From 14e74ea33fc3a66293b749ccde4b47ec7c50c68f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Exzap <13877693+Exzap@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:04:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nsysnet: Avoid CPU starvation when games call select in a
 loop

Fixes Just Dance 2018 getting stuck on a black screen during early boot
---
 src/Cafe/OS/libs/nsysnet/nsysnet.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Cafe/OS/libs/nsysnet/nsysnet.cpp b/src/Cafe/OS/libs/nsysnet/nsysnet.cpp
index 032ca5a4..8393d36e 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/OS/libs/nsysnet/nsysnet.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/OS/libs/nsysnet/nsysnet.cpp
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void nsysnetExport_select(PPCInterpreter_t* hCPU)
 				break;
 			}
 			// yield thread
-			PPCCore_switchToScheduler();
+			coreinit::OSSleepTicks(coreinit::EspressoTime::ConvertNsToTimerTicks(300000)); // sleep 0.3ms so we don't end up with a case where a single select loop starves all other CPU threads (seen in Just Dance 2018)
 		}
 		else
 		{