Fix crash when rendering particles with cycles

view_layer is NULL when the render engine is created, this gets passed
around and ends up in this code causing a crash. This should be reverted
after the render engine api is updated to set view_layer.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/effect.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/effect.c
index 84f12c3a239..b54093555f5 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/effect.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/effect.c
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ ListBase *pdInitEffectors(
 	if (weights->group) {
 		view_layer = weights->group->view_layer;
 	}
-	else if (eval_ctx) {
+	/* TODO(mai): the check for view_layer shouldnt be needed, remove when render engine api is updated for this */
+	else if (eval_ctx && eval_ctx->view_layer) {
 		view_layer = eval_ctx->view_layer;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
index 0bc5135c960..ef2ed9e2b65 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
@@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ void psys_enable_all(Object *ob)
 
 bool psys_in_edit_mode(const EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, ViewLayer *view_layer, ParticleSystem *psys)
 {
-	return (view_layer->basact &&
+	/* TODO(mai): the check for view_layer shouldnt be needed, remove when render engine api is updated for this */
+	return (view_layer && view_layer->basact &&
 	        (eval_ctx->object_mode & OB_MODE_PARTICLE_EDIT) &&
-	        psys == psys_get_current((view_layer->basact)->object) &&
+	        psys == psys_get_current(view_layer->basact->object) &&
 	        (psys->edit || psys->pointcache->edit) &&
 	        !psys->renderdata);
 }