arg: Add LLAMA_ARG_API_KEY_FILE environment variable for --api-key-file (#23167)

* mmvq Optim:  add MMVQ_PARAMETERS_TURING(mmvq_parameter_table_id) for SM75 TURING

* avoid a mismatch for JIT compilation of Turing device code for Ampere or newer

Co-authored-by: Johannes Gäßler <johannesg@5d6.de>

---------

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Johannes Gäßler <johannesg@5d6.de>

.devops/zendnn.Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04
+ARG BUILD_DATE=N/A
+ARG APP_VERSION=N/A
+ARG APP_REVISION=N/A
+
+FROM ubuntu:$UBUNTU_VERSION AS build
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y gcc-13 g++-13 build-essential git cmake libssl-dev libomp-dev libnuma-dev python3 ca-certificates
+
+ENV CC=gcc-13 CXX=g++-13
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON -DGGML_ZENDNN=ON && \
+    cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/lib && \
+    find build -name "*.so*" -exec cp -P {} /app/lib \;
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/full \
+    && cp build/bin/* /app/full \
+    && cp *.py /app/full \
+    && cp -r conversion /app/full \
+    && cp -r gguf-py /app/full \
+    && cp -r requirements /app/full \
+    && cp requirements.txt /app/full \
+    && cp .devops/tools.sh /app/full/tools.sh
+
+## Base image
+FROM ubuntu:$UBUNTU_VERSION AS base
+
+ARG BUILD_DATE=N/A
+ARG APP_VERSION=N/A
+ARG APP_REVISION=N/A
+ARG IMAGE_URL=https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
+ARG IMAGE_SOURCE=https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.created=$BUILD_DATE \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version=$APP_VERSION \
+      org.opencontainers.image.revision=$APP_REVISION \
+      org.opencontainers.image.title="llama.cpp" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.description="LLM inference in C/C++" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.url=$IMAGE_URL \
+      org.opencontainers.image.source=$IMAGE_SOURCE
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y libgomp1 libnuma1 curl \
+    && apt autoremove -y \
+    && apt clean -y \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
+    && find /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists -not -name lock -type f -delete \
+    && find /var/cache -type f -delete
+
+COPY --from=build /app/lib/ /app
+
+### Full
+FROM base AS full
+
+COPY --from=build /app/full /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-wheel \
+    && pip install --break-system-packages --upgrade setuptools \
+    && pip install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt \
+    && apt autoremove -y \
+    && apt clean -y \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
+    && find /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists -not -name lock -type f -delete \
+    && find /var/cache -type f -delete
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/tools.sh"]
+
+### Light, CLI only
+FROM base AS light
+
+COPY --from=build /app/full/llama-cli /app/full/llama-completion /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/llama-cli" ]
+
+### Server, Server only
+FROM base AS server
+
+ENV LLAMA_ARG_HOST=0.0.0.0
+
+COPY --from=build /app/full/llama-server /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+HEALTHCHECK CMD [ "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health" ]
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/llama-server" ]

.github/actions/linux-setup-spacemit/action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ runs:
       id: setup
       uses: ./.github/actions/unarchive-tar
       with:
-        url: https://archive.spacemit.com/toolchain/spacemit-toolchain-linux-glibc-x86_64-v${{ inputs.version }}.tar.xz
+        url: https://github.com/spacemit-com/toolchain/releases/download/v${{ inputs.version }}/spacemit-toolchain-linux-glibc-x86_64-v${{ inputs.version }}.tar.xz
         path: ${{ inputs.path }}
         strip: 1

.github/actions/unarchive-tar/action.yml

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ runs:
       run: |
         mkdir -p ${{ inputs.path }}
         cd ${{ inputs.path }}
-        curl --no-progress-meter ${{ inputs.url }} | tar -${{ inputs.type }}x --strip-components=${{ inputs.strip }}
+        curl --no-progress-meter -L ${{ inputs.url }} | tar -${{ inputs.type }}x --strip-components=${{ inputs.strip }}

.github/actions/windows-setup-cuda/action.yml

@@ -96,3 +96,34 @@ runs:
           echo "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
           echo "CUDA_PATH=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
           echo "CUDA_PATH_V13_1=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
+
+    - name: Install Cuda Toolkit 13.3
+      if: ${{ inputs.cuda_version == '13.3' }}
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+          mkdir -p "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3"
+          choco install unzip -y
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_crt/windows-x86_64/cuda_crt-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_cudart/windows-x86_64/cuda_cudart-windows-x86_64-13.3.29-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_nvcc/windows-x86_64/cuda_nvcc-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_nvrtc/windows-x86_64/cuda_nvrtc-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/libcublas/windows-x86_64/libcublas-windows-x86_64-13.5.1.27-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/libnvvm/windows-x86_64/libnvvm-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_nvtx/windows-x86_64/cuda_nvtx-windows-x86_64-13.3.29-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cuda_profiler_api/windows-x86_64/cuda_profiler_api-windows-x86_64-13.3.27-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/visual_studio_integration/windows-x86_64/visual_studio_integration-windows-x86_64-13.3.27-archive.zip"
+          curl -O "https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/redist/cccl/windows-x86_64/cccl-windows-x86_64-13.3.3.3.1-archive.zip"
+          unzip '*.zip' -d "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3"
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_crt-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_cudart-windows-x86_64-13.3.29-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_nvcc-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_nvrtc-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\libcublas-windows-x86_64-13.5.1.27-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\libnvvm-windows-x86_64-13.3.33-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_nvtx-windows-x86_64-13.3.29-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cuda_profiler_api-windows-x86_64-13.3.27-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\visual_studio_integration-windows-x86_64-13.3.27-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          xcopy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\cccl-windows-x86_64-13.3.3.3.1-archive\*" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" /E /I /H /Y
+          echo "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3\bin" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+          echo "CUDA_PATH=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
+          echo "CUDA_PATH_V13_3=C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.3" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8

.github/workflows/build-3rd-party.yml

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
   ubuntu-24-llguidance:

.github/workflows/build-and-test-snapdragon.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
   android-ndk-snapdragon:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.6'
+      image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.7'
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-iot-snapdragon:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-linux:v0.6'
+      image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-linux:v0.7'
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/build-android.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  android:
+  default:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           cd examples/llama.android
           ./gradlew build --no-daemon
 
-  android-ndk:
+  ndk:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.3'
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: false
 
+      - name: Dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y build-essential
+
       - name: Build
         id: ndk_build
         run: |
@@ -86,3 +91,59 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: llama-cpp-android-arm64-cpu
           path: pkg-adb/llama.cpp
+
+  arm64:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      NDK_VERSION: "29.0.14206865"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      # note : disabled to spare some cache space (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23789)
+      #        for some reason, the ccache does not improve the build time in this case
+      # example:
+      #   cache off: https://github.com/ggerganov/tmp2/actions/runs/26534713799/job/78160400831
+      #   cache on:  https://github.com/ggerganov/tmp2/actions/runs/26534713799/job/78224189394
+      #
+      #- name: ccache
+      #  uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+      #  with:
+      #    key: android-ubuntu-arm64
+      #    evict-old-files: 1d
+      #    save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
+
+      - name: Setup Android SDK
+        uses: android-actions/setup-android@40fd30fb8d7440372e1316f5d1809ec01dcd3699 # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          log-accepted-android-sdk-licenses: false
+
+      - name: Install NDK
+        run: |
+          sdkmanager "ndk;${{ env.NDK_VERSION }}"
+          echo "ANDROID_NDK=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/ndk/${{ env.NDK_VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${ANDROID_NDK}/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake \
+            -DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a \
+            -DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-28 \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON \
+            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+            -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON \
+            -DGGML_OPENMP=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)

.github/workflows/build-apple.yml

@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  macOS-latest-ios:
+  macos-latest-arm64:
     runs-on: macos-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -48,7 +48,80 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: macOS-latest-ios
+          key: apple-arm64
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          sysctl -a
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_RPATH="@loader_path" \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON \
+            -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
+            -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=OFF \
+            -DGGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG=ON \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+          leaks -atExit -- ./build/bin/test-thread-safety -hf ggml-org/gemma-3-270m-qat-GGUF -ngl 99 -p "$(printf 'hello %.0s' {1..128})" -n 16 -c 512 -ub 32 -np 2 -t 2 -lv 1
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main -E "test-llama-archs" --verbose --timeout 900
+
+  macos-latest-x64:
+    runs-on: macos-15-intel
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: apple-x64
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          sysctl -a
+          # Metal is disabled due to intermittent failures with Github runners not having a GPU:
+          # https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/actions/runs/8635935781/job/23674807267#step:5:2313
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_RPATH="@loader_path" \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON \
+            -DGGML_METAL=OFF \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=13.3
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+  macos-latest-ios:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      # TODO: this likely does not do anything - if yes, remove it
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: apple-ios
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
@@ -59,6 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake -B build -G Xcode \
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMON=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
@@ -89,6 +163,7 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
@@ -115,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOS
           xcodebuild -project examples/llama.swiftui/llama.swiftui.xcodeproj -scheme llama.swiftui -sdk iphoneos CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY= -destination 'generic/platform=iOS' FRAMEWORK_FOLDER_PATH=./build-ios build
 
-  macOS-latest-tvos:
+  macos-latest-tvos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -123,10 +198,11 @@ jobs:
         id: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
+      # TODO: this likely does not do anything - if yes, remove it
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: macOS-latest-tvos
+          key: apple-tvos
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
@@ -138,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMON=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
@@ -147,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=ggml
           cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu) -- CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO
 
-  macOS-latest-visionos:
+  macos-latest-visionos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -155,6 +232,14 @@ jobs:
         id: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
+      # TODO: this likely does not do anything - if yes, remove it
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: apple-visionos
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
         run: |
@@ -163,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMON=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
@@ -172,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=ggml
           cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu) -- CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO
 
-  macOS-latest-swift:
+  macos-latest-swift:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     needs: macos-latest-ios-xcode
 
@@ -185,10 +271,11 @@ jobs:
         id: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
+      # TODO: this likely does not do anything - if yes, remove it
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: macOS-latest-swift
+          key: apple-swift
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
@@ -206,6 +293,7 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \

.github/workflows/build-cache.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-sdk
         with:
           path: ./vulkan_sdk
-          key: vulkan-sdk-${{ env.VULKAN_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-vulkan-sdk-${{ env.VULKAN_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup Vulkan SDK
         if: steps.cache-sdk.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
   #      id: cache-toolchain
   #      with:
   #        path: ./spacemit_toolchain
-  #        key: spacemit-ime-toolchain-v${{ env.SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+  #        key: cache-gha-spacemit-ime-toolchain-v${{ env.SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
   #    - name: Setup SpacemiT Toolchain
   #      if: steps.cache-toolchain.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-openvino
         with:
           path: ./openvino_toolkit
-          key: openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup OpenVINO Toolkit
         if: steps.cache-openvino.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-rocm
         with:
           path: C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm
-          key: rocm-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-rocm-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup ROCm
         if: steps.cache-rocm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'

.github/workflows/build-cann.yml

@@ -29,74 +29,76 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  openEuler-latest-cann:
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -el {0}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        arch: [x86, aarch64]
-        chip_type: ['910b', '310p']
-        build: ['Release']
-        use_acl_graph: ['on', 'off']
-        exclude:
-          # 310P does not support USE_ACL_GRAPH=on
-          - chip_type: '310p'
-            use_acl_graph: 'on'
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Free up disk space
-        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
-        with:
-          tool-cache: true
-
-      - name: Set container image
-        id: cann-image
-        run: |
-          image="ascendai/cann:${{ matrix.chip_type == '910b' &&  '8.5.0-910b-openeuler24.03-py3.11' || '8.5.0-310p-openeuler24.03-py3.11' }}"
-          echo "image=${image}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-      - name: Pull container image
-        run: docker pull "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}"
-
-      - name: Build
-        env:
-          BUILD_TYPE: ${{ matrix.build }}
-          SOC_TYPE: ascend${{ matrix.chip_type }}
-          USE_ACL_GRAPH: ${{ matrix.use_acl_graph }}
-        run: |
-          HOST_UID=$(id -u)
-          HOST_GID=$(id -g)
-
-          docker run --rm \
-            -v "${PWD}:/workspace" \
-            -w /workspace \
-            -e SOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
-            -e BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-            -e USE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH} \
-            "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}" \
-            bash -lc '
-              set -e
-              yum install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --setopt=tsflags=nodocs git gcc gcc-c++ make cmake openssl-devel
-              yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
-              git config --global --add safe.directory "/workspace"
-              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/lib64:${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/$(uname -m)-linux/devlib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
-              cmake -S . -B build \
-                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-                  -DGGML_CANN=on \
-                  -DSOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
-                  -DUSE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH}
-              cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
-
-              chown -R '"${HOST_UID}"':'"${HOST_GID}"' /workspace/build
-            '
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  openEuler-latest-cann:
+#    defaults:
+#      run:
+#        shell: bash -el {0}
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        arch: [x86, aarch64]
+#        chip_type: ['910b', '310p']
+#        build: ['Release']
+#        use_acl_graph: ['on', 'off']
+#        exclude:
+#          # 310P does not support USE_ACL_GRAPH=on
+#          - chip_type: '310p'
+#            use_acl_graph: 'on'
+#    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#        with:
+#          fetch-depth: 0
+#
+#      - name: Free up disk space
+#        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+#        with:
+#          tool-cache: true
+#
+#      - name: Set container image
+#        id: cann-image
+#        run: |
+#          image="ascendai/cann:${{ matrix.chip_type == '910b' &&  '8.5.0-910b-openeuler24.03-py3.11' || '8.5.0-310p-openeuler24.03-py3.11' }}"
+#          echo "image=${image}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+#
+#      - name: Pull container image
+#        run: docker pull "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}"
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        env:
+#          BUILD_TYPE: ${{ matrix.build }}
+#          SOC_TYPE: ascend${{ matrix.chip_type }}
+#          USE_ACL_GRAPH: ${{ matrix.use_acl_graph }}
+#        run: |
+#          HOST_UID=$(id -u)
+#          HOST_GID=$(id -g)
+#
+#          docker run --rm \
+#            -v "${PWD}:/workspace" \
+#            -w /workspace \
+#            -e SOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
+#            -e BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
+#            -e USE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH} \
+#            "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}" \
+#            bash -lc '
+#              set -e
+#              yum install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --setopt=tsflags=nodocs git gcc gcc-c++ make cmake openssl-devel
+#              yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
+#              git config --global --add safe.directory "/workspace"
+#              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/lib64:${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/$(uname -m)-linux/devlib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+#              cmake -S . -B build \
+#                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
+#                  -DGGML_CANN=on \
+#                  -DSOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
+#                  -DUSE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH}
+#              cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
+#
+#              chown -R '"${HOST_UID}"':'"${HOST_GID}"' /workspace/build
+#            '

.github/workflows/build-cmake-pkg.yml

@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, CPU]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y build-essential tcl cmake
-
       - name: Build
         run: |
           PREFIX="$(pwd)"/inst
-          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$PREFIX" \
-                -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
-                -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+          cmake -S . -B build \
+                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$PREFIX" \
+                -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+                -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+                -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+                -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+                -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
+                -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
           cmake --build build --config Release
           cmake --install build --prefix "$PREFIX" --config Release
 

.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+name: CI (cpu)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/build-cmake-pkg.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cu',
+      '**/*.cuh',
+      '**/*.swift',
+      '**/*.m',
+      '**/*.metal',
+      '**/*.comp',
+      '**/*.glsl',
+      '**/*.wgsl'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/build-cmake-pkg.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cu',
+      '**/*.cuh',
+      '**/*.swift',
+      '**/*.m',
+      '**/*.metal',
+      '**/*.comp',
+      '**/*.glsl',
+      '**/*.wgsl'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  build-cmake-pkg:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-cmake-pkg.yml
+
+  ubuntu:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - build: 'x64'
+            os: ubuntu-22.04
+          - build: 'arm64'
+            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: cpu-${{ matrix.os }}
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build Dependencies
+        id: build_depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-wheel \
+            libjpeg-dev build-essential libssl-dev \
+            git-lfs
+
+      - name: Toolchain workaround (GCC 14)
+        if: ${{ contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-14 g++-14
+          echo "CC=gcc-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "CXX=g++-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Python Dependencies
+        id: python_depends
+        run: |
+          export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES="1"
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          pip3 install ./gguf-py
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+      - name: Test llama2c conversion
+        id: llama2c_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          echo "Fetch tokenizer"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/tok512.bin
+          echo "Fetch llama2c model"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/stories260K.bin
+          ./bin/llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml --copy-vocab-from-model ./tok512.bin --llama2c-model stories260K.bin --llama2c-output-model stories260K.gguf
+          ./bin/llama-completion -m stories260K.gguf -p "One day, Lily met a Shoggoth" -n 500 -c 256
+
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-2025
+
+    env:
+      OPENBLAS_VERSION: 0.3.23
+      SDE_VERSION: 9.33.0-2024-01-07
+      VULKAN_VERSION: 1.4.313.2
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - build: 'x64-cpu-static'
+            arch: 'x64'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/x64-windows-llvm.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF'
+          - build: 'x64-openblas'
+            arch: 'x64'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/x64-windows-llvm.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON -DGGML_OPENMP=OFF -DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/include" -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/lib/openblas.lib"'
+          - build: 'x64-vulkan'
+            arch: 'x64'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/x64-windows-llvm.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON -DGGML_VULKAN=ON'
+          - build: 'arm64'
+            arch: 'arm64'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-llvm.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: cpu-windows-2025-${{ matrix.build }}
+          variant: ccache
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Download OpenBLAS
+        id: get_openblas
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'x64-openblas' }}
+        run: |
+          curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas.zip -L "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/releases/download/v${env:OPENBLAS_VERSION}/OpenBLAS-${env:OPENBLAS_VERSION}-x64.zip"
+          curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/OpenBLAS.LICENSE.txt -L "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/raw/v${env:OPENBLAS_VERSION}/LICENSE"
+          mkdir $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas
+          tar.exe -xvf $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas.zip -C $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas
+          $vcdir = $(vswhere -latest -products * -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property installationPath)
+          $msvc = $(join-path $vcdir $('VC\Tools\MSVC\'+$(gc -raw $(join-path $vcdir 'VC\Auxiliary\Build\Microsoft.VCToolsVersion.default.txt')).Trim()))
+          $lib =  $(join-path $msvc 'bin\Hostx64\x64\lib.exe')
+          & $lib /machine:x64 "/def:${env:RUNNER_TEMP}/openblas/lib/libopenblas.def" "/out:${env:RUNNER_TEMP}/openblas/lib/openblas.lib" /name:openblas.dll
+
+      - name: Install Vulkan SDK
+        id: get_vulkan
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'x64-vulkan' }}
+        run: |
+          curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/VulkanSDK-Installer.exe -L "https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/${env:VULKAN_VERSION}/windows/vulkansdk-windows-X64-${env:VULKAN_VERSION}.exe"
+          & "$env:RUNNER_TEMP\VulkanSDK-Installer.exe" --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install
+          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_ENV "VULKAN_SDK=C:\VulkanSDK\${env:VULKAN_VERSION}"
+          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH "C:\VulkanSDK\${env:VULKAN_VERSION}\bin"
+
+      - name: Install Ninja
+        id: install_ninja
+        run: |
+          choco install ninja
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build ${{ matrix.defines }} `
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}
+
+      - name: Add libopenblas.dll
+        id: add_libopenblas_dll
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'x64-openblas' }}
+        run: |
+          cp $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/bin/libopenblas.dll ./build/bin/Release/openblas.dll
+          cp $env:RUNNER_TEMP/OpenBLAS.LICENSE.txt ./build/bin/Release/OpenBLAS-${env:OPENBLAS_VERSION}.txt
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        if: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x64' }}
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
+
+      # TODO: disabled for now, consider adding tests for all CPU variants instead
+      # - name: Test (Intel SDE)
+      #   id: cmake_test_sde
+      #   if: ${{ matrix.build == 'avx512-x64' && env.HAS_AVX512F == '0' }} # use Intel SDE for AVX-512 emulation
+      #   run: |
+      #     curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar.xz -L "https://downloadmirror.intel.com/813591/sde-external-${env:SDE_VERSION}-win.tar.xz"
+      #     # for some weird reason windows tar doesn't like sde tar.xz
+      #     7z x "-o${env:RUNNER_TEMP}" $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar.xz
+      #     7z x "-o${env:RUNNER_TEMP}" $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar
+      #     $sde = $(join-path $env:RUNNER_TEMP sde-external-${env:SDE_VERSION}-win/sde.exe)
+      #     cd build
+      #     $env:LLAMA_SKIP_TESTS_SLOW_ON_EMULATOR = 1
+      #     & $sde -future -- ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900

.github/workflows/build-cross.yml

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       # Make sure this is in sync with build-cache.yml
-      SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "1.1.2"
+      SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION: "1.2.4"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
       #  id: cache-toolchain
       #  with:
       #    path: ./spacemit_toolchain
-      #    key: spacemit-ime-toolchain-v${{ env.SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+      #    key: cache-gha-spacemit-ime-toolchain-v${{ env.SPACEMIT_IME_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup SpacemiT Toolchain
         #if: steps.cache-toolchain.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'

.github/workflows/build-cuda-ubuntu.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+name: CI (CUDA, ubuntu)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-cuda-ubuntu.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cu',
+      '**/*.cuh'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-cuda-ubuntu.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-cuda/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  cuda:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    container: nvidia/cuda:12.6.2-devel-ubuntu24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        env:
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+        run: |
+          apt update
+          apt install -y cmake build-essential ninja-build libgomp1 git libssl-dev
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: cuda-ubuntu-24.04-cuda
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build with CMake
+        # TODO: Remove GGML_CUDA_CUB_3DOT2 flag once CCCL 3.2 is bundled within CTK and that CTK version is used in this project
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=89-real \
+            -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined \
+            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+            -DGGML_CUDA=ON \
+            -DGGML_CUDA_CUB_3DOT2=ON
+          cmake --build build
+
+  hip:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: rocm/dev-ubuntu-22.04:6.1.2
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git cmake rocblas-dev hipblas-dev libssl-dev rocwmma-dev
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: cuda-ubuntu-22.04-hip
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build with native CMake HIP support
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -S . \
+            -DCMAKE_HIP_COMPILER="$(hipconfig -l)/clang" \
+            -DGGML_HIP_ROCWMMA_FATTN=ON \
+            -DGPU_TARGETS="gfx1030" \
+            -DGGML_HIP=ON
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+  musa:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: mthreads/musa:rc4.3.0-devel-ubuntu22.04-amd64
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y build-essential git cmake libssl-dev
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: cuda-ubuntu-22.04-musa
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build with native CMake MUSA support
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -S . \
+            -DGGML_MUSA=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)

.github/workflows/build-cuda-windows.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: CI (CUDA, windows)
+
+# TODO: this workflow is only triggered manually because it is very heavy on the CI
+#       when we provision dedicated windows runners, we can enable it for pushes too
+# note: running this workflow manually will populate the ccache for the release builds
+#       this can be used before merging a PR to speed up the release workflow
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+
+# note: this will run in queue with the release workflow
+concurrency:
+  group: release
+  queue: max
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  cuda:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        cuda: ['12.4', '13.3']
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: release-windows-2022-x64-cuda-${{ matrix.cuda }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
+
+      - name: Install Cuda Toolkit
+        uses: ./.github/actions/windows-setup-cuda
+        with:
+          cuda_version: ${{ matrix.cuda }}
+
+      - name: Install Ninja
+        id: install_ninja
+        run: |
+          choco install ninja
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        shell: cmd
+        # TODO: Remove GGML_CUDA_CUB_3DOT2 flag once CCCL 3.2 is bundled within CTK and that CTK version is used in this project
+        run: |
+          call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
+          cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" ^
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON ^
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON ^
+            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF ^
+            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON ^
+            -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON ^
+            -DGGML_CUDA=ON ^
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON ^
+            -DGGML_CUDA_CUB_3DOT2=ON
+          set /A NINJA_JOBS=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%-1
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j %NINJA_JOBS% -t ggml
+          cmake --build build --config Release
+
+  hip:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    env:
+      # Make sure this is in sync with build-cache.yml
+      HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION: "26.Q1"
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # sync with release.yml
+          - name: "radeon"
+            gpu_targets: "gfx1150;gfx1151;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102;gfx1030;gfx1031;gfx1032"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Grab rocWMMA package
+        id: grab_rocwmma
+        run: |
+          curl -o rocwmma.deb "https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/7.2.1/pool/main/r/rocwmma-dev/rocwmma-dev_2.2.0.70201-81~24.04_amd64.deb"
+          7z x rocwmma.deb
+          7z x data.tar
+
+      - name: Use ROCm Installation Cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        id: cache-rocm
+        with:
+          path: C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm
+          key: cache-gha-rocm-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Setup ROCm
+        if: steps.cache-rocm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/windows-setup-rocm
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Verify ROCm
+        id: verify
+        run: |
+          # Find and test ROCm installation
+          $clangPath = Get-ChildItem 'C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm\*\bin\clang.exe' | Select-Object -First 1
+          if (-not $clangPath) {
+            Write-Error "ROCm installation not found"
+            exit 1
+          }
+          & $clangPath.FullName --version
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          # TODO: this build does not match the build in release.yml, so we use a different cache key
+          #       ideally, the builds should match, similar to the CUDA build above so that we would be able
+          #       to populate the ccache for the release with manual runs of this workflow
+          #key: release-windows-2022-x64-hip-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.name }}
+          key: cuda-windows-2022-x64-hip-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.name }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          $env:HIP_PATH=$(Resolve-Path 'C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm\*\bin\clang.exe' | split-path | split-path)
+          $env:CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${env:HIP_PATH}"
+          cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -B build -S . `
+            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${env:HIP_PATH}\bin\clang.exe" `
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${env:HIP_PATH}\bin\clang++.exe" `
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I$($PWD.Path.Replace('\', '/'))/opt/rocm-7.2.1/include/" `
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release `
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON `
+            -DROCM_DIR="${env:HIP_PATH}" `
+            -DGGML_HIP=ON `
+            -DGGML_HIP_ROCWMMA_FATTN=ON `
+            -DGPU_TARGETS="gfx1100"  `
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          cmake --build build -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}

.github/workflows/build-ibm.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+name: CI (ibm)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-ibm.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-ibm.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-cpu/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+
+  ubuntu-24-s390x:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-s390x
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Build Dependencies
+        id: build_depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-wheel \
+            libjpeg-dev build-essential libssl-dev \
+            git-lfs
+
+      - name: Toolchain workaround (GCC 14)
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-14 g++-14
+          echo "CC=gcc-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "CXX=g++-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Python Dependencies
+        id: python_depends
+        run: |
+          export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES="1"
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          pip3 install ./gguf-py
+
+      - name: Swap Endianness
+        id: endianness
+        run: |
+          for f in models/*.gguf; do
+            echo YES | python3 gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_convert_endian.py $f big
+          done
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+      - name: Test llama2c (s390x)
+        id: llama2c_test_s390x
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          echo "Fetch llama2c big-endian model"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/models/resolve/main/tinyllamas/stories260K-be.gguf
+          ./bin/llama-completion -m stories260K-be.gguf -p "One day, Lily met a Shoggoth" -n 500 -c 256
+
+  ubuntu-24-ppc64le:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Build Dependencies
+        id: build_depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-wheel \
+            libjpeg-dev build-essential libssl-dev \
+            git-lfs
+
+      - name: Toolchain workaround (GCC 14)
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-14 g++-14
+          echo "CC=gcc-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "CXX=g++-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Python Dependencies
+        id: python_depends
+        run: |
+          export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES="1"
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          pip3 install ./gguf-py
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+      - name: Test llama2c conversion
+        id: llama2c_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          echo "Fetch tokenizer"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/tok512.bin
+          echo "Fetch llama2c model"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/stories260K.bin
+          ./bin/llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml --copy-vocab-from-model ./tok512.bin --llama2c-model stories260K.bin --llama2c-output-model stories260K.gguf
+          ./bin/llama-completion -m stories260K.gguf -p "One day, Lily met a Shoggoth" -n 500 -c 256

.github/workflows/build-msys.yml

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
   windows-msys2:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       #- name: ccache
       #  uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
       #  with:
-      #    key: windows-msys2
+      #    key: msys-windows-2025-x64
       #    variant: ccache
       #    evict-old-files: 1d
       #    save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}

.github/workflows/build-opencl.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+name: CI (opencl)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-opencl.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cl'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-opencl.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-opencl/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  windows-2025-opencl-adreno:
+    runs-on: windows-2025
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: opencl-windows-2025-x64
+          variant: ccache
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Install Ninja
+        id: install_ninja
+        run: |
+          choco install ninja
+
+      - name: Install OpenCL Headers and Libs
+        id: install_opencl
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-Headers
+          cd OpenCL-Headers
+          cmake -B build `
+            -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF `
+            -DOPENCL_HEADERS_BUILD_TESTING=OFF `
+            -DOPENCL_HEADERS_BUILD_CXX_TESTS=OFF `
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/opencl-arm64-release"
+          cmake --build build --target install
+          git clone https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-ICD-Loader
+          cd OpenCL-ICD-Loader
+          cmake -B build-arm64-release `
+            -A arm64 `
+            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/opencl-arm64-release" `
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/opencl-arm64-release"
+          cmake --build build-arm64-release --target install --config release
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-llvm.cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/opencl-arm64-release" -DGGML_OPENCL=ON -DGGML_OPENCL_USE_ADRENO_KERNELS=ON -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}

.github/workflows/build-openvino.yml

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
   ubuntu-24-openvino:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.environment == 'github-hosted'
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-24-openvino-${{ matrix.variant }}-no-preset-v1
+          key: openvino-ubuntu-24.04-${{ matrix.variant }}-no-preset-v1
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-openvino
         with:
           path: ./openvino_toolkit
-          key: openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup OpenVINO Toolkit
         if: steps.cache-openvino.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'

.github/workflows/build-riscv.yml

@@ -29,11 +29,84 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
+  ubuntu-cpu-riscv64-native:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          # Install necessary packages
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev
+
+          # Set gcc-14 and g++-14 as the default compilers
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14 100
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-14 100
+
+          git lfs install
+
+      - name: Check environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          gcc --version
+          g++ --version
+          ldd --version
+          cmake --version
+          rustc --version
+          env
+          echo "nproc=$(nproc)"
+
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      # note: sparing some ccache since these jobs run on dedicated runners that are not part of the organitzation
+      #- name: ccache
+      #  uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@afde29e5b5422e5da23cb1f639e8baecadeadfc3 # https://github.com/ggml-org/ccache-action/pull/1
+      #  with:
+      #    key: riscv-ubuntu-native
+      #    evict-old-files: 1d
+      #    save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DGGML_OPENMP=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc-14 \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=riscv64-linux-gnu-g++-14
+
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+      - name: Test llama2c conversion
+        id: llama2c_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          echo "Fetch tokenizer"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/tok512.bin
+          echo "Fetch llama2c model"
+          wget https://huggingface.co/karpathy/tinyllamas/resolve/main/stories260K/stories260K.bin
+          ./bin/llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml --copy-vocab-from-model ./tok512.bin --llama2c-model stories260K.bin --llama2c-output-model stories260K.gguf
+          ./bin/llama-completion -m stories260K.gguf -p "One day, Lily met a Shoggoth" -n 500 -c 256
+
   ubuntu-riscv64-native-sanitizer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
 
@@ -62,12 +135,13 @@ jobs:
         id: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@afde29e5b5422e5da23cb1f639e8baecadeadfc3 # https://github.com/ggml-org/ccache-action/pull/1
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu-riscv64-native-sanitizer-${{ matrix.sanitizer }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+      # note: sparing some ccache since these jobs run on dedicated runners that are not part of the organitzation
+      #- name: ccache
+      #  uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@afde29e5b5422e5da23cb1f639e8baecadeadfc3 # https://github.com/ggml-org/ccache-action/pull/1
+      #  with:
+      #    key: riscv-ubuntu-native-sanitizer-${{ matrix.sanitizer }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}
+      #    evict-old-files: 1d
+      #    save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build

.github/workflows/build-rpc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: CI (rpc)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-rpc.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-rpc.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-rpc/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  ubuntu-latest-rpc:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    continue-on-error: true
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev ninja-build
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -G "Ninja" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose

.github/workflows/build-sanitize.yml

@@ -22,66 +22,65 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  ubuntu-latest-sanitizer:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  ctest:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, X64, CPU, Linux]
 
     continue-on-error: true
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         sanitizer: [ADDRESS, THREAD, UNDEFINED]
-        build_type: [Debug]
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu-latest-sanitizer-${{ matrix.sanitizer }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-
-      - name: Dependencies
-        id: depends
+      # with UNDEFINED sanitizer, we have to build in Debug to avoid GCC 13 false-positive warnings
+      - name: Build (undefined)
+        id: cmake_build_undefined
+        if: ${{ matrix.sanitizer == 'UNDEFINED' }}
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON \
+            -DGGML_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON
+
+          cmake --build build --config Debug -j $(nproc)
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
-        if: ${{ matrix.sanitizer != 'THREAD' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.sanitizer == 'ADDRESS' }}
         run: |
           cmake -B build \
-            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
             -DLLAMA_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON \
-            -DGGML_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
+            -DGGML_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON
 
-          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(nproc)
+          cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo -j $(nproc)
 
       - name: Build (no OpenMP)
         id: cmake_build_no_openmp
         if: ${{ matrix.sanitizer == 'THREAD' }}
         run: |
           cmake -B build \
-            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
             -DLLAMA_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON \
             -DGGML_SANITIZE_${{ matrix.sanitizer }}=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }} \
             -DGGML_OPENMP=OFF
 
-          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(nproc)
+          cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo -j $(nproc)
 
       - name: Test
         id: cmake_test
+        # skip run in Debug - very slow
+        if: ${{ matrix.sanitizer != 'UNDEFINED' }}
         run: |
           cd build
-          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+          ctest -L main -E tokenizer --verbose --timeout 900

.github/workflows/build-self-hosted.yml

@@ -50,29 +50,12 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  determine-tag:
-    name: Determine tag name
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    outputs:
-      tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Determine tag name
-        id: tag
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
-        env:
-          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
-
-  ggml-ci-nvidia-cuda:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-cuda:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA]
 
     steps:
@@ -82,14 +65,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           nvidia-smi
-          GG_BUILD_CUDA=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+          GG_BUILD_CUDA=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-nvidia-vulkan-cm:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-vulkan-nvidia-cm:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA]
 
     steps:
@@ -99,14 +79,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 GGML_VK_DISABLE_COOPMAT2=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 GGML_VK_DISABLE_COOPMAT2=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-nvidia-vulkan-cm2:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-vulkan-nvidia-cm2:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA, COOPMAT2]
 
     steps:
@@ -116,14 +93,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-nvidia-webgpu:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA]
+  gpu-webgpu-nvidia:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA, X64]
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -149,10 +124,10 @@ jobs:
           GG_BUILD_WEBGPU=1 \
           GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_PREFIX="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dawn" \
           GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dawn/lib64/cmake/Dawn" \
-            bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+            bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
   # TODO: provision AMX-compatible machine
-  #ggml-ci-cpu-amx:
+  #cpu-amx:
   #  runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, CPU, AMX]
 
   #  steps:
@@ -163,10 +138,10 @@ jobs:
   #    - name: Test
   #      id: ggml-ci
   #      run: |
-  #        bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+  #        bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
   # TODO: provision AMD GPU machine
-  # ggml-ci-amd-vulkan:
+  # amd-vulkan:
   #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, AMD]
 
   #   steps:
@@ -178,10 +153,10 @@ jobs:
   #       id: ggml-ci
   #       run: |
   #         vulkaninfo --summary
-  #         GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+  #         GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
   # TODO: provision AMD GPU machine
-  # ggml-ci-amd-rocm:
+  # amd-rocm:
   #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, AMD]
 
   #   steps:
@@ -193,10 +168,9 @@ jobs:
   #       id: ggml-ci
   #       run: |
   #         amd-smi static
-  #         GG_BUILD_ROCM=1 GG_BUILD_AMDGPU_TARGETS="gfx1101" bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+  #         GG_BUILD_ROCM=1 GG_BUILD_AMDGPU_TARGETS="gfx1101" bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-mac-metal:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-metal:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
 
     steps:
@@ -206,13 +180,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           GG_BUILD_METAL=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-mac-webgpu:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-webgpu-apple:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
 
     steps:
@@ -235,14 +206,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           GG_BUILD_WEBGPU=1 GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_PREFIX="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dawn" \
             bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-mac-vulkan:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-vulkan:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
 
     steps:
@@ -252,14 +220,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           vulkaninfo --summary
           GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-linux-intel-vulkan:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-vulkan-intel-linux:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, Intel]
 
     steps:
@@ -271,14 +236,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           vulkaninfo --summary
           GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-win-intel-vulkan:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  gpu-vulkan-intel-windows:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Windows, X64, Intel]
 
     steps:
@@ -293,15 +255,13 @@ jobs:
           MSYSTEM: UCRT64
           CHERE_INVOKING: 1
           PATH: C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\Windows\System32;${{ env.PATH }}
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           vulkaninfo --summary
           # Skip python related tests with GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 since Windows MSYS2 UCRT64 currently fails to create
           # a valid python environment for testing
           LLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=OFF GG_BUILD_NINJA=1 GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 ./ci/run.sh ./results/llama.cpp ./mnt/llama.cpp
 
-  ggml-ci-intel-openvino-gpu-low-perf:
-    needs: determine-tag
+  cpu-openvino-low-perf:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, Intel, OpenVINO]
 
     concurrency:
@@ -333,8 +293,112 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
-        env:
-          HF_UI_VERSION: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}
         run: |
           source ./openvino_toolkit/setupvars.sh
-          GG_BUILD_OPENVINO=1 GGML_OPENVINO_DEVICE=GPU GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
+          GG_BUILD_OPENVINO=1 GGML_OPENVINO_DEVICE=GPU GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  cpu-any-low-perf:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, CPU]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          LLAMA_ARG_THREADS=$(nproc) GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  cpu-any-high-perf:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, CPU]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          LLAMA_ARG_THREADS=$(nproc) GG_BUILD_HIGH_PERF=1 GG_BUILD_NO_SVE=1 GG_BUILD_NO_BF16=1 GG_BUILD_EXTRA_TESTS_0=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  cpu-arm64-graviton4:
+    runs-on: ah-ubuntu_22_04-c8g_8x
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive NEEDRESTART_MODE=a \
+          apt-get install -y \
+          build-essential \
+          python3-venv \
+          gpg \
+          wget \
+          time \
+          git-lfs
+
+          git lfs install
+
+          # install the latest cmake
+          sudo install -d /usr/share/keyrings
+          wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc \
+            | gpg --dearmor \
+            | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
+          echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ jammy main' \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y cmake
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          LLAMA_ARG_THREADS=$(nproc) GG_BUILD_NO_BF16=1 GG_BUILD_EXTRA_TESTS_0=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  cpu-arm64-graviton4-kleidiai:
+    runs-on: ah-ubuntu_22_04-c8g_8x
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive NEEDRESTART_MODE=a \
+          apt-get install -y \
+          build-essential \
+          python3-venv \
+          gpg \
+          wget \
+          time \
+          git-lfs
+
+          git lfs install
+
+          # install the latest cmake
+          sudo install -d /usr/share/keyrings
+          wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc \
+            | gpg --dearmor \
+            | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
+          echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ jammy main' \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y cmake
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          GG_BUILD_KLEIDIAI=1 \
+          GG_BUILD_EXTRA_TESTS_0=1 \
+          bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt

.github/workflows/build-sycl.yml

@@ -29,132 +29,134 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
 
-  ubuntu-24-sycl:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        build: [fp32, fp16]
-        include:
-          - build: fp32
-            fp16: OFF
-          - build: fp16
-            fp16: ON
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  ubuntu-24-sycl:
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        build: [fp32]
+#        include:
+#          - build: fp32
+#            fp16: OFF
+#
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+#
+#    env:
+#      ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi/
+#      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION: "1.28.2"
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION: "u24.04"
+#
+#    continue-on-error: true
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#
+#      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
+#        uses: actions/cache@v5
+#        id: cache-sycl
+#        with:
+#          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
+#          key: cache-gha-oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+#
+#      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
+#        shell: bash
+#        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+#        run: |
+#          cd /tmp
+#          wget https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/56f7923a-adb8-43f3-8b02-2b60fcac8cab/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.16_offline.sh -O intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh
+#          sudo bash intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh -s -a --silent --eula accept
+#
+#      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
+#        shell: bash
+#        run: |
+#          cd /tmp
+#          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero.deb
+#          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero-devel_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero-devel.deb
+#          sudo apt-get install -y ./level-zero.deb ./level-zero-devel.deb
+#
+#      - name: Clone
+#        id: checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#
+#      - name: ccache
+#        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+#        with:
+#          key: sycl-ubuntu-24-${{ matrix.build }}
+#          evict-old-files: 1d
+#          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        id: cmake_build
+#        run: |
+#          source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
+#          cmake -B build \
+#            -G "Ninja" \
+#            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+#            -DGGML_SYCL=ON \
+#            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
+#            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
+#            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+#            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+#            -DGGML_SYCL_F16=${{ matrix.fp16 }}
+#          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-
-    env:
-      ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi/
-      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
-      LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION: "1.28.2"
-      LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION: "u24.04"
-
-    continue-on-error: true
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        id: cache-sycl
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
-          key: oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
-        shell: bash
-        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd /tmp
-          wget https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/56f7923a-adb8-43f3-8b02-2b60fcac8cab/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.16_offline.sh -O intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh
-          sudo bash intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh -s -a --silent --eula accept
-
-      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          cd /tmp
-          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero.deb
-          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero-devel_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero-devel.deb
-          sudo apt-get install -y ./level-zero.deb ./level-zero-devel.deb
-
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu-24-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-
-      - name: Build
-        id: cmake_build
-        run: |
-          source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
-          cmake -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DGGML_SYCL=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
-            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
-            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
-            -DGGML_SYCL_F16=${{ matrix.fp16 }}
-          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
-
-  windows-latest-sycl:
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-
-    env:
-      WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/b60765d1-2b85-4e85-86b6-cb0e9563a699/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.18_offline.exe
-      WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL: intel.oneapi.win.cpp-dpcpp-common:intel.oneapi.win.mkl.devel:intel.oneapi.win.dnnl:intel.oneapi.win.tbb.devel
-      LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL: https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.28.2/level-zero-win-sdk-1.28.2.zip
-      ONEAPI_ROOT: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI"
-      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        id: cache-sycl
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
-          key: oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
-        shell: bash
-        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          scripts/install-oneapi.bat $WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL $WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL
-
-      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ env.LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL }}" -OutFile "level-zero-win-sdk.zip"
-          Expand-Archive -Path "level-zero-win-sdk.zip" -DestinationPath "C:/level-zero-sdk" -Force
-          "LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH=C:/level-zero-sdk" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: windows-latest-sycl
-          variant: ccache
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-
-      # TODO: add ssl support ; we will also need to modify win-build-sycl.bat to accept user-specified args
-
-      - name: Build
-        id: cmake_build
-        run:  examples/sycl/win-build-sycl.bat
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  windows-latest-sycl:
+#    runs-on: windows-2022
+#
+#    defaults:
+#      run:
+#        shell: bash
+#
+#    env:
+#      WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/b60765d1-2b85-4e85-86b6-cb0e9563a699/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.18_offline.exe
+#      WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL: intel.oneapi.win.cpp-dpcpp-common:intel.oneapi.win.mkl.devel:intel.oneapi.win.dnnl:intel.oneapi.win.tbb.devel
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL: https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.28.2/level-zero-win-sdk-1.28.2.zip
+#      ONEAPI_ROOT: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI"
+#      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Clone
+#        id: checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#
+#      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
+#        uses: actions/cache@v5
+#        id: cache-sycl
+#        with:
+#          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
+#          key: cache-gha-oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+#
+#      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
+#        shell: bash
+#        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+#        run: |
+#          scripts/install-oneapi.bat $WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL $WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL
+#
+#      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
+#        shell: pwsh
+#        run: |
+#          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ env.LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL }}" -OutFile "level-zero-win-sdk.zip"
+#          Expand-Archive -Path "level-zero-win-sdk.zip" -DestinationPath "C:/level-zero-sdk" -Force
+#          "LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH=C:/level-zero-sdk" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+#
+#      - name: ccache
+#        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+#        with:
+#          key: sycl-windows-latest
+#          variant: ccache
+#          evict-old-files: 1d
+#          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+#
+#      # TODO: add ssl support ; we will also need to modify win-build-sycl.bat to accept user-specified args
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        id: cmake_build
+#        run:  examples/sycl/win-build-sycl.bat

.github/workflows/build-vulkan.yml

@@ -31,12 +31,59 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  ubuntu-24-vulkan-llvmpipe:
+  ubuntu:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - build: 'x64'
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - build: 'arm64'
+            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: vulkan-${{ matrix.os }}
+          variant: ccache
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-14 g++-14 build-essential glslc libvulkan-dev spirv-headers libssl-dev ninja-build
+          echo "CC=gcc-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "CXX=g++-14" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Configure
+        id: cmake_configure
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -G "Ninja" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON \
+            -DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON \
+            -DGGML_VULKAN=ON
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          time cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
+
+  ubuntu-llvmpipe:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
@@ -47,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-24-vulkan-llvmpipe
+          key: vulkan-ubuntu-24.04-llvmpipe
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
@@ -68,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-sdk
         with:
           path: ./vulkan_sdk
-          key: vulkan-sdk-${{ env.VULKAN_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-vulkan-sdk-${{ env.VULKAN_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup Vulkan SDK
         if: steps.cache-sdk.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'

.github/workflows/build-webgpu.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+name: CI (webgpu)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-webgpu.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.wgsl'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-webgpu.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-webgpu/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  macos:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: webgpu-macos-latest
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Dawn Dependency
+        id: dawn-depends
+        run: |
+          DAWN_VERSION="v20260317.182325"
+          DAWN_OWNER="google"
+          DAWN_REPO="dawn"
+          DAWN_ASSET_NAME="Dawn-18eb229ef5f707c1464cc581252e7603c73a3ef0-macos-latest-Release"
+          echo "Fetching release asset from https://github.com/google/dawn/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz"
+          curl -L -o artifact.tar.gz \
+            "https://github.com/google/dawn/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz"
+          mkdir dawn
+          tar -xvf artifact.tar.gz -C dawn --strip-components=1
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=dawn
+          cmake -B build -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGGML_WEBGPU=ON -DGGML_METAL=OFF -DGGML_BLAS=OFF
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ctest -L main --verbose --timeout 900
+
+  ubuntu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: webgpu-ubuntu-24.04
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential mesa-vulkan-drivers \
+            libxcb-xinput0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-cursor-dev libssl-dev
+
+      - name: Dawn Dependency
+        id: dawn-depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev mesa-common-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxi-dev
+          DAWN_VERSION="v20260317.182325"
+          DAWN_OWNER="google"
+          DAWN_REPO="dawn"
+          DAWN_ASSET_NAME="Dawn-18eb229ef5f707c1464cc581252e7603c73a3ef0-ubuntu-latest-Release"
+          echo "Fetching release asset from https://github.com/google/dawn/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz"
+          curl -L -o artifact.tar.gz \
+            "https://github.com/google/dawn/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz"
+          mkdir dawn
+          tar -xvf artifact.tar.gz -C dawn --strip-components=1
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          export Dawn_DIR=dawn/lib64/cmake/Dawn
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DGGML_WEBGPU=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: cmake_test
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          # This is using llvmpipe and runs slower than other backends
+          # test-backend-ops is too slow on llvmpipe, skip it
+          ctest -L main -E test-backend-ops --verbose --timeout 900
+
+  ubuntu-wasm:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - build: 'x64'
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - build: 'arm64'
+            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+        with:
+          key: webgpu-${{ matrix.os }}-wasm
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Install Emscripten
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git
+          cd emsdk
+          ./emsdk install latest
+          ./emsdk activate latest
+
+      - name: Fetch emdawnwebgpu
+        run: |
+          DAWN_TAG="v20260317.182325"
+          EMDAWN_PKG="emdawnwebgpu_pkg-${DAWN_TAG}.zip"
+          echo "Downloading ${EMDAWN_PKG}"
+          curl -L -o emdawn.zip \
+            "https://github.com/google/dawn/releases/download/${DAWN_TAG}/${EMDAWN_PKG}"
+          unzip emdawn.zip
+
+      - name: Build WASM WebGPU
+        run: |
+          source emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
+          emcmake cmake -B build-wasm \
+            -G "Ninja" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DGGML_WEBGPU=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+            -DEMDAWNWEBGPU_DIR=emdawnwebgpu_pkg
+
+          time cmake --build build-wasm --config Release --target test-backend-ops -j $(nproc)

.github/workflows/check-vendor.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-vendor:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/code-style.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   model-naming:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Check model naming conventions

.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   editorconfig:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@840e866d93b8e032123c23bac69dece044d4d84c # v2.2.0

.github/workflows/hip-quality-check.yml

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   GGML_NLOOP: 3
   GGML_N_THREADS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
 
 jobs:
   ubuntu-22-hip-quality-check:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-22-hip-quality-check
+          key: hip-quality-check-ubuntu-22.04
           evict-old-files: 1d
           save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 

.github/workflows/pre-tokenizer-hashes.yml

@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ name: Check Pre-Tokenizer Hashes
 on:
     push:
         paths:
-            - 'convert_hf_to_gguf.py'
+            - 'conversion/base.py'
             - 'convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py'
     pull_request:
         paths:
-            - 'convert_hf_to_gguf.py'
+            - 'conversion/base.py'
             - 'convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py'
 
 jobs:
     pre-tokenizer-hashes:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+        runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
 
         steps:
         - name: Checkout repository
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Update pre-tokenizer hashes
           run: |
-              cp convert_hf_to_gguf.py /tmp
+              cp conversion/base.py /tmp
               .venv/bin/python convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py --check-missing
 
         - name: Check if committed pre-tokenizer hashes matches generated version
           run: |
-              if ! diff -q convert_hf_to_gguf.py /tmp/convert_hf_to_gguf.py; then
-                  echo "Model pre-tokenizer hashes (in convert_hf_to_gguf.py) do not match generated hashes (from convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py)."
-                  echo "To fix: run ./convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py and commit the updated convert_hf_to_gguf.py along with your changes"
+              if ! diff -q conversion/base.py /tmp/base.py; then
+                  echo "Model pre-tokenizer hashes (in conversion/base.py) do not match generated hashes (from convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py)."
+                  echo "To fix: run ./convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py and commit the updated conversion/base.py along with your changes"
                   echo "Differences found:"
-                  diff convert_hf_to_gguf.py /tmp/convert_hf_to_gguf.py || true
+                  diff conversion/base.py /tmp/base.py || true
                   exit 1
               fi
               echo "Model pre-tokenizer hashes are up to date."

.github/workflows/python-check-requirements.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   python-check-requirements:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, CPU, fast]
     name: check-requirements
     steps:
       - name: Check out source repository

.github/workflows/python-lint.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   flake8-lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
     name: Lint
     steps:
       - name: Check out source repository

.github/workflows/python-type-check.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   python-type-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
     name: python type-check
     steps:
       - name: Check out source repository

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,18 +27,40 @@ on:
       '**/*.glsl'
     ]
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 env:
   BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
   CMAKE_ARGS: "-DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=ON -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON"
 
+# note: run this workflow one at a time for better cache reuse
+concurrency:
+  group: release
+  queue: max
+
 jobs:
+  check_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
 
-  macOS-cpu:
+    outputs:
+      should_release: ${{ steps.check.outputs.should_release }}
 
+    steps:
+      - id: check
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            echo "should_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" && "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/master" ]]; then
+            if echo "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}" | grep -q '\[no release\]'; then
+              echo "should_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            else
+              echo "should_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "should_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+  macos-cpu:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -46,10 +68,12 @@ jobs:
             arch: 'arm64'
             os: macos-14
             defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON"
-          - build: 'arm64-kleidiai'
-            arch: 'arm64'
-            os: macos-14
-            defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON -DGGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI=ON"
+          # TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23780)
+          #       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+          #- build: 'arm64-kleidiai'
+          #  arch: 'arm64'
+          #  os: macos-14
+          #  defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON -DGGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI=ON"
           - build: 'x64'
             arch: 'x64'
             os: macos-15-intel
@@ -76,8 +100,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: macOS-latest-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
@@ -109,7 +133,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-macos-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
 
   ubuntu-cpu:
-
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -140,8 +165,8 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.build != 's390x' }}
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-cpu-${{ matrix.build }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-${{ matrix.os }}-cpu
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Dependencies
         id: depends
@@ -186,6 +211,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
 
   ubuntu-vulkan:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -214,8 +241,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-vulkan-${{ matrix.build }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-${{ matrix.os }}-vulkan
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Dependencies
         id: depends
@@ -262,6 +289,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
 
   android-arm64:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -282,11 +311,17 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
 
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: android-arm64
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+      # note : disabled to spare some cache space (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23789)
+      #        for some reason, the ccache does not improve the build time in this case
+      # example:
+      #   cache off: https://github.com/ggerganov/tmp2/actions/runs/26534713799/job/78160400831
+      #   cache on:  https://github.com/ggerganov/tmp2/actions/runs/26534713799/job/78224189394
+      #
+      #- name: ccache
+      #  uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+      #  with:
+      #    key: release-android-arm64
+      #    append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -339,6 +374,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-android-arm64.tar.gz
 
   ubuntu-24-openvino:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
@@ -371,8 +408,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-24-openvino-release-no-preset-v1
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-ubuntu-24.04-openvino-release-no-preset-v1
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
@@ -385,7 +422,7 @@ jobs:
         id: cache-openvino
         with:
           path: ./openvino_toolkit
-          key: openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup OpenVINO Toolkit
         if: steps.cache-openvino.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -427,6 +464,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-openvino-${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR }}-x64.tar.gz
 
   windows-cpu:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: windows-2025
 
@@ -452,9 +491,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: windows-latest-cpu-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          variant: ccache
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-windows-2025-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpu
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Install Ninja
         run: |
@@ -487,6 +525,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-win-cpu-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
 
   windows:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: windows-2025
 
@@ -521,9 +561,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: windows-latest-${{ matrix.backend }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          variant: ccache
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-windows-2025-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.backend }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Install Vulkan SDK
         id: get_vulkan
@@ -577,12 +616,14 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-win-${{ matrix.backend }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
 
   windows-cuda:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: windows-2022
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        cuda: ['12.4', '13.1']
+        cuda: ['12.4', '13.3']
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -596,12 +637,11 @@ jobs:
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
 
-      - name: Install ccache
+      - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: windows-cuda-${{ matrix.cuda }}
-          variant: ccache
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-windows-2022-x64-cuda-${{ matrix.cuda }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Install Cuda Toolkit
         uses: ./.github/actions/windows-setup-cuda
@@ -655,214 +695,216 @@ jobs:
           path: cudart-llama-bin-win-cuda-${{ matrix.cuda }}-x64.zip
           name: cudart-llama-bin-win-cuda-${{ matrix.cuda }}-x64.zip
 
-  windows-sycl:
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  windows-sycl:
+#
+#    runs-on: windows-2022
+#
+#    defaults:
+#      run:
+#        shell: bash
+#
+#    env:
+#      WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/b60765d1-2b85-4e85-86b6-cb0e9563a699/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.18_offline.exe
+#      WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL: intel.oneapi.win.cpp-dpcpp-common:intel.oneapi.win.mkl.devel:intel.oneapi.win.dnnl:intel.oneapi.win.tbb.devel
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL: https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.28.2/level-zero-win-sdk-1.28.2.zip
+#      ONEAPI_ROOT: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI"
+#      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Clone
+#        id: checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#
+#      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
+#        uses: actions/cache@v5
+#        id: cache-sycl
+#        with:
+#          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
+#          key: cache-gha-oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+#
+#      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
+#        shell: bash
+#        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+#        run: |
+#          scripts/install-oneapi.bat $WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL $WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL
+#
+#      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
+#        shell: pwsh
+#        run: |
+#          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ env.LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL }}" -OutFile "level-zero-win-sdk.zip"
+#          Expand-Archive -Path "level-zero-win-sdk.zip" -DestinationPath "C:/level-zero-sdk" -Force
+#          "LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH=C:/level-zero-sdk" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+#
+#      - name: Setup Node.js
+#        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+#        with:
+#          node-version: "24"
+#          cache: "npm"
+#          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
+#
+#      - name: ccache
+#        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+#        with:
+#          key: release-windows-2022-x64-sycl
+#          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        id: cmake_build
+#        shell: cmd
+#        run: |
+#          call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\setvars.bat" intel64 --force
+#          cmake -G "Ninja" -B build ^
+#            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icx ^
+#            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
+#            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ^
+#            -DGGML_CPU=OFF -DGGML_SYCL=ON ^
+#            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON
+#          cmake --build build --target ggml-sycl -j
+#
+#      - name: Build the release package
+#        id: pack_artifacts
+#        run: |
+#          echo "cp oneAPI running time dll files in ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }} to ./build/bin"
+#
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_sycl_blas.5.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_core.2.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_tbb_thread.2.dll" ./build/bin
+#
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_level_zero.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_level_zero_v2.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_opencl.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_loader.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_win_proxy_loader.dll" ./build/bin
+#          ZE_LOADER_DLL=$(find "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}" "$LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH" -iname ze_loader.dll -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)
+#          if [ -n "$ZE_LOADER_DLL" ]; then
+#            echo "Using Level Zero loader: $ZE_LOADER_DLL"
+#            cp "$ZE_LOADER_DLL" ./build/bin
+#          else
+#            echo "Level Zero loader DLL not found in oneAPI or SDK; relying on system driver/runtime"
+#          fi
+#
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/sycl8.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/svml_dispmd.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libmmd.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libiomp5md.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/sycl-ls.exe" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libsycl-fallback-bfloat16.spv" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libsycl-native-bfloat16.spv" ./build/bin
+#
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/dnnl/latest/bin/dnnl.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tbb/latest/bin/tbb12.dll" ./build/bin
+#
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tcm/latest/bin/tcm.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tcm/latest/bin/libhwloc-15.dll" ./build/bin
+#          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/umf/latest/bin/umf.dll" ./build/bin
+#
+#          echo "cp oneAPI running time dll files to ./build/bin done"
+#          7z a -snl llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip ./build/bin/*
+#
+#      - name: Upload the release package
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+#        with:
+#          path: llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip
+#          name: llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip
 
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-
-    env:
-      WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/b60765d1-2b85-4e85-86b6-cb0e9563a699/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.18_offline.exe
-      WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL: intel.oneapi.win.cpp-dpcpp-common:intel.oneapi.win.mkl.devel:intel.oneapi.win.dnnl:intel.oneapi.win.tbb.devel
-      LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL: https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.28.2/level-zero-win-sdk-1.28.2.zip
-      ONEAPI_ROOT: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI"
-      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        id: cache-sycl
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
-          key: oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
-        shell: bash
-        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          scripts/install-oneapi.bat $WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL $WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL
-
-      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ env.LEVEL_ZERO_SDK_URL }}" -OutFile "level-zero-win-sdk.zip"
-          Expand-Archive -Path "level-zero-win-sdk.zip" -DestinationPath "C:/level-zero-sdk" -Force
-          "LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH=C:/level-zero-sdk" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: "24"
-          cache: "npm"
-          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
-
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: windows-latest-sycl
-          variant: ccache
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-
-      - name: Build
-        id: cmake_build
-        shell: cmd
-        run: |
-          call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\setvars.bat" intel64 --force
-          cmake -G "Ninja" -B build ^
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icx ^
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
-            -DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ^
-            -DGGML_CPU=OFF -DGGML_SYCL=ON ^
-            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON
-          cmake --build build --target ggml-sycl -j
-
-      - name: Build the release package
-        id: pack_artifacts
-        run: |
-          echo "cp oneAPI running time dll files in ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }} to ./build/bin"
-
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_sycl_blas.5.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_core.2.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/mkl/latest/bin/mkl_tbb_thread.2.dll" ./build/bin
-
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_level_zero.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_level_zero_v2.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_adapter_opencl.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_loader.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/ur_win_proxy_loader.dll" ./build/bin
-          ZE_LOADER_DLL=$(find "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}" "$LEVEL_ZERO_V1_SDK_PATH" -iname ze_loader.dll -print -quit 2>/dev/null || true)
-          if [ -n "$ZE_LOADER_DLL" ]; then
-            echo "Using Level Zero loader: $ZE_LOADER_DLL"
-            cp "$ZE_LOADER_DLL" ./build/bin
-          else
-            echo "Level Zero loader DLL not found in oneAPI or SDK; relying on system driver/runtime"
-          fi
-
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/sycl8.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/svml_dispmd.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libmmd.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libiomp5md.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/sycl-ls.exe" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libsycl-fallback-bfloat16.spv" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/compiler/latest/bin/libsycl-native-bfloat16.spv" ./build/bin
-
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/dnnl/latest/bin/dnnl.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tbb/latest/bin/tbb12.dll" ./build/bin
-
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tcm/latest/bin/tcm.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/tcm/latest/bin/libhwloc-15.dll" ./build/bin
-          cp "${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}/umf/latest/bin/umf.dll" ./build/bin
-
-          echo "cp oneAPI running time dll files to ./build/bin done"
-          7z a -snl llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip ./build/bin/*
-
-      - name: Upload the release package
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          path: llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip
-          name: llama-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip
-
-  ubuntu-24-sycl:
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        build: [fp32, fp16]
-        include:
-          - build: fp32
-            fp16: OFF
-          - build: fp16
-            fp16: ON
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-
-    env:
-      ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi/
-      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
-      LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION: "1.28.2"
-      LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION: "u24.04"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        id: cache-sycl
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
-          key: oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
-        shell: bash
-        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd /tmp
-          wget https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/56f7923a-adb8-43f3-8b02-2b60fcac8cab/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.16_offline.sh -O intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh
-          sudo bash intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh -s -a --silent --eula accept
-
-      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          cd /tmp
-          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero.deb
-          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero-devel_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero-devel.deb
-          sudo apt-get install -y ./level-zero.deb ./level-zero-devel.deb
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: "24"
-          cache: "npm"
-          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
-
-      - name: ccache
-        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu-24-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-
-      - name: Build
-        id: cmake_build
-        run: |
-          source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
-          cmake -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DGGML_SYCL=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
-            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
-            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
-            -DGGML_SYCL_F16=${{ matrix.fp16 }}
-          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
-
-      - name: Determine tag name
-        id: tag
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
-
-      - name: Pack artifacts
-        id: pack_artifacts
-        run: |
-          cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
-
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
-          name: llama-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  ubuntu-24-sycl:
+#
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        build: [fp32]
+#        include:
+#          - build: fp32
+#            fp16: OFF
+#
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+#
+#    env:
+#      ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi/
+#      ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION: "2025.3.3"
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION: "1.28.2"
+#      LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION: "u24.04"
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Clone
+#        id: checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#        with:
+#          fetch-depth: 0
+#
+#      - name: Use oneAPI Installation Cache
+#        uses: actions/cache@v5
+#        id: cache-sycl
+#        with:
+#          path: ${{ env.ONEAPI_ROOT }}
+#          key: cache-gha-oneAPI-${{ env.ONEAPI_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+#
+#      - name: Download & Install oneAPI
+#        shell: bash
+#        if: steps.cache-sycl.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+#        run: |
+#          cd /tmp
+#          wget https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/56f7923a-adb8-43f3-8b02-2b60fcac8cab/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.3.3.16_offline.sh -O intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh
+#          sudo bash intel-deep-learning-essentials_offline.sh -s -a --silent --eula accept
+#
+#      - name: Install Level Zero SDK
+#        shell: bash
+#        run: |
+#          cd /tmp
+#          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero.deb
+#          wget -q "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}/level-zero-devel_${LEVEL_ZERO_VERSION}%2B${LEVEL_ZERO_UBUNTU_VERSION}_amd64.deb" -O level-zero-devel.deb
+#          sudo apt-get install -y ./level-zero.deb ./level-zero-devel.deb
+#
+#      - name: Setup Node.js
+#        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+#        with:
+#          node-version: "24"
+#          cache: "npm"
+#          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
+#
+#      - name: ccache
+#        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
+#        with:
+#          key: release-ubuntu-24.04-sycl
+#          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        id: cmake_build
+#        run: |
+#          source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
+#          cmake -B build \
+#            -G "Ninja" \
+#            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+#            -DGGML_SYCL=ON \
+#            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
+#            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
+#            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+#            -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF \
+#            -DGGML_SYCL_F16=${{ matrix.fp16 }}
+#          time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)
+#
+#      - name: Determine tag name
+#        id: tag
+#        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
+#
+#      - name: Pack artifacts
+#        id: pack_artifacts
+#        run: |
+#          cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
+#          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
+#
+#      - name: Upload artifacts
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+#        with:
+#          path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
+#          name: llama-bin-ubuntu-sycl-${{ matrix.build }}-x64.tar.gz
 
   ubuntu-22-rocm:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
@@ -895,8 +937,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: ubuntu-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.build }}
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-ubuntu-22.04-rocm-${{ matrix.ROCM_VERSION }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Dependencies
         id: depends
@@ -974,6 +1016,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-ubuntu-rocm-${{ env.ROCM_VERSION_SHORT }}-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz
 
   windows-hip:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: windows-2022
 
@@ -1010,13 +1054,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: C:\Program Files\AMD\ROCm
-          key: rocm-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cache-gha-rocm-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          key: windows-latest-hip-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.name }}-x64
-          evict-old-files: 1d
+          key: release-windows-2022-x64-hip-${{ env.HIPSDK_INSTALLER_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.name }}
+          append-timestamp: false # note: use this only with non-concurrent jobs!
 
       - name: Install ROCm
         if: steps.cache-rocm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -1088,6 +1132,8 @@ jobs:
           name: llama-bin-win-hip-${{ matrix.name }}-x64.zip
 
   ios-xcode-build:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
     runs-on: macos-15
 
     steps:
@@ -1108,6 +1154,7 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
             -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
@@ -1142,96 +1189,102 @@ jobs:
           path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-xcframework.zip
           name: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-xcframework.zip
 
+# TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+#       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
+#  openEuler-cann:
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        include:
+#          # 910b with aclgraph (both architectures)
+#          - arch: x86
+#            chip_type: '910b'
+#            build: 'Release'
+#            use_acl_graph: 'on'
+#          - arch: aarch64
+#            chip_type: '910b'
+#            build: 'Release'
+#            use_acl_graph: 'on'
+#          # 310p without aclgraph (both architectures)
+#          - arch: x86
+#            chip_type: '310p'
+#            build: 'Release'
+#            use_acl_graph: 'off'
+#          - arch: aarch64
+#            chip_type: '310p'
+#            build: 'Release'
+#            use_acl_graph: 'off'
+#    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Checkout
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+#        with:
+#          fetch-depth: 0
+#
+#      - name: Free up disk space
+#        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+#        with:
+#          tool-cache: true
+#
+#      - name: Set container image
+#        id: cann-image
+#        run: |
+#          image="ascendai/cann:${{ matrix.chip_type == '910b' &&  '8.5.0-910b-openeuler24.03-py3.11' || '8.5.0-310p-openeuler24.03-py3.11' }}"
+#          echo "image=${image}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+#
+#      - name: Pull container image
+#        run: docker pull "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}"
+#
+#      - name: Build
+#        env:
+#          BUILD_TYPE: ${{ matrix.build }}
+#          SOC_TYPE: ascend${{ matrix.chip_type }}
+#          USE_ACL_GRAPH: ${{ matrix.use_acl_graph }}
+#        run: |
+#          HOST_UID=$(id -u)
+#          HOST_GID=$(id -g)
+#
+#          docker run --rm \
+#            -v "${PWD}:/workspace" \
+#            -w /workspace \
+#            -e SOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
+#            -e BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
+#            -e USE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH} \
+#            "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}" \
+#            bash -lc '
+#              set -e
+#              yum install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --setopt=tsflags=nodocs git gcc gcc-c++ make cmake openssl-devel
+#              yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
+#              git config --global --add safe.directory "/workspace"
+#              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/lib64:${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/$(uname -m)-linux/devlib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+#              cmake -S . -B build \
+#                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
+#                  -DGGML_CANN=on \
+#                  -DSOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
+#                  -DUSE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH}
+#              cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
+#
+#              chown -R '"${HOST_UID}"':'"${HOST_GID}"' /workspace/build
+#            '
+#
+#      - name: Determine tag name
+#        id: tag
+#        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
+#
+#      - name: Pack artifacts
+#        run: |
+#          cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
+#          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
+#
+#      - name: Upload artifacts
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+#        with:
+#          path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz
+#          name: llama-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz
 
-  openEuler-cann:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          # 910b with aclgraph (both architectures)
-          - arch: x86
-            chip_type: '910b'
-            build: 'Release'
-            use_acl_graph: 'on'
-          - arch: aarch64
-            chip_type: '910b'
-            build: 'Release'
-            use_acl_graph: 'on'
-          # 310p without aclgraph (both architectures)
-          - arch: x86
-            chip_type: '310p'
-            build: 'Release'
-            use_acl_graph: 'off'
-          - arch: aarch64
-            chip_type: '310p'
-            build: 'Release'
-            use_acl_graph: 'off'
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Free up disk space
-        uses: ggml-org/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
-        with:
-          tool-cache: true
-
-      - name: Set container image
-        id: cann-image
-        run: |
-          image="ascendai/cann:${{ matrix.chip_type == '910b' &&  '8.5.0-910b-openeuler24.03-py3.11' || '8.5.0-310p-openeuler24.03-py3.11' }}"
-          echo "image=${image}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-      - name: Pull container image
-        run: docker pull "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}"
-
-      - name: Build
-        env:
-          BUILD_TYPE: ${{ matrix.build }}
-          SOC_TYPE: ascend${{ matrix.chip_type }}
-          USE_ACL_GRAPH: ${{ matrix.use_acl_graph }}
-        run: |
-          HOST_UID=$(id -u)
-          HOST_GID=$(id -g)
-
-          docker run --rm \
-            -v "${PWD}:/workspace" \
-            -w /workspace \
-            -e SOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
-            -e BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-            -e USE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH} \
-            "${{ steps.cann-image.outputs.image }}" \
-            bash -lc '
-              set -e
-              yum install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --setopt=tsflags=nodocs git gcc gcc-c++ make cmake openssl-devel
-              yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
-              git config --global --add safe.directory "/workspace"
-              export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/lib64:${ASCEND_TOOLKIT_HOME}/$(uname -m)-linux/devlib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
-              cmake -S . -B build \
-                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-                  -DGGML_CANN=on \
-                  -DSOC_TYPE=${SOC_TYPE} \
-                  -DUSE_ACL_GRAPH=${USE_ACL_GRAPH}
-              cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
-
-              chown -R '"${HOST_UID}"':'"${HOST_GID}"' /workspace/build
-            '
-
-      - name: Determine tag name
-        id: tag
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-tag-name
-
-      - name: Pack artifacts
-        run: |
-          cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./build/bin .
-
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          path: llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz
-          name: llama-bin-${{ matrix.chip_type }}-openEuler-${{ matrix.arch }}${{ matrix.use_acl_graph == 'on' && '-aclgraph' || '' }}.tar.gz
+  ui-build:
+    needs: [check_release]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ui-build.yml
 
   release:
     if: ${{ ( github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' ) || github.event.inputs.create_release == 'true' }}
@@ -1247,17 +1300,18 @@ jobs:
       - windows
       - windows-cpu
       - windows-cuda
-      - windows-sycl
+      #- windows-sycl
       - windows-hip
       - ubuntu-22-rocm
       - ubuntu-cpu
       - ubuntu-vulkan
       - ubuntu-24-openvino
-      - ubuntu-24-sycl
+      #- ubuntu-24-sycl
       - android-arm64
-      - macOS-cpu
+      - macos-cpu
       - ios-xcode-build
-      - openEuler-cann
+      #- openEuler-cann
+      - ui-build
 
     outputs:
       tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}
@@ -1317,6 +1371,18 @@ jobs:
           mv -v artifact/*.zip release
           mv -v artifact/*.tar.gz release
 
+      - name: Download UI build
+        id: download_ui
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: ui-build
+          path: ./ui-dist
+
+      - name: Package UI
+        id: package_ui
+        run: |
+          tar -czvf release/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-ui.tar.gz --transform "s,^\.,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}," -C ./ui-dist .
+
       - name: Create release
         id: create_release
         uses: ggml-org/action-create-release@v1
@@ -1333,7 +1399,7 @@ jobs:
 
             **macOS/iOS:**
             - [macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-arm64.tar.gz)
-            - [macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-arm64-kleidiai.tar.gz)
+            - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled) [DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23780)
             - [macOS Intel (x64)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-x64.tar.gz)
             - [iOS XCFramework](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-xcframework.zip)
 
@@ -1345,8 +1411,7 @@ jobs:
             - [Ubuntu arm64 (Vulkan)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-arm64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (ROCm 7.2)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-rocm-7.2-x64.tar.gz)
             - [Ubuntu x64 (OpenVINO)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-openvino-${{ needs.ubuntu-24-openvino.outputs.openvino_version }}-x64.tar.gz)
-            - [Ubuntu x64 (SYCL FP32)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-fp32-x64.tar.gz)
-            - [Ubuntu x64 (SYCL FP16)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-sycl-fp16-x64.tar.gz)
+            - Ubuntu x64 (SYCL FP32) [DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
 
             **Android:**
             - [Android arm64 (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-android-arm64.tar.gz)
@@ -1355,16 +1420,20 @@ jobs:
             - [Windows x64 (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-cpu-x64.zip)
             - [Windows arm64 (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-cpu-arm64.zip)
             - [Windows x64 (CUDA 12)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-cuda-12.4-x64.zip) - [CUDA 12.4 DLLs](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/cudart-llama-bin-win-cuda-12.4-x64.zip)
-            - [Windows x64 (CUDA 13)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-cuda-13.1-x64.zip) - [CUDA 13.1 DLLs](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/cudart-llama-bin-win-cuda-13.1-x64.zip)
+            - [Windows x64 (CUDA 13)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-cuda-13.3-x64.zip) - [CUDA 13.3 DLLs](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/cudart-llama-bin-win-cuda-13.3-x64.zip)
             - [Windows x64 (Vulkan)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-vulkan-x64.zip)
-            - [Windows x64 (SYCL)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip)
+            - Windows x64 (SYCL) [DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
             - [Windows x64 (HIP)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-win-hip-radeon-x64.zip)
 
             **openEuler:**
-            - [openEuler x86 (310p)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-310p-openEuler-x86.tar.gz)
-            - [openEuler x86 (910b, ACL Graph)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-910b-openEuler-x86-aclgraph.tar.gz)
-            - [openEuler aarch64 (310p)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-310p-openEuler-aarch64.tar.gz)
-            - [openEuler aarch64 (910b, ACL Graph)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-910b-openEuler-aarch64-aclgraph.tar.gz)
+            - [DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23705)
+            - openEuler x86 (310p)
+            - openEuler x86 (910b, ACL Graph)
+            - openEuler aarch64 (310p)
+            - openEuler aarch64 (910b, ACL Graph)
+
+            **UI:**
+            - [UI](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-ui.tar.gz)
 
       - name: Upload release
         id: upload_release

.github/workflows/server-sanitize.yml

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ on:
     ]
 
 env:
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   server:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, CPU, Linux, llama-server]
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - name: Dependencies
-        id: depends
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get -y install \
-            build-essential \
-            xxd \
-            git \
-            cmake \
-            curl \
-            wget \
-            language-pack-en \
-            libssl-dev
+      #- name: Dependencies
+      #  id: depends
+      #  run: |
+      #    sudo apt-get update
+      #    sudo apt-get -y install \
+      #      build-essential \
+      #      xxd \
+      #      git \
+      #      cmake \
+      #      curl \
+      #      wget \
+      #      language-pack-en \
+      #      libssl-dev
 
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout

.github/workflows/server-self-hosted.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ on:
     ]
 
 env:
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -91,45 +91,44 @@ jobs:
           export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
           pytest -v -x -m "not slow"
 
-  # TODO: provision CUDA runner
-  #  server-cuda:
-  #    runs-on: [self-hosted, llama-server, Linux, NVIDIA]
-  #
-  #    name: server-cuda (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
-  #    strategy:
-  #      matrix:
-  #        build_type: [Release]
-  #        wf_name: ["GPUx1"]
-  #        include:
-  #          - build_type: Release
-  #            extra_args: "LLAMA_ARG_BACKEND_SAMPLING=1"
-  #            wf_name:    "GPUx1, backend-sampling"
-  #      fail-fast: false
-  #
-  #    steps:
-  #      - name: Clone
-  #        id: checkout
-  #        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-  #        with:
-  #          fetch-depth: 0
-  #          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
-  #
-  #      - name: Build
-  #        id: cmake_build
-  #        run: |
-  #          cmake -B build -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
-  #          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu) --target llama-server
-  #
-  #      - name: Tests
-  #        id: server_integration_tests
-  #        if: ${{ (!matrix.disabled_on_pr || !github.event.pull_request) }}
-  #        run: |
-  #          cd tools/server/tests
-  #          python3 -m venv venv
-  #          source venv/bin/activate
-  #          pip install -r requirements.txt
-  #          export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
-  #          pytest -v -x -m "not slow"
+  server-cuda:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, llama-server, Linux, NVIDIA]
+
+    name: server-cuda (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        build_type: [Release]
+        wf_name: ["GPUx1"]
+        include:
+          - build_type: Release
+            extra_args: "LLAMA_ARG_BACKEND_SAMPLING=1"
+            wf_name:    "GPUx1, backend-sampling"
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
+          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(nproc) --target llama-server
+
+      - name: Tests
+        id: server_integration_tests
+        if: ${{ (!matrix.disabled_on_pr || !github.event.pull_request) }}
+        run: |
+          cd tools/server/tests
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
+          pytest -v -x -m "not slow"
 
   server-kleidiai:
     runs-on: ah-ubuntu_22_04-c8g_8x

.github/workflows/server.yml

@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ on:
     ]
 
 env:
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  server:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  ubuntu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
-    name: server (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
+    name: ubuntu (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
     strategy:
       matrix:
         build_type: [Release]
@@ -93,18 +93,17 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          node-version: "24"
-          cache: "npm"
-          cache-dependency-path: "tools/ui/package-lock.json"
+          key: server-ubuntu-24.04-x64
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
         run: |
           cmake -B build \
-            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON \
             -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
           cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(nproc) --target llama-server
 
@@ -131,8 +130,8 @@ jobs:
           export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
           SLOW_TESTS=1 pytest -v -x
 
-  server-windows:
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-2025
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -142,16 +141,24 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      - name: ccache
+        uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.21
         with:
-          node-version: "24"
+          key: server-windows-2025-x64
+          evict-old-files: 1d
+          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
+        shell: cmd
         run: |
-          cmake -B build -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
-          cmake --build build --config Release -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS} --target llama-server
+          cmake -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" ^
+            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/x64-windows-llvm.cmake ^
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
+            -DLLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL=ON ^
+            -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
+          set /A NINJA_JOBS=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%-1
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j %NINJA_JOBS% --target llama-server
 
       - name: Python setup
         id: setup_python

.github/workflows/ui-build.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: Build static output
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, fast]
     env:
       BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate checksums
         run: |
-          cd build/tools/ui/dist
+          cd tools/ui/dist
           for f in *; do
             sha256sum "$f" | awk '{print $1, $2}' >> checksums.txt
           done
@@ -40,5 +39,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ui-build
-          path: build/tools/ui/dist/
+          path: tools/ui/dist/
           retention-days: 1

.github/workflows/ui-publish.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ui-build
-          path: build/tools/ui/dist/
+          path: tools/ui/dist/
 
       - name: Install Hugging Face Hub CLI
         run: pip install -U huggingface_hub
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Sync built files to Hugging Face bucket (version tag)
         run: |
           # Upload the built files to the Hugging Face bucket under the release version
-          hf buckets sync build/tools/ui/dist hf://buckets/ggml-org/${{ env.HF_BUCKET_NAME }}/${{ inputs.version_tag }} --delete --quiet
+          hf buckets sync tools/ui/dist hf://buckets/ggml-org/${{ env.HF_BUCKET_NAME }}/${{ inputs.version_tag }} --delete --quiet
 
       - name: Sync built files to Hugging Face bucket (latest)
         run: |
           # Also upload to the 'latest' directory for fallback downloads
-          hf buckets sync build/tools/ui/dist hf://buckets/ggml-org/${{ env.HF_BUCKET_NAME }}/latest --delete --quiet
+          hf buckets sync tools/ui/dist hf://buckets/ggml-org/${{ env.HF_BUCKET_NAME }}/latest --delete --quiet
 
       - name: Verify upload
         run: |

.github/workflows/ui-self-hosted.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+name: UI (self-hosted)
+
+# these are the same as ui.yml, but with self-hosted runners
+# the runners come with pre-installed Playwright browsers version: 1.56.1
+# the jobs are much lighter because they don't need to install node and playwright browsers
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      sha:
+        description: 'Commit SHA1 to build'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/ui-self-hosted.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui-build.yml',
+      'tools/ui/**.*',
+      'tools/server/tests/**.*'
+    ]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/ui-self-hosted.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui-build.yml',
+      'tools/ui/**.*',
+      'tools/server/tests/**.*'
+    ]
+
+env:
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  ui-build:
+    name: Build static output
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ui-build.yml
+
+  ui-checks:
+    name: Checks
+    needs: ui-build
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, PLAYWRIGHT]
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        id: setup
+        run: npm ci
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run type checking
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.setup.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        run: npm run check
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run linting
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.setup.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        run: npm run lint
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run Client tests
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: npm run test:client
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run Unit tests
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: npm run test:unit
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+  e2e-tests:
+    name: E2E Tests
+    needs: ui-build
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, PLAYWRIGHT]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        id: setup
+        run: npm ci
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Build application
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.setup.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        run: npm run build
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Build Storybook
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: npm run build-storybook
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run UI tests
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: npm run test:ui -- --testTimeout=60000
+        working-directory: tools/ui
+
+      - name: Run E2E tests
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: npm run test:e2e
+        working-directory: tools/ui

.github/workflows/ui.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI (UI)
+name: UI
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -11,23 +11,25 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
     paths: [
-      '.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui-build.yml',
       'tools/ui/**.*',
       'tools/server/tests/**.*'
     ]
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
     paths: [
-      '.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui.yml',
+      '.github/workflows/ui-build.yml',
       'tools/ui/**.*',
       'tools/server/tests/**.*'
     ]
 
 env:
-  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
-  LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY: 10
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ui-build.yml
 
   ui-checks:
-    name: UI Checks
+    name: Checks
     needs: ui-build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true

.github/workflows/update-ops-docs.yml

@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@ name: Update Operations Documentation
 on:
     push:
         paths:
+            - '.github/workflows/update-ops-docs.yml'
             - 'docs/ops.md'
             - 'docs/ops/**'
             - 'scripts/create_ops_docs.py'
     pull_request:
         paths:
+            - '.github/workflows/update-ops-docs.yml'
             - 'docs/ops.md'
             - 'docs/ops/**'
             - 'scripts/create_ops_docs.py'
 
 jobs:
     update-ops-docs:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+        runs-on: [self-hosted, fast, ARM64]
 
         steps:
         - name: Checkout repository

.pi/gg/SYSTEM.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 You are a coding agent. Here are some very important rules that you must follow:
 
 General:
-- By very precise and concise when writing code, comments, explanations, etc.
+- Be very precise and concise when writing code, comments, explanations, etc.
 - PR and commit titles format: `<module> : <title>`. Lookup recents for examples
 - Don't try to build or run the code unless you are explicitly asked to do so
 - Use the `gh` CLI tool when querying PRs, issues, or other GitHub resources
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Pull requests (PRs):
 - New branch names are prefixed with "gg/"
 - Before opening a pull request, ask the user to confirm the description
 - When creating a pull request, look for the repository's PR template and follow it
-- For the AI usage disclosure section, write "YES. llama.cpp + pi"
+- For the AI usage disclosure section, write "YES. llama.cpp + pi + [MODEL]"
+- Ask the user to tell you what model was used and write it in place of [MODEL]
 - Always create the pull requests in draft mode
 
 Commits:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -108,20 +108,10 @@ option(LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS     "llama: build tests"
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS     "llama: build tools"                                                                ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES  "llama: build examples"                                                             ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_SERVER    "llama: build server example"                                                       ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
-option(LLAMA_BUILD_APP       "llama: build the unified binary"                                                   OFF)
+option(LLAMA_BUILD_APP       "llama: build the unified binary"                                                   ${LLAMA_STANDALONE})
 option(LLAMA_BUILD_UI        "llama: build the embedded Web UI for server"                                       ON)
 option(LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_UI "llama: use prebuilt UI from HF Bucket when available (requires LLAMA_BUILD_UI=ON)" ON)
 
-# Backward compat: when old var is set but new one isn't, forward the value
-if(DEFINED LLAMA_BUILD_WEBUI)
-    set(LLAMA_BUILD_UI ${LLAMA_BUILD_WEBUI})
-    message(DEPRECATION "LLAMA_BUILD_WEBUI is deprecated, use LLAMA_BUILD_UI instead")
-endif()
-if(DEFINED LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_WEBUI)
-    set(LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_UI ${LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_WEBUI})
-    message(DEPRECATION "LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_WEBUI is deprecated, use LLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_UI instead")
-endif()
-
 option(LLAMA_TOOLS_INSTALL "llama: install tools" ${LLAMA_TOOLS_INSTALL_DEFAULT})
 option(LLAMA_TESTS_INSTALL "llama: install tests" ON)
 

CODEOWNERS

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 /examples/parallel/                     @ggerganov
 /examples/passkey/                      @ggerganov
 /examples/retrieval/                    @ggerganov
-/examples/save-load-state/              @ggerganov
 /examples/speculative-simple/           @ggerganov
 /examples/speculative/                  @ggerganov
 /ggml/cmake/                            @ggerganov

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ After submitting your PR:
 - Optionally pick a `<module>` from here: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/wiki/Modules
 - Let other maintainers merge their own PRs
 - When merging a PR, make sure you have a good understanding of the changes
+- If a PR does not warrant a new release, add `[no release]` in the squashed commit to spare CI resources
 - Be mindful of maintenance: most of the work going into a feature happens after the PR is merged. If the PR author is not committed to contribute long-term, someone else needs to take responsibility (you)
 
 Maintainers reserve the right to decline review or close pull requests for any reason, without any questions, particularly under any of the following conditions:

README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ LLM inference in C/C++
 - Vim/Neovim plugin for FIM completions: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.vim
 - Hugging Face Inference Endpoints now support GGUF out of the box! https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/9669
 - Hugging Face GGUF editor: [discussion](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/9268) | [tool](https://huggingface.co/spaces/CISCai/gguf-editor)
+- WebGPU support is now available in the browser, see a blog/demo introducing it [here](https://reeselevine.github.io/llamas-on-the-web/).
 
 ----
 
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ Instructions for adding support for new models: [HOWTO-add-model.md](docs/develo
 | [CANN](docs/build.md#cann) | Ascend NPU |
 | [OpenCL](docs/backend/OPENCL.md) | Adreno GPU |
 | [IBM zDNN](docs/backend/zDNN.md) | IBM Z & LinuxONE |
-| [WebGPU [In Progress]](docs/build.md#webgpu) | All |
+| [WebGPU](docs/build.md#webgpu) | All |
 | [RPC](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/tree/master/tools/rpc) | All |
 | [Hexagon [In Progress]](docs/backend/snapdragon/README.md) | Snapdragon |
 | [VirtGPU](docs/backend/VirtGPU.md) | VirtGPU APIR |

build-xcframework.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ VISIONOS_MIN_OS_VERSION=1.0
 TVOS_MIN_OS_VERSION=16.4
 
 BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+LLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF
 LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
 LLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
 LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS=(
     -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_STRIP_INSTALLED_PRODUCT=NO
     -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=ggml
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}
+    -DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=${LLAMA_BUILD_APP}
     -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES}
     -DLLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS=${LLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS}
     -DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=${LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS}

ci/run.sh

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_METAL} ]; then
     CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_METAL=ON"
+else
+    CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_METAL=OFF"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_CUDA} ]; then
@@ -114,10 +116,7 @@ fi
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_VULKAN} ]; then
     CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_VULKAN=1"
 
-    # if on Mac, disable METAL
     if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-        CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_METAL=OFF -DGGML_BLAS=OFF"
-
         MACOS_RUNNER_CUSTOM_VULKAN_CMAKE_LOCATION="/usr/local/lib/cmake/vulkan"
         MACOS_RUNNER_CUSTOM_SPIRV_HEADERS_LOCATION="${MACOS_RUNNER_CUSTOM_VULKAN_CMAKE_LOCATION}/SPIRV-Headers/SPIRV-HeadersConfig.cmake"
         if [[ -f "${MACOS_RUNNER_CUSTOM_SPIRV_HEADERS_LOCATION}" || -h "${MACOS_RUNNER_CUSTOM_SPIRV_HEADERS_LOCATION}" ]]; then
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_VULKAN} ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_WEBGPU} ]; then
-    CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_WEBGPU=1 -DGGML_METAL=OFF -DGGML_BLAS=OFF"
+    CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_WEBGPU=1"
 
     if [ ! -z "${GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_PREFIX}" ]; then
         if [ -z "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ]; then
@@ -167,6 +166,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_BLAS} ]; then
     CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=${GG_BUILD_BLAS_VENDOR:-OpenBLAS}"
+else
+    CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_BLAS=OFF"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_OPENVINO} ]; then
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ function gg_run_ctest_debug {
     (cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Debug -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    (time ctest -C Debug --output-on-failure -L main -E "test-opt|test-backend-ops" ${CTEST_EXTRA}) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ctest.log
+    (time ctest -C Debug --output-on-failure -L main -E "test-opt|test-backend-ops|test-llama-archs" ${CTEST_EXTRA}) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ctest.log
 
     set +e
 }
@@ -461,10 +462,10 @@ function gg_run_qwen3_0_6b {
 
     (time ./bin/llama-imatrix --model ${model_f16} -f ${wiki_test} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -b 512 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log
 
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa off --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa on  --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa off                ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa on                 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/test-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa off --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/test-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa on  --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/test-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa off                ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/test-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa on                 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
 
     function check_ppl {
         qnt="$1"
@@ -700,8 +701,8 @@ function gg_sum_test_backend_ops_cpu {
 
 ## main
 
-export LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX=1
-export LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS=1
+export LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX=1
+export LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS=1
 
 if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF} ]; then
     # Create symlink: ./llama.cpp/models-mnt -> $MNT/models

common/arg.cpp

@@ -1334,12 +1334,15 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         }
     ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_CTX_CHECKPOINTS").set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_CLI}));
     add_opt(common_arg(
-        {"-cpent", "--checkpoint-every-n-tokens"}, "N",
-        string_format("create a checkpoint every n tokens during prefill (processing), -1 to disable (default: %d)", params.checkpoint_every_nt),
+        {"-cms", "--checkpoint-min-step"}, "N",
+        string_format("minimum spacing between context checkpoints in tokens (default: %d, 0 = no minimum)", params.checkpoint_min_step),
         [](common_params & params, int value) {
-            params.checkpoint_every_nt = value;
+            if (value < 0) {
+                throw std::invalid_argument("checkpoint-min-step must be non-negative");
+            }
+            params.checkpoint_min_step = value;
         }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_CHECKPOINT_EVERY_NT").set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_CLI}));
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_CHECKPOINT_MIN_SPACING_NT").set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-cram", "--cache-ram"}, "N",
         string_format("set the maximum cache size in MiB (default: %d, -1 - no limit, 0 - disable)"
@@ -2995,7 +2998,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             }
             key_file.close();
         }
-    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}));
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_API_KEY_FILE"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--ssl-key-file"}, "FNAME",
         "path to file a PEM-encoded SSL private key",
@@ -3023,7 +3026,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
                 params.default_template_kwargs[item.key()] = item.value().dump();
             }
         }
-    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_CLI}).set_env("LLAMA_CHAT_TEMPLATE_KWARGS"));
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_CLI}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE_KWARGS"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-to", "--timeout"}, "N",
         string_format("server read/write timeout in seconds (default: %d)", params.timeout_read),
@@ -3324,7 +3327,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         [](common_params &, const std::string & value) {
             common_log_set_file(common_log_main(), value.c_str());
         }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_LOG_FILE"));
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_LOG_FILE"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--log-colors"}, "[on|off|auto]",
         "Set colored logging ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')\n"
@@ -3341,7 +3344,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
                     string_format("error: unknown value for --log-colors: '%s'\n", value.c_str()));
             }
         }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_LOG_COLORS"));
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-v", "--verbose", "--log-verbose"},
         "Set verbosity level to infinity (i.e. log all messages, useful for debugging)",
@@ -3356,7 +3359,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         [](common_params & params) {
             params.offline = true;
         }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_OFFLINE"));
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_OFFLINE"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-lv", "--verbosity", "--log-verbosity"}, "N",
         string_format("Set the verbosity threshold. Messages with a higher verbosity will be ignored. Values:\n"
@@ -3371,7 +3374,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             params.verbosity = value;
             common_log_set_verbosity_thold(value);
         }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY"));
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--log-prefix"},
         {"--no-log-prefix"},

common/chat-auto-parser-helpers.cpp

@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ std::vector<segment> prune_whitespace_segments(const std::vector<segment> & segm
 
 namespace autoparser {
 
+static const std::string ERR_TMPL = "#**ERROR**#";
+
 std::string apply_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl, const template_params & params) {
     generation_params tmpl_params;
     tmpl_params.messages              = params.messages;
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ std::string apply_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl, const template_par
         return common_chat_template_direct_apply(tmpl, tmpl_params);
     } catch (const std::exception & e) {
         LOG_DBG("Template application failed: %s\n", e.what());
-        return "";
+        return ERR_TMPL;
     }
 }
 
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ std::optional<compare_variants_result> compare_variants(
     std::string output_B = apply_template(tmpl, params_B);
 
     // Check for template application failures
-    if (output_A.empty() || output_B.empty()) {
+    if (output_A == ERR_TMPL || output_B == ERR_TMPL) {
         return std::nullopt;
     }
 

common/chat-auto-parser.h

@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ struct analyze_tools : analyze_base {
 
 struct autoparser {
     jinja::caps          jinja_caps;
+    std::string          user_start;
+    std::string          assistant_start;
     analyze_reasoning    reasoning;
     analyze_content      content;
     analyze_tools        tools;
@@ -387,6 +389,10 @@ struct autoparser {
 
     autoparser() = default;
 
+    // Find the starting marker for the user message and assistant message
+    std::string detect_user_start_marker(const common_chat_template & tmpl);
+    std::string detect_assistant_start_marker(const common_chat_template & tmpl);
+
     // Run full differential analysis on a template
     void analyze_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl);
 

common/chat-diff-analyzer.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include "peg-parser.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #define ANSI_RESET  "\033[0m"
 #define ANSI_PURPLE "\033[1m\x1b[38;5;126m"
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ static const std::string FUN_SECOND = "SSS_SECOND_FUN_S";
 static const std::string ARG_FIRST = "AA_ARG_FST_AA";
 static const std::string ARG_SECOND = "BB_ARG_SND_BB";
 static const std::string USER_MSG = "U_USER_MSG Hello END_U";
+static const std::string USER_MSG_TWO = "V_USER_MSG Hello END_V";
 static const std::string ASSISTANT_MSG = "A_ASST_MSG I can help END_A";
 static const std::string THINKING_CONTENT = "REASON_PART I am thinking END_R";
 static const std::string CALL_ID_001 = "call00001";
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ static std::vector<std::function<void(const common_chat_template & tmpl, autopar
               analysis.content.end   = "<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>";
               analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("<|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>");
               analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>");
+              analysis.user_start = "<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|USER_TOKEN|>";
               LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: Cohere Command R+]\n" ANSI_RESET);
           }
       },
@@ -108,7 +113,59 @@ static std::vector<std::function<void(const common_chat_template & tmpl, autopar
               analysis.tools.function.close        = "```";
               LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen]\n" ANSI_RESET);
           }
-      }
+      },
+      // Nemotron Nano v2
+      [](const common_chat_template & tmpl, autoparser & analysis) -> void {
+          if (tmpl.src.find("<SPECIAL_10>") != std::string::npos && tmpl.src.find("<SPECIAL_11>") != std::string::npos &&
+              tmpl.src.find("<SPECIAL_12>") != std::string::npos && tmpl.src.find("<TOOL_RESPONSE>") != std::string::npos) {
+
+              analysis.tools.format.mode           = tool_format::JSON_NATIVE;
+              analysis.tools.format.section_start  = "";
+              analysis.tools.format.section_end    = "";
+              analysis.tools.format.per_call_start = "<TOOLCALL>";
+              analysis.tools.format.per_call_end   = "</TOOLCALL>";
+              analysis.content.mode                = content_mode::PLAIN;
+              analysis.content.start               = "";
+              analysis.content.end                 = "";
+              analysis.reasoning.mode              = reasoning_mode::TAG_BASED;
+              analysis.reasoning.start             = "<think>\n\n";
+              analysis.reasoning.end               = "</think>";
+              analysis.assistant_start             = "<SPECIAL_11>Assistant";
+              analysis.user_start                  = "<SPECIAL_11>User";
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.clear();
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("<SPECIAL_12>");
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("<SPECIAL_11>");
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("</think>");
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("<TOOLCALL>");
+              analysis.preserved_tokens.push_back("</TOOLCALL>");
+              LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: Nemotron Nano v2]\n" ANSI_RESET);
+          }
+      },
+      // Fireworks
+      [](const common_chat_template & tmpl, autoparser & analysis) -> void {
+          if (tmpl.src.find("{%- set system_prompt = '<|start_header_id|>' + 'system' + '<|end_header_id|>\\n\\n'"
+            " + message['content'] | trim + '\\n' + system_prompt_suffix + '<|eot_id|>' -%}") != std::string::npos) {
+              analysis.assistant_start             = "<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>";
+              analysis.user_start                  = "<|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>";
+              LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: Fireworks v2]\n" ANSI_RESET);
+          }
+      },
+      // Solar Open
+      [](const common_chat_template & tmpl, autoparser & analysis) -> void {
+          if (tmpl.src.find("<|begin|>assistant<|think|><|end|>") != std::string::npos) {
+              analysis.assistant_start             = "<|begin|>assistant";
+              LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: Solar Open]\n" ANSI_RESET);
+          }
+      },
+      // Apriel 1.6
+      [](const common_chat_template & tmpl, autoparser & analysis) -> void {
+          if (tmpl.src.find("if not loop.last and '[BEGIN FINAL RESPONSE]' in asst_text") != std::string::npos) {
+              analysis.user_start                  = "<|begin_user|>";
+              analysis.assistant_start             = "<|begin_assistant|>";
+              LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "[Patch: Apriel 1.6]\n" ANSI_RESET);
+          }
+      },
+
     });
 
 // Common JSON structures
@@ -166,6 +223,8 @@ void autoparser::analyze_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl) {
     reasoning = analyze_reasoning(tmpl, jinja_caps.supports_tool_calls);
     content = analyze_content(tmpl, reasoning);
     tools = analyze_tools(jinja_caps.supports_tool_calls ? analyze_tools(tmpl, jinja_caps, reasoning) : analyze_tools());
+    assistant_start = detect_assistant_start_marker(tmpl);
+    user_start = detect_user_start_marker(tmpl);
     collect_preserved_tokens();
 
     for (auto & workaround : workarounds) {
@@ -173,6 +232,8 @@ void autoparser::analyze_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl) {
     }
 
     LOG_DBG("\n--- Reasoning & Content Structure ---\n");
+    LOG_DBG("user_msg_start: %s\n", user_start.c_str());
+    LOG_DBG("assistant_msg_start: %s\n", assistant_start.c_str());
     LOG_DBG("reasoning_mode: %s\n", mode_to_str(reasoning.mode).c_str());
     LOG_DBG("reasoning_start: '%s'\n", reasoning.start.c_str());
     LOG_DBG("reasoning_end: '%s'\n", reasoning.end.c_str());
@@ -245,6 +306,120 @@ void autoparser::collect_preserved_tokens() {
     add_token(tools.call_id.suffix);
 }
 
+std::string autoparser::detect_assistant_start_marker(const common_chat_template & tmpl) {
+    json user_msg = json{
+        { "role",    "user"   },
+        { "content", USER_MSG }
+    };
+
+    json assistant_no_reasoning = json{
+        { "role",    "assistant"   },
+        { "content", ASSISTANT_MSG }
+    };
+
+    template_params params;
+    params.messages              = json::array({ user_msg });
+    params.add_generation_prompt = false;
+    params.enable_thinking       = true;
+
+    auto comparison = compare_variants(
+        tmpl, params, [&](template_params & p) {
+            p.messages = json::array({ user_msg, assistant_no_reasoning });
+        }
+    );
+
+    if (!comparison) {
+        LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "%s: Template application failed, skipping assistant start detection\n" ANSI_RESET, __func__);
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    auto usermsg = comparison->diff.right;
+    if (usermsg.find(ASSISTANT_MSG) == std::string::npos) {
+        LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "%s: Did not find assistant message in assistant message block, skipping detection\n" ANSI_RESET, __func__);
+    }
+
+    auto ast_prefix = usermsg.substr(0, usermsg.find(ASSISTANT_MSG));
+    if (!reasoning.start.empty() && ast_prefix.find(trim_whitespace(reasoning.start)) != std::string::npos) {
+        ast_prefix = ast_prefix.substr(0, ast_prefix.find(trim_whitespace(reasoning.start)));
+    }
+    if (!reasoning.end.empty() && ast_prefix.find(trim_whitespace(reasoning.end)) != std::string::npos) {
+        ast_prefix = ast_prefix.substr(0, ast_prefix.find(trim_whitespace(reasoning.end)));
+    }
+    return trim_whitespace(ast_prefix);
+}
+
+std::string autoparser::detect_user_start_marker(const common_chat_template & tmpl) {
+    json user_msg = json{
+        { "role",    "user"   },
+        { "content", USER_MSG }
+    };
+
+    json assistant = json{
+        { "role",    "assistant"   },
+        { "content", ASSISTANT_MSG }
+    };
+
+    json user_msg_two = json{
+        { "role",    "user"       },
+        { "content", USER_MSG_TWO }
+    };
+
+    template_params params;
+    params.messages              = json::array({});
+    params.add_generation_prompt = false;
+    params.enable_thinking       = true;
+
+    auto comparison = compare_variants(
+        tmpl, params, [&](template_params & p) {
+            p.messages = json::array({ user_msg });
+        }
+    );
+
+    if (!comparison) {
+        LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "%s: Template application failed, unsupported empty messages? trying complex variant\n" ANSI_RESET, __func__);
+        params.messages = json::array({ user_msg_two, assistant });
+        comparison = compare_variants(
+            tmpl, params, [&](template_params & p) {
+                p.messages = json::array({ user_msg_two, assistant, user_msg });
+            }
+        );
+        if (!comparison) {
+            LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "%s: Template application failed for reserve variant, aborting\n" ANSI_RESET, __func__);
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto usermsg = comparison->diff.right;
+    if (usermsg.find(USER_MSG) == std::string::npos) {
+        LOG_DBG(ANSI_ORANGE "%s: Did not find user message in user message block, aborting detection\n" ANSI_RESET, __func__);
+    }
+
+    if (usermsg.find(ASSISTANT_MSG) != std::string::npos) {
+        usermsg = usermsg.substr(usermsg.find(ASSISTANT_MSG) + ASSISTANT_MSG.size());
+    }
+
+    auto candidate = usermsg.substr(0, usermsg.find(USER_MSG));
+    auto candidate_split = segmentize_markers(candidate);
+    std::stringstream result;
+    bool encountered_marker = false;
+    for (const auto & mrk : candidate_split) {
+        std::string lower_mrk = std::string(mrk.value);
+        std::transform(lower_mrk.begin(), lower_mrk.end(), lower_mrk.begin(),
+            [](unsigned char c) { return std::tolower(c); });
+        // heuristic to weed out potential end markers, but only at the start
+        if (mrk.type == segment_type::MARKER && !encountered_marker &&
+            (lower_mrk.find("end") != std::string::npos || lower_mrk.find("close") != std::string::npos)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (mrk.type == segment_type::TEXT && !encountered_marker && trim_whitespace(mrk.value).empty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        encountered_marker |= mrk.type == segment_type::MARKER;
+        result << mrk.value;
+    }
+    return trim_whitespace(result.str());
+}
+
 analyze_reasoning::analyze_reasoning(const common_chat_template & tmpl, bool supports_tools)
     : analyze_base(tmpl) {
     LOG_DBG(ANSI_PURPLE "=== Starting differential analysis ===\n" ANSI_RESET);

common/chat.cpp

@@ -90,6 +90,45 @@ std::string common_chat_msg::render_content(const std::string & delimiter) const
     return text;
 }
 
+std::vector<common_chat_msg_span> common_chat_split_by_role(const std::string & prompt, const std::vector<common_chat_msg_delimiter> & delims) {
+    if (delims.empty() || prompt.empty()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    auto parser = build_peg_parser([&](common_peg_parser_builder & p) {
+        std::vector<std::string>       all_delims;
+        std::vector<common_peg_parser> tagged_messages;
+
+        all_delims.reserve(delims.size());
+        tagged_messages.reserve(delims.size());
+        for (const auto & d : delims) {
+            all_delims.push_back(d.delimiter);
+        }
+
+        auto any_delim = p.until_one_of(all_delims);
+        for (const auto & d : delims) {
+            tagged_messages.push_back(p.tag(d.role, p.literal(d.delimiter) + any_delim));
+        }
+
+        return any_delim + p.zero_or_more(p.choice(tagged_messages)) + p.end();
+    });
+
+    common_peg_parse_context ctx(prompt);
+    const auto result = parser.parse(ctx);
+    if (!result.success()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    std::vector<common_chat_msg_span> spans;
+    ctx.ast.visit(result, [&](const common_peg_ast_node & node) {
+        if (!node.tag.empty()) {
+            spans.push_back({ node.tag, node.start, node.end - node.start });
+        }
+    });
+
+    return spans;
+}
+
 json common_chat_msg::to_json_oaicompat(bool concat_typed_text) const {
     if (!content.empty() && !content_parts.empty()) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Cannot specify both content and content_parts");
@@ -1042,6 +1081,14 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_gpt_oss(const common_chat_temp
 
     data.prompt            = prompt;
     data.generation_prompt = common_chat_template_generation_prompt_impl(tmpl, inputs, /* messages_override= */ adjusted_messages);
+    data.message_spans = common_chat_split_by_role(prompt, {
+        { "assistant", "<|start|>assistant" },
+        { "user",      "<|start|>user"      },
+        { "system",    "<|start|>developer" },
+        { "system",    "<|start|>system"    },
+        { "tool",      "<|start|>functions" },
+    });
+
     data.format            = COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_PEG_NATIVE;
     data.supports_thinking = true;
 
@@ -1181,6 +1228,11 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_gemma4(const common_chat_templ
         data.prompt += data.generation_prompt;
     }
 
+    data.message_spans = common_chat_split_by_role(data.prompt, {
+        { "user",      "<|turn>user\n"  },
+        { "assistant", "<|turn>model\n" },
+    });
+
     data.format            = COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_PEG_GEMMA4;
     data.supports_thinking  = true;
     data.thinking_start_tag = "<|channel>thought";
@@ -2393,6 +2445,19 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_templates_apply_jinja(const struct common_
         struct autoparser::autoparser autoparser;
         autoparser.analyze_template(tmpl);
         auto auto_params = autoparser::peg_generator::generate_parser(tmpl, params, autoparser);
+
+        std::vector<common_chat_msg_delimiter> delimiters;
+        if (!autoparser.assistant_start.empty()) {
+            delimiters.push_back({ "assistant", autoparser.assistant_start });
+        }
+        if (!autoparser.user_start.empty()) {
+            delimiters.push_back({ "user", autoparser.user_start });
+        }
+
+        if (!delimiters.empty()) {
+            auto_params.message_spans = common_chat_split_by_role(auto_params.prompt, delimiters);
+        }
+
         auto_params.supports_thinking = autoparser.reasoning.mode != autoparser::reasoning_mode::NONE;
         if (auto_params.supports_thinking) {
             auto_params.thinking_start_tag = trim_whitespace(autoparser.reasoning.start);

common/chat.h

@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ struct common_chat_msg_diff {
     }
 };
 
+struct common_chat_msg_span {
+    std::string role;
+    std::size_t pos = 0;
+    std::size_t len = 0;
+};
+
+struct common_chat_msg_delimiter {
+    std::string role;
+    std::string delimiter;
+};
+
 struct common_chat_tool {
     std::string name;
     std::string description;
@@ -208,6 +219,7 @@ struct common_chat_params {
     std::vector<std::string>            preserved_tokens;
     std::vector<std::string>            additional_stops;
     std::string                         parser;
+    std::vector<common_chat_msg_span>   message_spans;
 };
 
 // per-message parsing syntax
@@ -219,6 +231,7 @@ struct common_chat_parser_params {
     bool                    reasoning_in_content = false;
     std::string             generation_prompt;
     bool                    parse_tool_calls     = true;
+    bool                    is_continuation      = false;
     bool                    echo                 = false;  // Include assistant prefilled msg in output
     bool                    debug                = false;  // Enable debug output for PEG parser
     common_peg_arena        parser               = {};
@@ -303,6 +316,7 @@ std::optional<common_chat_params> common_chat_try_specialized_template(
         const std::string &                   src,
         autoparser::generation_params & params);
 
+
 // specialized per-task preset
 struct common_chat_prompt_preset {
     std::string system;
@@ -310,3 +324,6 @@ struct common_chat_prompt_preset {
 };
 
 common_chat_prompt_preset common_chat_get_asr_prompt(const common_chat_templates * chat_templates);
+
+std::vector<common_chat_msg_span> common_chat_split_by_role(const std::string & prompt, const std::vector<common_chat_msg_delimiter> & delims);
+

common/common.cpp

@@ -445,6 +445,27 @@ std::string string_strip(const std::string & str) {
     return str.substr(start, end - start);
 }
 
+std::string string_lcs(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) {
+    if (a.empty() || b.empty()) return {};
+
+    std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> dp(a.size() + 1, std::vector<size_t>(b.size() + 1, 0));
+    size_t best_len = 0;
+    size_t best_end_a = 0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 1; i <= a.size(); ++i) {
+        for (size_t j = 1; j <= b.size(); ++j) {
+            if (a[i - 1] == b[j - 1]) {
+                dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1] + 1;
+                if (dp[i][j] > best_len) {
+                    best_len = dp[i][j];
+                    best_end_a = i;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return std::string(a.substr(best_end_a - best_len, best_len));
+}
+
 std::string string_get_sortable_timestamp() {
     using clock = std::chrono::system_clock;
 

common/common.h

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ struct common_params {
     bool    cache_prompt        = true;  // whether to enable prompt caching
     bool    cache_idle_slots    = true;  // save and clear idle slots upon starting a new task
     int32_t n_ctx_checkpoints   = 32;    // max number of context checkpoints per slot
-    int32_t checkpoint_every_nt = 8192;  // make a checkpoint every n tokens during prefill
+    int32_t checkpoint_min_step = 256;   // minimum spacing between context checkpoints
     int32_t cache_ram_mib       = 8192;  // -1 = no limit, 0 - disable, 1 = 1 MiB, etc.
 
     std::string hostname      = "127.0.0.1";
@@ -617,11 +617,7 @@ struct common_params {
     std::map<std::string, std::string> default_template_kwargs;
 
     // UI configs
-#ifdef LLAMA_UI_DEFAULT_ENABLED
-    bool ui = LLAMA_UI_DEFAULT_ENABLED != 0;
-#else
-    bool ui = true; // default to enabled when not set
-#endif
+    bool ui = true;
 
     // Deprecated: use ui, ui_mcp_proxy, ui_config_json instead
     bool webui = ui;
@@ -735,6 +731,7 @@ std::string string_format(const char * fmt, ...);
 
 std::string string_strip(const std::string & str);
 std::string string_get_sortable_timestamp();
+std::string string_lcs(std::string_view a, std::string_view b);
 
 std::string string_join(const std::vector<std::string> & values, const std::string & separator);
 std::vector<std::string> string_split(const std::string & str, const std::string & delimiter);

common/fit.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class common_params_fit_exception : public std::runtime_error {
     using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
 };
 
-static std::vector<llama_device_memory_data> common_get_device_memory_data(
+std::vector<llama_device_memory_data> common_get_device_memory_data(
         const char * path_model,
         const llama_model_params * mparams,
         const llama_context_params * cparams,

common/fit.h

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "ggml.h"
+#include "ggml-backend.h"
+#include "llama.h"
+#include "../src/llama-ext.h"
+
+#include <vector>
 
 enum common_params_fit_status {
     COMMON_PARAMS_FIT_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0, // found allocations that are projected to fit
@@ -30,3 +35,14 @@ void common_fit_print(
                 struct llama_context_params * cparams);
 
 void common_memory_breakdown_print(const struct llama_context * ctx);
+
+// Load a model + context with no_alloc and return the per-device memory breakdown.
+std::vector<llama_device_memory_data> common_get_device_memory_data(
+                                  const char   * path_model,
+        const struct llama_model_params         * mparams,
+        const struct llama_context_params       * cparams,
+        std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t>         & devs,
+                                      uint32_t  & hp_ngl,
+                                      uint32_t  & hp_n_ctx_train,
+                                      uint32_t  & hp_n_expert,
+                           enum ggml_log_level    log_level);

conversion/__init__.py

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ TEXT_MODEL_MAP: dict[str, str] = {
     "Gemma3nForCausalLM": "gemma",
     "Gemma3nForConditionalGeneration": "gemma",
     "Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration": "gemma",
+    "Gemma4ForCausalLM": "gemma",
     "GemmaForCausalLM": "gemma",
     "Glm4ForCausalLM": "glm",
     "Glm4MoeForCausalLM": "glm",
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ TEXT_MODEL_MAP: dict[str, str] = {
     "T5EncoderModel": "t5",
     "T5ForConditionalGeneration": "t5",
     "T5WithLMHeadModel": "t5",
+    "TalkieForCausalLM": "talkie",
     "UMT5ForConditionalGeneration": "t5",
     "UMT5Model": "t5",
     "UltravoxModel": "ultravox",

conversion/base.py

@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class ModelBase:
                  small_first_shard: bool = False, hparams: dict[str, Any] | None = None, remote_hf_model_id: str | None = None,
                  disable_mistral_community_chat_template: bool = False,
                  sentence_transformers_dense_modules: bool = False,
-                 fuse_gate_up_exps: bool = False):
+                 fuse_gate_up_exps: bool = False,
+                 fp8_as_q8: bool = False):
         if type(self) is ModelBase or \
                 type(self) is TextModel or \
                 type(self) is MmprojModel:
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ class ModelBase:
         self.dir_model_card = dir_model  # overridden in convert_lora_to_gguf.py
         self._is_nvfp4 = False
         self._is_mxfp4 = False
+        self._fp8_as_q8 = fp8_as_q8
+        self._fp8_dequantized: set[str] = set()
 
         # Apply heuristics to figure out typical tensor encoding based on first tensor's dtype
         # NOTE: can't use field "torch_dtype" in config.json, because some finetunes lie.
@@ -429,6 +432,8 @@ class ModelBase:
                         s = self.model_tensors[name]
                         self.model_tensors[weight_name] = lambda w=w, s=s, bs=block_size: dequant_simple(w(), s(), bs)
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
+                        if self._fp8_as_q8:
+                            self._fp8_dequantized.add(weight_name)
                     if name.endswith(".activation_scale"):  # unused
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
                     if name.endswith("_activation_scale"):  # Mistral-Small-4-119B-2602, unused
@@ -440,6 +445,8 @@ class ModelBase:
                         s = self.model_tensors[name]
                         self.model_tensors[weight_name] = lambda w=w, s=s, bs=block_size: dequant_simple(w(), s(), bs)
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
+                        if self._fp8_as_q8:
+                            self._fp8_dequantized.add(weight_name)
                     if name.endswith(".qscale_act"):
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
             elif quant_method == "gptq":
@@ -467,7 +474,14 @@ class ModelBase:
             elif quant_method == "compressed-tensors":
                 quant_format = quant_config["format"]
                 groups = quant_config["config_groups"]
-                if len(groups) > 1:
+                nvfp4_compressed_tensors = (
+                    quant_format == "nvfp4-pack-quantized"
+                    or quant_format == "mixed-precision"
+                    and bool(groups)
+                    and all(g.get("format") == "nvfp4-pack-quantized" for g in groups.values() if isinstance(g, dict))
+                )
+
+                if len(groups) > 1 and not nvfp4_compressed_tensors:
                     raise NotImplementedError("Can't handle multiple config groups for compressed-tensors yet")
                 weight_config = tuple(groups.values())[0]["weights"]
 
@@ -476,6 +490,11 @@ class ModelBase:
                     strategy = weight_config.get("strategy")
                     assert strategy == "channel" or strategy == "block"
                     assert weight_config.get("group_size") is None  # didn't find a model using this yet
+                    is_fp8 = (
+                        quant_format == "float-quantized"
+                        and weight_config.get("type") == "float"
+                        and weight_config.get("num_bits") == 8
+                    )
                     for name in self.model_tensors.keys():
                         if name.endswith(".weight_scale"):
                             weight_name = name.removesuffix("_scale")
@@ -483,6 +502,8 @@ class ModelBase:
                             s = self.model_tensors[name]
                             self.model_tensors[weight_name] = lambda w=w, s=s: dequant_simple(w(), s(), block_size)
                             tensors_to_remove.append(name)
+                            if self._fp8_as_q8 and is_fp8:
+                                self._fp8_dequantized.add(weight_name)
                 elif quant_format == "pack-quantized":
                     assert weight_config.get("strategy") == "group"
                     assert weight_config.get("type", "int") == "int"
@@ -505,6 +526,9 @@ class ModelBase:
                             tensors_to_remove += [base_name + n for n in ("_packed", "_shape", "_scale")]
                             if (base_name + "_zero_point") in self.model_tensors:
                                 tensors_to_remove.append(base_name + "_zero_point")
+                elif nvfp4_compressed_tensors:
+                    # Don't error from compressed-tensors, we'll handle them in _generate_nvfp4_tensors
+                    pass
                 else:
                     raise NotImplementedError(f"Quant format {quant_format!r} for method {quant_method!r} is not yet supported")
             elif quant_method == "modelopt":
@@ -514,10 +538,18 @@ class ModelBase:
                 for name in self.model_tensors.keys():
                     if name.endswith(".weight_scale"):
                         weight_name = name.removesuffix("_scale")
+                        if weight_name not in self.model_tensors:
+                            tensors_to_remove.append(name)
+                            continue
                         w = self.model_tensors[weight_name]
                         s = self.model_tensors[name]
+                        is_fp8_weight = False
+                        if self._fp8_as_q8:
+                            is_fp8_weight = w().dtype in (torch.float8_e4m3fn, torch.float8_e5m2)
                         self.model_tensors[weight_name] = lambda w=w, s=s: dequant_simple(w(), s(), None)
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
+                        if is_fp8_weight:
+                            self._fp8_dequantized.add(weight_name)
                     if name.endswith((".input_scale", ".k_scale", ".v_scale")):
                         tensors_to_remove.append(name)
             elif quant_method is not None:
@@ -605,8 +637,10 @@ class ModelBase:
         return [(new_name, data_torch)]
 
     def tensor_force_quant(self, name: str, new_name: str, bid: int | None, n_dims: int) -> gguf.GGMLQuantizationType | bool:
-        del name, new_name, bid, n_dims  # unused
-
+        del new_name, bid  # unused
+        # Force FP8-original tensors to Q8_0 when requested; Q8_0 is faster than F16/BF16.
+        if self._fp8_as_q8 and name in self._fp8_dequantized and n_dims >= 2:
+            return gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.Q8_0
         return False
 
     # some models need extra generated tensors (like rope_freqs)
@@ -746,10 +780,13 @@ class ModelBase:
         del experts, merged
 
     def prepare_tensors(self):
-        # detect NVFP4 quantization (ModelOpt format)
-        quant_algo = (self.hparams.get("quantization_config") or {}).get("quant_algo")
-        quant_method = (self.hparams.get("quantization_config") or {}).get("quant_method")
-        quant_layers = (self.hparams.get("quantization_config") or {}).get("quantized_layers") or {}
+        # detect NVFP4 quantization (ModelOpt and Compressed-tensors formats)
+        quantization_config = self.hparams.get("quantization_config") or {}
+        quant_algo = quantization_config.get("quant_algo")
+        quant_method = quantization_config.get("quant_method")
+        quant_format = quantization_config.get("format")
+        quant_groups = quantization_config.get("config_groups") or {}
+        quant_layers = quantization_config.get("quantized_layers") or {}
         quant_config_file = self.dir_model / "hf_quant_config.json"
 
         if (not quant_algo or not quant_layers) and quant_config_file.is_file():
@@ -760,13 +797,25 @@ class ModelBase:
                 producer_name = (producer.get("name") or "").lower()
                 if quant_method is None:
                     self.hparams.setdefault("quantization_config", {})["quant_method"] = producer_name
+                    quant_method = producer_name
                 quant_algo = quant_config.get("quant_algo", quant_algo)
+                quant_method = quant_config.get("quant_method", quant_method)
+                quant_format = quant_config.get("format", quant_format)
+                quant_groups = quant_config.get("config_groups", quant_groups) or {}
                 quant_layers = quant_config.get("quantized_layers", quant_layers) or {}
 
         # Some models use per-tensor quant_algo (e.g. "MIXED_PRECISION" with
         # per-layer NVFP4/FP8) instead of a single global "NVFP4" value.
+        nvfp4_compressed_tensors = quant_method == "compressed-tensors" and (
+            quant_format == "nvfp4-pack-quantized"
+            or quant_format == "mixed-precision"
+            and bool(quant_groups)
+            and all(g.get("format") == "nvfp4-pack-quantized" for g in quant_groups.values() if isinstance(g, dict))
+        )
         if quant_algo != "NVFP4":
-            if any(v.get("quant_algo") == "NVFP4" for v in quant_layers.values() if isinstance(v, dict)):
+            if nvfp4_compressed_tensors:
+                quant_algo = "NVFP4"
+            elif any(str(v.get("quant_algo")).endswith("NVFP4") for v in quant_layers.values() if isinstance(v, dict)):
                 quant_algo = "NVFP4"
 
         self._is_nvfp4 = quant_algo == "NVFP4"
@@ -776,6 +825,28 @@ class ModelBase:
         # This must run before dequant_model so NVFP4 tensors are removed
         # from model_tensors, leaving only non-NVFP4 (e.g. FP8) for dequant.
         if self._is_nvfp4:
+            if nvfp4_compressed_tensors:
+                # Convert compressed-tensors 'global' scales into the reciprocal
+                def inverse_scale(gen):
+                    def load():
+                        scale = LazyTorchTensor.to_eager(gen()).float()
+                        return 1.0 / scale
+                    return load
+
+                # Change the compressed-tensors names to the ModelOpt names for handling consistently later
+                for name in list(self.model_tensors.keys()):
+                    if name.endswith(".weight_packed"):
+                        weight_name = name.removesuffix("_packed")
+                        if weight_name not in self.model_tensors:
+                            self.model_tensors[weight_name] = self.model_tensors.pop(name)
+                    elif name.endswith(".weight_global_scale"):
+                        scale2_name = name.replace(".weight_global_scale", ".weight_scale_2")
+                        if scale2_name not in self.model_tensors:
+                            self.model_tensors[scale2_name] = inverse_scale(self.model_tensors.pop(name))
+                    elif name.endswith(".input_global_scale"):
+                        input_scale_name = name.replace(".input_global_scale", ".input_scale")
+                        if input_scale_name not in self.model_tensors:
+                            self.model_tensors[input_scale_name] = inverse_scale(self.model_tensors.pop(name))
             self._generate_nvfp4_tensors()
 
         self.dequant_model()
@@ -1575,6 +1646,12 @@ class TextModel(ModelBase):
         if chkhsh == "62f6fb0a6fd5098caeabb19b07a5c1099cafc8b9c40eab6ea89ece4ec02fbc57":
             # ref: https://huggingface.co/sarvamai/sarvam-30b
             res = "sarvam-moe"
+        if chkhsh == "f728162c1315c26e40249849799b4ba3fe584c32084b4795b03eb295e63cb5af":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/lewtun/talkie-1930-13b-it-hf
+            res = "talkie"
+        if chkhsh == "36f3066e97b7f3994b379aaacde306c1444c6ae84e81a5ae3cd2b7ed3b8c42d4":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B
+            res = "minicpm5"
 
         if res is None:
             logger.warning("\n")
@@ -1617,6 +1694,11 @@ class TextModel(ModelBase):
         assert max(tokenizer.vocab.values()) < vocab_size  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
 
         reverse_vocab = {id_: encoded_tok for encoded_tok, id_ in tokenizer.vocab.items()}  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
+        # k-mers can share text with a base-vocab BPE token (e.g. CCCCCC) and get
+        # dropped by get_vocab(); a reserved marker suffix (U+E000) keeps each
+        # k-mer's own id (llama.cpp strips it on detokenization)
+        for kmer in tokenizer.kmers:  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
+            reverse_vocab[tokenizer.dna_token_to_id[kmer]] = kmer + "\ue000"  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
         added_vocab = tokenizer.get_added_vocab()  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
         added_tokens_decoder = tokenizer.added_tokens_decoder  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
 
@@ -2359,10 +2441,9 @@ class MmprojModel(ModelBase):
         raise KeyError(f"could not find any of: {keys}")
 
     def tensor_force_quant(self, name, new_name, bid, n_dims):
-        del bid, name, n_dims  # unused
         if ".patch_embd.weight" in new_name or ".patch_merger.weight" in new_name:
             return gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F16 if self.ftype == gguf.LlamaFileType.MOSTLY_F16 else gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F32
-        return False
+        return super().tensor_force_quant(name, new_name, bid, n_dims)
 
 
 class LazyTorchTensor(gguf.LazyBase):

conversion/gemma.py

@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class Gemma3NModel(Gemma3Model):
         yield from super().modify_tensors(data_torch, name, bid)
 
 
-@ModelBase.register("Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration")
+@ModelBase.register("Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration", "Gemma4ForCausalLM")
 class Gemma4Model(Gemma3Model):
     model_arch = gguf.MODEL_ARCH.GEMMA4
 

conversion/qwen.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import torch
@@ -549,6 +548,7 @@ class _Qwen35MtpMixin:
     tensor_map: gguf.TensorNameMap
     no_mtp: bool
     mtp_only: bool
+    _original_block_count: int | None = None
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -557,22 +557,44 @@ class _Qwen35MtpMixin:
             self.block_count += self.hparams.get("mtp_num_hidden_layers", 0)
         self.tensor_map = gguf.get_tensor_name_map(self.model_arch, self.block_count)
 
+    def index_tensors(self, remote_hf_model_id: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Callable[[], Tensor]]:
+        hparams = {**self.hparams, **self.hparams.get("text_config", {})}
+        key = next((k for k in ["n_layers", "num_hidden_layers", "n_layer", "num_layers"] if k in hparams), None)
+        type(self)._original_block_count = hparams.get(key)
+        return super().index_tensors(remote_hf_model_id=remote_hf_model_id)  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
+
     @classmethod
     def filter_tensors(cls, item):
-        name, _ = item
+        assert cls._original_block_count is not None
+        # TODO: change TextModel to super()
+        if (titem := TextModel.filter_tensors(item)) is None:
+            return None
+        name, gen = titem
+        if name.startswith("model.mtp."):
+            name = name.replace("model.", "", 1)
         if name.startswith("mtp."):
             if cls.no_mtp:
                 return None
-            return item
-        if cls.mtp_only:
-            canonical = name.replace("language_model.", "")
-            keep = canonical in (
+            remapper = {
+                "fc":                    "eh_proj",
+                "pre_fc_norm_embedding": "enorm",
+                "pre_fc_norm_hidden":    "hnorm",
+                "norm":                  "shared_head.norm",
+            }
+            parts = name.split(".", 3)
+            if len(parts) == 4 and parts[1] == "layers" and parts[2].isdecimal():
+                mtp_idx = int(parts[2])
+                name = f"model.layers.{cls._original_block_count + mtp_idx}.{parts[3]}"
+            elif len(parts) == 3 and parts[1] in remapper:
+                name = f"model.layers.{cls._original_block_count}.{remapper[parts[1]]}.{parts[2]}"
+        elif cls.mtp_only:
+            keep = name in (
                 "model.embed_tokens.weight", "model.norm.weight", "lm_head.weight",
                 "embed_tokens.weight", "norm.weight",
             )
             if not keep:
                 return None
-        return super().filter_tensors(item)  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
+        return name, gen
 
     def set_gguf_parameters(self):
         super().set_gguf_parameters()  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
@@ -594,29 +616,6 @@ class _Qwen35MtpMixin:
             self.metadata.version, size_label=None, output_type=output_type, model_type=None)    # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue] # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
         self.fname_out = self.fname_out.parent / f"mtp-{fname_default}.gguf"
 
-    def modify_tensors(self, data_torch: Tensor, name: str, bid: int | None) -> Iterable[tuple[str, Tensor]]:
-        if name.startswith("mtp."):
-            n_layer = self.hparams["num_hidden_layers"]
-            if name.find("layers.") != -1:
-                assert bid is not None
-                name = name.replace(f"mtp.layers.{bid}", f"model.layers.{bid + n_layer}")
-                bid = bid + n_layer
-            else:
-                remapper = {
-                    "mtp.fc":                    "model.layers.{bid}.eh_proj",
-                    "mtp.pre_fc_norm_embedding": "model.layers.{bid}.enorm",
-                    "mtp.pre_fc_norm_hidden":    "model.layers.{bid}.hnorm",
-                    "mtp.norm":                  "model.layers.{bid}.shared_head.norm",
-                }
-                stem   = Path(name).stem
-                suffix = Path(name).suffix
-                tmpl   = remapper[stem] + suffix
-                for b in range(n_layer, self.block_count):
-                    yield from super().modify_tensors(data_torch, tmpl.format(bid=b), b)  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
-                return
-
-        yield from super().modify_tensors(data_torch, name, bid)  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
-
 
 @ModelBase.register("Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration", "Qwen3_5ForCausalLM")
 class Qwen3_5TextModel(_Qwen35MtpMixin, _Qwen35MRopeMixin, _LinearAttentionVReorderBase):

conversion/talkie.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Iterable, TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import torch
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from torch import Tensor
+
+from .base import LazyTorchTensor, ModelBase, TextModel, gguf
+
+
+@ModelBase.register("TalkieForCausalLM")
+class TalkieModel(TextModel):
+    model_arch = gguf.MODEL_ARCH.TALKIE
+
+    def set_gguf_parameters(self):
+        super().set_gguf_parameters()
+        # Talkie used F.rms_norm without an explicit eps
+        self.gguf_writer.add_layer_norm_rms_eps(torch.finfo(torch.float32).eps)
+
+    def modify_tensors(self, data_torch: Tensor, name: str, bid: int | None) -> Iterable[tuple[str, Tensor]]:
+        prefix = f"model.blocks.{bid}." if bid is not None else ""
+        suffix = name.removeprefix(prefix)
+
+        if suffix == "attn_gain.a_g":
+            yield self.format_tensor_name(gguf.MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_OUT, bid, ".scale"), data_torch
+            return
+        elif suffix == "mlp_gain.a_g":
+            yield self.format_tensor_name(gguf.MODEL_TENSOR.FFN_DOWN, bid, ".scale"), data_torch
+            return
+        elif suffix == "lm_head_gain.w_g":
+            self.gguf_writer.add_logit_scale(LazyTorchTensor.to_eager(data_torch).item())
+            return
+        elif suffix in ("attn.attn_query.weight", "attn.attn_key.weight"):
+            # absorb inverse rope
+            head_dim = self.hparams["head_dim"]
+            shape = data_torch.shape
+            data_torch = torch.reshape(data_torch, (-1, head_dim, shape[-1]))
+            signs = torch.ones((1, head_dim, 1), dtype=data_torch.dtype)
+            signs[:, head_dim // 2 :, :] = -1
+            if self.lazy:
+                signs = LazyTorchTensor.from_eager(signs)
+            # (n_head, head_dim, n_in) -> (n_out, n_in)
+            data_torch = torch.reshape(data_torch * signs, shape)
+        elif suffix == "attn.head_gain.head_g":
+            # allow head gain to broadcast
+            data_torch = data_torch.unsqueeze(-1)
+
+        if not name.endswith(".weight"):
+            name += ".weight"
+
+        yield from super().modify_tensors(data_torch, name, bid)

convert_hf_to_gguf.py

@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         "--fuse-gate-up-exps", action="store_true",
         help="Fuse gate_exps and up_exps tensors into a single gate_up_exps tensor for MoE models.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--fp8-as-q8", action="store_true",
+        help="Store tensors dequantized from FP8 as Q8_0 instead of BF16/F16.",
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if not args.print_supported_models and args.model is None:
@@ -264,7 +268,8 @@ def main() -> None:
                                      small_first_shard=args.no_tensor_first_split,
                                      remote_hf_model_id=hf_repo_id, disable_mistral_community_chat_template=disable_mistral_community_chat_template,
                                      sentence_transformers_dense_modules=args.sentence_transformers_dense_modules,
-                                     fuse_gate_up_exps=args.fuse_gate_up_exps
+                                     fuse_gate_up_exps=args.fuse_gate_up_exps,
+                                     fp8_as_q8=args.fp8_as_q8,
                                      )
 
         if args.vocab_only:

convert_hf_to_gguf_update.py

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ models = [
     {"name": "kanana2",          "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/kakaocorp/kanana-2-30b-a3b-instruct-2601", },
     {"name": "f2llmv2",          "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/codefuse-ai/F2LLM-v2-4B", },
     {"name": "sarvam-moe",       "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/sarvamai/sarvam-30b", },
+    {"name": "talkie",           "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/lewtun/talkie-1930-13b-it-hf", },
+    {"name": "minicpm5",         "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B"},
 ]
 
 # some models are known to be broken upstream, so we will skip them as exceptions

convert_lora_to_gguf.py

@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ class LoraTorchTensor:
     def to(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return LoraTorchTensor(self._lora_A.to(*args, **kwargs), self._lora_B.to(*args, **kwargs))
 
+    def __mul__(self, other) -> LoraTorchTensor:
+        # Only output-side multiplication for now
+        # W = B @ A, so M_out * W == (M_out * B) @ A
+        if not isinstance(other, (int, float)) and other.shape and other.shape[-1] != 1:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        return LoraTorchTensor(self._lora_A, self._lora_B * other)
+
+    def __rmul__(self, other) -> LoraTorchTensor:
+        return self * other
+
     @classmethod
     def __torch_function__(cls, func: Callable, types, args=(), kwargs=None):
         del types  # unused

docs/autoparser.md

@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ Each returned parser is wrapped by `wrap_for_generation_prompt()`, which prepend
 
 - Usage: `./bin/llama-template-analysis path/to/template.jinja`
 
-**Debug Logging**: Enable with `LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY=2`
+**Debug Logging**: Enable with `LLAMA_ARG_LOG_VERBOSITY=2`
 
 - Shows detailed analysis steps, pattern extraction results, and generated parser structure
 
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ The following templates have active tests in `tests/test-chat.cpp`:
 | Qwen-QwQ-32B | Reasoning | Forced-open thinking |
 | NousResearch Hermes 2 Pro | JSON_NATIVE | `<tool_call>` wrapper |
 | IBM Granite 3.3 | JSON_NATIVE | `<think></think>` + `<response></response>` |
+| IBM Granite 4.0 | JSON_NATIVE | `<tool_call>` wrapper (same template used by 4.1) |
 | ByteDance Seed-OSS | TAG_WITH_TAGGED | Custom `<seed:think>` and `<seed:tool_call>` tags |
 | Qwen3-Coder | TAG_WITH_TAGGED | XML-style tool format |
 | DeepSeek V3.1 | JSON_NATIVE | Forced thinking mode |

docs/backend/SYCL.md

@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ use 1 SYCL GPUs: [0] with Max compute units:512
 | GGML_SYCL_DISABLE_GRAPH | 0 or 1 (default) | Disable running computations through SYCL Graphs feature. Disabled by default because SYCL Graph is still on development, no better performance. |
 | GGML_SYCL_ENABLE_LEVEL_ZERO | 1 (default) or 0 | Use Level Zero API for device memory allocation instead of SYCL. Reduces system RAM usage on Intel dGPUs by avoiding DMA-buf/TTM host memory staging. Requires GGML_SYCL_SUPPORT_LEVEL_ZERO=ON at build time. |
 | GGML_SYCL_DISABLE_DNN | 0 (default) or 1 | Disable running computations through oneDNN and always use oneMKL. |
+| GGML_SYCL_ENABLE_VMM | 0 or 1 (default) | Enable the virtual-memory device pool. |
 | ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN | 0 (default) or 1 | Support to get free memory of GPU by sycl::aspect::ext_intel_free_memory.<br>Recommended to use when --split-mode = layer |
 | UR_L0_ENABLE_RELAXED_ALLOCATION_LIMITS | 0 (default) or 1 | Allow SYCL/Unified Runtime Level Zero device allocations larger than 4 GiB. llama.cpp's direct Level Zero allocation path requests the relaxed maximum-size limit itself when GGML_SYCL_ENABLE_LEVEL_ZERO=1. |
 
@@ -753,6 +754,7 @@ Pass these via `CXXFLAGS` or add a one-off `#define` to enable a flag on the spo
 | Name            | Function                                                                         |
 |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | DEBUG_SYCL_POOL | Enable device memory pool logging on teardown. Useful for profiling allocations. |
+| DEBUG_SYCL_MALLOC | Enable verbose per-call logging of device pool alloc/free operations. |
 
 ## Design Rule
 

docs/backend/snapdragon/CMakeUserPresets.json

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
         "name": "arm64-windows-snapdragon",
         "inherits": [ "base", "arm64-windows-llvm" ],
         "cacheVariables": {
-            "CMAKE_C_FLAGS":   "-march=armv8.7a+fp16 -fvectorize -ffp-model=fast -flto -D_GNU_SOURCE",
-            "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS": "-march=armv8.7a+fp16 -fvectorize -ffp-model=fast -flto -D_GNU_SOURCE",
+            "CMAKE_C_FLAGS":   "-march=armv8.7a+fp16+dotprod+i8mm -fvectorize -ffp-model=fast -flto -D_GNU_SOURCE",
+            "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS": "-march=armv8.7a+fp16+dotprod+i8mm -fvectorize -ffp-model=fast -flto -D_GNU_SOURCE",
             "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE":          "-O3 -DNDEBUG",
             "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE":        "-O3 -DNDEBUG",
             "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO":   "-O3 -DNDEBUG -g",

docs/backend/snapdragon/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This image includes Android NDK, OpenCL SDK, Hexagon SDK, CMake, etc.
 This method works on Linux, macOS, and Windows. macOS and Windows users should install Docker Desktop.
 
 ```
-~/src/llama.cpp$ docker run -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --volume $(pwd):/workspace --platform linux/amd64 ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.6
+~/src/llama.cpp$ docker run -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --volume $(pwd):/workspace --platform linux/amd64 ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.7
 [d]/> cd /workspace
 ```
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Native Windows 11 arm64 builds has the following tools dependencies:
   - UCRT and Driver Kit
 - LLVM core libraries and Clang compiler (winget)
 - CMake, Git, Python (winget)
-- Hexagon SDK Community Edition 6.4 or later (see windows.md)
+- Hexagon SDK Community Edition 6.6 or later (see windows.md)
 - OpenCL SDK 2.3 or later (see windows.md)
 
 Note: The rest of the **Windows** build process assumes that you're running natively in Powershell.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Preset CMake variables:
   GGML_HEXAGON="ON"
   GGML_OPENCL="ON"
   GGML_OPENMP="OFF"
-  HEXAGON_SDK_ROOT="/opt/hexagon/6.4.0.2"
+  HEXAGON_SDK_ROOT="/opt/hexagon/6.6.0.0"
 ...
 -- Including OpenCL backend
 -- Including Hexagon backend

docs/backend/snapdragon/windows.md

@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ c:\Qualcomm\OpenCL_SDK\2.3.2
 
 Either use the trimmed down version (optimized for CI) from
 
-    https://github.com/snapdragon-toolchain/hexagon-sdk/releases/download/v6.4.0.2/hexagon-sdk-v6.4.0.2-arm64-wos.tar.xz
+    https://github.com/snapdragon-toolchain/hexagon-sdk/releases/download/v6.6.0.0/hexagon-sdk-v6.6.0.0-arm64-wos.tar.xz
 
 Or download the complete official version from
 
-    https://softwarecenter.qualcomm.com/catalog/item/Hexagon_SDK?version=6.4.0.2
+    https://softwarecenter.qualcomm.com/catalog/item/Hexagon_SDK?version=6.6.0.0
 
 Unzip/untar the archive into
 ```
-c:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.4.0.2
+c:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.6.0.0
 ```
 
 ## Install the latest Adreno GPU driver
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ The overall Hexagon backend build procedure for Windows on Snapdragon is the sam
 However, additional settings are required for generating and signing HTP Ops libraries.
 ```
 > $env:OPENCL_SDK_ROOT="C:\Qualcomm\OpenCL_SDK\2.3.2"
-> $env:HEXAGON_SDK_ROOT="C:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.4.0.2"
-> $env:HEXAGON_TOOLS_ROOT="C:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.4.0.2\tools\HEXAGON_Tools\19.0.04"
+> $env:HEXAGON_SDK_ROOT="C:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.6.0.0"
+> $env:HEXAGON_TOOLS_ROOT="C:\Qualcomm\Hexagon_SDK\6.6.0.0\tools\HEXAGON_Tools\19.0.07"
 > $env:HEXAGON_HTP_CERT="c:\Users\MyUsers\Certs\ggml-htp-v1.pfx"
-> $env:WINDOWS_SDK_BIN="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.26100.0\arm64"
+> $env:WINDOWS_SDK_BIN="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.26100.0"
 
 > cmake --preset arm64-windows-snapdragon-release -B build-wos
 ...

docs/build-riscv64-spacemit.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 1. Prepare Toolchain For RISCV
 ~~~
-wget https://archive.spacemit.com/toolchain/spacemit-toolchain-linux-glibc-x86_64-v1.1.2.tar.xz
+wget https://github.com/spacemit-com/toolchain/releases/download/v1.2.4/spacemit-toolchain-linux-glibc-x86_64-v1.2.4.tar.xz
 ~~~
 
 2. Build

docs/build.md

@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ ninja
 
 To read documentation for how to build on Android, [click here](./android.md)
 
-## WebGPU [In Progress]
+## WebGPU
 
 The WebGPU backend relies on [Dawn](https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn). Follow the instructions [here](https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn/+/refs/heads/main/docs/quickstart-cmake.md) to install Dawn locally so that llama.cpp can find it using CMake. The current implementation is up-to-date with Dawn commit `18eb229`.
 

docs/function-calling.md

@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ Here are some models known to work (w/ chat template override when needed):
 llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
 llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q6_K_L
 llama-server --jinja -fa -hf bartowski/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M
+llama-server --jinja -fa -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b-GGUF:Q4_K_M
 
 # Native support for DeepSeek R1 works best w/ our template override (official template is buggy, although we do work around it)
 

docs/multimodal/granitevision.md

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Note that currently you cannot quantize the visual encoder because granite visio
 
 
 ### 5. Running the Model in Llama cpp
-Build llama cpp normally; you should have a target binary named `llama-mtmd-cli`, which you can pass two binaries to. As an example, we pass the the llama.cpp banner.
+Build llama cpp normally; you should have a target binary named `llama-mtmd-cli`, which you can pass two binaries to. As an example, we pass the llama.cpp banner.
 
 ```bash
 $ ./build/bin/llama-mtmd-cli -m $LLM_GGUF_PATH \

examples/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(parallel)
     add_subdirectory(passkey)
     add_subdirectory(retrieval)
-    add_subdirectory(save-load-state)
     add_subdirectory(simple)
     add_subdirectory(simple-chat)
     add_subdirectory(speculative)

examples/convert_legacy_llama.py

@@ -1308,7 +1308,8 @@ def do_dump_model(model_plus: ModelPlus) -> None:
 
 def main(args_in: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
     output_choices = ["f32", "f16"]
-    if np.uint32(1) == np.uint32(1).newbyteorder("<"):
+    dummy_val = np.uint32(1)
+    if dummy_val == dummy_val.view(dummy_val.dtype.newbyteorder("<")):
         # We currently only support Q8_0 output on little endian systems.
         output_choices.append("q8_0")
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert a LLaMA model to a GGML compatible file")

examples/llama.android/lib/build.gradle.kts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ android {
                 arguments += "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON"
 
                 arguments += "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+                arguments += "-DLLAMA_BUILD_APP=OFF"
                 arguments += "-DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMON=ON"
                 arguments += "-DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF"
 

examples/model-conversion/README.md

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ $ make perplexity-run-full QUANTIZED_MODEL=~/path/to/quantized/model-Qxx.gguf LO
 
 ## HuggingFace utilities
 The following targets are useful for creating collections and model repositories
-on Hugging Face in the the ggml-org. These can be used when preparing a release
+on Hugging Face in the ggml-org. These can be used when preparing a release
 to script the process for new model releases.
 
 For the following targets a `HF_TOKEN` environment variable is required.

examples/model-conversion/scripts/embedding/run-original-model.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def load_model_and_tokenizer(model_path, use_sentence_transformers=False, device
         print("Using SentenceTransformer to apply all numbered layers")
         model = SentenceTransformer(model_path)
         tokenizer = model.tokenizer
-        config = model[0].auto_model.config
+        config = model[0].auto_model.config  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]
     else:
         tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
         config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_path, trust_remote_code=True)

examples/save-load-state/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-set(TARGET llama-save-load-state)
-add_executable(${TARGET} save-load-state.cpp)
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama-common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)

ggml/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project("ggml" C CXX ASM)
 
 ### GGML Version
 set(GGML_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(GGML_VERSION_MINOR 12)
+set(GGML_VERSION_MINOR 13)
 set(GGML_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(GGML_VERSION_BASE "${GGML_VERSION_MAJOR}.${GGML_VERSION_MINOR}.${GGML_VERSION_PATCH}")
 

ggml/cmake/ggml-config.cmake.in

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(Threads)
 if (NOT GGML_SHARED_LIB)
+    set(GGML_BASE_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
     set(GGML_CPU_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
     set(GGML_CPU_INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS   "")
 
@@ -20,7 +21,15 @@ if (NOT GGML_SHARED_LIB)
 
     if (GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED)
         find_dependency(OpenMP)
-        list(APPEND GGML_CPU_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenMP::OpenMP_C OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+        set(GGML_OPENMP_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
+        if (TARGET OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
+            list(APPEND GGML_OPENMP_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
+        endif()
+        if (TARGET OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+            list(APPEND GGML_OPENMP_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+        endif()
+        list(APPEND GGML_BASE_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${GGML_OPENMP_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+        list(APPEND GGML_CPU_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${GGML_OPENMP_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
 
     if (GGML_CPU_HBM)
@@ -122,7 +131,8 @@ if(NOT TARGET ggml::ggml)
     add_library(ggml::ggml-base UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(ggml::ggml-base
         PROPERTIES
-            IMPORTED_LOCATION "${GGML_BASE_LIBRARY}")
+            IMPORTED_LOCATION "${GGML_BASE_LIBRARY}"
+            INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${GGML_BASE_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
 
     set(_ggml_all_targets "")
     if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)

ggml/include/ggml-alloc.h

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ GGML_API size_t ggml_gallocr_get_buffer_size(ggml_gallocr_t galloc, int buffer_i
 // Utils
 // Create a buffer and allocate all the tensors in a ggml_context
 // ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft_size returns the size of the buffer that would be allocated by ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft
+// ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft returns NULL on failure or if all tensors in ctx are already allocated or zero-sized
 GGML_API size_t                       ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft_size(struct ggml_context * ctx, ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
 GGML_API struct ggml_backend_buffer * ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(struct ggml_context * ctx, ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
 GGML_API struct ggml_backend_buffer * ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors(struct ggml_context * ctx, ggml_backend_t backend);

ggml/include/ggml.h

@@ -1189,8 +1189,8 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_context * ctx,
             struct ggml_tensor  * a);
 
-    // a - x
-    // b - dy
+    // a - dy
+    // b - x
     GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_silu_back(
             struct ggml_context * ctx,
             struct ggml_tensor  * a,

ggml/include/gguf.h

@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ extern "C" {
         struct ggml_context ** ctx;
     };
 
+    // callback to simulate or wrap a FILE pointer - read up to `len` bytes at `offset` into `output` and return the number of bytes read
+    typedef size_t (*gguf_reader_callback_t)(void * userdata, void * output, uint64_t offset, size_t len);
+
     GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_empty(void);
     GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_ptr(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_params params);
     GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_params params);
-    //GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_buffer(..);
+    GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_buffer(const void * data, size_t size, struct gguf_init_params params);
+
+    // max_chunk_read is the maximum number of bytes that the GGUF code will read at once from the callback, a value of 0 means no limit
+    GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_callback(gguf_reader_callback_t callback, void * userdata, size_t max_chunk_read, uint64_t max_expected_size, struct gguf_init_params params);
 
     GGML_API void gguf_free(struct gguf_context * ctx);
 
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     GGML_API uint32_t gguf_get_version    (const struct gguf_context * ctx);
     GGML_API size_t   gguf_get_alignment  (const struct gguf_context * ctx);
-    GGML_API size_t   gguf_get_data_offset(const struct gguf_context * ctx);
+    GGML_API size_t   gguf_get_data_offset(const struct gguf_context * ctx);  // padded to gguf_get_alignment if and only if the gguf_context contains at least one tensor
 
     GGML_API int64_t      gguf_get_n_kv(const struct gguf_context * ctx);
     GGML_API int64_t      gguf_find_key(const struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * key); // returns -1 if key is not found

ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -222,6 +222,23 @@ if (GGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC)
     target_compile_definitions(ggml-base PUBLIC GGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC)
 endif()
 
+if (GGML_OPENMP)
+    find_package(OpenMP)
+    if (OpenMP_FOUND)
+        set(GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED "ON" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+    else()
+        set(GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED "OFF" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        message(WARNING "OpenMP not found")
+    endif()
+else()
+    set(GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED "OFF" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+endif()
+
+if (GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED)
+    target_compile_definitions(ggml-base PRIVATE GGML_USE_OPENMP)
+    target_link_libraries(ggml-base PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_C OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+endif()
+
 add_library(ggml
             ggml-backend-dl.cpp
             ggml-backend-reg.cpp)

ggml/src/ggml-alloc.c

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void ggml_dyn_tallocr_insert_block(struct tallocr_chunk * chunk, size_t o
 
 static void ggml_dyn_tallocr_remove_block(struct tallocr_chunk * chunk, int idx) {
     // shift all elements after idx by 1 to the left, overwriting the element at idx
-    for (int i = idx; i < chunk->n_free_blocks; i++) {
+    for (int i = idx; i < chunk->n_free_blocks - 1; i++) {
         chunk->free_blocks[i] = chunk->free_blocks[i+1];
     }
     chunk->n_free_blocks--;

ggml/src/ggml-backend-meta.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <utility>
@@ -392,64 +393,100 @@ static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_meta_device_get_host_buffer_type(
 // meta backend buffer
 //
 
+// Container to hold the tensor slices per simple ggml backend buffer.
+struct ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container {
+    std::vector<ggml_context_ptr> ctxs;
+    std::map<const ggml_tensor *, std::vector<ggml_tensor *>> simple_tensors;
+
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container(const ggml_init_params & params, const int n_simple) {
+        ctxs.reserve(n_simple);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_simple; i++) {
+            ctxs.emplace_back(ggml_init(params));
+        }
+    }
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container() {}
+};
+
 struct ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context {
+    // FIXME
+    // Most tensors can simply be stored statically in their own buffer.
+    // Externally created views however also need a mapping to simple tensors but they use the buffer of the view source.
+    // If external views are simply using that buffer they will slowly deplete its memory.
+    // Current solution: rotating set of 2 "compute" containers to hold external views, works correctly for llama.cpp.
+    // Long-term: tie the lifetime of external views to the meta backend executing the graph instead,
+    //     currently not possible due to graph-external operations in the backend scheduler.
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_static;
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_compute[2];
+    int stc_compute_index      = 0;
+    int stc_compute_index_next = 0;
+    std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_ptr> bufs;
+
+    // FIXME
+    // The size of the split state cache is unbounded and can theoretically grow infinitely large.
+    // However, it is also expensive to build and clearing it on every rebuild in ggml_backend_meta_graph_compute is too expensive.
     static constexpr size_t nbtc = GGML_TENSOR_SIZE - sizeof(ggml_tensor::padding);
-
     std::map<std::pair<const ggml_tensor *, bool>, std::pair<ggml_backend_meta_split_state, char[nbtc]>> split_state_cache;
-    std::map<          const ggml_tensor *,        std::vector<ggml_tensor *>>                           simple_tensors;
-
-    struct buffer_config {
-        ggml_context          * ctx;
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t   buf;
-
-        buffer_config(ggml_context * ctx, ggml_backend_buffer_t buf) : ctx(ctx), buf(buf) {}
-    };
-    std::vector<buffer_config> buf_configs;
 
     int debug;
 
-    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context() {
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context(
+            ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc_static,
+            ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc_compute_0,
+            ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc_compute_1,
+            const std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_t> & bufs)
+            : stc_static(std::move(stc_static)), stc_compute{std::move(stc_compute_0), std::move(stc_compute_1)} {
+        this->bufs.reserve(bufs.size());
+        for (ggml_backend_buffer_t buf : bufs) {
+            this->bufs.emplace_back(buf);
+        }
         const char * GGML_META_DEBUG = getenv("GGML_META_DEBUG");
         debug = GGML_META_DEBUG ? atoi(GGML_META_DEBUG) : 0;
     }
+
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & get_simple_tensor_container(const ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+        if (stc_static.simple_tensors.find(tensor) != stc_static.simple_tensors.end()) {
+            return stc_static;
+        }
+        return stc_compute[stc_compute_index];
+    }
 };
 
 static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_free_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(buffer));
     ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) buffer->context;
-    for (auto & [ctx, buf] : buf_ctx->buf_configs) {
-        ggml_backend_buffer_free(buf);
-        ggml_free(ctx);
-    }
     delete buf_ctx;
 }
 
 static size_t ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(ggml_backend_buffer_t meta_buf) {
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(meta_buf));
     ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) meta_buf->context;
-    return buf_ctx->buf_configs.size();
+    return buf_ctx->bufs.size();
 }
 
 static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_t meta_buf, size_t index) {
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(meta_buf));
     ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) meta_buf->context;
-    GGML_ASSERT(index < buf_ctx->buf_configs.size());
-    return buf_ctx->buf_configs[index].buf;
+    GGML_ASSERT(index < buf_ctx->bufs.size());
+    return buf_ctx->bufs[index].get();
 }
 
 static struct ggml_tensor * ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_tensor(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, size_t index) {
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(tensor->buffer));
     ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) tensor->buffer->context;
-    GGML_ASSERT(index < buf_ctx->buf_configs.size());
+    GGML_ASSERT(index < buf_ctx->bufs.size());
 
-    auto it = buf_ctx->simple_tensors.find(tensor);
-    if (it == buf_ctx->simple_tensors.end()) {
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc = buf_ctx->get_simple_tensor_container(tensor);
+    auto it = stc.simple_tensors.find(tensor);
+    if (it == stc.simple_tensors.end()) {
         return nullptr;
     }
     return it->second[index];
 }
 
-static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, bool assume_sync) {
+static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, bool assume_sync);
+
+static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(
+        ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc, const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, bool assume_sync) {
     const size_t n_bufs = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(tensor->buffer);
     ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) tensor->buffer->context;
 
@@ -785,7 +822,7 @@ static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(co
                 src_ss[i] = {GGML_BACKEND_SPLIT_AXIS_UNKNOWN, {0}, 1};
                 continue;
             }
-            src_ss[i] = ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(tensor->src[i], /*assume_sync =*/ true);
+            src_ss[i] = ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(stc, tensor->src[i], /*assume_sync =*/ true);
             GGML_ASSERT(src_ss[i].axis != GGML_BACKEND_SPLIT_AXIS_UNKNOWN);
         }
 
@@ -1079,17 +1116,23 @@ static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(co
     return ret;
 }
 
+static struct ggml_backend_meta_split_state ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, bool assume_sync) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(tensor->buffer));
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) tensor->buffer->context;
+    return ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(buf_ctx->get_simple_tensor_container(tensor), tensor, assume_sync);
+}
+
 static void * ggml_backend_meta_buffer_get_base(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
     GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
     return (void *) 0x1000000000000000; // FIXME
 }
 
-static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, ggml_tensor * tensor) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(buffer));
-    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) buffer->context;
-    const size_t n_simple_bufs = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(buffer);
+static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor_impl(ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc, ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(tensor->buffer));
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) tensor->buffer->context;
+    const size_t n_simple_bufs = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(tensor->buffer);
 
-    const ggml_backend_meta_split_state split_state = ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(tensor, /*assume_sync =*/ true);
+    const ggml_backend_meta_split_state split_state = ggml_backend_meta_get_split_state(stc, tensor, /*assume_sync =*/ true);
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_nelements(tensor) == 0 || split_state.axis != GGML_BACKEND_SPLIT_AXIS_UNKNOWN);
     GGML_ASSERT(split_state.n_segments <= 16);
 
@@ -1104,8 +1147,8 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer
     std::vector<ggml_tensor *> simple_tensors;
     simple_tensors.reserve(n_simple_bufs);
     for (size_t j = 0; j < n_simple_bufs; j++) {
-        ggml_context          * simple_ctx = buf_ctx->buf_configs[j].ctx;
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t   simple_buf = buf_ctx->buf_configs[j].buf;
+        ggml_context          * simple_ctx = stc.ctxs[j].get();
+        ggml_backend_buffer_t   simple_buf = buf_ctx->bufs[j].get();
 
         if (split_dim >= 0 && split_dim < GGML_MAX_DIMS) {
             // TODO: the following assert fails for llama-parallel even though the results are correct:
@@ -1158,7 +1201,7 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer
             t_ij->data = (char *) t_ij->view_src->data + t_ij->view_offs;
         } else if (simple_buf != nullptr) {
             t_ij->data = (char *) ggml_backend_buffer_get_base(simple_buf)
-                + size_t(tensor->data) - size_t(ggml_backend_buffer_get_base(buffer));
+                + size_t(tensor->data) - size_t(ggml_backend_buffer_get_base(tensor->buffer));
         }
         t_ij->extra = tensor->extra;
         for (int i = 0; i < GGML_MAX_SRC; i++) {
@@ -1194,11 +1237,18 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer
         }
     }
 
-    buf_ctx->simple_tensors[tensor] = simple_tensors;
+    stc.simple_tensors[tensor] = simple_tensors;
 
     return GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(buffer));
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) buffer->context;
+    buf_ctx->stc_compute_index = buf_ctx->stc_compute_index_next;
+    return ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor_impl(buf_ctx->get_simple_tensor_container(tensor), tensor);
+}
+
 static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_set_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size) {
     const size_t n_bufs = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(buffer);
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(tensor));
@@ -1275,6 +1325,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_set_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, gg
             for (size_t j = 0; j < n_bufs; j++) {
                 ggml_tensor * simple_tensor = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_tensor(tensor, j);
                 const size_t chunk_size_j = simple_tensor->nb[split_state.axis + 1];
+                if (chunk_size_j == 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 const size_t simple_offset = i_start * chunk_size_j;
                 ggml_backend_tensor_set_2d(simple_tensor, (const char *) data + offset_j, simple_offset, chunk_size_j, i_stop - i_start, chunk_size_j, chunk_size_full);
                 offset_j += chunk_size_j;
@@ -1382,6 +1435,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_get_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, co
             for (size_t j = 0; j < n_bufs; j++){
                 const ggml_tensor * simple_tensor = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_tensor(tensor, j);
                 const size_t chunk_size_j = simple_tensor->nb[split_state.axis + 1];
+                if (chunk_size_j == 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 const size_t simple_offset = i_start * chunk_size_j;
                 ggml_backend_tensor_get_2d(simple_tensor, (char *) data + offset_j, simple_offset, chunk_size_j, i_stop - i_start, chunk_size_j, chunk_size_full);
                 offset_j += chunk_size_j;
@@ -1407,8 +1463,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_clear(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, uint8_t
 }
 
 static void ggml_backend_meta_buffer_reset(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
-    const size_t n_buffers = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_n_bufs(buffer);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < n_buffers; i++) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(buffer));
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) buffer->context;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < buf_ctx->bufs.size(); i++) {
         ggml_backend_buffer_reset(ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_buffer(buffer, i));
     }
 }
@@ -1434,20 +1491,24 @@ bool ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(ggml_backend_buffer_t buf) {
 static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_meta_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size) {
     const size_t n_simple_bufts = ggml_backend_meta_buft_n_bufts(buft);
 
-    ggml_init_params params = {
-        /*.mem_size   =*/ 1024*1024*1024, // FIXME
+    const ggml_init_params params = {
+        /*.mem_size   =*/ 1024*1024*ggml_tensor_overhead(), // FIXME
         /*.mem_buffer =*/ nullptr,
         /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,
     };
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_static;
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_compute_0(params, n_simple_bufts);
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_compute_1(params, n_simple_bufts);
 
-    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = new ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context();
     size_t max_size = 0;
-    buf_ctx->buf_configs.reserve(n_simple_bufts);
+    std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_t> bufs;
+    bufs.reserve(n_simple_bufts);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n_simple_bufts; i++) {
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t simple_buf = ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_meta_buft_simple_buft(buft, i), size);
-        max_size = std::max(max_size, ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(simple_buf));
-        buf_ctx->buf_configs.emplace_back(ggml_init(params), simple_buf);
+        bufs.push_back(ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_meta_buft_simple_buft(buft, i), size));
+        GGML_ASSERT(bufs.back() != nullptr);
+        max_size = std::max(max_size, ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(bufs.back()));
     }
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = new ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context(stc_static, stc_compute_0, stc_compute_1, bufs);
 
     return ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft, ggml_backend_meta_buffer_iface, buf_ctx, max_size);
 }
@@ -1455,28 +1516,53 @@ static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_meta_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml_bac
 struct ggml_backend_buffer * ggml_backend_meta_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(struct ggml_context * ctx, ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
     const size_t n_simple_bufts = ggml_backend_meta_buft_n_bufts(buft);
 
-    ggml_init_params params = {
-        /*.mem_size   =*/ 1024*1024*1024, // FIXME
+    constexpr size_t compute_headroom = 16; // Maximum number of views per statically allocated tensor that can be created between evals.
+    const ggml_init_params params_static = {
+        /*.mem_size   =*/ ggml_get_mem_size(ctx),
         /*.mem_buffer =*/ nullptr,
         /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,
     };
+    const ggml_init_params params_compute = {
+        /*.mem_size   =*/ compute_headroom*ggml_get_mem_size(ctx),
+        /*.mem_buffer =*/ nullptr,
+        /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,
+    };
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_static   (params_static,  n_simple_bufts);
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_compute_0(params_compute, n_simple_bufts);
+    ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container stc_compute_1(params_compute, n_simple_bufts);
 
-    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * meta_buf_ctx = new ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context();
-    meta_buf_ctx->buf_configs.reserve(n_simple_bufts);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < n_simple_bufts; i++) {
-        meta_buf_ctx->buf_configs.emplace_back(ggml_init(params), nullptr);
-    }
+    std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_t> bufs(n_simple_bufts, nullptr);
+    ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * meta_buf_ctx = new ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context(stc_static, stc_compute_0, stc_compute_1, bufs);
 
     ggml_backend_buffer_t meta_buf = ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft, ggml_backend_meta_buffer_iface, meta_buf_ctx, 0);
     for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != nullptr; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
         t->buffer = meta_buf;
-        ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor(meta_buf, t);
+        ggml_backend_meta_buffer_init_tensor_impl(meta_buf_ctx->stc_static, t);
         t->data = (void *) 0x2000000000000000; // FIXME
     }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n_simple_bufts; i++) {
-        meta_buf_ctx->buf_configs[i].buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(
-            meta_buf_ctx->buf_configs[i].ctx, ggml_backend_meta_buft_simple_buft(buft, i));
-        meta_buf->size = std::max(meta_buf->size, ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(meta_buf_ctx->buf_configs[i].buf));
+        ggml_context * ctx = meta_buf_ctx->stc_static.ctxs[i].get();
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t simple_buft = ggml_backend_meta_buft_simple_buft(buft, i);
+
+        // If a ggml_context only has zero-sized tensors, ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft returns NULL.
+        // For those edge cases, allocate a dummy buffer instead.
+        bool any_nonzero_slice = false;
+        for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != nullptr; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
+            if (ggml_nelements(t) != 0) {
+                any_nonzero_slice = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (any_nonzero_slice) {
+            meta_buf_ctx->bufs[i].reset(ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(ctx, simple_buft));
+        } else {
+            meta_buf_ctx->bufs[i].reset(ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer(simple_buft, 0));
+            for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != nullptr; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
+                t->buffer = meta_buf_ctx->bufs[i].get();
+            }
+        }
+        GGML_ASSERT(meta_buf_ctx->bufs[i]);
+        meta_buf->size = std::max(meta_buf->size, ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(meta_buf_ctx->bufs[i].get()));
     }
     return meta_buf;
 }
@@ -1605,6 +1691,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_meta_set_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_tens
                 ggml_backend_t simple_backend = ggml_backend_meta_simple_backend(backend, j);
                 ggml_tensor * simple_tensor = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_tensor(tensor, j);
                 const size_t chunk_size_j = simple_tensor->nb[split_state.axis + 1];
+                if (chunk_size_j == 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 ggml_backend_tensor_set_2d_async(simple_backend, simple_tensor, (const char *) data + offset_j, offset, chunk_size_j,
                     i_stop - i_start, chunk_size_j, chunk_size_full);
                 offset_j += chunk_size_j;
@@ -1646,6 +1735,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_meta_get_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggm
                 ggml_backend_t simple_backend = ggml_backend_meta_simple_backend(backend, j);
                 const ggml_tensor * simple_tensor = ggml_backend_meta_buffer_simple_tensor(tensor, j);
                 const size_t chunk_size_j = simple_tensor->nb[split_state.axis + 1];
+                if (chunk_size_j == 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 ggml_backend_tensor_get_2d_async(simple_backend, simple_tensor, (char *) data + offset_j, offset, chunk_size_j,
                     i_stop - i_start, chunk_size_j, chunk_size_full);
                 offset_j += chunk_size_j;
@@ -1692,6 +1784,26 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend,
     }
 
     if (needs_rebuild) {
+        std::set<ggml_backend_buffer_t> used_buffers;
+        for (int i = 0; i < cgraph->n_leafs; i++) {
+            if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(cgraph->leafs[i]->buffer)) {
+                used_buffers.emplace(cgraph->leafs[i]->buffer);
+            }
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < cgraph->n_nodes; i++) {
+            if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_meta(cgraph->nodes[i]->buffer)) {
+                used_buffers.emplace(cgraph->nodes[i]->buffer);
+            }
+        }
+        for (ggml_backend_buffer_t buf : used_buffers) {
+            ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_meta_buffer_context *) buf->context;
+            buf_ctx->stc_compute_index_next = buf_ctx->stc_compute_index ^ 1;
+            ggml_backend_meta_simple_tensor_container & stc = buf_ctx->stc_compute[buf_ctx->stc_compute_index_next];
+            for (ggml_context_ptr & ctx : stc.ctxs) {
+                ggml_reset(ctx.get());
+            }
+            stc.simple_tensors.clear();
+        }
         size_t n_subgraphs  = 0;
         size_t max_tmp_size = 0;
 
@@ -1877,7 +1989,7 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_meta_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend,
             const size_t mem_per_device_graphs_main = backend_ctx->max_subgraphs*ggml_graph_overhead_custom(backend_ctx->max_nnodes, cgraph->grads);
             const size_t mem_per_device_graphs_aux = n_cgraphs_per_device*backend_ctx->max_subgraphs*ggml_graph_overhead_custom(1, cgraph->grads);
             const size_t mem_per_device_nodes_aux = n_nodes_per_device*backend_ctx->max_subgraphs*ggml_tensor_overhead();
-            ggml_init_params params = {
+            const ggml_init_params params = {
                 /*.mem_size   =*/ n_backends * (mem_per_device_graphs_main + mem_per_device_graphs_aux + mem_per_device_nodes_aux),
                 /*.mem_buffer =*/ nullptr,
                 /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,

ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void ggml_backend_tensor_get_2d_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const struct ggml_
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor);
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->data != NULL && "tensor not allocated");
 
-    if (n_copies <= 1 || backend->iface.set_tensor_2d_async == NULL) {
+    if (n_copies <= 1 || backend->iface.get_tensor_2d_async == NULL) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n_copies; i++) {
             ggml_backend_tensor_get_async(backend, tensor, (char *) data + i*stride_data, offset + i*stride_tensor, size);
         }
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ggml_backend_tensor_get_2d_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const struct ggml_
     }
 
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->data != NULL && "tensor not allocated");
-    GGML_ASSERT(offset + (n_copies-1)*stride_tensor + size <= ggml_nbytes(tensor) && "tensor write out of bounds");
+    GGML_ASSERT(offset + (n_copies-1)*stride_tensor + size <= ggml_nbytes(tensor) && "tensor read out of bounds");
     backend->iface.get_tensor_2d_async(backend, tensor, data, offset, size, n_copies, stride_tensor, stride_data);
 }
 

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -72,17 +72,9 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    if (GGML_OPENMP)
-        find_package(OpenMP)
-        if (OpenMP_FOUND)
-            set(GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED "ON" CACHE INTERNAL "")
-            target_compile_definitions(${GGML_CPU_NAME} PRIVATE GGML_USE_OPENMP)
-
-            target_link_libraries(${GGML_CPU_NAME} PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_C OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
-        else()
-            set(GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED "OFF" CACHE INTERNAL "")
-            message(WARNING "OpenMP not found")
-        endif()
+    if (GGML_OPENMP_ENABLED)
+        target_compile_definitions(${GGML_CPU_NAME} PRIVATE GGML_USE_OPENMP)
+        target_link_libraries(${GGML_CPU_NAME} PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_C OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
     endif()
 
     if (GGML_LLAMAFILE)

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp

@@ -273,67 +273,51 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_f16(int n, float * GGML_RESTRICT s, size_t bs, ggml_fp16_t * G
 
 #if defined(GGML_SIMD)
     #if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
-        const int sve_register_length = svcntb() * 8; //get vector length
-        const int ggml_f16_epr = sve_register_length / 16; // running when 16
-        const int ggml_f16_step = 8 * ggml_f16_epr; // choose 8 SVE registers
+        const int ggml_f16_epr = svcnth();
+        const int ggml_f16_step = 8 * ggml_f16_epr;
+        const int np = n - (n % ggml_f16_step);
+        const int np2 = n - (n % ggml_f16_epr);
 
-        const int np= (n & ~(ggml_f16_step - 1));
-        svfloat16_t sum1 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum2 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum3 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum4 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum1_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum1_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum2_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum2_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum3_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum3_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum4_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum4_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
 
-        svfloat16_t ax1, ax2, ax3, ax4, ax5, ax6, ax7, ax8;
-        svfloat16_t ay1, ay2, ay3, ay4, ay5, ay6, ay7, ay8;
         for (int i = 0; i < np; i += ggml_f16_step) {
-            ax1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 0 * ggml_f16_epr, 0);
-            ay1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 0 * ggml_f16_epr, 0);
-            sum1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum1, ax1, ay1);
-
-            ax2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 1);
-            ay2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 1);
-            sum2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum2, ax2, ay2);
-
-            ax3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 2 * ggml_f16_epr, 2);
-            ay3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 2 * ggml_f16_epr, 2);
-            sum3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum3, ax3, ay3);
-
-            ax4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 3 * ggml_f16_epr, 3);
-            ay4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 3 * ggml_f16_epr, 3);
-            sum4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum4, ax4, ay4);
-
-            ax5 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 4 * ggml_f16_epr, 4);
-            ay5 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 4 * ggml_f16_epr, 4);
-            sum1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum1, ax5, ay5);
-
-            ax6 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 5 * ggml_f16_epr, 5);
-            ay6 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 5 * ggml_f16_epr, 5);
-            sum2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum2, ax6, ay6);
-
-            ax7 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 6 * ggml_f16_epr, 6);
-            ay7 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 6 * ggml_f16_epr, 6);
-            sum3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum3, ax7, ay7);
-
-            ax8 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 7 * ggml_f16_epr, 7);
-            ay8 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 7 * ggml_f16_epr, 7);
-            sum4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum4, ax8, ay8);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum1_lo, &sum1_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 0 * ggml_f16_epr, 0), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 0 * ggml_f16_epr, 0));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum2_lo, &sum2_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 1), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 1));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum3_lo, &sum3_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 2 * ggml_f16_epr, 2), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 2 * ggml_f16_epr, 2));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum4_lo, &sum4_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 3 * ggml_f16_epr, 3), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 3 * ggml_f16_epr, 3));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum1_lo, &sum1_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 4 * ggml_f16_epr, 4), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 4 * ggml_f16_epr, 4));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum2_lo, &sum2_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 5 * ggml_f16_epr, 5), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 5 * ggml_f16_epr, 5));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum3_lo, &sum3_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 6 * ggml_f16_epr, 6), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 6 * ggml_f16_epr, 6));
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum4_lo, &sum4_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i + 7 * ggml_f16_epr, 7), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 7 * ggml_f16_epr, 7));
         }
 
-        const int np2 = (n & ~(ggml_f16_epr - 1)); // round down to multiple of 8
-        for (int k = np; k < np2; k += ggml_f16_epr) {
-            svfloat16_t rx = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + k, 0);
-            svfloat16_t ry = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + k, 0);
-            sum1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum1, rx, ry);
+        for (int i = np; i < np2; i += ggml_f16_epr) {
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum1_lo, &sum1_hi, GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x + i, 0), GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i, 0));
         }
 
         if (np2 < n) {
-            svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b16(np2, n);
-            svfloat16_t hx = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x + np2));
-            svfloat16_t hy = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(y + np2));
+            const svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b16(np2, n);
+            const svfloat16_t rx = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x + np2));
+            const svfloat16_t ry = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(y + np2));
 
-            sum1 = svmad_f16_x(pg, hx, hy, sum1);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum1_lo, &sum1_hi, rx, ry);
         }
-        GGML_F16x_VEC_REDUCE(sumf, sum1, sum2, sum3, sum4);
+
+        sum1_lo = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum1_lo, sum2_lo);
+        sum1_hi = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum1_hi, sum2_hi);
+        sum3_lo = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum3_lo, sum4_lo);
+        sum3_hi = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum3_hi, sum4_hi);
+        sum1_lo = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum1_lo, sum3_lo);
+        sum1_hi = svadd_f32_m(DEFAULT_PG32, sum1_hi, sum3_hi);
+
+        sumf = ggml_sve_sum_f32x2(sum1_lo, sum1_hi);
     #elif defined(__riscv_v_intrinsic)
         #if defined(__riscv_zvfh)
             int vl = __riscv_vsetvlmax_e32m2();

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.h

@@ -14,6 +14,35 @@
 // floating point type used to accumulate sums
 typedef double ggml_float;
 
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
+inline static void ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(
+        svfloat32_t * acc_lo,
+        svfloat32_t * acc_hi,
+        svfloat16_t x,
+        svfloat16_t y) {
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE2)
+    *acc_lo = svmlalb_f32(*acc_lo, x, y);
+    *acc_hi = svmlalt_f32(*acc_hi, x, y);
+#else
+    // Plain SVE fallback path if SVE2 instructions not available
+    svfloat16_t x_even = svtrn1_f16(x, x);
+    svfloat16_t x_odd = svtrn2_f16(x, x);
+
+    svfloat16_t y_even = svtrn1_f16(y, y);
+    svfloat16_t y_odd = svtrn2_f16(y, y);
+
+    svbool_t pg = svptrue_b32();
+
+    *acc_lo = svmla_f32_x(pg, *acc_lo, svcvt_f32_f16_x(pg, x_even), svcvt_f32_f16_x(pg, y_even));
+    *acc_hi = svmla_f32_x(pg, *acc_hi, svcvt_f32_f16_x(pg, x_odd), svcvt_f32_f16_x(pg, y_odd));
+#endif
+}
+
+inline static ggml_float ggml_sve_sum_f32x2(svfloat32_t sum_lo, svfloat32_t sum_hi) {
+    return (ggml_float) (svaddv_f32(svptrue_b32(), sum_lo) + svaddv_f32(svptrue_b32(), sum_hi));
+}
+#endif
+
 #define GGML_GELU_FP16
 #define GGML_GELU_QUICK_FP16
 
@@ -122,108 +151,61 @@ inline static void ggml_vec_dot_f16_unroll(const int n, const int xs, float * GG
 #if defined(GGML_SIMD)
     #if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
 
-        const int sve_register_length = svcntb() * 8;
-        const int ggml_f16_epr = sve_register_length / 16; // running when 16
-        const int ggml_f16_step = 8 * ggml_f16_epr; // choose 8 SVE registers
+        const int ggml_f16_epr = svcnth();
+        const int ggml_f16_step = 2 * ggml_f16_epr;
+        int np = n - (n % ggml_f16_step);
+        int np2 = n - (n % ggml_f16_epr);
 
-        int np = (n & ~(ggml_f16_step - 1));
-
-        svfloat16_t sum_00 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_01 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_02 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_03 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-
-        svfloat16_t sum_10 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_11 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_12 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-        svfloat16_t sum_13 = svdup_n_f16(0.0f);
-
-        svfloat16_t ax1, ax2, ax3, ax4, ax5, ax6, ax7, ax8;
-        svfloat16_t ay1, ay2, ay3, ay4, ay5, ay6, ay7, ay8;
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_0_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_0_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_1_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_1_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_0_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_0_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_1_lo = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_1_hi = svdup_n_f32(0.0f);
 
         for (int i = 0; i < np; i += ggml_f16_step) {
-            ay1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 0 * ggml_f16_epr, 0); // 8 elements
+            const svfloat16_t ay0 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t ax00 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t ax01 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i, 0);
 
-            ax1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 0*ggml_f16_epr, 0); // 8 elements
-            sum_00 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_00, ax1, ay1);     // sum_00 = sum_00+ax1*ay1
-            ax1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 0*ggml_f16_epr, 0); // 8 elements
-            sum_10 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_10, ax1, ay1);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_0_0_lo, &sum_0_0_hi, ax00, ay0);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_1_0_lo, &sum_1_0_hi, ax01, ay0);
 
-            ay2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 1); // next 8 elements
+            const svfloat16_t ay1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t ax10 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t ax11 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 1 * ggml_f16_epr, 0);
 
-            ax2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 1*ggml_f16_epr, 1); // next 8 elements
-            sum_01 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_01, ax2, ay2);
-            ax2 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 1*ggml_f16_epr, 1);
-            sum_11 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_11, ax2, ay2);
-
-            ay3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 2 * ggml_f16_epr, 2);
-
-            ax3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 2*ggml_f16_epr, 2);
-            sum_02 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_02, ax3, ay3);
-            ax3 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 2*ggml_f16_epr, 2);
-            sum_12 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_12, ax3, ay3);
-
-            ay4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 3 * ggml_f16_epr, 3);
-
-            ax4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 3*ggml_f16_epr, 3);
-            sum_03 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_03, ax4, ay4);
-            ax4 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 3*ggml_f16_epr, 3);
-            sum_13 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_13, ax4, ay4);
-
-            ay5 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 4 * ggml_f16_epr, 4);
-
-            ax5 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 4*ggml_f16_epr, 4);
-
-            sum_00 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_00, ax5, ay5);
-            ax5 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 4*ggml_f16_epr, 4);
-            sum_10 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_10, ax5, ay5);
-
-            ay6 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 5 * ggml_f16_epr, 5);
-
-            ax6 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 5*ggml_f16_epr, 5);
-
-            sum_01 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_01, ax6, ay6);
-            ax6 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 5*ggml_f16_epr, 5);
-            sum_11 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_11, ax6, ay6);
-
-            ay7 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 6 * ggml_f16_epr, 6);
-
-            ax7 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 6*ggml_f16_epr, 6);
-
-            sum_02 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_02, ax7, ay7);
-            ax7 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 6*ggml_f16_epr, 6);
-            sum_12 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_12, ax7, ay7);
-
-            ay8 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i + 7 * ggml_f16_epr, 7);
-
-            ax8 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i + 7*ggml_f16_epr, 7);
-
-            sum_03 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_03, ax8, ay8);
-            ax8 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i + 7*ggml_f16_epr, 7);
-            sum_13 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_13, ax8, ay8);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_0_1_lo, &sum_0_1_hi, ax10, ay1);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_1_1_lo, &sum_1_1_hi, ax11, ay1);
         }
 
-        const int np2 = (n & ~(ggml_f16_epr - 1));
-        for (int k = np; k < np2; k += ggml_f16_epr) {
-            svfloat16_t ry = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + k, 0);
+        for (int i = np; i < np2; i += ggml_f16_epr) {
+            const svfloat16_t ry = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(y + i, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t rx0 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + i, 0);
+            const svfloat16_t rx1 = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + i, 0);
 
-            svfloat16_t rx = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[0] + k, 0);
-            sum_00 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_00, rx, ry);
-            rx = GGML_F16x_VEC_LOAD(x[1] + k, 0);
-            sum_10 = GGML_F16x_VEC_FMA(sum_10, rx, ry);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_0_0_lo, &sum_0_0_hi, rx0, ry);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_1_0_lo, &sum_1_0_hi, rx1, ry);
         }
 
         if (np2 < n) {
-            svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b16(np2, n);
-            svfloat16_t hx_0 = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x[0] + np2));
-            svfloat16_t hx_1 = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x[1] + np2));
-            svfloat16_t hy = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(y + np2));
+            const svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b16(np2, n);
+            const svfloat16_t ay = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(y + np2));
+            const svfloat16_t ax0 = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x[0] + np2));
+            const svfloat16_t ax1 = svld1_f16(pg, (const __fp16 *)(x[1] + np2));
 
-            sum_00 = svmad_f16_x(pg, hx_0, hy, sum_00);
-            sum_10 = svmad_f16_x(pg, hx_1, hy, sum_10);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_0_0_lo, &sum_0_0_hi, ax0, ay);
+            ggml_sve_f16_fma_widened(&sum_1_0_lo, &sum_1_0_hi, ax1, ay);
         }
-        GGML_F16x_VEC_REDUCE(sumf[0], sum_00, sum_01, sum_02, sum_03);
-        GGML_F16x_VEC_REDUCE(sumf[1], sum_10, sum_11, sum_12, sum_13);
+
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_lo = svadd_f32_x(DEFAULT_PG32, sum_0_0_lo, sum_0_1_lo);
+        svfloat32_t sum_0_hi = svadd_f32_x(DEFAULT_PG32, sum_0_0_hi, sum_0_1_hi);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_lo = svadd_f32_x(DEFAULT_PG32, sum_1_0_lo, sum_1_1_lo);
+        svfloat32_t sum_1_hi = svadd_f32_x(DEFAULT_PG32, sum_1_0_hi, sum_1_1_hi);
+        sumf[0] = ggml_sve_sum_f32x2(sum_0_lo, sum_0_hi);
+        sumf[1] = ggml_sve_sum_f32x2(sum_1_lo, sum_1_hi);
         np = n;
     #elif defined(__riscv_v_intrinsic)
         #if defined(__riscv_zvfh)

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/common.cuh

@@ -110,11 +110,14 @@
 #    define GGML_CUDA_USE_CUB
 #endif  // !defined(GGML_USE_HIP) && !defined(GGML_USE_MUSA) && CUDART_VERSION >= 11070
 
-// PDL host-side support (cudaLaunchKernelEx) requires CUDART >= 11.8 and excludes HIP/MUSA.
+// PDL host-side support (cudaLaunchKernelEx) requires CUDART >= 11.8.
+// However, this has been bugged in CTK < 12.3 for MSVC builds, see
+// https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/22522#discussion_r3302393293
 // __CUDA_ARCH__  is undefined in host passes; GPU arch check happens in device-side code.
-#if !defined(GGML_USE_HIP) && !defined(GGML_USE_MUSA) && CUDART_VERSION >= 11080
+#if !defined(GGML_USE_HIP) && !defined(GGML_USE_MUSA) && \
+    (CUDART_VERSION >= 12030 || (!(defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__)) && CUDART_VERSION >= 11080))
 #    define GGML_CUDA_USE_PDL
-#endif  // !defined(GGML_USE_HIP) && !defined(GGML_USE_MUSA) && CUDART_VERSION >= 11080
+#endif  // !defined(GGML_USE_HIP) && !defined(GGML_USE_MUSA) && (CUDART_VERSION >= 12030 || (!(defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__)) && CUDART_VERSION >= 11080))
 
 static __device__ __forceinline__ void ggml_cuda_pdl_sync() {
 #if defined(GGML_CUDA_USE_PDL) && defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= GGML_CUDA_CC_HOPPER
@@ -1561,7 +1564,8 @@ static __inline__ void ggml_cuda_kernel_launch(Kernel kernel, const ggml_cuda_ke
         return env == nullptr || std::atoi(env) != 0;
     }();
 
-    if (env_pdl_enabled && ggml_cuda_info().devices[ggml_cuda_get_device()].cc >= GGML_CUDA_CC_HOPPER) {
+    const int cc = ggml_cuda_info().devices[ggml_cuda_get_device()].cc;
+    if (env_pdl_enabled && ggml_cuda_highest_compiled_arch(cc) >= GGML_CUDA_CC_HOPPER) {
         auto pdl_cfg = ggml_cuda_pdl_config(launch_params);
 
         CUDA_CHECK(cudaLaunchKernelEx(&pdl_cfg.cfg, kernel, std::forward<Args>(args)... ));

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ void flash_attn_ext_f16_load_mask(
 
             const int i = 8 * (threadIdx.x % (nbatch_fa/8));
 
-            cp_async_cg_16<preload>(tile_mask_32 + j_sram*(nbatch_fa*sizeof(half) + 16) + i*sizeof(half), mask_h + j_vram*stride_mask + i);
+            cp_async_cg_16<preload>(tile_mask_32 + j_sram*(nbatch_fa*sizeof(half) + 16) + i*sizeof(half), mask_h + int64_t(j_vram)*stride_mask + i);
         }
     } else if constexpr (oob_check) {
 #pragma unroll
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ void flash_attn_ext_f16_load_mask(
             for (int i0 = 0; i0 < nbatch_fa; i0 += warp_size) {
                 const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
 
-                tile_mask[j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + i] = i < i_sup ? mask_h[j_vram*stride_mask + i] : half(0.0f);
+                tile_mask[j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + i] = i < i_sup ? mask_h[int64_t(j_vram)*stride_mask + i] : half(0.0f);
             }
         }
     } else if constexpr (nbatch_fa < 2*warp_size) {
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ void flash_attn_ext_f16_load_mask(
 
             const int i = threadIdx.x % (warp_size/cols_per_warp);
 
-            ggml_cuda_memcpy_1<sizeof(half2)>(tile_mask + j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + 2*i, mask_h + j_vram*stride_mask + 2*i);
+            ggml_cuda_memcpy_1<sizeof(half2)>(tile_mask + j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + 2*i, mask_h + int64_t(j_vram)*stride_mask + 2*i);
         }
     } else {
 #pragma unroll
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ void flash_attn_ext_f16_load_mask(
             for (int i0 = 0; i0 < nbatch_fa; i0 += 2*warp_size) {
                 const int i = i0 + 2*threadIdx.x;
 
-                ggml_cuda_memcpy_1<sizeof(half2)>(tile_mask + j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + i, mask_h + j_vram*stride_mask + i);
+                ggml_cuda_memcpy_1<sizeof(half2)>(tile_mask + j_sram*(nbatch_fa + 8) + i, mask_h + int64_t(j_vram)*stride_mask + i);
             }
         }
     }

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fwht.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+#include "fwht.cuh"
+
+template <int N>
+__launch_bounds__(4*ggml_cuda_get_physical_warp_size(), 1)
+__global__ void fwht_cuda(const float * src, float * dst, const int64_t n_rows, const float scale) {
+    constexpr int warp_size = ggml_cuda_get_physical_warp_size();
+
+    const int64_t r = (int64_t) blockIdx.x * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;
+
+    if (r >= n_rows) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    src += r * N;
+    dst += r * N;
+
+    static constexpr int el_w = N / warp_size;
+    float     reg[el_w];
+    const int lane = threadIdx.x;
+
+    ggml_cuda_pdl_sync();
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < el_w; ++i) {
+        reg[i] = src[i * warp_size + lane] * scale;
+    }
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int h = 1; h < warp_size; h *= 2) {
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j = 0; j < el_w; j++) {
+            const float val  = reg[j];
+            const float val2 = __shfl_xor_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, val, h, warp_size);
+
+            reg[j] = (lane & h) == 0 ? val + val2 : val2 - val;
+        }
+    }
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int h = warp_size; h < N; h *= 2) {
+        const int step = h / warp_size;
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j = 0; j < el_w; j += 2 * step) {
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k = 0; k < step; k++) {
+                const float x = reg[j + k];
+                const float y = reg[j + k + step];
+
+                reg[j + k]        = x + y;
+                reg[j + k + step] = x - y;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < el_w; ++i) {
+        dst[i * warp_size + lane] = reg[i];
+    }
+}
+
+bool ggml_cuda_op_fwht(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src, dst));
+    if (!ggml_is_contiguous(src) || !ggml_is_contiguous(dst)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const int     n    = src->ne[0];
+    const int64_t rows = ggml_nrows(src);
+
+    const float * src_d = (const float *) src->data;
+    float *       dst_d = (float *) dst->data;
+
+    const int warp_size = ggml_cuda_info().devices[ggml_cuda_get_device()].warp_size;
+    const int rows_per_block = 4;
+
+    const int64_t num_blocks = (rows + rows_per_block - 1) / rows_per_block;
+
+    cudaStream_t                         stream = ctx.stream();
+    dim3                                 grid_dims(num_blocks, 1, 1);
+    dim3                                 block_dims(warp_size, rows_per_block, 1);
+    const ggml_cuda_kernel_launch_params launch_params =
+        ggml_cuda_kernel_launch_params(grid_dims, block_dims, 0, stream);
+
+    const float scale = 1 / sqrtf(n);
+
+    switch (n) {
+        case 64:
+            ggml_cuda_kernel_launch(fwht_cuda<64>, launch_params, src_d, dst_d, rows, scale);
+            return true;
+        case 128:
+            ggml_cuda_kernel_launch(fwht_cuda<128>, launch_params, src_d, dst_d, rows, scale);
+            return true;
+        case 256:
+            ggml_cuda_kernel_launch(fwht_cuda<256>, launch_params, src_d, dst_d, rows, scale);
+            return true;
+        case 512:
+            ggml_cuda_kernel_launch(fwht_cuda<512>, launch_params, src_d, dst_d, rows, scale);
+            return true;
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+}

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fwht.cuh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+// Returns whether the Fast Walsh-Hadamard transform could be used.
+bool ggml_cuda_op_fwht(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor * src, ggml_tensor * dst);