diff --git a/hw/file-op-9p.h b/hw/file-op-9p.h
index 21d60b5855..c7731c2993 100644
--- a/hw/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/hw/file-op-9p.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ typedef struct FileOperations
     int (*fstat)(FsContext *, int, struct stat *);
     int (*rename)(FsContext *, const char *, const char *);
     int (*truncate)(FsContext *, const char *, off_t);
-    int (*fsync)(FsContext *, int);
+    int (*fsync)(FsContext *, int, int);
     int (*statfs)(FsContext *s, const char *path, struct statfs *stbuf);
     ssize_t (*lgetxattr)(FsContext *, const char *,
                          const char *, void *, size_t);
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c b/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c
index cff5b07297..6b18842fd4 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ void pprint_pdu(V9fsPDU *pdu)
         break;
     case P9_TLINK:
         fprintf(llogfile, "TLINK: (");
-        pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
-        pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", oldpath");
+        pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "dfid");
+        pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", fid");
         pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", newpath");
         break;
     case P9_RLINK:
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p-local.c b/hw/virtio-9p-local.c
index 0d520201b4..a8e7525bf6 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p-local.c
@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ static int local_chown(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path, FsCred *credp)
 }
 
 static int local_utimensat(FsContext *s, const char *path,
-		       const struct timespec *buf)
+                           const struct timespec *buf)
 {
-    return utimensat(AT_FDCWD, rpath(s, path), buf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    return qemu_utimensat(AT_FDCWD, rpath(s, path), buf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 }
 
 static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
@@ -490,9 +490,13 @@ static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
     return remove(rpath(ctx, path));
 }
 
-static int local_fsync(FsContext *ctx, int fd)
+static int local_fsync(FsContext *ctx, int fd, int datasync)
 {
-    return fsync(fd);
+    if (datasync) {
+        return qemu_fdatasync(fd);
+    } else {
+        return fsync(fd);
+    }
 }
 
 static int local_statfs(FsContext *s, const char *path, struct statfs *stbuf)
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p-xattr.c b/hw/virtio-9p-xattr.c
index 175f372c39..1aab081de2 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-9p-xattr.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p-xattr.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ ssize_t v9fs_list_xattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
 
     /* Get the actual len */
     xattr_len = llistxattr(rpath(ctx, path), value, 0);
+    if (xattr_len <= 0) {
+        return xattr_len;
+    }
 
     /* Now fetch the xattr and find the actual size */
     orig_value = qemu_malloc(xattr_len);
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p.c b/hw/virtio-9p.c
index daade77ed9..7c59988a51 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-9p.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p.c
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ static int v9fs_do_remove(V9fsState *s, V9fsString *path)
     return s->ops->remove(&s->ctx, path->data);
 }
 
-static int v9fs_do_fsync(V9fsState *s, int fd)
+static int v9fs_do_fsync(V9fsState *s, int fd, int datasync)
 {
-    return s->ops->fsync(&s->ctx, fd);
+    return s->ops->fsync(&s->ctx, fd, datasync);
 }
 
 static int v9fs_do_statfs(V9fsState *s, V9fsString *path, struct statfs *stbuf)
@@ -1868,16 +1868,17 @@ static void v9fs_fsync(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
     int32_t fid;
     size_t offset = 7;
     V9fsFidState *fidp;
+    int datasync;
     int err;
 
-    pdu_unmarshal(pdu, offset, "d", &fid);
+    pdu_unmarshal(pdu, offset, "dd", &fid, &datasync);
     fidp = lookup_fid(s, fid);
     if (fidp == NULL) {
         err = -ENOENT;
         v9fs_post_do_fsync(s, pdu, err);
         return;
     }
-    err = v9fs_do_fsync(s, fidp->fs.fd);
+    err = v9fs_do_fsync(s, fidp->fs.fd, datasync);
     v9fs_post_do_fsync(s, pdu, err);
 }
 
@@ -3001,7 +3002,7 @@ static void v9fs_wstat(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
 
     /* do we need to sync the file? */
     if (donttouch_stat(&vs->v9stat)) {
-        err = v9fs_do_fsync(s, vs->fidp->fs.fd);
+        err = v9fs_do_fsync(s, vs->fidp->fs.fd, 0);
         v9fs_wstat_post_fsync(s, vs, err);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/oslib-posix.c b/oslib-posix.c
index 6e9b0c3c13..7bc5f7cf09 100644
--- a/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/oslib-posix.c
@@ -107,3 +107,51 @@ int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2])
 
     return ret;
 }
+
+int qemu_utimensat(int dirfd, const char *path, const struct timespec *times,
+                   int flags)
+{
+    struct timeval tv[2], tv_now;
+    struct stat st;
+    int i;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UTIMENSAT
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = utimensat(dirfd, path, times, flags);
+    if (ret != -1 || errno != ENOSYS) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+#endif
+    /* Fallback: use utimes() instead of utimensat() */
+
+    /* happy if special cases */
+    if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT && times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW && times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW) {
+        return utimes(path, NULL);
+    }
+
+    /* prepare for hard cases */
+    if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW || times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW) {
+        gettimeofday(&tv_now, NULL);
+    }
+    if (times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT || times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT) {
+        stat(path, &st);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        if (times[i].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW) {
+            tv[i].tv_sec = tv_now.tv_sec;
+            tv[i].tv_usec = tv_now.tv_usec;
+        } else if (times[i].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT) {
+            tv[i].tv_sec = (i == 0) ? st.st_atime : st.st_mtime;
+            tv[i].tv_usec = 0;
+        } else {
+            tv[i].tv_sec = times[i].tv_sec;
+            tv[i].tv_usec = times[i].tv_nsec / 1000;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return utimes(path, &tv[0]);
+}
diff --git a/qemu-os-posix.h b/qemu-os-posix.h
index 353f87813f..81fd9ab389 100644
--- a/qemu-os-posix.h
+++ b/qemu-os-posix.h
@@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ void os_setup_post(void);
 typedef struct timeval qemu_timeval;
 #define qemu_gettimeofday(tp) gettimeofday(tp, NULL)
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_UTIMENSAT
+#ifndef UTIME_NOW
+# define UTIME_NOW     ((1l << 30) - 1l)
+#endif
+#ifndef UTIME_OMIT
+# define UTIME_OMIT    ((1l << 30) - 2l)
+#endif
+#endif
+typedef struct timespec qemu_timespec;
+int qemu_utimensat(int dirfd, const char *path, const qemu_timespec *times,
+    int flags);
+
 #endif