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

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* remotes/stefanha/tags/net-pull-request:
  e1000: defer packets until BM enabled
  net: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense
  net: Fuse g_malloc(); memset() into g_new0()
  net: don't use set/get_pointer() in set/get_netdev()
  tap: fix vcpu long time io blocking on tap

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