Input relay: send mouse motion at most every 4 ms

The relay sent the helper one "move" per SYN_REPORT, so a 1000 Hz mouse sent 1000 datagrams
a second to a helper whose loop runs every 8 ms, and each one went through a dozen sscanf
and strncmp tests in the helper before reaching the move handler. In a 200 ms test at
1000 Hz, 149 reports now make 45 moves with the same total.

flush() on a report now sends only once 4 ms have passed since the last move; tick() sends
the rest when due, and the select timeout shrinks to match. Buttons and the gaze
keys still flush first, unconditionally, so a click lands where the pointer was. In the
helper, "move" is now tested first in the command dispatch, and its handling is one lambda.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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DeeJanuzandClaude Opus 5.5 committed 2026-10-03 09:23:47 -06:00
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@@ -1356,6 +1356,36 @@ int main() {
return msg;
};
// "move <dyaw> <dpitch>" from the relay.
auto mouseMove = [&](double a, double b) {
// A move held back (POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE=held) only wakes the pointer: it isn't using
// the mouse, so a drifting mouse doesn't keep the gaze from taking the pointer back.
const bool heldBack = mouseMoveHeld();
if (!heldBack) lastMouse = Clock::now();
// Any mouse input wakes the pointer (after a controller took over, or a helper restart).
if (!active) wake(Clock::now());
if (heldBack) return;
if (tilting) {
tiltYaw += a;
tiltPitch = std::clamp(tiltPitch + b, -80.0, 80.0);
return;
}
lastMove = Clock::now(); // the dot shows while the mouse moves it (gaze mode)
if (gazeOn && gazeOwns) {
// The mouse takes the pointer from the gaze, from where the gaze left it.
gazeOwns = false;
nudging = haveHead && Clock::now() - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
nudgeRawHy = gz.rhy, nudgeRawHp = gz.rhp, nudgeHead = lastHead;
nudgeAt = Clock::now(), nudgeMoved = 0;
}
if (nudging || aimHeld) nudgeMoved += std::hypot(a, b);
if (!anchored) recenter = true;
yaw += a;
while (yaw > 180) yaw -= 360;
while (yaw < -180) yaw += 360;
pitch = std::clamp(pitch + b, -85.0, 85.0);
};
std::printf("ft-pointer running: free distance %.2f m, dot %.2f deg\n", freeDistance, cursorDeg);
std::fflush(stdout);
@@ -1421,6 +1451,12 @@ int main() {
if (senderLen > offsetof(sockaddr_un, sun_path))
sendto(out, msg.data(), msg.size(), 0, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr *>(&sender), senderLen);
};
// Mouse moves first, the most frequent command.
double mx, my;
if (std::strncmp(buf, "move ", 5) == 0 && std::sscanf(buf + 5, "%lf %lf", &mx, &my) == 2) {
mouseMove(mx, my);
continue;
}
// The gaze, from ft-gazed: not mouse input, it never wakes the pointer.
double g[4];
if (std::sscanf(buf, "gz %lf %lf %lf %lf", &g[0], &g[1], &g[2], &g[3]) == 4) {
@@ -1509,16 +1545,11 @@ int main() {
reply(gazeOn ? "ok on" : "ok off");
continue;
}
const bool mouseInput = std::strncmp(buf, "move", 4) == 0 || std::strncmp(buf, "btn", 3) == 0 ||
std::strncmp(buf, "scroll", 6) == 0;
// A move held back (POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE=held) only wakes the pointer: it isn't using
// the mouse, so a drifting mouse doesn't keep the gaze from taking the pointer back.
const bool moveHeldBack = std::strncmp(buf, "move", 4) == 0 && mouseMoveHeld();
if (mouseInput && !moveHeldBack) lastMouse = Clock::now();
// (Moves were taken first, above.)
const bool mouseInput = std::strncmp(buf, "btn", 3) == 0 || std::strncmp(buf, "scroll", 6) == 0;
if (mouseInput) lastMouse = Clock::now();
// Any mouse input wakes the pointer (after a controller took over, or a helper restart).
if (!active && mouseInput) wake(Clock::now());
if (moveHeldBack) continue;
double a, b;
char key[128];
double px, py, pz, pyaw, ppitch, proll = 0, pgrab = -1;
if (std::sscanf(buf, "grabprobe %127s", key) == 1) {
@@ -1577,27 +1608,7 @@ int main() {
tilting = swallowedRight = false;
continue;
}
if (tilting && std::sscanf(buf, "move %lf %lf", &a, &b) == 2) {
tiltYaw += a;
tiltPitch = std::clamp(tiltPitch + b, -80.0, 80.0);
continue;
}
if (std::sscanf(buf, "move %lf %lf", &a, &b) == 2) {
lastMove = Clock::now(); // the dot shows while the mouse moves it (gaze mode)
if (gazeOn && gazeOwns) {
// The mouse takes the pointer from the gaze, from where the gaze left it.
gazeOwns = false;
nudging = haveHead && Clock::now() - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
nudgeRawHy = gz.rhy, nudgeRawHp = gz.rhp, nudgeHead = lastHead;
nudgeAt = Clock::now(), nudgeMoved = 0;
}
if (nudging || aimHeld) nudgeMoved += std::hypot(a, b);
if (!anchored) recenter = true;
yaw += a;
while (yaw > 180) yaw -= 360;
while (yaw < -180) yaw += 360;
pitch = std::clamp(pitch + b, -85.0, 85.0);
} else if (std::strncmp(buf, "recenter", 8) == 0) {
if (std::strncmp(buf, "recenter", 8) == 0) {
recenter = true;
} else if (std::strncmp(buf, "reload", 6) == 0) {
loadConfig();