llama : allow other bufts when overriding to CPU, add --no-repack option (#14990)

common/arg.cpp

@@ -2095,6 +2095,13 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             params.no_kv_offload = true;
         }
     ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_NO_KV_OFFLOAD"));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"-nr", "--no-repack"},
+        "disable weight repacking",
+        [](common_params & params) {
+            params.no_extra_bufts = true;
+        }
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_NO_REPACK"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-ctk", "--cache-type-k"}, "TYPE",
         string_format(

common/common.cpp

@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@ struct llama_model_params common_model_params_to_llama(common_params & params) {
     mparams.use_mmap        = params.use_mmap;
     mparams.use_mlock       = params.use_mlock;
     mparams.check_tensors   = params.check_tensors;
+    mparams.use_extra_bufts = !params.no_extra_bufts;
 
     if (params.kv_overrides.empty()) {
         mparams.kv_overrides = NULL;

common/common.h

@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ struct common_params {
     bool warmup            = true;  // warmup run
     bool check_tensors     = false; // validate tensor data
     bool no_op_offload     = false; // globally disable offload host tensor operations to device
+    bool no_extra_bufts    = false; // disable extra buffer types (used for weight repacking)
 
     bool single_turn       = false; // single turn chat conversation
 

include/llama.h

@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ extern "C" {
         bool use_mmap;        // use mmap if possible
         bool use_mlock;       // force system to keep model in RAM
         bool check_tensors;   // validate model tensor data
+        bool use_extra_bufts; // use extra buffer types (used for weight repacking)
     };
 
     // NOTE: changing the default values of parameters marked as [EXPERIMENTAL] may cause crashes or incorrect results in certain configurations

src/llama-model.cpp

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ 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) {
+static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & devices, bool use_extra_bufts) {
     buft_list_t buft_list;
 
     // add ACCEL buffer types
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & de
         }
     }
 
-    // add extra buffer types, only if no GPU device is present
+    // add extra buffer types
-    // ref: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/12481#issuecomment-2743136094
+    if (use_extra_bufts) {
         auto * cpu_dev = ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU);
         if (cpu_dev == nullptr) {
             throw std::runtime_error(format("%s: no CPU backend found", __func__));
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & de
                 ++extra_bufts;
             }
         }
+    }
 
     // add the CPU buffer type
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ggml_backend_dev_count(); ++i) {
@@ -1839,7 +1840,7 @@ 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);
+    pimpl->cpu_buft_list = make_cpu_buft_list(devices, params.use_extra_bufts);
     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
@@ -2044,7 +2045,13 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
                 for (const auto * overrides = ml.tensor_buft_overrides; overrides->pattern != nullptr; ++overrides) {
                     std::regex pattern(overrides->pattern);
                     if (std::regex_search(tensor_name, pattern)) {
+                        if (overrides->buft == ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type()) {
+                            // when overriding to a CPU buffer, consider the extra buffer types
+                            buft = select_weight_buft(hparams, t_meta, op, pimpl->cpu_buft_list);
+                        } else {
                             buft = overrides->buft;
+                        }
+
                         LLAMA_LOG_DEBUG("tensor %s (%zu MiB %s) buffer type overridden to %s\n",
                                 tensor_name.c_str(),
                                 ggml_nbytes(t_meta) / 1024 / 1024, ggml_type_name(t_meta->type),
@@ -17839,6 +17846,7 @@ llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
         /*.use_mmap                    =*/ true,
         /*.use_mlock                   =*/ false,
         /*.check_tensors               =*/ false,
+        /*.use_extra_bufts             =*/ true,
     };
 
 #ifdef GGML_USE_METAL