Replicate network weights only to used NUMA nodes

On a system with multiple NUMA nodes, this patch avoids unneeded replicated
(e.g. 8x for a single threaded run), reducting memory use in that case.

Lazy initialization forced before search.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66a28c524ff211be9d4ecdd4
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 691776 W: 179429 L: 179927 D: 332420
Ptnml(0-2): 2573, 79370, 182547, 78778, 2620

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5515

No functional change
This commit is contained in:
Tomasz Sobczyk
2024-07-25 14:37:08 +02:00
committed by Joost VandeVondele
parent 2343f71f3f
commit 8e560c4fd3
7 changed files with 152 additions and 16 deletions

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@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ Search::Worker::Worker(SharedState& sharedState,
clear();
}
void Search::Worker::ensure_network_replicated() {
// Access once to force lazy initialization.
// We do this because we want to avoid initialization during search.
(void) (networks[numaAccessToken]);
}
void Search::Worker::start_searching() {
// Non-main threads go directly to iterative_deepening()