unsloth/studio/backend/core/inference
Daniel Han 5205bc0ed6
Studio: pin GPU at 95% headroom and warn on silent CPU fallback (#5323)
* Studio: pin GPU at 95% headroom and warn on silent CPU fallback

Two related runtime-side fixes for unslothai/unsloth#5106 ("model
loaded fully on RAM instead of VRAM"):

1. GPU pin threshold bump 0.90 -> 0.95
-------------------------------------

``_select_gpus`` and the auto-ctx pin loop in ``start_llama_server``
used a ``pool * 0.90`` threshold to decide whether the model fits on
GPU. Models that needed 91-94% of free VRAM were classified as "does
not fit", so Studio set ``gpu_indices = None`` and shipped
``--fit on`` to llama-server without ``-ngl``. The unsloth
llama.cpp fork's ``--fit on`` then ran with its default
``--fit-target 1024`` (1 GiB margin per device, an upstream default
inherited from ggml-org#18679). On a tight fit where compute
buffers + CUDA context push the projected free below the 1 GiB
target, the fork's fit logic shaves layer weights off the GPU --
slow inference for users whose models would have loaded comfortably
with ``-ngl -1``.

The classic reproducer from #5106 (noahterbest's log):

    GGUF size: 20.8 GB, est. KV cache: 0.1 GB, context: 4096,
    GPUs free: [(0, 22805)], selected: None, fit: True

20.8 GiB on a 22.27 GiB free RTX 4090 is 94% utilization. The model
fits (1.4 GiB headroom), but the 0.90 threshold kicks it to fit
mode. Bumping to 0.95 keeps these in the fits-on-GPU branch and
emits ``-ngl -1`` directly. The fork's ``--fit on`` still serves as
the safety net for the genuinely-too-large case.

The auto-ctx fallback also re-checks fit at 4096 before handing off
to ``--fit on``: a 20.8 GiB model with a 131072 native context fails
the auto loop at native ctx, falls back to ``min(4096, ctx)``, but
its weights + 4096 KV pin to the GPU comfortably. Without the
re-check we still emitted ``--fit on``.

``_fit_context_to_vram``'s 0.90 budget for context binary search is
intentionally left tighter than the pin fraction. That routine
chooses the slider value, where over-promising would OOM at runtime.
``_select_gpus`` decides whether to pin at all, where being
conservative pushes layers to CPU.

2. Belt-and-suspenders: warn on silent CPU fallback
---------------------------------------------------

After ``_wait_for_health`` succeeds, scan llama-server's stdout for
``model buffer size`` lines. If Studio detected GPUs and intended
GPU use but only CPU buffers were allocated, log a structured
warning citing #5106. Markers cover CUDA / ROCm / Metal / Vulkan /
OpenCL / SYCL backends. New ``_gpu_offload_active: Optional[bool]``
field surfaces the result for any future API consumer.

This catches runtime-load failures the install-time fix cannot
cover (cudart bundle pairing PR #5322 is the install-side
companion): user overriding ``--fit-target``, uncommon driver +
toolkit configurations, future regressions in the install path.

Tests: 10 new cases in studio/backend/tests/test_llama_cpp_context_fit.py:
* TestTightFitPinsToGPU x3: noahterbest's exact reproducer (auto and
  explicit ctx pins to GPU at 94%); guard against threshold over-
  broadening (genuine overflow still falls back to ``--fit on``).
* TestClassifyGpuOffload x7: CUDA / ROCm / Metal buffer markers
  return True; CPU-only buffer lines return False; absent buffer
  lines or no GPUs detected return None (no warning).

25 context-fit tests pass (15 baseline + 10 new). 511 tests total
across the affected test files. No regressions.

Refs #5106

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..
__init__.py Final cleanup 2026-03-12 18:28:04 +00:00
_html_to_md.py fix: studio web search SSL failures and empty page content (#4754) 2026-04-01 06:12:02 -07:00
anthropic_compat.py Studio: support images on /v1/messages (Anthropic-compat) (#5128) 2026-04-22 03:25:07 +04:00
audio_codecs.py Add native GGUF intake to Studio (#5246) 2026-05-04 11:46:18 +02:00
defaults.py Add Qwen3.6 inference defaults for Studio (#5065) 2026-04-16 11:42:42 -07:00
inference.py Pin bitsandbytes to continuous-release_main on ROCm (4-bit decode fix) (#4954) 2026-04-10 06:25:39 -07:00
llama_cpp.py Studio: pin GPU at 95% headroom and warn on silent CPU fallback (#5323) 2026-05-13 04:48:15 -07:00
llama_server_args.py Studio: forward llama-server args from unsloth studio run , activate unsloth run , and allow passing model:quant to load models (#5271) 2026-05-04 17:08:04 +04:00
mlx_inference.py CI: scope GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, add MLX CI, unblock ~60 skipped tests (#5312) 2026-05-11 03:19:13 -07:00
orchestrator.py Add native GGUF intake to Studio (#5246) 2026-05-04 11:46:18 +02:00
tools.py fix(studio): harden sandbox security for terminal and python tools (#4827) 2026-04-03 13:33:42 -07:00
worker.py feat(studio): MLX training tab on Apple Silicon (LoRA / full FT, VLM, export) (#5265) 2026-05-05 23:54:58 -07:00