Improve comments in SMP code

[stockfish] / src / thread.h

diff --git a/src/thread.h b/src/thread.h
index 949f87ad28ae086fe75e0577b98e859029cfc4ed..606f96262dd72ead3f3672a45c1148f840efcb97 100644 (file)
--- a/src/thread.h
+++ b/src/thread.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #define THREAD_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include <bitset>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "material.h"
@@ -31,38 +34,9 @@
 
 struct Thread;
 
-const int MAX_THREADS = 128;
-const int MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD = 8;
-const int MAX_SLAVES_PER_SPLITPOINT = 4;
-
-/// Mutex and ConditionVariable struct are wrappers of the low level locking
-/// machinery and are modeled after the corresponding C++11 classes.
-
-struct Mutex {
-  Mutex() { lock_init(l); }
- ~Mutex() { lock_destroy(l); }
-
-  void lock() { lock_grab(l); }
-  void unlock() { lock_release(l); }
-
-private:
-  friend struct ConditionVariable;
-
-  Lock l;
-};
-
-struct ConditionVariable {
-  ConditionVariable() { cond_init(c); }
- ~ConditionVariable() { cond_destroy(c); }
-
-  void wait(Mutex& m) { cond_wait(c, m.l); }
-  void wait_for(Mutex& m, int ms) { timed_wait(c, m.l, ms); }
-  void notify_one() { cond_signal(c); }
-
-private:
-  WaitCondition c;
-};
-
+const size_t MAX_THREADS = 128;
+const size_t MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD = 8;
+const size_t MAX_SLAVES_PER_SPLITPOINT = 4;
 
 /// SplitPoint struct stores information shared by the threads searching in
 /// parallel below the same split point. It is populated at splitting time.
@@ -72,8 +46,7 @@ struct SplitPoint {
   // Const data after split point has been setup
   const Position* pos;
   Search::Stack* ss;
-  Thread* masterThread;
-  int spLevel;
+  Thread* master;
   Depth depth;
   Value beta;
   int nodeType;
@@ -84,9 +57,8 @@ struct SplitPoint {
   SplitPoint* parentSplitPoint;
 
   // Shared variable data
-  Mutex mutex;
+  std::mutex mutex;
   std::bitset<MAX_THREADS> slavesMask;
-  int slavesCount;
   volatile bool allSlavesSearching;
   volatile uint64_t nodes;
   volatile Value alpha;
@@ -102,16 +74,15 @@ struct SplitPoint {
 
 struct ThreadBase {
 
-  ThreadBase() : handle(NativeHandle()), exit(false) {}
-  virtual ~ThreadBase() {}
+  virtual ~ThreadBase() = default;
   virtual void idle_loop() = 0;
   void notify_one();
   void wait_for(volatile const bool& b);
 
-  Mutex mutex;
-  ConditionVariable sleepCondition;
-  NativeHandle handle;
-  volatile bool exit;
+  std::thread nativeThread;
+  std::mutex mutex;
+  std::condition_variable sleepCondition;
+  volatile bool exit = false;
 };
 
 
@@ -138,7 +109,7 @@ struct Thread : public ThreadBase {
   size_t idx;
   int maxPly;
   SplitPoint* volatile activeSplitPoint;
-  volatile int splitPointsSize;
+  volatile size_t splitPointsSize;
   volatile bool searching;
 };
 
@@ -147,19 +118,17 @@ struct Thread : public ThreadBase {
 /// special threads: the main one and the recurring timer.
 
 struct MainThread : public Thread {
-  MainThread() : thinking(true) {} // Avoid a race with start_thinking()
   virtual void idle_loop();
-  volatile bool thinking;
+  volatile bool thinking = true; // Avoid a race with start_thinking()
 };
 
 struct TimerThread : public ThreadBase {
 
   static const int Resolution = 5; // Millisec between two check_time() calls
 
-  TimerThread() : run(false) {}
   virtual void idle_loop();
 
-  bool run;
+  bool run = false;
 };
 
 
@@ -179,8 +148,8 @@ struct ThreadPool : public std::vector<Thread*> {
   void start_thinking(const Position&, const Search::LimitsType&, Search::StateStackPtr&);
 
   Depth minimumSplitDepth;
-  Mutex mutex;
-  ConditionVariable sleepCondition;
+  std::mutex mutex;
+  std::condition_variable sleepCondition;
   TimerThread* timer;
 };