Pre-initialize ss->ply

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 2b4e4f1e8434652e8ff54f0c30ec612d96795fcd..dac326e2a27e89229296da945e2f7d6414f28d81 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void Thread::search() {
   // To allow access to (ss-7) up to (ss+2), the stack must be oversized.
   // The former is needed to allow update_continuation_histories(ss-1, ...),
   // which accesses its argument at ss-6, also near the root.
-  // The latter is needed for statScores and killer initialization.
+  // The latter is needed for statScore and killer initialization.
   Stack stack[MAX_PLY+10], *ss = stack+7;
   Move  pv[MAX_PLY+1];
   Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ void Thread::search() {
   for (int i = 7; i > 0; i--)
       (ss-i)->continuationHistory = &this->continuationHistory[0][0][NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as a sentinel
 
+  for (int i = 0; i <= MAX_PLY + 2; ++i)
+      (ss+i)->ply = i;
+
   ss->pv = pv;
 
   bestValue = delta = alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
@@ -607,7 +610,6 @@ namespace {
 
     assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
 
-    (ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
     (ss+1)->ttPv = false;
     (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
     (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
@@ -1379,7 +1381,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
     }
 
     Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
-    (ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
     bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
     ss->inCheck = pos.checkers();
     moveCount = 0;