whispercpp 1.3.4 → 1.3.6

data/ext/sources/examples/talk-llama/{llama-sampling.cpp → llama-sampler.cpp}

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-#include "llama-sampling.h"
+#include "llama-sampler.h"
 
 #include "llama-impl.h"
 #include "llama-vocab.h"
 #include "llama-grammar.h"
 
+#include "ggml-cpp.h"
+
+#include <array>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cfloat>
@@ -345,7 +348,9 @@ static uint32_t get_rng_seed(uint32_t seed) {
 
 // llama_sampler API
 
-struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init(const struct llama_sampler_i * iface, llama_sampler_context_t ctx) {
+struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init(
+        struct llama_sampler_i * iface,
+        llama_sampler_context_t ctx) {
     return new llama_sampler {
         /* .iface = */ iface,
         /* .ctx   = */ ctx,
@@ -361,23 +366,39 @@ const char * llama_sampler_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 void llama_sampler_accept(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token token) {
+    if (!smpl) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (smpl->iface->accept) {
         smpl->iface->accept(smpl, token);
     }
 }
 
 void llama_sampler_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, struct llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
+    if (!smpl) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     GGML_ASSERT(smpl->iface->apply);
     smpl->iface->apply(smpl, cur_p);
 }
 
 void llama_sampler_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    if (!smpl) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (smpl->iface->reset) {
         smpl->iface->reset(smpl);
     }
 }
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    if (!smpl) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     if (smpl->iface->clone) {
         return smpl->iface->clone(smpl);
     }
@@ -404,37 +425,200 @@ void llama_sampler_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete smpl;
 }
 
-llama_token llama_sampler_sample(struct llama_sampler * smpl, struct llama_context * ctx, int32_t idx) {
-    const auto * logits = llama_get_logits_ith(ctx, idx);
+// empty sampler
 
-    const llama_model * model = llama_get_model(ctx);
-    const llama_vocab * vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);
+struct llama_sampler_empty {
+    const char * name;
+};
 
-    const int n_vocab = llama_vocab_n_tokens(vocab);
+static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_empty(const char * name);
+
+static const char * llama_sampler_empty_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_empty *) smpl->ctx;
+    return ctx->name;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_accept(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token token) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+    GGML_UNUSED(token);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+    GGML_UNUSED(cur_p);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+}
+
+static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_empty_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_empty *) smpl->ctx;
+    return llama_sampler_init_empty(ctx->name);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    delete (llama_sampler_empty *) smpl->ctx;
+}
 
-    // TODO: do not allocate each time
-    std::vector<llama_token_data> cur;
-    cur.reserve(n_vocab);
-    for (llama_token token_id = 0; token_id < n_vocab; token_id++) {
-        cur.emplace_back(llama_token_data{token_id, logits[token_id], 0.0f});
+static bool llama_sampler_empty_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_backend_accept(
+        struct llama_sampler * smpl,
+        ggml_context * ctx,
+        ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        struct ggml_tensor * selected_token) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+    GGML_UNUSED(ctx);
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+    GGML_UNUSED(selected_token);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_backend_apply(
+          struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+          struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+          struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+          struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+    GGML_UNUSED(ctx);
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+    GGML_UNUSED(data);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_empty_backend_set_input(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+}
+
+static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_empty_i = {
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_empty_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_empty_accept,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_empty_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_empty_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_empty_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_empty_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_empty_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ llama_sampler_empty_backend_accept,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_empty_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ llama_sampler_empty_backend_set_input,
+};
+
+struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_empty(const char * name) {
+    return llama_sampler_init(
+        /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_empty_i,
+        /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_empty {
+            /* .name = */ name,
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+// common backend sampler functionality
+//
+// +name : means that the sampler is support and will run on the backend
+// -name : means that a ggml operator is not supported by the backend
+//
+struct llama_sampler_backend {
+    llama_sampler_backend(const char * name) : name(name), name_ext(name), is_init(false), support(false) {}
+
+    const char * get_name() {
+        if (!is_init) {
+            return name.c_str();
+        }
+
+        if (support) {
+            name_ext = "+" + name;
+        } else {
+            name_ext = "-" + name;
+        }
+
+        return name_ext.c_str();
     }
 
-    llama_token_data_array cur_p = {
-        /* .data       = */ cur.data(),
-        /* .size       = */ cur.size(),
-        /* .selected   = */ -1,
-        /* .sorted     = */ false,
+    void init(bool support) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(this->is_init == false);
+
+        this->is_init = true;
+        this->support = support;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::string name;
+    std::string name_ext;
+
+    bool is_init;
+    bool support;
+};
+
+// check if all ggml ops used by the sampler are supported by the backend
+static bool llama_sampler_backend_support(
+        llama_sampler              * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * device = ggml_backend_buft_get_device(buft);
+    if (!device) {
+        // CPU backend always supported
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    ggml_init_params params = {
+        /*.mem_size   =*/ 128*ggml_tensor_overhead() + ggml_graph_overhead(),
+        /*.mem_buffer =*/ NULL,
+        /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,
     };
 
-    llama_sampler_apply(smpl, &cur_p);
+    ggml_context_ptr ctx_ptr { ggml_init(params) };
+    if (!ctx_ptr) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(format("failed to create ggml context"));
+    }
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(cur_p.selected >= 0 && cur_p.selected < (int32_t) cur_p.size);
+    ggml_context * ctx = ctx_ptr.get();
 
-    auto token = cur_p.data[cur_p.selected].id;
+    const int64_t n = 1024*1024;
 
-    llama_sampler_accept(smpl, token);
+    llama_sampler_data data = {
+        /*.logits     = */ ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, n),
+        /*.probs      = */ nullptr,
+        /*.sampled    = */ nullptr,
+        /*.candidates = */ ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, n),
+    };
 
-    return token;
+    ggml_cgraph * gf = ggml_new_graph(ctx);
+
+    smpl->iface->backend_apply(smpl, ctx, gf, &data);
+
+    if (data.logits) {
+        ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, data.logits);
+    }
+
+    if (data.probs) {
+        ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, data.probs);
+    }
+
+    if (data.sampled) {
+        ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, data.sampled);
+    }
+
+    if (data.candidates) {
+        ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, data.candidates);
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < ggml_graph_n_nodes(gf); i++) {
+        struct ggml_tensor * op = ggml_graph_node(gf, i);
+
+        if (!ggml_backend_dev_supports_op(device, op)) {
+            LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: device '%s' does not have support for op %s needed for sampler '%s'\n",
+                    __func__, ggml_backend_dev_name(device), ggml_op_name(op->op), smpl->iface->name(smpl));
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 // sampler chain
@@ -448,8 +632,8 @@ static void llama_sampler_chain_accept(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token
 
     time_meas tm(chain->t_sample_us, chain->params.no_perf);
 
-    for (auto * smpl : chain->samplers) {
-        llama_sampler_accept(smpl, token);
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        llama_sampler_accept(smpl.ptr, token);
     }
 
     chain->n_sample++;
@@ -460,20 +644,29 @@ static void llama_sampler_chain_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_d
 
     time_meas tm(chain->t_sample_us, chain->params.no_perf);
 
-    for (auto * smpl : chain->samplers) {
-        llama_sampler_apply(smpl, cur_p);
+    bool is_backend = chain->is_init;
+
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        if (is_backend && smpl.is_backend) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        is_backend = false;
+
+        if (smpl.ptr->iface->apply == nullptr) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        llama_sampler_apply(smpl.ptr, cur_p);
     }
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_chain_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
 
-    for (auto * smpl : chain->samplers) {
-        llama_sampler_reset(smpl);
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        llama_sampler_reset(smpl.ptr);
     }
-
-    chain->t_sample_us = 0;
-    chain->n_sample    = 0;
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
@@ -481,8 +674,8 @@ static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_clone(const struct llama_sampl
 
     auto * result = llama_sampler_chain_init(chain_src->params);
 
-    for (auto * smpl : chain_src->samplers) {
-        llama_sampler_chain_add(result, llama_sampler_clone(smpl));
+    for (const auto & smpl : chain_src->samplers) {
+        llama_sampler_chain_add(result, llama_sampler_clone(smpl.ptr));
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -491,20 +684,109 @@ static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_clone(const struct llama_sampl
 static void llama_sampler_chain_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
 
-    for (auto * smpl : chain->samplers) {
-        llama_sampler_free(smpl);
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        llama_sampler_free(smpl.ptr);
     }
 
     delete chain;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_chain_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(chain->is_init == false && "llama_sampler_chain_backend_init() called twice");
+
+    chain->is_init = true;
+
+    bool res = true;
+
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        bool res_cur = true;
+
+        // to be able to run a sampler on the backend, it has to:
+        // - have the .backend_init() API implemented
+        // - return true during .backend_init()
+        if (smpl.ptr->iface->backend_init) {
+            if (!smpl.ptr->iface->backend_init(smpl.ptr, buft)) {
+                res_cur = false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            res_cur = false;
+        }
+
+        smpl.is_backend = res_cur;
+
+        res = res && res_cur;
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_chain_backend_accept(
+        struct llama_sampler * smpl,
+        ggml_context * ctx,
+        ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        struct ggml_tensor * selected_token) {
+    auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        if (!smpl.is_backend) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (smpl.ptr->iface->backend_accept) {
+            smpl.ptr->iface->backend_accept(smpl.ptr, ctx, gf, selected_token);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_chain_backend_apply(
+          struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+          struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+          struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+          struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(chain->is_init && "llama_sampler_chain_backend_init() not called");
+
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        if (!smpl.is_backend) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (smpl.ptr->iface->backend_apply) {
+            smpl.ptr->iface->backend_apply(smpl.ptr, ctx, gf, data);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_chain_backend_set_input(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    for (auto & smpl : chain->samplers) {
+        if (!smpl.is_backend) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (smpl.ptr->iface->backend_set_input) {
+            smpl.ptr->iface->backend_set_input(smpl.ptr);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_chain_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_chain_name,
-    /* .accept = */ llama_sampler_chain_accept,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_chain_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_chain_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_chain_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_chain_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_chain_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_chain_accept,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_chain_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_chain_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_chain_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_chain_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_chain_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ llama_sampler_chain_backend_accept,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_chain_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ llama_sampler_chain_backend_set_input,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_init(struct llama_sampler_chain_params params) {
@@ -512,26 +794,113 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_init(struct llama_sampler_chain_param
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_chain_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_chain {
             /* .params      = */ params,
+            /* .is_init     = */ false,
             /* .samplers    = */ {},
+            /* .cur         = */ {},
             /* .t_sample_us = */ 0,
             /* .n_sample    = */ 0,
         }
     );
 }
 
+llama_token llama_sampler_sample(struct llama_sampler * smpl, struct llama_context * ctx, int32_t idx) {
+    const llama_token   sampled_token  = llama_get_sampled_token_ith     (ctx, idx);
+    const float *       sampled_probs  = llama_get_sampled_probs_ith     (ctx, idx);
+    const float *       sampled_logits = llama_get_sampled_logits_ith    (ctx, idx);
+    const llama_token * sampled_ids    = llama_get_sampled_candidates_ith(ctx, idx);
+
+    // If a backend sampler has already sampled a token, return it.
+    if (sampled_token != LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL) {
+        LLAMA_LOG_DEBUG("%s: Backend sampler selected token for idx %d. Skipping CPU samplers\n", __func__, idx);
+        return sampled_token;
+    }
+
+    const llama_model * model = llama_get_model(ctx);
+    const llama_vocab * vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);
+
+    const int n_vocab = llama_vocab_n_tokens(vocab);
+
+    // use pre-allocated buffer from chain if available, otherwise allocate locally
+    std::vector<llama_token_data> * cur_ptr;
+    std::vector<llama_token_data> cur_local;
+
+    if (smpl->iface == &llama_sampler_chain_i) {
+        auto * chain = (llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
+        cur_ptr = &chain->cur;
+    } else {
+        cur_ptr = &cur_local;
+    }
+
+    auto & cur = *cur_ptr;
+
+    if (sampled_probs) {
+        const uint32_t sampled_probs_count = llama_get_sampled_probs_count_ith(ctx, idx);
+        cur.resize(sampled_probs_count);
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < sampled_probs_count; ++i) {
+            cur[i] = llama_token_data{sampled_ids[i], sampled_logits[i], sampled_probs[i]};
+        }
+    } else if (sampled_logits) {
+        const uint32_t sampled_logits_count = llama_get_sampled_logits_count_ith(ctx, idx);
+        cur.resize(sampled_logits_count);
+        for (llama_token i = 0; i < (int)sampled_logits_count; i++) {
+            cur[i] = llama_token_data{sampled_ids[i], sampled_logits[i], 0.0f};
+        }
+    } else {
+        const auto * logits = llama_get_logits_ith(ctx, idx);
+        GGML_ASSERT(logits != nullptr);
+        cur.resize(n_vocab);
+        for (llama_token token_id = 0; token_id < n_vocab; token_id++) {
+            cur[token_id] = llama_token_data{token_id, logits[token_id], 0.0f};
+        }
+    }
+
+    llama_token_data_array cur_p = {
+        /* .data       = */ cur.data(),
+        /* .size       = */ cur.size(),
+        /* .selected   = */ -1,
+        /* .sorted     = */ false,
+    };
+
+    llama_sampler_apply(smpl, &cur_p);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(cur_p.selected >= 0 && cur_p.selected < (int32_t) cur_p.size);
+
+    auto token = cur_p.data[cur_p.selected].id;
+
+    llama_sampler_accept(smpl, token);
+
+    return token;
+}
+
+
 void llama_sampler_chain_add(struct llama_sampler * chain, struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     auto * p = (llama_sampler_chain *) chain->ctx;
-    p->samplers.push_back(smpl);
+    p->samplers.push_back({
+        /* .is_backend = */ false,
+        /* .ptr        = */ smpl,
+    });
 }
 
-struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_get(const struct llama_sampler * chain, int32_t i) {
+struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_get(struct llama_sampler * chain, int32_t i) {
+    if (chain == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    if (chain->iface != &llama_sampler_chain_i) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    if (i == -1) {
+        return chain;
+    }
+
     const auto * p = (const llama_sampler_chain *) chain->ctx;
 
     if (i < 0 || (size_t) i >= p->samplers.size()) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    return p->samplers[i];
+    return p->samplers[i].ptr;
 }
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_remove(struct llama_sampler * chain, int32_t i) {
@@ -541,7 +910,7 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_chain_remove(struct llama_sampler * chain,
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    auto * result = p->samplers[i];
+    auto * result = p->samplers[i].ptr;
     p->samplers.erase(p->samplers.begin() + i);
 
     return result;
@@ -559,8 +928,36 @@ int llama_sampler_chain_n(const struct llama_sampler * chain) {
 
 // greedy
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_greedy_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "greedy";
+struct llama_sampler_greedy : public llama_sampler_backend {
+};
+
+static const char * llama_sampler_greedy_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_greedy *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_greedy_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_greedy *) smpl->ctx;
+    GGML_UNUSED(ctx);
+}
+
+static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_greedy_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    const auto * ctx = (const llama_sampler_greedy *) smpl->ctx;
+    auto * result = llama_sampler_init_greedy();
+
+    // copy the state
+    {
+        auto * result_ctx = (llama_sampler_greedy *) result->ctx;
+
+        GGML_UNUSED(ctx);
+        GGML_UNUSED(result_ctx);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_greedy_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    delete (llama_sampler_greedy *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_greedy_apply(struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -572,33 +969,68 @@ static void llama_sampler_greedy_apply(struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/, llama_to
     }
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_greedy_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_greedy *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_greedy_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+    GGML_UNUSED(smpl);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * curl = ggml_argmax(ctx, data->logits);
+    ggml_set_name(curl, "greedy_argmax");
+
+    data->sampled = curl;
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_greedy_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_greedy_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_greedy_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .free   = */ nullptr,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_greedy_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_greedy_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_greedy_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_greedy_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_greedy_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_greedy_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_greedy_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_greedy() {
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_greedy_i,
-        /* .ctx   = */ nullptr
+        /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_greedy {
+            ("greedy"),
+        }
     );
 }
 
 // dist
 
-struct llama_sampler_dist {
+struct llama_sampler_dist : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const uint32_t seed;
           uint32_t seed_cur;
 
     std::mt19937 rng;
+
+    ggml_tensor * inp_uniform;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_dist_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "dist";
+static const char * llama_sampler_dist_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_dist_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -673,6 +1105,12 @@ static void llama_sampler_dist_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_da
 #endif
 }
 
+static void llama_sampler_dist_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
+    ctx->seed_cur = get_rng_seed(ctx->seed);
+    ctx->rng.seed(ctx->seed_cur);
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_dist_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     const auto * ctx = (const llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
     auto * result = llama_sampler_init_dist(ctx->seed);
@@ -687,23 +1125,106 @@ static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_dist_clone(const struct llama_sample
     return result;
 }
 
-static void llama_sampler_dist_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
-    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
-    ctx->seed_cur = get_rng_seed(ctx->seed);
-    ctx->rng.seed(ctx->seed_cur);
-}
-
 static void llama_sampler_dist_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_dist_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_dist_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    sctx->inp_uniform = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, 1);
+    ggml_set_name (sctx->inp_uniform, "uniform");
+    ggml_set_input(sctx->inp_uniform);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * probs = ggml_soft_max(ctx, data->logits);
+    ggml_set_name(probs, "dist_probs");
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * cumsum = ggml_cumsum(ctx, probs);
+    ggml_set_name(cumsum, "dist_cumsum");
+
+    // The uniform tensor has a random value and we subtract this tensor with
+    // the cumsum tensor (the uniform tensor will be broadcasted by ggml_sub).
+    // Recall that each entry in cumsum is the cumulative probability up to that
+    // index so values stay negative while the cumulative total is below the
+    // random value, and become zero/positive once the threshold is crossed.
+    struct ggml_tensor * diff = ggml_sub(ctx, cumsum, sctx->inp_uniform);
+    ggml_set_name(diff, "dist_cumsum");
+
+    // The ggml_step function produces a tensor where entries are 1 if the
+    // corresponding entry in diff is > 0, and 0 otherwise. So all values up to
+    // the index where the cumulative probability exceeds the random value are 0,
+    // and all entries after that are 1.
+    struct ggml_tensor * mask = ggml_step(ctx, diff);
+    ggml_set_name(mask, "dist_mask");
+
+    // Taking the sum of the mask gives us the sum of elements after the threshold
+    // we are interested in.
+    struct ggml_tensor * idxf = ggml_sum(ctx, mask);
+    ggml_set_name(idxf, "dist_index_f32");
+
+    // Use ggml_scale_bias to scale the index value by -1 and then add the size
+    // of the mask to that value so we get the correct index ((-1 * idxf) + n).
+    struct ggml_tensor * idx = ggml_cast(ctx, ggml_scale_bias(ctx, idxf, -1.0f, mask->ne[0]), GGML_TYPE_I32);
+    ggml_set_name(idx, "dist_index_i32");
+
+    // Map back to original vocab ids if a candidates tensor is available.
+    struct ggml_tensor * sampled_token = idx;
+    if (data->candidates != nullptr) {
+        struct ggml_tensor * candidates = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->candidates, 1, ggml_nelements(data->candidates));
+
+        sampled_token = ggml_get_rows(ctx, candidates, idx);
+        ggml_set_name(sampled_token, "dist_sampled_token");
+    }
+
+    data->sampled = sampled_token;
+    data->probs = probs;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_dist_backend_set_input(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_dist *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(sctx->inp_uniform != nullptr);
+
+    // We sample in double precision and cast to float to match rnd numbers of
+    // llama_dampler_dist which uses double precision (sampling from
+    // std::uniform_real_distribution<double> and
+    // std::uniform_real_distribution<float> with same rng will produce
+    // different sequences).
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist(0.0f, 1.0f);
+    const float rnd = dist(sctx->rng);
+
+    ggml_backend_tensor_set(sctx->inp_uniform, &rnd, 0, sizeof(float));
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_dist_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_dist_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_dist_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_dist_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_dist_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_dist_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_dist_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_dist_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_dist_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_dist_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_dist_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_dist_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_dist_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ llama_sampler_dist_backend_set_input,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_dist(uint32_t seed) {
@@ -711,21 +1232,24 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_dist(uint32_t seed) {
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_dist_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_dist {
-            /* .seed     = */ seed,
-            /* .seed_cur = */ seed_cur,
-            /* .rng      = */ std::mt19937(seed_cur),
+            ("dist"),
+            /* .seed        = */ seed,
+            /* .seed_cur    = */ seed_cur,
+            /* .rng         = */ std::mt19937(seed_cur),
+            /* .inp_uniform = */ nullptr,
         }
     );
 }
 
 // top-k
 
-struct llama_sampler_top_k {
+struct llama_sampler_top_k : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const int32_t k;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_top_k_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "top-k";
+static const char * llama_sampler_top_k_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_k *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_top_k_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -742,19 +1266,69 @@ static void llama_sampler_top_k_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_top_k *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_top_k_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_k *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_top_k_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_k *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * top_k = ggml_top_k(ctx, data->logits, sctx->k);
+    ggml_set_name(top_k, "top_k");
+
+    if (data->candidates) {
+        struct ggml_tensor * candidates_rows = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->candidates, 1, data->candidates->ne[0]);
+        data->candidates = ggml_get_rows(ctx, candidates_rows, top_k);
+        data->candidates = ggml_reshape_1d(ctx, data->candidates, sctx->k);
+        ggml_set_name(data->candidates, "top_k_candidates");
+    } else {
+        data->candidates = top_k;
+    }
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * logits_rows = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->logits, 1, data->logits->ne[0]);
+    struct ggml_tensor * top_k_rows = ggml_get_rows(ctx, logits_rows, top_k);
+    data->logits = ggml_reshape_1d(ctx, top_k_rows, sctx->k);
+    ggml_set_name(top_k_rows, "top_k_rows");
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_top_k_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_top_k_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_top_k_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_top_k_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_top_k_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_top_k_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_top_k_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_top_k_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_top_k_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_top_k_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_top_k_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_top_k(int32_t k) {
+    const bool is_empty = (k <= 0);
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?top-k");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_top_k_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_top_k {
+            ("top-k"),
             /* .k = */ k,
         }
     );
@@ -762,15 +1336,16 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_top_k(int32_t k) {
 
 // top-p
 
-struct llama_sampler_top_p {
+struct llama_sampler_top_p : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const float  p;
     const size_t min_keep;
 
     std::vector<llama_token_data> buf_sort;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_top_p_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "top-p";
+static const char * llama_sampler_top_p_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_p *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_top_p_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -837,19 +1412,115 @@ static void llama_sampler_top_p_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_top_p *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_top_p_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_p *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_top_p_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_top_p *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    auto ggml_sort = [ctx](struct ggml_tensor * a, struct ggml_tensor * b) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_nrows(a) == 1);
+        struct ggml_tensor * a_reshaped = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, a, 1, a->ne[0]);
+        struct ggml_tensor * a_sorted   = ggml_get_rows(ctx, a_reshaped, b);
+        return ggml_reshape_1d(ctx, a_sorted, a->ne[0]);
+    };
+
+    // Get the sorted logits in descending order.
+    struct ggml_tensor * sorted_idx = ggml_argsort(ctx, data->logits, GGML_SORT_ORDER_DESC);
+    ggml_set_name(sorted_idx, "top_p_sorted_idx");
+
+    // Do the sorting via reshape + get_rows
+    struct ggml_tensor * sorted_logits = ggml_sort(data->logits, sorted_idx);
+    ggml_set_name(sorted_logits, "top_p_sorted_logits");
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * softmax = ggml_soft_max(ctx, sorted_logits);
+    ggml_set_name(softmax, "top_p_softmax");
+
+    // If candidates are provided, sort them as well. Otherwise, set sorted indices as candidates.
+    if (data->candidates) {
+        data->candidates = ggml_sort(data->candidates, sorted_idx);
+    } else {
+        data->candidates = sorted_idx;
+    }
+    ggml_set_name(data->candidates, "top_p_candidates");
+
+    // Compute Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) by means of GGML_OP_CUMSUM.
+    struct ggml_tensor * cdf = ggml_cumsum(ctx, softmax);
+    ggml_set_name(cdf, "top_p_cdf");
+
+    // Invert CDF and add top-p value so that ggml_step yields 1 for values we want to keep
+    struct ggml_tensor * cdf_scaled = ggml_scale_bias(ctx, cdf, -1.0f, sctx->p);
+    ggml_set_name(cdf_scaled, "top_p_cdf_scaled");
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * mask = ggml_step(ctx, cdf_scaled);
+    ggml_set_name(mask, "top_p_mask");
+
+    // Taking the sum of the mask gives us the sum of elements after the threshold
+    // we are interested in.
+    struct ggml_tensor * idxf = ggml_sum(ctx, mask);
+    ggml_set_name(idxf, "top_p_index_f32");
+
+    // prevent out-of-bounds access
+    idxf = ggml_clamp(ctx, idxf, 0.0f, mask->ne[0] - 1);
+
+    // construct ones tensor to set the value in the mask
+    struct ggml_tensor * ones = ggml_scale_bias(ctx, idxf, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+    ggml_set_name(ones, "top_p_ones");
+
+    // Make top-p inclusive (i.e. return all values such that cum_sum/cdf >= p)
+    struct ggml_tensor * mask_reshaped = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, mask, 1, mask->ne[0]);
+
+    mask_reshaped = ggml_set_rows(ctx, mask_reshaped, ones, ggml_cast(ctx, idxf, GGML_TYPE_I32));
+    mask = ggml_reshape_1d(ctx, mask_reshaped, mask->ne[0]);
+
+    // Apply -INFINITY bias for masked-out tokens
+    // log(1) = 0 (keep), log(0) = -INF (discard)
+    struct ggml_tensor * top_p_bias = ggml_log(ctx, mask);
+    ggml_set_name(top_p_bias, "top_p_bias");
+
+    data->logits = ggml_add(ctx, sorted_logits, top_p_bias);
+    ggml_set_name(data->logits, "top_p_logits");
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_top_p_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_top_p_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_top_p_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_top_p_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_top_p_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_top_p_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_top_p_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_top_p_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_top_p_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_top_p_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_top_p_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_top_p(float p, size_t min_keep) {
+    const bool is_empty = p >= 1.0f;
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?top-p");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_top_p_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_top_p {
+            ("top-p"),
             /* .p        = */ p,
             /* .min_keep = */ min_keep,
             /* .buf_sort = */ {},
@@ -859,13 +1530,14 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_top_p(float p, size_t min_keep) {
 
 // min-p
 
-struct llama_sampler_min_p {
+struct llama_sampler_min_p : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const float  p;
     const size_t min_keep;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_min_p_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "min-p";
+static const char * llama_sampler_min_p_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_min_p *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_min_p_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -931,19 +1603,81 @@ static void llama_sampler_min_p_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_min_p *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_min_p_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_min_p *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_min_p_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_min_p *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * max_idx = ggml_argmax(ctx, data->logits);
+    ggml_set_name(max_idx, "max_idx");
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * logits_rows = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->logits, 1, data->logits->ne[0]);
+    ggml_set_name(logits_rows, "logits_rows");
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * max_logit = ggml_get_rows(ctx, logits_rows, max_idx);
+    ggml_set_name(max_logit, "max_logit");
+
+    // Calculate the threshold value.
+    struct ggml_tensor * threshold = ggml_scale_bias(ctx, max_logit, 1.0f, logf(sctx->p));
+    ggml_set_name(threshold, "min_p_threshold");
+
+    // Subtract the threshold from logits.
+    struct ggml_tensor * sub = ggml_sub(ctx, data->logits, threshold);
+
+    // Create a mask where logits below the threshold are 0 (discard),
+    // and others are 1 (keep).
+    struct ggml_tensor * mask = ggml_step(ctx, sub);
+    ggml_set_name(mask, "min_p_mask");
+
+    // Apply -INFINITY bias for masked-out tokens
+    // log(1) = 0 (keep), log(0) = -INF (discard)
+    struct ggml_tensor * min_p_bias = ggml_log(ctx, mask);
+    ggml_set_name(min_p_bias, "min_p_bias");
+
+    data->logits = ggml_add(ctx, data->logits, min_p_bias);
+    ggml_set_name(data->logits, "min_p_logits");
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_min_p_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_min_p_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_min_p_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_min_p_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_min_p_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_min_p_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_min_p_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_min_p_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_min_p_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_min_p_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_min_p_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_min_p(float p, size_t min_keep) {
+    const bool is_empty = (p <= 0.0f);
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?min-p");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_min_p_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_min_p {
+            ("min-p"),
             /* .p        = */ p,
             /* .min_keep = */ min_keep,
         }
@@ -1031,15 +1765,25 @@ static void llama_sampler_typical_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_typical_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_typical_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_typical_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_typical_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_typical_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_typical_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_typical_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_typical_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_typical_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_typical(float p, size_t min_keep) {
+    const bool is_empty = (p >= 1.0f);
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?typical");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_typical_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_typical {
@@ -1051,12 +1795,13 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_typical(float p, size_t min_keep) {
 
 // temp
 
-struct llama_sampler_temp {
+struct llama_sampler_temp : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const float temp;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_temp_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "temp";
+static const char * llama_sampler_temp_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_temp_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -1074,19 +1819,79 @@ static void llama_sampler_temp_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_temp *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static void llama_sampler_backend_temp_sampling(
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data,
+        float                       temp) {
+    if (temp <= 0.0f) {
+        // Find the most probable token index.
+        struct ggml_tensor * max_idx = ggml_argmax(ctx, data->logits);
+        ggml_set_name(max_idx, "temp_max_idx");
+
+        if (data->candidates) {
+            struct ggml_tensor * candidates_rows = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->candidates, 1, data->candidates->ne[0]);
+            data->candidates = ggml_get_rows(ctx, candidates_rows, max_idx);
+        } else {
+            data->candidates = max_idx;
+        }
+
+        struct ggml_tensor * logits_rows = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, data->logits, 1, data->logits->ne[0]);
+        data->logits = ggml_get_rows(ctx, logits_rows, max_idx);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    data->logits = ggml_scale(ctx, data->logits, 1.0f / temp);
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+}
+
+static bool llama_sampler_temp_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_temp_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp *) smpl->ctx;
+    llama_sampler_backend_temp_sampling(ctx, gf, data, sctx->temp);
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_temp_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_temp_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_temp_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_temp_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_temp_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_temp_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_temp_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_temp_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_temp_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_temp_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_temp_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_temp(float temp) {
+    const bool is_empty = temp == 1.0f;
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?temp");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_temp_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_temp {
+            ("temp"),
             /*.temp = */ temp,
         }
     );
@@ -1094,14 +1899,15 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_temp(float temp) {
 
 // temp-ext
 
-struct llama_sampler_temp_ext {
+struct llama_sampler_temp_ext : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const float temp;
     const float delta;
     const float exponent;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_temp_ext_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "temp-ext";
+static const char * llama_sampler_temp_ext_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp_ext *) smpl->ctx;
+    return sctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_temp_ext_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -1184,24 +1990,112 @@ static void llama_sampler_temp_ext_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_temp_ext *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static bool llama_sampler_temp_ext_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp_ext *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    const bool res = llama_sampler_backend_support(smpl, buft);
+
+    sctx->init(res);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_temp_ext_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_temp_ext *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    // Revert to standard temperature scaling if delta or temp are non-positive.
+    if (sctx->delta <= 0.0f || sctx->temp <= 0.0f) {
+        llama_sampler_backend_temp_sampling(ctx, gf, data, sctx->temp);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Calculate min_temp, max_temp, and max_entropy.
+    const float min_temp    = std::max(0.0f, sctx->temp - sctx->delta);
+    const float max_temp    = sctx->temp + sctx->delta;
+    const float max_entropy = logf(data->logits->ne[0]);
+
+    // Calculate the probabilities.
+    struct ggml_tensor * probs = ggml_soft_max(ctx, data->logits);
+    ggml_set_name(probs, "temp_ext_softmax_probs");
+
+    // Clamp probabilities to avoid log(0) which would give -inf
+    struct ggml_tensor * probs_clamped = ggml_clamp(ctx, probs, 1e-10f, 1.0f);
+    ggml_set_name(probs_clamped, "temp_ext_probs_clamped");
+
+    // Calculate the entropy, entropy = -Σ(p * log(p)).
+    struct ggml_tensor * log_probs   = ggml_log(ctx, probs_clamped);
+    struct ggml_tensor * p_log_p     = ggml_mul(ctx, probs_clamped, log_probs);
+    struct ggml_tensor * sum_p_log_p = ggml_sum(ctx, p_log_p);
+    struct ggml_tensor * entropy     = ggml_scale(ctx, sum_p_log_p, -1.0f);
+    ggml_set_name(log_probs,   "temp_ext_log_probs");
+    ggml_set_name(p_log_p,     "temp_ext_p_log_p");
+    ggml_set_name(sum_p_log_p, "temp_ext_sum_p_log_p");
+    ggml_set_name(entropy,     "temp_ext_entropy");
+
+    // Normalize the entropy, norm_entropy = entropy / max_entropy
+    struct ggml_tensor * norm_entropy = ggml_scale(ctx, entropy, 1.0f / max_entropy);
+    ggml_set_name(norm_entropy, "temp_ext_norm_entropy");
+
+    // Calculate the dynamic temperature:
+    // dyn_temp = min_temp + (max_temp - min_temp) * powf(normalized_entropy, exponent);
+    //
+    // Calculate powf(normalized_entropy, exponent) as
+    // norm_entropy^exponent = exp(exponent * log(norm_entropy))
+    struct ggml_tensor * log_norm_entropy = ggml_log(ctx, norm_entropy);
+    struct ggml_tensor * scaled_log       = ggml_scale(ctx, log_norm_entropy, sctx->exponent);
+    struct ggml_tensor * pow_entropy      = ggml_exp(ctx, scaled_log);
+    // With pow_entropy computed we can now compute dyn_temp, scaling by
+    // (max_temp - min_temp) and then adding min_temp.
+    struct ggml_tensor * dyn_temp         = ggml_scale_bias(ctx, pow_entropy, max_temp - min_temp, min_temp);
+    ggml_set_name(log_norm_entropy, "temp_ext_log_norm_entropy");
+    ggml_set_name(scaled_log,       "temp_ext_scaled_log");
+    ggml_set_name(pow_entropy,      "temp_ext_pow_entropy");
+    ggml_set_name(dyn_temp,         "temp_ext_dyn_temp");
+
+    // Scale the logits by the dynamic temperature
+    struct ggml_tensor * scaled_logits = ggml_div(ctx, data->logits, dyn_temp);
+    ggml_set_name(scaled_logits, "temp_ext_scaled_logits");
+
+    data->logits = scaled_logits;
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_temp_ext_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_temp_ext_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_temp_ext(float temp, float delta, float exponent) {
-    return llama_sampler_init(
+    const bool is_empty = temp == 1.0f && delta <= 0.0f;
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?temp-ext");
+    }
+
+    auto * res = llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_temp_ext_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_temp_ext {
+            ("temp-ext"),
             /* .temp     = */ temp,
             /* .delta    = */ delta,
             /* .exponent = */ exponent,
         }
     );
+
+    return res;
 }
 
 // xtc
@@ -1214,7 +2108,7 @@ struct llama_sampler_xtc {
     const uint32_t seed;
     uint32_t       seed_cur;
 
-    std::mt19937    rng;
+    std::mt19937   rng;
 };
 
 static const char * llama_sampler_xtc_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
@@ -1279,16 +2173,27 @@ static void llama_sampler_xtc_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_xtc_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_xtc_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sample_xtc_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_xtc_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_xtc_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_xtc_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_xtc_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sample_xtc_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_xtc_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_xtc_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_xtc_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_xtc(float p, float t, size_t min_keep, uint32_t seed) {
-    auto seed_cur = get_rng_seed(seed);
+    const bool is_empty = (p <= 0.0f || t > 0.5f);
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?xtc");
+    }
+
+    const auto seed_cur = get_rng_seed(seed);
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_xtc_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_xtc {
@@ -1387,16 +2292,21 @@ static void llama_sampler_mirostat_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_mirostat_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_mirostat(int32_t n_vocab, uint32_t seed, float tau, float eta, int32_t m) {
-    auto seed_cur = get_rng_seed(seed);
+    const auto seed_cur = get_rng_seed(seed);
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_mirostat_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_mirostat {
@@ -1486,12 +2396,16 @@ static void llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_mirostat_v2_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_mirostat_v2(uint32_t seed, float tau, float eta) {
@@ -1603,12 +2517,16 @@ static void llama_sampler_grammar_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_grammar_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_grammar_name,
-    /* .accept = */ llama_sampler_grammar_accept_impl,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_grammar_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_grammar_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_grammar_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_grammar_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_grammar_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_grammar_accept_impl,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_grammar_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_grammar_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_grammar_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_grammar_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_grammar_impl(
@@ -1625,10 +2543,12 @@ static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_grammar_impl(
     auto * ctx = new llama_sampler_grammar;
 
     if (grammar_str != nullptr && grammar_str[0] != '\0') {
+        std::string trigger_pattern;
+        llama_grammar * grammar = nullptr;
         // TODO: remove trigger_words support.
         if (trigger_words != nullptr && num_trigger_words > 0) {
             GGML_ASSERT(trigger_patterns == nullptr && num_trigger_patterns == 0);
-            std::string trigger_pattern("[\\s\\S]*?(");
+            trigger_pattern = "[\\s\\S]*?(";
             for (size_t i = 0; i < num_trigger_words; ++i) {
                 static const std::regex special_chars("[.^$|()*+?\\[\\]{}\\\\]");
                 if (i > 0) {
@@ -1637,15 +2557,17 @@ static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_grammar_impl(
                 trigger_pattern += std::regex_replace(trigger_words[i], special_chars, "\\$0");
             }
             trigger_pattern += ")[\\s\\S]*";
-            const auto * trigger_pattern_c = trigger_pattern.c_str();
-            trigger_patterns = &trigger_pattern_c;
-            num_trigger_patterns = 1;
+
+            std::array<const char *, 1> tmp_trigger_patterns = { trigger_pattern.c_str() };
+            grammar = llama_grammar_init_impl(vocab, grammar_str, grammar_root, lazy, tmp_trigger_patterns.data(), tmp_trigger_patterns.size(), trigger_tokens, num_trigger_tokens);
+        } else {
+            grammar = llama_grammar_init_impl(vocab, grammar_str, grammar_root, lazy, trigger_patterns, num_trigger_patterns, trigger_tokens, num_trigger_tokens);
         }
         *ctx = {
             /* .vocab        = */ vocab,
             /* .grammar_str  = */ grammar_str,
             /* .grammar_root = */ grammar_root,
-            /* .grammar      = */ llama_grammar_init_impl(vocab, grammar_str, grammar_root, lazy, trigger_patterns, num_trigger_patterns, trigger_tokens, num_trigger_tokens),
+            /* .grammar      = */ grammar,
         };
         if (!ctx->grammar) {
             delete ctx;
@@ -1806,12 +2728,16 @@ static void llama_sampler_penalties_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_penalties_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_penalties_name,
-    /* .accept = */ llama_sampler_penalties_accept,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_penalties_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_penalties_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_penalties_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_penalties_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_penalties_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_penalties_accept,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_penalties_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_penalties_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_penalties_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_penalties_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_penalties(
@@ -1821,6 +2747,12 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_penalties(
         float penalty_present) {
     penalty_last_n = std::max(penalty_last_n, 0);
 
+    const bool is_empty = (penalty_last_n == 0 || (penalty_repeat == 1.0f && penalty_freq == 0.0f && penalty_present == 0.0f));
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?penalties");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_penalties_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_penalties {
@@ -1858,9 +2790,7 @@ static void llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_t
     for (size_t i = 0; i < cur_p->size; ++i) {
         // Only count non-negative infinity values
         if (cur_p->data[i].logit != -INFINITY) {
-            if (cur_p->data[i].logit > max) {
-                max = cur_p->data[i].logit;
-            }
+            max = std::max(max, cur_p->data[i].logit);
             logits_sum += cur_p->data[i].logit;
             valid_count++;
         }
@@ -1897,15 +2827,25 @@ static void llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_top_n_sigma(float n) {
+    const bool is_empty = (n <= 0.0f);
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?top-n-sigma");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_top_n_sigma_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_top_n_sigma {
@@ -2227,12 +3167,16 @@ static void llama_sampler_dry_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_dry_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_dry_name,
-    /* .accept = */ llama_sampler_dry_accept,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_dry_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ llama_sampler_dry_reset,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_dry_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_dry_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_dry_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_dry_accept,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_dry_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_dry_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_dry_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_dry_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_dry(const struct llama_vocab * vocab, int32_t n_ctx_train, float dry_multiplier, float dry_base, int32_t dry_allowed_length, int32_t dry_penalty_last_n, const char** seq_breakers, size_t num_breakers) {
@@ -2243,6 +3187,10 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_dry(const struct llama_vocab * vocab,
 
     const bool dry_enabled = (dry_multiplier != 0.0f && dry_base >= 1.0f && dry_penalty_last_n != 0);
 
+    if (!dry_enabled) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?dry");
+    }
+
     if (dry_enabled && seq_breakers != nullptr && num_breakers > 0) {
         // Process sequence breakers
         for (size_t i = 0; i < num_breakers; ++i) {
@@ -2311,18 +3259,186 @@ struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_dry_testing(int32_t context_size, floa
     return result;
 }
 
+// adaptive-p sampler state
+//
+// maintains an exponential moving average of the *ORIGINAL* probabilities
+// of selected tokens, used to compute an adapted target at each sampling step.
+//
+// see llama.h for a full description of the sampler
+//
+// ref: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/17927
+//
+struct llama_sampler_adaptive_p {
+    const float        target;            // target probability (0.0 - 1.0; negative = disabled)
+    const float        decay;             // EMA decay; history ~= 1/(1-decay) tokens (0.0 - 0.99)
+    const uint32_t     seed;              // original RNG seed
+    uint32_t           seed_cur;          // actual RNG seed
+    std::mt19937       rng;               // RNG state
+    float              weighted_sum;      // sum(p_i * decay^i)
+    float              total_weight;      // sum(decay^i), converges to 1/(1-decay)
+    std::vector<float> original_probs;    // pre-transform probs, cached for EMA update
+    llama_token        pending_token_id;  // token ID of selected token
+    int32_t            pending_token_idx; // index of orig. prob. of selected token in original_probs
+};
+
+// adaptive probability transformation constants
+static constexpr float DISTRIBUTION_WIDTH =  0.3f;
+static constexpr float PEAK_LOGIT_VALUE   =  5.0f;
+static constexpr float SHARPNESS          = 10.0f;
+static constexpr float INV_WIDTH          =  1.0f / DISTRIBUTION_WIDTH;
+
+static const char * llama_sampler_adaptive_p_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
+    return "adaptive-p";
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_adaptive_p_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    llama_sampler_softmax_impl(cur_p, false);
+
+    if (ctx->target < 0.0f) {
+        // at negative target values, adaptive-p is no-op
+        // we simply sample from the existing distribution
+        cur_p->selected = llama_sample_dist(cur_p, ctx->rng);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // store the original probabilities
+    ctx->original_probs.resize(cur_p->size);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < cur_p->size; ++i) {
+        ctx->original_probs[i] = cur_p->data[i].p;
+    }
+
+    // using the EMA, compute the adapted target probability for the current sampling step
+    auto target = std::clamp(ctx->target, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+    float adapted_target = std::clamp(
+        ctx->total_weight == 0.0f ? target : 2.0f * target - (ctx->weighted_sum / ctx->total_weight),
+        0.0f, 1.0f
+    );
+
+    // adaptive probability transform
+    //
+    // quadratic near target for fine differentiation, transitioning to linear decay in the
+    // tails. unbounded negative logits ensure proper suppression of far-from-target tokens
+    // after the softmax.
+    //
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < cur_p->size; ++i) {
+        if (cur_p->data[i].logit == -INFINITY) {
+            // don't transform logits that are -INFINITY
+            // (as masked out by e.g. min-p and top-p when using backend sampling)
+            continue;
+        }
+        float dist = std::abs((cur_p->data[i].p - adapted_target) * INV_WIDTH);
+        cur_p->data[i].logit = PEAK_LOGIT_VALUE - SHARPNESS * dist * dist / (1.0f + dist);
+    }
+
+    // softmax and sample from the transformed distribution
+    llama_sampler_softmax_impl(cur_p, false);
+    const int idx   = llama_sample_dist(cur_p, ctx->rng);
+    cur_p->selected = idx;
+
+    // store the selected token ID for acceptance later
+    ctx->pending_token_id  = cur_p->data[idx].id;
+    ctx->pending_token_idx = idx;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_adaptive_p_accept(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token token) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) smpl->ctx;
+    if (ctx->pending_token_id == token) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ctx->pending_token_id != LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL);
+        GGML_ASSERT(ctx->pending_token_idx != -1);
+        // update EMA with the original probability of the selected token
+        ctx->weighted_sum = ctx->original_probs[ctx->pending_token_idx] + ctx->decay * ctx->weighted_sum;
+        ctx->total_weight = 1.0f + ctx->decay * ctx->total_weight;
+    }
+    ctx->pending_token_id = LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL;
+    ctx->pending_token_idx = -1;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_adaptive_p_reset(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) smpl->ctx;
+    // ctx->target and ctx->decay never change after init, so it's safe to keep them as is.
+    // original_probs is completely overwritten on every call to _apply.
+    // so we only need to reset the EMA state and pending token.
+    ctx->weighted_sum      = ctx->target / (1.0f - ctx->decay);
+    ctx->total_weight      = 1.0f / (1.0f - ctx->decay);
+    ctx->pending_token_id  = LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL;
+    ctx->pending_token_idx = -1;
+    ctx->seed_cur          = get_rng_seed(ctx->seed);
+    ctx->rng.seed(ctx->seed_cur);
+}
+
+static struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_adaptive_p_clone(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    const auto * ctx  = (const llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) smpl->ctx;
+    auto * result     = llama_sampler_init_adaptive_p(ctx->target, ctx->decay, ctx->seed);
+    auto * result_ctx = (llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) result->ctx;
+
+    // copy everything (target, decay, seed, and RNG are already set)
+    result_ctx->weighted_sum      = ctx->weighted_sum;
+    result_ctx->total_weight      = ctx->total_weight;
+    result_ctx->pending_token_id  = ctx->pending_token_id;
+    result_ctx->pending_token_idx = ctx->pending_token_idx;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_adaptive_p_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    delete (llama_sampler_adaptive_p *) smpl->ctx;
+}
+
+static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_adaptive_p_i = {
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_accept,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_reset,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_adaptive_p_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
+};
+
+struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_adaptive_p(
+    float    target,
+    float    decay,
+    uint32_t seed
+) {
+    auto seed_cur = get_rng_seed(seed);
+    float clamped_decay = std::clamp(decay, 0.0f, 0.99f);
+    return llama_sampler_init(
+        /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_adaptive_p_i,
+        /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_adaptive_p {
+            /* .target            = */ target,
+            /* .decay             = */ clamped_decay,
+            /* .seed              = */ seed,
+            /* .seed_cur          = */ seed_cur,
+            /* .rng               = */ std::mt19937(seed_cur),
+            /* .weighted_sum      = */ target / (1.0f - clamped_decay),
+            /* .total_weight      = */ 1.0f / (1.0f - clamped_decay),
+            /* .original_probs    = */ {},
+            /* .pending_token_id  = */ LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL,
+            /* .pending_token_idx = */ -1
+        }
+    );
+}
+
 // logit-bias
 
-struct llama_sampler_logit_bias {
+struct llama_sampler_logit_bias : public llama_sampler_backend {
     const int32_t n_vocab;
 
     const std::vector<llama_logit_bias> logit_bias;
 
     std::vector<llama_logit_bias> to_search;
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * inp_logit_bias;
+    struct ggml_tensor * inp_logit_idxs;
 };
 
-static const char * llama_sampler_logit_bias_name(const struct llama_sampler * /*smpl*/) {
-    return "logit-bias";
+static const char * llama_sampler_logit_bias_name(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * ctx = (llama_sampler_logit_bias *) smpl->ctx;
+    return ctx->get_name();
 }
 
 static void llama_sampler_logit_bias_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_data_array * cur_p) {
@@ -2367,25 +3483,110 @@ static void llama_sampler_logit_bias_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     delete (llama_sampler_logit_bias *) smpl->ctx;
 }
 
+static void llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_apply(
+        struct llama_sampler      * smpl,
+        struct ggml_context       * ctx,
+        struct ggml_cgraph        * gf,
+        struct llama_sampler_data * data) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(gf);
+    GGML_UNUSED(ctx);
+
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_logit_bias *) smpl->ctx;
+    if (sctx->logit_bias.empty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const size_t n = sctx->logit_bias.size();
+
+    sctx->inp_logit_bias = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, 1, n);
+    ggml_set_name(sctx->inp_logit_bias, "logit_bias");
+    ggml_set_input(sctx->inp_logit_bias);
+
+    sctx->inp_logit_idxs = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, n);
+    ggml_set_name(sctx->inp_logit_idxs, "logit_idxs");
+    ggml_set_input(sctx->inp_logit_idxs);
+
+    ggml_tensor * cur = ggml_fill(ctx, data->logits, 0.0f);
+
+    cur = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, cur, 1, ggml_nelements(cur));
+    cur = ggml_set_rows(ctx, cur, sctx->inp_logit_bias, sctx->inp_logit_idxs);
+    cur = ggml_reshape_1d(ctx, cur, ggml_nelements(cur));
+
+    data->logits = ggml_add(ctx, data->logits, cur);
+}
+
+static void llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_set_input(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_logit_bias *) smpl->ctx;
+    if (sctx->logit_bias.empty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(sctx->inp_logit_bias != nullptr);
+    GGML_ASSERT(sctx->inp_logit_idxs != nullptr);
+
+    const size_t n = sctx->logit_bias.size();
+
+    std::vector<float>   data_logit_bias(n, 0.0f);
+    std::vector<int32_t> data_logit_idxs(n, 0);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        const auto & lb = sctx->logit_bias[i];
+        GGML_ASSERT(lb.token >= 0 && lb.token < (int32_t) sctx->n_vocab);
+        data_logit_bias[i] = lb.bias;
+        data_logit_idxs[i] = lb.token;
+    }
+
+    ggml_backend_tensor_set(sctx->inp_logit_bias, data_logit_bias.data(), 0, ggml_nbytes(sctx->inp_logit_bias));
+    ggml_backend_tensor_set(sctx->inp_logit_idxs, data_logit_idxs.data(), 0, ggml_nbytes(sctx->inp_logit_idxs));
+}
+
+static bool llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_init(
+        struct llama_sampler       * smpl,
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   buft) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+
+    auto * sctx = (llama_sampler_logit_bias *) smpl->ctx;
+
+    sctx->init(true);
+
+    if (sctx->logit_bias.empty()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_logit_bias_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_free,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_init,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_apply,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ llama_sampler_logit_bias_backend_set_input,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_logit_bias(
                          int32_t   n_vocab,
                          int32_t   n_logit_bias,
           const llama_logit_bias * logit_bias) {
+    const bool is_empty = n_logit_bias <= 0;
+
+    if (is_empty) {
+        return llama_sampler_init_empty("?logit-bias");
+    }
+
     return llama_sampler_init(
         /* .iface = */ &llama_sampler_logit_bias_i,
         /* .ctx   = */ new llama_sampler_logit_bias {
-            /* .n_vocab    = */ n_vocab,
-            /* .logit_bias = */ std::vector<llama_logit_bias>(logit_bias, logit_bias + n_logit_bias),
-            /* .to_search  = */ {},
+            ("logit-bias"),
+            /* .n_vocab        = */ n_vocab,
+            /* .logit_bias     = */ std::vector<llama_logit_bias>(logit_bias, logit_bias + n_logit_bias),
+            /* .to_search      = */ {},
+            /* .inp_logit_bias = */ nullptr,
+            /* .inp_logit_idxs = */ nullptr,
         }
     );
 }
@@ -2541,8 +3742,13 @@ static void llama_sampler_infill_apply(struct llama_sampler * smpl, llama_token_
     if (n_non_eog == 0) {
         cur_p->size = 1;
         cur_p->data[0].id = ctx->vocab->token_eot();
+        if (cur_p->data[0].id == LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL) {
+            cur_p->data[0].id = ctx->vocab->token_eos();
+        }
         cur_p->data[0].logit = 1.0f;
 
+        GGML_ASSERT(cur_p->data[0].id != LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL);
+
         return;
     }
 
@@ -2593,12 +3799,16 @@ static void llama_sampler_infill_free(struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
 }
 
 static struct llama_sampler_i llama_sampler_infill_i = {
-    /* .name   = */ llama_sampler_infill_name,
-    /* .accept = */ nullptr,
-    /* .apply  = */ llama_sampler_infill_apply,
-    /* .reset  = */ nullptr,
-    /* .clone  = */ llama_sampler_infill_clone,
-    /* .free   = */ llama_sampler_infill_free,
+    /* .name              = */ llama_sampler_infill_name,
+    /* .accept            = */ nullptr,
+    /* .apply             = */ llama_sampler_infill_apply,
+    /* .reset             = */ nullptr,
+    /* .clone             = */ llama_sampler_infill_clone,
+    /* .free              = */ llama_sampler_infill_free,
+    /* .backend_apply     = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_accept    = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_set_input = */ nullptr,
+    /* .backend_init      = */ nullptr,
 };
 
 struct llama_sampler * llama_sampler_init_infill(const struct llama_vocab * vocab) {
@@ -2630,7 +3840,7 @@ uint32_t llama_sampler_get_seed(const struct llama_sampler * smpl) {
     if (smpl->iface == &llama_sampler_chain_i) {
         const auto * ctx = (const llama_sampler_chain *) smpl->ctx;
         for (auto it = ctx->samplers.rbegin(); it != ctx->samplers.rend(); ++it) {
-            const uint32_t seed = llama_sampler_get_seed(*it);
+            const uint32_t seed = llama_sampler_get_seed(it->ptr);
             if (seed != LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
                 return seed;
             }
@@ -2660,8 +3870,7 @@ struct llama_perf_sampler_data llama_perf_sampler(const struct llama_sampler * c
 void llama_perf_sampler_print(const struct llama_sampler * chain) {
     const auto data = llama_perf_sampler(chain);
 
-    LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s:    sampling time = %10.2f ms / %5d runs   (%8.2f ms per token, %8.2f tokens per second)\n",
-            __func__, data.t_sample_ms, data.n_sample, data.t_sample_ms / data.n_sample, 1e3 / data.t_sample_ms * data.n_sample);
+    LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s:    samplers time = %10.2f ms / %5d runs\n", __func__, data.t_sample_ms, data.n_sample);
 }
 
 void llama_perf_sampler_reset(struct llama_sampler * chain) {
@@ -2671,5 +3880,6 @@ void llama_perf_sampler_reset(struct llama_sampler * chain) {
 
     auto * ctx = (struct llama_sampler_chain *) chain->ctx;
 
-    ctx->t_sample_us = ctx->n_sample = 0;
+    ctx->t_sample_us = 0;
+    ctx->n_sample    = 0;
 }