-struct Thread {
- SplitPoint* volatile splitPoint;
- volatile int activeSplitPoints;
- uint64_t nodes;
- uint64_t betaCutOffs[2];
- volatile ThreadState state;
- unsigned char pad[64]; // set some distance among local data for each thread
+
+/// ThreadPool struct handles all the threads related stuff like init, starting,
+/// parking and, most importantly, launching a slave thread at a split point.
+/// All the access to shared thread data is done through this class.
+
+struct ThreadPool : public std::vector<Thread*> {
+
+ void init(); // No c'tor and d'tor, threads rely on globals that should be
+ void exit(); // initialized and are valid during the whole thread lifetime.
+
+ MainThread* main() { return static_cast<MainThread*>(at(0)); }
+ void read_uci_options();
+ void start_thinking(const Position&, const Search::LimitsType&, Search::StateStackPtr&);
+ int64_t nodes_searched();
+ TimerThread* timer;