[igt-dev] [Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t] i915/gem_exec_nop: Keep a copy of the names

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 11/02/2020 13:05, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-02-11 13:00:19)
>>
>> On 11/02/2020 10:37, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>> Quoting Andi Shyti (2020-02-11 00:42:55)
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:37:42AM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>>>> The engine names are now stored inside the iterator and not as static
>>>>> strings. If we wish to use them later, we need to make a copy.
>>>>
>>>> But we are not using them later. Your patch just copies and frees
>>>> an array.
>>>
>>> They are used inside an igt_info() in the child processes. Output at the
>>> moment is quite strange.
>>
>> I also don't get this - child has a copy of everything how can it not work?
> 
> A copy of what? The intel_engine_data is scoped to the for_each_engine
> loop. We're leaking pointers to locations on stack, so they get
> clobbered and we print garbage in %s.

I misread the the patch while glancing it as forking being done inside 
the for_engine_loop.

Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>

Regards,

Tvrtko