Try to prefetch as soon as position key is ready

Move prefetching code inside do_move() so to allow a
very early prefetching and to put as many instructions
as possible between prefetching and following retrieve().

With this patch retrieve() times are cutted of another 25%

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
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Marco Costalba
2009-08-09 15:53:51 +01:00
parent cd4604b05c
commit 4251eac860
4 changed files with 74 additions and 45 deletions
+1 -5
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@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ namespace {
// Initialize
TT.new_search();
p.setTranspositionTable(&TT);
H.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
@@ -1126,7 +1127,6 @@ namespace {
// Make and search the move
StateInfo st;
pos.do_move(move, st, dcCandidates);
TT.prefetch(pos.get_key());
if (moveCount == 1) // The first move in list is the PV
value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, threadID);
@@ -1297,8 +1297,6 @@ namespace {
StateInfo st;
pos.do_null_move(st);
TT.prefetch(pos.get_key());
int R = (depth >= 5 * OnePly ? 4 : 3); // Null move dynamic reduction
Value nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-R*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
@@ -1413,7 +1411,6 @@ namespace {
// Make and search the move
StateInfo st;
pos.do_move(move, st, dcCandidates);
TT.prefetch(pos.get_key());
// Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
// if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
@@ -1623,7 +1620,6 @@ namespace {
// Make and search the move.
StateInfo st;
pos.do_move(move, st, dcCandidates);
TT.prefetch(pos.get_key());
Value value = -qsearch(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, depth-OnePly, ply+1, threadID);
pos.undo_move(move);