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Support GGML_BACKEND_DL and GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS using ggml's existing runtime dispatch. Link through ggml, discover CPU devices and functions through its registry, and load plugins before device enumeration. Follow the pinned ggml installation rules: install plugins beside executables or in GGML_BACKEND_DIR. Preserve the Vulkan cache workaround and refresh the backend list when build options change. Add portable CPU build documentation and installation/relocation coverage. Validation on Linux x86_64: - CPU TTS linked and plugin builds: 7/7 CTest tests each. - Custom install directory, variant-option toggling, and CPU variant graph execution pass; license-header and whitespace checks pass. - Earlier CPU ASR validation: 11/11 tests in linked and all-variant builds. GPU backends, Windows, and macOS remain untested. CUDA TTS still requires GGML_BACKEND_DL=OFF for its backend-specific optimized paths. AI assistance: Codex assisted with implementation, review, documentation, and automated validation. Signed-off-by: Dan Hansen <dhansen@byu.net>
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WalkthroughThe build now configures and installs available ggml backends, including dynamically loaded plugins. The runtime loads registered backends and discovers CPU device buffer types. MagpieTTS and NanoCodec use shared CPU-backend utilities. Changesggml backend loading
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- Around line 9-13: Update is_cpu_backend to return false when the backend is
null, then check the result of ggml_backend_get_device before calling
ggml_backend_dev_type; preserve the CPU-type comparison for non-null devices.
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| return ggml_backend_dev_type(ggml_backend_get_device(backend)) == | ||
| GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU; | ||
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The official **ggml** header declares `ggml_backend_get_device(backend)` and `ggml_backend_dev_type(device)`. The CPU device type is `GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU`. ([github.com](https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/blob/master/include/ggml-backend.h))
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The header excerpt establishes the function declarations and enum, but doesn’t specify whether `ggml_backend_get_device(NULL)` or `ggml_backend_dev_type(NULL)` is safe. Don’t assume those accept null; check the backend before calling.
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- 1: https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/blob/master/include/ggml-backend.h
- 2: https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/blob/master/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp?utm_source=openai
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Guard null backends and devices in is_cpu_backend.
The changed TTS paths establish a non-null backend before this helper runs, so this does not create a demonstrated crash in those paths. However, ggml_backend_get_device asserts on a null backend, and ggml_backend_dev_type asserts on a null device. The former ggml_backend_is_cpu returned false for a null backend. Preserve that behavior in this shared helper.
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inline bool
is_cpu_backend(ggml_backend_t backend) {
- return ggml_backend_dev_type(ggml_backend_get_device(backend)) ==
- GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU;
+ if (!backend) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ auto* dev = ggml_backend_get_device(backend);
+ return dev && ggml_backend_dev_type(dev) == GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU;
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| inline bool | |
| is_cpu_backend(ggml_backend_t backend) { | |
| return ggml_backend_dev_type(ggml_backend_get_device(backend)) == | |
| GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU; | |
| } | |
| inline bool | |
| is_cpu_backend(ggml_backend_t backend) { | |
| if (!backend) { | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| auto* dev = ggml_backend_get_device(backend); | |
| return dev && ggml_backend_dev_type(dev) == GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU; | |
| } |
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Review comment at @src/common/ggml_backend_utils.h around lines 9 - 13:
Update is_cpu_backend to return false when the backend is null, then check the
result of ggml_backend_get_device before calling ggml_backend_dev_type; preserve
the CPU-type comparison for non-null devices.
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Support GGML_BACKEND_DL and GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS using ggml's existing runtime dispatch. Link through ggml, discover CPU devices and functions through its registry, and load plugins before device enumeration.
Follow the pinned ggml installation rules: install plugins beside executables or in GGML_BACKEND_DIR. Preserve the Vulkan cache workaround and refresh the backend list when build options change. Add portable CPU build documentation and installation/relocation coverage.
Validation on Linux x86_64:
GPU backends, Windows, and macOS remain untested. CUDA TTS still requires GGML_BACKEND_DL=OFF for its backend-specific optimized paths.
AI assistance: Codex assisted with implementation, review, documentation, and automated validation.