llama: model_loader: add TENSOR_READ_LAZY (#27794)

* llama: model_loader: add TENSOR_GET_ROW_LAZY

* add --tensor-read-lazy

* rename to TENSOR_READ_LAZY

* gen docs

* address comments
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Xuan-Son Nguyen
2026-08-27 15:14:34 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent cae63579b6
commit fac889fb38
15 changed files with 129 additions and 19 deletions
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@@ -2720,6 +2720,19 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
else { throw std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
}
).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE"));
add_opt(common_arg(
{"--tensor-read-lazy"}, "MODE",
"on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)\n"
"- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)\n"
"- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB\n"
"- off: always keep them resident",
[](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
/**/ if (value == "on") { params.tensor_read_lazy = LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_ON; }
else if (value == "auto") { params.tensor_read_lazy = LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_AUTO; }
else if (value == "off") { params.tensor_read_lazy = LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_OFF; }
else { throw std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
}
).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_READ_LAZY"));
add_opt(common_arg(
{"--numa"}, "TYPE",
"attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems\n"
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@@ -1688,6 +1688,7 @@ struct llama_model_params common_model_params_to_llama(common_params & params) {
mparams.main_gpu = params.main_gpu;
mparams.split_mode = params.split_mode;
mparams.load_mode = params.load_mode;
mparams.tensor_read_lazy = params.tensor_read_lazy;
mparams.tensor_split = params.tensor_split;
mparams.check_tensors = params.check_tensors;
mparams.use_extra_bufts = !params.no_extra_bufts;
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@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ struct common_params {
enum llama_split_mode split_mode = LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER; // how to split the model across GPUs
enum llama_load_mode load_mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_AUTO; // how to load the model
enum llama_tensor_read_lazy tensor_read_lazy = LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_AUTO; // on-demand reading of tensors marked by the arch
common_cpu_params cpuparams;
common_cpu_params cpuparams_batch;
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@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ extern "C" {
LLAMA_API const char * llama_load_mode_name(enum llama_load_mode load_mode);
LLAMA_API enum llama_load_mode llama_load_mode_from_str(const char * str);
enum llama_tensor_read_lazy {
LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_OFF = 0, // always read the whole tensor up front
LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_AUTO = 1, // lazy only for marked tensors larger than 4 GiB (requires mmap)
LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_ON = 2, // read the rows of tensors marked by the arch on demand (requires mmap)
};
enum llama_context_type {
LLAMA_CONTEXT_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0,
LLAMA_CONTEXT_TYPE_MTP = 1,
@@ -315,6 +321,8 @@ extern "C" {
enum llama_split_mode split_mode; // how to split the model across multiple GPUs
enum llama_load_mode load_mode; // how to load the model
enum llama_tensor_read_lazy tensor_read_lazy; // on-demand reading of tensors marked by the arch
// the GPU that is used for the entire model when split_mode is LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_NONE
int32_t main_gpu;
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@@ -438,11 +438,34 @@ void llama_file::write_u32(uint32_t val) const { pimpl->write_u32(val); }
// llama_mmap
#if defined(_POSIX_MAPPED_FILES) || defined(_WIN32)
// merge `ranges` and return their complement within [0, limit)
static llama_mmap::ranges ranges_complement(llama_mmap::ranges ranges, size_t limit) {
llama_mmap::ranges res;
std::sort(ranges.begin(), ranges.end());
size_t pos = 0;
for (const auto & range : ranges) {
const size_t beg = std::min(range.first, limit);
const size_t end = std::min(range.second, limit);
if (beg > pos) {
res.emplace_back(pos, beg);
}
pos = std::max(pos, end);
}
if (pos < limit) {
res.emplace_back(pos, limit);
}
return res;
}
#endif
struct llama_mmap::impl {
#ifdef _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>> mapped_fragments;
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa) {
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa, const llama_mmap::ranges & lazy_ranges) {
size = file->size();
int fd = file->file_id();
int flags = MAP_SHARED;
@@ -452,18 +475,34 @@ struct llama_mmap::impl {
LLAMA_LOG_WARN("warning: posix_fadvise(.., POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL) failed: %s\n",
strerror(errno));
}
if (prefetch) { flags |= MAP_POPULATE; }
// MAP_POPULATE would fault in the lazy ranges too
if (prefetch && lazy_ranges.empty()) { flags |= MAP_POPULATE; }
#endif
addr = mmap(NULL, file->size(), PROT_READ, flags, fd, 0);
if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
throw std::runtime_error(format("mmap failed: %s", strerror(errno)));
}
if (prefetch > 0) {
if (posix_madvise(addr, std::min(file->size(), prefetch), POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED)) {
LLAMA_LOG_WARN("warning: posix_madvise(.., POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED) failed: %s\n",
strerror(errno));
// page-aligned madvise over [beg, end), clamped to the file
auto advise = [&](size_t beg, size_t end, int advice, const char * name) {
const size_t page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
beg = beg & ~(page_size - 1);
end = std::min((end + page_size - 1) & ~(page_size - 1), file->size());
if (beg >= end) {
return;
}
if (posix_madvise((char *) addr + beg, end - beg, advice)) {
LLAMA_LOG_WARN("warning: posix_madvise(.., %s) failed: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
}
};
if (prefetch > 0) {
for (const auto & range : ranges_complement(lazy_ranges, std::min(file->size(), prefetch))) {
advise(range.first, range.second, POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED, "POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED");
}
}
for (const auto & range : lazy_ranges) {
advise(range.first, range.second, POSIX_MADV_RANDOM, "POSIX_MADV_RANDOM");
}
if (numa) {
if (posix_madvise(addr, file->size(), POSIX_MADV_RANDOM)) {
@@ -533,7 +572,7 @@ struct llama_mmap::impl {
#elif defined(_WIN32)
HANDLE hMapping = nullptr;
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa) {
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa, const llama_mmap::ranges & lazy_ranges) {
GGML_UNUSED(numa);
size = file->size();
@@ -563,10 +602,15 @@ struct llama_mmap::impl {
pPrefetchVirtualMemory = (decltype(pPrefetchVirtualMemory))(void *) GetProcAddress(hKernel32, "PrefetchVirtualMemory");
if (pPrefetchVirtualMemory) {
WIN32_MEMORY_RANGE_ENTRY range;
range.VirtualAddress = addr;
range.NumberOfBytes = (SIZE_T) std::min(size, prefetch);
if (!pPrefetchVirtualMemory(GetCurrentProcess(), 1, &range, 0)) {
std::vector<WIN32_MEMORY_RANGE_ENTRY> entries;
for (const auto & range : ranges_complement(lazy_ranges, std::min(size, prefetch))) {
WIN32_MEMORY_RANGE_ENTRY entry;
entry.VirtualAddress = (char *) addr + range.first;
entry.NumberOfBytes = (SIZE_T) (range.second - range.first);
entries.push_back(entry);
}
if (!entries.empty() &&
!pPrefetchVirtualMemory(GetCurrentProcess(), (ULONG_PTR) entries.size(), entries.data(), 0)) {
LLAMA_LOG_WARN("warning: PrefetchVirtualMemory failed: %s\n",
llama_format_win_err(GetLastError()).c_str());
}
@@ -597,10 +641,11 @@ struct llama_mmap::impl {
}
}
#else
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa) {
impl(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa, const llama_mmap::ranges & lazy_ranges) {
GGML_UNUSED(file);
GGML_UNUSED(prefetch);
GGML_UNUSED(numa);
GGML_UNUSED(lazy_ranges);
throw std::runtime_error("mmap not supported");
}
@@ -617,7 +662,8 @@ struct llama_mmap::impl {
size_t size;
};
llama_mmap::llama_mmap(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa) : pimpl(std::make_unique<impl>(file, prefetch, numa)) {}
llama_mmap::llama_mmap(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch, bool numa,
const ranges & lazy_ranges) : pimpl(std::make_unique<impl>(file, prefetch, numa, lazy_ranges)) {}
llama_mmap::~llama_mmap() = default;
size_t llama_mmap::size() const { return pimpl->size; }
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include <cstdint>
#include <memory>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdio>
@@ -41,8 +42,12 @@ private:
};
struct llama_mmap {
// list of [first, last) byte ranges within a file
using ranges = std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>>;
llama_mmap(const llama_mmap &) = delete;
llama_mmap(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch = (size_t) -1, bool numa = false);
llama_mmap(struct llama_file * file, size_t prefetch = (size_t) -1, bool numa = false,
const ranges & lazy_ranges = {});
~llama_mmap();
size_t size() const;
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@@ -1282,6 +1282,18 @@ struct ggml_tensor * llama_model_loader::create_tensor(
return NULL;
}
if ((flags & TENSOR_READ_LAZY) && use_mmap && tensor_read_lazy != LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_OFF) {
// in auto mode, small tensors are cheap enough to keep resident
constexpr size_t auto_lazy_min_size = 4ull * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
if (tensor_read_lazy == LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_ON || ggml_nbytes(cur) > auto_lazy_min_size) {
const auto & w = require_weight(tn.str().c_str());
lazy_tensor_ranges[w.idx].emplace_back(w.offs, w.offs + ggml_nbytes(cur));
LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: tensor %s (size = %zu MiB) lazy read enabled\n",
__func__, tn.str().c_str(), ggml_nbytes(cur)/1024/1024);
}
}
ggml_tensor t_meta = *cur;
if (flags & TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE) {
for (size_t dim = 0; dim < GGML_MAX_DIMS; dim++) {
@@ -1349,7 +1361,9 @@ void llama_model_loader::init_mappings(bool prefetch, llama_mlocks * mlock_mmaps
if (use_mmap) {
mappings.reserve(files.size());
mmaps_used.reserve(files.size());
for (const auto & file : files) {
for (uint32_t idx = 0; idx < files.size(); idx++) {
const auto & file = files[idx];
bool is_numa = false;
auto * dev = ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU);
@@ -1361,7 +1375,11 @@ void llama_model_loader::init_mappings(bool prefetch, llama_mlocks * mlock_mmaps
}
}
std::unique_ptr<llama_mmap> mapping = std::make_unique<llama_mmap>(file.get(), prefetch ? -1 : 0, is_numa);
const auto it_lazy = lazy_tensor_ranges.find(idx);
static const llama_mmap::ranges no_lazy_ranges;
std::unique_ptr<llama_mmap> mapping = std::make_unique<llama_mmap>(file.get(), prefetch ? -1 : 0, is_numa,
it_lazy != lazy_tensor_ranges.end() ? it_lazy->second : no_lazy_ranges);
mmaps_used.emplace_back(mapping->size(), 0);
if (mlock_mmaps) {
std::unique_ptr<llama_mlock> mlock_mmap(new llama_mlock());
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@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
static const int TENSOR_SKIP = 1 << 2;
static const int TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL = 1 << 3;
static const int TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE = 1 << 4;
static const int TENSOR_READ_LAZY = 1 << 5; // read rows on demand instead of loading whole tensor; requires mmap for now
int n_kv = 0;
int n_tensors = 0;
@@ -82,12 +83,18 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
bool no_alloc;
bool load_mtp;
// set by the caller before the create_tensor() calls
enum llama_tensor_read_lazy tensor_read_lazy = LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_OFF;
llama_files files;
llama_ftype ftype;
llama_fver fver;
llama_mmaps mappings;
// byte ranges of TENSOR_READ_LAZY tensors, per file index
std::map<uint32_t, llama_mmap::ranges> lazy_tensor_ranges;
std::map<std::string, llama_tensor_weight, weight_name_comparer> weights_map;
std::unordered_map<std::string, llama_model_kv_override> kv_overrides;
const llama_model_tensor_buft_override * tensor_buft_overrides;
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@@ -2631,6 +2631,7 @@ llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
/*.n_gpu_layers =*/ -1,
/*.split_mode =*/ LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER,
/*.load_mode =*/ LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_AUTO,
/*.tensor_read_lazy =*/ LLAMA_TENSOR_READ_LAZY_AUTO,
/*.main_gpu =*/ 0,
/*.tensor_split =*/ nullptr,
/*.progress_callback =*/ nullptr,
@@ -3067,7 +3068,8 @@ llama_model_base::llama_model_base(const struct llama_model_params & params) : l
TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED (llama_model_loader::TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED),
TENSOR_SKIP (llama_model_loader::TENSOR_SKIP),
TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL(llama_model_loader::TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL),
TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE (llama_model_loader::TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE) {}
TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE (llama_model_loader::TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE),
TENSOR_READ_LAZY (llama_model_loader::TENSOR_READ_LAZY) {}
ggml_tensor * llama_model_base::create_tensor(const LLM_TN_IMPL & tn, const std::initializer_list<int64_t> & ne, int flags) {
GGML_ASSERT(ml != nullptr);
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@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ struct llama_model_base : public llama_model {
const int TENSOR_SKIP;
const int TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL;
const int TENSOR_ALLOW_RESHAPE;
const int TENSOR_READ_LAZY;
explicit llama_model_base(const llama_model_params & params);
virtual ~llama_model_base() = default;
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@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ static std::pair<int, llama_model *> llama_model_load(struct gguf_context * meta
llama_model_loader ml(metadata, set_tensor_data, set_tensor_data_ud, fname, splits, file, params.load_mode,
params.check_tensors, params.no_alloc, params.load_mtp, params.kv_overrides, params.tensor_buft_overrides);
ml.tensor_read_lazy = params.tensor_read_lazy;
ml.print_info();
std::unique_ptr<llama_model> model_ptr(llama_model_create(ml, params));
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void llama_model_gemma4::load_arch_tensors(llama_model_loader &) {
tok_embd = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_TOKEN_EMBD, "weight"), {n_embd, n_vocab}, 0);
if (n_embd_per_layer > 0) {
per_layer_tok_embd = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_PER_LAYER_TOKEN_EMBD, "weight"), {n_embd_per_layer * n_layer, n_vocab}, 0);
per_layer_tok_embd = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_PER_LAYER_TOKEN_EMBD, "weight"), {n_embd_per_layer * n_layer, n_vocab}, TENSOR_READ_LAZY);
per_layer_model_proj = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_PER_LAYER_MODEL_PROJ, "weight", 0), {n_embd, n_embd_per_layer * n_layer}, 0);
per_layer_proj_norm = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_PER_LAYER_PROJ_NORM, "weight", 0), {n_embd_per_layer}, 0);
}
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@@ -59,12 +59,14 @@
| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
| `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
| `--tensor-read-lazy MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_READ_LAZY) |
| `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
| `-dev, --device <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEVICE) |
| `--list-devices` | print list of available devices and exit |
| `-ot, --override-tensor <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_OVERRIDE_TENSOR) |
| `-cmoe, --cpu-moe` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncmoe, --n-cpu-moe N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncffn, --n-cpu-ffn N` | keep the dense FFN weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(dense models; for MoE expert weights use --n-cpu-moe)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_FFN) |
| `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | max. number of layers to store in VRAM, either an exact number, 'auto', or 'all' (default: auto)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
| `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row,tensor}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:<br/>- none: use one GPU only<br/>- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs (pipelined)<br/>- row: split weight across GPUs by rows (parallelized)<br/>- tensor: split weights and KV across GPUs (parallelized, EXPERIMENTAL)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) |
| `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) |
@@ -154,7 +156,6 @@
| `-sysf, --system-prompt-file FNAME` | a file containing the system prompt (default: none) |
| `-r, --reverse-prompt PROMPT` | halt generation at PROMPT, return control in interactive mode |
| `-sp, --special` | special tokens output enabled (default: false) |
| `-cnv, --conversation, -no-cnv, --no-conversation` | whether to run in conversation mode:<br/>- does not print special tokens and suffix/prefix<br/>- interactive mode is also enabled<br/>(default: auto enabled if chat template is available) |
| `-st, --single-turn` | run conversation for a single turn only, then exit when done<br/>will not be interactive if first turn is predefined with --prompt<br/>(default: false) |
| `-mli, --multiline-input` | allows you to write or paste multiple lines without ending each in '\' |
| `--warmup, --no-warmup` | whether to perform warmup with an empty run (default: enabled) |
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@@ -142,12 +142,14 @@ llama-completion.exe -m models\gemma-1.1-7b-it.Q4_K_M.gguf --ignore-eos -n -1
| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
| `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
| `--tensor-read-lazy MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_READ_LAZY) |
| `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
| `-dev, --device <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEVICE) |
| `--list-devices` | print list of available devices and exit |
| `-ot, --override-tensor <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_OVERRIDE_TENSOR) |
| `-cmoe, --cpu-moe` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncmoe, --n-cpu-moe N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncffn, --n-cpu-ffn N` | keep the dense FFN weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(dense models; for MoE expert weights use --n-cpu-moe)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_FFN) |
| `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | max. number of layers to store in VRAM, either an exact number, 'auto', or 'all' (default: auto)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
| `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row,tensor}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:<br/>- none: use one GPU only<br/>- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs (pipelined)<br/>- row: split weight across GPUs by rows (parallelized)<br/>- tensor: split weights and KV across GPUs (parallelized, EXPERIMENTAL)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) |
| `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) |
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@@ -76,12 +76,14 @@ For the full list of features, please refer to [server's changelog](https://gith
| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
| `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
| `--tensor-read-lazy MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_READ_LAZY) |
| `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
| `-dev, --device <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEVICE) |
| `--list-devices` | print list of available devices and exit |
| `-ot, --override-tensor <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_OVERRIDE_TENSOR) |
| `-cmoe, --cpu-moe` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncmoe, --n-cpu-moe N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE) |
| `-ncffn, --n-cpu-ffn N` | keep the dense FFN weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(dense models; for MoE expert weights use --n-cpu-moe)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_FFN) |
| `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | max. number of layers to store in VRAM, either an exact number, 'auto', or 'all' (default: auto)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
| `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row,tensor}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:<br/>- none: use one GPU only<br/>- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs (pipelined)<br/>- row: split weight across GPUs by rows (parallelized)<br/>- tensor: split weights and KV across GPUs (parallelized, EXPERIMENTAL)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) |
| `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) |