feat(art): unified priority tiering and fluid active trio streaming (COV, ICO, BG) - #770
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…COV, ICO, BG) - Elevate active game selection art (COV, ICO, BG) to a shared high-priority tier ahead of speculative lookaheads. - Implement artPushPriority in texcache.c with FIFO ordering within priority: ensures rapid COV box art and ICO disc decode before the larger BG wallpaper. - Update artPromote to splice lookahead requests to the end of the priority block without disrupting existing high-priority items. - Fix BG cache abort to loop across all cache slots (supporting count >= 1), immediately aborting superseded background loads when switching games. - Remove artificial coverflowCoverSettled delay in themes.c, enabling fluid background streaming. - Add unit test .github/scripts/test_art_priority_queue.py and add step to .github/workflows/flavours.yml.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe art request queue now keeps priority requests in FIFO order ahead of speculative requests. Theme rendering submits selected cover, optional disc, and background requests as priority work. A host test checks queue behavior and related source structure. ChangesArt Priority Queue
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In @.github/scripts/test_art_priority_queue.py:
- Around line 57-196: Replace the duplicate queue functions in QUEUE_HARNESS
with a harness bound to the production implementations of artPush,
artPushPriority, artPromote, and artPop, following the source-extraction
approach used by test_ra_sender.py or compiling them from a shared source unit.
Keep the tests exercising those production functions rather than independent
copies.
In @src/texcache.c:
- Around line 490-520: Update artPushPriority and artPromote to append using a
maintained gArtPrioTail pointer instead of scanning the priority tier. Keep
gArtPrioTail correct when priority requests are inserted, promoted, popped,
detached, and when the queue is initialized or reset.
- Around line 490-520: Update artPop() to scan past deferred SIO2 requests and
return the first eligible request, rather than stopping when the queue head is
deferred. Preserve FIFO order among priority requests and leave
artPushPriority() unchanged.
In @src/themes.c:
- Around line 1157-1166: Pass the ICO element returned by thmFindElemBySuffix
through thmGetElemForItem(menu, item, icoElem) before accessing its extended
data or cache in the pre-request path, so it uses the same row-specific element
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106-107: LGTM!
| static void artPushPriority(load_image_request_t *req) | ||
| { | ||
| DIntr(); | ||
| req->prev = NULL; | ||
| req->next = gArtReqList; | ||
| req->queueEpoch = gArtQueueEpoch; | ||
| if (gArtReqList) | ||
| gArtReqList->prev = req; | ||
| else | ||
| req->priority = 1; | ||
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| if (gArtReqList == NULL) { | ||
| req->prev = NULL; | ||
| req->next = NULL; | ||
| gArtReqList = req; | ||
| gArtReqEnd = req; | ||
| gArtReqList = req; | ||
| } else if (!gArtReqList->priority) { | ||
| // Queue head is non-priority; insert req at the head | ||
| req->prev = NULL; | ||
| req->next = gArtReqList; | ||
| gArtReqList->prev = req; | ||
| gArtReqList = req; | ||
| } else { | ||
| // Walk priority items to append at the end of the priority section (FIFO within priority) | ||
| load_image_request_t *curr = gArtReqList; | ||
| while (curr->next != NULL && curr->next->priority) { | ||
| curr = curr->next; | ||
| } | ||
| req->prev = curr; | ||
| req->next = curr->next; | ||
| if (curr->next != NULL) | ||
| curr->next->prev = req; | ||
| else | ||
| gArtReqEnd = req; | ||
| curr->next = req; | ||
| } |
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Maintain the priority tail.
artPushPriority and artPromote scan the priority tier while DIntr() is active. artPop can defer an SIO2 head during navigation, and the queue has no depth cap. Priority entries can therefore accumulate behind the deferred request. The interrupt-disabled window can grow with the priority-tier length and delay interrupt servicing.
Keep gArtPrioTail and splice after it in O(1). Update it when priority requests are promoted, popped, detached, or initialized.
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static load_image_request_t *gArtReqList = NULL;
static load_image_request_t *gArtReqEnd = NULL;
+static load_image_request_t *gArtPrioTail = NULL;
static load_image_request_t *volatile gArtCurrentReq = NULL;
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if (gArtReqList == NULL) {
req->prev = NULL;
req->next = NULL;
gArtReqList = req;
gArtReqEnd = req;
+ gArtPrioTail = req;
} else if (!gArtReqList->priority) {
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gArtReqList->prev = req;
gArtReqList = req;
+ gArtPrioTail = req;
} else {
- load_image_request_t *curr = gArtReqList;
- while (curr->next != NULL && curr->next->priority) {
- curr = curr->next;
- }
+ load_image_request_t *curr = gArtPrioTail;
req->prev = curr;
req->next = curr->next;
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else
gArtReqEnd = req;
curr->next = req;
+ gArtPrioTail = req;
}
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if (!gArtReqList->priority) {
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gArtReqList = req;
} else {
- load_image_request_t *curr = gArtReqList;
- while (curr->next != NULL && curr->next->priority) {
- curr = curr->next;
- }
+ load_image_request_t *curr = gArtPrioTail;
req->prev = curr;
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else
gArtReqEnd = req;
curr->next = req;
}
+ gArtPrioTail = req;
+ } else {
+ gArtPrioTail = req;
}
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if (req) {
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if (req->sio2 && gArtNavActive) {
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}
+ if (req == gArtPrioTail)
+ gArtPrioTail = req->prev;
gArtReqList = req->next;
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gArtReqEnd = NULL;
+ gArtPrioTail = NULL;
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In @src/texcache.c around lines 490 - 520, Update artPushPriority and artPromote
to append using a maintained gArtPrioTail pointer instead of scanning the
priority tier. Keep gArtPrioTail correct when priority requests are inserted,
promoted, popped, detached, and when the queue is initialized or reset.
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Allow eligible requests to bypass a deferred SIO2 head.
When a SIO2 selected-art request is queued before navigation starts, artPop() returns NULL while gArtNavActive is true. The worker then stops draining the queue. Later selected COV, ICO, or BG requests are non-SIO2 but remain behind that SIO2 head because artPushPriority() appends them after existing priority requests. Their artwork can therefore remain blocked until navigation becomes inactive.
Keep the existing FIFO priority behavior, but make artPop() select the first eligible request instead of stopping at a deferred SIO2 head. This is a localized queue-pop change, not a broad refactor.
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In @src/texcache.c around lines 490 - 520, Update artPop() to scan past deferred
SIO2 requests and return the first eligible request, rather than stopping when
the queue head is deferred. Preserve FIFO order among priority requests and
leave artPushPriority() unchanged.
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Declined:
- Head-of-line blocking on SIO2 is an explicit architectural design decision documented at src/texcache.c:587 (\Head-of-line blocking is accepted deliberately: a page is almost always one device, and a skip-scan would make this pop O(n) inside the interrupts-off bracket). Bypassing a deferred SIO2 head and issuing bus reads while gArtNavActive is true causes controller dropouts on MX4SIO (Issue [ISSUE] D-Pad Que, Delays, and Skipping while Navigating - Settings Especially. #340).
- The priority section is strictly bounded to the active selection trio (at most 3 items: COV, ICO, BG), so scanning it under DIntr() takes single-digit nanoseconds. Introducing a global gArtPrioTail pointer adds state synchronization overhead and dangling-pointer risks across intrusive queue operations without measurable benefit.
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@NathanNeurotic, I understand the decision to keep SIO2 head-of-line blocking. I withdraw that bypass suggestion.
I also understand the concern about adding gArtPrioTail. One correction to my performance finding: the priority tier is not strictly capped at three requests. Requests from earlier selections can remain queued behind a deferred SIO2 head while later selections enqueue more priority requests. I will not press for the extra pointer given the state it would add, but the scan can still grow under DIntr().
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File: src/texcache.c:490-520
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Learning: In `src/texcache.c`, `artPop()` deliberately leaves a deferred SIO2 request at the queue head during navigation. The project accepts head-of-line blocking there to avoid controller dropouts on MX4SIO (#340) and to avoid scanning the queue with interrupts disabled.
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- In themes.c, redirect icoElem via thmGetElemForItem(menu, item, icoElem) so row-specific elements (e.g. on Favorites page) resolve the correct disc art cache. - In test_art_priority_queue.py, extract production queue functions (artPush, artPushPriority, artPromote, artPop) directly from src/texcache.c to eliminate duplicate test code. - Add test case verifying SIO2 deferral in artPop during active navigation (protecting #340).
Keep POPSTARTER argument forwarding unchanged. Cover empty and nonempty arguments with both reset choices and preserve the existing POPSTARTER cases. Co-authored-by: ChatGPT <chatgpt@openai.com>
CodeRabbit on #773: initMutableImage floors every per-game art cache at 2 slots, so the restored `cache->count == 1` guard made the latest-selection- wins abort dead code, and an abandoned background kept decoding in front of the next cover. The loop now lives in cacheAbortOtherBackgrounds and scans every slot -- the one change from #770 worth keeping. Adds test_art_queue_order.py to bdm-host-tests. Compiled from src/texcache.c, it pins the order #772 depends on: the selected cover is read first while scrolling, promote moves a queued cover to the front, and the SIO2 defer holds. It also checks latest-background-wins on a real 2-slot cache, the Coverflow background gate, and that the background stays a non-priority request. It fails on the post-#770 rebuild/main. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
fix(art): restore artwork ordering before #770
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Summary
Elevates the active game selection art elements (COV, ICO, and BG) to a shared high-priority tier ahead of speculative off-screen lookaheads, providing fluid and responsive art delivery without blocking navigation.
Key Changes
Unified Priority Queue Tiering (src/texcache.c):
Active Trio Pre-Request Ordering (\src/themes.c):
Verification & CI (.github/scripts/test_art_priority_queue.py, .github/workflows/flavours.yml):
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