Add Brazilian translation to Environment tab (#196)

* [HLE] Stop allocating on the memcpy/memset and trace hot paths

memcpy/memmove no longer allocate a bounce buffer sized to the whole
copy (large copies previously landed on the LOH); they loop through a
single pooled 256 KB rental, copying high-to-low when the destination
overlaps above the source so memmove semantics survive the chunking.
memset reuses a shared zero chunk for the dominant zero-fill case and
rents/fills only min(length, 16K) bytes for non-zero values instead of
allocating and filling a fresh 16 KB array per call; the map-time
zero-fill loop shares the same zero chunk.

SHARPEMU_LOG_SEMA / SHARPEMU_LOG_VIDEOOUT are now read once into cached
bools and every TraceSemaphore/TraceVideoOut call site is guarded, so
trace messages are no longer interpolated (and the env var no longer
queried) on every semaphore op and every flip with tracing off. Trace
output when the flags are set is unchanged.

* [HLE] Remove per-frame allocations from the vblank/flip/equeue plumbing

The 60 Hz vblank pump no longer allocates per edge: PumpVblanks reuses a
pump-thread-only port list instead of a LINQ Where/ToArray, and
SignalVblank/SubmitFlip snapshot their event registrations into pooled
rentals instead of copying the List on every edge and every flip (the
snapshot must still be taken, since triggers run outside _stateGate and
a per-port reusable buffer would race the pump thread against a guest
thread's first-edge signal).

sceKernelWaitEqueue delivery rents the dequeue buffer from the pool
instead of allocating an array per wait, and event-queue wake keys are
formatted once per handle (cached in a ConcurrentDictionary, dropped on
queue delete) instead of building the string on every enqueue. The
semaphore wake key moves onto KernelSemaphoreState at creation, the
same pattern the pthread mutex state already uses, removing the
per-signal/per-wait formatting. SHARPEMU_LOG_EQUEUE is read once into a
cached bool like the sema/videoout flags.

* [HLE] Read guest C-strings without per-call buffer allocations

CpuContext.TryReadNullTerminatedUtf8 allocated a byte[capacity] and
issued one TryRead per byte for every string-argument import. It now
reads through a stack buffer (pooled above 512 bytes) in 128-byte bulk
chunks, falling back to per-byte reads only when a chunk touches an
unreadable range so a terminator sitting just before unmapped memory
still resolves exactly as before. The chunk bound also keeps the
overread past the terminator smaller than the old loop's worst case is
wide, so no fault can appear where the byte loop succeeded.

TryReadAsciiZ (dlsym/symbol resolution) drops its List<byte> + ToArray
round-trip for the same stack/pooled buffer, keeping the byte-by-byte
TryReadByteCompat reads because their Marshal.ReadByte fallback must
probe exactly up to the terminator. Only the final string is allocated
on either path now.

* [HLE] Replace blocking-wait closures with waiter continuation objects

Every wait that actually parked a guest thread allocated two capturing
lambdas (plus their display classes) for the scheduler's resume/wake
callbacks. RequestCurrentThreadBlock and the backend's blocked-thread
state now carry a single IGuestThreadBlockWaiter instead of the
Func<int>/Func<bool> pair: TryWake keeps the run-under-the-scheduler-
gate contract and Resume still produces the guest's RAX on the woken
thread. The waiter stays attached through the wake transition (the old
code nulled only the wake handler there) and is consumed at resume.

The existing waiter objects absorb the captured state as fields, so a
blocking wait now allocates exactly one object: SemaphoreWaiter,
PthreadMutexWaiter, and EventFlagWaiter implement the interface
directly, and the equeue, cond, and rwlock waits get small waiter
classes replacing their closures. Handler bodies delegate to the same
static methods with the same arguments as before; the untimed event
flag wait's mutable captured result becomes a field on its waiter.

* [HLE] Back pending event queues with a ring deque instead of LinkedList

LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent> allocated a node object on every
non-coalesced enqueue — one per vblank/flip edge per registered queue,
60+ times a second in steady state. KernelEventDeque is a grow-only
ring buffer over a KernelQueuedEvent[] with the three operations the
queue actually uses (AddLast, RemoveFirst, find-and-update-in-place by
ident/filter), so steady-state enqueue/dequeue allocates nothing and
the coalescing update writes the struct back through an indexer instead
of a node reference. All accesses stay under _eventQueueGate, matching
the LinkedList usage it replaces.

* [HLE] Cap memcpy chunk iterations at the requested size, not the rented length

Address Copilot review: ArrayPool.Rent may return a larger array than
requested, so sizing each iteration by chunk.Length let the copy
granularity depend on pool bucketing internals instead of the intended
256 KB chunking. Behavior was already correct for any chunk size (each
iteration re-reads the source, and the overlap ordering is size-
independent), but the loop now mins against the requested chunkLength,
matching what memset already does.

* [HLE] Skip the flip/vblank snapshot rental when no events are registered

Address Copilot review: SignalVblank and SubmitFlip rented (and
returned) a pooled snapshot even with zero registrations — steady
per-frame pool traffic for games that never register flip events and
only poll flip status. Zero-count signals now skip the rental, the
copy, and the trigger loop entirely, which also retires the
Math.Max(count, 1) minimum-rent guard.

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

@@ -535,8 +535,7 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 					out var blockContinuation,
 					out var hasBlockContinuation,
 					out var blockWakeKey,
-					out var blockResumeHandler,
-					out var blockWakeHandler,
+					out var blockWaiter,
 					out var blockDeadlineTimestamp) &&
 				TryYieldGuestThreadToHostStub(argPackPtr, num, num7, importStubEntry.Nid, blockReason))
 			{
@@ -546,8 +545,7 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 						GuestThreadExecution.CurrentGuestThreadHandle,
 						blockContinuation,
 						blockWakeKey,
-						blockResumeHandler,
-						blockWakeHandler,
+						blockWaiter,
 						blockDeadlineTimestamp);
 				}
 
@@ -678,8 +676,7 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 				out var blockContinuation,
 				out var hasBlockContinuation,
 				out var blockWakeKey,
-				out var blockResumeHandler,
-				out var blockWakeHandler,
+				out var blockWaiter,
 				out var blockDeadlineTimestamp) &&
 			TryYieldGuestThreadToHostStub(argPackPtr, dispatchIndex, returnRip, importStubEntry.Nid, blockReason))
 		{
@@ -689,8 +686,7 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 					GuestThreadExecution.CurrentGuestThreadHandle,
 					blockContinuation,
 					blockWakeKey,
-					blockResumeHandler,
-					blockWakeHandler,
+					blockWaiter,
 					blockDeadlineTimestamp);
 			}
 
@@ -1970,23 +1966,36 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		List<byte> list = new List<byte>(Math.Min(maxLength, 256));
-		Span<byte> destination = stackalloc byte[1];
-		for (int i = 0; i < maxLength; i++)
+		// Reads stay byte-by-byte through TryReadByteCompat (its Marshal.ReadByte
+		// fallback must probe exactly up to the terminator), but the bytes land in a
+		// stack buffer instead of a List<byte> + ToArray per symbol resolution.
+		const int StackBufferLength = 512;
+		byte[]? rented = maxLength > StackBufferLength ? System.Buffers.ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(maxLength) : null;
+		Span<byte> buffer = rented is null ? stackalloc byte[StackBufferLength] : rented;
+		try
 		{
-			if (!TryReadByteCompat(address + (ulong)i, destination))
+			for (int i = 0; i < maxLength; i++)
 			{
-				return false;
+				if (!TryReadByteCompat(address + (ulong)i, buffer.Slice(i, 1)))
+				{
+					return false;
+				}
+				if (buffer[i] == 0)
+				{
+					value = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer[..i]);
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			value = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer[..maxLength]);
+			return true;
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			if (rented is not null)
+			{
+				System.Buffers.ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(rented);
 			}
-			if (destination[0] == 0)
-			{
-				value = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(list.ToArray());
-				return true;
-			}
-			list.Add(destination[0]);
 		}
-		value = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(list.ToArray());
-		return true;
 	}
 
 	private bool TryReadByteCompat(ulong address, Span<byte> destination)

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

@@ -434,9 +434,8 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 
 		public string? BlockWakeKey { get; set; }
 
-		public Func<int>? BlockResumeHandler { get; set; }
-
-		public Func<bool>? BlockWakeHandler { get; set; }
+		// Stays set through the wake transition; Resume() consumes it when the thread pumps.
+		public IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? BlockWaiter { get; set; }
 
 		public long BlockDeadlineTimestamp { get; set; }
 
@@ -2797,14 +2796,13 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				if (thread.BlockWakeHandler is not null && !thread.BlockWakeHandler())
+				if (thread.BlockWaiter is not null && !thread.BlockWaiter.TryWake())
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
 
 				thread.State = GuestThreadRunState.Ready;
 				thread.BlockReason = null;
-				thread.BlockWakeHandler = null;
 				thread.BlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
 				_readyGuestThreads.Enqueue(thread);
 				Interlocked.Increment(ref _readyGuestThreadCount);
@@ -2855,8 +2853,7 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 		ulong guestThreadHandle,
 		GuestCpuContinuation continuation,
 		string wakeKey,
-		Func<int>? resumeHandler,
-		Func<bool>? wakeHandler,
+		IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? waiter,
 		long blockDeadlineTimestamp)
 	{
 		if (guestThreadHandle == 0 || continuation.Rip < 65536 || continuation.Rsp == 0)
@@ -2874,8 +2871,7 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 			thread.BlockedContinuation = continuation;
 			thread.HasBlockedContinuation = true;
 			thread.BlockWakeKey = wakeKey;
-			thread.BlockResumeHandler = resumeHandler;
-			thread.BlockWakeHandler = wakeHandler;
+			thread.BlockWaiter = waiter;
 			thread.BlockDeadlineTimestamp = blockDeadlineTimestamp;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2898,7 +2894,6 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 
 				thread.State = GuestThreadRunState.Ready;
 				thread.BlockReason = null;
-				thread.BlockWakeHandler = null;
 				thread.BlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
 				_readyGuestThreads.Enqueue(thread);
 				Interlocked.Increment(ref _readyGuestThreadCount);
@@ -3575,7 +3570,7 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 		{
 			LastError = null;
 			GuestCpuContinuation continuation = default;
-			Func<int>? resumeHandler = null;
+			IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? blockWaiter = null;
 			var resumeContinuation = false;
 			lock (_guestThreadGate)
 			{
@@ -3585,17 +3580,16 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 					thread.BlockedContinuation = default;
 					thread.HasBlockedContinuation = false;
 					thread.BlockWakeKey = null;
-					resumeHandler = thread.BlockResumeHandler;
-					thread.BlockResumeHandler = null;
-					thread.BlockWakeHandler = null;
+					blockWaiter = thread.BlockWaiter;
+					thread.BlockWaiter = null;
 					thread.BlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
 					resumeContinuation = true;
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (resumeHandler is not null)
+			if (blockWaiter is not null)
 			{
-				continuation = continuation with { Rax = unchecked((ulong)(long)resumeHandler()) };
+				continuation = continuation with { Rax = unchecked((ulong)(long)blockWaiter.Resume()) };
 			}
 
 			if (_logGuestThreads)
@@ -3620,12 +3614,11 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 						thread.State = GuestThreadRunState.Blocked;
 						thread.BlockReason = blockReason;
 						if (thread.HasBlockedContinuation &&
-							thread.BlockWakeHandler is not null &&
-							thread.BlockWakeHandler())
+							thread.BlockWaiter is not null &&
+							thread.BlockWaiter.TryWake())
 						{
 							thread.State = GuestThreadRunState.Ready;
 							thread.BlockReason = null;
-							thread.BlockWakeHandler = null;
 							thread.BlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
 							_readyGuestThreads.Enqueue(thread);
 							Interlocked.Increment(ref _readyGuestThreadCount);

src/SharpEmu.Core/Cpu/TrackedCpuMemory.cs

@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ public sealed class TrackedCpuMemory : ICpuMemory, ITrackedCpuMemory, IGuestMemo
         address = 0;
         return false;
     }
+
+    public bool TryFreeGuestMemory(ulong address)
+    {
+        return _inner is IGuestMemoryAllocator allocator && allocator.TryFreeGuestMemory(address);
+    }
 }

src/SharpEmu.Core/Memory/PhysicalVirtualMemory.cs

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private readonly IHostMemory _hostMemory;
     private ulong _guestAllocationArenaBase;
-    private ulong _guestAllocationOffset;
+    private readonly SortedDictionary<ulong, ulong> _guestAllocationFreeRanges = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<ulong, (ulong Offset, ulong Size)> _guestAllocations = new();
     private static readonly ulong LazyReservePrimeBytes = ResolveLazyReservePrimeBytes();
 
     public PhysicalVirtualMemory(IHostMemory? hostMemory = null)
@@ -301,7 +302,9 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                         GuestAllocationArenaSize,
                         executable: false,
                         allowAlternative: true);
-                    _guestAllocationOffset = GuestAllocationArenaStartOffset;
+                    _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Add(
+                        GuestAllocationArenaStartOffset,
+                        GuestAllocationArenaSize - GuestAllocationArenaStartOffset);
                 }
                 catch (Exception)
                 {
@@ -309,14 +312,89 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                 }
             }
 
-            var alignedOffset = AlignUp(_guestAllocationOffset, alignment);
-            if (alignedOffset > GuestAllocationArenaSize || size > GuestAllocationArenaSize - alignedOffset)
+            ulong rangeOffset = 0;
+            ulong rangeSize = 0;
+            ulong alignedOffset = 0;
+            var found = false;
+            foreach (var range in _guestAllocationFreeRanges)
+            {
+                alignedOffset = AlignUp(range.Key, alignment);
+                if (alignedOffset >= range.Key &&
+                    alignedOffset - range.Key <= range.Value &&
+                    size <= range.Value - (alignedOffset - range.Key))
+                {
+                    rangeOffset = range.Key;
+                    rangeSize = range.Value;
+                    found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!found)
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
+            _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Remove(rangeOffset);
+            if (alignedOffset > rangeOffset)
+            {
+                _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Add(rangeOffset, alignedOffset - rangeOffset);
+            }
+
+            var allocationEnd = alignedOffset + size;
+            var rangeEnd = rangeOffset + rangeSize;
+            if (allocationEnd < rangeEnd)
+            {
+                _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Add(allocationEnd, rangeEnd - allocationEnd);
+            }
+
             address = _guestAllocationArenaBase + alignedOffset;
-            _guestAllocationOffset = alignedOffset + size;
+            _guestAllocations.Add(address, (alignedOffset, size));
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool TryFreeGuestMemory(ulong address)
+    {
+        lock (_guestAllocationGate)
+        {
+            if (!_guestAllocations.Remove(address, out var allocation))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var freeOffset = allocation.Offset;
+            var freeSize = allocation.Size;
+            ulong? previousOffset = null;
+            ulong? nextOffset = null;
+
+            foreach (var range in _guestAllocationFreeRanges)
+            {
+                if (range.Key < freeOffset)
+                {
+                    previousOffset = range.Key;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                nextOffset = range.Key;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (previousOffset is { } previous &&
+                previous + _guestAllocationFreeRanges[previous] == freeOffset)
+            {
+                freeOffset = previous;
+                freeSize += _guestAllocationFreeRanges[previous];
+                _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Remove(previous);
+            }
+
+            if (nextOffset is { } next && freeOffset + freeSize == next)
+            {
+                freeSize += _guestAllocationFreeRanges[next];
+                _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Remove(next);
+            }
+
+            _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Add(freeOffset, freeSize);
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -380,7 +458,8 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
             }
 
             _guestAllocationArenaBase = 0;
-            _guestAllocationOffset = 0;
+            _guestAllocationFreeRanges.Clear();
+            _guestAllocations.Clear();
         }
     }
 
@@ -439,12 +518,33 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private void ApplySegmentProtection(ulong mapStart, ulong mapEnd, ProgramHeaderFlags flags)
     {
+        var runStart = mapStart;
+        var runFlags = ProgramHeaderFlags.None;
+        var hasRun = false;
+
         for (var pageAddress = mapStart; pageAddress < mapEnd; pageAddress += PageSize)
         {
             _pageProtections.TryGetValue(pageAddress, out var existingFlags);
             var mergedFlags = existingFlags | flags;
             _pageProtections[pageAddress] = mergedFlags;
-            SetProtection(pageAddress, PageSize, mergedFlags);
+
+            if (!hasRun)
+            {
+                runStart = pageAddress;
+                runFlags = mergedFlags;
+                hasRun = true;
+            }
+            else if (mergedFlags != runFlags)
+            {
+                SetProtection(runStart, pageAddress - runStart, runFlags);
+                runStart = pageAddress;
+                runFlags = mergedFlags;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (hasRun)
+        {
+            SetProtection(runStart, mapEnd - runStart, runFlags);
         }
     }
 
@@ -789,9 +889,14 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterReadLock();
         try
         {
-            return FindRegion(virtualAddress, 1) is not null
-                ? (void*)virtualAddress
-                : null;
+            var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, 1);
+            if (region is null ||
+                (region.IsReservedOnly && !EnsureRangeCommitted(virtualAddress, 1, region)))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return (void*)virtualAddress;
         }
         finally
         {

src/SharpEmu.Core/Memory/VirtualMemory.cs

@@ -41,15 +41,14 @@ public sealed class VirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory
 
         lock (_gate)
         {
-            foreach (var existing in _regions)
+            var insertionIndex = FindInsertionIndex(virtualAddress);
+            if ((insertionIndex > 0 && virtualAddress < _regions[insertionIndex - 1].EndAddress) ||
+                (insertionIndex < _regions.Count && endAddress > _regions[insertionIndex].Region.VirtualAddress))
             {
-                if (virtualAddress < existing.EndAddress && endAddress > existing.Region.VirtualAddress)
-                {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Attempted to map an overlapping virtual memory region.");
-                }
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Attempted to map an overlapping virtual memory region.");
             }
 
-            _regions.Add(new MappedRegion(
+            _regions.Insert(insertionIndex, new MappedRegion(
                 new VirtualMemoryRegion(virtualAddress, memorySize, fileOffset, (ulong)fileData.Length, protection),
                 endAddress,
                 backingMemory));
@@ -74,12 +73,12 @@ public sealed class VirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory
     {
         lock (_gate)
         {
-            if (!TryResolveRegion(virtualAddress, destination.Length, out var region, out var offset))
+            if (!TryValidateRange(virtualAddress, destination.Length, ProgramHeaderFlags.Read, out var regionIndex))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            region.BackingMemory.AsSpan(offset, destination.Length).CopyTo(destination);
+            CopyFromRegions(virtualAddress, destination, regionIndex);
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -88,39 +87,127 @@ public sealed class VirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory
     {
         lock (_gate)
         {
-            if (!TryResolveRegion(virtualAddress, source.Length, out var region, out var offset))
+            if (!TryValidateRange(virtualAddress, source.Length, ProgramHeaderFlags.Write, out var regionIndex))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            source.CopyTo(region.BackingMemory.AsSpan(offset, source.Length));
+            CopyToRegions(virtualAddress, source, regionIndex);
             return true;
         }
     }
 
-    private bool TryResolveRegion(ulong virtualAddress, int length, out MappedRegion region, out int offset)
+    private bool TryValidateRange(
+        ulong virtualAddress,
+        int length,
+        ProgramHeaderFlags requiredProtection,
+        out int regionIndex)
     {
-        foreach (var candidate in _regions)
+        regionIndex = FindContainingRegionIndex(virtualAddress);
+        if (regionIndex < 0)
         {
-            if (virtualAddress < candidate.Region.VirtualAddress || virtualAddress >= candidate.EndAddress)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            var candidateOffset = checked((int)(virtualAddress - candidate.Region.VirtualAddress));
-            if (candidateOffset + length > candidate.BackingMemory.Length)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            region = candidate;
-            offset = candidateOffset;
-            return true;
+            return false;
         }
 
-        region = default;
-        offset = 0;
-        return false;
+        var currentAddress = virtualAddress;
+        var remaining = length;
+        var currentIndex = regionIndex;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            if (currentIndex >= _regions.Count)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var region = _regions[currentIndex];
+            if (currentAddress < region.Region.VirtualAddress ||
+                currentAddress >= region.EndAddress ||
+                (region.Region.Protection & requiredProtection) == 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (remaining == 0)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            var available = region.EndAddress - currentAddress;
+            var chunkLength = (int)Math.Min((ulong)remaining, available);
+            remaining -= chunkLength;
+            if (remaining == 0)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            currentAddress += (ulong)chunkLength;
+            currentIndex++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int FindContainingRegionIndex(ulong virtualAddress)
+    {
+        var insertionIndex = FindInsertionIndex(virtualAddress);
+        if (insertionIndex < _regions.Count &&
+            _regions[insertionIndex].Region.VirtualAddress == virtualAddress)
+        {
+            return insertionIndex;
+        }
+
+        var candidateIndex = insertionIndex - 1;
+        return candidateIndex >= 0 && virtualAddress < _regions[candidateIndex].EndAddress
+            ? candidateIndex
+            : -1;
+    }
+
+    private void CopyFromRegions(ulong virtualAddress, Span<byte> destination, int regionIndex)
+    {
+        var copied = 0;
+        var currentAddress = virtualAddress;
+        while (copied < destination.Length)
+        {
+            var region = _regions[regionIndex++];
+            var regionOffset = checked((int)(currentAddress - region.Region.VirtualAddress));
+            var chunkLength = Math.Min(destination.Length - copied, region.BackingMemory.Length - regionOffset);
+            region.BackingMemory.AsSpan(regionOffset, chunkLength).CopyTo(destination[copied..]);
+            copied += chunkLength;
+            currentAddress += (ulong)chunkLength;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void CopyToRegions(ulong virtualAddress, ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, int regionIndex)
+    {
+        var copied = 0;
+        var currentAddress = virtualAddress;
+        while (copied < source.Length)
+        {
+            var region = _regions[regionIndex++];
+            var regionOffset = checked((int)(currentAddress - region.Region.VirtualAddress));
+            var chunkLength = Math.Min(source.Length - copied, region.BackingMemory.Length - regionOffset);
+            source.Slice(copied, chunkLength).CopyTo(region.BackingMemory.AsSpan(regionOffset, chunkLength));
+            copied += chunkLength;
+            currentAddress += (ulong)chunkLength;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int FindInsertionIndex(ulong virtualAddress)
+    {
+        var lower = 0;
+        var upper = _regions.Count;
+        while (lower < upper)
+        {
+            var middle = lower + ((upper - lower) / 2);
+            if (_regions[middle].Region.VirtualAddress < virtualAddress)
+            {
+                lower = middle + 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                upper = middle;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return lower;
     }
 
     private readonly record struct MappedRegion(VirtualMemoryRegion Region, ulong EndAddress, byte[] BackingMemory);

src/SharpEmu.GUI/GuiSettings.cs

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public sealed class GuiSettings
     /// <summary>Publish launcher/game status to Discord Rich Presence.</summary>
     public bool DiscordRichPresence { get; set; } = true;
 
+    /// <summary>Names of SHARPEMU_* switches set to "1" in the emulator's environment at launch.</summary>
+    public List<string> EnvironmentToggles { get; set; } = new();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Discord application ID used for Rich Presence; the default is the
     /// SharpEmu application. Override to rebrand what Discord shows as

src/SharpEmu.GUI/Languages/br.json

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
   "Library.Loading": "Carregando biblioteca…",
 
   "Options.General": "Opções Gerais",
+  "Options.Env.Tab": "Ambiente",
+  "Options.Section.Environment": "VARIÁVEIS DE AMBIENTE",
+  "Options.Env.Desc": "Switches passados para o emulador como variáveis de ambiente na inicialização.",
+  "Options.Env.Bthid.Desc": "Reporta o Bluetooth HID como indisponível para títulos cujo middleware de volante/FFB fica esperando indefinidamente.\nDeixe desativado normalmente. Alguns títulos travam quando a inicialização falha.",
+  "Options.Env.LoopGuard.Desc": "Não force o encerramento de títulos que repetem a mesma chamada por tempo demais.\nExperimente isso quando um jogo fecha sozinho durante o carregamento.",
+  "Options.Env.VkValidation.Desc": "Ativa as camadas de validação do Vulkan para depuração de GPU.\nLento. Requer que o Vulkan SDK esteja instalado.",
+  "Options.Env.DumpSpirv.Desc": "Extrai os shaders AGC e suas traduções SPIR-V para a pasta shader-dumps.\nUse ao reportar bugs de shader ou renderização.",
+  "Options.Env.LogDirectMemory.Desc": "Registra alocações de memória direta e falhas no console.\nUse quando um jogo aborta ou fecha durante a inicialização (boot).",
+  "Options.Env.LogNp.Desc": "Registra chamadas da biblioteca NP (PlayStation Network) no console.",
   "Options.Section.Emulation": "EMULAÇÃO",
   "Options.Section.Logging": "LOGS",
   "Options.Section.Launcher": "INICIALIZADOR",
@@ -126,4 +135,4 @@
   "Dialog.SaveLogFile": "Selecione onde salvar o arquivo de log",
   "Dialog.PlainTextFiles": "Arquivos de texto simples",
   "Dialog.LogFiles": "Arquivos de log"
-}
+}

src/SharpEmu.GUI/Languages/en.json

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
   "Library.Loading": "Loading library…",
 
   "Options.General": "General",
+  "Options.Env.Tab": "Environment",
+  "Options.Section.Environment": "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES",
+  "Options.Env.Desc": "Switches passed to the emulator as environment variables at launch.",
+  "Options.Env.Bthid.Desc": "Report Bluetooth HID as unavailable for titles whose wheel/FFB middleware polls forever.\nLeave off normally. Some titles freeze when init fails.",
+  "Options.Env.LoopGuard.Desc": "Do not force quit titles that repeat the same call for too long.\nTry this when a game exits on its own while loading.",
+  "Options.Env.VkValidation.Desc": "Enable Vulkan validation layers for GPU debugging.\nSlow. Requires the Vulkan SDK to be installed.",
+  "Options.Env.DumpSpirv.Desc": "Dump AGC shaders and their SPIR-V translations to the shader-dumps folder.\nUse when reporting shader or rendering bugs.",
+  "Options.Env.LogDirectMemory.Desc": "Log direct memory allocations and failures to the console.\nUse when a game aborts or exits during boot.",
+  "Options.Env.LogNp.Desc": "Log NP (PlayStation Network) library calls to the console.",
   "Options.Section.Emulation": "EMULATION",
   "Options.Section.Logging": "LOGGING",
   "Options.Section.Launcher": "LAUNCHER",

src/SharpEmu.GUI/Languages/pt.json

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{
+  "_languageName": "Português (Portugal)",
+
+  "Page.Library": "Biblioteca",
+  "Page.Options": "Opções",
+  "Page.GameCount.One": "1 jogo",
+  "Page.GameCount.Other": "{0} jogos",
+
+  "Library.SearchWatermark": "Pesquisar biblioteca…",
+  "Library.AddFolder": "＋ Adicionar pasta",
+  "Library.Rescan": "⟳ Reanalisar",
+  "Library.OpenFile": "Abrir ficheiro…",
+
+  "Library.Context.Launch": "Iniciar",
+  "Library.Context.OpenFolder": "Abrir pasta do jogo",
+  "Library.Context.CopyPath": "Copiar caminho",
+  "Library.Context.CopyTitleId": "Copiar ID do título",
+  "Library.Context.Remove": "Remover da biblioteca",
+
+  "Library.Empty.Title": "A sua biblioteca está vazia",
+  "Library.Empty.Hint": "Adicione uma pasta com os seus jogos para começar.",
+  "Library.Empty.SearchTitle": "Nenhum jogo corresponde à sua pesquisa",
+  "Library.Empty.SearchHint": "Nada na biblioteca corresponde a “{0}”.",
+  "Library.Empty.AddFolder": "＋ Adicionar pasta de jogos",
+
+  "Library.Loading": "A carregar biblioteca…",
+
+  "Options.General": "Geral",
+  "Options.Env.Tab": "Ambiente",
+  "Options.Section.Environment": "VARIÁVEIS DE AMBIENTE",
+  "Options.Env.Desc": "Switches passados ao emulador como variáveis de ambiente no arranque.",
+  "Options.Env.Bthid.Desc": "Reporta o Bluetooth HID como indisponível para títulos cujo middleware de volante/FFB fica à espera indefinidamente.\nDeixe desativado normalmente. Alguns títulos bloqueiam quando a inicialização falha.",
+  "Options.Env.LoopGuard.Desc": "Não force o encerramento de títulos que repetem a mesma chamada durante demasiado tempo.\nExperimente isto quando um jogo fecha sozinho durante o carregamento.",
+  "Options.Env.VkValidation.Desc": "Ativa as camadas de validação do Vulkan para depuração da GPU.\nLento. Requer que o Vulkan SDK esteja instalado.",
+  "Options.Env.DumpSpirv.Desc": "Extrai os shaders AGC e as respetivas traduções SPIR-V para a pasta shader-dumps.\nUtilize ao reportar problemas de shaders ou renderização.",
+  "Options.Env.LogDirectMemory.Desc": "Regista alocações de memória direta e falhas na consola.\nUtilize quando um jogo aborta ou fecha durante o arranque.",
+  "Options.Env.LogNp.Desc": "Regista chamadas da biblioteca NP (PlayStation Network) na consola.",
+  "Options.Section.Emulation": "EMULAÇÃO",
+  "Options.Section.Logging": "REGISTOS",
+  "Options.Section.Launcher": "LANÇADOR",
+
+  "Options.CpuEngine.Label": "Motor de CPU",
+  "Options.CpuEngine.Desc": "Motor de execução utilizado para correr o código do jogo.",
+  "Options.CpuEngine.Native": "Nativo",
+
+  "Options.Strict.Label": "Resolução estrita de dynlib",
+  "Options.Strict.Desc": "Falha o arranque quando um símbolo importado não pode ser resolvido.",
+
+  "Options.LogLevel.Label": "Nível de registo",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Desc": "Nível de detalhe da saída da consola do emulador.",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Trace": "Rastreio",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Debug": "Depuração",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Info": "Informação",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Warning": "Aviso",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Error": "Erro",
+  "Options.LogLevel.Critical": "Crítico",
+
+  "Options.TraceImports.Label": "Limite de rastreio de importações",
+  "Options.TraceImports.Desc": "Rastreia as primeiras N importações por módulo (0 = desativado).",
+
+  "Options.LogToFile.Label": "Registar para ficheiro",
+  "Options.LogToFile.Desc": "Duplicar a saída do emulador para um ficheiro de registo.",
+
+  "Options.LogFilePath.Label": "Caminho do ficheiro de registo",
+  "Options.LogFilePath.Default": "Sem caminho personalizado — os registos vão para user/logs junto ao emulador.",
+  "Options.LogFilePath.Select": "Selecionar…",
+
+  "Options.OverrideLogFile.Label": "Substituir ficheiro de registo",
+  "Options.OverrideLogFile.Desc": "Utilizar o caminho de ficheiro exato em vez de acrescentar o ID do título e a hora.",
+
+  "Options.TitleMusic.Label": "Música do título",
+  "Options.TitleMusic.Desc": "Repetir em loop a música de pré-visualização do jogo selecionado na biblioteca.",
+
+  "Options.Discord.Label": "Presença no Discord",
+  "Options.Discord.Desc": "Mostrar o jogo em execução no seu perfil do Discord.",
+
+  "Options.Language.Label": "Idioma do emulador",
+  "Options.Language.Desc": "Idioma utilizado em todo o lançador. Aplica-se de imediato.",
+
+  "Common.On": "Ativado",
+  "Common.Off": "Desativado",
+
+  "Console.Title": "CONSOLA",
+  "Console.SearchWatermark": "Pesquisar...",
+  "Console.AutoScroll": "Deslocamento automático",
+  "Console.Split": "Dividir",
+  "Console.Copy": "Copiar",
+  "Console.Clear": "Limpar",
+  "Console.WindowTitle": "Consola do SharpEmu",
+
+  "Launch.NoGameSelected": "Nenhum jogo selecionado",
+  "Launch.NoGameHint": "Escolha um jogo da biblioteca ou abra um eboot.bin diretamente.",
+  "Launch.Idle": "Inativo",
+  "Launch.Console": "≡ Consola",
+  "Launch.Launch": "▶  Iniciar",
+  "Launch.Stop": "■  Parar",
+  "Launch.Running": "Em execução — {0}",
+  "Launch.Stopping": "A parar…",
+  "Launch.Exited": "Terminou com o código {0} ({1})",
+  "Launch.ExeNotFound": "Executável do SharpEmu não encontrado. Compile primeiro o projeto SharpEmu.CLI (dotnet build).",
+  "Launch.LogFile": "Ficheiro de registo: {0}",
+  "Launch.Command": "$ SharpEmu {0}",
+  "Launch.StartFailed": "Falha ao iniciar o emulador: {0}",
+  "Launch.ProcessExited": "O processo terminou com o código {0} ({1}).",
+
+  "Exit.Ok": "OK",
+  "Exit.InvalidArguments": "argumentos inválidos",
+  "Exit.EbootNotFound": "eboot não encontrado",
+  "Exit.RuntimeException": "exceção em tempo de execução",
+  "Exit.EmulationError": "erro de emulação",
+  "Exit.Unknown": "desconhecido",
+
+  "Status.EmulatorLocating": "Emulador: a localizar…",
+  "Status.EmulatorPath": "Emulador: {0}",
+  "Status.EmulatorNotFound": "Emulador: executável do SharpEmu não encontrado — compile primeiro o SharpEmu.CLI.",
+  "Status.ScanningLibrary": "A analisar biblioteca…",
+  "Status.AddFolderPrompt": "Adicione uma pasta de jogos para preencher a biblioteca.",
+  "Status.LibraryScanned": "Biblioteca analisada: {0} jogo(s) em {1} pasta(s).",
+  "Status.CouldNotOpenFolder": "Não foi possível abrir a pasta: {0}",
+  "Status.CopiedToClipboard": "{0} copiado para a área de transferência.",
+  "Status.RemovedFromLibrary": "“{0}” removido da biblioteca. Adicione novamente a pasta para o restaurar.",
+  "Status.Running": "A executar {0}",
+  "Status.Stopping": "A parar…",
+  "Status.Idle": "Inativo",
+
+  "Clipboard.Path": "Caminho",
+  "Clipboard.TitleId": "ID do título",
+
+  "Discord.Playing": "A jogar {0}",
+  "Discord.Browsing": "A navegar na biblioteca",
+
+  "Dialog.ChooseGameFolder": "Escolha uma pasta com jogos",
+  "Dialog.OpenExecutable": "Abrir um executável para iniciar",
+  "Dialog.PsExecutables": "Executáveis PS",
+  "Dialog.SaveLogFile": "Selecione onde guardar o ficheiro de registo",
+  "Dialog.PlainTextFiles": "Ficheiros de Texto Simples",
+  "Dialog.LogFiles": "Ficheiros de Registo",
+
+  "Options.About" : "Sobre",
+  "About.Github.Label": "GitHub",
+  "About.Github.Desc": "Código-fonte, problemas e desenvolvimento do projeto.",
+  "About.Discord.Label": "Discord",
+  "About.Discord.Desc": "Junte-se à comunidade, obtenha suporte e acompanhe o desenvolvimento.",
+  "About.GithubButton": "Contribua no GitHub!",
+  "About.DiscordButton": "Junte-se ao nosso Discord!"
+}

src/SharpEmu.GUI/MainWindow.axaml

@@ -387,6 +387,88 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
                 </StackPanel>
               </ScrollViewer>
             </TabItem>
+            <TabItem x:Name="EnvTabItem" Header="Environment" FontSize="15">
+              <ScrollViewer>
+                <StackPanel Margin="0,14,0,16" Spacing="16" MaxWidth="1280" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
+
+                  <Border Classes="card">
+                    <StackPanel Spacing="14">
+                      <TextBlock x:Name="EnvSectionTitle" Classes="sectionTitle" Text="ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" />
+                      <TextBlock x:Name="EnvDesc"
+                                 Text="Switches passed to the emulator as environment variables at launch."
+                                 FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_BTHID_UNAVAILABLE" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvBthidDesc"
+                                     Text="Report Bluetooth HID as unavailable for titles whose wheel/FFB middleware polls forever.&#10;Leave off normally. Some titles freeze when init fails."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvBthidToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_DISABLE_IMPORT_LOOP_GUARD" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvLoopGuardDesc"
+                                     Text="Do not force quit titles that repeat the same call for too long.&#10;Try this when a game exits on its own while loading."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvLoopGuardToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_VK_VALIDATION" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvVkValidationDesc"
+                                     Text="Enable Vulkan validation layers for GPU debugging.&#10;Slow. Requires the Vulkan SDK to be installed."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvVkValidationToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_DUMP_SPIRV" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvDumpSpirvDesc"
+                                     Text="Dump AGC shaders and their SPIR-V translations to the shader-dumps folder.&#10;Use when reporting shader or rendering bugs."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvDumpSpirvToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_LOG_DIRECT_MEMORY" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvLogDirectMemoryDesc"
+                                     Text="Log direct memory allocations and failures to the console.&#10;Use when a game aborts or exits during boot."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvLogDirectMemoryToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+
+                      <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto">
+                        <StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Spacing="2" Margin="0,0,16,0">
+                          <TextBlock Text="SHARPEMU_LOG_NP" FontSize="13" FontFamily="Consolas,monospace" />
+                          <TextBlock x:Name="EnvLogNpDesc"
+                                     Text="Log NP (PlayStation Network) library calls to the console."
+                                     FontSize="11" Foreground="{StaticResource MutedBrush}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <ToggleSwitch Grid.Column="1" x:Name="EnvLogNpToggle" OnContent="On" OffContent="Off"
+                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                      </Grid>
+                    </StackPanel>
+                  </Border>
+
+                </StackPanel>
+              </ScrollViewer>
+            </TabItem>
           </TabControl>
         </Grid>
       </Panel>

src/SharpEmu.GUI/MainWindow.axaml.cs

@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             UpdateDiscordPresence();
         };
         SelectLogFilePathButton.Click += async (_, _) => await SelectLogFilePathAsync();
+        EnvBthidToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_BTHID_UNAVAILABLE", EnvBthidToggle.IsChecked == true);
+        EnvLoopGuardToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_DISABLE_IMPORT_LOOP_GUARD", EnvLoopGuardToggle.IsChecked == true);
+        EnvVkValidationToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_VK_VALIDATION", EnvVkValidationToggle.IsChecked == true);
+        EnvDumpSpirvToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_DUMP_SPIRV", EnvDumpSpirvToggle.IsChecked == true);
+        EnvLogDirectMemoryToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_LOG_DIRECT_MEMORY", EnvLogDirectMemoryToggle.IsChecked == true);
+        EnvLogNpToggle.IsCheckedChanged += (_, _) =>
+            SetEnvironmentToggle("SHARPEMU_LOG_NP", EnvLogNpToggle.IsChecked == true);
         LanguageBox.SelectionChanged += (_, _) => OnLanguageChanged();
 
         GameList.AddHandler(ContextRequestedEvent, OnGameContextRequested, RoutingStrategies.Tunnel);
@@ -403,6 +415,15 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
         LoadingStateText.Text = loc.Get("Library.Loading");
 
         GeneralTabItem.Header = loc.Get("Options.General");
+        EnvTabItem.Header = loc.Get("Options.Env.Tab");
+        EnvSectionTitle.Text = loc.Get("Options.Section.Environment");
+        EnvDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.Desc");
+        EnvBthidDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.Bthid.Desc");
+        EnvLoopGuardDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.LoopGuard.Desc");
+        EnvVkValidationDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.VkValidation.Desc");
+        EnvDumpSpirvDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.DumpSpirv.Desc");
+        EnvLogDirectMemoryDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.LogDirectMemory.Desc");
+        EnvLogNpDesc.Text = loc.Get("Options.Env.LogNp.Desc");
         EmulationSectionTitle.Text = loc.Get("Options.Section.Emulation");
         LoggingSectionTitle.Text = loc.Get("Options.Section.Logging");
         LauncherSectionTitle.Text = loc.Get("Options.Section.Launcher");
@@ -584,9 +605,34 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
         OverrideLogFileToggle.IsChecked = _settings.OverrideLogFile;
         TitleMusicToggle.IsChecked = _settings.PlayTitleMusic;
         DiscordToggle.IsChecked = _settings.DiscordRichPresence;
+        EnvBthidToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_BTHID_UNAVAILABLE");
+        EnvLoopGuardToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_DISABLE_IMPORT_LOOP_GUARD");
+        EnvVkValidationToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_VK_VALIDATION");
+        EnvDumpSpirvToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_DUMP_SPIRV");
+        EnvLogDirectMemoryToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_LOG_DIRECT_MEMORY");
+        EnvLogNpToggle.IsChecked = _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains("SHARPEMU_LOG_NP");
         UpdateLogFilePathText();
     }
 
+    // Environment variables set on this process at the previous launch; children
+    // inherit the process environment, so stale names must be cleared explicitly.
+    private readonly HashSet<string> _appliedEnvironmentVariables = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+    private void SetEnvironmentToggle(string name, bool enabled)
+    {
+        if (enabled)
+        {
+            if (!_settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains(name))
+            {
+                _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Add(name);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _settings.EnvironmentToggles.Remove(name);
+        }
+    }
+
     private string SelectedLogLevel()
     {
         return LogLevelBox.SelectedIndex switch
@@ -1402,6 +1448,24 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             Localization.Instance.Format("Launch.Command", string.Join(' ', arguments)),
             DimLineBrush);
 
+        // Apply the enabled switches to this process; both emulator launch paths
+        // (CreateProcessW and Process.Start) inherit it. Clear switches turned
+        // off since the previous launch.
+        foreach (var staleName in _appliedEnvironmentVariables)
+        {
+            if (!_settings.EnvironmentToggles.Contains(staleName))
+            {
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(staleName, null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        _appliedEnvironmentVariables.Clear();
+        foreach (var name in _settings.EnvironmentToggles)
+        {
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(name, "1");
+            _appliedEnvironmentVariables.Add(name);
+        }
+
         var emulator = new EmulatorProcess();
         emulator.OutputReceived += (line, isError) => _pendingLines.Enqueue((line, isError));
         emulator.Exited += code => Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(() => OnEmulatorExited(code));

src/SharpEmu.HLE/CpuContext.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -238,23 +239,63 @@ public sealed class CpuContext(ICpuMemory memory, Generation generation)
             return false;
         }
 
-        var bytes = new byte[capacity];
-        for (var index = 0; index < bytes.Length; index++)
+        const int StackBufferLength = 512;
+        const int ReadChunkLength = 128;
+        var rented = capacity > StackBufferLength ? ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(capacity) : null;
+        Span<byte> bytes = rented is null ? stackalloc byte[StackBufferLength] : rented;
+        try
         {
-            if (!Memory.TryRead(address + (ulong)index, bytes.AsSpan(index, 1)))
+            var length = 0;
+            while (length < capacity)
             {
-                return false;
+                // Bulk-read in bounded chunks rather than the full capacity: the string
+                // may end just before unmapped memory, and overreading past the
+                // terminator by more than a chunk could fault where the old
+                // byte-by-byte loop succeeded.
+                var chunk = Math.Min(ReadChunkLength, capacity - length);
+                var span = bytes.Slice(length, chunk);
+                if (Memory.TryRead(address + (ulong)length, span))
+                {
+                    var terminator = span.IndexOf((byte)0);
+                    if (terminator >= 0)
+                    {
+                        value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes[..(length + terminator)]);
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    length += chunk;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // The chunk touches an unreadable range; fall back to per-byte reads so a
+                // terminator sitting before the bad byte still yields the string.
+                for (var i = 0; i < chunk; i++)
+                {
+                    if (!Memory.TryRead(address + (ulong)(length + i), bytes.Slice(length + i, 1)))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    if (bytes[length + i] == 0)
+                    {
+                        value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes[..(length + i)]);
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                length += chunk;
             }
 
-            if (bytes[index] == 0)
+            value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes[..capacity]);
+            return true;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (rented is not null)
             {
-                value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 0, index);
-                return true;
+                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(rented);
             }
         }
-
-        value = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
-        return true;
     }
 
     public bool PushUInt64(ulong value)

src/SharpEmu.HLE/GuestThreadExecution.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ public readonly record struct GuestThreadSnapshot(
     ulong LastReturnRip,
     string? BlockReason);
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Continuation state for a blocked guest thread, replacing the closure pair a blocking
+/// wait used to allocate. TryWake runs under the scheduler's guest-thread gate and
+/// returns true when the waiter has a final result and the thread should be re-readied;
+/// false leaves it parked. Resume runs later on the woken thread outside that gate, and
+/// its return value becomes the guest's RAX for the resumed call.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
+{
+    int Resume();
+
+    bool TryWake();
+}
+
 public interface IGuestThreadScheduler
 {
     bool SupportsGuestContextTransfer { get; }
@@ -106,10 +120,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
     private static string? _pendingBlockWakeKey;
 
     [ThreadStatic]
-    private static Func<int>? _pendingBlockResumeHandler;
-
-    [ThreadStatic]
-    private static Func<bool>? _pendingBlockWakeHandler;
+    private static IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? _pendingBlockWaiter;
 
     [ThreadStatic]
     private static long _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp;
@@ -157,8 +168,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         _pendingBlockContinuationValid = false;
         _pendingBlockContinuation = default;
         _pendingBlockWakeKey = null;
-        _pendingBlockResumeHandler = null;
-        _pendingBlockWakeHandler = null;
+        _pendingBlockWaiter = null;
         _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
         _pendingEntryExit = false;
         _pendingEntryExitValue = 0;
@@ -179,8 +189,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         _pendingBlockContinuationValid = false;
         _pendingBlockContinuation = default;
         _pendingBlockWakeKey = null;
-        _pendingBlockResumeHandler = null;
-        _pendingBlockWakeHandler = null;
+        _pendingBlockWaiter = null;
         _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
         _pendingEntryExit = false;
         _pendingEntryExitValue = 0;
@@ -211,8 +220,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         CpuContext? context,
         string reason,
         string? wakeKey = null,
-        Func<int>? resumeHandler = null,
-        Func<bool>? wakeHandler = null,
+        IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? waiter = null,
         long blockDeadlineTimestamp = 0)
     {
         if (!IsGuestThread)
@@ -222,8 +230,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
 
         _pendingBlockReason = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(reason) ? "guest_thread_blocked" : reason;
         _pendingBlockWakeKey = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(wakeKey) ? _pendingBlockReason : wakeKey;
-        _pendingBlockResumeHandler = resumeHandler;
-        _pendingBlockWakeHandler = wakeHandler;
+        _pendingBlockWaiter = waiter;
         _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp = blockDeadlineTimestamp;
         if (context is not null && TryCaptureCurrentBlockContinuation(context, out var continuation))
         {
@@ -255,7 +262,6 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
             out hasContinuation,
             out _,
             out _,
-            out _,
             out _);
     }
 
@@ -264,16 +270,14 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         out GuestCpuContinuation continuation,
         out bool hasContinuation,
         out string wakeKey,
-        out Func<int>? resumeHandler,
-        out Func<bool>? wakeHandler)
+        out IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? waiter)
     {
         return TryConsumeCurrentThreadBlock(
             out reason,
             out continuation,
             out hasContinuation,
             out wakeKey,
-            out resumeHandler,
-            out wakeHandler,
+            out waiter,
             out _);
     }
 
@@ -282,8 +286,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         out GuestCpuContinuation continuation,
         out bool hasContinuation,
         out string wakeKey,
-        out Func<int>? resumeHandler,
-        out Func<bool>? wakeHandler,
+        out IGuestThreadBlockWaiter? waiter,
         out long blockDeadlineTimestamp)
     {
         reason = _pendingBlockReason ?? string.Empty;
@@ -292,8 +295,7 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
             continuation = default;
             hasContinuation = false;
             wakeKey = string.Empty;
-            resumeHandler = null;
-            wakeHandler = null;
+            waiter = null;
             blockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
             return false;
         }
@@ -301,15 +303,13 @@ public static class GuestThreadExecution
         continuation = _pendingBlockContinuation;
         hasContinuation = _pendingBlockContinuationValid;
         wakeKey = _pendingBlockWakeKey ?? reason;
-        resumeHandler = _pendingBlockResumeHandler;
-        wakeHandler = _pendingBlockWakeHandler;
+        waiter = _pendingBlockWaiter;
         blockDeadlineTimestamp = _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp;
         _pendingBlockReason = null;
         _pendingBlockContinuation = default;
         _pendingBlockContinuationValid = false;
         _pendingBlockWakeKey = null;
-        _pendingBlockResumeHandler = null;
-        _pendingBlockWakeHandler = null;
+        _pendingBlockWaiter = null;
         _pendingBlockDeadlineTimestamp = 0;
         return true;
     }

src/SharpEmu.HLE/IGuestMemoryAllocator.cs

@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ namespace SharpEmu.HLE;
 public interface IGuestMemoryAllocator
 {
     bool TryAllocateGuestMemory(ulong size, ulong alignment, out ulong address);
+
+    bool TryFreeGuestMemory(ulong address);
 }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Agc/AgcExports.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public static class AgcExports
     private const uint ItDispatchDirect = 0x15;
     private const uint ItDispatchIndirect = 0x16;
     private const uint ItWaitRegMem = 0x3C;
+    private const uint ItIndirectBuffer = 0x3F;
     private const uint ItEventWrite = 0x46;
     private const uint ItDmaData = 0x50;
     private const uint ItSetContextReg = 0x69;
@@ -1943,6 +1944,96 @@ public static class AgcExports
         return ReturnPointer(ctx, commandAddress);
     }
 
+    // Guest draw-command builders: emit valid (skippable) packets and return a live
+    // command pointer so the guest's command-buffer build succeeds; full draw processing is TODO.
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "8N2tmT3jmC8",
+        ExportName = "sceAgcDcbSetIndexCount",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAgc")]
+    public static int DcbSetIndexCount(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var dcb = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var indexCount = (uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (dcb == 0)
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryAllocateCommandDwords(ctx, dcb, 2, out var cmd) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd, Pm4(2, ItNop, RZero)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 4, indexCount))
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        return ReturnPointer(ctx, cmd);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "xSAR0LTcRKM",
+        ExportName = "sceAgcDcbJump",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAgc")]
+    public static int DcbJump(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var dcb = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var target = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var sizeDwords = (uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        if (dcb == 0)
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryAllocateCommandDwords(ctx, dcb, 4, out var cmd) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd, Pm4(4, ItIndirectBuffer, RZero)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 4, (uint)(target & 0xFFFF_FFFFUL)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 8, (uint)((target >> 32) & 0xFFFFUL)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 12, sizeDwords & 0xFFFFF))
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        return ReturnPointer(ctx, cmd);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "bbFueFP+J4k",
+        ExportName = "sceAgcDcbSetPredication",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAgc")]
+    public static int DcbSetPredication(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var dcb = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var address = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (dcb == 0)
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryAllocateCommandDwords(ctx, dcb, 3, out var cmd) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd, Pm4(3, ItNop, RZero)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 4, (uint)(address & 0xFFFF_FFFFUL)) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt32(cmd + 8, (uint)(address >> 32)))
+        {
+            return ReturnPointer(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        return ReturnPointer(ctx, cmd);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "w6Dj1VJt5qY",
+        ExportName = "sceAgcSetPacketPredication",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAgc")]
+    public static int SetPacketPredication(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        // Global predication toggle on a packet; a no-op is safe for rendering.
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "w2rJhmD+dsE",
         ExportName = "sceAgcDriverAddEqEvent",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Ampr/AmprExports.cs

@@ -348,6 +348,18 @@ public static class AmprExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "Zi3dBUjgyXI",
+        ExportName = "sceAmprMeasureCommandSizeWriteKernelEventQueueOnCompletion",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAmpr")]
+    public static int MeasureCommandSizeWriteKernelEventQueueOnCompletion(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        TraceAmpr(ctx, "measure_write_equeue_complete", 0, KernelEventQueueRecordSize, 0);
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = KernelEventQueueRecordSize;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "C+IEj+BsAFM",
         ExportName = "sceAmprMeasureCommandSizeWriteAddressOnCompletion",
@@ -440,6 +452,40 @@ public static class AmprExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "o67gODLFpls",
+        ExportName = "sceAmprCommandBufferWriteKernelEventQueueOnCompletion",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAmpr")]
+    public static int CommandBufferWriteKernelEventQueueOnCompletion(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var commandBuffer = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var equeue = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var ident = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        var completionToken = ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx];
+        var userData = ctx[CpuRegister.R8];
+
+        if (commandBuffer == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        if (!AppendKernelEventQueueRecord(
+                ctx,
+                commandBuffer,
+                equeue,
+                ident,
+                completionToken,
+                userData))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
+        TraceAmpr(ctx, "write_equeue_complete", commandBuffer, ident, completionToken);
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "sJXyWHjP-F8",
         ExportName = "sceAmprCommandBufferWriteAddressOnCompletion",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelEventFlagCompatExports.cs

@@ -34,9 +34,43 @@ public static class KernelEventFlagCompatExports
         public object Gate { get; } = new();
     }
 
-    private sealed class EventFlagWaiter
+    private sealed class EventFlagWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
     {
+        public required CpuContext Ctx { get; init; }
+        public required EventFlagState State { get; init; }
+        public required ulong Pattern { get; init; }
+        public required uint WaitMode { get; init; }
+        public required ulong ResultAddress { get; init; }
+        public bool Timed { get; init; }
+
+        // Timed-wait completion state; unused when Timed is false.
+        public ulong TimeoutAddress { get; init; }
+        public long DeadlineTimestamp { get; init; }
+
         public OrbisGen2Result? Result { get; set; }
+
+        // Untimed waits stash the prepared result here at wake and return it at resume.
+        private OrbisGen2Result _blockedResult = OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+
+        public int Resume() => Timed
+            ? CompleteBlockedTimedWait(Ctx, State, this, Pattern, WaitMode, ResultAddress, TimeoutAddress, DeadlineTimestamp)
+            : (int)_blockedResult;
+
+        public bool TryWake()
+        {
+            if (Timed)
+            {
+                return TryCompleteBlockedTimedWait(Ctx, State, this, Pattern, WaitMode, ResultAddress);
+            }
+
+            if (!TryPrepareBlockedWait(Ctx, State, Pattern, WaitMode, ResultAddress, out var preparedResult))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            _blockedResult = preparedResult;
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     [SysAbiExport(
@@ -249,27 +283,22 @@ public static class KernelEventFlagCompatExports
 
                 var deadline = GuestThreadExecution.ComputeDeadlineTimestamp(
                     TimeSpan.FromTicks((long)timeoutUsec * 10L));
-                var timedWaiter = new EventFlagWaiter();
+                var timedWaiter = new EventFlagWaiter
+                {
+                    Ctx = ctx,
+                    State = state,
+                    Pattern = pattern,
+                    WaitMode = waitMode,
+                    ResultAddress = resultAddress,
+                    Timed = true,
+                    TimeoutAddress = timeoutAddress,
+                    DeadlineTimestamp = deadline,
+                };
                 if (GuestThreadExecution.RequestCurrentThreadBlock(
                         ctx,
                         "sceKernelWaitEventFlag",
                         GetEventFlagWakeKey(handle),
-                        resumeHandler: () => CompleteBlockedTimedWait(
-                            ctx,
-                            state,
-                            timedWaiter,
-                            pattern,
-                            waitMode,
-                            resultAddress,
-                            timeoutAddress,
-                            deadline),
-                        wakeHandler: () => TryCompleteBlockedTimedWait(
-                            ctx,
-                            state,
-                            timedWaiter,
-                            pattern,
-                            waitMode,
-                            resultAddress),
+                        timedWaiter,
                         blockDeadlineTimestamp: deadline))
                 {
                     state.WaitingThreads++;
@@ -286,27 +315,17 @@ public static class KernelEventFlagCompatExports
             var currentGuestThread = GuestThreadExecution.CurrentGuestThreadHandle;
             var currentFiber = FiberExports.GetCurrentFiberAddressForDiagnostics(ctx);
             var managedThread = Environment.CurrentManagedThreadId;
-            var blockedWaitResult = OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
             var requestedBlock = GuestThreadExecution.RequestCurrentThreadBlock(
                 ctx,
                 "sceKernelWaitEventFlag",
                 GetEventFlagWakeKey(handle),
-                () => (int)blockedWaitResult,
-                () =>
+                new EventFlagWaiter
                 {
-                    if (!TryPrepareBlockedWait(
-                            ctx,
-                            state,
-                            pattern,
-                            waitMode,
-                            resultAddress,
-                            out var preparedResult))
-                    {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-
-                    blockedWaitResult = preparedResult;
-                    return true;
+                    Ctx = ctx,
+                    State = state,
+                    Pattern = pattern,
+                    WaitMode = waitMode,
+                    ResultAddress = resultAddress,
                 });
             TraceEventFlag($"wait-unsatisfied handle=0x{handle:X16} pattern=0x{pattern:X16} bits=0x{state.Bits:X16} guest_thread=0x{currentGuestThread:X16} fiber=0x{currentFiber:X16} managed={managedThread} block={requestedBlock} ret=0x{returnRip:X16} frames={FormatFrameChain(ctx)}");
             TraceEventFlag($"wait-object handle=0x{handle:X16} name='{state.Name}' {FormatGuestWaitObject(ctx)}");

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelEventQueueCompatExports.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Threading;
 
 namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
     private static readonly object _eventQueueGate = new();
     private static readonly HashSet<ulong> _eventQueues = new();
-    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>> _pendingEvents = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, KernelEventDeque> _pendingEvents = new();
     private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, Dictionary<(ulong Ident, short Filter), KernelEventRegistration>> _registeredEvents = new();
     private static long _nextEventQueueHandle = 1;
 
@@ -34,6 +36,76 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
         short Filter,
         ulong UserData);
 
+    // Grow-only ring buffer standing in for LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>, which
+    // allocated a node per enqueue — steady churn at one enqueue per vblank/flip edge
+    // per registered queue. Mutated only under _eventQueueGate.
+    private sealed class KernelEventDeque
+    {
+        private KernelQueuedEvent[] _items = new KernelQueuedEvent[4];
+        private int _head;
+
+        public int Count { get; private set; }
+
+        public KernelQueuedEvent this[int index]
+        {
+            get => _items[(_head + index) % _items.Length];
+            set => _items[(_head + index) % _items.Length] = value;
+        }
+
+        public void AddLast(in KernelQueuedEvent item)
+        {
+            if (Count == _items.Length)
+            {
+                var grown = new KernelQueuedEvent[_items.Length * 2];
+                for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
+                {
+                    grown[i] = this[i];
+                }
+
+                _items = grown;
+                _head = 0;
+            }
+
+            _items[(_head + Count) % _items.Length] = item;
+            Count++;
+        }
+
+        public KernelQueuedEvent RemoveFirst()
+        {
+            var value = _items[_head];
+            _head = (_head + 1) % _items.Length;
+            Count--;
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        public int FindIndex(ulong ident, short filter)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
+            {
+                var candidate = this[i];
+                if (candidate.Ident == ident && candidate.Filter == filter)
+                {
+                    return i;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class EqueueWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
+    {
+        public required CpuContext Ctx { get; init; }
+        public required ulong Handle { get; init; }
+        public required ulong EventsAddress { get; init; }
+        public required int EventCapacity { get; init; }
+        public required ulong OutCountAddress { get; init; }
+
+        public int Resume() => ResumeWaitEqueue(Ctx, Handle, EventsAddress, EventCapacity, OutCountAddress);
+
+        public bool TryWake() => HasPendingEvents(Handle);
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "D0OdFMjp46I",
         ExportName = "sceKernelCreateEqueue",
@@ -51,7 +123,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
         lock (_eventQueueGate)
         {
             _eventQueues.Add(handle);
-            _pendingEvents[handle] = new LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>();
+            _pendingEvents[handle] = new KernelEventDeque();
             _registeredEvents[handle] = new Dictionary<(ulong Ident, short Filter), KernelEventRegistration>();
         }
 
@@ -79,6 +151,8 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
             _registeredEvents.Remove(handle);
         }
 
+        _wakeKeys.TryRemove(handle, out _);
+
         TraceEventQueue(ctx, "delete", handle);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
@@ -343,8 +417,14 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
                 ctx,
                 "sceKernelWaitEqueue",
                 GetEventQueueWakeKey(handle),
-                () => ResumeWaitEqueue(ctx, handle, eventsAddress, eventCapacity, outCountAddress),
-                () => HasPendingEvents(handle)))
+                new EqueueWaiter
+                {
+                    Ctx = ctx,
+                    Handle = handle,
+                    EventsAddress = eventsAddress,
+                    EventCapacity = eventCapacity,
+                    OutCountAddress = outCountAddress,
+                }))
         {
             TraceEventQueue(ctx, "wait-block", handle);
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
@@ -409,7 +489,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
             if (!_pendingEvents.TryGetValue(handle, out var queue))
             {
-                queue = new LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>();
+                queue = new KernelEventDeque();
                 _pendingEvents[handle] = queue;
             }
 
@@ -480,7 +560,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
                 if (!_pendingEvents.TryGetValue(handle, out var queue))
                 {
-                    queue = new LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>();
+                    queue = new KernelEventDeque();
                     _pendingEvents[handle] = queue;
                 }
 
@@ -527,7 +607,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
             if (!_pendingEvents.TryGetValue(handle, out var queue))
             {
-                queue = new LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>();
+                queue = new KernelEventDeque();
                 _pendingEvents[handle] = queue;
             }
 
@@ -563,15 +643,15 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
             if (!_pendingEvents.TryGetValue(handle, out var events))
             {
-                events = new LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent>();
+                events = new KernelEventDeque();
                 _pendingEvents[handle] = events;
             }
 
             var count = 1UL;
-            var pendingNode = FindPendingEvent(events, ident, filter);
-            if (pendingNode is not null)
+            var pendingIndex = events.FindIndex(ident, filter);
+            if (pendingIndex >= 0)
             {
-                count = Math.Min(((pendingNode.Value.Data >> 12) & 0xFUL) + 1, 0xFUL);
+                count = Math.Min(((events[pendingIndex].Data >> 12) & 0xFUL) + 1, 0xFUL);
             }
 
             var timeBits = unchecked((ulong)Environment.TickCount64) & 0xFFFUL;
@@ -584,9 +664,9 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
                 eventData,
                 userData);
 
-            if (pendingNode is not null)
+            if (pendingIndex >= 0)
             {
-                pendingNode.Value = triggeredEvent;
+                events[pendingIndex] = triggeredEvent;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -631,40 +711,28 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
     }
 
     private static void QueueOrUpdateEvent(
-        LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent> queue,
+        KernelEventDeque queue,
         KernelQueuedEvent queuedEvent)
     {
-        var pendingNode = FindPendingEvent(queue, queuedEvent.Ident, queuedEvent.Filter);
-        if (pendingNode is null)
+        var pendingIndex = queue.FindIndex(queuedEvent.Ident, queuedEvent.Filter);
+        if (pendingIndex < 0)
         {
             queue.AddLast(queuedEvent);
             return;
         }
 
-        pendingNode.Value = queuedEvent with
+        queue[pendingIndex] = queuedEvent with
         {
-            Fflags = Math.Max(pendingNode.Value.Fflags + 1, queuedEvent.Fflags),
+            Fflags = Math.Max(queue[pendingIndex].Fflags + 1, queuedEvent.Fflags),
         };
     }
 
-    private static LinkedListNode<KernelQueuedEvent>? FindPendingEvent(
-        LinkedList<KernelQueuedEvent> queue,
-        ulong ident,
-        short filter)
-    {
-        for (var node = queue.First; node is not null; node = node.Next)
-        {
-            if (node.Value.Ident == ident && node.Value.Filter == filter)
-            {
-                return node;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
+    // Wake keys are formatted once per handle: WakeEventQueue runs on every event
+    // enqueue (vblank/flip edges included), so formatting there is steady string churn.
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<ulong, string> _wakeKeys = new();
 
     private static string GetEventQueueWakeKey(ulong handle) =>
-        $"sceKernelWaitEqueue:{handle:X16}";
+        _wakeKeys.GetOrAdd(handle, static h => $"sceKernelWaitEqueue:{h:X16}");
 
     private static void WakeEventQueue(ulong handle)
     {
@@ -678,7 +746,10 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
             return 0;
         }
 
+        // Engines wait on the vblank/flip equeue every frame, so the delivery buffer
+        // (usually a single event) comes from the pool instead of a per-call array.
         KernelQueuedEvent[] events;
+        int count;
         lock (_eventQueueGate)
         {
             if (!_pendingEvents.TryGetValue(handle, out var queue) || queue.Count == 0)
@@ -686,24 +757,30 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
                 return 0;
             }
 
-            var count = Math.Min(eventCapacity, queue.Count);
-            events = new KernelQueuedEvent[count];
+            count = Math.Min(eventCapacity, queue.Count);
+            events = ArrayPool<KernelQueuedEvent>.Shared.Rent(count);
             for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
             {
-                events[i] = queue.First!.Value;
-                queue.RemoveFirst();
+                events[i] = queue.RemoveFirst();
             }
         }
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < events.Length; i++)
+        try
         {
-            if (!WriteKernelEvent(ctx, eventsAddress + ((ulong)i * KernelEventSize), events[i]))
+            for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
             {
-                return i;
+                if (!WriteKernelEvent(ctx, eventsAddress + ((ulong)i * KernelEventSize), events[i]))
+                {
+                    return i;
+                }
             }
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            ArrayPool<KernelQueuedEvent>.Shared.Return(events);
+        }
 
-        return events.Length;
+        return count;
     }
 
     private static bool WriteKernelEvent(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, KernelQueuedEvent queuedEvent)
@@ -718,9 +795,12 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
         return ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address, eventBytes);
     }
 
+    private static readonly bool _logEqueue =
+        string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_EQUEUE"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
     private static void TraceEventQueue(CpuContext ctx, string operation, ulong handle)
     {
-        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_EQUEUE"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        if (!_logEqueue)
         {
             return;
         }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelMemoryCompatExports.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
     private const int MaxGuestStringLength = 4096;
     private const int WideCharSize = sizeof(ushort);
     private const int MemsetChunkSize = 16 * 1024;
+    private const int MemcpyChunkSize = 256 * 1024;
+
+    // Shared all-zero scratch for chunked zero-fill loops; never written to.
+    private static readonly byte[] _zeroChunk = new byte[MemsetChunkSize];
     private const int TlsModuleBlockSize = 0x10000;
     private const int O_WRONLY = 0x1;
     private const int O_RDWR = 0x2;
@@ -255,11 +259,10 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
                 DirectStart: 0);
         }
 
-        var zeroes = new byte[(int)Math.Min(mappedLength, (ulong)MemsetChunkSize)];
         for (ulong offset = 0; offset < mappedLength;)
         {
-            var chunkLength = (int)Math.Min((ulong)zeroes.Length, mappedLength - offset);
-            if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address + offset, zeroes.AsSpan(0, chunkLength)))
+            var chunkLength = (int)Math.Min((ulong)_zeroChunk.Length, mappedLength - offset);
+            if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address + offset, _zeroChunk.AsSpan(0, chunkLength)))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -422,33 +425,50 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
-        var chunk = new byte[MemsetChunkSize];
-        Array.Fill(chunk, value);
-        var remaining = length;
-        var cursor = destination;
-        while (remaining > 0)
+        // Rent may hand back a larger array than requested; only the first chunkLength
+        // bytes are filled, so the loop must cap at chunkLength rather than chunk.Length.
+        var chunkLength = (int)Math.Min(length, (ulong)MemsetChunkSize);
+        var chunk = value == 0 ? _zeroChunk : ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(chunkLength);
+        if (value != 0)
         {
-            var take = (int)Math.Min((ulong)chunk.Length, remaining);
-            if (!TryWriteCompat(ctx, cursor, chunk.AsSpan(0, take)))
+            chunk.AsSpan(0, chunkLength).Fill(value);
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var remaining = length;
+            var cursor = destination;
+            while (remaining > 0)
             {
-                if (length <= 0x40)
+                var take = (int)Math.Min((ulong)chunkLength, remaining);
+                if (!TryWriteCompat(ctx, cursor, chunk.AsSpan(0, take)))
                 {
-                    var recoveryIndex = Interlocked.Increment(ref _inaccessibleMemsetRecoveryCount);
-                    if (recoveryIndex <= 8)
+                    if (length <= 0x40)
                     {
-                        Console.Error.WriteLine(
-                            $"[LOADER][WARNING] memset inaccessible-dst recovery#{recoveryIndex}: rip=0x{ctx.Rip:X16} dst=0x{destination:X16} len=0x{length:X} val=0x{value:X2}");
+                        var recoveryIndex = Interlocked.Increment(ref _inaccessibleMemsetRecoveryCount);
+                        if (recoveryIndex <= 8)
+                        {
+                            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                                $"[LOADER][WARNING] memset inaccessible-dst recovery#{recoveryIndex}: rip=0x{ctx.Rip:X16} dst=0x{destination:X16} len=0x{length:X} val=0x{value:X2}");
+                        }
+
+                        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
+                        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
                     }
 
-                    ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
-                    return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+                    return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
                 }
 
-                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+                cursor += (ulong)take;
+                remaining -= (ulong)take;
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (value != 0)
+            {
+                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(chunk);
             }
-
-            cursor += (ulong)take;
-            remaining -= (ulong)take;
         }
 
         ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
@@ -1185,11 +1205,10 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         var rawCount = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
 
         // A garbage/absurd count (observed as e.g. 0xA7560035 from the same still-unidentified
-        // upstream bug that also feeds bad lengths to memset) must not reach
-        // GC.AllocateUninitializedArray: attempting a multi-GB allocation from a guest-thread
-        // call context corrupted the CLR outright ("Invalid Program: attempted to call a
-        // UnmanagedCallersOnly method from managed code") instead of throwing a normal
-        // exception. Reject anything above a sane bound before allocating.
+        // upstream bug that also feeds bad lengths to memset) must not turn into a multi-GB
+        // copy attempt from a guest-thread call context, which corrupted the CLR outright
+        // ("Invalid Program: attempted to call a UnmanagedCallersOnly method from managed
+        // code") instead of throwing a normal exception. Reject anything above a sane bound.
         const ulong maxSaneCount = 512UL * 1024 * 1024;
         if (rawCount > maxSaneCount)
         {
@@ -1198,15 +1217,52 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
         }
 
-        var count = (int)rawCount;
-        var payload = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>(count);
-        if (count > 0 && (!TryReadCompat(ctx, source, payload) || !TryWriteCompat(ctx, destination, payload)))
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
+        if (rawCount == 0)
         {
-            ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
-            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+        }
+
+        // Cap iterations at the requested chunk size, not chunk.Length: Rent may hand
+        // back a larger array, and the copy granularity should not depend on pool
+        // bucketing internals.
+        var chunkLength = (int)Math.Min(rawCount, (ulong)MemcpyChunkSize);
+        var chunk = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(chunkLength);
+        try
+        {
+            // memmove aliases this export, so overlapping ranges must survive the chunked
+            // copy: when the destination starts inside the source range, copy high-to-low
+            // so no source byte is overwritten before it has been read.
+            var copyBackward = destination > source && destination - source < rawCount;
+            var remaining = rawCount;
+            ulong offset = copyBackward ? rawCount : 0;
+            while (remaining > 0)
+            {
+                var take = (int)Math.Min((ulong)chunkLength, remaining);
+                if (copyBackward)
+                {
+                    offset -= (ulong)take;
+                }
+
+                var span = chunk.AsSpan(0, take);
+                if (!TryReadCompat(ctx, source + offset, span) || !TryWriteCompat(ctx, destination + offset, span))
+                {
+                    return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+                }
+
+                if (!copyBackward)
+                {
+                    offset += (ulong)take;
+                }
+
+                remaining -= (ulong)take;
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(chunk);
         }
 
-        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = destination;
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1834,6 +1890,45 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         }
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "fgIsQ10xYVA",
+        ExportName = "sceKernelChmod",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int KernelChmod(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var pathAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var mode = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
+        if (pathAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        if (!TryReadNullTerminatedUtf8(ctx, pathAddress, MaxGuestStringLength, out var guestPath))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
+        var hostPath = ResolveGuestPath(guestPath);
+        if (IsReadOnlyGuestMutationPath(guestPath))
+        {
+            LogOpenTrace($"chmod readonly path='{guestPath}' host='{hostPath}' mode=0x{mode:X}");
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED;
+        }
+
+        if (!File.Exists(hostPath) && !Directory.Exists(hostPath))
+        {
+            AddNegativeStatCacheForGuestPath(guestPath);
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+
+        // POSIX permission bits have no host equivalent on Windows; accept the call
+        // so guests that chmod their freshly created files/directories can proceed.
+        LogOpenTrace($"chmod path='{guestPath}' host='{hostPath}' mode=0x{mode:X}");
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "NNtFaKJbPt0",
         ExportName = "_close",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelPthreadCompatExports.cs

@@ -61,10 +61,34 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         public string WakeKey { get; } = "pthread_mutex#" + Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextMutexWakeId).ToString("X");
     }
 
-    private sealed class PthreadMutexWaiter
+    private sealed class PthreadMutexWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
     {
         public required ulong ThreadId { get; init; }
+        public required CpuContext Ctx { get; init; }
+        public required ulong MutexAddress { get; init; }
+        public required ulong ResolvedAddress { get; init; }
+        public required PthreadMutexState State { get; init; }
         public int Reserved;
+
+        public int Resume() => CompleteBlockedMutexLock(Ctx, MutexAddress, ResolvedAddress, State, this);
+
+        public bool TryWake() => TryReserveBlockedMutexLock(Ctx, MutexAddress, ResolvedAddress, State, this);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class PthreadCondWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
+    {
+        public required CpuContext Ctx { get; init; }
+        public required ulong CondAddress { get; init; }
+        public required ulong MutexAddress { get; init; }
+        public required PthreadCondState State { get; init; }
+        public required ulong ObservedEpoch { get; init; }
+        public required bool Timed { get; init; }
+        public required int ReleasedRecursion { get; init; }
+        public required bool PosixResult { get; init; }
+
+        public int Resume() => ResumePthreadCondWait(Ctx, CondAddress, MutexAddress, State, ObservedEpoch, Timed, ReleasedRecursion, PosixResult);
+
+        public bool TryWake() => State.SignalEpoch != ObservedEpoch;
     }
 
     private sealed class PthreadCondState
@@ -629,6 +653,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         }
         if (!InitializeMutexObject(ctx, handle, state))
         {
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             state.Semaphore.Dispose();
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
@@ -641,6 +666,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
             _mutexStates.TryRemove(mutexAddress, out _);
             _mutexStates.TryRemove(handle, out _);
 
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             state.Semaphore.Dispose();
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
@@ -668,6 +694,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         }
 
         _ = KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryWriteUInt64Compat(ctx, mutexAddress, 0);
+        TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, resolvedAddress);
         state.Semaphore.Dispose();
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
@@ -724,7 +751,6 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         if (!acquired)
         {
             TraceContendedMutex(ctx, mutexAddress, resolvedAddress, state, currentThreadId);
-            var waiter = new PthreadMutexWaiter { ThreadId = currentThreadId };
             // Fibers retain the synchronous fallback to preserve switch state.
             var currentFiber = FiberExports.GetCurrentFiberAddressForDiagnostics(ctx);
             var canCooperativelyBlock = _enableMutexLockBlocking || currentFiber == 0;
@@ -736,8 +762,14 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                     ctx,
                     "pthread_mutex_lock",
                     state.WakeKey,
-                    () => CompleteBlockedMutexLock(ctx, mutexAddress, resolvedAddress, state, waiter),
-                    () => TryReserveBlockedMutexLock(ctx, mutexAddress, resolvedAddress, state, waiter)))
+                    new PthreadMutexWaiter
+                    {
+                        ThreadId = currentThreadId,
+                        Ctx = ctx,
+                        MutexAddress = mutexAddress,
+                        ResolvedAddress = resolvedAddress,
+                        State = state,
+                    }))
             {
                 TracePthreadMutex(ctx, "lock-block", mutexAddress, resolvedAddress, state, currentThreadId, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
                 return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
@@ -895,6 +927,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         var initialState = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeErrorCheck, 0);
         if (!WriteMutexAttrObject(ctx, handle, initialState))
         {
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
@@ -912,6 +945,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                 _mutexAttrStates.Remove(handle);
             }
 
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
@@ -935,6 +969,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
             }
         }
 
+        TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, resolvedAddress);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1195,6 +1230,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         {
             if (_condStates.TryGetValue(condAddress, out var raced))
             {
+                TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
                 resolvedAddress = condAddress;
                 state = raced;
                 return true;
@@ -1212,6 +1248,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                 _condStates.Remove(handle);
             }
 
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -1231,7 +1268,22 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
 
         Span<byte> initialData = stackalloc byte[size];
         initialData.Clear();
-        return ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address, initialData);
+        if (ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address, initialData))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        allocator.TryFreeGuestMemory(address);
+        address = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static void TryFreeOpaqueObject(CpuContext ctx, ulong address)
+    {
+        if (ctx.Memory is IGuestMemoryAllocator allocator)
+        {
+            allocator.TryFreeGuestMemory(address);
+        }
     }
 
     private static bool InitializeMutexObject(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, PthreadMutexState state) =>
@@ -1269,6 +1321,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                 _condStates.Remove(handle);
             }
 
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
@@ -1293,6 +1346,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         }
 
         _ = KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryWriteUInt64Compat(ctx, condAddress, 0);
+        TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, resolvedAddress);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1363,8 +1417,17 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                     ctx,
                     timed ? "pthread_cond_timedwait" : "pthread_cond_wait",
                     state.WakeKey,
-                    () => ResumePthreadCondWait(ctx, condAddress, mutexAddress, state, observedEpoch, timed, releasedRecursion, posixResult),
-                    () => state.SignalEpoch != observedEpoch,
+                    new PthreadCondWaiter
+                    {
+                        Ctx = ctx,
+                        CondAddress = condAddress,
+                        MutexAddress = mutexAddress,
+                        State = state,
+                        ObservedEpoch = observedEpoch,
+                        Timed = timed,
+                        ReleasedRecursion = releasedRecursion,
+                        PosixResult = posixResult,
+                    },
                     timed ? GuestThreadExecution.ComputeDeadlineTimestamp(GetCondWaitTimeout(timeoutUsec)) : 0))
             {
                 TracePthreadCond(timed ? "wait-block-timed" : "wait-block", condAddress, mutexAddress, state, timed, waitResult);
@@ -1775,6 +1838,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         }
         if (!InitializeMutexObject(ctx, handle, createdState))
         {
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             resolvedAddress = 0;
             state = null;
             return false;
@@ -1784,12 +1848,14 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         {
             if (_mutexStates.TryGetValue(mutexAddress, out state))
             {
+                TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
                 resolvedAddress = mutexAddress;
                 return true;
             }
 
             if (_mutexStates.TryGetValue(handle, out state))
             {
+                TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
                 resolvedAddress = handle;
                 return true;
             }
@@ -1803,6 +1869,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
             _mutexStates.TryRemove(mutexAddress, out _);
             _mutexStates.TryRemove(handle, out _);
 
+            TryFreeOpaqueObject(ctx, handle);
             resolvedAddress = 0;
             state = null;
             return false;

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports.cs

@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ public static class KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports
         }
     }
 
+    private sealed class RwlockWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
+    {
+        public required PthreadRwlockState Rwlock { get; init; }
+        public required ulong ThreadId { get; init; }
+        public required bool Write { get; init; }
+
+        public int Resume() => (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+
+        public bool TryWake() => TryAcquireBlockedRwlock(Rwlock, ThreadId, Write);
+    }
+
     private readonly record struct TlsKeyState(ulong Destructor);
 
     private readonly record struct PthreadAttrState(
@@ -382,6 +393,47 @@ public static class KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "oIRFTjoILbg",
+        ExportName = "scePthreadSetschedparam",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int PthreadSetschedparam(CpuContext ctx) => PosixPthreadSetschedparam(ctx);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "P41kTWUS3EI",
+        ExportName = "scePthreadGetschedparam",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int PthreadGetschedparam(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var thread = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var outPolicyAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var outSchedParamAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        if (thread == 0 || outPolicyAddress == 0 || outSchedParamAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        int policy;
+        int priority;
+        lock (_stateGate)
+        {
+            var state = GetOrCreateThreadStateLocked(thread);
+            policy = state.Attributes.SchedPolicy;
+            priority = state.Priority;
+        }
+
+        if (!ctx.TryWriteInt32(outPolicyAddress, policy) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteInt32(outSchedParamAddress, priority))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "nsYoNRywwNg",
         ExportName = "scePthreadAttrInit",
@@ -1318,8 +1370,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports
                             ctx,
                             "pthread_rwlock_wrlock",
                             rwlock.WakeKey,
-                            static () => (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK,
-                            () => TryAcquireBlockedRwlock(rwlock, currentThreadId, write: true)))
+                            new RwlockWaiter { Rwlock = rwlock, ThreadId = currentThreadId, Write = true }))
                     {
                         transferredToScheduler = true;
                         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
@@ -1355,8 +1406,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports
                             ctx,
                             "pthread_rwlock_rdlock",
                             rwlock.WakeKey,
-                            static () => (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK,
-                            () => TryAcquireBlockedRwlock(rwlock, currentThreadId, write: false)))
+                            new RwlockWaiter { Rwlock = rwlock, ThreadId = currentThreadId, Write = false }))
                     {
                         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
                     }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelSemaphoreCompatExports.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
     private sealed class KernelSemaphoreState
     {
         public required string Name { get; init; }
+        // Formatted once at creation; signal/wait/cancel/delete all wake through this key.
+        public required string WakeKey { get; init; }
         public required int InitialCount { get; init; }
         public required int MaxCount { get; init; }
         public int Count { get; set; }
@@ -28,14 +30,26 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         public object Gate { get; } = new();
     }
 
-    private sealed class SemaphoreWaiter
+    private sealed class SemaphoreWaiter : IGuestThreadBlockWaiter
     {
+        public required KernelSemaphoreState Semaphore { get; init; }
         public required int NeedCount { get; init; }
         public required int CancelEpochAtBlock { get; init; }
         public bool Timed { get; init; }
 
+        // Timed-wait completion state; unused when Timed is false.
+        public CpuContext? Ctx { get; init; }
+        public ulong TimeoutAddress { get; init; }
+        public long DeadlineTimestamp { get; init; }
+
         // Written and read only under the owning semaphore's Gate.
         public int? Result { get; set; }
+
+        public int Resume() => Timed
+            ? CompleteBlockedTimedSemaWait(Ctx!, Semaphore, this, TimeoutAddress, DeadlineTimestamp)
+            : CompleteBlockedSemaWait(Semaphore, this);
+
+        public bool TryWake() => TryConsumeBlockedSemaWait(Semaphore, this);
     }
 
     private static string GetSemaphoreWakeKey(uint handle) => $"kernel_sema:0x{handle:X8}";
@@ -79,6 +93,7 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         var state = new KernelSemaphoreState
         {
             Name = name,
+            WakeKey = GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle),
             InitialCount = initialCount,
             MaxCount = maxCount,
             Count = initialCount,
@@ -96,11 +111,14 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
                 state.Deleted = true;
             }
 
-            _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle));
+            _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(state.WakeKey);
             return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
         }
 
-        TraceSemaphore($"create handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{name}' attr=0x{attr:X} init={initialCount} max={maxCount}");
+        if (_traceSema)
+        {
+            TraceSemaphore($"create handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{name}' attr=0x{attr:X} init={initialCount} max={maxCount}");
+        }
         return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
     }
 
@@ -131,7 +149,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             if (semaphore.Count >= needCount)
             {
                 semaphore.Count -= needCount;
-                TraceSemaphore($"wait handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                if (_traceSema)
+                {
+                    TraceSemaphore($"wait handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                }
                 return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
             }
 
@@ -145,7 +166,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
                 if (timeoutMicros == 0)
                 {
                     _ = ctx.TryWriteUInt32(timeoutAddress, 0);
-                    TraceSemaphore($"wait-timeout handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    if (_traceSema)
+                    {
+                        TraceSemaphore($"wait-timeout handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    }
                     pollTimedOut = true;
                 }
                 else
@@ -153,27 +177,36 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
                     var deadline = GuestThreadExecution.ComputeDeadlineTimestamp(TimeSpan.FromTicks((long)timeoutMicros * 10L));
                     var timedWaiter = new SemaphoreWaiter
                     {
+                        Semaphore = semaphore,
                         NeedCount = needCount,
                         CancelEpochAtBlock = semaphore.CancelEpoch,
                         Timed = true,
+                        Ctx = ctx,
+                        TimeoutAddress = timeoutAddress,
+                        DeadlineTimestamp = deadline,
                     };
                     if (GuestThreadExecution.RequestCurrentThreadBlock(
                             ctx,
                             "sceKernelWaitSema",
-                            GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle),
-                            resumeHandler: () => CompleteBlockedTimedSemaWait(ctx, semaphore, timedWaiter, timeoutAddress, deadline),
-                            wakeHandler: () => TryConsumeBlockedSemaWait(semaphore, timedWaiter),
+                            semaphore.WakeKey,
+                            timedWaiter,
                             blockDeadlineTimestamp: deadline))
                     {
                         semaphore.WaitingThreads++;
-                        TraceSemaphore($"wait-block-timed handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count} timeout_us={timeoutMicros} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                        if (_traceSema)
+                        {
+                            TraceSemaphore($"wait-block-timed handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count} timeout_us={timeoutMicros} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                        }
                         return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
                     }
 
                     // Host-owned threads cannot park in the guest scheduler; degrade to the
                     // immediate-timeout poll the callers already tolerate.
                     _ = ctx.TryWriteUInt32(timeoutAddress, 0);
-                    TraceSemaphore($"wait-timeout handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    if (_traceSema)
+                    {
+                        TraceSemaphore($"wait-timeout handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    }
                     pollTimedOut = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -182,22 +215,28 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             {
                 var waiter = new SemaphoreWaiter
                 {
+                    Semaphore = semaphore,
                     NeedCount = needCount,
                     CancelEpochAtBlock = semaphore.CancelEpoch,
                 };
                 if (!GuestThreadExecution.RequestCurrentThreadBlock(
                         ctx,
                         "sceKernelWaitSema",
-                        GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle),
-                        resumeHandler: () => CompleteBlockedSemaWait(semaphore, waiter),
-                        wakeHandler: () => TryConsumeBlockedSemaWait(semaphore, waiter)))
+                        semaphore.WakeKey,
+                        waiter))
                 {
-                    TraceSemaphore($"wait-would-block handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    if (_traceSema)
+                    {
+                        TraceSemaphore($"wait-would-block handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                    }
                     return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_TRY_AGAIN);
                 }
 
                 semaphore.WaitingThreads++;
-                TraceSemaphore($"wait-block handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                if (_traceSema)
+                {
+                    TraceSemaphore($"wait-block handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                }
                 return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
             }
         }
@@ -239,12 +278,18 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         {
             if (semaphore.Count < needCount)
             {
-                TraceSemaphore($"poll-busy handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                if (_traceSema)
+                {
+                    TraceSemaphore($"poll-busy handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+                }
                 return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_BUSY);
             }
 
             semaphore.Count -= needCount;
-            TraceSemaphore($"poll handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"poll handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' need={needCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+            }
             return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
         }
     }
@@ -277,14 +322,17 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             }
 
             semaphore.Count += signalCount;
-            TraceSemaphore($"signal handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' signal={signalCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"signal handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' signal={signalCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+            }
         }
 
         // Wake after releasing the gate (lock order: scheduler gate -> semaphore gate).
         // Wake everyone; the wake handler consumes the count per waiter, so a waiter
         // whose needCount exceeds the remaining count stays parked while a smaller
         // waiter can proceed.
-        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle));
+        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(semaphore.WakeKey);
         return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
     }
 
@@ -322,10 +370,13 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             // exactly once in its wake handler. Zeroing here as well would double-count
             // and silently absorb the increment of a waiter that parks between this
             // gate release and the wake-all below.
-            TraceSemaphore($"cancel handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' set={setCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"cancel handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}' set={setCount} count={semaphore.Count}");
+            }
         }
 
-        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle));
+        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(semaphore.WakeKey);
         return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
     }
 
@@ -349,8 +400,11 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             semaphore.Deleted = true;
         }
 
-        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(GetSemaphoreWakeKey(handle));
-        TraceSemaphore($"delete handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}'");
+        _ = GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler?.WakeBlockedThreads(semaphore.WakeKey);
+        if (_traceSema)
+        {
+            TraceSemaphore($"delete handle=0x{handle:X8} name='{semaphore.Name}'");
+        }
         return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
     }
 
@@ -376,7 +430,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         {
             waiter.Result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_DELETED;
             semaphore.WaitingThreads = Math.Max(0, semaphore.WaitingThreads - 1);
-            TraceSemaphore($"wake-deleted name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"wake-deleted name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount}");
+            }
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -384,7 +441,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         {
             waiter.Result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_CANCELED;
             semaphore.WaitingThreads = Math.Max(0, semaphore.WaitingThreads - 1);
-            TraceSemaphore($"wake-canceled name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"wake-canceled name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount}");
+            }
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -393,7 +453,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             semaphore.Count -= waiter.NeedCount;
             waiter.Result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
             semaphore.WaitingThreads = Math.Max(0, semaphore.WaitingThreads - 1);
-            TraceSemaphore($"wake-consume name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+            if (_traceSema)
+            {
+                TraceSemaphore($"wake-consume name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+            }
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -434,7 +497,10 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
             {
                 waiter.Result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_TIMED_OUT;
                 semaphore.WaitingThreads = Math.Max(0, semaphore.WaitingThreads - 1);
-                TraceSemaphore($"wake-timeout name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                if (_traceSema)
+                {
+                    TraceSemaphore($"wake-timeout name='{semaphore.Name}' need={waiter.NeedCount} count={semaphore.Count} waiters={semaphore.WaitingThreads}");
+                }
             }
 
             result = waiter.Result!.Value;
@@ -456,11 +522,13 @@ public static class KernelSemaphoreCompatExports
         return result;
     }
 
+    // Call sites must check this before building the interpolated message; the trace
+    // strings would otherwise be allocated on every semaphore op even with tracing off.
+    private static readonly bool _traceSema =
+        string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_SEMA"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
     private static void TraceSemaphore(string message)
     {
-        if (string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_SEMA"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-        {
-            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] sema.{message}");
-        }
+        Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] sema.{message}");
     }
 }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Mouse/MouseExports.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Mouse;
 
 public static class MouseExports
 {
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "Qs0wWulgl7U",
+        ExportName = "sceMouseInit",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceMouse")]
+    public static int MouseInit(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     // Returns 0 read entries: no mouse is connected. This NID was previously misbound
     // as an sceNgs2VoiceGetState alias.
     [SysAbiExport(

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Network/NetCtlExports.cs

@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ public static class NetCtlExports
         return ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK, typeof(long));
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "1NE9OWdBIww",
+        ExportName = "sceNetCtlRegisterCallbackV6",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNetCtl")]
+    public static int NetCtlRegisterCallbackV6(CpuContext ctx) => NetCtlRegisterCallback(ctx);
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "obuxdTiwkF8",
         ExportName = "sceNetCtlGetInfo",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Np/NpCppWebApiExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Np;
+
+// Stub for sce::Np::CppWebApi: titles abort PS5-component startup if
+// Common::initialize returns a negative SCE error, so no-op success is required to boot.
+public static class NpCppWebApiExports
+{
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "UYPxv8MIzGo",
+        ExportName = "_ZN3sce2Np9CppWebApi6Common10initializeERKNS2_10InitParamsERNS2_10LibContextE",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNpCppWebApi")]
+    public static int CppWebApiCommonInitialize(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        // int Common::initialize(const InitParams&, LibContext&) — 0 on success.
+        TraceCppWebApi("common_initialize", ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi], ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
+        return ctx.SetReturn(0);
+    }
+
+    private static void TraceCppWebApi(string operation, ulong arg0, ulong arg1)
+    {
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_NP"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Console.Error.WriteLine(
+            $"[LOADER][TRACE] np_cppwebapi.{operation} arg0=0x{arg0:X16} arg1=0x{arg1:X16}");
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Pad/BluetoothHidExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Pad;
+
+// Minimal libSceBluetoothHid stub: no host Bluetooth passthrough, so report
+// success and let the Pad path provide input (SHARPEMU_BTHID_UNAVAILABLE=1 fails instead).
+public static class BluetoothHidExports
+{
+    private const int BluetoothHidUnavailable = unchecked((int)0x80960001);
+
+    private static readonly bool _reportUnavailable = string.Equals(
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_BTHID_UNAVAILABLE"),
+        "1",
+        StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+    private static int Result(CpuContext ctx) =>
+        ctx.SetReturn(_reportUnavailable ? BluetoothHidUnavailable : 0);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "tul3-GzejQc",
+        ExportName = "sceBluetoothHidInit",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceBluetoothHid")]
+    public static int BluetoothHidInit(CpuContext ctx) => Result(ctx);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "4FUZ+c52d2k",
+        ExportName = "sceBluetoothHidRegisterDevice",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceBluetoothHid")]
+    public static int BluetoothHidRegisterDevice(CpuContext ctx) => Result(ctx);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "4Ypfo9RIwfM",
+        ExportName = "sceBluetoothHidRegisterCallback",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceBluetoothHid")]
+    public static int BluetoothHidRegisterCallback(CpuContext ctx) => Result(ctx);
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Pad/PadExports.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,18 @@ public static class PadExports
         ExportName = "scePadOpen",
         Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
         LibraryName = "libScePad")]
-    public static int PadOpen(CpuContext ctx)
+    public static int PadOpen(CpuContext ctx) => PadOpenCore(ctx, extended: false);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "WFIiSfXGUq8",
+        ExportName = "scePadOpenExt",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libScePad")]
+    public static int PadOpenExt(CpuContext ctx) => PadOpenCore(ctx, extended: true);
+
+    // scePadOpen rejects a non-null 4th arg and non-standard ports; scePadOpenExt accepts a
+    // ScePadOpenExtParam* plus ports 1/2 (racing titles retry scePadOpenExt(type=2) forever if rejected).
+    private static int PadOpenCore(CpuContext ctx, bool extended)
     {
         var userId = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
         var type = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
@@ -64,7 +75,8 @@ public static class PadExports
             return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisPadErrorDeviceNoHandle);
         }
 
-        if (userId != PrimaryUserId || type != StandardPortType || index != 0 || parameterAddress != 0)
+        var typeAccepted = extended ? type is 0 or 1 or 2 : type == StandardPortType;
+        if (userId != PrimaryUserId || !typeAccepted || index != 0 || (!extended && parameterAddress != 0))
         {
             return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisPadErrorDeviceNotConnected);
         }
@@ -83,6 +95,19 @@ public static class PadExports
         return ctx.SetReturn(PrimaryPadHandle);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "6ncge5+l5Qs",
+        ExportName = "scePadClose",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libScePad")]
+    public static int PadClose(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        return handle == PrimaryPadHandle
+            ? ctx.SetReturn(0)
+            : ctx.SetReturn(OrbisPadErrorInvalidHandle);
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "clVvL4ZDntw",
         ExportName = "scePadSetMotionSensorState",
@@ -131,6 +156,47 @@ public static class PadExports
             : ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "hGbf2QTBmqc",
+        ExportName = "scePadGetExtControllerInformation",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libScePad")]
+    public static int PadGetExtControllerInformation(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var informationAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (handle != PrimaryPadHandle)
+        {
+            return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisPadErrorInvalidHandle);
+        }
+
+        if (informationAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+        }
+
+        // Base ScePadControllerInformation + device-class/connection fields: report a connected
+        // DualSense so the guest's open -> get-ext-info -> close probe loop resolves.
+        Span<byte> information = stackalloc byte[0x40];
+        information.Clear();
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteSingleLittleEndian(information[0x00..], 44.86f);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(information[0x04..], 1920);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(information[0x06..], 943);
+        information[0x08] = 30;
+        information[0x09] = 30;
+        information[0x0A] = StandardPortType;
+        information[0x0B] = 1;   // connected count
+        information[0x0C] = 1;   // connected
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(information[0x10..], 0);
+        information[0x1C] = 0;   // deviceClass: 0 = standard controller / DualSense
+        information[0x1D] = 1;   // connected (ext)
+        information[0x1E] = 0;   // connectionType: local
+
+        return ctx.Memory.TryWrite(informationAddress, information)
+            ? ctx.SetReturn(0)
+            : ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "YndgXqQVV7c",
         ExportName = "scePadReadState",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/UserService/UserServiceExports.cs

@@ -185,6 +185,31 @@ public static class UserServiceExports
             : ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "woNpu+45RLk",
+        ExportName = "sceUserServiceGetAgeLevel",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceUserService")]
+    public static int UserServiceGetAgeLevel(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var userId = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var ageLevelAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (userId != 1000)
+        {
+            return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisUserServiceErrorInvalidParameter);
+        }
+
+        if (ageLevelAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return ctx.SetReturn(OrbisUserServiceErrorInvalidArgument);
+        }
+
+        // Report an adult account so titles skip parental-restriction paths.
+        return ctx.TryWriteInt32(ageLevelAddress, 21)
+            ? ctx.SetReturn(0)
+            : ctx.SetReturn((int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+    }
+
     private static void TraceUserService(string message)
     {
         if (_traceUserService)

src/SharpEmu.Libs/VideoOut/VideoOutExports.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using SharpEmu.HLE;
 using SharpEmu.Libs.Audio;
 using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
 using SharpEmu.Logging;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         }
     }
 
+    // Only ever touched by the vblank pump thread; reused across edges so the 60 Hz
+    // pump does not allocate a fresh snapshot per edge.
+    private static readonly List<VideoOutPortState> _vblankPumpPorts = new();
+
     private static void PumpVblanks()
     {
         lock (_vblankEdgeGate)
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             Monitor.PulseAll(_vblankEdgeGate);
         }
 
-        VideoOutPortState[] ports;
+        _vblankPumpPorts.Clear();
         lock (_stateGate)
         {
             if (_ports.Count == 0)
@@ -198,10 +203,16 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
 
             // Signalling reaches WakeBlockedThreads -> Pump(), which serialises on one global
             // flag. Waking an unwatched queue would hold it 60x/sec and starve guest threads.
-            ports = _ports.Values.Where(static port => port.VblankEvents.Count != 0).ToArray();
+            foreach (var port in _ports.Values)
+            {
+                if (port.VblankEvents.Count != 0)
+                {
+                    _vblankPumpPorts.Add(port);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        foreach (var port in ports)
+        foreach (var port in _vblankPumpPorts)
         {
             SignalVblank(port);
         }
@@ -221,6 +232,12 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VIDEOOUT_SYNC"),
         "1",
         StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    // Call sites must check this before building the interpolated message; the trace
+    // strings would otherwise be allocated on the per-frame flip path even with tracing off.
+    private static readonly bool _logVideoOut = string.Equals(
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VIDEOOUT"),
+        "1",
+        StringComparison.Ordinal);
     private static readonly bool _dumpVideoOut = string.Equals(
         Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_DUMP_VIDEOOUT"),
         "1",
@@ -403,6 +420,34 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "+I4K03i3EL0",
+        ExportName = "sceVideoOutInitializeOutputOptions",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceVideoOut")]
+    public static int VideoOutInitializeOutputOptions(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "w0hLuNarQxY",
+        ExportName = "sceVideoOutConfigureOutput",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceVideoOut")]
+    public static int VideoOutConfigureOutput(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        // Accept the requested output configuration; the presenter always renders
+        // at the display buffer's native size.
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        if (!TryGetPort(handle, out _))
+        {
+            return OrbisVideoOutErrorInvalidHandle;
+        }
+
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "utPrVdxio-8",
         ExportName = "sceVideoOutGetOutputStatus",
@@ -558,7 +603,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         // Some engines wait on this queue before issuing their first flip. Provide a first
         // edge now; later calls to WaitVblank advance the same notification sequence.
         SignalVblank(port);
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.add_vblank_event eq=0x{equeue:X16} handle={handle} udata=0x{userData:X16}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.add_vblank_event eq=0x{equeue:X16} handle={handle} udata=0x{userData:X16}");
+        }
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -595,7 +643,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             }
         }
 
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.add_flip_event eq=0x{equeue:X16} handle={handle} udata=0x{userData:X16}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.add_flip_event eq=0x{equeue:X16} handle={handle} udata=0x{userData:X16}");
+        }
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -656,7 +707,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryWriteUInt64Compat(ctx, statusAddress + 0x18, unchecked((ulong)flipArg));
         KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryWriteUInt64Compat(ctx, statusAddress + 0x20, currentBuffer);
 
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.get_flip_status handle={handle} count={count} currentBuffer={currentBuffer}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.get_flip_status handle={handle} count={count} currentBuffer={currentBuffer}");
+        }
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1049,33 +1103,53 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
 
     private static void SignalVblank(VideoOutPortState port)
     {
-        List<FlipEventRegistration> vblankEvents;
+        // Snapshot the registrations into a pooled rental so the triggers can run outside
+        // _stateGate without copying the list into a fresh allocation on every edge.
+        // A per-port reusable buffer would race: the pump thread and a guest thread's
+        // first-edge signal (AddVblankEvent) can signal the same port concurrently.
+        FlipEventRegistration[]? vblankEvents = null;
+        int vblankEventCount;
         ulong eventHint;
         lock (_stateGate)
         {
             port.VblankCount++;
             eventHint = SceVideoOutInternalEventVblank |
                 ((port.VblankCount & 0x0000_FFFF_FFFF_FFFFUL) << 16);
-            vblankEvents = new List<FlipEventRegistration>(port.VblankEvents);
+            vblankEventCount = port.VblankEvents.Count;
+            if (vblankEventCount != 0)
+            {
+                vblankEvents = ArrayPool<FlipEventRegistration>.Shared.Rent(vblankEventCount);
+                port.VblankEvents.CopyTo(vblankEvents);
+            }
         }
 
         var signalCount = Interlocked.Increment(ref _vblankSignalCount);
 
-        foreach (var vblankEvent in vblankEvents)
+        if (vblankEvents is not null)
         {
-            _ = KernelEventQueueCompatExports.TriggerDisplayEvent(
-                vblankEvent.Equeue,
-                SceVideoOutInternalEventVblank,
-                OrbisKernelEventFilterVideoOut,
-                eventHint,
-                vblankEvent.UserData);
+            try
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < vblankEventCount; i++)
+                {
+                    _ = KernelEventQueueCompatExports.TriggerDisplayEvent(
+                        vblankEvents[i].Equeue,
+                        SceVideoOutInternalEventVblank,
+                        OrbisKernelEventFilterVideoOut,
+                        eventHint,
+                        vblankEvents[i].UserData);
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                ArrayPool<FlipEventRegistration>.Shared.Return(vblankEvents);
+            }
         }
 
         if (_logVideoOutSync && (signalCount <= 8 || signalCount % 60 == 0))
         {
             Console.Error.WriteLine(
                 $"[LOADER][SYNC] vblank#{signalCount} handle={port.Handle} count={port.VblankCount} " +
-                $"queues={vblankEvents.Count} hint=0x{eventHint:X16}");
+                $"queues={vblankEventCount} hint=0x{eventHint:X16}");
         }
     }
 
@@ -1097,8 +1171,11 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             return OrbisVideoOutErrorInvalidIndex;
         }
 
+        // Pooled snapshot for the same reason as SignalVblank: triggers run outside
+        // _stateGate, and SubmitFlip is per-frame so a fresh List copy is steady churn.
         ulong eventHint;
-        List<FlipEventRegistration> flipEvents;
+        FlipEventRegistration[]? flipEvents = null;
+        int flipEventCount;
         lock (_stateGate)
         {
             if (bufferIndex != -1 && port.BufferSlots[bufferIndex].GroupIndex < 0)
@@ -1110,7 +1187,12 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             port.FlipCount++;
             eventHint = SceVideoOutInternalEventFlip |
                 ((unchecked((ulong)flipArg) & 0x0000_FFFF_FFFF_FFFFUL) << 16);
-            flipEvents = new List<FlipEventRegistration>(port.FlipEvents);
+            flipEventCount = port.FlipEvents.Count;
+            if (flipEventCount != 0)
+            {
+                flipEvents = ArrayPool<FlipEventRegistration>.Shared.Rent(flipEventCount);
+                port.FlipEvents.CopyTo(flipEvents);
+            }
         }
 
         var guestImageSubmitted = false;
@@ -1132,14 +1214,24 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             _ = TryDumpFrame(ctx, port, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg);
         }
 
-        foreach (var flipEvent in flipEvents)
+        if (flipEvents is not null)
         {
-            _ = KernelEventQueueCompatExports.TriggerDisplayEvent(
-                flipEvent.Equeue,
-                SceVideoOutInternalEventFlip,
-                OrbisKernelEventFilterVideoOut,
-                eventHint,
-                flipEvent.UserData);
+            try
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < flipEventCount; i++)
+                {
+                    _ = KernelEventQueueCompatExports.TriggerDisplayEvent(
+                        flipEvents[i].Equeue,
+                        SceVideoOutInternalEventFlip,
+                        OrbisKernelEventFilterVideoOut,
+                        eventHint,
+                        flipEvents[i].UserData);
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                ArrayPool<FlipEventRegistration>.Shared.Return(flipEvents);
+            }
         }
 
         var flipCount = Interlocked.Increment(ref _flipSubmitCount);
@@ -1148,10 +1240,13 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             Console.Error.WriteLine(
                 $"[LOADER][SYNC] flip#{flipCount} handle={handle} buffer={bufferIndex} " +
                 $"addr=0x{guestImageAddress:X16} submitted={guestImageSubmitted} " +
-                $"flipQueues={flipEvents.Count}");
+                $"flipQueues={flipEventCount}");
         }
 
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.submit_flip handle={handle} index={bufferIndex} mode={flipMode} arg={flipArg} events={flipEvents.Count}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.submit_flip handle={handle} index={bufferIndex} mode={flipMode} arg={flipArg} events={flipEventCount}");
+        }
         ReportFrameRate(presented: false);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
@@ -1233,8 +1328,11 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
                 slot.AddressRight = 0;
             }
 
-            TraceVideoOut(
-                $"videoout.register_buffers handle={port.Handle} group={groupIndex} start={startIndex} count={addresses.Length} fmt=0x{attribute.PixelFormat:X} tile={attribute.TilingMode} {attribute.Width}x{attribute.Height} pitch={attribute.PitchInPixel}");
+            if (_logVideoOut)
+            {
+                TraceVideoOut(
+                    $"videoout.register_buffers handle={port.Handle} group={groupIndex} start={startIndex} count={addresses.Length} fmt=0x{attribute.PixelFormat:X} tile={attribute.TilingMode} {attribute.Width}x{attribute.Height} pitch={attribute.PitchInPixel}");
+            }
             VulkanVideoPresenter.EnsureStarted(attribute.Width, attribute.Height);
 
             var guestFormat = MapPixelFormatToGuestTextureFormat(attribute.PixelFormat);
@@ -1400,7 +1498,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         var basePath = GetFrameDumpBasePath(frameIndex, port.Handle, bufferIndex);
         WriteBmp(basePath + ".bmp", attribute.Width, attribute.Height, rgb);
         WriteFrameMetadata(basePath + ".txt", slot.AddressLeft, attribute, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg, "bmp-linear-read", fingerprint);
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.dump_frame path={basePath}.bmp addr=0x{slot.AddressLeft:X16} {attribute.Width}x{attribute.Height} fmt=0x{attribute.PixelFormat:X} fingerprint=0x{fingerprint:X16}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.dump_frame path={basePath}.bmp addr=0x{slot.AddressLeft:X16} {attribute.Width}x{attribute.Height} fmt=0x{attribute.PixelFormat:X} fingerprint=0x{fingerprint:X16}");
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1439,7 +1540,10 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         var basePath = GetFrameDumpBasePath(frameIndex, handle, bufferIndex);
         File.WriteAllBytes(basePath + ".raw", bytes);
         WriteFrameMetadata(basePath + ".txt", address, attribute, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg, reason, fingerprint);
-        TraceVideoOut($"videoout.dump_frame path={basePath}.raw addr=0x{address:X16} bytes={byteCount} reason={reason} fingerprint=0x{fingerprint:X16}");
+        if (_logVideoOut)
+        {
+            TraceVideoOut($"videoout.dump_frame path={basePath}.raw addr=0x{address:X16} bytes={byteCount} reason={reason} fingerprint=0x{fingerprint:X16}");
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1666,11 +1770,6 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
 
     private static void TraceVideoOut(string message)
     {
-        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VIDEOOUT"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
         Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] {message}");
     }
 }

tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/Memory/GuestMemoryAllocatorTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.Core.Memory;
+using SharpEmu.Core.Loader;
+using SharpEmu.HLE.Host;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Tests.Memory;
+
+public sealed class GuestMemoryAllocatorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void FreedRangesAreReusedAndCoalesced()
+    {
+        using var memory = new PhysicalVirtualMemory(new FakeHostMemory());
+        const ulong usableArenaSize = 0x0100_0000 - 0x1000;
+
+        Assert.True(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(0x4000, 0x1000, out var first));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(0x8000, 0x1000, out var second));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(usableArenaSize - 0xC000, 0x1000, out var third));
+        Assert.False(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(1, 1, out _));
+
+        Assert.True(memory.TryFreeGuestMemory(second));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(0x8000, 0x1000, out var reused));
+        Assert.Equal(second, reused);
+
+        Assert.True(memory.TryFreeGuestMemory(first));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryFreeGuestMemory(reused));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryFreeGuestMemory(third));
+        Assert.False(memory.TryFreeGuestMemory(third));
+
+        Assert.True(memory.TryAllocateGuestMemory(usableArenaSize, 0x1000, out var coalesced));
+        Assert.Equal(first, coalesced);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SegmentProtectionIsAppliedInContiguousRuns()
+    {
+        const ulong pageSize = 0x1000;
+        using var host = new RecordingHostMemory(3 * pageSize);
+        using var memory = new PhysicalVirtualMemory(host);
+
+        memory.Map(host.Address, 3 * pageSize, 0, ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty, ProgramHeaderFlags.Read);
+
+        Assert.Equal(
+            [
+                (host.Address, 3 * pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadWrite),
+                (host.Address, 3 * pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadOnly),
+            ],
+            host.ProtectionCalls);
+
+        host.ProtectionCalls.Clear();
+        memory.Map(host.Address + pageSize, pageSize, 0, ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty, ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+        host.ProtectionCalls.Clear();
+
+        memory.Map(host.Address, 3 * pageSize, 0, ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty, ProgramHeaderFlags.Execute);
+
+        Assert.Equal(
+            [
+                (host.Address, 3 * pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadWriteExecute),
+                (host.Address, pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadExecute),
+                (host.Address + pageSize, pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadWriteExecute),
+                (host.Address + (2 * pageSize), pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadExecute),
+            ],
+            host.ProtectionCalls);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public unsafe void GetPointerCommitsLazyPageBeforeReturningIt()
+    {
+        const ulong address = 0x00005000_0000_0000;
+        const ulong pageSize = 0x1000;
+        using var host = new LazyHostMemory(address);
+        using var memory = new PhysicalVirtualMemory(host);
+        memory.AllocateAt(address, (4UL << 30) + pageSize, executable: false, allowAlternative: false);
+        host.CommitCalls.Clear();
+
+        var pointer = memory.GetPointer(address + 0x123);
+
+        Assert.Equal(address + 0x123, (ulong)pointer);
+        Assert.Equal([(address, pageSize, HostPageProtection.ReadWrite)], host.CommitCalls);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public unsafe void GetPointerReturnsNullWhenLazyCommitFails()
+    {
+        const ulong address = 0x00005000_0000_0000;
+        using var host = new LazyHostMemory(address);
+        using var memory = new PhysicalVirtualMemory(host);
+        memory.AllocateAt(address, (4UL << 30) + 0x1000, executable: false, allowAlternative: false);
+        host.CommitCalls.Clear();
+        host.CommitSucceeds = false;
+
+        Assert.Equal(0UL, (ulong)memory.GetPointer(address));
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeHostMemory : IHostMemory
+    {
+        public ulong Allocate(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) =>
+            desiredAddress != 0 ? desiredAddress : 0x00007000_0000_0000;
+
+        public ulong Reserve(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) =>
+            Allocate(desiredAddress, size, protection);
+
+        public bool Commit(ulong address, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) => true;
+
+        public bool Free(ulong address) => true;
+
+        public bool Protect(ulong address, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool ProtectRaw(ulong address, ulong size, uint rawProtection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool Query(ulong address, out HostRegionInfo info)
+        {
+            info = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public void FlushInstructionCache(ulong address, ulong size)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class RecordingHostMemory : IHostMemory, IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly nint _allocation;
+        private bool _freed;
+
+        public RecordingHostMemory(ulong size)
+        {
+            _allocation = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocHGlobal(checked((nint)(size + 0xFFF)));
+            Address = (unchecked((ulong)_allocation) + 0xFFF) & ~0xFFFUL;
+        }
+
+        public ulong Address { get; }
+
+        public List<(ulong Address, ulong Size, HostPageProtection Protection)> ProtectionCalls { get; } = [];
+
+        public ulong Allocate(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) =>
+            desiredAddress == Address ? Address : 0;
+
+        public ulong Reserve(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) => 0;
+
+        public bool Commit(ulong address, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) => true;
+
+        public bool Free(ulong address)
+        {
+            if (address != Address || _freed)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeHGlobal(_allocation);
+            _freed = true;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool Protect(ulong address, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            ProtectionCalls.Add((address, size, protection));
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool ProtectRaw(ulong address, ulong size, uint rawProtection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool Query(ulong address, out HostRegionInfo info)
+        {
+            info = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public void FlushInstructionCache(ulong address, ulong size)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (!_freed)
+            {
+                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeHGlobal(_allocation);
+                _freed = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class LazyHostMemory(ulong address) : IHostMemory, IDisposable
+    {
+        public bool CommitSucceeds { get; set; } = true;
+
+        public List<(ulong Address, ulong Size, HostPageProtection Protection)> CommitCalls { get; } = [];
+
+        public ulong Allocate(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) => 0;
+
+        public ulong Reserve(ulong desiredAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection) =>
+            desiredAddress == address ? address : 0;
+
+        public bool Commit(ulong commitAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection)
+        {
+            CommitCalls.Add((commitAddress, size, protection));
+            return CommitSucceeds;
+        }
+
+        public bool Free(ulong freeAddress) => freeAddress == address;
+
+        public bool Protect(ulong protectAddress, ulong size, HostPageProtection protection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool ProtectRaw(ulong protectAddress, ulong size, uint rawProtection, out uint rawOldProtection)
+        {
+            rawOldProtection = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public bool Query(ulong queryAddress, out HostRegionInfo info)
+        {
+            var pageAddress = queryAddress & ~0xFFFUL;
+            info = new HostRegionInfo(
+                pageAddress,
+                address,
+                0x1000,
+                HostRegionState.Reserved,
+                0,
+                HostPageProtection.NoAccess,
+                0,
+                0);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void FlushInstructionCache(ulong flushAddress, ulong size)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/Memory/VirtualMemoryTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.Core.Loader;
+using SharpEmu.Core.Memory;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Tests.Memory;
+
+public sealed class VirtualMemoryTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void OutOfOrderMappingsRemainSortedAndResolveAtBoundaries()
+    {
+        var memory = new VirtualMemory();
+        memory.Map(0x3000, 0x100, 0, [3], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read | ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+        memory.Map(0x1000, 0x100, 0, [1], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read | ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+        memory.Map(0x2000, 0x100, 0, [2], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read | ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+
+        Assert.Equal([0x1000UL, 0x2000UL, 0x3000UL], memory.SnapshotRegions().Select(region => region.VirtualAddress));
+
+        Span<byte> value = stackalloc byte[1];
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x1000, value));
+        Assert.Equal(1, value[0]);
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x2000, value));
+        Assert.Equal(2, value[0]);
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x3000, value));
+        Assert.Equal(3, value[0]);
+        Assert.False(memory.TryRead(0x1100, value));
+        Assert.False(memory.TryRead(0x0FFF, value));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MappingRejectsOverlapWithEitherNeighbor()
+    {
+        var memory = new VirtualMemory();
+        memory.Map(0x2000, 0x100, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read);
+        memory.Map(0x4000, 0x100, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read);
+
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            memory.Map(0x1FFF, 2, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read));
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            memory.Map(0x3FFF, 2, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read));
+
+        memory.Map(0x2100, 0x1F00, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read);
+        Assert.Equal(3, memory.SnapshotRegions().Count);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ReadAndWriteSpanAdjacentRegions()
+    {
+        var memory = new VirtualMemory();
+        const ProgramHeaderFlags protection = ProgramHeaderFlags.Read | ProgramHeaderFlags.Write;
+        memory.Map(0x1000, 4, 0, [1, 2, 3, 4], protection);
+        memory.Map(0x1004, 4, 0, [5, 6, 7, 8], protection);
+
+        Span<byte> read = stackalloc byte[4];
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x1002, read));
+        Assert.Equal([3, 4, 5, 6], read.ToArray());
+
+        Assert.True(memory.TryWrite(0x1002, [9, 10, 11, 12]));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x1000, read));
+        Assert.Equal([1, 2, 9, 10], read.ToArray());
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x1004, read));
+        Assert.Equal([11, 12, 7, 8], read.ToArray());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AccessRequiresPermissionAcrossEntireRange()
+    {
+        var memory = new VirtualMemory();
+        memory.Map(0x1000, 4, 0, [1, 2, 3, 4], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read | ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+        memory.Map(0x1004, 4, 0, [5, 6, 7, 8], ProgramHeaderFlags.Read);
+        memory.Map(0x2000, 4, 0, [1, 2, 3, 4], ProgramHeaderFlags.Execute);
+        memory.Map(0x3000, 4, 0, [], ProgramHeaderFlags.Write);
+
+        Assert.False(memory.TryWrite(0x1002, [9, 9, 9, 9]));
+        Span<byte> unchanged = stackalloc byte[4];
+        Assert.True(memory.TryRead(0x1000, unchanged));
+        Assert.Equal([1, 2, 3, 4], unchanged.ToArray());
+
+        Assert.False(memory.TryRead(0x2000, unchanged));
+        Assert.False(memory.TryWrite(0x2000, [9]));
+        Assert.False(memory.TryRead(0x3000, unchanged));
+        Assert.True(memory.TryWrite(0x3000, [9]));
+    }
+}

tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests.csproj

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>false</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\SharpEmu.Core\SharpEmu.Core.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\SharpEmu.Libs\SharpEmu.Libs.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\SharpEmu.HLE\SharpEmu.HLE.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>

tests/SharpEmu.Libs.Tests/packages.lock.json

@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@
           "xunit.extensibility.core": "[2.9.3]"
         }
       },
+      "sharpemu.core": {
+        "type": "Project",
+        "dependencies": {
+          "Iced": "[1.21.0, )",
+          "SharpEmu.HLE": "[1.0.0, )",
+          "SharpEmu.Libs": "[1.0.0, )",
+          "SharpEmu.Logging": "[1.0.0, )"
+        }
+      },
       "sharpemu.hle": {
         "type": "Project",
         "dependencies": {
@@ -168,6 +177,12 @@
       "sharpemu.logging": {
         "type": "Project"
       },
+      "Iced": {
+        "type": "CentralTransitive",
+        "requested": "[1.21.0, )",
+        "resolved": "1.21.0",
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