Moved FCEU emulation to its own thread for better timing control.

src/drivers/Qt/GameApp.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "Qt/GameSoundConf.h"
 #include "Qt/fceuWrapper.h"
 #include "Qt/keyscan.h"
+#include "Qt/nes_shm.h"
 
 gameWin_t::gameWin_t(QWidget *parent)
 	: QMainWindow( parent )
@@ -19,25 +20,45 @@ gameWin_t::gameWin_t(QWidget *parent)
 
    setCentralWidget(viewport);
 
-	gameTimer = new QTimer( this );
+	gameTimer  = new QTimer( this );
+	gameThread = new QThread( this );
+	worker     = new gameWorkerThread_t();
+	mutex      = new QMutex( QMutex::NonRecursive );
+
+	worker->moveToThread(gameThread);
+   connect(gameThread, &QThread::finished, worker, &QObject::deleteLater);
+	connect(gameThread, SIGNAL (started()), worker, SLOT( runEmulator() ));
+	connect(worker, SIGNAL (finished()), gameThread, SLOT (quit()));
+	connect(worker, SIGNAL (finished()), worker, SLOT (deleteLater()));
 
 	connect( gameTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &gameWin_t::runGameFrame );
 
 	gameTimer->setTimerType( Qt::PreciseTimer );
 	gameTimer->start( 16 );
 
+	gameThread->start();
+
    gamePadConfWin = NULL;
 }
 
 gameWin_t::~gameWin_t(void)
 {
+	nes_shm->runEmulator = 0;
+
    if ( gamePadConfWin != NULL )
    {
       gamePadConfWin->closeWindow();
    }
+	fceuWrapperLock();
 	fceuWrapperClose();
+	fceuWrapperUnLock();
+
+	//printf("Thread Finished: %i \n", gameThread->isFinished() );
+	gameThread->exit(0);
+	gameThread->wait();
 
 	delete viewport;
+	delete mutex;
 }
 
 void gameWin_t::setCyclePeriodms( int ms )
@@ -142,7 +163,11 @@ void gameWin_t::createMainMenu(void)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void gameWin_t::closeApp(void)
 {
+	nes_shm->runEmulator = 0;
+
+	fceuWrapperLock();
 	fceuWrapperClose();
+	fceuWrapperUnLock();
 
 	// LoadGame() checks for an IP and if it finds one begins a network session
 	// clear the NetworkIP field so this doesn't happen unintentionally
@@ -197,15 +222,20 @@ void gameWin_t::openROMFile(void)
 	qDebug() << "selected file path : " << filename.toUtf8();
 
 	g_config->setOption ("SDL.LastOpenFile", filename.toStdString().c_str() );
+
+	fceuWrapperLock();
 	CloseGame ();
 	LoadGame ( filename.toStdString().c_str() );
+	fceuWrapperUnLock();
 
    return;
 }
 
 void gameWin_t::closeROMCB(void)
 {
+	fceuWrapperLock();
 	CloseGame();
+	fceuWrapperUnLock();
 }
 
 void gameWin_t::openGamePadConfWin(void)
@@ -258,9 +288,20 @@ void gameWin_t::runGameFrame(void)
 	//t = (double)ts.tv_sec + (double)(ts.tv_nsec * 1.0e-9);
    //printf("Run Frame %f\n", t);
 	
-	fceuWrapperUpdate();
-
 	viewport->repaint();
 
    return;
 }
+
+void gameWorkerThread_t::runEmulator(void)
+{
+	printf("Emulator Start\n");
+	nes_shm->runEmulator = 1;
+
+	while ( nes_shm->runEmulator )
+	{
+		fceuWrapperUpdate();
+	}
+	printf("Emulator Exit\n");
+	emit finished();
+}

src/drivers/Qt/GameApp.h

@@ -14,11 +14,23 @@
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QMutex>
 
 #include "Qt/GameViewerGL.h"
 #include "Qt/GameViewerSDL.h"
 #include "Qt/GamePadConf.h"
 
+class  gameWorkerThread_t : public QObject
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+	public slots:
+		void runEmulator( void );
+	signals:
+    void finished();
+};
+
 class  gameWin_t : public QMainWindow
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
@@ -32,6 +44,8 @@ class  gameWin_t : public QMainWindow
 
 		void setCyclePeriodms( int ms );
 
+		QMutex *mutex;
+
 	protected:
 	 QMenu *fileMenu;
     QMenu *optMenu;
@@ -45,6 +59,8 @@ class  gameWin_t : public QMainWindow
     QAction *aboutAct;
 
 	 QTimer  *gameTimer;
+	 QThread *gameThread;
+	 gameWorkerThread_t *worker;
 
     GamePadConfDialog_t *gamePadConfWin;
 

src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "Qt/sdl-video.h"
 #include "Qt/nes_shm.h"
 #include "Qt/unix-netplay.h"
+#include "Qt/GameApp.h"
 
 #include "common/cheat.h"
 #include "../../fceu.h"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ static int inited = 0;
 static int noconfig=0;
 static int frameskip=0;
 static int periodic_saves = 0;
+static bool  mutexLocked = 0;
 
 extern double g_fpsScale;
 //*****************************************************************
@@ -711,13 +713,13 @@ FCEUD_Update(uint8 *XBuf,
 	}
   	else 
 	{
-		if (!NoWaiting && (!(eoptions&EO_NOTHROTTLE) || FCEUI_EmulationPaused()))
+		//if (!NoWaiting && (!(eoptions&EO_NOTHROTTLE) || FCEUI_EmulationPaused()))
-		{
+		//{
-			while (SpeedThrottle())
+		//	while (SpeedThrottle())
-			{
+		//	{
-				FCEUD_UpdateInput();
+		//		FCEUD_UpdateInput();
-			}
+		//	}
-		}
+		//}
 		if (XBuf && (inited&4)) 
 		{
 			BlitScreen(XBuf); blitDone = 1;
@@ -772,13 +774,64 @@ static void DoFun(int frameskip, int periodic_saves)
 	}
 }
 
+void fceuWrapperLock(void)
+{
+	gameWindow->mutex->lock();
+	mutexLocked = 1;
+}
+
+bool fceuWrapperTryLock(int timeout)
+{
+	bool lockAcq;
+
+	lockAcq = gameWindow->mutex->tryLock( timeout );
+
+	if ( lockAcq )
+	{
+		mutexLocked = 1;
+	}
+	return lockAcq;
+}
+
+void fceuWrapperUnLock(void)
+{
+	if ( mutexLocked )
+	{
+		gameWindow->mutex->unlock();
+		mutexLocked = 0;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		printf("Error: Mutex is Already UnLocked\n");
+	}
+}
+
+bool fceuWrapperIsLocked(void)
+{
+	return mutexLocked;
+}
+
 int  fceuWrapperUpdate( void )
 {
+	fceuWrapperLock();
+ 
 	if (GameInfo)
 	{
 		DoFun(frameskip, periodic_saves);
-	}
+	
+		fceuWrapperUnLock();
 
+		while ( SpeedThrottle() )
+		{
+			FCEUD_UpdateInput();
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		fceuWrapperUnLock();
+
+		usleep( 100000 );
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 

src/drivers/Qt/fceuWrapper.h

@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ int CloseGame(void);
 int  fceuWrapperInit( int argc, char *argv[] );
 int  fceuWrapperClose( void );
 int  fceuWrapperUpdate( void );
+void fceuWrapperLock(void);
+bool fceuWrapperTryLock(int timeout);
+bool fceuWrapperIsLocked(void);
+void fceuWrapperUnLock(void);
 

src/drivers/Qt/input.cpp

@@ -611,10 +611,10 @@ static void KeyboardCommands (void)
 
 	if (_keyonly (Hotkeys[HK_DECREASE_SPEED]))
 	{
-		DecreaseEmulationSpeed ();
+		DecreaseEmulationSpeed();
 	}
 
-	if (_keyonly (Hotkeys[HK_INCREASE_SPEED]))
+	if (_keyonly(Hotkeys[HK_INCREASE_SPEED]))
 	{
 		IncreaseEmulationSpeed ();
 	}

src/drivers/Qt/main.cpp

@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@ gameWin_t *gameWindow = NULL;
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
+	int retval;
 	QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
-	gameWindow = new gameWin_t();
-
 	fceuWrapperInit( argc, argv );
 
+	gameWindow = new gameWin_t();
+
 	gameWindow->resize( 512, 512 );
 	gameWindow->show();
 
 	gameWindow->viewport->init();
 
-	return app.exec();
+	retval = app.exec();
+
+	//printf("App Return: %i \n", retval );
+
+	delete gameWindow;
+
+	return retval;
 }
 

src/drivers/Qt/nes_shm.h

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct  nes_shm_t
 	int   nrow;
 	int   pitch;
 
+	char  runEmulator;
+
 	// Pass Key Events back to QT Gui
 	struct 
 	{

src/drivers/Qt/sdl-sound.cpp

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fillaudio(void *udata,
 			uint8 *stream,
 			int len)
 {
+	char bufStarveDetected = 0;
    static int16_t sample = 0;
 	int16 *tmps = (int16*)stream;
 	len >>= 1;
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ fillaudio(void *udata,
          // Retain last known sample value, helps avoid clicking
          // noise when sound system is starved of audio data.
 			//sample = 0; 
+			bufStarveDetected = 1;
          nes_shm->sndBuf.starveCounter++;
-         //printf("Starve:%u\n", nes_shm->sndBuf.starveCounter );
 		}
 
       nes_shm->push_sound_sample( sample );
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ fillaudio(void *udata,
 		tmps++;
 		len--;
 	}
+	if ( bufStarveDetected )
+	{
+      //printf("Starve:%u\n", nes_shm->sndBuf.starveCounter );
+	}
 }
 
 /**

src/drivers/Qt/sdl-throttle.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Qt/sdl.h"
 #include "Qt/throttle.h"
 #include "Qt/GameApp.h"
+#include "Qt/fceuWrapper.h"
 
 static const double Slowest = 0.015625; // 1/64x speed (around 1 fps on NTSC)
 static const double Fastest = 32;       // 32x speed   (around 1920 fps on NTSC)
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ RefreshThrottleFPS()
 
    //printf("FrameTime: %llu  %llu  %f  %lf \n", fps, fps >> 24, hz, desired_frametime );
 
-	gameWindow->setCyclePeriodms( T );
+	//gameWindow->setCyclePeriodms( T );
 
 	Lasttime=0;   
 	Nexttime=0;
@@ -58,19 +59,19 @@ RefreshThrottleFPS()
 int
 SpeedThrottle()
 {
-   return 0;
+	if (g_fpsScale >= 32)
-
-	if(g_fpsScale >= 32)
 	{
 		return 0; /* Done waiting */
 	}
 	uint64 time_left;
 	uint64 cur_time;
     
-	if(!Lasttime)
+	if (!Lasttime)
+	{
 		Lasttime = SDL_GetTicks();
+	}
     
-	if(!InFrame)
+	if (!InFrame)
 	{
 		InFrame = 1;
 		Nexttime = Lasttime + desired_frametime * 1000;
@@ -89,17 +90,21 @@ SpeedThrottle()
 		/* 50 ms wait gives us a 20 Hz responsetime which is nice. */
 	}
 	else
+	{
 		InFrame = 0;
+	}
     
 	//fprintf(stderr, "attempting to sleep %Ld ms, frame complete=%s\n",
 	//	time_left, InFrame?"no":"yes");
 
 	if ( time_left > 0 )
 	{
+		//fceuWrapperUnLock();
 		SDL_Delay(time_left);
+		//fceuWrapperLock();
 	}
     
-	if(!InFrame)
+	if (!InFrame)
 	{
 		Lasttime = SDL_GetTicks();
 		return 0; /* Done waiting */