device: 0.353 performance: 0.342 semantic: 0.153 graphic: 0.142 network: 0.090 socket: 0.079 PID: 0.059 boot: 0.040 other: 0.035 vnc: 0.033 debug: 0.019 KVM: 0.011 files: 0.010 permissions: 0.004 Too small argv limit Current kernels don't have a fixed argv/environ limit any more, but the user-space emulation of qemu is still using a fixed limit. This can cause execve to fail when it wouldn't on a real system. For example, the follwing command should not fail in the emulated environment: $ /bin/true $(yes | head -n 100000) -bash: /bin/true: Argument list too long This was fixed in QEMU 2.5.