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Increase thread stack for OS X (official-stockfish#2035)
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On OS X threads other than the main thread are created with a reduced stack
size of 512KB by default, this is dangerously low for deep searches, so
adjust it to TH_STACK_SIZE. The implementation calls pthread_create() with
proper stack size parameter.

Verified for no regression at STC enabling the patch on all platforms where
pthread is supported.

LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 50873 W: 9768 L: 9700 D: 31405

No functional change.
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mcostalba committed Mar 12, 2019
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/syzygy/tbprobe.cpp
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#include "../movegen.h"
#include "../position.h"
#include "../search.h"
#include "../thread_win32.h"
#include "../thread_win32_osx.h"
#include "../types.h"
#include "../uci.h"

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/thread.h
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#include "pawns.h"
#include "position.h"
#include "search.h"
#include "thread_win32.h"
#include "thread_win32_osx.h"


/// Thread class keeps together all the thread-related stuff. We use
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ConditionVariable cv;
size_t idx;
bool exit = false, searching = true; // Set before starting std::thread
std::thread stdThread;
NativeThread stdThread;

public:
explicit Thread(size_t);
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48 changes: 45 additions & 3 deletions src/thread_win32.h → src/thread_win32_osx.h
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef THREAD_WIN32_H_INCLUDED
#define THREAD_WIN32_H_INCLUDED
#ifndef THREAD_WIN32_OSX_H_INCLUDED
#define THREAD_WIN32_OSX_H_INCLUDED

/// STL thread library used by mingw and gcc when cross compiling for Windows
/// relies on libwinpthread. Currently libwinpthread implements mutexes directly
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#include <condition_variable>
#include <mutex>
#include <thread>

#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_MSC_VER)

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#endif

#endif // #ifndef THREAD_WIN32_H_INCLUDED
/// On OSX threads other than the main thread are created with a reduced stack
/// size of 512KB by default, this is dangerously low for deep searches, so
/// adjust it to TH_STACK_SIZE. The implementation calls pthread_create() with
/// proper stack size parameter.

#if defined(__APPLE__)

#include <pthread.h>

static const size_t TH_STACK_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024;

template <class T, class P = std::pair<T*, void(T::*)()>>
void* start_routine(void* ptr)
{
P* p = reinterpret_cast<P*>(ptr);
(p->first->*(p->second))(); // Call member function pointer
delete p;
return NULL;
}

class NativeThread {

pthread_t thread;

public:
template<class T, class P = std::pair<T*, void(T::*)()>>
explicit NativeThread(void(T::*fun)(), T* obj) {
pthread_attr_t attr_storage, *attr = &attr_storage;
pthread_attr_init(attr);
pthread_attr_setstacksize(attr, TH_STACK_SIZE);
pthread_create(&thread, attr, start_routine<T>, new P(obj, fun));
}
void join() { pthread_join(thread, NULL); }
};

#else // Default case: use STL classes

typedef std::thread NativeThread;

#endif

#endif // #ifndef THREAD_WIN32_OSX_H_INCLUDED

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