void idle_loop(int threadID, SplitPoint* sp);
template <bool Fake>
- bool split(const Position& pos, SearchStack* ss, int ply, Value* alpha, const Value beta, Value* bestValue,
- Depth depth, bool mateThreat, int* moves, MovePicker* mp, int master, bool pvNode);
+ void split(const Position& pos, SearchStack* ss, int ply, Value* alpha, const Value beta, Value* bestValue,
+ Depth depth, bool mateThreat, int* moveCount, MovePicker* mp, int master, bool pvNode);
private:
friend void poll();
beta = *betaPtr;
isCheck = pos.is_check();
- // Step 1. Initialize node and poll (omitted at root, but I can see no good reason for this, FIXME)
- // Step 2. Check for aborted search (omitted at root, because we do not initialize root node)
+ // Step 1. Initialize node and poll (omitted at root, init_ss_array() has already initialized root node)
+ // Step 2. Check for aborted search (omitted at root)
// Step 3. Mate distance pruning (omitted at root)
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup (omitted at root)
// At root we do this only to get reference value for child nodes
if (!isCheck)
ss[0].eval = evaluate(pos, ei, 0);
- else
- ss[0].eval = VALUE_NONE; // HACK because we do not initialize root node
// Step 6. Razoring (omitted at root)
// Step 7. Static null move pruning (omitted at root)
continue;
// Value based pruning
- Depth predictedDepth = newDepth - reduction<NonPV>(depth, moveCount); // FIXME We illogically ignore reduction condition depth >= 3*OnePly
+ // We illogically ignore reduction condition depth >= 3*OnePly for predicted depth,
+ // but fixing this made program slightly weaker.
+ Depth predictedDepth = newDepth - reduction<NonPV>(depth, moveCount);
futilityValueScaled = ss[ply].eval + futility_margin(predictedDepth, moveCount)
+ H.gain(pos.piece_on(move_from(move)), move_to(move));
alpha = value;
update_pv(ss, ply);
+
if (value == value_mate_in(ply + 1))
ss[ply].mateKiller = move;
}
&& Iteration <= 99
&& TM.available_thread_exists(threadID)
&& !AbortSearch
- && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID)
- && TM.split<FakeSplit>(pos, ss, ply, &alpha, beta, &bestValue, depth,
- mateThreat, &moveCount, &mp, threadID, PvNode))
- break;
+ && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
+ TM.split<FakeSplit>(pos, ss, ply, &alpha, beta, &bestValue, depth,
+ mateThreat, &moveCount, &mp, threadID, PvNode);
}
// Step 19. Check for mate and stalemate
lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
while ( sp->bestValue < sp->beta
- && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID)
- && (move = sp->mp->get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
+ && (move = sp->mp->get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
+ && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
{
- moveCount = ++sp->moves;
+ moveCount = ++sp->moveCount;
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
assert(move_is_ok(move));
{
Value localAlpha = sp->alpha;
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss, -(localAlpha+1), -localAlpha, newDepth-ss[sp->ply].reduction, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > localAlpha && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID));
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > localAlpha);
}
}
Value localAlpha = sp->alpha;
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss, -(localAlpha+1), -localAlpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
- if (PvNode && value > localAlpha && value < sp->beta && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
+ if (PvNode && value > localAlpha && value < sp->beta)
value = -search<PV>(pos, ss, -sp->beta, -sp->alpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, false, threadID);
}
sp->alpha = value;
sp_update_pv(sp->parentSstack, ss, sp->ply);
-
- if (PvNode && value == value_mate_in(sp->ply + 1))
- ss[sp->ply].mateKiller = move;
}
}
}
/* Here we have the lock still grabbed */
sp->slaves[threadID] = 0;
- sp->cpus--;
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
}
threads[threadID].state = THREAD_AVAILABLE;
}
- // If this thread is the master of a split point and all threads have
+ // If this thread is the master of a split point and all slaves have
// finished their work at this split point, return from the idle loop.
- if (sp && sp->cpus == 0)
+ int i = 0;
+ for ( ; sp && i < ActiveThreads && !sp->slaves[i]; i++) {}
+
+ if (i == ActiveThreads)
{
- // Because sp->cpus is decremented under lock protection,
- // be sure sp->lock has been released before to proceed.
+ // Because sp->slaves[] is reset under lock protection,
+ // be sure sp->lock has been released before to return.
lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
// split() does the actual work of distributing the work at a node between
- // several threads at PV nodes. If it does not succeed in splitting the
+ // several available threads. If it does not succeed in splitting the
// node (because no idle threads are available, or because we have no unused
- // split point objects), the function immediately returns false. If
- // splitting is possible, a SplitPoint object is initialized with all the
- // data that must be copied to the helper threads (the current position and
- // search stack, alpha, beta, the search depth, etc.), and we tell our
- // helper threads that they have been assigned work. This will cause them
- // to instantly leave their idle loops and call sp_search_pv(). When all
- // threads have returned from sp_search_pv (or, equivalently, when
- // splitPoint->cpus becomes 0), split() returns true.
+ // split point objects), the function immediately returns. If splitting is
+ // possible, a SplitPoint object is initialized with all the data that must be
+ // copied to the helper threads and we tell our helper threads that they have
+ // been assigned work. This will cause them to instantly leave their idle loops
+ // and call sp_search(). When all threads have returned from sp_search() then
+ // split() returns.
template <bool Fake>
- bool ThreadsManager::split(const Position& p, SearchStack* sstck, int ply, Value* alpha,
+ void ThreadsManager::split(const Position& p, SearchStack* sstck, int ply, Value* alpha,
const Value beta, Value* bestValue, Depth depth, bool mateThreat,
- int* moves, MovePicker* mp, int master, bool pvNode) {
+ int* moveCount, MovePicker* mp, int master, bool pvNode) {
assert(p.is_ok());
assert(sstck != NULL);
assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
assert(master >= 0 && master < ActiveThreads);
assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
- SplitPoint* splitPoint;
-
lock_grab(&MPLock);
// If no other thread is available to help us, or if we have too many
|| threads[master].activeSplitPoints >= ACTIVE_SPLIT_POINTS_MAX)
{
lock_release(&MPLock);
- return false;
+ return;
}
// Pick the next available split point object from the split point stack
- splitPoint = &SplitPointStack[master][threads[master].activeSplitPoints];
+ SplitPoint* splitPoint = &SplitPointStack[master][threads[master].activeSplitPoints];
// Initialize the split point object
splitPoint->parent = threads[master].splitPoint;
splitPoint->beta = beta;
splitPoint->pvNode = pvNode;
splitPoint->bestValue = *bestValue;
- splitPoint->master = master;
splitPoint->mp = mp;
- splitPoint->moves = *moves;
- splitPoint->cpus = 1;
+ splitPoint->moveCount = *moveCount;
splitPoint->pos = &p;
splitPoint->parentSstack = sstck;
for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
// If we are here it means we are not available
assert(threads[master].state != THREAD_AVAILABLE);
+ int workersCnt = 1; // At least the master is included
+
// Allocate available threads setting state to THREAD_BOOKED
- for (int i = 0; !Fake && i < ActiveThreads && splitPoint->cpus < MaxThreadsPerSplitPoint; i++)
+ for (int i = 0; !Fake && i < ActiveThreads && workersCnt < MaxThreadsPerSplitPoint; i++)
if (thread_is_available(i, master))
{
threads[i].state = THREAD_BOOKED;
threads[i].splitPoint = splitPoint;
splitPoint->slaves[i] = 1;
- splitPoint->cpus++;
+ workersCnt++;
}
- assert(Fake || splitPoint->cpus > 1);
+ assert(Fake || workersCnt > 1);
// We can release the lock because slave threads are already booked and master is not available
lock_release(&MPLock);
// which it will instantly launch a search, because its state is
// THREAD_WORKISWAITING. We send the split point as a second parameter to the
// idle loop, which means that the main thread will return from the idle
- // loop when all threads have finished their work at this split point
- // (i.e. when splitPoint->cpus == 0).
+ // loop when all threads have finished their work at this split point.
idle_loop(master, splitPoint);
// We have returned from the idle loop, which means that all threads are
threads[master].splitPoint = splitPoint->parent;
lock_release(&MPLock);
- return true;
}
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