b11655: vulkan : fix concurrent first device init (#29766)
vulkan : fix concurrent first device init tests : load models in parallel in test-thread-safety Loading them serially never exercised concurrent first backend init, so the crash reported in #29764 was invisible to this test.
Executive Summary
vulkan : fix concurrent first device init tests : load models in parallel in test-thread-safety Loading them serially never exercised concurrent first backend init, so the crash reported in #29764 was invisible to this test. vulkan : create fence before retaining device in buffer context
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