// Node counters, used only by thread[0] but try to keep in different cache
// lines (64 bytes each) from the heavy multi-thread read accessed variables.
- bool SendSearchedNodes;
int NodesSincePoll;
int NodesBetweenPolls = 30000;
static Book book;
// Initialize global search-related variables
- StopOnPonderhit = StopRequest = QuitRequest = AspirationFailLow = SendSearchedNodes = false;
+ StopOnPonderhit = StopRequest = QuitRequest = AspirationFailLow = false;
NodesSincePoll = 0;
current_search_time(get_system_time());
Limits = limits;
read_evaluation_uci_options(pos.side_to_move());
Threads.read_uci_options();
- // If needed allocate pawn and material hash tables and adjust TT size
- Threads.init_hash_tables();
+ // Set a new TT size if changed
TT.set_size(Options["Hash"].value<int>());
if (Options["Clear Hash"].value<bool>())
Rml.bestMoveChanges = 0;
- // MultiPV iteration loop
- for (MultiPVIteration = 0; MultiPVIteration < Min(MultiPV, (int)Rml.size()); MultiPVIteration++)
+ // MultiPV iteration loop. At depth 1 perform at least 2 iterations to
+ // get a score of the second best move for easy move detection.
+ int e = Min(Max(MultiPV, 2 * int(depth == 1)), (int)Rml.size());
+ for (MultiPVIteration = 0; MultiPVIteration < e; MultiPVIteration++)
{
// Calculate dynamic aspiration window based on previous iterations
if (depth >= 5 && abs(Rml[MultiPVIteration].prevScore) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
// Save the current node count before the move is searched
nodes = pos.nodes_searched();
- // If it's time to send nodes info, do it here where we have the
- // correct accumulated node counts searched by each thread.
- if (!SpNode && SendSearchedNodes)
- {
- SendSearchedNodes = false;
- cout << "info" << speed_to_uci(pos.nodes_searched()) << endl;
- }
-
// For long searches send current move info to GUI
if (pos.thread() == 0 && current_search_time() > 2000)
cout << "info" << depth_to_uci(depth)
<< " currmovenumber " << moveCount + MultiPVIteration << endl;
}
- // At Root and at first iteration do a PV search on all the moves to score root moves
- isPvMove = (PvNode && moveCount <= (RootNode && depth <= ONE_PLY ? MAX_MOVES : 1));
+ isPvMove = (PvNode && moveCount == 1);
givesCheck = pos.move_gives_check(move, ci);
captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
dbg_print_mean();
dbg_print_hit_rate();
-
- // Send info on searched nodes as soon as we return to root
- SendSearchedNodes = true;
}
// Should we stop the search?
} // namespace
-// ThreadsManager::idle_loop() is where the threads are parked when they have no work
-// to do. The parameter 'sp', if non-NULL, is a pointer to an active SplitPoint
-// object for which the current thread is the master.
+// Little helper used by idle_loop() to check that all the slave threads of a
+// split point have finished searching.
+
+static bool all_slaves_finished(SplitPoint* sp) {
-void ThreadsManager::idle_loop(int threadID, SplitPoint* sp) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < Threads.size(); i++)
+ if (sp->is_slave[i])
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
- assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < MAX_THREADS);
- int i;
- bool allFinished;
+// Thread::idle_loop() is where the thread is parked when it has no work to do.
+// The parameter 'sp', if non-NULL, is a pointer to an active SplitPoint object
+// for which the thread is the master.
+
+void Thread::idle_loop(SplitPoint* sp) {
while (true)
{
- // Slave threads can exit as soon as AllThreadsShouldExit raises,
- // master should exit as last one.
- if (allThreadsShouldExit)
- {
- assert(!sp);
- threads[threadID].state = Thread::TERMINATED;
- return;
- }
-
- // If we are not thinking, wait for a condition to be signaled
+ // If we are not searching, wait for a condition to be signaled
// instead of wasting CPU time polling for work.
- while ( threadID >= activeThreads
- || threads[threadID].state == Thread::INITIALIZING
- || (useSleepingThreads && threads[threadID].state == Thread::AVAILABLE))
+ while ( do_sleep
+ || do_terminate
+ || (Threads.use_sleeping_threads() && !is_searching))
{
- assert(!sp || useSleepingThreads);
- assert(threadID != 0 || useSleepingThreads);
-
- if (threads[threadID].state == Thread::INITIALIZING)
- threads[threadID].state = Thread::AVAILABLE;
+ assert((!sp && threadID) || Threads.use_sleeping_threads());
// Grab the lock to avoid races with Thread::wake_up()
- lock_grab(&threads[threadID].sleepLock);
+ lock_grab(&sleepLock);
- // If we are master and all slaves have finished do not go to sleep
- for (i = 0; sp && i < activeThreads && !sp->is_slave[i]; i++) {}
- allFinished = (i == activeThreads);
+ // Slave thread should exit as soon as do_terminate flag raises
+ if (do_terminate)
+ {
+ assert(!sp);
+ lock_release(&sleepLock);
+ return;
+ }
- if (allFinished || allThreadsShouldExit)
+ // If we are master and all slaves have finished don't go to sleep
+ if (sp && all_slaves_finished(sp))
{
- lock_release(&threads[threadID].sleepLock);
+ lock_release(&sleepLock);
break;
}
- // Do sleep here after retesting sleep conditions
- if (threadID >= activeThreads || threads[threadID].state == Thread::AVAILABLE)
- cond_wait(&threads[threadID].sleepCond, &threads[threadID].sleepLock);
+ // Do sleep after retesting sleep conditions under lock protection, in
+ // particular we need to avoid a deadlock in case a master thread has,
+ // in the meanwhile, allocated us and sent the wake_up() call before we
+ // had the chance to grab the lock.
+ if (do_sleep || !is_searching)
+ cond_wait(&sleepCond, &sleepLock);
- lock_release(&threads[threadID].sleepLock);
+ lock_release(&sleepLock);
}
// If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
- if (threads[threadID].state == Thread::WORKISWAITING)
+ if (is_searching)
{
- assert(!allThreadsShouldExit);
-
- threads[threadID].state = Thread::SEARCHING;
+ assert(!do_terminate);
// Copy split point position and search stack and call search()
- // with SplitPoint template parameter set to true.
SearchStack ss[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
- SplitPoint* tsp = threads[threadID].splitPoint;
+ SplitPoint* tsp = splitPoint;
Position pos(*tsp->pos, threadID);
memcpy(ss, tsp->ss - 1, 4 * sizeof(SearchStack));
else
assert(false);
- assert(threads[threadID].state == Thread::SEARCHING);
+ assert(is_searching);
- threads[threadID].state = Thread::AVAILABLE;
+ is_searching = false;
// Wake up master thread so to allow it to return from the idle loop in
// case we are the last slave of the split point.
- if ( useSleepingThreads
+ if ( Threads.use_sleeping_threads()
&& threadID != tsp->master
- && threads[tsp->master].state == Thread::AVAILABLE)
- threads[tsp->master].wake_up();
+ && !Threads[tsp->master].is_searching)
+ Threads[tsp->master].wake_up();
}
// If this thread is the master of a split point and all slaves have
// finished their work at this split point, return from the idle loop.
- for (i = 0; sp && i < activeThreads && !sp->is_slave[i]; i++) {}
- allFinished = (i == activeThreads);
-
- if (allFinished)
+ if (sp && all_slaves_finished(sp))
{
- // Because sp->slaves[] is reset under lock protection,
+ // Because sp->is_slave[] is reset under lock protection,
// be sure sp->lock has been released before to return.
lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
-
- // In helpful master concept a master can help only a sub-tree, and
- // because here is all finished is not possible master is booked.
- assert(threads[threadID].state == Thread::AVAILABLE);
return;
}
}