diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 445f7fe..42ac45c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@
 
 Incompatible changes
 R: libvir-list@redhat.com
-F: docs/system/deprecated.rst
+F: docs/about/deprecated.rst
 
 Build System
 ------------
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 69cef68..79e2ddc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5230,7 +5230,7 @@
 
 if test -n "${deprecated_features}"; then
     echo "Warning, deprecated features enabled."
-    echo "Please see docs/system/deprecated.rst"
+    echo "Please see docs/about/deprecated.rst"
     echo "  features: ${deprecated_features}"
 fi
 
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
index c455442..11dce5c 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst
@@ -376,3 +376,18 @@
 lengths is to explicitly enable each desired length.  Therefore only
 example's (1), (4), and (6) exhibit recommended uses of the properties.
 
+SVE User-mode Default Vector Length Property
+--------------------------------------------
+
+For qemu-aarch64, the cpu property ``sve-default-vector-length=N`` is
+defined to mirror the Linux kernel parameter file
+``/proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length``.  The default length, ``N``,
+is in units of bytes and must be between 16 and 8192.
+If not specified, the default vector length is 64.
+
+If the default length is larger than the maximum vector length enabled,
+the actual vector length will be reduced.  Note that the maximum vector
+length supported by QEMU is 256.
+
+If this property is set to ``-1`` then the default vector length
+is set to the maximum possible length.
diff --git a/hw/arm/nseries.c b/hw/arm/nseries.c
index 906c915..af3164c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/nseries.c
+++ b/hw/arm/nseries.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
     default:
     bad_cmd:
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
-                      "%s: unknown command %02x\n", __func__, s->cmd);
+                      "%s: unknown command 0x%02x\n", __func__, s->cmd);
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/smmuv3-internal.h b/hw/arm/smmuv3-internal.h
index 3dac576..d1885ae 100644
--- a/hw/arm/smmuv3-internal.h
+++ b/hw/arm/smmuv3-internal.h
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
 
 /* CD fields */
 
-#define CD_VALID(x)   extract32((x)->word[0], 30, 1)
+#define CD_VALID(x)   extract32((x)->word[0], 31, 1)
 #define CD_ASID(x)    extract32((x)->word[1], 16, 16)
 #define CD_TTB(x, sel)                                      \
     ({                                                      \
diff --git a/hw/gpio/aspeed_gpio.c b/hw/gpio/aspeed_gpio.c
index 6ae0116..b3dec44 100644
--- a/hw/gpio/aspeed_gpio.c
+++ b/hw/gpio/aspeed_gpio.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
 #define GPIO_1_8V_MEM_SIZE            0x9D8
 #define GPIO_1_8V_REG_ARRAY_SIZE      ((GPIO_1_8V_MEM_SIZE - \
                                       GPIO_1_8V_REG_OFFSET) >> 2)
-#define GPIO_MAX_MEM_SIZE           MAX(GPIO_3_6V_MEM_SIZE, GPIO_1_8V_MEM_SIZE)
 
 static int aspeed_evaluate_irq(GPIOSets *regs, int gpio_prev_high, int gpio)
 {
@@ -849,7 +848,7 @@
     }
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, OBJECT(s), &aspeed_gpio_ops, s,
-            TYPE_ASPEED_GPIO, GPIO_MAX_MEM_SIZE);
+            TYPE_ASPEED_GPIO, 0x800);
 
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->iomem);
 }
diff --git a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
index 94fe002..1e7ddcb 100644
--- a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
@@ -127,15 +127,14 @@
 {
     int irq;
 
-    /* We can shortcut if the highest priority pending interrupt
-     * happens to be external or if there is nothing pending.
+    /*
+     * We can shortcut if the highest priority pending interrupt
+     * happens to be external; if not we need to check the whole
+     * vectors[] array.
      */
     if (s->vectpending > NVIC_FIRST_IRQ) {
         return true;
     }
-    if (s->vectpending == 0) {
-        return false;
-    }
 
     for (irq = NVIC_FIRST_IRQ; irq < s->num_irq; irq++) {
         if (s->vectors[irq].pending) {
@@ -805,6 +804,16 @@
     nvic_irq_update(s);
 }
 
+static bool vectpending_targets_secure(NVICState *s)
+{
+    /* Return true if s->vectpending targets Secure state */
+    if (s->vectpending_is_s_banked) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return !exc_is_banked(s->vectpending) &&
+        exc_targets_secure(s, s->vectpending);
+}
+
 void armv7m_nvic_get_pending_irq_info(void *opaque,
                                       int *pirq, bool *ptargets_secure)
 {
@@ -814,12 +823,7 @@
 
     assert(pending > ARMV7M_EXCP_RESET && pending < s->num_irq);
 
-    if (s->vectpending_is_s_banked) {
-        targets_secure = true;
-    } else {
-        targets_secure = !exc_is_banked(pending) &&
-            exc_targets_secure(s, pending);
-    }
+    targets_secure = vectpending_targets_secure(s);
 
     trace_nvic_get_pending_irq_info(pending, targets_secure);
 
@@ -1040,7 +1044,19 @@
         /* VECTACTIVE */
         val = cpu->env.v7m.exception;
         /* VECTPENDING */
-        val |= (s->vectpending & 0xff) << 12;
+        if (s->vectpending) {
+            /*
+             * From v8.1M VECTPENDING must read as 1 if accessed as
+             * NonSecure and the highest priority pending and enabled
+             * exception targets Secure.
+             */
+            int vp = s->vectpending;
+            if (!attrs.secure && arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V8_1M) &&
+                vectpending_targets_secure(s)) {
+                vp = 1;
+            }
+            val |= (vp & 0x1ff) << 12;
+        }
         /* ISRPENDING - set if any external IRQ is pending */
         if (nvic_isrpending(s)) {
             val |= (1 << 22);
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 99ed5ec..83aa59a 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -98,28 +98,32 @@
         Enables or disables ACPI Heterogeneous Memory Attribute Table
         (HMAT) support. The default is off.
 
-     ``memory-backend='id'``
+    ``memory-backend='id'``
         An alternative to legacy ``-mem-path`` and ``mem-prealloc`` options.
         Allows to use a memory backend as main RAM.
 
         For example:
         ::
-        -object memory-backend-file,id=pc.ram,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,prealloc=on,share=on
-        -machine memory-backend=pc.ram
-        -m 512M
+
+            -object memory-backend-file,id=pc.ram,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,prealloc=on,share=on
+            -machine memory-backend=pc.ram
+            -m 512M
 
         Migration compatibility note:
-        a) as backend id one shall use value of 'default-ram-id', advertised by
-        machine type (available via ``query-machines`` QMP command), if migration
-        to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected.
-        b) for machine types 4.0 and older, user shall
-        use ``x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off`` backend option
-        if migration to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected.
+
+        * as backend id one shall use value of 'default-ram-id', advertised by
+          machine type (available via ``query-machines`` QMP command), if migration
+          to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected.
+        * for machine types 4.0 and older, user shall
+          use ``x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off`` backend option
+          if migration to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected.
+
         For example:
         ::
-        -object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=512M,x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off
-        -machine memory-backend=pc.ram
-        -m 512M
+
+            -object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=512M,x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off
+            -machine memory-backend=pc.ram
+            -m 512M
 ERST
 
 HXCOMM Deprecated by -machine
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 752b15b..2866dd7 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@
         env->cp15.cpacr_el1 = deposit64(env->cp15.cpacr_el1, 16, 2, 3);
         /* with reasonable vector length */
         if (cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sve, cpu)) {
-            env->vfp.zcr_el[1] = MIN(cpu->sve_max_vq - 1, 3);
+            env->vfp.zcr_el[1] =
+                aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(cpu, cpu->sve_default_vq - 1);
         }
         /*
          * Enable TBI0 but not TBI1.
@@ -1051,7 +1052,16 @@
     QLIST_INIT(&cpu->pre_el_change_hooks);
     QLIST_INIT(&cpu->el_change_hooks);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+# ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
+    /*
+     * The linux kernel defaults to 512-bit vectors, when sve is supported.
+     * See documentation for /proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length, and
+     * our corresponding sve-default-vector-length cpu property.
+     */
+    cpu->sve_default_vq = 4;
+# endif
+#else
     /* Our inbound IRQ and FIQ lines */
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
         /* VIRQ and VFIQ are unused with KVM but we add them to maintain
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index be9a4dc..9f0a5f8 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1006,6 +1006,11 @@
     /* Used to set the maximum vector length the cpu will support.  */
     uint32_t sve_max_vq;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+    /* Used to set the default vector length at process start. */
+    uint32_t sve_default_vq;
+#endif
+
     /*
      * In sve_vq_map each set bit is a supported vector length of
      * (bit-number + 1) * 16 bytes, i.e. each bit number + 1 is the vector
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu64.c b/target/arm/cpu64.c
index c7a1626..c690318 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu64.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu64.c
@@ -559,6 +559,59 @@
     cpu->isar.id_aa64pfr0 = t;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+/* Mirror linux /proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length. */
+static void cpu_arm_set_sve_default_vec_len(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                            const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                            Error **errp)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+    int32_t default_len, default_vq, remainder;
+
+    if (!visit_type_int32(v, name, &default_len, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Undocumented, but the kernel allows -1 to indicate "maximum". */
+    if (default_len == -1) {
+        cpu->sve_default_vq = ARM_MAX_VQ;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    default_vq = default_len / 16;
+    remainder = default_len % 16;
+
+    /*
+     * Note that the 512 max comes from include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h
+     * and is the maximum architectural width of ZCR_ELx.LEN.
+     */
+    if (remainder || default_vq < 1 || default_vq > 512) {
+        error_setg(errp, "cannot set sve-default-vector-length");
+        if (remainder) {
+            error_append_hint(errp, "Vector length not a multiple of 16\n");
+        } else if (default_vq < 1) {
+            error_append_hint(errp, "Vector length smaller than 16\n");
+        } else {
+            error_append_hint(errp, "Vector length larger than %d\n",
+                              512 * 16);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    cpu->sve_default_vq = default_vq;
+}
+
+static void cpu_arm_get_sve_default_vec_len(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                            const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                            Error **errp)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+    int32_t value = cpu->sve_default_vq * 16;
+
+    visit_type_int32(v, name, &value, errp);
+}
+#endif
+
 void aarch64_add_sve_properties(Object *obj)
 {
     uint32_t vq;
@@ -571,6 +624,13 @@
         object_property_add(obj, name, "bool", cpu_arm_get_sve_vq,
                             cpu_arm_set_sve_vq, NULL, NULL);
     }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+    /* Mirror linux /proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length. */
+    object_property_add(obj, "sve-default-vector-length", "int32",
+                        cpu_arm_get_sve_default_vec_len,
+                        cpu_arm_set_sve_default_vec_len, NULL, NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 void arm_cpu_pauth_finalize(ARMCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index a8fff2a..826601b 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
 
     if (n < 16) {
         /* Core integer register.  */
+        if (n == 13 && arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
+            /* M profile SP low bits are always 0 */
+            tmp &= ~3;
+        }
         env->regs[n] = tmp;
         return 4;
     }
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 0c07ca9..155d8bf 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -6457,11 +6457,13 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static uint32_t sve_zcr_get_valid_len(ARMCPU *cpu, uint32_t start_len)
+uint32_t aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(ARMCPU *cpu, uint32_t start_len)
 {
     uint32_t end_len;
 
-    end_len = start_len &= 0xf;
+    start_len = MIN(start_len, ARM_MAX_VQ - 1);
+    end_len = start_len;
+
     if (!test_bit(start_len, cpu->sve_vq_map)) {
         end_len = find_last_bit(cpu->sve_vq_map, start_len);
         assert(end_len < start_len);
@@ -6487,7 +6489,7 @@
         zcr_len = MIN(zcr_len, 0xf & (uint32_t)env->vfp.zcr_el[3]);
     }
 
-    return sve_zcr_get_valid_len(cpu, zcr_len);
+    return aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(cpu, zcr_len);
 }
 
 static void zcr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
diff --git a/target/arm/internals.h b/target/arm/internals.h
index 11a7201..cd2ea8a 100644
--- a/target/arm/internals.h
+++ b/target/arm/internals.h
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@
 void arm_cpu_synchronize_from_tb(CPUState *cs, const TranslationBlock *tb);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TCG */
 
+/**
+ * aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len:
+ * @cpu: cpu context
+ * @start_len: maximum len to consider
+ *
+ * Return the maximum supported sve vector length <= @start_len.
+ * Note that both @start_len and the return value are in units
+ * of ZCR_ELx.LEN, so the vector bit length is (x + 1) * 128.
+ */
+uint32_t aarch64_sve_zcr_get_valid_len(ARMCPU *cpu, uint32_t start_len);
 
 enum arm_fprounding {
     FPROUNDING_TIEEVEN,
diff --git a/target/arm/m_helper.c b/target/arm/m_helper.c
index 7a1e35a..20761c9 100644
--- a/target/arm/m_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/m_helper.c
@@ -1554,6 +1554,7 @@
                     qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "...taking UsageFault on existing "
                         "stackframe: NSACR prevents clearing FPU registers\n");
                     v7m_exception_taken(cpu, excret, true, false);
+                    return;
                 } else if (!cpacr_pass) {
                     armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_USAGE,
                                             exc_secure);
@@ -1561,6 +1562,7 @@
                     qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "...taking UsageFault on existing "
                         "stackframe: CPACR prevents clearing FPU registers\n");
                     v7m_exception_taken(cpu, excret, true, false);
+                    return;
                 }
             }
             /* Clear s0..s15, FPSCR and VPR */
@@ -2246,6 +2248,7 @@
         env->v7m.sfsr |= R_V7M_SFSR_LSERR_MASK;
         break;
     case EXCP_UNALIGNED:
+        /* Unaligned faults reported by M-profile aware code */
         armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_USAGE, env->v7m.secure);
         env->v7m.cfsr[env->v7m.secure] |= R_V7M_CFSR_UNALIGNED_MASK;
         break;
@@ -2318,6 +2321,13 @@
             }
             armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_BUS, false);
             break;
+        case 0x1: /* Alignment fault reported by generic code */
+            qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT,
+                          "...really UsageFault with UFSR.UNALIGNED\n");
+            env->v7m.cfsr[env->v7m.secure] |= R_V7M_CFSR_UNALIGNED_MASK;
+            armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_USAGE,
+                                    env->v7m.secure);
+            break;
         default:
             /*
              * All other FSR values are either MPU faults or "can't happen
@@ -2563,13 +2573,13 @@
             if (!env->v7m.secure) {
                 return;
             }
-            env->v7m.other_ss_msp = val;
+            env->v7m.other_ss_msp = val & ~3;
             return;
         case 0x89: /* PSP_NS */
             if (!env->v7m.secure) {
                 return;
             }
-            env->v7m.other_ss_psp = val;
+            env->v7m.other_ss_psp = val & ~3;
             return;
         case 0x8a: /* MSPLIM_NS */
             if (!env->v7m.secure) {
@@ -2638,6 +2648,8 @@
 
             limit = is_psp ? env->v7m.psplim[false] : env->v7m.msplim[false];
 
+            val &= ~0x3;
+
             if (val < limit) {
                 raise_exception_ra(env, EXCP_STKOF, 0, 1, GETPC());
             }
@@ -2660,16 +2672,16 @@
         break;
     case 8: /* MSP */
         if (v7m_using_psp(env)) {
-            env->v7m.other_sp = val;
+            env->v7m.other_sp = val & ~3;
         } else {
-            env->regs[13] = val;
+            env->regs[13] = val & ~3;
         }
         break;
     case 9: /* PSP */
         if (v7m_using_psp(env)) {
-            env->regs[13] = val;
+            env->regs[13] = val & ~3;
         } else {
-            env->v7m.other_sp = val;
+            env->v7m.other_sp = val & ~3;
         }
         break;
     case 10: /* MSPLIM */
diff --git a/target/arm/translate.c b/target/arm/translate.c
index 351afa4..80c2826 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
          */
         tcg_gen_andi_i32(var, var, s->thumb ? ~1 : ~3);
         s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_JUMP;
+    } else if (reg == 13 && arm_dc_feature(s, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
+        /* For M-profile SP bits [1:0] are always zero */
+        tcg_gen_andi_i32(var, var, ~3);
     }
     tcg_gen_mov_i32(cpu_R[reg], var);
     tcg_temp_free_i32(var);
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index edb97eb..34a7ce8 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@
  * none", but this is just for compatibility while libvirt isn't
  * adapted to resolve CPU model versions before creating VMs.
  * See "Runnability guarantee of CPU models" at
- * docs/system/deprecated.rst.
+ * docs/about/deprecated.rst.
  */
 X86CPUVersion default_cpu_version = 1;