Clarify some comments in SMP code

[stockfish] / src / thread.cpp

diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index f5aab2b13366e3a3850dfb2979080d489c33b648..06244dc9bb957c41f5d47d13ed64aa59a40c6bf8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ bool Thread::cutoff_occurred() const {
 // which are busy searching the split point at the top of slave's split point
 // stack (the "helpful master concept" in YBWC terminology).
 
-bool Thread::available_to(const Thread* master, bool latejoin) const {
+bool Thread::available_to(const Thread* master) const {
 
-  if (searching && !latejoin)
+  if (searching)
       return false;
 
   // Make a local copy to be sure it doesn't become zero under our feet while
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ void ThreadPool::init() {
 }
 
 
-// exit() cleanly terminates the threads before the program exits
+// exit() cleanly terminates the threads before the program exits. Cannot be done in
+// d'tor because we have to terminate the threads before to free ThreadPool object.
 
 void ThreadPool::exit() {
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ void ThreadPool::read_uci_options() {
 Thread* ThreadPool::available_slave(const Thread* master) const {
 
   for (const_iterator it = begin(); it != end(); ++it)
-      if ((*it)->available_to(master, false))
+      if ((*it)->available_to(master))
           return *it;
 
   return NULL;
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, const Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Valu
   Threads.mutex.lock();
   sp.mutex.lock();
 
-  sp.allowLatejoin = true; // Only set this under lock protection
+  sp.allSlavesSearching = true; // Must be set under lock protection
   ++splitPointsSize;
   activeSplitPoint = &sp;
   activePosition = NULL;