From 3f12145ca51a9186f7f4e5601dc0c9553ac5d615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sergystepanov <sergystepanov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:12:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Verifies during startup if the system can run the emulator

This check can be disabled with the emulator.failFast = false config option. Right now it checks SDL2 video context creation.
---
 pkg/config/config.yaml                         | 3 +++
 pkg/config/emulator.go                         | 1 +
 pkg/worker/caged/libretro/caged.go             | 8 ++++++++
 pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go          | 5 +++++
 pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics/sdl.go      | 9 +++++++++
 pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch/nanoarch.go | 1 +
 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/config/config.yaml b/pkg/config/config.yaml
index 33eb0b2a..1a1d2803 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.yaml
+++ b/pkg/config/config.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ emulator:
   # path for storing emulator generated files
   localPath: "./libretro"
 
+  # checks if the system supports running an emulator at startup
+  failFast: true
+
   libretro:
     # use zip compression for emulator save states
     saveCompression: true
diff --git a/pkg/config/emulator.go b/pkg/config/emulator.go
index d3daca3e..013225f7 100644
--- a/pkg/config/emulator.go
+++ b/pkg/config/emulator.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Emulator struct {
+	FailFast    bool
 	Threads     int
 	Storage     string
 	LocalPath   string
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/caged.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/caged.go
index 8c06776b..3d21db11 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/caged.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/caged.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ func (c *Caged) Init() error {
 	if err := manager.CheckCores(c.conf.Emulator, c.log); err != nil {
 		c.log.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("a Libretro cores sync fail")
 	}
+
+	if c.conf.Emulator.FailFast {
+		if err := c.IsSupported(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -92,3 +99,4 @@ func (c *Caged) Start()                           { go c.Emulator.Start() }
 func (c *Caged) SetSaveOnClose(v bool)            { c.base.SaveOnClose = v }
 func (c *Caged) SetSessionId(name string)         { c.base.SetSessionId(name) }
 func (c *Caged) Close()                           { c.Emulator.Close() }
+func (c *Caged) IsSupported() error               { return c.base.IsSupported() }
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
index c3666e98..8d0a73ac 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/frontend.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/os"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/app"
+	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics"
 	"github.com/giongto35/cloud-game/v3/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch"
 )
 
@@ -422,6 +423,10 @@ func (f *Frontend) Load() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (f *Frontend) IsSupported() error {
+	return graphics.TryInit()
+}
+
 func (f *Frontend) autosave(periodSec int) {
 	f.log.Info().Msgf("Autosave every [%vs]", periodSec)
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(periodSec) * time.Second)
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics/sdl.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics/sdl.go
index d0df2c1d..7c25efbd 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics/sdl.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/graphics/sdl.go
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ func NewSDLContext(cfg Config, log *logger.Logger) (*SDL, error) {
 	return &display, nil
 }
 
+// TryInit check weather SDL context can be created on the system.
+func TryInit() error {
+	if err := sdl.Init(sdl.INIT_VIDEO); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SDL init fail: %w", err)
+	}
+	sdl.Quit()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Deinit destroys SDL/OpenGL context.
 // Uses main thread lock (see thread/mainthread).
 func (s *SDL) Deinit() error {
diff --git a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch/nanoarch.go b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch/nanoarch.go
index fd12ef14..e26ee07d 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch/nanoarch.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/caged/libretro/nanoarch/nanoarch.go
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ func (n *Nanoarch) Run() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (n *Nanoarch) IsSupported() error                  { return graphics.TryInit() }
 func (n *Nanoarch) IsGL() bool                          { return n.Video.gl.enabled }
 func (n *Nanoarch) IsStopped() bool                     { return n.Stopped.Load() }
 func (n *Nanoarch) InputRetropad(port int, data []byte) { n.retropad.Input(port, data) }