UPSTREAM PR #18653: CANN: support gated linear attn

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Mirrored from ggml-org/llama.cpp#18653

This change adds support for the GGML_OP_GATED_LINEAR_ATTN operator. The feature was implemented by YushengZhao(#17814). Because the previous submission was based on an outdated codebase, this PR was rebased to merge.

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Summary Report for llama.cpp PR #838

Project Information:

• Repository: llama.cpp (owner: auroralabs-loci)
• Pull Request: UPSTREAM PR #18653: CANN: support gated linear attn #838
• Comparing versions between base and target

Performance Analysis Results:

The analysis shows that this pull request has minimal performance impact:

• ✅ Response Time: No modified functions showed performance changes greater than 2%
• ✅ Throughput Time: No modified functions showed performance changes greater than 2%

Conclusion:

This PR is performance-neutral, meaning:

• No significant performance regressions were detected
• No significant performance improvements were detected
• The changes likely focus on functionality, bug fixes, or code quality improvements rather than performance optimization
• Importantly, no measurable performance degradation was introduced

This is a positive result indicating that the changes can be merged without concerns about performance impact.

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Summary Report for llama.cpp PR #838

Key Finding: ✅ No Significant Performance Impact Detected

The performance analysis comparing the base version to the target version found that:

• No modified functions showed performance changes greater than 2% threshold
• Both Response Time and Throughput Time metrics remained stable
• This indicates the changes in Pull Request UPSTREAM PR #18653: CANN: support gated linear attn #838 are performance-neutral

What this means:

• No performance regressions were introduced
• The code changes maintain performance stability
• The PR likely focuses on functionality, bug fixes, or code quality improvements rather than performance optimization
• Safe to proceed without performance concerns

The analysis was conducted for the auroralabs-loci/llama.cpp repository, comparing version 36a12d81-eba1-11f0-81f2-dbb430499cb5 (base) against version 95bb1651-eba6-11f0-81f2-dbb430499cb5 (target).

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Based on the analysis, no functions were identified with measurable performance changes between the base and target versions. This indicates no meaningful performance impact from the code changes.