+/// ThreadsManager class is used to handle all the threads related stuff like init,
+/// starting, parking and, the most important, launching a slave thread at a split
+/// point. All the access to shared thread data is done through this class.
+
+class ThreadsManager {
+ /* As long as the single ThreadsManager object is defined as a global we don't
+ need to explicitly initialize to zero its data members because variables with
+ static storage duration are automatically set to zero before enter main()
+ */
+public:
+ Thread& operator[](int threadID) { return threads[threadID]; }
+ void init();
+ void exit();
+ void init_hash_tables();
+
+ int min_split_depth() const { return minimumSplitDepth; }
+ int size() const { return activeThreads; }
+ void set_size(int cnt) { activeThreads = cnt; }
+
+ void read_uci_options();
+ bool available_slave_exists(int master) const;
+ void idle_loop(int threadID, SplitPoint* sp);
+
+ template <bool Fake>
+ void split(Position& pos, SearchStack* ss, Value* alpha, const Value beta, Value* bestValue,
+ Depth depth, Move threatMove, int moveCount, MovePicker* mp, bool pvNode);
+private:
+ Lock mpLock;
+ Depth minimumSplitDepth;
+ int maxThreadsPerSplitPoint;
+ bool useSleepingThreads;
+ int activeThreads;
+ volatile bool allThreadsShouldExit;
+ Thread threads[MAX_THREADS];
+};
+
+extern ThreadsManager Threads;
+