void id_loop(Position& pos);
Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
- void update_stats(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Depth depth, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt);
+ void update_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Depth depth, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt);
string uci_pv(const Position& pos, int depth, Value alpha, Value beta);
struct Skill {
value = -search<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
- // Research at intermediate depth if reduction is very high
+ // Re-search at intermediate depth if reduction is very high
if (value > alpha && ss->reduction >= 4 * ONE_PLY)
{
Depth d2 = std::max(newDepth - 2 * ONE_PLY, ONE_PLY);
// Step 19. Check for splitting the search
if ( !SpNode
+ && Threads.size() >= 2
&& depth >= Threads.minimumSplitDepth
- && Threads.available_slave(thisThread)
+ && ( !thisThread->activeSplitPoint
+ || !thisThread->activeSplitPoint->allSlavesSearching)
&& thisThread->splitPointsSize < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD)
{
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < beta);
// update_stats() updates killers, history, countermoves and followupmoves stats after a fail-high
// of a quiet move.
- void update_stats(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Depth depth, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt) {
+ void update_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Depth depth, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt) {
if (ss->killers[0] != move)
{
searching = false;
activePosition = NULL;
sp->slavesMask.reset(idx);
+ sp->allSlavesSearching = false;
sp->nodes += pos.nodes_searched();
// Wake up the master thread so to allow it to return from the idle
// After releasing the lock we can't access any SplitPoint related data
// in a safe way because it could have been released under our feet by
- // the sp master. Also accessing other Thread objects is unsafe because
- // if we are exiting there is a chance that they are already freed.
+ // the sp master.
sp->mutex.unlock();
+
+ // Try to late join to another split point if none of its slaves has
+ // already finished.
+ if (Threads.size() > 2)
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); ++i)
+ {
+ int size = Threads[i]->splitPointsSize; // Local copy
+ sp = size ? &Threads[i]->splitPoints[size - 1] : NULL;
+
+ if ( sp
+ && sp->allSlavesSearching
+ && available_to(Threads[i]))
+ {
+ // Recheck the conditions under lock protection
+ Threads.mutex.lock();
+ sp->mutex.lock();
+
+ if ( sp->allSlavesSearching
+ && available_to(Threads[i]))
+ {
+ sp->slavesMask.set(idx);
+ activeSplitPoint = sp;
+ searching = true;
+ }
+
+ sp->mutex.unlock();
+ Threads.mutex.unlock();
+
+ break; // Just a single attempt
+ }
+ }
}
// If this thread is the master of a split point and all slaves have finished