Return static eval when reaching MAX_PLY

[stockfish] / src / movepick.cpp

diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index f3e094c6517c67fecc4b883e08f0d414105790ee..09f7611c527b8e397f6422c2901f7a48854726cd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ void MovePicker::score<EVASIONS>() {
 }
 
 
-/// generate_next() generates, scores and sorts the next bunch of moves, when
-/// there are no more moves to try for the current phase.
+/// generate_next_stage() generates, scores and sorts the next bunch of moves,
+/// when there are no more moves to try for the current stage.
 
-void MovePicker::generate_next() {
+void MovePicker::generate_next_stage() {
 
   cur = moves;
 
@@ -233,15 +233,15 @@ void MovePicker::generate_next() {
       killers[2].move = killers[3].move = MOVE_NONE;
       killers[4].move = killers[5].move = MOVE_NONE;
 
+      // Please note that following code is racy and could yield to rare (less
+      // than 1 out of a million) duplicated entries in SMP case. This is harmless.
+
       // Be sure countermoves are different from killers
       for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
           if (   countermoves[i] != (cur+0)->move
               && countermoves[i] != (cur+1)->move)
               (end++)->move = countermoves[i];
 
-      if (countermoves[1] && countermoves[1] == countermoves[0]) // Due to SMP races
-          killers[3].move = MOVE_NONE;
-
       // Be sure followupmoves are different from killers and countermoves
       for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
           if (   followupmoves[i] != (cur+0)->move
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ void MovePicker::generate_next() {
               && followupmoves[i] != (cur+2)->move
               && followupmoves[i] != (cur+3)->move)
               (end++)->move = followupmoves[i];
-
-      if (followupmoves[1] && followupmoves[1] == followupmoves[0]) // Due to SMP races
-          (--end)->move = MOVE_NONE;
-
       return;
 
   case QUIETS_1_S1:
@@ -309,7 +305,7 @@ Move MovePicker::next_move<false>() {
   while (true)
   {
       while (cur == end)
-          generate_next();
+          generate_next_stage();
 
       switch (stage) {