix options][,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=seconds][,tls-creds=id][,tls-authz=id]``
+``-chardev socket,id=id[,TCP options or unix options][,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,telnet=on|off][,websocket=on|off][,reconnect=seconds][,tls-creds=id][,tls-authz=id]``
     Create a two-way stream socket, which can be either a TCP or a unix
     socket. A unix socket will be created if ``path`` is specified.
     Behaviour is undefined if TCP options are specified for a unix
     socket.
 
-    ``server`` specifies that the socket shall be a listening socket.
+    ``server=on|off`` specifies that the socket shall be a listening socket.
 
-    ``nowait`` specifies that QEMU should not block waiting for a client
+    ``wait=on|off`` specifies that QEMU should not block waiting for a client
     to connect to a listening socket.
 
-    ``telnet`` specifies that traffic on the socket should interpret
+    ``telnet=on|off`` specifies that traffic on the socket should interpret
     telnet escape sequences.
 
-    ``websocket`` specifies that the socket uses WebSocket protocol for
+    ``websocket=on|off`` specifies that the socket uses WebSocket protocol for
     communication.
 
     ``reconnect`` sets the timeout for reconnecting on non-server
@@ -3183,7 +3184,7 @@ The available backends are:
 
     TCP and unix socket options are given below:
 
-    ``TCP options: port=port[,host=host][,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay]``
+    ``TCP options: port=port[,host=host][,to=to][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off][,delay=on|off]``
         ``host`` for a listening socket specifies the local address to
         be bound. For a connecting socket species the remote host to
         connect to. ``host`` is optional for listening sockets. If not
@@ -3199,21 +3200,21 @@ The available backends are:
         bind to subsequent ports up to and including ``to`` until it
         succeeds. ``to`` must be specified as a port number.
 
-        ``ipv4`` and ``ipv6`` specify that either IPv4 or IPv6 must be
-        used. If neither is specified the socket may use either
-        protocol.
+        ``ipv4=on|off`` and ``ipv6=on|off`` specify that either IPv4
+        or IPv6 must be used. If neither is specified the socket may
+        use either protocol.
 
-        ``nodelay`` disables the Nagle algorithm.
+        ``delay=on|off`` disables the Nagle algorithm.
 
     ``unix options: path=path[,abstract=on|off][,tight=on|off]``
         ``path`` specifies the local path of the unix socket. ``path``
         is required.
-        ``abstract`` specifies the use of the abstract socket namespace,
+        ``abstract=on|off`` specifies the use of the abstract socket namespace,
         rather than the filesystem.  Optional, defaults to false.
-        ``tight`` sets the socket length of abstract sockets to their minimum,
+        ``tight=on|off`` sets the socket length of abstract sockets to their minimum,
         rather than the full sun_path length.  Optional, defaults to true.
 
-``-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr][,localport=localport][,ipv4][,ipv6]``
+``-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr][,localport=localport][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off]``
     Sends all traffic from the guest to a remote host over UDP.
 
     ``host`` specifies the remote host to connect to. If not specified
@@ -3228,7 +3229,7 @@ The available backends are:
     ``localport`` specifies the local port to bind to. If not specified
     any available local port will be used.
 
-    ``ipv4`` and ``ipv6`` specify that either IPv4 or IPv6 must be used.
+    ``ipv4=on|off`` and ``ipv6=on|off`` specify that either IPv4 or IPv6 must be used.
     If neither is specified the device may use either protocol.
 
 ``-chardev msmouse,id=id``
@@ -3592,30 +3593,30 @@ SRST
         ``telnet options:``
             localhost 5555
 
-    ``tcp:[host]:port[,server][,nowait][,nodelay][,reconnect=seconds]``
+    ``tcp:[host]:port[,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,delay=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]``
         The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation. It can send the
         serial I/O to a location or wait for a connection from a
         location. By default the TCP Net Console is sent to host at the
-        port. If you use the server option QEMU will wait for a client
+        port. If you use the ``server=on`` option QEMU will wait for a client
         socket application to connect to the port before continuing,
-        unless the ``nowait`` option was specified. The ``nodelay``
-        option disables the Nagle buffering algorithm. The ``reconnect``
-        option only applies if noserver is set, if the connection goes
+        unless the ``wait=on|off`` option was specified. The ``delay=on|off``
+        option disables the Nagle buffering algorithm. The ``reconnect=on``
+        option only applies if ``server=no`` is set, if the connection goes
         down it will attempt to reconnect at the given interval. If host
         is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only one TCP connection at a
-        time is accepted. You can use ``telnet`` to connect to the
+        time is accepted. You can use ``telnet=on`` to connect to the
         corresponding character device.
 
         ``Example to send tcp console to 192.168.0.2 port 4444``
             -serial tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
 
         ``Example to listen and wait on port 4444 for connection``
-            -serial tcp::4444,server
+            -serial tcp::4444,server=on
 
         ``Example to not wait and listen on ip 192.168.0.100 port 4444``
-            -serial tcp:192.168.0.100:4444,server,nowait
+            -serial tcp:192.168.0.100:4444,server=on,wait=off
 
-    ``telnet:host:port[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]``
+    ``telnet:host:port[,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,delay=on|off]``
         The telnet protocol is used instead of raw tcp sockets. The
         options work the same as if you had specified ``-serial tcp``.
         The difference is that the port acts like a telnet server or
@@ -3625,11 +3626,11 @@ SRST
         you do it with Control-] and then type "send break" followed by
         pressing the enter key.
 
-    ``websocket:host:port,server[,nowait][,nodelay]``
+    ``websocket:host:port,server=on[,wait=on|off][,delay=on|off]``
         The WebSocket protocol is used instead of raw tcp socket. The
         port acts as a WebSocket server. Client mode is not supported.
 
-    ``unix:path[,server][,nowait][,reconnect=seconds]``
+    ``unix:path[,server=on|off][,wait=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]``
         A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option
         works the same as if you had specified ``-serial tcp`` except
         the unix domain socket path is used for connections.
@@ -3642,7 +3643,7 @@ SRST
         multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server listening on port
         4444 would be:
 
-        ``-serial mon:telnet::4444,server,nowait``
+        ``-serial mon:telnet::4444,server=on,wait=off``
 
         When the monitor is multiplexed to stdio in this way, Ctrl+C
         will not terminate QEMU any more but will be passed to the guest
@@ -4134,8 +4135,8 @@ SRST
 ERST
 
 DEF("incoming", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_incoming, \
-    "-incoming tcp:[host]:port[,to=maxport][,ipv4][,ipv6]\n" \
-    "-incoming rdma:host:port[,ipv4][,ipv6]\n" \
+    "-incoming tcp:[host]:port[,to=maxport][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off]\n" \
+    "-incoming rdma:host:port[,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off]\n" \
     "-incoming unix:socketpath\n" \
     "                prepare for incoming migration, listen on\n" \
     "                specified protocol and socket address\n" \
@@ -4147,9 +4148,9 @@ DEF("incoming", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_incoming, \
     "                wait for the URI to be specified via migrate_incoming\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
-``-incoming tcp:[host]:port[,to=maxport][,ipv4][,ipv6]``
+``-incoming tcp:[host]:port[,to=maxport][,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off]``
   \ 
-``-incoming rdma:host:port[,ipv4][,ipv6]``
+``-incoming rdma:host:port[,ipv4=on|off][,ipv6=on|off]``
     Prepare for incoming migration, listen on a given tcp port.
 
 ``-incoming unix:socketpath``
@@ -4334,13 +4335,8 @@ SRST
 ERST
 DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig,
     "-writeconfig <file>\n"
-    "                read/write config file\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+    "                read/write config file (deprecated)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
-``-writeconfig file``
-    Write device configuration to file. The file can be either filename
-    to save command line and device configuration into file or dash
-    ``-``) character to print the output to stdout. This can be later
-    used as input file for ``-readconfig`` option.
 ERST
 
 DEF("no-user-config", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nouserconfig,
@@ -4815,11 +4811,11 @@ SRST
             primary:
             -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,downscript=/etc/qemu-ifdown
             -device e1000,id=e0,netdev=hn0,mac=52:a4:00:12:78:66
-            -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server,nowait
-            -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server,nowait
-            -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server,nowait
+            -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server=on,wait=off
+            -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server=on,wait=off
+            -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server=on,wait=off
             -chardev socket,id=compare0-0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001
-            -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server,nowait
+            -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server=on,wait=off
             -chardev socket,id=compare_out0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005
             -object iothread,id=iothread1
             -object filter-mirror,id=m0,netdev=hn0,queue=tx,outdev=mirror0
@@ -4841,13 +4837,13 @@ SRST
             primary:
             -netdev tap,id=hn0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,downscript=/etc/qemu-ifdown
             -device e1000,id=e0,netdev=hn0,mac=52:a4:00:12:78:66
-            -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server,nowait
-            -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server,nowait
-            -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server,nowait
+            -chardev socket,id=mirror0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9003,server=on,wait=off
+            -chardev socket,id=compare1,host=3.3.3.3,port=9004,server=on,wait=off
+            -chardev socket,id=compare0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001,server=on,wait=off
             -chardev socket,id=compare0-0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9001
-            -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server,nowait
+            -chardev socket,id=compare_out,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005,server=on,wait=off
             -chardev socket,id=compare_out0,host=3.3.3.3,port=9005
-            -chardev socket,id=notify_way,host=3.3.3.3,port=9009,server,nowait
+            -chardev socket,id=notify_way,host=3.3.3.3,port=9009,server=on,wait=off
             -object filter-mirror,id=m0,netdev=hn0,queue=tx,outdev=mirror0
             -object filter-redirector,netdev=hn0,id=redire0,queue=rx,indev=compare_out
             -object filter-redirector,netdev=hn0,id=redire1,queue=rx,outdev=compare0
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 491823db4a..6a01d56546 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static void object_finalize(void *data)
 
 /* Find the minimum alignment guaranteed by the system malloc. */
 #if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
-typddef max_align_t qemu_max_align_t;
+typedef max_align_t qemu_max_align_t;
 #else
 typedef union {
     long l;
diff --git a/scripts/entitlement.sh b/scripts/entitlement.sh
index c540fa6435..f7aaaf2766 100755
--- a/scripts/entitlement.sh
+++ b/scripts/entitlement.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,24 @@
 #
 # Helper script for the build process to apply entitlements
 
+in_place=:
+if [ "$1" = --install ]; then
+  shift
+  in_place=false
+fi
+
 SRC="$1"
 DST="$2"
 ENTITLEMENT="$3"
 
-trap 'rm "$DST.tmp"' exit
-cp -af "$SRC" "$DST.tmp"
-codesign --entitlements "$ENTITLEMENT" --force -s - "$DST.tmp"
-mv "$DST.tmp" "$DST"
+if $in_place; then
+  trap 'rm "$DST.tmp"' exit
+  cp -af "$SRC" "$DST.tmp"
+  SRC="$DST.tmp"
+else
+  cd "$MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX"
+fi
+
+codesign --entitlements "$ENTITLEMENT" --force -s - "$SRC"
+mv -f "$SRC" "$DST"
 trap '' exit
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
index ce122984a9..348d85864c 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qemu-ga-client
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # Start QEMU with:
 #
-# # qemu [...] -chardev socket,path=/tmp/qga.sock,server,nowait,id=qga0 \
+# # qemu [...] -chardev socket,path=/tmp/qga.sock,server=on,wait=off,id=qga0 \
 #   -device virtio-serial -device virtserialport,chardev=qga0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0
 #
 # Run the script:
diff --git a/scsi/utils.c b/scsi/utils.c
index 793c3a6b9c..6b56e01002 100644
--- a/scsi/utils.c
+++ b/scsi/utils.c
@@ -565,21 +565,52 @@ const char *scsi_command_name(uint8_t cmd)
     return names[cmd];
 }
 
+int scsi_sense_from_errno(int errno_value, SCSISense *sense)
+{
+    switch (errno_value) {
+    case 0:
+        return GOOD;
+    case EDOM:
+        return TASK_SET_FULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+        /* These errno mapping are specific to Linux.  For more information:
+         * - scsi_decide_disposition in drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+         * - scsi_result_to_blk_status in drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+         * - blk_errors[] in block/blk-core.c
+         */
+    case EBADE:
+        return RESERVATION_CONFLICT;
+    case ENODATA:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(READ_ERROR);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    case EREMOTEIO:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(LUN_COMM_FAILURE);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+#endif
+    case ENOMEDIUM:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(NO_MEDIUM);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    case ENOMEM:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(TARGET_FAILURE);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    case EINVAL:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(INVALID_FIELD);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    case ENOSPC:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(SPACE_ALLOC_FAILED);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    default:
+        *sense = SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR);
+        return CHECK_CONDITION;
+    }
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
 int sg_io_sense_from_errno(int errno_value, struct sg_io_hdr *io_hdr,
                            SCSISense *sense)
 {
     if (errno_value != 0) {
-        switch (errno_value) {
-        case EDOM:
-            return TASK_SET_FULL;
-        case ENOMEM:
-            *sense = SENSE_CODE(TARGET_FAILURE);
-            return CHECK_CONDITION;
-        default:
-            *sense = SENSE_CODE(IO_ERROR);
-            return CHECK_CONDITION;
-        }
+        return scsi_sense_from_errno(errno_value, sense);
     } else {
         if (io_hdr->host_status == SG_ERR_DID_NO_CONNECT ||
             io_hdr->host_status == SG_ERR_DID_BUS_BUSY ||
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index b219ce1f35..10bd8a10a3 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3356,6 +3356,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig:
                 {
                     FILE *fp;
+                    warn_report("-writeconfig is deprecated and will go away without a replacement");
                     if (strcmp(optarg, "-") == 0) {
                         fp = stdout;
                     } else {
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 6a53446e6a..50008431c3 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
             "avx512bitalg", NULL, "avx512-vpopcntdq", NULL,
             "la57", NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, "rdpid", NULL,
-            NULL, "cldemote", NULL, "movdiri",
+            "bus-lock-detect", "cldemote", NULL, "movdiri",
             "movdir64b", NULL, NULL, "pks",
         },
         .cpuid = {
@@ -6557,7 +6557,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
             } else if (cpu->env.cpuid_min_level < 0x14) {
                 mark_unavailable_features(cpu, FEAT_7_0_EBX,
                     CPUID_7_0_EBX_INTEL_PT,
-                    "Intel PT need CPUID leaf 0x14, please set by \"-cpu ...,+intel-pt,min-level=0x14\"");
+                    "Intel PT need CPUID leaf 0x14, please set by \"-cpu ...,intel-pt=on,min-level=0x14\"");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index 8be39cfb62..b4b136cd0d 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ typedef uint64_t FeatureWordArray[FEATURE_WORDS];
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_LA57              (1U << 16)
 /* Read Processor ID */
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_RDPID             (1U << 22)
+/* Bus Lock Debug Exception */
+#define CPUID_7_0_ECX_BUS_LOCK_DETECT   (1U << 24)
 /* Cache Line Demote Instruction */
 #define CPUID_7_0_ECX_CLDEMOTE          (1U << 25)
 /* Move Doubleword as Direct Store Instruction */
diff --git a/target/i386/tcg/misc_helper.c b/target/i386/tcg/misc_helper.c
index f02e4fd400..90b87fdef0 100644
--- a/target/i386/tcg/misc_helper.c
+++ b/target/i386/tcg/misc_helper.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ void helper_rdtscp(CPUX86State *env)
 
 void helper_rdpmc(CPUX86State *env)
 {
-    if ((env->cr[4] & CR4_PCE_MASK) && ((env->hflags & HF_CPL_MASK) != 0)) {
+    if (((env->cr[4] & CR4_PCE_MASK) == 0 ) &&
+        ((env->hflags & HF_CPL_MASK) != 0)) {
         raise_exception_ra(env, EXCP0D_GPF, GETPC());
     }
     cpu_svm_check_intercept_param(env, SVM_EXIT_RDPMC, 0, GETPC());
diff --git a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
index 8b91ff95af..2e58795a10 100755
--- a/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
+++ b/tests/guest-debug/run-test.py
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # Launch QEMU with binary
     if "system" in args.qemu:
-        cmd = "%s %s %s -gdb unix:path=%s,server" % (args.qemu,
-                                                     args.qargs,
-                                                     args.binary,
-                                                     socket_name)
+        cmd = "%s %s %s -gdb unix:path=%s,server=on" % (args.qemu,
+                                                        args.qargs,
+                                                        args.binary,
+                                                        socket_name)
     else:
         cmd = "%s %s -g %s %s" % (args.qemu, args.qargs, socket_name,
                                   args.binary)
diff --git a/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c b/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
index 7ca1883a29..6470f0a85d 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
@@ -235,82 +235,82 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* If level is not large enough, it should increase automatically: */
     /* CPUID[6].EAX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/phenom/arat",
-                   "-cpu 486,+arat", "level", 6);
+                   "-cpu 486,arat=on", "level", 6);
     /* CPUID[EAX=7,ECX=0].EBX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/phenom/fsgsbase",
-                   "-cpu phenom,+fsgsbase", "level", 7);
+                   "-cpu phenom,fsgsbase=on", "level", 7);
     /* CPUID[EAX=7,ECX=0].ECX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/phenom/avx512vbmi",
-                   "-cpu phenom,+avx512vbmi", "level", 7);
+                   "-cpu phenom,avx512vbmi=on", "level", 7);
     /* CPUID[EAX=0xd,ECX=1].EAX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/phenom/xsaveopt",
-                   "-cpu phenom,+xsaveopt", "level", 0xd);
+                   "-cpu phenom,xsaveopt=on", "level", 0xd);
     /* CPUID[8000_0001].EDX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/3dnow",
-                   "-cpu 486,+3dnow", "xlevel", 0x80000001);
+                   "-cpu 486,3dnow=on", "xlevel", 0x80000001);
     /* CPUID[8000_0001].ECX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/sse4a",
-                   "-cpu 486,+sse4a", "xlevel", 0x80000001);
+                   "-cpu 486,sse4a=on", "xlevel", 0x80000001);
     /* CPUID[8000_0007].EDX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/invtsc",
-                   "-cpu 486,+invtsc", "xlevel", 0x80000007);
+                   "-cpu 486,invtsc=on", "xlevel", 0x80000007);
     /* CPUID[8000_000A].EDX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/npt",
-                   "-cpu 486,+svm,+npt", "xlevel", 0x8000000A);
+                   "-cpu 486,svm=on,npt=on", "xlevel", 0x8000000A);
     /* CPUID[C000_0001].EDX: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel2/phenom/xstore",
-                   "-cpu phenom,+xstore", "xlevel2", 0xC0000001);
+                   "-cpu phenom,xstore=on", "xlevel2", 0xC0000001);
     /* SVM needs CPUID[0x8000000A] */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/athlon/svm",
-                   "-cpu athlon,+svm", "xlevel", 0x8000000A);
+                   "-cpu athlon,svm=on", "xlevel", 0x8000000A);
 
 
     /* If level is already large enough, it shouldn't change: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/SandyBridge/multiple",
-                   "-cpu SandyBridge,+arat,+fsgsbase,+avx512vbmi",
+                   "-cpu SandyBridge,arat=on,fsgsbase=on,avx512vbmi=on",
                    "level", 0xd);
     /* If level is explicitly set, it shouldn't change: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/486/fixed/0xF",
-                   "-cpu 486,level=0xF,+arat,+fsgsbase,+avx512vbmi,+xsaveopt",
+                   "-cpu 486,level=0xF,arat=on,fsgsbase=on,avx512vbmi=on,xsaveopt=on",
                    "level", 0xF);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/486/fixed/2",
-                   "-cpu 486,level=2,+arat,+fsgsbase,+avx512vbmi,+xsaveopt",
+                   "-cpu 486,level=2,arat=on,fsgsbase=on,avx512vbmi=on,xsaveopt=on",
                    "level", 2);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/486/fixed/0",
-                   "-cpu 486,level=0,+arat,+fsgsbase,+avx512vbmi,+xsaveopt",
+                   "-cpu 486,level=0,arat=on,fsgsbase=on,avx512vbmi=on,xsaveopt=on",
                    "level", 0);
 
     /* if xlevel is already large enough, it shouldn't change: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/phenom/3dnow",
-                   "-cpu phenom,+3dnow,+sse4a,+invtsc,+npt,+svm",
+                   "-cpu phenom,3dnow=on,sse4a=on,invtsc=on,npt=on,svm=on",
                    "xlevel", 0x8000001A);
     /* If xlevel is explicitly set, it shouldn't change: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/fixed/80000002",
-                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0x80000002,+3dnow,+sse4a,+invtsc,+npt,+svm",
+                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0x80000002,3dnow=on,sse4a=on,invtsc=on,npt=on,svm=on",
                    "xlevel", 0x80000002);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/486/fixed/8000001A",
-                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0x8000001A,+3dnow,+sse4a,+invtsc,+npt,+svm",
+                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0x8000001A,3dnow=on,sse4a=on,invtsc=on,npt=on,svm=on",
                    "xlevel", 0x8000001A);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/phenom/fixed/0",
-                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0,+3dnow,+sse4a,+invtsc,+npt,+svm",
+                   "-cpu 486,xlevel=0,3dnow=on,sse4a=on,invtsc=on,npt=on,svm=on",
                    "xlevel", 0);
 
     /* if xlevel2 is already large enough, it shouldn't change: */
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel2/486/fixed",
-                   "-cpu 486,xlevel2=0xC0000002,+xstore",
+                   "-cpu 486,xlevel2=0xC0000002,xstore=on",
                    "xlevel2", 0xC0000002);
 
     /* Check compatibility of old machine-types that didn't
      * auto-increase level/xlevel/xlevel2: */
 
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level/pc-2.7",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,+arat,+avx512vbmi,+xsaveopt",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,arat=on,avx512vbmi=on,xsaveopt=on",
                    "level", 1);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel/pc-2.7",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,+3dnow,+sse4a,+invtsc,+npt,+svm",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,3dnow=on,sse4a=on,invtsc=on,npt=on,svm=on",
                    "xlevel", 0);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-xlevel2/pc-2.7",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,+xstore",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.7 -cpu 486,xstore=on",
                    "xlevel2", 0);
     /*
      * QEMU 1.4.0 had auto-level enabled for CPUID[7], already,
@@ -321,19 +321,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                    "-machine pc-i440fx-1.4 -cpu Nehalem",
                    "level", 2);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level7/pc-i440fx-1.5/on",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-1.4 -cpu Nehalem,+smap",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-1.4 -cpu Nehalem,smap=on",
                    "level", 7);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level7/pc-i440fx-2.3/off",
                    "-machine pc-i440fx-2.3 -cpu Penryn",
                    "level", 4);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level7/pc-i440fx-2.3/on",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.3 -cpu Penryn,+erms",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.3 -cpu Penryn,erms=on",
                    "level", 7);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level7/pc-i440fx-2.9/off",
                    "-machine pc-i440fx-2.9 -cpu Conroe",
                    "level", 10);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/auto-level7/pc-i440fx-2.9/on",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.9 -cpu Conroe,+erms",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.9 -cpu Conroe,erms=on",
                    "level", 10);
 
     /*
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                    "-machine pc-i440fx-2.4 -cpu SandyBridge,",
                    "xlevel", 0x80000008);
     add_cpuid_test("x86/cpuid/xlevel-compat/pc-i440fx-2.4/npt-on",
-                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.4 -cpu SandyBridge,+svm,+npt",
+                   "-machine pc-i440fx-2.4 -cpu SandyBridge,svm=on,npt=on",
                    "xlevel", 0x80000008);
 
     /* Test feature parsing */
diff --git a/tests/test-char.c b/tests/test-char.c
index 469d25989c..755d54c15e 100644
--- a/tests/test-char.c
+++ b/tests/test-char.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static void char_socket_server_test(gconstpointer opaque)
 
     g_setenv("QTEST_SILENT_ERRORS", "1", 1);
     /*
-     * We rely on config->addr containing "nowait", otherwise
+     * We rely on config->addr containing "wait=off", otherwise
      * qemu_chr_new() will block until a client connects. We
      * can't spawn our client thread though, because until
      * qemu_chr_new() returns we don't know what TCP port was
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static void char_socket_server_two_clients_test(gconstpointer opaque)
 
     g_setenv("QTEST_SILENT_ERRORS", "1", 1);
     /*
-     * We rely on addr containing "nowait", otherwise
+     * We rely on addr containing "wait=off", otherwise
      * qemu_chr_new() will block until a client connects. We
      * can't spawn our client thread though, because until
      * qemu_chr_new() returns we don't know what TCP port was