Fix T88093: persistent data and particle object instancing not working

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
index aa87ac1dd81..4ec0477c585 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
@@ -739,12 +739,18 @@ void BlenderSync::free_data_after_sync(BL::Depsgraph &b_depsgraph)
    * caches to be releases from blender side in order to reduce peak memory
    * footprint during synchronization process.
    */
+
   const bool is_interface_locked = b_engine.render() && b_engine.render().use_lock_interface();
-  const bool can_free_caches = (BlenderSession::headless || is_interface_locked) &&
-                               /* Baking re-uses the depsgraph multiple times, clearing crashes
-                                * reading un-evaluated mesh data which isn't aligned with the
-                                * geometry we're baking, see T71012. */
-                               !scene->bake_manager->get_baking();
+  const bool is_persistent_data = b_engine.render() && b_engine.render().use_persistent_data();
+  const bool can_free_caches =
+      (BlenderSession::headless || is_interface_locked) &&
+      /* Baking re-uses the depsgraph multiple times, clearing crashes
+       * reading un-evaluated mesh data which isn't aligned with the
+       * geometry we're baking, see T71012. */
+      !scene->bake_manager->get_baking() &&
+      /* Persistent data must main caches for performance and correctness. */
+      !is_persistent_data;
+
   if (!can_free_caches) {
     return;
   }