I do get get the same backtrace in gdb every time every time when we reproduce the hang: (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 9 (Thread 0x7fd1415ff700 (LWP 3202)): #0 0x00007fd323d154bf in __GI___poll (fds=0x7fd1415fe6c0, nfds=2, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:29 #1 0x00007fd324978bb2 in ?? () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #3 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 8 (Thread 0x7fd1437fe700 (LWP 3171)): #0 0x00007fd323d16d87 in ioctl () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:120 #1 0x000055a5daef74f7 in kvm_vcpu_ioctl () #2 0x000055a5daef7631 in kvm_cpu_exec () #3 0x000055a5daedaede in ?? () #4 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #5 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #6 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 7 (Thread 0x7fd143fff700 (LWP 3170)): #0 0x00007fd323d16d87 in ioctl () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:120 #1 0x000055a5daef74f7 in kvm_vcpu_ioctl () #2 0x000055a5daef7631 in kvm_cpu_exec () #3 0x000055a5daedaede in ?? () #4 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #5 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #6 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 6 (Thread 0x7fd150dfd700 (LWP 3169)): #0 __lll_lock_wait (futex=futex@entry=0x55a5db80a540, private=0) at lowlevellock.c:52 #1 0x00007fd323df2843 in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x55a5db80a540) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:80 #2 0x000055a5db321b43 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl () #3 0x000055a5daedac8e in qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl () #4 0x000055a5dae92ac9 in ?? () #5 0x000055a5dae97de7 in flatview_read_continue () #6 0x000055a5dae98023 in ?? () #7 0x000055a5dae9813b in address_space_read_full () #8 0x000055a5daef78cf in kvm_cpu_exec () #9 0x000055a5daedaede in ?? () #10 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #11 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #12 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 5 (Thread 0x7fd1515fe700 (LWP 3168)): #0 __lll_lock_wait (futex=futex@entry=0x55a5db80a540, private=0) at lowlevellock.c:52 #1 0x00007fd323df2843 in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x55a5db80a540) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:80 #2 0x000055a5db321b43 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl () #3 0x000055a5daedac8e in qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl () #4 0x000055a5dae92ac9 in ?? () #5 0x000055a5dae97de7 in flatview_read_continue () #6 0x000055a5dae98023 in ?? () #7 0x000055a5dae9813b in address_space_read_full () #8 0x000055a5daef78cf in kvm_cpu_exec () #9 0x000055a5daedaede in ?? () #10 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #11 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #12 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 4 (Thread 0x7fd151dff700 (LWP 3167)): #0 __lll_lock_wait (futex=futex@entry=0x55a5db80a540, private=0) at lowlevellock.c:52 #1 0x00007fd323df2843 in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x55a5db80a540) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:80 --Type for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging-- #2 0x000055a5db321b43 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl () #3 0x000055a5daedac8e in qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl () #4 0x000055a5dae92ac9 in ?? () #5 0x000055a5dae97de7 in flatview_read_continue () #6 0x000055a5dae98023 in ?? () #7 0x000055a5dae9813b in address_space_read_full () #8 0x000055a5daef78cf in kvm_cpu_exec () #9 0x000055a5daedaede in ?? () #10 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #11 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #12 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 3 (Thread 0x7fd320d97700 (LWP 3166)): #0 0x00007fd323d154bf in __GI___poll (fds=0x7fd318003180, nfds=3, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:29 #1 0x00007fd324a097ee in ?? () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fd324a09b53 in g_main_loop_run () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x000055a5db016c71 in ?? () #4 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #5 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #6 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fd3224de700 (LWP 3156)): #0 syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:38 #1 0x000055a5db3226fa in qemu_event_wait () #2 0x000055a5db33466a in ?? () #3 0x000055a5db32194b in ?? () #4 0x00007fd323defea7 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:477 #5 0x00007fd323d1feaf in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fd3224dff40 (LWP 3148)): #0 0x00007fd323d154bf in __GI___poll (fds=0x55a5dca30150, nfds=3, timeout=3) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:29 #1 0x00007fd324971f4d in ?? () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fd32497316c in libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0 #3 0x000055a5db18edc7 in ?? () #4 0x000055a5db18efab in ?? () #5 0x000055a5db31abf7 in aio_bh_poll () #6 0x000055a5db31e3fe in aio_dispatch () #7 0x000055a5db31aace in ?? () #8 0x00007fd324a095fd in g_main_context_dispatch () from target:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0x000055a5db31d638 in main_loop_wait () #10 0x000055a5dafad309 in qemu_main_loop () #11 0x000055a5dae9125e in main () (gdb)