/* Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1 Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author) Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Stockfish is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ #include // For std::count #include #include #include "movegen.h" #include "search.h" #include "thread.h" #include "ucioption.h" using namespace Search; ThreadPool Threads; // Global object namespace { extern "C" { // start_routine() is the C function which is called when a new thread // is launched. It is a wrapper to the virtual function idle_loop(). long start_routine(Thread* th) { th->idle_loop(); return 0; } } } // Thread c'tor starts a newly-created thread of execution that will call // the the virtual function idle_loop(), going immediately to sleep. Thread::Thread() : splitPoints() { searching = exit = false; maxPly = splitPointsSize = 0; activeSplitPoint = NULL; idx = Threads.size(); if (!thread_create(handle, start_routine, this)) { std::cerr << "Failed to create thread number " << idx << std::endl; ::exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } // Thread d'tor waits for thread termination before to return Thread::~Thread() { exit = true; // Search must be already finished notify_one(); thread_join(handle); // Wait for thread termination } // TimerThread::idle_loop() is where the timer thread waits msec milliseconds // and then calls check_time(). If msec is 0 thread sleeps until is woken up. extern void check_time(); void TimerThread::idle_loop() { while (!exit) { mutex.lock(); if (!exit) sleepCondition.wait_for(mutex, msec ? msec : INT_MAX); mutex.unlock(); if (msec) check_time(); } } // MainThread::idle_loop() is where the main thread is parked waiting to be started // when there is a new search. Main thread will launch all the slave threads. void MainThread::idle_loop() { while (true) { mutex.lock(); thinking = false; while (!thinking && !exit) { Threads.sleepCondition.notify_one(); // Wake up UI thread if needed sleepCondition.wait(mutex); } mutex.unlock(); if (exit) return; searching = true; Search::think(); assert(searching); searching = false; } } // Thread::notify_one() wakes up the thread when there is some search to do void Thread::notify_one() { mutex.lock(); sleepCondition.notify_one(); mutex.unlock(); } // Thread::wait_for() set the thread to sleep until condition 'b' turns true void Thread::wait_for(volatile const bool& b) { mutex.lock(); while (!b) sleepCondition.wait(mutex); mutex.unlock(); } // Thread::cutoff_occurred() checks whether a beta cutoff has occurred in the // current active split point, or in some ancestor of the split point. bool Thread::cutoff_occurred() const { for (SplitPoint* sp = activeSplitPoint; sp; sp = sp->parentSplitPoint) if (sp->cutoff) return true; return false; } // Thread::is_available_to() checks whether the thread is available to help the // thread 'master' at a split point. An obvious requirement is that thread must // be idle. With more than two threads, this is not sufficient: If the thread is // the master of some split point, it is only available as a slave to the slaves // which are busy searching the split point at the top of slaves split point // stack (the "helpful master concept" in YBWC terminology). bool Thread::is_available_to(Thread* master) const { if (searching) return false; // Make a local copy to be sure doesn't become zero under our feet while // testing next condition and so leading to an out of bound access. int size = splitPointsSize; // No split points means that the thread is available as a slave for any // other thread otherwise apply the "helpful master" concept if possible. return !size || (splitPoints[size - 1].slavesMask & (1ULL << master->idx)); } // init() is called at startup to create and launch requested threads, that will // go immediately to sleep due to 'sleepWhileIdle' set to true. We cannot use // a c'tor becuase Threads is a static object and we need a fully initialized // engine at this point due to allocation of Endgames in Thread c'tor. void ThreadPool::init() { sleepWhileIdle = true; timer = new TimerThread(); threads.push_back(new MainThread()); read_uci_options(); } // exit() cleanly terminates the threads before the program exits void ThreadPool::exit() { delete timer; // As first because check_time() accesses threads data for (size_t i = 0; i < threads.size(); i++) delete threads[i]; } // read_uci_options() updates internal threads parameters from the corresponding // UCI options and creates/destroys threads to match the requested number. Thread // objects are dynamically allocated to avoid creating in advance all possible // threads, with included pawns and material tables, if only few are used. void ThreadPool::read_uci_options() { maxThreadsPerSplitPoint = Options["Max Threads per Split Point"]; minimumSplitDepth = Options["Min Split Depth"] * ONE_PLY; size_t requested = Options["Threads"]; assert(requested > 0); while (threads.size() < requested) threads.push_back(new Thread()); while (threads.size() > requested) { delete threads.back(); threads.pop_back(); } } // slave_available() tries to find an idle thread which is available as a slave // for the thread 'master'. bool ThreadPool::slave_available(Thread* master) const { for (size_t i = 0; i < threads.size(); i++) if (threads[i]->is_available_to(master)) return true; return false; } // 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. template Value ThreadPool::split(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Value bestValue, Move* bestMove, Depth depth, Move threatMove, int moveCount, MovePicker& mp, int nodeType) { assert(pos.pos_is_ok()); assert(bestValue <= alpha && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE); assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE); assert(depth >= Threads.minimumSplitDepth); Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread(); assert(thisThread->searching); assert(thisThread->splitPointsSize < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD); // Pick the next available split point from the split point stack SplitPoint& sp = thisThread->splitPoints[thisThread->splitPointsSize]; sp.masterThread = thisThread; sp.parentSplitPoint = thisThread->activeSplitPoint; sp.slavesMask = 1ULL << thisThread->idx; sp.depth = depth; sp.bestMove = *bestMove; sp.threatMove = threatMove; sp.alpha = alpha; sp.beta = beta; sp.nodeType = nodeType; sp.bestValue = bestValue; sp.movePicker = ∓ sp.moveCount = moveCount; sp.pos = &pos; sp.nodes = 0; sp.cutoff = false; sp.ss = ss; // 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. mutex.lock(); sp.mutex.lock(); thisThread->splitPointsSize++; thisThread->activeSplitPoint = &sp; size_t slavesCnt = 1; // Master is always included for (size_t i = 0; i < threads.size() && !Fake; ++i) if (threads[i]->is_available_to(thisThread) && ++slavesCnt <= maxThreadsPerSplitPoint) { sp.slavesMask |= 1ULL << threads[i]->idx; threads[i]->activeSplitPoint = &sp; threads[i]->searching = true; // Slave leaves idle_loop() threads[i]->notify_one(); // Could be sleeping } sp.mutex.unlock(); mutex.unlock(); // 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. if (slavesCnt > 1 || Fake) { thisThread->Thread::idle_loop(); // Force a call to base class idle_loop() // In helpful master concept a master can help only a sub-tree of its split // point, and because here is all finished is not possible master is booked. assert(!thisThread->searching); } // 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::is_available_to(). mutex.lock(); sp.mutex.lock(); thisThread->searching = true; thisThread->splitPointsSize--; thisThread->activeSplitPoint = sp.parentSplitPoint; pos.set_nodes_searched(pos.nodes_searched() + sp.nodes); *bestMove = sp.bestMove; sp.mutex.unlock(); mutex.unlock(); return sp.bestValue; } // Explicit template instantiations template Value ThreadPool::split(Position&, Stack*, Value, Value, Value, Move*, Depth, Move, int, MovePicker&, int); template Value ThreadPool::split(Position&, Stack*, Value, Value, Value, Move*, Depth, Move, int, MovePicker&, int); // wait_for_think_finished() waits for main thread to go to sleep then returns void ThreadPool::wait_for_think_finished() { MainThread* t = main_thread(); t->mutex.lock(); while (t->thinking) sleepCondition.wait(t->mutex); t->mutex.unlock(); } // start_thinking() wakes up the main thread sleeping in MainThread::idle_loop() // so to start a new search, then returns immediately. void ThreadPool::start_thinking(const Position& pos, const LimitsType& limits, const std::vector& searchMoves, StateStackPtr& states) { wait_for_think_finished(); SearchTime = Time::now(); // As early as possible Signals.stopOnPonderhit = Signals.firstRootMove = false; Signals.stop = Signals.failedLowAtRoot = false; RootPos = pos; Limits = limits; SetupStates = states; // Ownership transfer here RootMoves.clear(); for (MoveList ml(pos); !ml.end(); ++ml) if ( searchMoves.empty() || std::count(searchMoves.begin(), searchMoves.end(), ml.move())) RootMoves.push_back(RootMove(ml.move())); main_thread()->thinking = true; main_thread()->notify_one(); // Starts main thread }