fix: place each MoE expert-cache pack on the GPU that runs its layer - #16
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init_moe_expert_cache picked the first GPU and allocated every layer's hot expert pack there. With a layer split across two GPUs that fills GPU0 while GPU1 sits partly empty, and layers on GPU1 bounce their activations to GPU0 and back for every cached matmul. Group the CPU-resident MoE layers by dev_layer(il) and build one pack context and buffer per GPU. Layers that are not on a GPU still use the first GPU, so single-GPU behaviour is unchanged. A failed pack allocation now disables the cache only for that device's layers and says which device failed, instead of silently turning the whole cache off. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…of greedy The trace tool always decoded greedily, so a routing profile recorded with it followed a different expert path than a server running with temperature, top-k or top-p. Use common_sampler with params.sampling so --temp, --top-k, --top-p, --min-p, --seed and the penalties apply to the traced decode. Pass --temp 0 to get the old greedy behaviour. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Lead with what the fork adds and a five-step quick start (build, baseline, record a profile, serve with the cache, pick a slot count), then recipes for MTP, two GPUs and preset INIs. New sections cover recording profiles with real sampling settings and chat-templated long prompts, and per-GPU cache placement. The allocation-failure text now matches the log, and the claim that the warning prints the fit math is gone (it never did). The upstream README follows unchanged under its own heading. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Line 130: Update the sampler initialization flow in moe-trace so prompt tokens
already stored in tokens are added to the history with grammar handling disabled
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| llama_sampler * smpl = llama_sampler_init_greedy(); | ||
| common_sampler * smpl = common_sampler_init(model, params.sampling); |
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Add prompt tokens to the sampler history.
When repetition penalties are configured, the sampler can ignore prompt tokens because tokens are prefetched before common_sampler_init and only generated tokens enter its history. Accept each prompt token with grammar handling disabled before sampling.
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| common_sampler * smpl = common_sampler_init(model, params.sampling); | |
| common_sampler * smpl = common_sampler_init(model, params.sampling); | |
| for (const llama_token token : tokens) { | |
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Update the sampler initialization flow in moe-trace so prompt tokens already
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init_moe_expert_cachetook the first GPU and allocated every layer's hot-expert pack there. With-sm layeracross two GPUs that fills GPU0 while GPU1 stays partly empty, and every layer that runs on GPU1 sends its activations to GPU0 and back for the cached matmul.This groups the CPU-resident MoE layers by
dev_layer(il)and builds one pack context and buffer per GPU. The fill logic (profile ranking, hot/cold maps) is unchanged.-ngl) still use the first GPU, so single-GPU behaviour is the same as before.Tested
2× RTX 3060 12 GB (PCIe x8 / x4), Ryzen 9 7900X, 64 GB DDR5. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next UD-IQ3_XXS, 64k context, Q8_0 KV,
-sm layer -ncmoe 99 --moe-cache-profile qwen38-merged.csv, MTP 2 with the draft head on GPU1, 11 threads.Placement: at 80 slots GPU1 goes from 5.6 GB (old, packs all on GPU0) to 7.0 GB (new). The larger cache sizes that only fit when GPU1 holds its own packs (
-ts 28,20 --moe-cache-slots 136, 11.3 + 11.5 GB) now load.Speed, steady state through
llama-server(model loaded once, 5 rounds of a ~3.8k-token prefill plus three 200-token answers):-ts 28,20 -ncmoe 99 --moe-cache-slots 136-ts 38,10 -ncmoe 32, layers 45–47 experts on CPU (rounds 2–5)About +14% generation and −12% prefill. The 136-slot layout needs GPU1 to hold its own packs (11.2 + 11.4 GB); on
perfall 136 slots would have to fit on GPU0.An earlier A/B that started a fresh server for every run showed a tie; those runs include post-load warm-up and swing about ±5 tok/s, so the steady-state numbers above are the ones to go by.
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llama-moe-tracesamples with the sampling flagsllama-moe-tracealways decoded greedily, so a profile recorded with it followed a different expert path than a server running at temperature > 0. It now usescommon_samplerwithparams.sampling, so--temp,--top-k,--top-p,--min-p,--seedand the penalties apply.--temp 0gives the old greedy behaviour.Tested by recording 8 long prompts (0.1k–15k tokens, rendered with the server's chat template) at temp 0.7 / top_p 0.95 / top_k 20, 1,024 tokens each. Steady-state through
llama-serverwith the 136-slot layout above, server sampling temp 1.0:Same average within noise; the sampled long-prompt profile is faster on bash, reasoning and long prompts and slower on code.
Also: README
Rewritten around a quick start for the fork: what it adds, a five-step path from clone to a cached server, recipes for MTP / two GPUs / preset INIs, how to record profiles that match real traffic, and the tuning and troubleshooting notes. The upstream README follows unchanged under its own heading.
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