[Regression]Powerpc kvm guest unable to start with hugepage backed memory Current upstream qemu master does not boot a powerpc kvm guest backed by hugepage. HW: Power9 (DD2.3) Host Kernel: 5.6.0-rc5 Guest Kernel: 5.6.0-rc5 Qemu: ba29883206d92a29ad5a466e679ccfc2ee6132ef Steps to reproduce: 1. Allocate enough hugepage to boot a KVM guest # cat /proc/meminfo |grep ^HugePages HugePages_Total: 5000 HugePages_Free: 5000 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 2. Define and boot a guest /usr/bin/virt-install --connect=qemu:///system --hvm --accelerate --name 'vm1' --machine pseries --memory=8192,hugepages=yes --vcpu=8,maxvcpus=8,sockets=1,cores=8,threads=1 --import --nographics --serial pty --memballoon model=virtio --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi --disk path=/home/kvmci/tests/data/avocado-vt/images/f31-ppc64le.qcow2,bus=scsi,size=10,format=qcow2 --network=bridge=virbr0,model=virtio,mac=52:54:00:5f:82:83 --mac=52:54:00:5f:82:83 --boot emulator=/home/sath/qemu/ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64,kernel=/home/kvmci/linux/vmlinux,kernel_args="root=/dev/sda5 rw console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 init=/sbin/init initcall_debug selinux=0" --noautoconsole Starting install... ERROR internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor: qemu-system-ppc64: util/qemu-thread-posix.c:76: qemu_mutex_lock_impl: Assertion `mutex->initialized' failed. qemu-system-ppc64: util/qemu-thread-posix.c:76: qemu_mutex_lock_impl: Assertion `mutex->initialized' failed. -----------NOK Bisected the issue to below commit. 037fb5eb3941c80a2b7c36a843e47207ddb004d4 is the first bad commit commit 037fb5eb3941c80a2b7c36a843e47207ddb004d4 Author: bauerchen