llama: consistent ctx <-> buf order for KV cache

Author: JohannesGaessler

src/llama-kv-cache.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cmath>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
 #include <map>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -37,8 +38,15 @@ llama_kv_cache::llama_kv_cache(
 
     const uint32_t n_layer_kv = hparams.n_layer_kv();
 
+    // define a comparator for the buft -> ctx map to ensure that the order is well-defined:
+    struct ggml_backend_buft_comparator {
+        bool operator()(const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & lhs, const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & rhs) const {
+            return strcmp(ggml_backend_buft_name(lhs), ggml_backend_buft_name(rhs)) < 0;
+        }
+    };
+    std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, ggml_context_ptr, ggml_backend_buft_comparator> ctx_map;
+
     // create a context for each buffer type
-    std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, ggml_context *> ctx_map;
     auto ctx_for_buft = [&](ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) -> ggml_context * {
         auto it = ctx_map.find(buft);
         if (it == ctx_map.end()) {
@@ -53,13 +61,12 @@ llama_kv_cache::llama_kv_cache(
                 return nullptr;
             }
 
-            ctx_map[buft] = ctx;
-            ctxs.emplace_back(ctx);
+            ctx_map.emplace(buft, ctx);
 
             return ctx;
         }
 
-        return it->second;
+        return it->second.get();
     };
 
     GGML_ASSERT(n_stream == 1 || n_stream == n_seq_max);
@@ -167,19 +174,16 @@ llama_kv_cache::llama_kv_cache(
     }
 
     // allocate tensors and initialize the buffers to avoid NaNs in the padding
-    for (auto it : ctx_map) {
-        auto * buft = it.first;
-        auto * ctx  = it.second;
-
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(ctx, buft);
+    for (auto & [buft, ctx] : ctx_map) {
+        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(ctx.get(), buft);
         if (!buf) {
             throw std::runtime_error("failed to allocate buffer for kv cache");
         }
 
         LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: %10s KV buffer size = %8.2f MiB\n", __func__, ggml_backend_buffer_name(buf), ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf)/1024.0/1024.0);
 
         ggml_backend_buffer_clear(buf, 0);
-        bufs.emplace_back(buf);
+        ctxs_bufs.emplace_back(std::move(ctx), buf);
     }
 
     {
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ void llama_kv_cache::clear(bool data) {
     }
 
     if (data) {
-        for (auto & buf : bufs) {
+        for (auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
             ggml_backend_buffer_clear(buf.get(), 0);
         }
     }
@@ -472,8 +476,8 @@ llama_pos llama_kv_cache::seq_pos_max(llama_seq_id seq_id) const {
 
 std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> llama_kv_cache::memory_breakdown() const {
     std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> ret;
-    for (const ggml_backend_buffer_ptr & buf_ptr : bufs) {
-        ret[ggml_backend_buffer_get_type(buf_ptr.get())] += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf_ptr.get());
+    for (const auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
+        ret[ggml_backend_buffer_get_type(buf.get())] += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf.get());
     }
     return ret;
 }
@@ -1298,7 +1302,7 @@ void llama_kv_cache::set_input_pos_bucket(ggml_tensor * dst, const llama_ubatch
 size_t llama_kv_cache::total_size() const {
     size_t size = 0;
 
-    for (const auto & buf : bufs) {
+    for (const auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
         size += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf.get());
     }
 

src/llama-kv-cache.h

@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class llama_kv_cache : public llama_memory_i {
     // this is the SWA type of the cache - not to be confused with the model SWA type
     const llama_swa_type swa_type = LLAMA_SWA_TYPE_NONE;
 
-    std::vector<ggml_context_ptr>        ctxs;
-    std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_ptr> bufs;
+    // ggml contexts for the KV cache along with the allocated backend buffers:
+    std::vector<std::pair<ggml_context_ptr, ggml_backend_buffer_ptr>> ctxs_bufs;
 
     // the current index from where we start searching for a free slot in the ring buffer of KV cells (see find_slot())
     // note: this is not part of the KV state and it's only used to speed-up the find_slot() method

src/llama-memory-recurrent.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
 #include <map>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -32,8 +33,15 @@ llama_memory_recurrent::llama_memory_recurrent(
     cells.clear();
     cells.resize(mem_size);
 
+    // define a comparator for the buft -> ctx map to ensure that the order is well-defined:
+    struct ggml_backend_buft_comparator {
+        bool operator()(const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & lhs, const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & rhs) const {
+            return strcmp(ggml_backend_buft_name(lhs), ggml_backend_buft_name(rhs)) < 0;
+        }
+    };
+    std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, ggml_context_ptr, ggml_backend_buft_comparator> ctx_map;
+
     // create a context for each buffer type
-    std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, ggml_context *> ctx_map;
     auto ctx_for_buft = [&](ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) -> ggml_context * {
         auto it = ctx_map.find(buft);
         if (it == ctx_map.end()) {
@@ -48,13 +56,12 @@ llama_memory_recurrent::llama_memory_recurrent(
                 return nullptr;
             }
 
-            ctx_map[buft] = ctx;
-            ctxs.emplace_back(ctx);
+            ctx_map.emplace(buft, ctx);
 
             return ctx;
         }
 
-        return it->second;
+        return it->second.get();
     };
 
     r_l.resize(n_layer);
@@ -93,17 +100,14 @@ llama_memory_recurrent::llama_memory_recurrent(
     }
 
     // allocate tensors and initialize the buffers to avoid NaNs in the padding
-    for (auto it : ctx_map) {
-        auto * buft = it.first;
-        auto * ctx  = it.second;
-
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(ctx, buft);
+    for (auto & [buft, ctx] : ctx_map) {
+        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors_from_buft(ctx.get(), buft);
         if (!buf) {
             throw std::runtime_error("failed to allocate buffer for rs cache");
         }
         ggml_backend_buffer_clear(buf, 0);
         LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: %10s RS buffer size = %8.2f MiB\n", __func__, ggml_backend_buffer_name(buf), ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf)/1024.0/1024.0);
-        bufs.emplace_back(buf);
+        ctxs_bufs.emplace_back(std::move(ctx), buf);
     }
 
     {
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ void llama_memory_recurrent::clear(bool data) {
     used = 0;
 
     if (data) {
-        for (auto & buf : bufs) {
+        for (auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
             ggml_backend_buffer_clear(buf.get(), 0);
         }
     }
@@ -364,8 +368,8 @@ llama_pos llama_memory_recurrent::seq_pos_max(llama_seq_id seq_id) const {
 
 std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> llama_memory_recurrent::memory_breakdown() const {
     std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> ret;
-    for (const ggml_backend_buffer_ptr & buf_ptr : bufs) {
-        ret[ggml_backend_buffer_get_type(buf_ptr.get())] += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf_ptr.get());
+    for (const auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
+        ret[ggml_backend_buffer_get_type(buf.get())] += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf.get());
     }
     return ret;
 }
@@ -662,7 +666,7 @@ bool llama_memory_recurrent::get_can_shift() const {
 
 size_t llama_memory_recurrent::total_size() const {
     size_t size = 0;
-    for (const auto & buf : bufs) {
+    for (const auto & [_, buf] : ctxs_bufs) {
         size += ggml_backend_buffer_get_size(buf.get());
     }
 

src/llama-memory-recurrent.h

@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class llama_memory_recurrent : public llama_memory_i {
 
     const uint32_t n_seq_max = 1;
 
-    std::vector<ggml_context_ptr>        ctxs;
-    std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_ptr> bufs;
+    // ggml contexts for the KV cache along with the allocated backend buffers:
+    std::vector<std::pair<ggml_context_ptr, ggml_backend_buffer_ptr>> ctxs_bufs;
 
     size_t total_size() const;
 

src/llama-model.cpp

@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
     // define a comparator for the buft -> ctx map to ensure that the order is well-defined:
     struct ggml_backend_buft_comparator {
         bool operator()(const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & lhs, const ggml_backend_buffer_type_t & rhs) const {
-            return ggml_backend_buft_name(lhs) < ggml_backend_buft_name(rhs);
+            return strcmp(ggml_backend_buft_name(lhs), ggml_backend_buft_name(rhs)) < 0;
         }
     };
     std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, ggml_context_ptr, ggml_backend_buft_comparator> ctx_map;