Microptimize MoveList loop

[stockfish] / src / thread.cpp

diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index df746a4a825d2befdc77fa5397e0b5be952b3a65..782cf1acc0dd5153fb8ba3bebad8cf69bc35da12 100644 (file)
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value* bes
       sp.mutex.unlock();
       Threads.mutex.unlock();
 
-      // Calling idle_loop with sp.mutex locked
       Thread::idle_loop(); // Force a call to base class idle_loop()
 
       // In helpful master concept a master can help only a sub-tree of its split
@@ -323,10 +322,6 @@ 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 setting 'searching' and decreasing splitPointsSize is
       // done under lock protection to avoid a race with Thread::is_available_to().
-      // idle_loop returns with sp.mutex locked but we must unlock it inorder to
-      // lock Threads.mutex without conflicting with check_time() (threads holding 
-      // multiple locks must always acquired them in the same order to avoid deadlocks)
-      sp.mutex.unlock(); 
       Threads.mutex.lock();
       sp.mutex.lock();
   }
@@ -362,8 +357,8 @@ void ThreadPool::wait_for_think_finished() {
 // start_thinking() wakes up the main thread sleeping in MainThread::idle_loop()
 // so to start a new search, then returns immediately.
 
-void ThreadPool::start_thinking(const Position& pos, const LimitsType& limits, const std::vector<Move>& searchMoves,
-                                StateStackPtr& setupStates, MovesVectPtr& setupMoves) {
+void ThreadPool::start_thinking(const Position& pos, const LimitsType& limits,
+                                const std::vector<Move>& searchMoves, StateStackPtr& states) {
   wait_for_think_finished();
 
   SearchTime = Time::now(); // As early as possible
@@ -373,14 +368,13 @@ void ThreadPool::start_thinking(const Position& pos, const LimitsType& limits, c
 
   RootPos = pos;
   Limits = limits;
-  SetupStates = setupStates; // Ownership transfer here
-  SetupMoves = setupMoves;   // Ownership transfer here
+  SetupStates = states; // Ownership transfer here
   RootMoves.clear();
 
-  for (MoveList<LEGAL> ml(pos); !ml.end(); ++ml)
+  for (MoveList<LEGAL> it(pos); *it; ++it)
       if (   searchMoves.empty()
-          || std::count(searchMoves.begin(), searchMoves.end(), ml.move()))
-          RootMoves.push_back(RootMove(ml.move()));
+          || std::count(searchMoves.begin(), searchMoves.end(), *it))
+          RootMoves.push_back(RootMove(*it));
 
   main_thread()->thinking = true;
   main_thread()->notify_one(); // Starts main thread