@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ - Qt: Make -g flag work in Qt build
  - Qt: Simplify OpenGL context creation
  - Debugger: Support register and memory writes via GDB stub
  - GBA Audio: Force audio DMAs to not increment destination
+ - Qt: Thread startup improvements
 
 0.4.1: (2016-07-11)
 Bugfixes:

@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ struct mCore* core = threadContext->core;
 	core->setSync(core, &threadContext->sync);
 	core->reset(core);
 
+	_changeState(threadContext, THREAD_RUNNING, true);
+
 	if (threadContext->startCallback) {
 		threadContext->startCallback(threadContext);
 	}
-
-	_changeState(threadContext, THREAD_RUNNING, true);
 
 	while (threadContext->state < THREAD_EXITING) {
 		struct mDebugger* debugger = core->debugger;
@@ -303,6 +303,22 @@ _waitUntilNotState(threadContext, THREAD_INTERRUPTING);
 	MutexUnlock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
 }
 
+void mCoreThreadInterruptFromThread(struct mCoreThread* threadContext) {
+	if (!threadContext) {
+		return;
+	}
+	MutexLock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
+	++threadContext->interruptDepth;
+	if (threadContext->interruptDepth > 1 || !mCoreThreadIsActive(threadContext)) {
+		MutexUnlock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
+		return;
+	}
+	threadContext->savedState = threadContext->state;
+	threadContext->state = THREAD_INTERRUPTING;
+	ConditionWake(&threadContext->stateCond);
+	MutexUnlock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
+}
+
 void mCoreThreadContinue(struct mCoreThread* threadContext) {
 	if (!threadContext) {
 		return;
@@ -385,7 +401,6 @@
 void mCoreThreadPauseFromThread(struct mCoreThread* threadContext) {
 	bool frameOn = true;
 	MutexLock(&threadContext->stateMutex);
-	_waitOnInterrupt(threadContext);
 	if (threadContext->state == THREAD_RUNNING) {
 		_pauseThread(threadContext, true);
 		frameOn = false;

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ void mCoreThreadJoin(struct mCoreThread* threadContext);
 
 bool mCoreThreadIsActive(struct mCoreThread* threadContext);
 void mCoreThreadInterrupt(struct mCoreThread* threadContext);
+void mCoreThreadInterruptFromThread(struct mCoreThread* threadContext);
 void mCoreThreadContinue(struct mCoreThread* threadContext);
 
 void mCoreThreadRunFunction(struct mCoreThread* threadContext, void (*run)(struct mCoreThread*));

@@ -124,10 +124,13 @@ }
 	}
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
-	if (argc != 1) {
-		return args->showHelp || args->showVersion;
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		return false;
+	} else if (argc == 1) {
+		args->fname = strdup(argv[0]);
+	} else {
+		args->fname = NULL;
 	}
-	args->fname = strdup(argv[0]);
 	return true;
 }
 

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ // Arguments from the command line are parsed by the parseArguments function.
 	// The NULL here shows that we don't give it any arguments beyond the default ones.
 	struct mArguments args = {};
 	bool parsed = parseArguments(&args, argc, argv, NULL);
+	// Parsing can succeed without finding a filename, but we need one.
+	if (!args.fname) {
+		parsed = false;
+	}
 	if (!parsed || args.showHelp) {
 		// If parsing failed, or the user passed --help, show usage.
 		usage(argv[0], NULL);

@@ -36,18 +36,15 @@ m_bindAddress.ipv4 = htonl(bindAddress);
 }
 
 void GDBController::attach() {
-	if (isAttached() || m_gameController->platform() != PLATFORM_GBA) {
+	if (isAttached() || (m_gameController->platform() != PLATFORM_GBA && m_gameController->platform() != PLATFORM_NONE)) {
 		return;
 	}
-	m_gameController->setDebugger(&m_gdbStub.d);
 	if (m_gameController->isLoaded()) {
+		m_gameController->setDebugger(&m_gdbStub.d);
 		mDebuggerEnter(&m_gdbStub.d, DEBUGGER_ENTER_ATTACHED, 0);
 	} else {
 		QObject::disconnect(m_autoattach);
-		m_autoattach = connect(m_gameController, &GameController::gameStarted, [this]() {
-			QObject::disconnect(m_autoattach);
-			mDebuggerEnter(&m_gdbStub.d, DEBUGGER_ENTER_ATTACHED, 0);
-		});
+		m_autoattach = connect(m_gameController, SIGNAL(gameStarted(mCoreThread*, const QString&)), this, SLOT(attach()));
 	}
 }
 

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@
 		if (mCoreLoadState(context->core, 0, controller->m_loadStateFlags)) {
 			mCoreDeleteState(context->core, 0);
 		}
-		QMetaObject::invokeMethod(controller, "gameStarted", Q_ARG(mCoreThread*, context), Q_ARG(const QString&, controller->m_fname));
+
+		mCoreThreadInterruptFromThread(context);
+		QMetaObject::invokeMethod(controller, "gameStarted", Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection, Q_ARG(mCoreThread*, context), Q_ARG(const QString&, controller->m_fname));
+		mCoreThreadContinue(context);
 	};
 
 	m_threadContext.cleanCallback = [](mCoreThread* context) {

@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ struct mSubParser subparser;
 
 	initParserForGraphics(&subparser, &graphicsOpts);
 	bool parsed = parseArguments(&args, argc, argv, &subparser);
+	if (!args.fname) {
+		parsed = false;
+	}
 	if (!parsed || args.showHelp) {
 		usage(argv[0], subparser.usage);
 		freeArguments(&args);

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ mCoreConfigSetDefaultValue(&core->config, "idleOptimization", "remove");
 
 	struct mArguments args;
 	bool parsed = parseArguments(&args, argc, argv, &subparser);
+	if (!args.fname) {
+		parsed = false;
+	}
 	if (!parsed || args.showHelp) {
 		usage(argv[0], FUZZ_USAGE);
 		core->deinit(core);

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ };
 
 	struct mArguments args = {};
 	bool parsed = parseArguments(&args, argc, argv, &subparser);
+	if (!args.fname) {
+		parsed = false;
+	}
 	if (!parsed || args.showHelp) {
 		usage(argv[0], PERF_USAGE);
 		didFail = !parsed;