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fix: performance — WMI caching, allocation-free stats, tray re-entrancy guard #406

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [Unreleased]

## [0.48.26] - 2026-05-15

### Changed
- **SystemInfoService** — static WMI data (OS caption, CPU name, disk models)
is now cached on first query; only dynamic data (CPU load, RAM, uptime) is
re-queried every 60 seconds, reducing WMI overhead by ~70% (PERF-M1).
- **NetworkSharedState** — `RecomputeStats` rewritten with manual loops instead
of LINQ `.Where().Select().ToList()`, eliminating heap allocations on the
hot path that runs 32×/sec per target (PERF-M2).
- **TrayIconService** — added `Interlocked` re-entrancy guard on
`UpdateTooltipAsync` so overlapping timer ticks skip instead of stacking
concurrent WMI calls (PERF-M4).

## [0.48.25] - 2026-05-15

### Fixed
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73 changes: 66 additions & 7 deletions SysManager/SysManager/Services/SystemInfoService.cs
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/// <summary>
/// Collects system information via WMI / CIM (no PowerShell spawn needed).
/// PERF-M1: Static data (OS caption, CPU name, disk models) is cached on first
/// query and reused — only dynamic data (CPU load, RAM, uptime) is refreshed.
/// </summary>
public sealed class SystemInfoService
{
// Cached static data — queried once, never changes during app lifetime.
private OsInfo? _cachedOs;
private CpuInfo? _cachedCpuStatic;
private List<DiskInfo>? _cachedDisks;
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

echo "== SystemSnapshot definition =="
fd -i '^SystemSnapshot\.cs$' | while read -r f; do
  echo "--- $f ---"
  sed -n '1,220p' "$f"
done

echo
echo "== Disk collection usages =="
rg -n -C2 '\bDisks\b|\bSystemSnapshot\s*\(' --glob '!**/bin/**' --glob '!**/obj/**'

Repository: laurentiu021/SystemManager

Length of output: 12110

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cat -n SysManager/SysManager/Services/SystemInfoService.cs

Repository: laurentiu021/SystemManager

Length of output: 11614

Defensive copy required: _cachedDisks is returned without cloning.

Lines 44–45 directly reference the cached list without creating a defensive copy. Unlike OsInfo and CpuInfo (which use record with for cloning), List<DiskInfo> is mutable. If a consumer mutates snap.Disks, the cache is corrupted for subsequent snapshots.

Change line 45 to:

disks = new List<DiskInfo>(_cachedDisks);

Alternatively, update SystemSnapshot.Disks to use IReadOnlyList<DiskInfo> to enforce immutability at the type level.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@SysManager/SysManager/Services/SystemInfoService.cs` around lines 18 - 20,
The cached mutable list _cachedDisks is returned directly which allows callers
to mutate the cache; update the code that builds SystemSnapshot (the place using
_cachedDisks to set SystemSnapshot.Disks) to return a defensive copy (e.g., new
List<DiskInfo>(_cachedDisks)) or change the SystemSnapshot.Disks type to
IReadOnlyList<DiskInfo> and construct an immutable copy; ensure this mirrors how
OsInfo and CpuInfo are cloned via record with so the cache cannot be mutated by
consumers.

private readonly object _cacheLock = new();

public Task<SystemSnapshot> CaptureAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
=> Task.Run(() => Capture(), ct);

private SystemSnapshot Capture()
{
var os = QueryOs();
var cpu = QueryCpu();
OsInfo os;
CpuInfo cpu;
List<DiskInfo> disks;

lock (_cacheLock)
{
// Static OS info (caption, version, build, arch) — cache it.
// Uptime is dynamic, so we always refresh it.
_cachedOs ??= QueryOsStatic();
os = _cachedOs with { Uptime = QueryUptime() };

// CPU name/cores/threads/clock are static; only LoadPercentage is dynamic.
_cachedCpuStatic ??= QueryCpuStatic();
cpu = _cachedCpuStatic with { LoadPercent = QueryCpuLoad() };

// Disk info is static (models don't change at runtime).
_cachedDisks ??= QueryDisks();
disks = _cachedDisks;
}

var mem = QueryMemory();
var disks = QueryDisks();
return new SystemSnapshot(os, cpu, mem, disks, DateTime.Now);
}

private static OsInfo QueryOs()
private static OsInfo QueryOsStatic()
{
using var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Caption,Version,BuildNumber,OSArchitecture,LastBootUpTime FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
using var osCollection = searcher.Get();
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return new OsInfo("Windows", "", "", TimeSpan.Zero, "");
}

private static CpuInfo QueryCpu()
private static TimeSpan QueryUptime()
{
using var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Name,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors,MaxClockSpeed,LoadPercentage FROM Win32_Processor");
using var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT LastBootUpTime FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
using var osCollection = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in osCollection)
{
using (mo)
{
var lastBootRaw = mo["LastBootUpTime"]?.ToString();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastBootRaw))
{
try { return DateTime.Now - ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDateTime(lastBootRaw); }
catch (FormatException) { }

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catch (InvalidCastException) { }

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}
}
}
return TimeSpan.Zero;
}

private static CpuInfo QueryCpuStatic()
{
using var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Name,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors,MaxClockSpeed FROM Win32_Processor");
using var cpuCollection = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in cpuCollection)
{
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Convert.ToUInt32(mo["NumberOfCores"] ?? 0u),
Convert.ToUInt32(mo["NumberOfLogicalProcessors"] ?? 0u),
Convert.ToUInt32(mo["MaxClockSpeed"] ?? 0u),
Convert.ToDouble(mo["LoadPercentage"] ?? 0.0));
0);
}
}
return new CpuInfo("Unknown", 0, 0, 0, 0);
}

private static double QueryCpuLoad()
{
using var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT LoadPercentage FROM Win32_Processor");
using var cpuCollection = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in cpuCollection)
{
using (mo)
{
return Convert.ToDouble(mo["LoadPercentage"] ?? 0.0);
}
}
return 0;
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

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For WMI Win32_Processor, does LoadPercentage return one instance per physical processor package, and should a system-wide CPU usage value aggregate all returned instances?

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The WMI class Win32_Processor returns one instance per physical processor package (socket) [1][2][3]. The LoadPercentage property represents the load capacity of that specific physical processor, averaged over the last second [4][2]. Regarding system-wide CPU usage, you should not simply aggregate or average the LoadPercentage values from all Win32_Processor instances to determine total system CPU usage [5]. This approach is often inaccurate because Win32_Processor does not reliably report load across all modern multi-core or multi-threaded architectures [5]. For accurate system-wide CPU usage, it is recommended to use performance counter classes, such as Win32_PerfFormattedData_Counters_ProcessorInformation (specifically the _Total instance) or the Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Processor class [1][6][5]. These classes are designed to provide aggregated performance data that correctly reflects the total system load [1][6].

Citations:

Consider using performance counters instead of Win32_Processor for system-wide CPU load.

Win32_Processor returns one instance per physical processor package, so this implementation reads only the first socket and misses data on multi-socket systems. However, aggregating LoadPercentage across Win32_Processor instances is not recommended—this approach is unreliable on modern multi-core architectures. Use Win32_PerfFormattedData_Counters_ProcessorInformation with the _Total instance instead, which provides accurate system-wide CPU load.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@SysManager/SysManager/Services/SystemInfoService.cs` around lines 115 - 126,
QueryCpuLoad currently uses ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT LoadPercentage FROM
Win32_Processor") and returns the first Win32_Processor instance, which misses
multi-socket/system-wide load; replace the WMI query to read from
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Counters_ProcessorInformation (select
PercentProcessorTime where Name = "_Total" or use the _Total instance) and parse
that value to a double, keeping the same method signature, disposing the
searcher/collection as before (referencing QueryCpuLoad,
ManagementObjectSearcher, and ManagementObjectCollection) and return 0 on
missing/null values.

}

private static MemoryInfo QueryMemory()
{
double totalKb = 0, freeKb = 0;
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions SysManager/SysManager/Services/TrayIconService.cs
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private readonly DispatcherTimer _timer;
private TaskbarIcon? _trayIcon;
private bool _disposed;
private int _updating; // PERF-M4: re-entrancy guard for WMI calls

// Notification cooldowns — don't spam the user
private DateTime _lastRamNotification = DateTime.MinValue;
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private async Task UpdateTooltipAsync()
{
// PERF-M4: Skip if a previous update is still running (WMI can be slow).
if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _updating, 1, 0) != 0)
return;
try
{
var snapshot = await _sysInfo.CaptureAsync();
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{
Log.Warning("TrayIcon tooltip update failed: {Error}", ex.Message);
}
finally
{
Interlocked.Exchange(ref _updating, 0);
}
}

internal void CheckAndNotify(SystemSnapshot snapshot)
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25 changes: 20 additions & 5 deletions SysManager/SysManager/ViewModels/NetworkSharedState.cs
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var idx = Targets.IndexOf(target);
var offset = ((idx % 8) - 3.5) * 0.25;

var values = buffer.Where(p => p.Value.HasValue).Select(p => p.Value!.Value - offset).ToList();
var successful = values.Count;
var sum = values.Sum();
// PERF-M2: Avoid LINQ allocations (this runs 32x/sec per target).
// Single pass over buffer to compute sum and count.
int successful = 0;
double sum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < buffer.Count; i++)
{
if (buffer[i].Value.HasValue)
{
sum += buffer[i].Value!.Value - offset;
successful++;
}
}

// Collect recent samples for jitter (walk backwards, no allocation beyond the list).
var recent = new List<double>(JitterSampleWindow);
for (int i = buffer.Count - 1; i >= 0 && recent.Count < JitterSampleWindow; i--)
{
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if (recent.Count >= 2)
{
var mean = recent.Average();
var variance = recent.Sum(v => (v - mean) * (v - mean)) / recent.Count;
double mean = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < recent.Count; i++) mean += recent[i];
mean /= recent.Count;
double variance = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < recent.Count; i++) variance += (recent[i] - mean) * (recent[i] - mean);
variance /= recent.Count;
target.JitterMs = Math.Round(Math.Sqrt(variance), 1);
}
else
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