# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only # Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved. See /studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0 """ llama-server inference backend for GGUF models. Manages a llama-server subprocess and proxies chat completions through its OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint. """ import atexit import json import structlog from loggers import get_logger import shutil import signal import socket import subprocess import threading import time from pathlib import Path from typing import Generator, Optional import httpx logger = get_logger(__name__) class LlamaCppBackend: """ Manages a llama-server subprocess for GGUF model inference. Lifecycle: 1. load_model() — starts llama-server with the GGUF file 2. generate_chat_completion() — proxies to /v1/chat/completions, streams back 3. unload_model() — terminates llama-server subprocess """ def __init__(self): self._process: Optional[subprocess.Popen] = None self._port: Optional[int] = None self._model_identifier: Optional[str] = None self._gguf_path: Optional[str] = None self._hf_repo: Optional[str] = None self._hf_variant: Optional[str] = None self._is_vision: bool = False self._healthy = False self._lock = threading.Lock() self._stdout_lines: list[str] = [] self._stdout_thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None atexit.register(self._cleanup) # ── Properties ──────────────────────────────────────────────── @property def is_loaded(self) -> bool: return self._process is not None and self._healthy @property def base_url(self) -> str: return f"http://127.0.0.1:{self._port}" @property def model_identifier(self) -> Optional[str]: return self._model_identifier @property def is_vision(self) -> bool: return self._is_vision @property def hf_variant(self) -> Optional[str]: return self._hf_variant # ── Binary discovery ────────────────────────────────────────── @staticmethod def _find_llama_server_binary() -> Optional[str]: """ Locate the llama-server binary. Search order: 1. LLAMA_SERVER_PATH environment variable (direct path to binary) 1b. UNSLOTH_LLAMA_CPP_PATH env var (custom llama.cpp install dir) 2. ~/.unsloth/llama.cpp/llama-server (make build, root dir) 3. ~/.unsloth/llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-server (cmake build, Linux) 4. ~/.unsloth/llama.cpp/build/bin/Release/llama-server.exe (cmake build, Windows) 5. ./llama.cpp/llama-server (legacy: make build, root dir) 6. ./llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-server (legacy: cmake in-tree build) 7. llama-server on PATH (system install) 8. ./bin/llama-server (legacy: extracted binary) """ import os import sys binary_name = "llama-server.exe" if sys.platform == "win32" else "llama-server" # 1. Env var — direct path to binary env_path = os.environ.get("LLAMA_SERVER_PATH") if env_path and Path(env_path).is_file(): return env_path # 1b. UNSLOTH_LLAMA_CPP_PATH — custom llama.cpp install directory custom_llama_cpp = os.environ.get("UNSLOTH_LLAMA_CPP_PATH") if custom_llama_cpp: custom_dir = Path(custom_llama_cpp) # Root dir (make builds) root_bin = custom_dir / binary_name if root_bin.is_file(): return str(root_bin) # build/bin/ (cmake builds on Linux) cmake_bin = custom_dir / "build" / "bin" / binary_name if cmake_bin.is_file(): return str(cmake_bin) # build/bin/Release/ (cmake builds on Windows) if sys.platform == "win32": win_bin = custom_dir / "build" / "bin" / "Release" / binary_name if win_bin.is_file(): return str(win_bin) # 2–4. ~/.unsloth/llama.cpp (primary — setup.sh / setup.ps1 build here) unsloth_home = Path.home() / ".unsloth" / "llama.cpp" # Root dir (make builds copy binaries here) home_root = unsloth_home / binary_name if home_root.is_file(): return str(home_root) # build/bin/ (cmake builds on Linux) home_linux = unsloth_home / "build" / "bin" / binary_name if home_linux.is_file(): return str(home_linux) # 3. Windows MSVC build has Release subdir if sys.platform == "win32": home_win = unsloth_home / "build" / "bin" / "Release" / binary_name if home_win.is_file(): return str(home_win) # 5–6. Legacy: in-tree build (older setup.sh / setup.ps1 versions) project_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4] # Root dir (make builds) root_path = project_root / "llama.cpp" / binary_name if root_path.is_file(): return str(root_path) # build/bin/ (cmake builds) build_path = project_root / "llama.cpp" / "build" / "bin" / binary_name if build_path.is_file(): return str(build_path) if sys.platform == "win32": win_path = ( project_root / "llama.cpp" / "build" / "bin" / "Release" / binary_name ) if win_path.is_file(): return str(win_path) # 7. System PATH system_path = shutil.which("llama-server") if system_path: return system_path # 8. Legacy: extracted to bin/ bin_path = project_root / "bin" / binary_name if bin_path.is_file(): return str(bin_path) return None # ── Port allocation ─────────────────────────────────────────── @staticmethod def _find_free_port() -> int: """Find an available TCP port.""" with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s: s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)) return s.getsockname()[1] # ── Stdout drain (prevents pipe deadlock on Windows) ───────── def _drain_stdout(self): """ Read lines from the subprocess stdout in a background thread. This prevents a pipe-buffer deadlock on Windows where the default pipe buffer is only ~4 KB. Without draining, llama-server blocks on writes and never becomes healthy. """ try: for line in self._process.stdout: line = line.rstrip() if line: self._stdout_lines.append(line) logger.info(f"[llama-server] {line}") except (ValueError, OSError): # Pipe closed — process is terminating pass # ── Lifecycle ───────────────────────────────────────────────── def load_model( self, *, # Local mode: pass a path to a .gguf file gguf_path: Optional[str] = None, # Vision projection (mmproj) for local vision models mmproj_path: Optional[str] = None, # HF mode: let llama-server download via -hf "repo:quant" hf_repo: Optional[str] = None, hf_variant: Optional[str] = None, hf_token: Optional[str] = None, # Common model_identifier: str, is_vision: bool = False, n_ctx: int = 4096, n_gpu_layers: int = -1, n_threads: Optional[int] = None, ) -> bool: """ Start llama-server with a GGUF model. Two modes: - Local: ``gguf_path="/path/to/model.gguf"`` → uses ``-m`` - HF: ``hf_repo="unsloth/gemma-3-4b-it-GGUF", hf_variant="Q4_K_M"`` → uses ``-hf`` In HF mode, llama-server handles downloading, caching, and auto-loading mmproj files for vision models. Returns True if server started and health check passed. """ with self._lock: self._kill_process() binary = self._find_llama_server_binary() if not binary: raise RuntimeError( "llama-server binary not found. " "Run setup.sh to build it, install llama.cpp, " "or set LLAMA_SERVER_PATH environment variable." ) self._port = self._find_free_port() # Build command based on mode if hf_repo: # Download the GGUF file ourselves using huggingface_hub # (llama-server's -hf flag requires HTTPS/curl which may not # be available, e.g. Windows builds with -DLLAMA_CURL=OFF) try: from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download except ImportError: raise RuntimeError( "huggingface_hub is required for HF model loading. " "Install it with: pip install huggingface_hub" ) # Determine the filename from the variant (e.g., "Q4_K_M" -> find matching file) # For split GGUFs (e.g., *-00001-of-00003.gguf) we must download ALL shards. gguf_filename = None gguf_extra_shards: list[str] = [] if hf_variant: # Try common naming patterns try: import re from huggingface_hub import list_repo_files files = list_repo_files(hf_repo, token = hf_token) variant_lower = hf_variant.lower() # Use word-boundary matching so "Q8_0" doesn't also # match "IQ8_0" or other superset variant names. boundary = re.compile( r"(? try model name repo_name = hf_repo.split("/")[-1].replace("-GGUF", "") gguf_filename = f"{repo_name}-{hf_variant}.gguf" logger.info( f"Downloading GGUF: {hf_repo}/{gguf_filename}" + ( f" (+{len(gguf_extra_shards)} shards)" if gguf_extra_shards else "" ) ) try: local_path = hf_hub_download( repo_id = hf_repo, filename = gguf_filename, token = hf_token, ) # Download remaining shards for split GGUFs — llama-server # auto-discovers them when they are in the same directory. for shard in gguf_extra_shards: logger.info(f"Downloading GGUF shard: {shard}") hf_hub_download( repo_id = hf_repo, filename = shard, token = hf_token, ) except Exception as e: raise RuntimeError( f"Failed to download GGUF file '{gguf_filename}' from {hf_repo}: {e}" ) logger.info(f"GGUF downloaded to: {local_path}") cmd = [ binary, "-m", local_path, "--port", str(self._port), "-c", str(n_ctx), "-ngl", str(n_gpu_layers), ] elif gguf_path: if not Path(gguf_path).is_file(): raise FileNotFoundError(f"GGUF file not found: {gguf_path}") cmd = [ binary, "-m", gguf_path, "--port", str(self._port), "-c", str(n_ctx), "-ngl", str(n_gpu_layers), ] else: raise ValueError("Either gguf_path or hf_repo must be provided") if n_threads is not None: cmd.extend(["--threads", str(n_threads)]) # Append mmproj for local vision models if mmproj_path: if not Path(mmproj_path).is_file(): logger.warning(f"mmproj file not found: {mmproj_path}") else: cmd.extend(["--mmproj", mmproj_path]) logger.info(f"Using mmproj for vision: {mmproj_path}") logger.info(f"Starting llama-server: {' '.join(cmd)}") # Set library paths so llama-server can find its shared libs and CUDA DLLs import os import sys env = os.environ.copy() binary_dir = str(Path(binary).parent) if sys.platform == "win32": # On Windows, CUDA DLLs (cublas64_12.dll, cudart64_12.dll, etc.) # must be on PATH. Add CUDA_PATH\bin if available. path_dirs = [binary_dir] cuda_path = os.environ.get("CUDA_PATH", "") if cuda_path: cuda_bin = os.path.join(cuda_path, "bin") if os.path.isdir(cuda_bin): path_dirs.append(cuda_bin) # Some CUDA installs put DLLs in bin\x64 cuda_bin_x64 = os.path.join(cuda_path, "bin", "x64") if os.path.isdir(cuda_bin_x64): path_dirs.append(cuda_bin_x64) existing_path = env.get("PATH", "") env["PATH"] = ";".join(path_dirs) + ";" + existing_path else: # Linux: set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for shared libs next to the binary existing_ld = env.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "") env["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = ( f"{binary_dir}:{existing_ld}" if existing_ld else binary_dir ) self._stdout_lines = [] self._process = subprocess.Popen( cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, text = True, env = env, ) # Start background thread to drain stdout and prevent pipe deadlock self._stdout_thread = threading.Thread( target = self._drain_stdout, daemon = True, name = "llama-stdout" ) self._stdout_thread.start() self._gguf_path = gguf_path self._hf_repo = hf_repo self._hf_variant = hf_variant self._is_vision = is_vision self._model_identifier = model_identifier # Wait for llama-server to become healthy if not self._wait_for_health(timeout = 120.0): self._kill_process() raise RuntimeError( "llama-server failed to start. " "Check that the GGUF file is valid and you have enough memory." ) self._healthy = True logger.info( f"llama-server ready on port {self._port} " f"for model '{model_identifier}'" ) return True def unload_model(self) -> bool: """Terminate the llama-server subprocess and clean up state.""" with self._lock: self._kill_process() logger.info(f"Unloaded GGUF model: {self._model_identifier}") self._model_identifier = None self._gguf_path = None self._hf_repo = None self._hf_variant = None self._is_vision = False self._port = None self._healthy = False return True def _kill_process(self): """Terminate the subprocess if running.""" if self._process is None: return try: self._process.terminate() self._process.wait(timeout = 5) except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: logger.warning("llama-server did not exit on SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL") self._process.kill() self._process.wait(timeout = 5) except Exception as e: logger.warning(f"Error killing llama-server process: {e}") finally: self._process = None if self._stdout_thread is not None: self._stdout_thread.join(timeout = 2) self._stdout_thread = None def _cleanup(self): """atexit handler to ensure llama-server is terminated.""" self._kill_process() def _wait_for_health(self, timeout: float = 120.0, interval: float = 0.5) -> bool: """ Poll llama-server's /health endpoint until it responds 200. Also monitors subprocess for early exit/crash. """ deadline = time.monotonic() + timeout url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self._port}/health" while time.monotonic() < deadline: # Check if process crashed if self._process.poll() is not None: # Give the drain thread a moment to collect final output if self._stdout_thread is not None: self._stdout_thread.join(timeout = 2) output = "\n".join(self._stdout_lines[-50:]) logger.error( f"llama-server exited with code {self._process.returncode}. " f"Output: {output[:2000]}" ) return False try: resp = httpx.get(url, timeout = 2.0) if resp.status_code == 200: return True except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.TimeoutException): pass time.sleep(interval) logger.error(f"llama-server health check timed out after {timeout}s") return False # ── Message building (OpenAI format) ────────────────────────── @staticmethod def _build_openai_messages( messages: list[dict], image_b64: Optional[str] = None, ) -> list[dict]: """ Build OpenAI-format messages, optionally injecting an image_url content part into the last user message for vision models. If no image is provided, returns messages as-is. """ if not image_b64: return messages # Find the last user message and convert to multimodal content parts result = [msg.copy() for msg in messages] last_user_idx = None for i, msg in enumerate(result): if msg["role"] == "user": last_user_idx = i if last_user_idx is not None: text_content = result[last_user_idx].get("content", "") result[last_user_idx]["content"] = [ {"type": "text", "text": text_content}, { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": f"data:image/png;base64,{image_b64}", }, }, ] return result # ── Generation (proxy to llama-server) ──────────────────────── def generate_chat_completion( self, messages: list[dict], image_b64: Optional[str] = None, temperature: float = 0.7, top_p: float = 0.9, top_k: int = 40, min_p: float = 0.0, max_tokens: int = 512, repetition_penalty: float = 1.1, stop: Optional[list[str]] = None, cancel_event: Optional[threading.Event] = None, ) -> Generator[str, None, None]: """ Send a chat completion request to llama-server and stream tokens back. Uses /v1/chat/completions — llama-server handles chat template application and vision (multimodal image_url parts) natively. Yields cumulative text (matching InferenceBackend's convention). """ if not self.is_loaded: raise RuntimeError("llama-server is not loaded") openai_messages = self._build_openai_messages(messages, image_b64) payload = { "messages": openai_messages, "stream": True, "temperature": temperature, "top_p": top_p, "top_k": top_k if top_k >= 0 else 0, "min_p": min_p, "max_tokens": max_tokens, "repeat_penalty": repetition_penalty, } if stop: payload["stop"] = stop url = f"{self.base_url}/v1/chat/completions" cumulative = "" try: with httpx.Client(timeout = None) as client: with client.stream("POST", url, json = payload) as response: if response.status_code != 200: error_body = response.read().decode() raise RuntimeError( f"llama-server returned {response.status_code}: {error_body}" ) buffer = "" for raw_chunk in response.iter_text(): if cancel_event is not None and cancel_event.is_set(): break buffer += raw_chunk while "\n" in buffer: line, buffer = buffer.split("\n", 1) line = line.strip() if not line: continue if line == "data: [DONE]": return if not line.startswith("data: "): continue try: data = json.loads(line[6:]) choices = data.get("choices", []) if choices: delta = choices[0].get("delta", {}) token = delta.get("content", "") if token: cumulative += token yield cumulative except json.JSONDecodeError: logger.debug( f"Skipping malformed SSE line: {line[:100]}" ) except httpx.ConnectError: raise RuntimeError("Lost connection to llama-server") except Exception as e: if cancel_event is not None and cancel_event.is_set(): return raise