Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request' into staging

Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request' into staging

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* remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request:
  aio: fix assert when remove poll during destroy
  iothread: delay the context release to finalize
  iothread: export iothread_stop()
  iothread: provide helpers for internal use
  qom: provide root container for internal objs

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>