Performance Improvements and Optimization Tweaks (#156)

* Improve Gen5 rendering performance and compatibility

* Pin .NET SDK for locked restore

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Co-authored-by: Spooks4576 <Spooks4576@users.noreply.github.com>

src/SharpEmu.Core/Cpu/Native/DirectExecutionBackend.Imports.cs

@@ -814,10 +814,10 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 			return !_logUsleep;
 		}
 
-		// Only mutex/rwlock *lock* is excluded: it may block a contended acquire, which the
-		// leaf path can't. unlock never blocks and stays here — routing it off the fast path
-		// slows guest spinlocks enough to livelock (Demon's Souls).
+		// Mutex lock uses this block-capable leaf path. Keep it out of the no-block subset.
 		return nid is
+			"9UK1vLZQft4" or // scePthreadMutexLock
+			"7H0iTOciTLo" or // pthread_mutex_lock
 			"tn3VlD0hG60" or // scePthreadMutexUnlock
 			"2Z+PpY6CaJg" or // pthread_mutex_unlock
 			"EgmLo6EWgso" or // pthread_rwlock_unlock

src/SharpEmu.Core/Memory/PhysicalVirtualMemory.cs

@@ -550,6 +550,47 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         }
     }
 
+    public bool TryCompare(ulong virtualAddress, ReadOnlySpan<byte> expected)
+    {
+        _gate.EnterReadLock();
+        try
+        {
+            var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, (ulong)expected.Length);
+            if (region is null ||
+                !TryResolveRegionOffset(
+                    virtualAddress,
+                    (ulong)expected.Length,
+                    region,
+                    out var offset))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (expected.IsEmpty)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            var srcPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
+            if (region.IsReservedOnly &&
+                !EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)expected.Length, region))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!CanReadWithoutProtectionChange((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)expected.Length, region))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(srcPtr, expected.Length).SequenceEqual(expected);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _gate.ExitReadLock();
+        }
+    }
+
     public bool TryWrite(ulong virtualAddress, ReadOnlySpan<byte> source)
     {
         var requiresExclusiveAccess = false;