Use acquire() and release() for spinlocks

[stockfish] / src / thread.cpp

diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 71bf08d2da67e238590a93b8c23182f047d4e4a4..4b5d845bd83577992601f1306a881bdacb812d19 100644 (file)
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
   // Pick and init the next available split point
   SplitPoint& sp = splitPoints[splitPointsSize];
 
-  sp.mutex.lock(); // No contention here until we don't increment splitPointsSize
+  sp.spinlock.acquire(); // No contention here until we don't increment splitPointsSize
 
   sp.master = this;
   sp.parentSplitPoint = activeSplitPoint;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
   while (    sp.slavesMask.count() < MAX_SLAVES_PER_SPLITPOINT
          && (slave = Threads.available_slave(&sp)) != nullptr)
   {
-     slave->allocMutex.lock();
+     slave->spinlock.acquire();
 
       if (slave->can_join(activeSplitPoint))
       {
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
           slave->searching = true;
       }
 
-      slave->allocMutex.unlock();
+      slave->spinlock.release();
   }
 
   // Everything is set up. The master thread enters the idle loop, from which
   // it will instantly launch a search, because its 'searching' flag is set.
   // The thread will return from the idle loop when all slaves have finished
   // their work at this split point.
-  sp.mutex.unlock();
+  sp.spinlock.release();
 
   Thread::idle_loop(); // Force a call to base class idle_loop()
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
   // We have returned from the idle loop, which means that all threads are
   // finished. Note that decreasing splitPointsSize must be done under lock
   // protection to avoid a race with Thread::can_join().
-  sp.mutex.lock();
+  sp.spinlock.acquire();
 
   --splitPointsSize;
   activeSplitPoint = sp.parentSplitPoint;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
   *bestMove = sp.bestMove;
   *bestValue = sp.bestValue;
 
-  sp.mutex.unlock();
+  sp.spinlock.release();
 }