poky: subtree update:2dcd1f2a21..9d1b332292

Alejandro Hernandez Samaniego (2):
      baremetal-helloworld: Enable RISC-V 64 port
      baremetal-image: Fix post process command rootfs_update_timestamp

Alexander Kanavin (94):
      python3: add markdown/smartypants/typogrify modules
      gi-docgen: add a recipe and class
      gdk-pixbuf/pango: replace gtk-doc with gi-docgen
      vala: upgrade 0.50.4 -> 0.52.2
      xkbcomp: upgrade 1.4.4 -> 1.4.5
      stress-ng: upgrade 0.12.05 -> 0.12.06
      xserver-xorg: upgrade 1.20.10 -> 1.20.11
      xorgproto: upgrade 2020.1 -> 2021.3
      dpkg: update 1.20.7.1 -> 1.20.9
      puzzles: update to latest revision
      cmake: update 3.19.5 -> 3.20.1
      meson: update 0.57.1 -> 0.57.2
      systemd: backport a patch to avoid unnecessary rsync dependency with latest meson
      pulseaudio: unbreak build with latest meson
      libdnf: upgrade 0.58.0 -> 0.62.0
      bluez5: upgrade 5.56 -> 5.58
      libxkbcommon: update 1.0.3 -> 1.2.1
      libgudev: update 234 -> 236
      vulkan-samples: update to latest revision
      gnupg: upgrade 2.2.27 -> 2.3.1
      virglrenderer: update 0.8.2 -> 0.9.1
      webkitgtk: update 2.30.6 -> 2.32.0
      acl: upgrade 2.2.53 -> 2.3.1
      bind: upgrade 9.16.12 -> 9.16.13
      bison: upgrade 3.7.5 -> 3.7.6
      createrepo-c: upgrade 0.17.0 -> 0.17.2
      cronie: upgrade 1.5.5 -> 1.5.7
      dnf: upgrade 4.6.0 -> 4.7.0
      e2fsprogs: upgrade 1.46.1 -> 1.46.2
      gnu-efi: upgrade 3.0.12 -> 3.0.13
      systemd-boot: backport a fix to address failures with new gnu-efi
      gobject-introspection: upgrade 1.66.1 -> 1.68.0
      gtk+3: upgrade 3.24.25 -> 3.24.28
      harfbuzz: upgrade 2.7.4 -> 2.8.0
      less: upgrade 563 -> 581
      libfm: upgrade 1.3.1 -> 1.3.2
      libinput: upgrade 1.16.4 -> 1.17.1
      libwpe: upgrade 1.8.0 -> 1.10.0
      libxres: upgrade 1.2.0 -> 1.2.1
      linux-firmware: upgrade 20210208 -> 20210315
      pango: upgrade 1.48.2 -> 1.48.4
      piglit: upgrade to latest revision
      pkgconf: upgrade 1.7.3 -> 1.7.4
      python3-hypothesis: upgrade 6.2.0 -> 6.9.1
      python3-importlib-metadata: upgrade 3.4.0 -> 3.10.1
      python3-pytest: upgrade 6.2.2 -> 6.2.3
      python3-setuptools-scm: upgrade 5.0.1 -> 6.0.1
      x264: upgrade to latest revision
      ptest: add a test for orphaned ptests, and restore ones found by it
      swig: fix upstream version check
      liberation-fonts: fix upstream version check
      Revert "go: Use dl.google.com for SRC_URI"
      powertop: update 2.13 -> 2.14
      mesa: add lmsensors PACKAGECONFIG
      ffmpeg: update 4.3.2 -> 4.4
      qemu: use 4 cores in qemu guests
      avahi: disable gtk bits
      gdk-pixbuf: rewrite the cross-build support for tests
      gnome: drop upstream even condition from a few recipes
      expat: upgrade 2.2.10 -> 2.3.0
      meson.bbclass: split python routines into a separate class
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-base: backport a patch to fix meson 0.58 builds
      meson: update 0.57.2 -> 0.58.0
      qemu: backport a patch to fix meson 0.58 builds
      nativesdk-meson: correctly set cpu_family
      bitbake: fetch2/wget: when checking latest versions, consider all numerical directories
      mklibs: remove recipes and class
      local.conf: Drop support for mklibs
      u-boot: upgrade 2021.01 -> 2021.04
      gdk-pixbuf: update a patch status
      systemd: update 247.6 -> 248.3
      systemd-conf: do not version in lockstep with systemd
      gnu-config: update to latest revision
      mmc-utils: update to latest revision
      python3-smartypants: fix upstream version check
      at: upgrade 3.2.1 -> 3.2.2
      gnomebase: trim the SRC_URI directory from the back
      gsettings-desktop-schemas: upgrade 3.38.0 -> 40.0
      igt-gpu-tools: upgrade 1.25 -> 1.26
      mesa: update 21.0.3 -> 21.1.1
      vulkan-samples: update to latest revision
      libgpg-error: update 1.41 -> 1.42
      webkitgtk: update 2.32.0 -> 2.32.1
      glib-2.0: update 2.68.1 -> 2.68.2
      apt: upgrade 2.2.2 -> 2.2.3
      cmake: update 3.20.1 -> 3.20.2
      libdnf: update 0.62.0 -> 0.63.0
      harfbuzz: update 2.8.0 -> 2.8.1
      curl: update 7.76.0 -> 7.76.1
      systemtap: update 4.4 -> 4.5
      wayland: package target binaries into -tools, not into -dev
      ptest: add newly discovered missing runtime dependencies across recipes
      images: remove sato/weston ptest images
      images: add ptest images based on core-image-minimal

Andreas Müller (1):
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-good: fix build with gcc11

Andrej Valek (1):
      expat: upgrade 2.3.0 -> 2.4.1

Anuj Mittal (1):
      lsb-release: fix reproducibility failure

Armin Kuster (5):
      bitbake: hashserv/server.py: drop unused imports
      bitbake: hashserver/client.py: drop unused imports
      poky.yaml: fedora33: add missing pkgs
      systemctl: Stop tracebacks use formated error messages
      package_manager/rpm: decode systemctl failures

Bastian Krause (1):
      ccache: version bump 4.2.1 -> 4.3

Bruce Ashfield (18):
      linux-yocto/5.4: qemuppc32: reduce serial shutdown issues
      kern-tools: Kconfiglib: add support for bare 'modules' keyword
      lttng-modules: update devupstream to v2.13-rc
      lttng-modules: update to v2.12.6
      kernel-yocto: provide debug / summary information for metadata
      linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.35
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.117
      linux-yocto/5.10: ktypes/standard: disable obsolete crypto options by default
      linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.36
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.118
      linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.37
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.119
      kernel-devsrc: adjust NM and OBJTOOL variables for target
      linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.38
      linux-yocto-dev: bump to v5.13+
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.120
      linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.41
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.123

Carlos Rafael Giani (1):
      ffmpeg: Add libopus packageconfig

Changqing Li (2):
      unfs3: correct configure option
      pkgconfig: update SRC_URI

Chen Qi (3):
      db: update CVE_PRODUCT
      rt-tests: update SRCREV
      xxhash: backport patch to fix special char problem

Daniel McGregor (3):
      lib/oe/gpg_sign.py: Fix gpg verification
      sstate: Ignore sstate signing key
      bison: Make libtextstyle and libreadline optional

Daniel Wagenknecht (1):
      kernel-dev: document KCONFIG_MODE

Douglas Royds (3):
      Revert "icecc: Don't use icecc when INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS is set"
      icecc: Demote "could not get ICECC_CC" warning to note
      icecc-create-env: Silence warning: invalid ICECC_ENV_EXEC

Drew Moseley (1):
      manuals: fix a few incorrect option specifications.

Guillaume Champagne (1):
      image-live.bbclass: order do_bootimg after do_rootfs

Joshua Watt (1):
      zstd: Add patch to fix MinGW builds

Kai Kang (1):
      grub2.inc: remove '-O2' from CFLAGS

Khem Raj (17):
      swig: Upgrade to 4.0.2
      python3-markdown: Upgrade to 3.3.4
      ffmpeg: Fix build on mips
      npth: Check for pthread_create for including lpthread
      gcc: Add target gcc include search for musl config too
      gcc: Extend .gccrelocprefix section support to musl configs
      gcc: Refresh patch to fix patch fuzz
      musl: Fix __NR_fstatat syscall name for riscv
      libxfixes: Update to 6.0.0 release
      xorgproto: Upgrade to 2021.4 release
      glibc: Update to latest 2.33 branch
      systemd: Fix 248.3 on musl
      glibc: Enable memory tagging for aarch64
      gcc: Update to latest on release/gcc-11 branch
      apt: Add missing <array> header
      ovmf: Fix VLA warnings with GCC 11
      libucontext: Switch to meson build system

Martin Jansa (4):
      gcc-sanitizers: Package up static hwasan files as well
      webkitgtk: fix build without opengl in DISTRO_FEATURES
      binutils: backport DWARF-5 support for gold
      sstatesig.py: make it fatal error when sstate manifest isn't found

Michael Halstead (3):
      releases: update to include 3.2.4
      uninative: Upgrade to 3.2 (gcc11 support)
      releases: update to include 3.3.1

Michael Opdenacker (8):
      manuals: reduce verbosity with "worry about" expression
      manuals: reduce verbosity related to "the following" expression
      ref-manual: simplify style
      kernel-dev manual: simplify style
      dev-manual: simplify style
      sdk-manual: simplify style and fix formating
      overview-manual: simplify style and add missings references
      manuals: simplify style

Mike Crowe (2):
      npm.bbclass: Allow nodedir to be overridden by NPM_NODEDIR
      libnotify: Make gtk+3 dependency optional

Ming Liu (4):
      kernel-fitimage.bbclass: fix a wrong conditional check
      initramfs-framework:rootfs: fix wrong indentions
      kernel-fitimage.bbclass: drop unit addresses from bootscr sections
      uboot-sign/kernel-fitimage: split generate_rsa_keys task

Nikolay Papenkov (1):
      flex: correct license information

Nisha Parrakat (1):
      squashfs-tools: package squashfs-fs.h

Peter Kjellerstedt (3):
      libcap: Configure Make variables correctly without a horrible hack
      util-linux.inc: Do not modify BPN
      native.bbclass: Do not remove "-native" in the middle of recipe names

Petr Vorel (1):
      ltp: Update to 20210524

Richard Purdie (92):
      oeqa/qemurunner: Fix binary vs str issue
      oeqa/qemurunner: Improve handling of run_serial for shutdown commands
      ptest-packagelists: Add expat-ptest to fast ptests
      puzzles: Upstream changed to main branch for development
      grub2: Add CVE whitelist entries for issues fixed in 2.06
      glibc: Document and whitelist CVE-2019-1010022-25
      qemu: Exclude CVE-2017-5957 from cve-check
      qemu: Exclude CVE-2007-0998 from cve-check
      qemu: Exclude CVE-2018-18438 from cve-check
      jquery: Exclude CVE-2007-2379 from cve-check
      logrotate: Exclude CVE-2011-1548,1549,1550 from cve-check
      openssh: Exclude CVE-2007-2768 from cve-check
      ovmf: Improve reproducibility by enabling prefix mapping
      bind: Exclude CVE-2019-6470 from cve-check
      openssh: Exclude CVE-2008-3844 from cve-check
      unzip: Exclude CVE-2008-0888 from cve-check
      cpio: Exclude CVE-2010-4226 from cve-check
      xinetd: Exclude CVE-2013-4342 from cve-check
      ghostscript: Exclude CVE-2013-6629 from cve-check
      bluez: Exclude CVE-2020-12352 CVE-2020-24490 from cve-check
      tiff: Exclude CVE-2015-7313 from cve-check
      ovmf: Disable lto to aid reproducibility
      ovmf: Fix other reproducibility issues
      rpm: Exclude CVE-2021-20271 from cve-check
      coreutils: Exclude CVE-2016-2781 from cve-check
      librsvg: Exclude CVE-2018-1000041 from cve-check
      avahi: Exclude CVE-2021-26720 from cve-check
      qemu: Set SMP to 4 cpus for arm/x86 only
      qemuboot-x86: Switch to IvyBridge and q35 instead of pc
      qemu-x86: Add commandline options to improve boot
      sstate: Handle manifest 'corruption' issue
      lttng-ust: Upgrade 2.12.1 -> 2.12.2
      qemu: Upgrade 5.2.0 -> 6.0.0
      python3-markupsafe: Upgrade 1.1.1 -> 2.0.0
      python3-jinja2: Upgrade 2.11.3 -> 3.0.0
      ofono: upgrade 1.31 -> 1.32
      libnss-mdns: upgrade 0.14.1 -> 0.15
      python3-git: upgrade 3.1.14 -> 3.1.17
      bind: upgrade 9.16.13 -> 9.16.15
      vala: upgrade 0.52.2 -> 0.52.3
      libjpeg-turbo: upgrade 2.0.6 -> 2.1.0
      btrfs-tools: upgrade 5.12 -> 5.12.1
      python3-hypothesis: upgrade 6.9.1 -> 6.12.0
      python3-numpy: upgrade 1.20.2 -> 1.20.3
      gtk+3: upgrade 3.24.28 -> 3.24.29
      sudo: upgrade 1.9.6p1 -> 1.9.7
      stress-ng: upgrade 0.12.06 -> 0.12.08
      less: upgrade 581 -> 586
      libtirpc: upgrade 1.3.1 -> 1.3.2
      libinput: upgrade 1.17.1 -> 1.17.2
      zstd: upgrade 1.4.9 -> 1.5.0
      hdparm: upgrade 9.61 -> 9.62
      libxkbcommon: upgrade 1.2.1 -> 1.3.0
      spirv-tools: upgrade 2020.7 -> 2021.1
      diffoscope: upgrade 172 -> 175
      mpg123: upgrade 1.26.5 -> 1.27.2
      sqlite3: upgrade 3.35.3 -> 3.35.5
      wayland-protocols: upgrade 1.20 -> 1.21
      shaderc: upgrade 2020.5 -> 2021.0
      wpebackend-fdo: upgrade 1.8.3 -> 1.8.4
      libxcrypt-compat: upgrade 4.4.19 -> 4.4.20
      Revert "cml1.bbclass: Return sorted list of cfg files"
      bitbake: server/process: Handle error in heartbeat funciton in OOM case
      glibc: Add 8GB VM usage cap for usermode test suite
      cve-extra-exclusions.inc: add exclusion list for intractable CVE's
      rpm: Drop CVE exclusion as database fixed to handle
      cve-extra-exclusions: Fix typos
      grub: Exclude CVE-2019-14865 from cve-check
      cve-extra-exclusions.inc: Clean up merged CPE updates
      ltp: Disable problematic tests causing autobuilder hangs
      python3-setuptools: upgrade 56.0.0 -> 56.2.0
      distro/maintainers: Fix up the ptest image entries
      oeqa/runtime/rpm: Drop log message counting test component
      linux-firmware: upgrade 20210315 -> 20210511
      libxcrypt: Upgrade 4.4.20 -> 4.4.22
      iproute2: upgrade 5.11.0 -> 5.12.0
      libx11: upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1
      python3-hypothesis: upgrade 6.12.0 -> 6.13.7
      pango: upgrade 1.48.4 -> 1.48.5
      python3-importlib-metadata: upgrade 4.0.1 -> 4.3.0
      libmodulemd: upgrade 2.12.0 -> 2.12.1
      vte: upgrade 0.64.0 -> 0.64.1
      libinput: upgrade 1.17.2 -> 1.17.3
      gi-docgen: upgrade 2021.5 -> 2021.6
      kmod: upgrade 28 -> 29
      xorgproto: upgrade 2021.4 -> 2021.4.99.1
      libpcre2: upgrade 10.36 -> 10.37
      libepoxy: upgrade 1.5.5 -> 1.5.8
      python3-jinja2: upgrade 3.0.0 -> 3.0.1
      curl: upgrade 7.76.1 -> 7.77.0
      python3-setuptools: upgrade 56.2.0 -> 57.0.0
      oeqa/qemurunner: Improve timeout handling

Richard Weinberger (1):
      Add support for erofs filesystems

Robert Joslyn (3):
      liberation-fonts: Update to 2.1.4
      epiphany: Update to 40.1
      btrfs-tools: Update to 5.12

Robert P. J. Day (8):
      sdk-manual: couple minor fixes in using.rst
      sdk-manual: various cleanups to intro.rst
      ref-manual: delete references to dead LSB compliance
      ref-manual: delete extraneous back quote
      image.bbclass: fix comment "pacackages" -> "packages"
      meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py: Fix typo "Restoreing" -> "Restoring"
      bitbake.conf: alphabetize contents of ASSUME_PROVIDED
      ref-manual: add links to some variables in glossary

Romain Naour (1):
      dejagnu: needs expect at runtime

Ross Burton (12):
      cairo: backport patch for CVE-2020-35492
      libnotify: whitelist CVE-2013-7381 (specific to the NodeJS bindings)
      builder: whitelist CVE-2008-4178 (a different builder)
      libarchive: disable redundant libxml2 PACKAGECONFIG
      meson: update patch status
      cups: whitelist CVE-2021-25317
      libsolv: add missing db dependency
      rpm: turn Berkeley DB hard dependency into PACKAGECONFIG
      python3: update status on upstreamed patch
      ref-manual: Ubuntu 20.04 is also LTS
      package_rpm: pass XZ_THREADS to rpm
      gcc: revert libstc++-gdb.py installation changes

Samuli Piippo (3):
      gcc-cross-canadian: add symlinks for ld.bfd and ld.gold
      libarchive: enable zstd support
      cmake-native: enabled zstd support

Stefan Ghinea (1):
      boost: fix do_fetch failure

Steve Sakoman (1):
      expat: set CVE_PRODUCT

Tony Tascioglu (3):
      libxml2: Reformat runtest.patch
      libxml2: Add bash dependency for ptests.
      libxml2: Update to 2.9.12

Trevor Gamblin (2):
      python3: upgrade 3.9.4 -> 3.9.5
      bind: upgrade 9.16.15 -> 9.16.16

Ulrich Ölmann (1):
      local.conf.sample: fix typo

Vinícius Ossanes Aquino (1):
      lttng-modules: backport patches to fix build against 5.12+ kernel

Yann Dirson (1):
      linux-firmware: include all relevant files in -bcm4356

hongxu (1):
      gdk-pixbuf: fix nativesdk do_configure failed

wangmy (21):
      python3-pygments: upgrade 2.8.1 -> 2.9.0
      at-spi2-core: upgrade 2.40.0 -> 2.40.1
      ell: upgrade 0.39 -> 0.40
      kexec-tools: upgrade 2.0.21 -> 2.0.22
      go: upgrade 1.16.3 -> 1.16.4
      python3-attrs: upgrade 20.3.0 -> 21.2.0
      python3-six: upgrade 1.15.0 -> 1.16.0
      vulkan-samples: update to latest revision
      vulkan-headers: upgrade 1.2.170.0 -> 1.2.176.0
      vulkan-tools: upgrade 1.2.170.0 -> 1.2.176.0
      vulkan-loader: upgrade 1.2.170.0 -> 1.2.176.0
      distcc: upgrade 3.3.5 -> 3.4
      libdrm: upgrade 2.4.105 -> 2.4.106
      libidn2: upgrade 2.3.0 -> 2.3.1
      libtasn1: upgrade 4.16.0 -> 4.17.0
      python3-libarchive-c: upgrade 2.9 -> 3.0
      python3-markupsafe: upgrade 2.0.0 -> 2.0.1
      python3-more-itertools: upgrade 8.7.0 -> 8.8.0
      python3-pytest: upgrade 6.2.3 -> 6.2.4
      logrotate: upgrade 3.18.0 -> 3.18.1
      stress-ng: upgrade 0.12.08 -> 0.12.09

zhengruoqin (10):
      busybox: upgrade 1.33.0 -> 1.33.1
      rng-tools: upgrade 6.11 -> 6.12
      rpcbind: upgrade 1.2.5 -> 1.2.6
      sysklogd: upgrade 2.2.2 -> 2.2.3
      python3-importlib-metadata: upgrade 3.10.1 -> 4.0.1
      python3-sortedcontainers: upgrade 2.3.0 -> 2.4.0
      rxvt-unicode: upgrade 9.22 -> 9.26
      libedit: upgrade 20210419-3.1 -> 20210522-3.1
      libtest-needs-perl: upgrade 0.002006 -> 0.002009
      libucontext: upgrade 0.10 -> 1.1

Change-Id: I5e5148036ac2a7918974733e5751c3392139b17e
Signed-off-by: William A. Kennington III <wak@google.com>

6 files changed, 36 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/gpg_sign.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/gpg_sign.py
index 7634d7ef1..492f096ea 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/gpg_sign.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/gpg_sign.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class LocalSigner(object):
 
     def verify(self, sig_file):
         """Verify signature"""
-        cmd = self.gpg_cmd + [" --verify", "--no-permission-warning"]
+        cmd = self.gpg_cmd + ["--verify", "--no-permission-warning"]
         if self.gpg_path:
             cmd += ["--homedir", self.gpg_path]
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/__init__.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/__init__.py
index 6df009228..b39258106 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/__init__.py
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ class RpmPM(PackageManager):
 
         failed_scriptlets_pkgnames = collections.OrderedDict()
         for line in output.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith("Error: Systemctl"):
+                bb.error(line)
+
             if line.startswith("Error in POSTIN scriptlet in rpm package"):
                 failed_scriptlets_pkgnames[line.split()[-1]] = True
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
index 4b48cdbb6..ad9fd77c8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Rootfs(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             pass
         bb.utils.rename(self.image_rootfs, self.image_rootfs + '-dbg')
 
-        bb.note("  Restoreing original rootfs...")
+        bb.note("  Restoring original rootfs...")
         bb.utils.rename(self.image_rootfs + '-orig', self.image_rootfs)
 
     def _exec_shell_cmd(self, cmd):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index 6cd6e11ac..e86a09b33 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def find_sstate_manifest(taskdata, taskdata2, taskname, d, multilibcache):
         manifest = d2.expand("${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}/manifest-%s-%s.%s" % (pkgarch, taskdata, taskname))
         if os.path.exists(manifest):
             return manifest, d2
-    bb.error("Manifest %s not found in %s (variant '%s')?" % (manifest, d2.expand(" ".join(pkgarchs)), variant))
+    bb.fatal("Manifest %s not found in %s (variant '%s')?" % (manifest, d2.expand(" ".join(pkgarchs)), variant))
     return None, d2
 
 def OEOuthashBasic(path, sigfile, task, d):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
index 8e18b426f..7a9d62c00 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
@@ -141,13 +141,4 @@ class RpmInstallRemoveTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
         self.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % self.dst)
 
-        # if using systemd this should ensure all entries are flushed to /var
-        status, output = self.target.run("journalctl --sync")
-        # Get the amount of entries in the log file
-        status, output = self.target.run(check_log_cmd)
-        msg = 'Failed to get the final size of the log file.'
-        self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
-        # Check that there's enough of them
-        self.assertGreaterEqual(int(output), 80,
-                                   'Cound not find sufficient amount of rpm entries in /var/log/messages, found {} entries'.format(output))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 69fee2751..0032f6ed8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class QemuRunner:
         self.monitorpipe = None
 
         self.logger = logger
+        # Whether we're expecting an exit and should show related errors
+        self.canexit = False
 
         # Enable testing other OS's
         # Set commands for target communication, and default to Linux ALWAYS
@@ -275,14 +277,33 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
         if self.runqemu_exited:
             self.logger.warning("runqemu after timeout")
-            return False
 
         if self.runqemu.returncode:
             self.logger.warning('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
-            return False
 
         if not self.is_alive():
-            self.logger.warning('is_alive() failed later')
+            self.logger.error("Qemu pid didn't appear in %s seconds (%s)" %
+                              (self.runqemutime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
+
+            qemu_pid = None
+            if os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile):
+                with open(self.qemu_pidfile, 'r') as f:
+                    qemu_pid = f.read().strip()
+
+            self.logger.error("Status information, poll status: %s, pidfile exists: %s, pidfile contents %s, proc pid exists %s"
+                % (self.runqemu.poll(), os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile), str(qemu_pid), os.path.exists("/proc/" + str(qemu_pid))))
+
+            # Dump all processes to help us to figure out what is going on...
+            ps = subprocess.Popen(['ps', 'axww', '-o', 'pid,ppid,pri,ni,command '], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+            processes = ps.decode("utf-8")
+            self.logger.debug("Running processes:\n%s" % processes)
+            self._dump_host()
+            op = self.getOutput(output)
+            self.stop()
+            if op:
+                self.logger.error("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % op)
+            else:
+                self.logger.error("No output from runqemu.\n")
             return False
 
         # Create the client socket for the QEMU Monitor Control Socket
@@ -324,31 +345,6 @@ class QemuRunner:
         # Release the qemu porcess to continue running
         self.run_monitor('cont')
 
-        if not self.is_alive():
-            self.logger.error("Qemu pid didn't appear in %s seconds (%s)" %
-                              (self.runqemutime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
-
-            qemu_pid = None
-            if os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile):
-                with open(self.qemu_pidfile, 'r') as f:
-                    qemu_pid = f.read().strip()
-
-            self.logger.error("Status information, poll status: %s, pidfile exists: %s, pidfile contents %s, proc pid exists %s"
-                % (self.runqemu.poll(), os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile), str(qemu_pid), os.path.exists("/proc/" + str(qemu_pid))))
-
-            # Dump all processes to help us to figure out what is going on...
-            ps = subprocess.Popen(['ps', 'axww', '-o', 'pid,ppid,pri,ni,command '], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-            processes = ps.decode("utf-8")
-            self.logger.debug("Running processes:\n%s" % processes)
-            self._dump_host()
-            op = self.getOutput(output)
-            self.stop()
-            if op:
-                self.logger.error("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % op)
-            else:
-                self.logger.error("No output from runqemu.\n")
-            return False
-
         # We are alive: qemu is running
         out = self.getOutput(output)
         netconf = False # network configuration is not required by default
@@ -543,6 +539,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
             self.thread.join()
 
     def allowexit(self):
+        self.canexit = True
         if self.thread:
             self.thread.allowexit()
 
@@ -604,7 +601,9 @@ class QemuRunner:
                     if re.search(self.boot_patterns['search_cmd_finished'], data):
                         break
                 else:
-                    raise Exception("No data on serial console socket")
+                    if self.canexit:
+                        return (1, "")
+                    raise Exception("No data on serial console socket, connection closed?")
 
         if data:
             if raw:
@@ -724,7 +723,7 @@ class LoggingThread(threading.Thread):
             data = self.readsock.recv(count)
         except socket.error as e:
             if e.errno == errno.EAGAIN or e.errno == errno.EWOULDBLOCK:
-                return ''
+                return b''
             else:
                 raise
 
@@ -737,7 +736,7 @@ class LoggingThread(threading.Thread):
             # until qemu exits.
             if not self.canexit:
                 raise Exception("Console connection closed unexpectedly")
-            return ''
+            return b''
 
         return data