Hi,
Well, it just happens that I wasn't calling
pSurface->ReleaseSource(pSurface) in order to unref the other surface
used as a source. That made me suspect a vram leak and triggered my
previous messages. But you know what, I still want to get some answers
for these :)
Thanks,
-Ilyes Gouta
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually my problem is a bit deeper that just that.
>
> I can't find where dfb_surfacemanager_displace() is plugged in the
> fbdev system driver, it's not exported as a MockOut pointer like
> what's done for the X11 system driver (only through the
> vpsmem_surface_pool). This suggests that dfb_surface_pool_displace(),
> in DirectFB's core won't be able to call that function to recover
> freed allocations. Also that function won't switch to the generic
> displace code since allocation from fbdev doesn't get marked with
> CSALF_MUCKOUT anywhere!
>
> So, all in all, how does offscreen vram surfaces/allocations get
> recycled within fbdev?
>
> Regards,
> Ilyes Gouta.
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What's the reason behind not calling dfb_surface_destroy_buffers()
>> within IDirectFBSurface_Destruct( IDirectFBSurface *thiz )?
>>
>> At the epilogue of that function there is:
>>
>> if (data->surface) {
>> if (data->locked)
>> dfb_surface_unlock_buffer( data->surface, &data->lock );
>>
>> dfb_surface_unref( data->surface );
>> }
>>
>> Is there any problem turning that into a:
>>
>> if (data->surface) {
>> if (data->locked)
>> dfb_surface_unlock_buffer( data->surface, &data->lock );
>>
>> dfb_surface_unref( data->surface );
>> dfb_surface_destroy_buffers( data->surface );
>> }
>>
>> Is it about lazy allocation/deallocation? Who is ultimately going to
>> collect all the freed chunks from the surface pool?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ilyes Gouta.
>>
>
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