qtest-arm/sse-timer-test sometimes fails on s390x host Description of problem: The sse-timer-test sometimes fails on the s390x runner in Travis, see: https://app.travis-ci.com/github/huth/qemu/jobs/628508770#L6337 : ``` >>> G_TEST_DBUS_DAEMON=/home/travis/build/huth/qemu/tests/dbus-vmstate-daemon.sh MSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1:print_stacktrace=1 MESON_TEST_ITERATION=1 UBSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1:print_stacktrace=1 ASAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1 PYTHON=/home/travis/build/huth/qemu/build/pyvenv/bin/python3 MALLOC_PERTURB_=165 QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-arm /home/travis/build/huth/qemu/build/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test --tap -k ▶ 70/287 ERROR:../tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c:91:test_counter: assertion failed (readl(COUNTER_BASE + CNTCV_LO) == 100): (0 == 100) ERROR 70/287 qemu:qtest+qtest-arm / qtest-arm/sse-timer-test ERROR 0.71s killed by signal 6 SIGABRT ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ✀ ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― stderr: ** ERROR:../tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c:91:test_counter: assertion failed (readl(COUNTER_BASE + CNTCV_LO) == 100): (0 == 100) (test program exited with status code -6) ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ``` https://app.travis-ci.com/github/huth/qemu/jobs/628373181#L6336 : ``` >>> G_TEST_DBUS_DAEMON=/home/travis/build/huth/qemu/tests/dbus-vmstate-daemon.sh PYTHON=/home/travis/build/huth/qemu/build/pyvenv/bin/python3 UBSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1:print_stacktrace=1 ASAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1 MSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1:abort_on_error=1:print_summary=1:print_stacktrace=1 QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-arm MALLOC_PERTURB_=250 MESON_TEST_ITERATION=1 /home/travis/build/huth/qemu/build/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test --tap -k ▶ 70/287 ERROR:../tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c:91:test_counter: assertion failed (readl(COUNTER_BASE + CNTCV_LO) == 100): (0 == 100) ERROR 70/287 qemu:qtest+qtest-arm / qtest-arm/sse-timer-test ERROR 0.95s killed by signal 6 SIGABRT ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ✀ ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― stderr: ** ERROR:../tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c:91:test_counter: assertion failed (readl(COUNTER_BASE + CNTCV_LO) == 100): (0 == 100) (test program exited with status code -6) ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ``` Steps to reproduce: 1. Run the QEMU CI on Travis Additional information: It seems to be a new or intermittent problem, two weeks ago it was still working fine: https://app.travis-ci.com/github/huth/qemu/jobs/627999506#L6325