Add optional MLA

common/common.cpp

@@ -813,6 +813,10 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.flash_attn = true;
         return true;
     }
+    if (arg == "-mla" || arg == "--mla-use") {
+        params.mla_attn = true;
+        return true;
+    }
     if (arg == "-co" || arg == "--color") {
         params.use_color = true;
         return true;
@@ -1452,6 +1456,7 @@ void gpt_params_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & param
     options.push_back({ "*",           "       --keep N",               "number of tokens to keep from the initial prompt (default: %d, -1 = all)", params.n_keep });
     options.push_back({ "*",           "       --chunks N",             "max number of chunks to process (default: %d, -1 = all)", params.n_chunks });
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-fa,   --flash-attn",           "enable Flash Attention (default: %s)", params.flash_attn ? "enabled" : "disabled" });
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "-mla,  --mla-use",              "enable MLA (default: %s)", params.mla_attn ? "enabled" : "disabled" });
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-p,    --prompt PROMPT",        "prompt to start generation with\n"
                                                                         "in conversation mode, this will be used as system prompt\n"
                                                                         "(default: '%s')", params.prompt.c_str() });
@@ -2283,6 +2288,7 @@ struct llama_context_params llama_context_params_from_gpt_params(const gpt_param
     cparams.cb_eval_user_data = params.cb_eval_user_data;
     cparams.offload_kqv       = !params.no_kv_offload;
     cparams.flash_attn        = params.flash_attn;
+    cparams.mla_attn          = params.mla_attn;
 
     cparams.type_k = kv_cache_type_from_str(params.cache_type_k);
     cparams.type_v = kv_cache_type_from_str(params.cache_type_v);
@@ -3280,6 +3286,7 @@ void yaml_dump_non_result_info(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "simple_io: %s # default: false\n", params.simple_io ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cont_batching: %s # default: false\n", params.cont_batching ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "flash_attn: %s # default: false\n", params.flash_attn ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stream, "mla_attn: %s # default: false\n", params.mla_attn ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "temp: %f # default: 0.8\n", sparams.temp);
 
     const std::vector<float> tensor_split_vector(params.tensor_split, params.tensor_split + llama_max_devices());

common/common.h

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool simple_io         = false; // improves compatibility with subprocesses and limited consoles
     bool cont_batching     = true;  // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
     bool flash_attn        = false; // flash attention
+    bool mla_attn          = false; // MLA
 
     bool input_prefix_bos  = false; // prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding input_prefix
     bool ignore_eos        = false; // ignore generated EOS tokens

convert_hf_to_gguf.py

@@ -3123,6 +3123,7 @@ def prepare_tensors(self):
 
 
 @Model.register("DeepseekV2ForCausalLM")
+@Model.register("DeepseekV3ForCausalLM")
 class DeepseekV2Model(Model):
     model_arch = gguf.MODEL_ARCH.DEEPSEEK2
 
@@ -3144,6 +3145,15 @@ def set_gguf_parameters(self):
         self.gguf_writer.add_expert_count(hparams["n_routed_experts"])
         self.gguf_writer.add_expert_shared_count(hparams["n_shared_experts"])
         self.gguf_writer.add_expert_weights_scale(hparams["routed_scaling_factor"])
+        self.gguf_writer.add_expert_weights_norm(hparams["norm_topk_prob"])
+
+        if hparams["scoring_func"] == "sigmoid":
+            self.gguf_writer.add_expert_gating_func(gguf.ExpertGatingFuncType.SIGMOID)
+        elif hparams["scoring_func"] == "softmax":
+            self.gguf_writer.add_expert_gating_func(gguf.ExpertGatingFuncType.SOFTMAX)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported scoring_func value: {hparams['scoring_func']}")
+
         self.gguf_writer.add_rope_dimension_count(hparams["qk_rope_head_dim"])
 
         if self.hparams.get("rope_scaling") is not None and "factor" in self.hparams["rope_scaling"]:
@@ -3156,6 +3166,17 @@ def set_gguf_parameters(self):
     _experts: list[dict[str, Tensor]] | None = None
 
     def modify_tensors(self, data_torch: Tensor, name: str, bid: int | None) -> Iterable[tuple[str, Tensor]]:
+        # rename e_score_correction_bias tensors
+        if name.endswith("e_score_correction_bias"):
+            name = name.replace("e_score_correction_bias", "e_score_correction.bias")
+
+        # skip Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) layers
+        block_count = self.hparams["num_hidden_layers"]
+        match = re.match(r"model.layers.(\d+)", name)
+        if match and int(match.group(1)) >= block_count:
+            return []
+
+
         # process the experts separately
         if name.find("mlp.experts") != -1:
             n_experts = self.hparams["n_routed_experts"]
@@ -3188,6 +3209,27 @@ def modify_tensors(self, data_torch: Tensor, name: str, bid: int | None) -> Iter
                 return tensors
             else:
                 return []
+        if name.endswith("kv_b_proj.weight"):
+            name_kb = name.replace("kv_b_proj", "k_b_proj")
+            name_vb = name.replace("kv_b_proj", "v_b_proj")
+
+            n_head_kv = self.hparams["num_key_value_heads"]
+            v_head_dim = self.hparams["v_head_dim"]
+            qk_nope_head_dim = self.hparams["qk_nope_head_dim"]
+
+            assert data_torch.shape[0] == n_head_kv * (v_head_dim + qk_nope_head_dim)
+
+            kv_b = data_torch.view(n_head_kv, v_head_dim + qk_nope_head_dim, data_torch.shape[-1])
+            k_b, v_b = torch.split(kv_b, [qk_nope_head_dim, v_head_dim], dim=1)
+            k_b = k_b.transpose(1, 2)
+            k_b = k_b.reshape(n_head_kv * data_torch.shape[-1], qk_nope_head_dim)
+            v_b = v_b.reshape(n_head_kv * v_head_dim, data_torch.shape[-1])
+
+            return [
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name),    data_torch),
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name_kb), k_b),
+                (self.map_tensor_name(name_vb), v_b)
+            ]
 
         return [(self.map_tensor_name(name), data_torch)]
 

examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct cmd_params {
     std::vector<int> main_gpu;
     std::vector<bool> no_kv_offload;
     std::vector<bool> flash_attn;
+    std::vector<bool> mla_attn;
     std::vector<std::vector<float>> tensor_split;
     std::vector<bool> use_mmap;
     std::vector<bool> embeddings;
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ static const cmd_params cmd_params_defaults = {
     /* main_gpu             */ {0},
     /* no_kv_offload        */ {false},
     /* flash_attn           */ {false},
+    /* mla_attn             */ {false},
     /* tensor_split         */ {std::vector<float>(llama_max_devices(), 0.0f)},
     /* use_mmap             */ {true},
     /* embeddings           */ {false},
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ static void print_usage(int /* argc */, char ** argv) {
     printf("  -mg, --main-gpu <i>                 (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.main_gpu, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -nkvo, --no-kv-offload <0|1>        (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.no_kv_offload, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -fa, --flash-attn <0|1>             (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn, ",").c_str());
+    printf("  -mla, --mla-attn <0|1>              (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.mla_attn, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -mmp, --mmap <0|1>                  (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.use_mmap, ",").c_str());
     printf("  --numa <distribute|isolate|numactl> (default: disabled)\n");
     printf("  -embd, --embeddings <0|1>           (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.embeddings, ",").c_str());
@@ -526,6 +529,13 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
             }
             auto p = string_split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
             params.flash_attn.insert(params.flash_attn.end(), p.begin(), p.end());
+        } else if (arg == "-mla" || arg == "--mla-attn") {
+            if (++i >= argc) {
+                invalid_param = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            auto p = string_split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
+            params.mla_attn.insert(params.mla_attn.end(), p.begin(), p.end());
         } else if (arg == "-mmp" || arg == "--mmap") {
             if (++i >= argc) {
                 invalid_param = true;
@@ -621,6 +631,7 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
     if (params.main_gpu.empty())     { params.main_gpu = cmd_params_defaults.main_gpu; }
     if (params.no_kv_offload.empty()){ params.no_kv_offload = cmd_params_defaults.no_kv_offload; }
     if (params.flash_attn.empty())   { params.flash_attn = cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn; }
+    if (params.mla_attn.empty())     { params.mla_attn = cmd_params_defaults.mla_attn; }
     if (params.tensor_split.empty()) { params.tensor_split = cmd_params_defaults.tensor_split; }
     if (params.use_mmap.empty())     { params.use_mmap = cmd_params_defaults.use_mmap; }
     if (params.embeddings.empty())   { params.embeddings = cmd_params_defaults.embeddings; }
@@ -656,6 +667,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
     int main_gpu;
     bool no_kv_offload;
     bool flash_attn;
+    bool mla_attn;
     std::vector<float> tensor_split;
     bool use_mmap;
     bool embeddings;
@@ -698,6 +710,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
         cparams.type_v = type_v;
         cparams.offload_kqv = !no_kv_offload;
         cparams.flash_attn = flash_attn;
+        cparams.mla_attn = mla_attn;
         cparams.embeddings = embeddings;
 
         return cparams;
@@ -722,6 +735,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
     for (const auto & tv : params.type_v)
     for (const auto & nkvo : params.no_kv_offload)
     for (const auto & fa : params.flash_attn)
+    for (const auto & mla : params.mla_attn)
     for (const auto & nt : params.n_threads) {
         for (const auto & n_prompt : params.n_prompt) {
             if (n_prompt == 0) {
@@ -743,6 +757,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
                 /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
+                /* .mla_attn     = */ mla,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -771,6 +786,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
                 /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
+                /* .mla_attn     = */ mla,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -799,6 +815,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
                 /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
+                /* .mla_attn     = */ mla,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -827,6 +844,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
                 /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
+                /* .mla_attn     = */ mla,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -866,6 +884,7 @@ struct test {
     int main_gpu;
     bool no_kv_offload;
     bool flash_attn;
+    bool mla_attn;
     std::vector<float> tensor_split;
     bool use_mmap;
     bool embeddings;
@@ -895,6 +914,7 @@ struct test {
         main_gpu = inst.main_gpu;
         no_kv_offload = inst.no_kv_offload;
         flash_attn = inst.flash_attn;
+        mla_attn = inst.mla_attn;
         tensor_split = inst.tensor_split;
         use_mmap = inst.use_mmap;
         embeddings = inst.embeddings;
@@ -988,7 +1008,7 @@ struct test {
             "n_batch", "n_ubatch",
             "n_threads", "type_k", "type_v",
             "n_gpu_layers", "split_mode",
-            "main_gpu", "no_kv_offload", "flash_attn",
+            "main_gpu", "no_kv_offload", "flash_attn", "mla_attn",
             "tensor_split", "use_mmap", "embeddings", "repack",
             "n_prompt", "n_gen", "test_time",
             "avg_ns", "stddev_ns",
@@ -1010,7 +1030,7 @@ struct test {
         }
         if (field == "cuda" || field == "vulkan" || field == "kompute" || field == "metal" ||
             field == "gpu_blas" || field == "blas" || field == "sycl" ||field == "f16_kv" || field == "no_kv_offload" ||
-            field == "flash_attn" || field == "use_mmap" || field == "embeddings" || field == "repack") {
+            field == "flash_attn" || field == "mla_attn" || field == "use_mmap" || field == "embeddings" || field == "repack") {
             return BOOL;
         }
         if (field == "avg_ts" || field == "stddev_ts") {
@@ -1044,7 +1064,7 @@ struct test {
             std::to_string(n_batch), std::to_string(n_ubatch),
             std::to_string(n_threads), ggml_type_name(type_k), ggml_type_name(type_v),
             std::to_string(n_gpu_layers), split_mode_str(split_mode),
-            std::to_string(main_gpu), std::to_string(no_kv_offload), std::to_string(flash_attn),
+            std::to_string(main_gpu), std::to_string(no_kv_offload), std::to_string(flash_attn), std::to_string(mla_attn),
             tensor_split_str, std::to_string(use_mmap), std::to_string(embeddings), std::to_string(repack),
             std::to_string(n_prompt), std::to_string(n_gen), test_time,
             std::to_string(avg_ns()), std::to_string(stdev_ns()),
@@ -1208,6 +1228,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (field == "flash_attn") {
             return 2;
         }
+        if (field == "mla_attn") {
+            return 3;
+        }
         if (field == "use_mmap") {
             return 4;
         }
@@ -1242,6 +1265,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (field == "flash_attn") {
             return "fa";
         }
+        if (field == "mla_attn") {
+            return "mla";
+        }
         if (field == "use_mmap") {
             return "mmap";
         }
@@ -1294,6 +1320,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (params.flash_attn.size() > 1 || params.flash_attn != cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn) {
             fields.emplace_back("flash_attn");
         }
+        if (params.mla_attn.size() > 1 || params.mla_attn != cmd_params_defaults.mla_attn) {
+            fields.emplace_back("mla_attn");
+        }
         if (params.tensor_split.size() > 1 || params.tensor_split != cmd_params_defaults.tensor_split) {
             fields.emplace_back("tensor_split");
         }

ggml/src/ggml.c

@@ -14056,31 +14056,22 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_mul_mat(
 #endif
 
 #if GGML_USE_IQK_MULMAT
-    if (dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && (ne12*ne13)%nth == 0) {
+    if (dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
+        int gcd = simple_gcd(ne12*ne13, nth);
         int counter = 0;
         for (int64_t i13 = 0; i13 < ne13; i13++) {
             for (int64_t i12 = 0; i12 < ne12; i12++) {
-                if (counter++ % nth == ith) {
+                if ((counter++ % gcd) == (ith%gcd)) {
                     if (!iqk_mul_mat(ne01, ne11, ne00,
                                 src0->type, (const char *)src0->data + i12/r2*nb02 + i13/r3*nb03, nb01, ///ggml_type_size(src0->type),
                                 src1->type, (const char *)src1->data + i12*nb12 + i13*nb13, nb11, ///ggml_type_size(src1->type),
                                 (float *)((char *)dst->data + i12*nb2 + i13*nb3), nb1/ggml_type_size(dst->type),
-                                0, 1)) goto IQK_MulMat_Not_Available1;
+                                ith/gcd, nth/gcd)) goto IQK_MulMat_Not_Available1;
                 }
             }
         }
         return;
     }
-    if (dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
-        for (int64_t i13 = 0; i13 < ne13; i13++)
-            for (int64_t i12 = 0; i12 < ne12; i12++)
-                if (!iqk_mul_mat(ne01, ne11, ne00,
-                            src0->type, (const char *)src0->data + i12/r2*nb02 + i13/r3*nb03, nb01, ///ggml_type_size(src0->type),
-                            src1->type, (const char *)src1->data + i12*nb12 + i13*nb13, nb11, ///ggml_type_size(src1->type),
-                            (float *)((char *)dst->data + i12*nb2 + i13*nb3), nb1/ggml_type_size(dst->type),
-                            ith, nth)) goto IQK_MulMat_Not_Available1;
-        return;
-    }
 IQK_MulMat_Not_Available1:;
 #endif
 

gguf-py/gguf/constants.py

@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ class MODEL_TENSOR(IntEnum):
     ATTN_Q_B             = auto()
     ATTN_KV_A_MQA        = auto()
     ATTN_KV_B            = auto()
+    ATTN_K_B             = auto()
+    ATTN_V_B             = auto()
     ATTN_Q_A_NORM        = auto()
     ATTN_KV_A_NORM       = auto()
     FFN_SUB_NORM         = auto()
@@ -403,6 +405,8 @@ class MODEL_TENSOR(IntEnum):
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_Q_B:             "blk.{bid}.attn_q_b",
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_A_MQA:        "blk.{bid}.attn_kv_a_mqa",
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_B:            "blk.{bid}.attn_kv_b",
+    MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_K_B:             "blk.{bid}.attn_k_b",
+    MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_V_B:             "blk.{bid}.attn_v_b",
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_Q_A_NORM:        "blk.{bid}.attn_q_a_norm",
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_A_NORM:       "blk.{bid}.attn_kv_a_norm",
     MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_SUB_NORM:        "blk.{bid}.attn_sub_norm",
@@ -967,6 +971,8 @@ class MODEL_TENSOR(IntEnum):
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_Q_B,
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_A_MQA,
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_B,
+        MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_K_B,
+        MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_V_B,
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_Q_A_NORM,
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_KV_A_NORM,
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_OUT,

gguf-py/gguf/tensor_mapping.py

@@ -446,6 +446,14 @@ class TensorNameMap:
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.kv_b_proj", # deepseek2
         ),
 
+        MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_K_B: (
+            "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.k_b_proj",  # deepseek2
+        ),
+
+        MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_V_B: (
+            "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.v_b_proj",  # deepseek2
+        ),
+
         MODEL_TENSOR.ATTN_Q_A_NORM: (
             "model.layers.{bid}.self_attn.q_a_layernorm", # deepseek2
         ),

include/llama.h

@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ extern "C" {
         bool embeddings;  // if true, extract embeddings (together with logits)
         bool offload_kqv; // whether to offload the KQV ops (including the KV cache) to GPU
         bool flash_attn;  // whether to use flash attention [EXPERIMENTAL]
+        bool mla_attn;    // whether to use MLA attention [EXPERIMENTAL]
 
         // Abort callback
         // if it returns true, execution of llama_decode() will be aborted