b9928
ggml-org/llama.cppb9928Jul 8, 2026by github-actions[bot]
AI Summary
Focuses on performance improvements to the Hexagon backend, specifically regarding memory management and kernel pipelines.
Key Highlights
- New VTCM layouts and improved pipelines for MUL_MAT, MUL_MAT_ID, and FLASH_ATTN_EXT
- Refactored kernel parameter computation using common layout builder
- Improved DMA pipelining and prefetching with explicit compiler barriers
New Features
- New VTCM layouts and improved pipelines for Hexagon kernels
Full Release Notes
<details open> hexagon: new vtcm layouts and improved pipelines for MUL_MAT, MUL_MAT_ID and FLASH_ATTN_EXT (#25425) * hex-fa: refactor kernel param compute to use common layout builder * hmx: add explicit compiler barriers to make hmx funcs more robust * hex-vtcm: more generic vtcm layout builder for mm and flash-attn kernels * hex-hmx: unroll inner kernels * hex-hmx: use inline asm instead of intrinsics to avoid compiler issues * hex-hmx: define inline asm macros and simplify code * hex-hmx: replace leftover intrinsics * hmx-fa: minor cleanup for hmx asm * hmx-mm: move per-task stucts out of the kernels header * hmx-mm: simplify core_dot_chunk * hmx-mm: simplify inner loops that call hmx instructions * hmx-mm: proper instrumentation for activation prep work for dma pipelined version * hmx-mm: update a-prep loop for better prefetch * hex-vtcm: improved vtcm layout alloc for mm to support overlapping areas * hmx-mm: reduce the number of act fetch tows to 4 for now, going larger doesnt help here * hex-hmx: always use hmx-queue in all modes * hmx-mm: update comments and minor formatting * hmx-mm: further improve synchro fallback path to prefetch the weights earlier * hex-fa: further pipeline improvements (earlier prefetch) * hmx-mm: cleanup dma pipelines to use dst cached in the queue * hmx-fa: minor cleanup and opts for fa dma pipelines * hmx-fa: optimize q-prep stage with dma and unrolling * hmx-fa: use o_tile size from layout instead of computing it * hmx-mm: cleanup types and size handling * hmx-mm: replace divs with fastdiv in qprep loops * hmx-fa: minor update/formatting to q_tile handling * hmx-fa: cleanup the layout to avoid overpadding * hmx-fa: simplified and improved cost mode for hmx fa solver that uses vtcm layout funcs * hmx-queue: add support queue wakeup and make suspend async to avoid hmx-lock latency * hex-hmx: move queue wakeup / suspend to the op-batch level * hex-threads: add hybrid polling to workpool * hex-mm: fix trailing spaces </details> **macOS/iOS:** - 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