diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index 19701ee00d..e1d211c9f7 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ static inline int uuid_is_null(const uuid_t uu)
     return memcmp(uu, null_uuid, sizeof(uuid_t)) == 0;
 }
 
+# if defined(CONFIG_VDI_DEBUG)
 static inline void uuid_unparse(const uuid_t uu, char *out)
 {
     snprintf(out, 37, UUID_FMT,
             uu[0], uu[1], uu[2], uu[3], uu[4], uu[5], uu[6], uu[7],
             uu[8], uu[9], uu[10], uu[11], uu[12], uu[13], uu[14], uu[15]);
 }
+# endif
 #endif
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a9e4d49483..2f17bf3803 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4908,6 +4908,7 @@ echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_INCLUDES=$QEMU_INCLUDES" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$sparse" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CC           := REAL_CC=\"\$(CC)\" cgcc"       >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CXX          := REAL_CC=\"\$(CXX)\" cgcc"      >> $config_host_mak
   echo "HOST_CC      := REAL_CC=\"\$(HOST_CC)\" cgcc"  >> $config_host_mak
   echo "QEMU_CFLAGS  += -Wbitwise -Wno-transparent-union -Wno-old-initializer -Wno-non-pointer-null" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c
index 06a49155a2..9c7dad8f86 100644
--- a/dump.c
+++ b/dump.c
@@ -604,10 +604,9 @@ static void dump_iterate(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
 {
     GuestPhysBlock *block;
     int64_t size;
-    int ret;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    while (1) {
+    do {
         block = s->next_block;
 
         size = block->target_end - block->target_start;
@@ -623,11 +622,9 @@ static void dump_iterate(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
 
-        ret = get_next_block(s, block);
-        if (ret == 1) {
-            dump_completed(s);
-        }
-    }
+    } while (!get_next_block(s, block));
+
+    dump_completed(s);
 }
 
 static void create_vmcore(DumpState *s, Error **errp)
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
index b57966d9d8..59c7445dea 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
@@ -1104,14 +1104,15 @@ static int connect_namedsocket(const char *path)
 
     sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sockfd < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "socket %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to create socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     }
     strcpy(helper.sun_path, path);
     helper.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     size = strlen(helper.sun_path) + sizeof(helper.sun_family);
     if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&helper, size) < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "socket error\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to connect to %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+        close(sockfd);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1154,10 +1155,12 @@ static int proxy_init(FsContext *ctx)
         sock_id = atoi(ctx->fs_root);
         if (sock_id < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "socket descriptor not initialized\n");
-            g_free(proxy);
-            return -1;
         }
     }
+    if (sock_id < 0) {
+        g_free(proxy);
+        return -1;
+    }
     g_free(ctx->fs_root);
     ctx->fs_root = NULL;
 
diff --git a/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c b/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
index eeb4922c4c..a059a20a30 100644
--- a/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
+++ b/hw/tricore/tricore_testboard.c
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ static void tricore_testboard_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
         machine->cpu_model = "tc1796";
     }
     cpu = cpu_tricore_init(machine->cpu_model);
-    env = &cpu->env;
     if (!cpu) {
         error_report("Unable to find CPU definition");
         exit(1);
     }
+    env = &cpu->env;
     memory_region_init_ram(ext_cram, NULL, "powerlink_ext_c.ram", 2*1024*1024, &error_abort);
     vmstate_register_ram_global(ext_cram);
     memory_region_init_ram(ext_dram, NULL, "powerlink_ext_d.ram", 4*1024*1024, &error_abort);
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index b87e9c2d8b..f8622141a8 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ char *qemu_find_file(int type, const char *name);
 void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void);
 char *os_find_datadir(void);
 void os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg);
-void os_pidfile_error(void);
 
 /* Convert a byte between binary and BCD.  */
 static inline uint8_t to_bcd(uint8_t val)
diff --git a/include/qemu/bitmap.h b/include/qemu/bitmap.h
index edf4f17d9c..f0273c965f 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bitmap.h
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 #ifndef BITMAP_H
 #define BITMAP_H
 
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/qemu/bitops.h b/include/qemu/bitops.h
index 7e2d5c996e..181bd46063 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bitops.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bitops.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #ifndef BITOPS_H
 #define BITOPS_H
 
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
 #include "host-utils.h"
 
 #define BITS_PER_BYTE           CHAR_BIT
diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index c171119dad..920af30bda 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ static int slirp_smb(SlirpState* s, const char *exported_dir,
             );
     fclose(f);
 
-    snprintf(smb_cmdline, sizeof(smb_cmdline), "%s -s %s",
-             CONFIG_SMBD_COMMAND, smb_conf);
+    snprintf(smb_cmdline, sizeof(smb_cmdline), "%s -l %s -s %s",
+             CONFIG_SMBD_COMMAND, s->smb_dir, smb_conf);
 
     if (slirp_add_exec(s->slirp, 0, smb_cmdline, &vserver_addr, 139) < 0 ||
         slirp_add_exec(s->slirp, 0, smb_cmdline, &vserver_addr, 445) < 0) {
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index a40f7f023f..bde6b58b17 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ static int net_init_tap_one(const NetdevTapOptions *tap, NetClientState *peer,
 
     s = net_tap_fd_init(peer, model, name, fd, vnet_hdr);
     if (!s) {
-        close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -797,6 +796,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
         if (net_init_tap_one(tap, peer, "bridge", name, ifname,
                              script, downscript, vhostfdname,
                              vnet_hdr, fd)) {
+            close(fd);
             return -1;
         }
     } else {
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
             if (queues > 1 && i == 0 && !tap->has_ifname) {
                 if (tap_fd_get_ifname(fd, ifname)) {
                     error_report("Fail to get ifname");
+                    close(fd);
                     return -1;
                 }
             }
@@ -832,6 +833,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
                                  i >= 1 ? "no" : script,
                                  i >= 1 ? "no" : downscript,
                                  vhostfdname, vnet_hdr, fd)) {
+                close(fd);
                 return -1;
             }
         }
diff --git a/net/tap_int.h b/net/tap_int.h
index 86bb224bc8..79afdf2d58 100644
--- a/net/tap_int.h
+++ b/net/tap_int.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT_NETWORK_SCRIPT "/etc/qemu-ifup"
-#define DEFAULT_NETWORK_DOWN_SCRIPT "/etc/qemu-ifdown"
-
 int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size, int *vnet_hdr,
              int vnet_hdr_required, int mq_required);
 
diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 4898ebf4a2..ba091f1530 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 static struct passwd *user_pwd;
 static const char *chroot_dir;
 static int daemonize;
-static int fds[2];
+static int daemon_pipe;
 
 void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void)
 {
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ void os_daemonize(void)
 {
     if (daemonize) {
         pid_t pid;
+        int fds[2];
 
         if (pipe(fds) == -1) {
             exit(1);
@@ -217,26 +218,21 @@ void os_daemonize(void)
 
             close(fds[1]);
 
-        again:
-            len = read(fds[0], &status, 1);
-            if (len == -1 && (errno == EINTR)) {
-                goto again;
-            }
-            if (len != 1) {
-                exit(1);
-            }
-            else if (status == 1) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pidfile\n");
-                exit(1);
-            } else {
-                exit(0);
-            }
-            } else if (pid < 0) {
-                exit(1);
-            }
+            do {
+                len = read(fds[0], &status, 1);
+            } while (len < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+            /* only exit successfully if our child actually wrote
+             * a one-byte zero to our pipe, upon successful init */
+            exit(len == 1 && status == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+
+        } else if (pid < 0) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
 
         close(fds[0]);
-        qemu_set_cloexec(fds[1]);
+        daemon_pipe = fds[1];
+        qemu_set_cloexec(daemon_pipe);
 
         setsid();
 
@@ -259,17 +255,6 @@ void os_setup_post(void)
     int fd = 0;
 
     if (daemonize) {
-        uint8_t status = 0;
-        ssize_t len;
-
-    again1:
-        len = write(fds[1], &status, 1);
-        if (len == -1 && (errno == EINTR)) {
-            goto again1;
-        }
-        if (len != 1) {
-            exit(1);
-        }
         if (chdir("/")) {
             perror("not able to chdir to /");
             exit(1);
@@ -284,23 +269,22 @@ void os_setup_post(void)
     change_process_uid();
 
     if (daemonize) {
+        uint8_t status = 0;
+        ssize_t len;
+
         dup2(fd, 0);
         dup2(fd, 1);
         dup2(fd, 2);
 
         close(fd);
-    }
-}
 
-void os_pidfile_error(void)
-{
-    if (daemonize) {
-        uint8_t status = 1;
-        if (write(fds[1], &status, 1) != 1) {
-            perror("daemonize. Writing to pipe\n");
+        do {        
+            len = write(daemon_pipe, &status, 1);
+        } while (len < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+        if (len != 1) {
+            exit(1);
         }
-    } else
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+    }
 }
 
 void os_set_line_buffering(void)
@@ -319,8 +303,6 @@ int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename)
         return -1;
     }
     if (lockf(fd, F_TLOCK, 0) == -1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "lock file '%s' failed: %s\n",
-                filename, strerror(errno));
         close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/os-win32.c b/os-win32.c
index 5f95caac15..c0daf8e189 100644
--- a/os-win32.c
+++ b/os-win32.c
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ void os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg)
     return;
 }
 
-void os_pidfile_error(void)
-{
-    fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-}
-
 int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename)
 {
     char buffer[128];
diff --git a/target-arm/translate-a64.c b/target-arm/translate-a64.c
index 3a3c48acf4..80d2c07e82 100644
--- a/target-arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target-arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -748,7 +748,6 @@ static void do_fp_st(DisasContext *s, int srcidx, TCGv_i64 tcg_addr, int size)
     } else {
         TCGv_i64 tcg_hiaddr = tcg_temp_new_i64();
         tcg_gen_qemu_st_i64(tmp, tcg_addr, get_mem_index(s), MO_TEQ);
-        tcg_gen_qemu_st64(tmp, tcg_addr, get_mem_index(s));
         tcg_gen_ld_i64(tmp, cpu_env, fp_reg_hi_offset(s, srcidx));
         tcg_gen_addi_i64(tcg_hiaddr, tcg_addr, 8);
         tcg_gen_qemu_st_i64(tmp, tcg_hiaddr, get_mem_index(s), MO_TEQ);
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index e1946016ad..e4ccee133a 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -442,14 +442,6 @@ const char *get_register_name_32(unsigned int reg)
     return x86_reg_info_32[reg].name;
 }
 
-/* collects per-function cpuid data
- */
-typedef struct model_features_t {
-    uint32_t *guest_feat;
-    uint32_t *host_feat;
-    FeatureWord feat_word;
-} model_features_t;
-
 /* KVM-specific features that are automatically added to all CPU models
  * when KVM is enabled.
  */
diff --git a/target-xtensa/core-dc232b.c b/target-xtensa/core-dc232b.c
index c51e11e6d7..a3b914bad4 100644
--- a/target-xtensa/core-dc232b.c
+++ b/target-xtensa/core-dc232b.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "core-dc232b/core-isa.h"
 #include "overlay_tool.h"
 
-static const XtensaConfig dc232b = {
+static const XtensaConfig dc232b __attribute__((unused)) = {
     .name = "dc232b",
     .gdb_regmap = {
         .num_regs = 120,
diff --git a/target-xtensa/core-dc233c.c b/target-xtensa/core-dc233c.c
index 42dd64f031..ac745d106f 100644
--- a/target-xtensa/core-dc233c.c
+++ b/target-xtensa/core-dc233c.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "core-dc233c/core-isa.h"
 #include "overlay_tool.h"
 
-static const XtensaConfig dc233c = {
+static const XtensaConfig dc233c __attribute__((unused)) = {
     .name = "dc233c",
     .gdb_regmap = {
         .num_regs = 121,
diff --git a/target-xtensa/core-fsf.c b/target-xtensa/core-fsf.c
index 6859bee062..cfcc840255 100644
--- a/target-xtensa/core-fsf.c
+++ b/target-xtensa/core-fsf.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "core-fsf/core-isa.h"
 #include "overlay_tool.h"
 
-static const XtensaConfig fsf = {
+static const XtensaConfig fsf __attribute__((unused)) = {
     .name = "fsf",
     /* GDB for this core is not supported currently */
     .clock_freq_khz = 10000,
diff --git a/tests/test-bitops.c b/tests/test-bitops.c
index 8238eb5f6b..47b5d3ed9a 100644
--- a/tests/test-bitops.c
+++ b/tests/test-bitops.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index 016a047cfc..8c9d80e9fe 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ void os_mem_prealloc(int fd, char *area, size_t memory)
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, &oldset);
 
     if (sigsetjmp(sigjump, 1)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "os_mem_prealloc: failed to preallocate pages\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "os_mem_prealloc: Insufficient free host memory "
+                        "pages available to allocate guest RAM\n");
         exit(1);
     } else {
         int i;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f070c90826..409cc47502 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4008,7 +4008,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #endif
 
     if (pid_file && qemu_create_pidfile(pid_file) != 0) {
-        os_pidfile_error();
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         exit(1);
     }