// cutoff_occurred() checks whether a beta cutoff has occurred in the
// current active split point, or in some ancestor of the split point.
public bool cutoff_occurred()
{
for (SplitPoint sp = activeSplitPoint; sp != null; sp = sp.parentSplitPoint)
if (sp.cutoff)
return true;
return false;
}
public Thread(): base(){
searching = exit = false;
maxPly = splitPointsSize = 0;
activeSplitPoint = null;
activePosition = null;
idx = Engine.Threads.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD; i++)
splitPoints[i] = new SplitPoint();
}
// split() does the actual work of distributing the work at a node between
// several available threads. If it does not succeed in splitting the node
// (because no idle threads are available), the function immediately returns.
// If splitting is possible, a SplitPoint object is initialized with all the
// data that must be copied to the helper threads and then helper threads are
// told that they have been assigned work. This will cause them to instantly
// leave their idle loops and call search(). When all threads have returned from
// search() then split() returns.
public void split(Position pos, Stack[] ss, int ssPos, Value alpha, Value beta, ref Value bestValue,
ref Move bestMove, Depth depth, int moveCount,
MovePicker movePicker, int nodeType, bool cutNode, bool Fake)
{
Debug.Assert(pos.pos_is_ok());
Debug.Assert(-ValueS.VALUE_INFINITE < bestValue && bestValue <= alpha && alpha < beta && beta <= ValueS.VALUE_INFINITE);
Debug.Assert(depth >= Engine.Threads.minimumSplitDepth);
Debug.Assert(searching);
Debug.Assert(splitPointsSize < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD);
// Pick the next available split point from the split point stack
SplitPoint sp = splitPoints[splitPointsSize];
sp.masterThread = this;
sp.parentSplitPoint = activeSplitPoint;
sp.slavesMask.SetAll(false); sp.slavesMask[idx] = true;
sp.depth = depth;
sp.bestValue = bestValue;
sp.bestMove = bestMove;
sp.alpha = alpha;
sp.beta = beta;
sp.nodeType = nodeType;
sp.cutNode = cutNode;
sp.movePicker = movePicker;
sp.moveCount = moveCount;
sp.pos = pos;
sp.nodes = 0;
sp.cutoff = false;
sp.ss = ss;
sp.ssPos = ssPos;
// Try to allocate available threads and ask them to start searching setting
// 'searching' flag. This must be done under lock protection to avoid concurrent
// allocation of the same slave by another master.
Engine.Threads.mutex.Lock();
sp.mutex.Lock();
sp.allSlavesSearching = true; // Must be set under lock protection
++splitPointsSize;
activeSplitPoint = sp;
activePosition = null;
if (!Fake)
for (Thread slave; (slave = Engine.Threads.available_slave(this)) != null; )
{
sp.slavesMask[slave.idx] = true;
slave.activeSplitPoint = sp;
slave.searching = true; // Slave leaves idle_loop()
slave.notify_one(); // Could be sleeping
}
// Everything is set up. The master thread enters the idle loop, from which
// it will instantly launch a search, because its 'searching' flag is set.
// The thread will return from the idle loop when all slaves have finished
// their work at this split point.
sp.mutex.UnLock();
Engine.Threads.mutex.UnLock();
idle_loop_base(); // Force a call to base class idle_loop()//TODO, si se llama a la base??
// In the helpful master concept, a master can help only a sub-tree of its
// split point and because everything is finished here, it's not possible
// for the master to be booked.
Debug.Assert(!searching);
Debug.Assert(activePosition == null);
// We have returned from the idle loop, which means that all threads are
// finished. Note that setting 'searching' and decreasing splitPointsSize is
// done under lock protection to avoid a race with Thread::available_to().
Engine.Threads.mutex.Lock();
sp.mutex.Lock();
searching = true;
--splitPointsSize;
activeSplitPoint = sp.parentSplitPoint;
activePosition = pos;
pos.set_nodes_searched(pos.nodes_searched() + sp.nodes);
bestMove = sp.bestMove;
bestValue = sp.bestValue;
sp.mutex.UnLock();
Engine.Threads.mutex.UnLock();
}