From e6b9091ffce7f87e241aef8818e7cd0ee4053782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JosJuice <josjuice@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 18:15:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] RetroAchievements: Skip LoadApprovedList if there are no
 patches

There being no active patches is by far the most common case, so let's
optimize for this case.
---
 Source/Core/Core/AchievementManager.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/AchievementManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/AchievementManager.cpp
index d4ee8a0add..7a1837abbc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/AchievementManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/AchievementManager.cpp
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ bool AchievementManager::IsHardcoreModeActive() const
 void AchievementManager::FilterApprovedPatches(std::vector<PatchEngine::Patch>& patches,
                                                const std::string& game_ini_id) const
 {
+  if (patches.empty())
+  {
+    // There's nothing to verify, so let's save ourselves some work
+    return;
+  }
+
   std::lock_guard lg{m_lock};
 
   if (!IsHardcoreModeActive())