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LocalAI/core/config/hardware_defaults.go
Ettore Di Giacinto 6715d75f22 feat(config): default concurrent serving (n_parallel) by GPU VRAM
The llama.cpp backend defaults n_parallel=1, which serializes multi-user requests
and leaves continuous batching off (it auto-enables only at n_parallel>1). Fold a
VRAM-scaled parallel-slot default into the hardware-config path so multi-user
serving works out of the box: >=32GiB->8, >=8GiB->4, >=4GiB->2, else unchanged.
With the backend's unified KV the slots SHARE the context budget, so this adds
concurrency without multiplying KV memory. Explicit parallel/n_parallel always
wins. EnsureParallelOption is shared by the single-host path (ApplyHardwareDefaults
with the local GPU) and the distributed router (per selected node's reported VRAM,
since the frontend may have no GPU). LocalGPU now also reports VRAM.

Assisted-by: Claude:opus-4.8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
2026-06-20 09:35:04 +00:00

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package config
import (
"fmt"
"strconv"
"strings"
"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/xsysinfo"
"github.com/mudler/xlog"
)
// Hardware-driven model-config defaults.
//
// This sits alongside the other config overriders (ApplyInferenceDefaults for
// model families, guessDefaultsFromFile for GGUF/NGPULayers): they all
// heuristically fill ModelConfig values the user left unset. Hardware tuning is
// the same domain — "adjust the config from the device that will run it" — so
// it lives here rather than scattered into the backend or a separate package.
//
// The heuristics are parameterized on a GPU descriptor (not on direct
// detection) so they apply in both deployment shapes: SetDefaults passes the
// LocalGPU on a single host, and the distributed router passes the *selected
// node's* reported GPU before loading there (the frontend that loaded the
// config may have no GPU at all).
// GPU describes the device that will run a model.
type GPU struct {
// Vendor is "nvidia", "amd", … (matches xsysinfo vendor constants).
Vendor string
// ComputeCapability is the NVIDIA compute capability as "major.minor"
// (e.g. "12.1" for GB10 / DGX Spark). Empty for non-NVIDIA / unknown.
ComputeCapability string
// VRAM is total device memory in bytes (0 = unknown).
VRAM uint64
}
// Physical batch (n_batch / n_ubatch) defaults.
const (
// DefaultPhysicalBatch is the conservative default when no hardware-specific
// tuning applies. Matches backend.DefaultBatchSize.
DefaultPhysicalBatch = 512
// BlackwellPhysicalBatch is the default on NVIDIA Blackwell consumer GPUs
// (sm_12x: sm_120 RTX 50-series, sm_121 GB10 / DGX Spark). A larger physical
// batch materially lifts MoE prefill there (per-expert GEMM tiles fill
// better); measured on a GB10 with Qwen3-30B-A3B to saturate around 2048.
BlackwellPhysicalBatch = 2048
)
// IsNVIDIABlackwell reports whether the GPU is in the NVIDIA Blackwell consumer
// family (sm_12x). Datacenter Blackwell (B100/B200/GB200, sm_100 / cc 10.0)
// reports a different compute capability and is intentionally not matched.
func (g GPU) IsNVIDIABlackwell() bool {
maj, _ := parseComputeCapability(g.ComputeCapability)
return maj >= 12
}
// PhysicalBatch returns the canonical physical batch (n_batch/n_ubatch) for the
// given hardware, used when the model config leaves batch unset.
func PhysicalBatch(g GPU) int {
if g.IsNVIDIABlackwell() {
return BlackwellPhysicalBatch
}
return DefaultPhysicalBatch
}
// IsManagedPhysicalBatch reports whether n is a value PhysicalBatch assigns.
// Callers that re-tune a value chosen by an upstream host (the distributed
// router correcting the frontend's guess) use this to avoid clobbering an
// explicit user batch such as 1024.
func IsManagedPhysicalBatch(n int) bool {
return n == DefaultPhysicalBatch || n == BlackwellPhysicalBatch
}
// Parallel-slot (n_parallel) VRAM tiers. llama.cpp serializes requests at
// n_parallel=1 (the backend default) and only auto-enables continuous batching
// when n_parallel > 1 — so a single-slot default makes concurrent requests
// queue. We default a slot count by GPU size so multi-user serving works out of
// the box. With the backend's unified KV cache the slots SHARE the context
// budget, so more slots add concurrency without multiplying KV memory.
const (
parallelSlotsVRAMHigh = uint64(32) << 30 // >=32 GiB -> 8 slots
parallelSlotsVRAMMid = uint64(8) << 30 // >=8 GiB -> 4 slots
parallelSlotsVRAMLow = uint64(4) << 30 // >=4 GiB -> 2 slots
)
// DefaultParallelSlots returns the n_parallel default for the given GPU. Returns
// 1 (no concurrency) when VRAM is unknown or too small, so we never change
// behavior on CPU-only / tiny devices.
func DefaultParallelSlots(g GPU) int {
switch {
case g.VRAM >= parallelSlotsVRAMHigh:
return 8
case g.VRAM >= parallelSlotsVRAMMid:
return 4
case g.VRAM >= parallelSlotsVRAMLow:
return 2
default:
return 1
}
}
// EnsureParallelOption appends a VRAM-scaled "parallel:N" backend option when the
// model doesn't already set one (and the GPU warrants concurrency). Returns the
// possibly-extended options. Shared by the single-host config path
// (ApplyHardwareDefaults) and the distributed router (per selected node).
func EnsureParallelOption(opts []string, gpu GPU) []string {
if slots := DefaultParallelSlots(gpu); slots > 1 && !hasParallelOption(opts) {
return append(opts, fmt.Sprintf("parallel:%d", slots))
}
return opts
}
// hasParallelOption reports whether the model already sets parallel/n_parallel
// (backend options are "name:value" strings) so we never override an explicit value.
func hasParallelOption(opts []string) bool {
for _, o := range opts {
name := o
if i := strings.IndexByte(o, ':'); i >= 0 {
name = o[:i]
}
switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(name)) {
case "parallel", "n_parallel":
return true
}
}
return false
}
// localGPU builds a GPU descriptor from local detection, used by SetDefaults on
// a single host (the distributed router builds it from the selected node's
// reported info instead). It is a package var so tests can inject a
// deterministic device — detection does a live nvidia-smi call.
var localGPU = func() GPU {
vendor, _ := xsysinfo.DetectGPUVendor()
vram, _ := xsysinfo.TotalAvailableVRAM()
return GPU{
Vendor: vendor,
ComputeCapability: xsysinfo.NVIDIAComputeCapability(),
VRAM: vram,
}
}
// ApplyHardwareDefaults fills ModelConfig values that depend on the target GPU
// and were left unset by the user. Currently: a larger physical batch on
// Blackwell. Explicit config always wins (we only touch zero values).
func ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg *ModelConfig, gpu GPU) {
if cfg == nil {
return
}
if cfg.Batch == 0 && gpu.IsNVIDIABlackwell() {
cfg.Batch = BlackwellPhysicalBatch
xlog.Debug("[hardware_defaults] Blackwell GPU: defaulting physical batch",
"batch", cfg.Batch, "compute_cap", gpu.ComputeCapability)
}
// Enable concurrent serving by default on a capable GPU: without this the
// llama.cpp backend runs n_parallel=1 and serializes multi-user requests
// (continuous batching stays off). Unified KV means the slots share the
// context budget, so this is concurrency without extra KV memory. Explicit
// parallel/n_parallel in the model options always wins.
if before := len(cfg.Options); true {
cfg.Options = EnsureParallelOption(cfg.Options, gpu)
if len(cfg.Options) > before {
xlog.Debug("[hardware_defaults] defaulting parallel slots for concurrent serving",
"option", cfg.Options[len(cfg.Options)-1], "vram_gib", gpu.VRAM>>30)
}
}
}
// parseComputeCapability splits a "major.minor" string into integer parts.
// Returns (-1, -1) when it can't be parsed.
func parseComputeCapability(cc string) (int, int) {
cc = strings.TrimSpace(cc)
if cc == "" {
return -1, -1
}
majStr, minStr := cc, "0"
if dot := strings.IndexByte(cc, '.'); dot >= 0 {
majStr, minStr = cc[:dot], cc[dot+1:]
}
maj, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(majStr))
if err != nil {
return -1, -1
}
min, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(minStr))
if err != nil {
min = 0
}
return maj, min
}