attempt to make things threaded

i made them worse

src/main.zig

@@ -18,6 +18,112 @@ const WantedMode = enum { send, recv };
 const AddrTuple = struct { from: network.EndPoint, to: network.EndPoint };
 const Mode = union(enum) { send: AddrTuple, recv: AddrTuple };
 
+const BufferQueue = std.atomic.Queue([]u8);
+
+const Context = struct {
+    frame_allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    frames: BufferQueue,
+    from_sock: network.Socket,
+    to: network.EndPoint,
+    to_sock: network.Socket,
+
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    pub fn createNode(self: *Self, data: []const u8) !*BufferQueue.Node {
+        var queue_node = try self.frame_allocator.create(BufferQueue.Node);
+        var node_data = try self.frame_allocator.dupe(u8, data);
+        queue_node.data = node_data;
+        return queue_node;
+    }
+    pub fn destroyNode(self: *Self, node: *BufferQueue.Node) void {
+        self.frame_allocator.free(node.data);
+        self.frame_allocator.destroy(node);
+    }
+};
+
+const SINGLE_BUFFER_SIZE = 1157;
+const BURST_SIZE = 50;
+const MAX_JITTER_NS = 50 * std.time.ns_per_ms;
+
+const BurstFrame = struct {
+    data: [SINGLE_BUFFER_SIZE]u8,
+    message: []u8,
+};
+
+fn receiverThread(ctx: *Context) !void {
+    const reader = ctx.from_sock.reader();
+
+    var frame_count: usize = 0;
+    var last_frame_timestamp_ns: i128 = 0;
+    var state: enum { Normal, Burst } = .Normal;
+
+    var burst_buffers: [BURST_SIZE]BurstFrame = undefined;
+    var burst_count: usize = 0;
+
+    while (true) : (frame_count += 1) {
+        var frame: [SINGLE_BUFFER_SIZE]u8 = undefined;
+        const received_bytes = try reader.read(&frame);
+        const frame_timestamp_ns = std.time.nanoTimestamp();
+        const message = frame[0..received_bytes];
+
+        switch (state) {
+            .Burst => {
+                logger.info("burst: {d}", .{burst_count});
+                // turn incoming frame into a BurstFrame
+                burst_buffers[burst_count].data = frame;
+                burst_buffers[burst_count].message = burst_buffers[burst_count].data[0..frame.len];
+                burst_count += 1;
+
+                // once we reached the limit, dump them all, switch to Normal
+                if (burst_count > (burst_buffers.len - 1)) {
+                    for (burst_buffers) |burst_buffer| {
+                        ctx.frames.put(try ctx.createNode(burst_buffer.message));
+                    }
+
+                    last_frame_timestamp_ns = frame_timestamp_ns;
+                    state = .Normal;
+                }
+            },
+            .Normal => {
+                const delta = frame_timestamp_ns - last_frame_timestamp_ns;
+
+                if (delta < MAX_JITTER_NS) {
+                    // within acceptable jitter, send frame immediately to queue
+                    last_frame_timestamp_ns = frame_timestamp_ns;
+                    ctx.frames.put(try ctx.createNode(message));
+                } else {
+                    // we need to fill some more buffers before we can send this frame
+                    logger.warn("unacceptable jitter detected {d}ms", .{delta});
+                    burst_count = 0;
+                    state = .Burst;
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn senderThread(ctx: *Context) !void {
+    while (true) {
+        const node = (ctx.frames.get()) orelse {
+            // if no incoming frames, wait
+            std.time.sleep(100 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+            continue;
+        };
+        defer ctx.destroyNode(node);
+
+        const received_bytes = node.data.len;
+        const sent_bytes = try ctx.to_sock.sendTo(ctx.to, node.data);
+        if (sent_bytes != received_bytes) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "tried to send {d} bytes, actually sent {d}",
+                .{ received_bytes, sent_bytes },
+            );
+        }
+
+        std.time.sleep(375);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn main() !void {
     try network.init();
     defer network.deinit();
@@ -47,33 +153,18 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var to_sock = try network.Socket.create(.ipv4, .udp);
     defer to_sock.close();
 
-    const BUFSIZE = 4;
-    const Buffer = struct {
-        raw_data: [2048]u8,
-        message: []u8,
+    var queue = BufferQueue.init();
+    var ctx = Context{
+        .frame_allocator = allocator,
+        .frames = queue,
+        .from_sock = from_sock,
+        .to = to,
+        .to_sock = to_sock,
     };
+    var receiver_thread = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, receiverThread, .{&ctx});
+    var sender_thread = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, senderThread, .{&ctx});
 
-    var receive_buffers: [BUFSIZE]Buffer = undefined;
-    var receive_buffer_index: usize = 0;
-
-    const reader = from_sock.reader();
-
-    while (true) : (receive_buffer_index += 1) {
-        const array_index = receive_buffer_index % BUFSIZE;
-        const raw_data = &receive_buffers[array_index].raw_data;
-        const received_bytes = try reader.read(raw_data);
-        receive_buffers[array_index].message = raw_data[0..received_bytes];
-
-        if (receive_buffer_index > BUFSIZE) {
-            const index_to_send = (receive_buffer_index - BUFSIZE - 1) % BUFSIZE;
-            const bytes_to_send = receive_buffers[index_to_send].message;
-            const sent_bytes = try to_sock.sendTo(to, bytes_to_send);
-            if (sent_bytes != received_bytes) {
-                logger.warn(
-                    "tried to send {d} bytes, actually sent {d}",
-                    .{ received_bytes, sent_bytes },
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    receiver_thread.join();
+    sender_thread.join();
+    logger.info("end", .{});
 }