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@angt angt commented Feb 27, 2026

llama-perplexity -hf unsloth/Qwen3-0.6B-GGUF:Q4_K_M -f winogrande-debiased-eval.csv --winogrande

winogrande_score : tokenizing selected tasks
winogrande_score : calculating winogrande score over selected tasks.
split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 46
failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
winogrande_score: llama_decode() failed

same for hellaswag:

split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 99
failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
hellaswag_score: llama_decode() failed

…choice

llama-perplexity -hf unsloth/Qwen3-0.6B-GGUF:Q4_K_M -f winogrande-debiased-eval.csv --winogrande

    winogrande_score : tokenizing selected tasks
    winogrande_score : calculating winogrande score over selected tasks.
    split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
    decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 46
    failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
    winogrande_score: llama_decode() failed

same for hellaswag:

    split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
    decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 99
    failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
    hellaswag_score: llama_decode() failed

Signed-off-by: Adrien Gallouët <[email protected]>
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@angt angt changed the title tools : enable kvu in perplexity for hellaswag, winogrande, multiple-… tools : enable kvu in perplexity for hellaswag, winogrande, multiple-choice Feb 27, 2026
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angt commented Mar 13, 2026

cc @ggerganov
Maybe you prefer to avoid this change but we just add -kvu in the example?

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Think it is OK as proposed.

@angt angt merged commit 463b6a9 into ggml-org:master Mar 13, 2026
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Ethan-a2 pushed a commit to Ethan-a2/llama.cpp that referenced this pull request Mar 20, 2026
…choice (ggml-org#19954)

llama-perplexity -hf unsloth/Qwen3-0.6B-GGUF:Q4_K_M -f winogrande-debiased-eval.csv --winogrande

    winogrande_score : tokenizing selected tasks
    winogrande_score : calculating winogrande score over selected tasks.
    split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
    decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 46
    failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
    winogrande_score: llama_decode() failed

same for hellaswag:

    split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the -kvu flag)
    decode: failed to find a memory slot for batch of size 99
    failed to decode the batch, n_batch = 2048, ret = 1
    hellaswag_score: llama_decode() failed

Signed-off-by: Adrien Gallouët <[email protected]>
mudler added a commit to mudler/llama.cpp that referenced this pull request Mar 31, 2026
The hybrid memory paths (`llama-memory-hybrid.cpp` and
`llama-memory-hybrid-iswa.cpp`) always used sequential equal split,
ignoring the unified KV cache flag. This caused hellaswag, winogrande,
and multiple-choice evaluations to fail on hybrid models (models with
both attention and recurrent/SSM layers, such as Qwen3.5-35B-A3B) with:

  split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are
  coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the
  -kvu flag)

PR ggml-org#19954 fixed this for `llama-kv-cache-iswa.cpp` by automatically
enabling unified KV mode and setting n_parallel >= 4 for multi-choice
eval tasks. However, the hybrid memory paths were not updated.

This commit mirrors the iswa fix: use non-sequential split when KV
cache is unified (n_stream == 1), which is automatically set by
llama-perplexity for hellaswag/winogrande/multiple-choice since ggml-org#19954.

Tested on Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (hybrid attention+SSM MoE model):
- HellaSwag: 83.0% (400 tasks)
- Winogrande: 74.5% (400 tasks)
- MMLU: 41.2%
- ARC-Challenge: 56.2%
- TruthfulQA: 37.7%
All previously failed with llama_decode() error.
ggerganov pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 1, 2026
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The hybrid memory paths (`llama-memory-hybrid.cpp` and
`llama-memory-hybrid-iswa.cpp`) always used sequential equal split,
ignoring the unified KV cache flag. This caused hellaswag, winogrande,
and multiple-choice evaluations to fail on hybrid models (models with
both attention and recurrent/SSM layers, such as Qwen3.5-35B-A3B) with:

  split_equal: sequential split is not supported when there are
  coupled sequences in the input batch (you may need to use the
  -kvu flag)

PR #19954 fixed this for `llama-kv-cache-iswa.cpp` by automatically
enabling unified KV mode and setting n_parallel >= 4 for multi-choice
eval tasks. However, the hybrid memory paths were not updated.

This commit mirrors the iswa fix: use non-sequential split when KV
cache is unified (n_stream == 1), which is automatically set by
llama-perplexity for hellaswag/winogrande/multiple-choice since #19954.

Tested on Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (hybrid attention+SSM MoE model):
- HellaSwag: 83.0% (400 tasks)
- Winogrande: 74.5% (400 tasks)
- MMLU: 41.2%
- ARC-Challenge: 56.2%
- TruthfulQA: 37.7%
All previously failed with llama_decode() error.
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