kernel: 0.548 virtual: 0.508 device: 0.353 performance: 0.342 user-level: 0.330 mistranslation: 0.321 semantic: 0.153 graphic: 0.142 network: 0.090 socket: 0.079 i386: 0.077 architecture: 0.073 arm: 0.061 PID: 0.059 boot: 0.040 risc-v: 0.034 x86: 0.034 vnc: 0.033 register: 0.029 VMM: 0.027 hypervisor: 0.024 ppc: 0.023 TCG: 0.022 debug: 0.019 KVM: 0.011 files: 0.010 peripherals: 0.008 assembly: 0.007 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.