diff --git a/pkgs/base/info.rkt b/pkgs/base/info.rkt
index 2db358e2f5..1b18f4b14c 100644
--- a/pkgs/base/info.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/base/info.rkt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 (define collection 'multi)
 
-(define version "7.7.0.2")
+(define version "7.7.0.3")
 
 (define deps `("racket-lib"
                ["racket" #:version ,version]))
diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/foreign/pointers.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/foreign/pointers.scrbl
index bbaea50663..b63b6ae79d 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/foreign/pointers.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/foreign/pointers.scrbl
@@ -280,23 +280,12 @@ specification is required at minimum:
      @item{@indexed-racket['atomic-interior] --- Like
        @racket['atomic], but the allocated object will not be moved by
        the garbage collector as long as the allocated object is
-       sufficiently retained as described below.
+       retained.
 
-       For the @3m[] and @CGC[] Racket variants, ``sufficiently retained''
-       means that the garbage collector does not collect the allocated
-       object because some pointer (that is visible to the collector)
-       refers to the object. Furthermore, that reference can point to
-       the interior of the object, insteda of its starting address.
+       For the @3m[] and @CGC[] Racket variants, a reference can point
+       to the interior of the object, instead of its starting address.
        This allocation mode corresponds to
-       @cpp{scheme_malloc_atomic_allow_interior} in the C API.
-
-       For the @CS[] Racket variant, ``sufficiently retained'' means that the
-       specific C pointer object returned by @racket[malloc] remains
-       accessible. Note that casting the pointer via @racket[cast], for example,
-       generates a new pointer object which would not by itself
-       prevent the result of @racket[malloc] from moving, even though
-       a reference to the same memory could prevent the object from
-       being reclaimed.}
+       @cpp{scheme_malloc_atomic_allow_interior} in the C API.}
 
      @item{@indexed-racket['nonatomic-interior] --- Like
        @racket['nonatomic], but the allocated object will not be moved
diff --git a/racket/src/cs/compile-file.ss b/racket/src/cs/compile-file.ss
index 7d5feda538..bc5ff158b0 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/compile-file.ss
+++ b/racket/src/cs/compile-file.ss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;; Check to make we're using a build of Chez Scheme
 ;; that has all the features we need.
 (define-values (need-maj need-min need-sub need-dev)
-  (values 9 5 3 26))
+  (values 9 5 3 27))
 
 (unless (guard (x [else #f]) (eval 'scheme-fork-version-number))
   (error 'compile-file
diff --git a/racket/src/cs/io.sls b/racket/src/cs/io.sls
index cd69242433..f7cf328547 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/io.sls
+++ b/racket/src/cs/io.sls
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@
                   [else
                    (post-as-asynchronous-callback go)]))))])
       (let ([callable (foreign-callable __collect_safe glib-log-message (string int string) void)])
-        (lock-object callable)
         (foreign-callable-entry-point callable))))
   
   ;; ----------------------------------------
diff --git a/racket/src/cs/rumble/ephemeron.ss b/racket/src/cs/rumble/ephemeron.ss
index 4a3b945687..f132080202 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/rumble/ephemeron.ss
+++ b/racket/src/cs/rumble/ephemeron.ss
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       (if (eq? v #!bwp)
           gced-v
           v))]
-   [(e gced-v keep-live)
+   [(e gced-v keep-live-v)
     (let ([v (ephemeron-value e gced-v)])
-      (#%$keep-live keep-live)
+      (keep-live keep-live-v)
       v)]))
diff --git a/racket/src/cs/rumble/foreign.ss b/racket/src/cs/rumble/foreign.ss
index ce52fed248..145cdac867 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/rumble/foreign.ss
+++ b/racket/src/cs/rumble/foreign.ss
@@ -1409,11 +1409,8 @@
     ;; a finalizer is associated with the cpointer (as opposed to
     ;; the address that is wrapped by the cpointer). Also, interior
     ;; pointers are not allowed as GCable pointers.
-    (let* ([bstr (make-bytevector size 0)]
-           [p (make-cpointer bstr #f)])
-      (lock-object bstr)
-      (unsafe-add-global-finalizer p (lambda () (unlock-object bstr)))
-      p)]
+    (let* ([bstr (make-immobile-bytevector size)])
+      (make-cpointer bstr #f))]
    [else
     (raise-unsupported-error 'malloc
                              (format "'~a mode is not supported" mode))]))
@@ -1427,13 +1424,18 @@
   (parent cpointer)
   (fields))
 
+(define immobile-cells (make-eq-hashtable))
+
 (define (malloc-immobile-cell v)
-  (let ([vec (vector v)])
-    (lock-object vec)
+  (let ([vec (make-immobile-vector 1)])
+    (#%vector-set! vec 0 v)
+    (with-global-lock
+     (eq-hashtable-set! immobile-cells vec #t))
     (make-cpointer/cell vec #f)))
 
 (define (free-immobile-cell b)
-  (unlock-object (cpointer-memory b)))
+  (with-global-lock
+   (eq-hashtable-delete! immobile-cells (cpointer-memory b))))
 
 (define (immobile-cell-ref b)
   (#%vector-ref (cpointer-memory b) 0))
@@ -1542,7 +1544,7 @@
   ;; so uses of the FFI can rely on passing an argument to a foreign
   ;; function as retaining the argument until the function returns.
   (let ([result e])
-    (#%$keep-live v) ...
+    (keep-live v) ...
     result))
 
 (define call-locks (make-eq-hashtable))
@@ -1945,11 +1947,7 @@
     (let ([make-code (ffi-call/callable #f in-types out-type abi #f #f #f #f (and atomic? #t) async-apply)])
       (lambda (proc)
         (check 'make-ffi-callback procedure? proc)
-        (let* ([code (make-code proc)]
-               [cb (create-callback code)])
-          (lock-object code)
-          (unsafe-add-global-finalizer cb (lambda () (unlock-object code)))
-          cb)))]))
+        (create-callback (make-code proc))))]))
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/src/schvers.h b/racket/src/racket/src/schvers.h
index 8ef07ed859..7d58690730 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/src/schvers.h
+++ b/racket/src/racket/src/schvers.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define MZSCHEME_VERSION_X 7
 #define MZSCHEME_VERSION_Y 7
 #define MZSCHEME_VERSION_Z 0
-#define MZSCHEME_VERSION_W 2
+#define MZSCHEME_VERSION_W 3
 
 /* A level of indirection makes `#` work as needed: */
 #define AS_a_STR_HELPER(x) #x