From 53fefc82c514ad92f09b4358074d3d090c222e88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elad <18193363+elad335@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 21:00:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] PPU LLVM: Fix core_lock locking

Co-Authored-By: Megamouse <23019877+Megamouse@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index 350f711f08..6f4b9dafb9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -5336,11 +5336,26 @@ bool ppu_initialize(const ppu_module<lv2_obj>& info, bool check_only, u64 file_s
 			, thread_op(work_cv, workload, cpu, info, cache_path, g_fxo->get<jit_core_allocator>().sem)
 			, [&](u32 /*thread_index*/, thread_op& op)
 		{
+			const bool to_lock = work_cv < workload.size() && (cpu ? !cpu->state.all_of(cpu_flag::exit) : !Emu.IsStopped());
+
+			if (!to_lock)
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			// Allocate "core"
 			op.core_lock.lock();
 
 			// Second check before creating another thread
-			return work_cv < workload.size() && (cpu ? !cpu->state.all_of(cpu_flag::exit) : !Emu.IsStopped());
+			const bool to_unlock = !(work_cv < workload.size() && (cpu ? !cpu->state.all_of(cpu_flag::exit) : !Emu.IsStopped()));
+
+			if (to_unlock)
+			{
+				op.core_lock.unlock();
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			return true;
 		});
 
 		threads.join();