ggml-cpu : add check for ARM MATMUL_INT8/i8mm support (#15922)

This commit adds a check for GGML_MACHINE_SUPPORTS_i8mm when enabling
MATMUL_INT8 features, ensuring that i8mm intrinsics are only used when
the target hardware actually supports them.

The motivation for this is to fix ggml CI build failures where the
feature detection correctly identifies that i8mm is not supported,
adding the +noi8mm flag, but MATMUL_INT8 preprocessor definitions are
still enabled, causing the compiler to attempt to use vmmlaq_s32
intrinsics without i8mm support.

Refs: https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/actions/runs/17525174120/job/49909199499
This commit is contained in:
Daniel Bevenius
2025-09-11 15:39:12 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 2b3efea9a4
commit 24a6734daf

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@@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
foreach(feature DOTPROD SVE MATMUL_INT8 FMA FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC SME)
string(FIND "${ARM_FEATURE}" "__ARM_FEATURE_${feature} 1" feature_pos)
if (NOT ${feature_pos} EQUAL -1)
message(STATUS "ARM feature ${feature} enabled")
# Special handling for MATMUL_INT8 when machine doesn't support i8mm
if ("${feature}" STREQUAL "MATMUL_INT8" AND GGML_MACHINE_SUPPORTS_noi8mm)
message(STATUS "ARM feature ${feature} detected but unsetting due to machine not supporting i8mm")
list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -U__ARM_FEATURE_MATMUL_INT8)
else()
message(STATUS "ARM feature ${feature} enabled")
endif()
endif()
endforeach()
endif()