llama : add --no-host to disable host buffers (#16310)

* implement --no-host to disable host buffer

* fix equal_mparams

* move no-host enumeration order together with other model params

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Co-authored-by: slaren <slarengh@gmail.com>
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Gadflyii
2025-10-06 12:55:53 -05:00
committed by GitHub
parent c08002a198
commit 3df2244df4
6 changed files with 56 additions and 10 deletions

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@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t select_weight_buft(const llama_hparams & hpara
}
// CPU: ACCEL -> GPU host -> CPU extra -> CPU
static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & devices, bool use_extra_bufts) {
static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & devices, bool use_extra_bufts, bool no_host) {
buft_list_t buft_list;
// add ACCEL buffer types
@@ -331,11 +331,13 @@ static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & de
// generally, this will be done using the first device in the list
// a better approach would be to handle this on a weight-by-weight basis using the offload_op
// function of the device to determine if it would benefit from being stored in a host buffer
for (auto * dev : devices) {
ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft = ggml_backend_dev_host_buffer_type(dev);
if (buft) {
buft_list.emplace_back(dev, buft);
break;
if (!no_host) {
for (auto * dev : devices) {
ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft = ggml_backend_dev_host_buffer_type(dev);
if (buft) {
buft_list.emplace_back(dev, buft);
break;
}
}
}
@@ -2083,7 +2085,7 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: loading model tensors, this can take a while... (mmap = %s)\n", __func__, ml.use_mmap ? "true" : "false");
// build a list of buffer types for the CPU and GPU devices
pimpl->cpu_buft_list = make_cpu_buft_list(devices, params.use_extra_bufts);
pimpl->cpu_buft_list = make_cpu_buft_list(devices, params.use_extra_bufts, params.no_host);
for (auto * dev : devices) {
buft_list_t buft_list = make_gpu_buft_list(dev, split_mode, tensor_split);
// add CPU buffer types as a fallback
@@ -19865,6 +19867,7 @@ llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
/*.use_mlock =*/ false,
/*.check_tensors =*/ false,
/*.use_extra_bufts =*/ true,
/*.no_host =*/ false,
};
return result;