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core: audio determinism fix and pipeline cleanup

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Audit pass 6 - audio path. The libretro core only ever outputs 16-bit
stereo, so the question was whether anything in the audio pipeline is
either non-deterministic or pointlessly busy given that constraint.

DETERMINISM BUG FIX

src/filter.c's `sexyfilter_acc1` and `sexyfilter_acc2` are file-scope
int64_t IIR accumulators. They're saved/restored with the rest of the
sound state (sound.c "FAC1"/"FAC2" SFORMAT entries), but they were
NOT reset by FCEUSND_Power on cart load. So a second cart loaded in
the same process inherited the first cart's IIR state - audibly
minor (a few samples of transient before the IIR re-converges) but
non-deterministic across load orders.

`SexyFilter2`'s lowpass accumulator was even worse: a function-local
`static int64_t acc = 0` that no other code could touch. Its first-
load value was 0; from then on it just accumulated forever, with no
way to reset it. Same load-order-dependence problem, plus it wasn't
even savestate'd.

Fix:

  - Lift SexyFilter2's local static to file scope as `sexyfilter2_acc`.
  - Add `void SexyFilter_Reset(void)` that zeros all three accumulators.
  - Call SexyFilter_Reset() from FCEUSND_Power.
  - Add `sexyfilter2_acc` to the SFORMAT savestate list as "FAC3" so
    runahead/replay/netplay restore it alongside FAC1/FAC2.

`mrindex` (filter.c file-scope, NeoFilterSound's input cursor) is
already reset in MakeFilters, which FCEUI_Sound calls on every cart
load, so it doesn't need explicit handling. `mrratio` is set in the
same path. Documented in the new SexyFilter_Reset comment.

PIPELINE CLEANUPS

(1) WaveHi memset bound. The HQ-mode flush was clearing the entire
    WaveHi[40000] (160 KB) past `left` every frame, but channels only
    write into [left, SOUNDTS) - everything past SOUNDTS is already
    zero from the previous frame's clear (or FCEUSND_Power on the
    first frame). Tightened the memset to (SOUNDTS - left) * 4 bytes
    instead of sizeof(WaveHi) - left * 4. SOUNDTS is bounded by NES
    cycles per frame (~30000 NTSC), so this saves ~40 KB of
    pointless memset every HQ frame. The (SOUNDTS > left) guard
    handles the degenerate case of a very short frame where SOUNDTS
    might not have advanced past the coefficient history.

(2) RDoSQLQ silent-channel branch. When both square channels are
    inactive, `amp[x]` is forced to 0 (line 634), which propagates
    through `ttable[x]` to make `totalout = wlookup1[0] = 0`. The
    previous code looped (end - start) iterations adding 0 to
    Wave[V>>4] - genuinely no-op for ~30000 NES cycles per frame
    when nothing is playing. Removed the loop body.

(3) LQ dispatch deduplication. `RDoSQLQ` mixes both squares in a
    single call; `RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ` mixes triangle/noise/PCM
    in a single call. The previous code pointed DoSQ1 and DoSQ2
    both at RDoSQLQ, and DoTriangle/DoNoise/DoPCM all at
    RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ. The first call did the work; the
    subsequent calls entered the function only to be rejected by
    the `if (end <= start) return;` guard at the top. Now point
    DoSQ1/DoTriangle at the real workers and DoSQ2/DoNoise/DoPCM
    at Dummyfunc - same behaviour, no redundant call+early-return
    on every frame.

(4) stereo_filter_apply_delay copy loop -> memcpy. The element-by-
    element copy `samples[i+pos] = sound_buffer[i]` is trivially
    equivalent to memcpy for non-overlapping int32_t blocks; memcpy
    lets the compiler/libc dispatch SIMD where available.

(5) Dead code in filter.c. Removed the `#ifdef moo` and `#if 0`
    blocks (legacy commented-out lowpass formula attempts that
    have been dead since the original blargg import) and the
    `<math.h>` include, which is no longer needed once those
    blocks are gone.

ARCHITECTURAL NOTES (not changed - documented for future passes)

- Per-frame sample count varies by +/-1 (e.g. 798/799 at 48000Hz
  60Hz NTSC). This is required by libretro's variable-batch audio
  model and is fundamental to the deterministic phase accumulator
  (`soundtsoffs` carries the fractional remainder across frames).
  Same input -> same count sequence. Replay/netplay-stable.

- The `stereo_filter_apply_null` post-pass exists to convert
  in-place from int32 mono samples to int32 stereo-packed
  ((s<<16)|(s&0xFFFF)) format that, when the buffer is cast to
  int16_t*, reads correctly as L,R,L,R pairs. Could be folded
  into SexyFilter's clamp step to save one full-buffer pass
  (~190 KB/s of redundant memory traffic) but requires sound.c
  to know about the libretro frontend's stereo filter selection.
  Too much frontend/core coupling to chase for a modest cache
  win; left as-is.

- HQ path runs 5 in-place passes through WaveFinal[] per frame
  (NeoFilterSound, SexyFilter, optional SexyFilter2,
  stereo_filter_apply, audio_batch_cb read). LQ path runs 4.
  Each pass is ~3.2 KB at 48000Hz - ~1 MB/s of buffer traffic
  total. Modest; not worth restructuring.

- WaveHi[40000] is BSS-allocated (160 KB) even when in LQ mode
  where it's never written. Cost is zero - BSS pages don't
  materialise until first write - so making it conditional has
  no runtime benefit, only adds complexity.

- stereo_filter_delay uses a linear buffer with memmove on each
  frame to slide consumed samples back to position 0. A circular
  buffer would eliminate the memmove but only matters when the
  user opts into the delay filter (off by default).

Build clean under -std=gnu11 with -Wno-write-strings -Wsign-compare
-Wundef -Wmissing-prototypes; zero errors, zero warnings.

audit_determinism.py: no rand/time/long double/threads issues.
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parent 6359a0b36e
commit 9f6b84cf33
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@@ -649,8 +649,12 @@ static void RDoSQLQ(void) {
totalout = wlookup1[ ttable[0][RectDutyCount[0]] + ttable[1][RectDutyCount[1]] ];
if (!inie[0] && !inie[1]) {
for (V = start; V < end; V++)
Wave[V >> 4] += totalout;
/* Both squares silent: amp[x] was forced to 0 above (line
* "if (!inie[x]) amp[x] = 0"), which propagates through
* ttable[x] to make totalout = wlookup1[0] = 0. The
* previous code looped (end - start) iterations adding 0
* to Wave[V>>4] - genuinely no-op for ~30000 NES cycles
* per frame. Skip the loop entirely. */
} else {
for (V = start; V < end; V++) {
/* int tmpamp=0;
@@ -970,8 +974,23 @@ int FlushEmulateSound(void) {
end = NeoFilterSound(WaveHi, WaveFinal, SOUNDTS, &left);
/* Slide the trailing `left` coefficient-history samples back
* to the start of the buffer for next frame's filter, then
* clear the area between left and SOUNDTS so next frame's
* channel accumulators start at zero.
*
* The previous code cleared all the way to sizeof(WaveHi),
* but only indices [left, SOUNDTS) were dirtied this frame -
* everything past SOUNDTS is still zero from the prior
* frame's clear (or from FCEUSND_Power on first frame).
* WaveHi is 40000 entries = 160 KB; SOUNDTS is bounded by
* NES cycles per frame (~30000), so this saves ~40 KB of
* memset per HQ frame. The (SOUNDTS > left) guard handles
* the degenerate case of a very short frame where SOUNDTS
* may not have advanced past the coefficient history. */
memmove(WaveHi, WaveHi + SOUNDTS - left, left * sizeof(uint32_t));
memset(WaveHi + left, 0, sizeof(WaveHi) - left * sizeof(uint32_t));
if ((uint32_t)SOUNDTS > (uint32_t)left)
memset(WaveHi + left, 0, (SOUNDTS - left) * sizeof(uint32_t));
if (GameExpSound.HiSync) GameExpSound.HiSync(left);
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++)
@@ -1069,6 +1088,13 @@ void FCEUSND_Power(void) {
soundtsoffs = 0;
IRQFrameMode = 0x1; /* Only initialized by power-on reset, not by soft reset. NRS: don't start with Frame IRQ enabled for greater compatibility. Any game that actually uses frame IRQ will explicitly enable it, anyway. */
LoadDMCPeriod(DMCFormat & 0xF);
/* Reset post-mix filter accumulators. These are file-scope in
* filter.c and were not previously cleared on cart load, so a
* second cart loaded in the same process inherited the first
* cart's IIR state. Audibly minor on its own but breaks
* frame-determinism for the first samples of a new run. */
SexyFilter_Reset();
}
@@ -1096,12 +1122,23 @@ void SetSoundVariables(void) {
DoSQ1 = RDoSQ1;
DoSQ2 = RDoSQ2;
} else {
DoNoise = DoTriangle = DoPCM = DoSQ1 = DoSQ2 = Dummyfunc;
DoSQ1 = RDoSQLQ;
DoSQ2 = RDoSQLQ;
/* In LQ mode the squares are mixed by RDoSQLQ in a single
* call, and the triangle/noise/PCM channels are mixed by
* RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ in a single call - both functions
* advance their respective ChannelBC and process all the
* channels they handle in one pass. The previous code
* pointed DoTriangle/DoNoise/DoPCM all at
* RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ, which meant the second and third
* call entered the function only to be rejected by the
* "if (end <= start) return;" guard at the top. Same for
* DoSQ1/DoSQ2 -> RDoSQLQ. Map only one entry each to the
* real worker and stub the others so we save the redundant
* call+early-return overhead. */
DoSQ1 = RDoSQLQ;
DoSQ2 = Dummyfunc;
DoTriangle = RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ;
DoNoise = RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ;
DoPCM = RDoTriangleNoisePCMLQ;
DoNoise = Dummyfunc;
DoPCM = Dummyfunc;
}
} else {
DoNoise = DoTriangle = DoPCM = DoSQ1 = DoSQ2 = Dummyfunc;
@@ -1221,6 +1258,7 @@ SFORMAT FCEUSND_STATEINFO[] = {
{ &wlcount[3], sizeof(wlcount[3]) | FCEUSTATE_RLSB, "WLC4" },
{ &sexyfilter_acc1, sizeof(sexyfilter_acc1) | FCEUSTATE_RLSB, "FAC1" },
{ &sexyfilter_acc2, sizeof(sexyfilter_acc2) | FCEUSTATE_RLSB, "FAC2" },
{ &sexyfilter2_acc, sizeof(sexyfilter2_acc) | FCEUSTATE_RLSB, "FAC3" },
{ &lq_tcout, sizeof(lq_tcout) | FCEUSTATE_RLSB, "TCOU"},
/* 2018-12-14 - Wii and possibly other big-endian platforms are having