From f85e9baeea1d774e34a57b62e12146eb713879c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WyattBlue <wyattblue@auto-editor.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:59:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid probing primary context flags for no reason

---
 av/video/frame.py | 54 ++---------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/av/video/frame.py b/av/video/frame.py
index c6c2f26a1..74964107b 100644
--- a/av/video/frame.py
+++ b/av/video/frame.py
@@ -33,47 +33,6 @@ def _cuda_device_ctx_free(
     device_ctx.user_opaque = cython.NULL
 
 
-@cython.cfunc
-def _check_current_ctx_is_device0_primary(
-    owner_ref: cython.pointer[lib.AVBufferRef],
-) -> cython.void:
-    # The manually initialized device context below cannot populate FFmpeg's
-    # private cuda_device field, which stays 0. Requiring the wrapped context
-    # to be the primary context of device 0 keeps that metadata correct.
-    probe_ref: cython.pointer[lib.AVBufferRef] = cython.NULL
-    probe_device: cython.p_char = b"0"
-    options: Dictionary = Dictionary({"primary_ctx": "1"})
-    err_check(
-        lib.av_hwdevice_ctx_create(
-            cython.address(probe_ref),
-            lib.AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA,
-            probe_device,
-            options.ptr,
-            0,
-        )
-    )
-    owner_device_ctx: cython.pointer[lib.AVHWDeviceContext] = cython.cast(
-        cython.pointer[lib.AVHWDeviceContext], owner_ref.data
-    )
-    owner_cuda_ctx: cython.pointer[AVCUDADeviceContext] = cython.cast(
-        cython.pointer[AVCUDADeviceContext], owner_device_ctx.hwctx
-    )
-    probe_device_ctx: cython.pointer[lib.AVHWDeviceContext] = cython.cast(
-        cython.pointer[lib.AVHWDeviceContext], probe_ref.data
-    )
-    probe_cuda_ctx: cython.pointer[AVCUDADeviceContext] = cython.cast(
-        cython.pointer[AVCUDADeviceContext], probe_device_ctx.hwctx
-    )
-    matches: cython.bint = probe_cuda_ctx.cuda_ctx == owner_cuda_ctx.cuda_ctx
-    lib.av_buffer_unref(cython.address(probe_ref))
-    if not matches:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "cuda_stream with current_ctx requires the calling thread's current "
-            "CUDA context to be the primary context of CUDA device 0; expose the "
-            "desired physical GPU as logical device 0 via CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"
-        )
-
-
 @cython.final
 @cython.cclass
 class CudaContext:
@@ -88,10 +47,8 @@ class CudaContext:
         operations, including NVENC input and output. The caller owns the
         stream and must keep it alive as long as this context can be used.
         Nonzero stream pointers are currently supported only for logical CUDA
-        device 0; with ``current_ctx``, the calling thread's current CUDA
-        context must be the primary context of device 0 (the context used by
-        runtime-API libraries such as PyTorch or CuPy). To use another physical
-        GPU, expose it as logical device 0 via ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES``.
+        device 0. To use another physical GPU, expose it as logical device 0
+        via ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES``.
     """
 
     def __cinit__(
@@ -164,13 +121,6 @@ def _get_device_ref(self) -> cython.pointer[lib.AVBufferRef]:
             self._device_ref = owner_ref
             return owner_ref
 
-        if self.current_ctx:
-            try:
-                _check_current_ctx_is_device0_primary(owner_ref)
-            except Exception:
-                lib.av_buffer_unref(cython.address(owner_ref))
-                raise
-
         device_ref = lib.av_hwdevice_ctx_alloc(lib.AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA)
         if device_ref == cython.NULL:
             lib.av_buffer_unref(cython.address(owner_ref))