[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] Fix pointer tests in error-handling paths

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 27/01/16 12:33, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Op 25-01-16 om 18:57 schreef Dave Gordon:
>> In the error-handling paths of i915_gem_do_execbuffer() and
>> intel_crtc_page_flip(), the local pointer-to-request variables
>> were expected to be either valid pointers or NULL. Since
>>
>>    2682708 drm/i915: simplify allocation of driver-internal requests
>>
>> they could also be ERR_PTR() values, so the tests need to be
>> updated to accommodate this case.
>>
>> v2:    Added testcase (Chris Wilson)
>>
>> Testcase: igt/gem_close_race
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon at intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> The testcase you mentioned doesn't work, it crashes on my machine instead of running to completion or triggering the bug.

It worked for me but I think I was running with GuC enabled at the time 
so that might be the differenct.

gem_close_race in general worked for me just yesterday.

Regards,

Tvrtko