Better code for hash table generation

[stockfish] / src / tt.cpp

diff --git a/src/tt.cpp b/src/tt.cpp
index d1ba9ebbabaa6876f9f4f0d5b82602c3053d997f..cb5af5c85905620a1537d06a7339ce6bca17176f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tt.cpp
+++ b/src/tt.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ TTEntry* TranspositionTable::probe(const Key key, bool& found) const {
   for (int i = 0; i < ClusterSize; ++i)
       if (tte[i].key16 == key16 || !tte[i].depth8)
       {
-          tte[i].genBound8 = uint8_t(generation8 | (tte[i].genBound8 & 0x7)); // Refresh
+          tte[i].genBound8 = uint8_t(generation8 | (tte[i].genBound8 & (GENERATION_DELTA - 1))); // Refresh
 
           return found = (bool)tte[i].depth8, &tte[i];
       }
@@ -132,11 +132,12 @@ TTEntry* TranspositionTable::probe(const Key key, bool& found) const {
   TTEntry* replace = tte;
   for (int i = 1; i < ClusterSize; ++i)
       // Due to our packed storage format for generation and its cyclic
-      // nature we add 263 (256 is the modulus plus 7 to keep the unrelated
-      // lowest three bits from affecting the result) to calculate the entry
-      // age correctly even after generation8 overflows into the next cycle.
-      if (  replace->depth8 - ((263 + generation8 - replace->genBound8) & 0xF8)
-          >   tte[i].depth8 - ((263 + generation8 -   tte[i].genBound8) & 0xF8))
+      // nature we add GENERATION_CYCLE (256 is the modulus, plus what
+      // is needed to keep the unrelated lowest n bits from affecting
+      // the result) to calculate the entry age correctly even after
+      // generation8 overflows into the next cycle.
+      if (  replace->depth8 - ((GENERATION_CYCLE + generation8 - replace->genBound8) & GENERATION_MASK)
+          >   tte[i].depth8 - ((GENERATION_CYCLE + generation8 -   tte[i].genBound8) & GENERATION_MASK))
           replace = &tte[i];
 
   return found = false, replace;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ int TranspositionTable::hashfull() const {
   int cnt = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
       for (int j = 0; j < ClusterSize; ++j)
-          cnt += table[i].entry[j].depth8 && (table[i].entry[j].genBound8 & 0xF8) == generation8;
+          cnt += table[i].entry[j].depth8 && (table[i].entry[j].genBound8 & GENERATION_MASK) == generation8;
 
   return cnt / ClusterSize;
 }