llama: add default load-mode auto, which avoids mmap on iGPUs (#26081)

* llama: add new default load-mode auto which picks mmap unless a non-Metal iGPU is used

* Update ggml/src/ggml-hexagon/ggml-hexagon.cpp

Co-authored-by: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qti.qualcomm.com>

* set mmap_support to false on OpenCL backend

* fix order of load modes

* use -1 for auto

* resolve load mode auto earlier to correctly pick gpu host or cpu memory

* add load mode auto to llama-bench

* bump virtgpu api version, regenerate docs

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Co-authored-by: Piotr Wilkin (ilintar) <piotr.wilkin@syndatis.com>
Co-authored-by: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qti.qualcomm.com>
Co-authored-by: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
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Ruben Ortlam
2026-08-11 09:20:46 +03:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Max Krasnyansky Piotr Wilkin Georgi Gerganov
parent b3df57286c
commit 153d324bcf
33 changed files with 75 additions and 29 deletions
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ uint32_t backend_device_get_props(apir_encoder * enc, apir_decoder * dec, virgl_
apir_encode_bool_t(enc, &props.caps.host_buffer);
apir_encode_bool_t(enc, &props.caps.buffer_from_host_ptr);
apir_encode_bool_t(enc, &props.caps.events);
apir_encode_bool_t(enc, &props.caps.mmap_support);
return 0;
}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#include <cstdint>
#define APIR_PROTOCOL_MAJOR 0
#define APIR_PROTOCOL_MINOR 1
#define APIR_PROTOCOL_MINOR 2
#define APIR_HANDSHAKE_MAGIC 0xab1e
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_remoting_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml
context->gpu = gpu;
bool async__unused, host_buffer__unused, events__unused;
bool async__unused, host_buffer__unused, events__unused, mmap_support__unused;
bool buffer_from_host_ptr;
apir_device_get_props(gpu, &async__unused, &host_buffer__unused, &buffer_from_host_ptr, &events__unused);
apir_device_get_props(gpu, &async__unused, &host_buffer__unused, &buffer_from_host_ptr, &events__unused, &mmap_support__unused);
if (buffer_from_host_ptr) {
context->apir_context = apir_device_buffer_from_ptr(gpu, size, size);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void ggml_backend_remoting_device_get_props(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, ggml_
virtgpu * gpu = DEV_TO_GPU(dev);
apir_device_get_props(gpu, &props->caps.async, &props->caps.host_buffer, &props->caps.buffer_from_host_ptr,
&props->caps.events);
&props->caps.events, &props->caps.mmap_support);
props->caps.buffer_from_host_ptr = false;
props->caps.async = false;
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ void apir_device_get_props(virtgpu * gpu,
bool * async,
bool * host_buffer,
bool * buffer_from_host_ptr,
bool * events) {
bool * events,
bool * mmap_support) {
apir_encoder * encoder;
apir_decoder * decoder;
ApirForwardReturnCode ret;
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ void apir_device_get_props(virtgpu * gpu,
apir_decode_bool_t(decoder, host_buffer);
apir_decode_bool_t(decoder, buffer_from_host_ptr);
apir_decode_bool_t(decoder, events);
apir_decode_bool_t(decoder, mmap_support);
remote_call_finish(gpu, encoder, decoder);
+2 -1
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@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ void apir_device_get_props(struct virtgpu * gpu,
bool * async,
bool * host_buffer,
bool * buffer_from_host_ptr,
bool * events);
bool * events,
bool * mmap_support);
apir_buffer_context_t apir_device_buffer_from_ptr(struct virtgpu * gpu, size_t size, size_t max_tensor_size);
/* buffer-type */