ggml : add support for dynamic loading of backends

Makefile

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ endif
 #
 
 # keep standard at C11 and C++11
-MK_CPPFLAGS  = -Iggml/include -Iggml/src -Iinclude -Isrc -Icommon
+MK_CPPFLAGS  = -Iggml/include -Iggml/src -Iinclude -Isrc -Icommon -DGGML_USE_CPU
 MK_CFLAGS    = -std=c11   -fPIC
 MK_CXXFLAGS  = -std=c++11 -fPIC
 MK_NVCCFLAGS = -std=c++11
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ endif
 # some memory allocation are available on Linux through GNU extensions in libc
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	MK_CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+	MK_LDFLAGS  += -ldl
 endif
 
 # RLIMIT_MEMLOCK came in BSD, is not specified in POSIX.1,

Package.swift

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ linkerSettings.append(.linkedFramework("Accelerate"))
 cSettings.append(
     contentsOf: [
         .define("GGML_USE_ACCELERATE"),
-        .define("GGML_USE_METAL")
+        .define("GGML_USE_METAL"),
+        .define("GGML_USE_CPU")
     ]
 )
 #endif

common/common.cpp

@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ void common_init() {
 #endif
 
     LOG_INF("build: %d (%s) with %s for %s%s\n", LLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER, LLAMA_COMMIT, LLAMA_COMPILER, LLAMA_BUILD_TARGET, build_type);
+
+    // load dynamic backends
+    ggml_backend_load_all();
 }
 
 std::string common_params_get_system_info(const common_params & params) {

examples/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 if (EMSCRIPTEN)
 else()
-    add_subdirectory(cvector-generator)
     add_subdirectory(batched-bench)
     add_subdirectory(batched)
-    add_subdirectory(convert-llama2c-to-ggml)
     add_subdirectory(embedding)
     add_subdirectory(eval-callback)
-    add_subdirectory(export-lora)
     add_subdirectory(gbnf-validator)
     add_subdirectory(gguf-hash)
     add_subdirectory(gguf-split)
@@ -27,28 +24,34 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(imatrix)
     add_subdirectory(infill)
     add_subdirectory(llama-bench)
-    add_subdirectory(llava)
     add_subdirectory(lookahead)
     add_subdirectory(lookup)
     add_subdirectory(main)
     add_subdirectory(parallel)
     add_subdirectory(passkey)
     add_subdirectory(perplexity)
-    add_subdirectory(quantize-stats)
     add_subdirectory(quantize)
     add_subdirectory(retrieval)
-    if (GGML_RPC)
-        add_subdirectory(rpc)
-    endif()
     if (LLAMA_BUILD_SERVER)
-    add_subdirectory(server)
-    endif()
-    if (GGML_SYCL)
-        add_subdirectory(sycl)
+        add_subdirectory(server)
     endif()
     add_subdirectory(save-load-state)
     add_subdirectory(simple)
     add_subdirectory(simple-chat)
     add_subdirectory(speculative)
     add_subdirectory(tokenize)
+    if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
+        # these examples use the backends directly and cannot be built with dynamic loading
+        add_subdirectory(convert-llama2c-to-ggml)
+        add_subdirectory(cvector-generator)
+        add_subdirectory(export-lora)
+        add_subdirectory(quantize-stats)
+        add_subdirectory(llava)
+        if (GGML_RPC)
+            add_subdirectory(rpc)
+        endif()
+        if (GGML_SYCL)
+            add_subdirectory(sycl)
+        endif()
+    endif()
 endif()

examples/eval-callback/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
 
 set(TEST_TARGET test-eval-callback)
-add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET} COMMAND llama-eval-callback --hf-repo ggml-org/models --hf-file tinyllamas/stories260K.gguf --model stories260K.gguf --prompt hello --seed 42 -ngl 0)
+add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET}
+        COMMAND llama-eval-callback --hf-repo ggml-org/models --hf-file tinyllamas/stories260K.gguf --model stories260K.gguf --prompt hello --seed 42 -ngl 0)
 set_property(TEST ${TEST_TARGET} PROPERTY LABELS eval-callback curl)

examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp

@@ -1477,6 +1477,17 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     cmd_params params = parse_cmd_params(argc, argv);
 
+    // initialize backends
+    ggml_backend_load_all();
+    auto * cpu_dev = ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU);
+    if (!cpu_dev) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: CPU backend is not loaded\n", __func__);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    auto * cpu_reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(cpu_dev);
+    auto * ggml_threadpool_new_fn = (decltype(ggml_threadpool_new) *) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(cpu_reg, "ggml_threadpool_new");
+    auto * ggml_threadpool_free_fn = (decltype(ggml_threadpool_free) *) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(cpu_reg, "ggml_threadpool_free");
+
     // initialize llama.cpp
     if (!params.verbose) {
         llama_log_set(llama_null_log_callback, NULL);
@@ -1551,7 +1562,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         tpp.poll       = t.poll;
         tpp.prio       = params.prio;
 
-        struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = ggml_threadpool_new(&tpp);
+        struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = ggml_threadpool_new_fn(&tpp);
         if (!threadpool) {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: threadpool create failed : n_threads %d\n", __func__, tpp.n_threads);
             exit(1);
@@ -1612,7 +1623,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
         llama_free(ctx);
 
-        ggml_threadpool_free(threadpool);
+        ggml_threadpool_free_fn(threadpool);
     }
 
     llama_free_model(lmodel);

examples/main/main.cpp

@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     LOG_INF("%s: llama threadpool init, n_threads = %d\n", __func__, (int) params.cpuparams.n_threads);
 
+    auto * reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU));
+    auto * ggml_threadpool_new_fn = (decltype(ggml_threadpool_new) *) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_threadpool_new");
+    auto * ggml_threadpool_free_fn = (decltype(ggml_threadpool_free) *) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_threadpool_free");
+
     struct ggml_threadpool_params tpp_batch =
             ggml_threadpool_params_from_cpu_params(params.cpuparams_batch);
     struct ggml_threadpool_params tpp =
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool_batch = NULL;
     if (!ggml_threadpool_params_match(&tpp, &tpp_batch)) {
-        threadpool_batch = ggml_threadpool_new(&tpp_batch);
+        threadpool_batch = ggml_threadpool_new_fn(&tpp_batch);
         if (!threadpool_batch) {
             LOG_ERR("%s: batch threadpool create failed : n_threads %d\n", __func__, tpp_batch.n_threads);
             return 1;
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         tpp.paused = true;
     }
 
-    struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = ggml_threadpool_new(&tpp);
+    struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = ggml_threadpool_new_fn(&tpp);
     if (!threadpool) {
         LOG_ERR("%s: threadpool create failed : n_threads %d\n", __func__, tpp.n_threads);
         return 1;
@@ -890,8 +894,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     llama_backend_free();
 
-    ggml_threadpool_free(threadpool);
-    ggml_threadpool_free(threadpool_batch);
+    ggml_threadpool_free_fn(threadpool);
+    ggml_threadpool_free_fn(threadpool_batch);
 
     return 0;
 }

examples/simple-chat/simple-chat.cpp

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     }, nullptr);
 
+    // load dynamic backends
+    ggml_backend_load_all();
+
     // initialize the model
     llama_model_params model_params = llama_model_default_params();
     model_params.n_gpu_layers = ngl;

examples/simple/simple.cpp

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     }
 
+    // load dynamic backends
+
+    ggml_backend_load_all();
+
     // initialize the model
 
     llama_model_params model_params = llama_model_default_params();

ggml/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "ggml: build shared libraries" ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_DEFAULT})
+option(GGML_BACKEND_DL   "ggml: build backends as dynamic libraries (requires BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)" OFF)
 
 #
 # option list

ggml/include/ggml-backend.h

@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ extern "C" {
     typedef void                         (*ggml_backend_set_n_threads_t)(ggml_backend_t backend, int n_threads);
     // Get additional buffer types provided by the device (returns a NULL-terminated array)
     typedef ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * (*ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_t)(ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    // Set the abort callback for the backend
+    typedef void                         (*ggml_backend_set_abort_callback_t)(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_abort_callback abort_callback, void * abort_callback_data);
+    // Get a list of feature flags supported by the backend (returns a NULL-terminated array)
+    struct ggml_backend_feature {
+        const char * name;
+        const char * value;
+    };
+    typedef struct ggml_backend_feature * (*ggml_backend_get_features_t)(ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
 
     //
     // Backend registry
@@ -214,6 +222,13 @@ extern "C" {
     // = ggml_backend_dev_init(ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GPU) OR ggml_backend_dev_by_type(CPU), NULL)
     GGML_API ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_init_best(void);
 
+    // Load a backend from a dynamic library and register it
+    GGML_API ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_load(const char * path);
+    // Unload a backend if loaded dynamically and unregister it
+    GGML_API void               ggml_backend_unload(ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
+    // Load all known backends from dynamic libraries
+    GGML_API void               ggml_backend_load_all(void);
+
     //
     // Backend scheduler
     //

ggml/include/ggml-cpu.h

@@ -7,29 +7,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-    // Scheduling priorities
-    enum ggml_sched_priority {
-        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL,
-        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM,
-        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH,
-        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_REALTIME
-    };
-
-    // Threadpool params
-    // Use ggml_threadpool_params_default() or ggml_threadpool_params_init() to populate the defaults
-    struct ggml_threadpool_params {
-        bool                cpumask[GGML_MAX_N_THREADS]; // mask of cpu cores (all-zeros means use default affinity settings)
-        int                 n_threads;                   // number of threads
-        enum ggml_sched_priority prio;                   // thread priority
-        uint32_t            poll;                        // polling level (0 - no polling, 100 - aggressive polling)
-        bool                strict_cpu;                  // strict cpu placement
-        bool                paused;                      // start in paused state
-    };
-
-    struct ggml_threadpool;     // forward declaration, see ggml.c
-
-    typedef struct ggml_threadpool * ggml_threadpool_t;
-
     // the compute plan that needs to be prepared for ggml_graph_compute()
     // since https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml/issues/287
     struct ggml_cplan {
@@ -75,14 +52,11 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_BACKEND_API float   ggml_get_f32_nd(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int i0, int i1, int i2, int i3);
     GGML_BACKEND_API void    ggml_set_f32_nd(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int i0, int i1, int i2, int i3, float value);
 
-    GGML_BACKEND_API struct ggml_threadpool_params ggml_threadpool_params_default(int n_threads);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_params_init   (struct ggml_threadpool_params * p, int n_threads);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API bool                          ggml_threadpool_params_match  (const struct ggml_threadpool_params * p0, const struct ggml_threadpool_params * p1);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API struct ggml_threadpool *      ggml_threadpool_new          (struct ggml_threadpool_params  * params);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_free         (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API int                           ggml_threadpool_get_n_threads(struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_pause        (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_resume       (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API struct ggml_threadpool *      ggml_threadpool_new           (struct ggml_threadpool_params  * params);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_free          (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API int                           ggml_threadpool_get_n_threads (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_pause         (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API void                          ggml_threadpool_resume        (struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool);
 
     // ggml_graph_plan() has to be called before ggml_graph_compute()
     // when plan.work_size > 0, caller must allocate memory for plan.work_data
@@ -104,10 +78,10 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_sse3       (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_ssse3      (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx        (void);
+    GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx_vnni   (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx2       (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_f16c       (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_fma        (void);
-    GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx_vnni   (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512     (void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vbmi(void);
     GGML_BACKEND_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vnni(void);

ggml/include/ggml.h

@@ -2215,6 +2215,37 @@ extern "C" {
 
     GGML_API const struct ggml_type_traits * ggml_get_type_traits(enum ggml_type type);
 
+    // ggml threadpool
+    // TODO: currently, only a few functions are in the base ggml API, while the rest are in the CPU backend
+    // the goal should be to create an API that other backends can use move everything to the ggml base
+
+    // scheduling priorities
+    enum ggml_sched_priority {
+        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL,
+        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM,
+        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH,
+        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_REALTIME
+    };
+
+    // threadpool params
+    // Use ggml_threadpool_params_default() or ggml_threadpool_params_init() to populate the defaults
+    struct ggml_threadpool_params {
+        bool                cpumask[GGML_MAX_N_THREADS]; // mask of cpu cores (all-zeros means use default affinity settings)
+        int                 n_threads;                   // number of threads
+        enum ggml_sched_priority prio;                   // thread priority
+        uint32_t            poll;                        // polling level (0 - no polling, 100 - aggressive polling)
+        bool                strict_cpu;                  // strict cpu placement
+        bool                paused;                      // start in paused state
+    };
+
+    struct ggml_threadpool;     // forward declaration, see ggml.c
+
+    typedef struct ggml_threadpool * ggml_threadpool_t;
+
+    GGML_API struct ggml_threadpool_params ggml_threadpool_params_default(int n_threads);
+    GGML_API void                          ggml_threadpool_params_init   (struct ggml_threadpool_params * p, int n_threads);
+    GGML_API bool                          ggml_threadpool_params_match  (const struct ggml_threadpool_params * p0, const struct ggml_threadpool_params * p1);
+
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
 #endif