llama : add use_direct_io flag for model loading (#18166)

* Adding --direct-io flag for model loading

* Fixing read_raw() calls

* Fixing Windows read_raw_at

* Changing type off_t to size_t for windows and Renaming functions

* disable direct io when mmap is explicitly enabled

* Use read_raw_unsafe when upload_backend is available, not functional on some devices with Vulkan and SYCL

* Fallback to std::fread in case O_DIRECT fails due to bad address

* Windows: remove const keywords and unused functions

* Update src/llama-mmap.cpp

Co-authored-by: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: jtischbein <jtischbein@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
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@ -2440,7 +2440,8 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
const bool use_mmap_buffer = true;
LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: loading model tensors, this can take a while... (mmap = %s)\n", __func__, ml.use_mmap ? "true" : "false");
LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: loading model tensors, this can take a while... (mmap = %s, direct_io = %s)\n",
__func__, ml.use_mmap ? "true" : "false", ml.use_direct_io ? "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, params.no_host);
@ -7973,6 +7974,7 @@ llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
/*.kv_overrides =*/ nullptr,
/*.vocab_only =*/ false,
/*.use_mmap =*/ true,
/*.use_direct_io =*/ true,
/*.use_mlock =*/ false,
/*.check_tensors =*/ false,
/*.use_extra_bufts =*/ true,