This comment explains a previous change that adds some complexity
to the context free in dc:
commit
9ad58779a895 ("drm/amd/display: Fix accessing freed memory")
Signed-off-by: Corbin McElhanney <corbin.mcelhanney@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Cheng <Tony.Cheng@amd.com>
Acked-by: Harry Wentland <Harry.Wentland@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
}
if (core_dc->current_context != context) {
+
+ /* Since memory free requires elevated IRQL, an interrupt
+ * request is generated by mem free. If this happens
+ * between freeing and reassigning the context, our vsync
+ * interrupt will call into dc and cause a memory
+ * corruption BSOD. Hence, we first reassign the context,
+ * then free the old context.
+ */
+
struct validate_context *old = core_dc->current_context;
core_dc->current_context = context;