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

[Chris Wilson]

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.
-Chris