From b8a2e9ef69a6abb44b0047575fcb3ed579533af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takoroka <137927095+Takoroka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:55:09 -0400
Subject: vfs: keep the open-file cache below the CRT limit

The real VFS kept up to 8192 host files open, which is also the most the
Windows C runtime allows (_setmaxstdio(8192)). A game read from a loose RomFS
folder fills that within minutes (title 4: ~7300 handles after 160 s); from
then on every other open failed with "too many files open" - its next scene
pack, its save file, the shader cache - and the game waited forever on the
load. Cap the cache 512 below _getmaxstdio() on Windows.
---
 src/core/file_sys/vfs/vfs_real.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/core/file_sys')

diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs/vfs_real.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/vfs/vfs_real.cpp
index 14e0caad3c..fd36752fee 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs/vfs_real.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs/vfs_real.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 // For FileTimeStampRaw
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <cstdio> // _getmaxstdio
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define stat _stat64
 #endif
@@ -33,7 +37,17 @@ namespace FS = Common::FS;
 
 namespace {
 
-constexpr size_t MaxOpenFiles = 8192;
+// Files the cache keeps open. On Windows it has to stay below the C runtime's open-file limit with
+// room to spare: at the limit every other open fails (saves, shader caches, and the cache's own
+// next file, which it only evicts for once it reaches its cap).
+size_t MaxOpenFiles() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    static const size_t limit = static_cast<size_t>((std::max)(_getmaxstdio() - 512, 64));
+    return (std::min)(size_t{8192}, limit);
+#else
+    return 8192;
+#endif
+}
 
 bool IsWithinRoot(std::string_view root, std::string_view full_path) {
     if (root.empty())
@@ -251,7 +265,7 @@ void RealVfsFilesystem::DropReference(std::unique_ptr<FileReference>&& reference
 }
 
 void RealVfsFilesystem::EvictSingleReferenceLocked() {
-    if (num_open_files < MaxOpenFiles || open_references.empty()) {
+    if (num_open_files < MaxOpenFiles() || open_references.empty()) {
         return;
     }
 
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