whisper.rn 0.4.0-rc.8 → 0.4.0

package/cpp/ggml-backend.h

@@ -3,114 +3,240 @@
 #include "ggml.h"
 #include "ggml-alloc.h"
 
+#ifdef WSP_GGML_BACKEND_SHARED
+#    if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
+#        ifdef WSP_GGML_BACKEND_BUILD
+#            define WSP_GGML_BACKEND_API __declspec(dllexport) extern
+#        else
+#            define WSP_GGML_BACKEND_API __declspec(dllimport) extern
+#        endif
+#    else
+#        define WSP_GGML_BACKEND_API __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) extern
+#    endif
+#else
+#    define WSP_GGML_BACKEND_API extern
+#endif
+
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
     typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type * wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t;
     typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_buffer * wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t;
+    typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_event * wsp_ggml_backend_event_t;
     typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend * wsp_ggml_backend_t;
     typedef void * wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t;
+    typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_reg * wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t;
+    typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_device * wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t;
+
 
     //
-    // Backend buffer
+    // Backend buffer type
     //
 
-    // buffer type
-    WSP_GGML_API           const char *          wsp_ggml_backend_buft_name            (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t wsp_ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer    (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size);
-    WSP_GGML_API           size_t                wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_alignment   (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL size_t                wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_alloc_size  (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
-    WSP_GGML_API           bool                  wsp_ggml_backend_buft_supports_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
-    WSP_GGML_API           bool                  wsp_ggml_backend_buft_is_host         (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API const char *          wsp_ggml_backend_buft_name          (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t wsp_ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer  (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_alignment (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_max_size  (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_alloc_size(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                  wsp_ggml_backend_buft_is_host       (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t    wsp_ggml_backend_buft_get_device    (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+
+    //
+    // Backend buffer
+    //
 
-    // buffer
     enum wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_usage {
         WSP_GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_ANY = 0,
         WSP_GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_WEIGHTS = 1,
+        WSP_GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_COMPUTE = 2,
     };
 
-    WSP_GGML_API           const char *               wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_name          (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_free          (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void *                     wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_base      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_size      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL void                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_init_tensor   (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
-    WSP_GGML_API           size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_alignment (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_alloc_size(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_clear         (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, uint8_t value);
-    WSP_GGML_API           bool                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_is_host       (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_set_usage     (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, enum wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_usage usage);
-    WSP_GGML_API           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_type      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void                       wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_reset         (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API const char *                   wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_name          (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_free          (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API void *                         wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_base      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                         wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_size      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status               wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_init_tensor   (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                         wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_alignment (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                         wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_max_size  (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                         wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_alloc_size(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_clear         (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, uint8_t value);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_is_host       (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_set_usage     (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, enum wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_usage usage);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_usage wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_usage     (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t     wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_get_type      (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                           wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_reset         (wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer);
+
+    // tensor copy between different backends
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_copy(struct wsp_ggml_tensor * src, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * dst);
 
     //
-    // Backend
+    // Backend (stream)
     //
 
-
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_guid_t  wsp_ggml_backend_guid(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
     WSP_GGML_API const char * wsp_ggml_backend_name(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
     WSP_GGML_API void         wsp_ggml_backend_free(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
 
     WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_get_default_buffer_type(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
     WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t      wsp_ggml_backend_alloc_buffer(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, size_t size);
     WSP_GGML_API size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_get_alignment(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_get_max_size(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
 
     WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_set_async(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend,       struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
     WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_get_async(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor,       void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_set(      struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_get(const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor,       void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
+    // "offset" refers to the offset in tensor->data for setting/getting data
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_set(      struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_get(const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor,       void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_memset(   struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor,     uint8_t value, size_t offset, size_t size);
 
     WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_synchronize(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_create (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_create(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                      wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_free  (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t plan);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_free   (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t plan);
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_compute(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t plan);
-    WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_graph_compute     (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
-    WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_supports_op       (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * op);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_compute (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_graph_plan_t plan);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status wsp_ggml_backend_graph_compute      (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status wsp_ggml_backend_graph_compute_async(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * cgraph);
 
-    // tensor copy between different backends
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_copy(struct wsp_ggml_tensor * src, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * dst);
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_copy_async(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * src, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * dst); // automatic fallback to sync copy
+    // NOTE: will be removed, use device version instead
+    WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_supports_op(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * op);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_supports_buft(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_offload_op(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * op);
+
+    // asynchronous copy
+    // the copy is performed after all the currently queued operations in backend_src
+    // backend_dst will wait for the copy to complete before performing other operations
+    // automatic fallback to sync copy if async is not supported
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_copy_async(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend_src, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend_dst, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * src, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * dst);
+
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t wsp_ggml_backend_get_device(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
 
     //
-    // CPU backend
+    // Events
     //
 
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_init(void);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_event_t wsp_ggml_backend_event_new(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_event_free(wsp_ggml_backend_event_t event);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_event_record(wsp_ggml_backend_event_t event, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_event_synchronize(wsp_ggml_backend_event_t event);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_event_wait(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_backend_event_t event);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL bool wsp_ggml_backend_is_cpu           (wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
-    WSP_GGML_API           void wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_set_n_threads(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend_cpu, int n_threads);
+    //
+    // Backend device
+    //
 
-    // Create a backend buffer from an existing pointer
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_from_ptr(void * ptr, size_t size);
+    enum wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type {
+        // CPU device using system memory
+        WSP_GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU,
+        // GPU device using dedicated memory
+        WSP_GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU,
+        // accelerator devices intended to be used together with the CPU backend (e.g. BLAS or AMX)
+        WSP_GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCEL
+    };
 
-    WSP_GGML_API WSP_GGML_CALL wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type(void);
+    // functionality supported by the device
+    struct wsp_ggml_backend_dev_caps {
+        // asynchronous operations
+        bool async;
+        // pinned host buffer
+        bool host_buffer;
+        // creating buffers from host ptr
+        bool buffer_from_host_ptr;
+        // event synchronization
+        bool events;
+    };
 
-#ifdef WSP_GGML_USE_CPU_HBM
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_hbm_buffer_type(void);
-#endif
+    // all the device properties
+    struct wsp_ggml_backend_dev_props {
+        const char * name;
+        const char * description;
+        size_t memory_free;
+        size_t memory_total;
+        enum wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type type;
+        struct wsp_ggml_backend_dev_caps caps;
+    };
+
+    WSP_GGML_API const char *                  wsp_ggml_backend_dev_name(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API const char *                  wsp_ggml_backend_dev_description(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                          wsp_ggml_backend_dev_memory(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, size_t * free, size_t * total);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type    wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                          wsp_ggml_backend_dev_get_props(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, struct wsp_ggml_backend_dev_props * props);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t            wsp_ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t                wsp_ggml_backend_dev_init(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, const char * params);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t    wsp_ggml_backend_dev_buffer_type(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t    wsp_ggml_backend_dev_host_buffer_type(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t         wsp_ggml_backend_dev_buffer_from_host_ptr(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, void * ptr, size_t size, size_t max_tensor_size);
+
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                          wsp_ggml_backend_dev_supports_op(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * op);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                          wsp_ggml_backend_dev_supports_buft(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                          wsp_ggml_backend_dev_offload_op(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device, const struct wsp_ggml_tensor * op);
 
     //
-    // Backend registry
+    // Backend (reg)
     //
 
-    // The backend registry is a registry of all the available backends, and allows initializing backends in a generic way
+    WSP_GGML_API const char *       wsp_ggml_backend_reg_name(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t             wsp_ggml_backend_reg_dev_count(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t wsp_ggml_backend_reg_dev_get(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg, size_t index);
+    WSP_GGML_API void *             wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg, const char * name);
+
+    // Common functions that may be obtained using wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address
+
+    // Split buffer type for tensor parallelism
+    typedef wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t   (*wsp_ggml_backend_split_buffer_type_t)(int main_device, const float * tensor_split);
+    // Set the number of threads for the backend
+    typedef void                         (*wsp_ggml_backend_set_n_threads_t)(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, int n_threads);
+    // Get additional buffer types provided by the device (returns a NULL-terminated array)
+    typedef wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * (*wsp_ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_t)(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+    // Set the abort callback for the backend
+    typedef void                         (*wsp_ggml_backend_set_abort_callback_t)(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, wsp_ggml_abort_callback abort_callback, void * abort_callback_data);
+    // Get a list of feature flags supported by the backend (returns a NULL-terminated array)
+    struct wsp_ggml_backend_feature {
+        const char * name;
+        const char * value;
+    };
+    typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_feature * (*wsp_ggml_backend_get_features_t)(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
+
+    //
+    // Backend registry
+    //
 
-    WSP_GGML_API size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get_count(void);
-    WSP_GGML_API size_t                     wsp_ggml_backend_reg_find_by_name(const char * name);
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t             wsp_ggml_backend_reg_init_backend_from_str(const char * backend_str); // str is name[:params]
-    WSP_GGML_API const char *               wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get_name(size_t i);
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t             wsp_ggml_backend_reg_init_backend(size_t i, const char * params); // params is backend-specific
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get_default_buffer_type(size_t i);
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t      wsp_ggml_backend_reg_alloc_buffer(size_t i, size_t size);
+    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_device_register(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t device);
+
+    // Backend (reg) enumeration
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t             wsp_ggml_backend_reg_count(void);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t wsp_ggml_backend_reg_get(size_t index);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t wsp_ggml_backend_reg_by_name(const char * name);
+
+    // Device enumeration
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t             wsp_ggml_backend_dev_count(void);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t wsp_ggml_backend_dev_get(size_t index);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_name(const char * name);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_dev_t wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_type(enum wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type type);
+
+    // Direct backend (stream) initialization
+    // = wsp_ggml_backend_dev_init(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_name(name), params)
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t wsp_ggml_backend_init_by_name(const char * name, const char * params);
+    // = wsp_ggml_backend_dev_init(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_type(type), params)
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t wsp_ggml_backend_init_by_type(enum wsp_ggml_backend_dev_type type, const char * params);
+    // = wsp_ggml_backend_dev_init(wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_type(GPU) OR wsp_ggml_backend_dev_by_type(CPU), NULL)
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t wsp_ggml_backend_init_best(void);
+
+    // Load a backend from a dynamic library and register it
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t wsp_ggml_backend_load(const char * path);
+    // Unload a backend if loaded dynamically and unregister it
+    WSP_GGML_API void               wsp_ggml_backend_unload(wsp_ggml_backend_reg_t reg);
+    // Load all known backends from dynamic libraries
+    WSP_GGML_API void               wsp_ggml_backend_load_all(void);
+    WSP_GGML_API void               wsp_ggml_backend_load_all_from_path(const char * dir_path);
 
     //
     // Backend scheduler
     //
 
-    // The backend scheduler allows for multiple backends to be used together
+    // The backend scheduler allows for multiple backend devices to be used together
     // Handles compute buffer allocation, assignment of tensors to backends, and copying of tensors between backends
     // The backends are selected based on:
     // - the backend that supports the operation
@@ -118,36 +244,42 @@ extern "C" {
     /*
       Example usage:
 
-        sched = wsp_ggml_backend_sched_new({backend_gpu, backend_gpu2, backend_cpu}, num_backends);
-        // sched is initialized with measure allocators and cannot be used until allocated with a measure graph
-
-        // initialize buffers from a measure graph
-        measure_graph = build_graph(sched); // use the allocr to allocate inputs as needed
+        // operations that use tensors allocated in a buffer with USAGE_WEIGHTS will be assigned
+        // preferrably to run on the same backend as the buffer
+        wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_set_usage(buf_weights, WSP_GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_WEIGHTS);
 
-        // in build_graph:
-        build_graph(...) {
-            // allocating tensors in a specific backend (optional, recommended: pre-allocate inputs in a different buffer)
-            alloc_cpu = wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_allocr(sched, backend_cpu);
-            wsp_ggml_allocr_alloc(alloc_cpu, tensor);
+        sched = wsp_ggml_backend_sched_new({backend_gpu, backend_gpu2, backend_cpu}, NULL, num_backends, WSP_GGML_DEFAULT_GRAPH_SIZE, false, true);
 
-            // manually assigning nodes to a backend (optional, shouldn't be needed in most cases)
-            struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node = wsp_ggml_mul_mat(ctx, ...);
-            wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_node_backend(sched, node, backend_gpu);
-        }
+        // initialize buffers from a max size graph (optional)
+        reserve_graph = build_graph(sched, max_batch_size);
 
-        // allocate backend buffers from measure graph
-        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_init_measure(sched, measure_graph);
+        // manually assign nodes to a backend (optional, should not be needed in most cases)
+        struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node = wsp_ggml_mul_mat(ctx, ...);
+        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_tensor_backend(sched, node, backend_gpu);
 
-        // the scheduler is now ready to compute graphs
+        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_reserve(sched, reserve_graph);
 
         // compute
-        graph = build_graph(sched);
-        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute(sched, graph);
+        graph = build_graph(sched); // the graph and its tensors are single-use in terms of allocation, multi-use in terms of computation
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+            wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute(sched, graph); // on the first iteration the graph is allocated automatically
+        }
+
+        // if there are graph inputs:
+        graph = build_graph(sched); // get a new graph that is not allocated (the metadata for the old graph is freed once wsp_ggml_free is called)
+        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_reset(sched); // clear the allocation of the previous graph
+        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_alloc_graph(sched, graph); // explicitly allocate the new graph but do not execute it
+        wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_set(input_tensor, ...); // copy data to the newly allocated graph tensors
+        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute(sched, graph); // execute the graph
+
+        // as an alternative to the above it is also possible to assign the inputs to a dedicated context and
+        // allocate them statically via wsp_ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors
+    }
     */
 
-    struct wsp_ggml_backend_sched;
     typedef struct wsp_ggml_backend_sched * wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t;
 
+    // Evaluation callback for each node in the graph (set with wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_eval_callback)
     // when ask == true, the scheduler wants to know if the user wants to observe this node
     // this allows the scheduler to batch nodes together in order to evaluate them in a single call
     //
@@ -156,28 +288,38 @@ extern "C" {
     //
     typedef bool (*wsp_ggml_backend_sched_eval_callback)(struct wsp_ggml_tensor * t, bool ask, void * user_data);
 
-    // Initialize a backend scheduler
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_new(wsp_ggml_backend_t * backends, wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * bufts, int n_backends, size_t graph_size);
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_free(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+    // Initialize a backend scheduler, backends with low index are given priority over backends with high index
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t wsp_ggml_backend_sched_new(wsp_ggml_backend_t * backends, wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * bufts, int n_backends, size_t graph_size, bool parallel, bool op_offload);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_free(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+
     // Initialize backend buffers from a measure graph
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_init_measure(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * measure_graph);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_reserve(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * measure_graph); // returns success
+
+    WSP_GGML_API int                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_n_backends(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t       wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, int i);
+
     // Get the number of splits of the last graph
-    WSP_GGML_API int                   wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_n_splits(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+    WSP_GGML_API int                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_n_splits(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+    WSP_GGML_API int                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_n_copies(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_tallocr_t        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_tallocr(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_buffer (wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
+    WSP_GGML_API size_t               wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_buffer_size(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
 
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_node_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
-    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t        wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_node_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_tensor_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_t       wsp_ggml_backend_sched_get_tensor_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * node);
 
     // Allocate and compute graph on the backend scheduler
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph);
+    WSP_GGML_API bool                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_alloc_graph(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph); // returns success
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status     wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status     wsp_ggml_backend_sched_graph_compute_async(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_synchronize(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
 
-    // Reset all assignments and allocators - must be called before using the sched allocators to allocate inputs
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_reset(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
+    // Reset all assignments and allocators - must be called before changing the node backends or allocating a new graph.
+    // This in effect deallocates all tensors that were previously allocated and leaves them with dangling pointers.
+    // The correct way to use this API is to discard the deallocated tensors and create new ones.
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_reset(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched);
 
     // Set a callback to be called for each resulting node during graph compute
-    WSP_GGML_API void                  wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_eval_callback(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, wsp_ggml_backend_sched_eval_callback callback, void * user_data);
+    WSP_GGML_API void                 wsp_ggml_backend_sched_set_eval_callback(wsp_ggml_backend_sched_t sched, wsp_ggml_backend_sched_eval_callback callback, void * user_data);
 
     //
     // Utils
@@ -194,15 +336,18 @@ extern "C" {
     WSP_GGML_API struct wsp_ggml_backend_graph_copy wsp_ggml_backend_graph_copy(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph);
     WSP_GGML_API void                           wsp_ggml_backend_graph_copy_free(struct wsp_ggml_backend_graph_copy copy);
 
-    typedef bool (*WSP_GGML_CALL wsp_ggml_backend_eval_callback)(int node_index, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * t1, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * t2, void * user_data);
+    typedef bool (*wsp_ggml_backend_eval_callback)(int node_index, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * t1, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * t2, void * user_data);
 
     // Compare the output of two backends
     WSP_GGML_API bool wsp_ggml_backend_compare_graph_backend(wsp_ggml_backend_t backend1, wsp_ggml_backend_t backend2, struct wsp_ggml_cgraph * graph, wsp_ggml_backend_eval_callback callback, void * user_data);
 
     // Tensor initialization
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor, void * addr);
-    WSP_GGML_API void wsp_ggml_backend_view_init(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status wsp_ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor, void * addr);
+    WSP_GGML_API enum wsp_ggml_status wsp_ggml_backend_view_init(struct wsp_ggml_tensor * tensor);
 
+    // CPU buffer types are always available
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_t      wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_from_ptr(void * ptr, size_t size);
+    WSP_GGML_API wsp_ggml_backend_buffer_type_t wsp_ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type(void);
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }