From 56535ffd16b848aef0f67c515baad85f9b23117a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PavelBARABANOV <pavelbarabanov94@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:29:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] John patch

---
 src/core/hle/service/service.cpp       |  7 ++++---
 src/frontend_common/firmware_manager.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
index 2c6e8d1c07..e8f3b5a4e0 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ void ServiceFrameworkBase::ReportUnimplementedFunction(HLERequestContext& ctx, c
 }
 
 [[nodiscard]] static bool VersionGateCheck(Core::System& system, u32 vg) {
-    u32 const c_maj = FirmwareManager::GetFirmwareVersion(system).first.major;
-    u32 const c_min = FirmwareManager::GetFirmwareVersion(system).first.minor;
-    u32 const c_pat = FirmwareManager::GetFirmwareVersion(system).first.micro;
+    const auto fw = FirmwareManager::GetFirmwareVersion(system).first;
+    u32 const c_maj = fw.major;
+    u32 const c_min = fw.minor;
+    u32 const c_pat = fw.micro;
     u32 const cg = (c_pat << 0) | (c_min << 4) | (c_maj << 8);
     u32 const sg = (vg >> 16) & 0xffff;
     u32 const ug = vg & 0xffff;
diff --git a/src/frontend_common/firmware_manager.h b/src/frontend_common/firmware_manager.h
index 4c1297431d..c421b8eb5a 100644
--- a/src/frontend_common/firmware_manager.h
+++ b/src/frontend_common/firmware_manager.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "common/common_types.h"
+#include <mutex>
+
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/nca_metadata.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/content_archive.h"
@@ -95,13 +97,28 @@ FirmwareCheckResult VerifyFirmware(Core::System &system);
  */
 inline std::pair<Service::Set::FirmwareVersionFormat, Result> GetFirmwareVersion(Core::System &system)
 {
+    // The version cannot change while a session runs, and this is on the IPC dispatch path:
+    // looking it up per call costs a firmware data read with firmware installed, and a
+    // synthesized SystemVersion archive without one. Remember it.
+    static std::mutex cache_mutex;
+    static std::pair<Core::System*, std::pair<Service::Set::FirmwareVersionFormat, Result>> cache{};
+    {
+        std::scoped_lock lock{cache_mutex};
+        if (cache.first == &system) {
+            return cache.second;
+        }
+    }
+
     Service::Set::FirmwareVersionFormat firmware_data{};
     const auto result
         = Service::Set::GetFirmwareVersionImpl(firmware_data,
                                                system,
                                                Service::Set::GetFirmwareVersionType::Version2);
-
-    return {firmware_data, result};
+    {
+        std::scoped_lock lock{cache_mutex};
+        cache = {&system, {firmware_data, result}};
+        return cache.second;
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO(crueter): GET AS STRING