refactor: unify runner execution and weight residency by leejet · Pull Request #2321 · leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp

leejet · 2026-11-10T14:48:34Z

Summary

Route runner graphs and weight dependencies through one execution engine per model manager, with separate sessions for workspaces, caches, and device placement.
Centralize capacity checks and allocation-block reclamation while preserving segment eviction order, active-weight protection, and session-end cleanup.
Share ESRGAN/MoSR loading and execution functions between hires and standalone upscaling, isolating auxiliary model sources from main-model loading and LoRA settings.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved memory management during model execution, including handling constrained GPU capacity and releasing temporary resources when execution ends.
- Protected resources needed by active computations while reclaiming eligible memory for other work.
Improvements
- Updated high-resolution image upscaling to use shared runtime resource management, with support for tiled processing and RGBA images.
Documentation
- Clarified GPU memory-capacity checks and how cached copies and temporary allocations are managed.

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The PR moves graph execution and capacity recovery into an execution engine, adds source-specific model loading and residency APIs, and routes hires image upscaling through a pipeline model API.

Changes: Runtime execution, residency, and image upscaling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Graph planning and segmented execution `src/core/execution_engine.h`, `src/core/execution_engine.cpp`	The engine plans backend assignments, measures workspace and memory requirements, selects monolithic or segmented execution, runs segments, and finalizes results.
Session lifecycle and capacity recovery `src/device_residency_manager.h`, `src/model_manager.h`, `src/model_manager.cpp`, `src/core/execution_engine.cpp`, `docs/backend.md`	The manager exposes capacity inspection and evictable blocks. The engine tracks runtime ownership, releases workspaces, evicts eligible blocks, and retries eligible Vulkan capacity checks. The documentation describes capacity reports and residency cleanup.
Runner execution and session delegation `src/core/ggml_runner.h`, `src/core/ggml_runner.cpp`, `src/model/diffusion/qwen_image_2_1.hpp`	GGMLRunner delegates execution, lifecycle, cache access, and backend configuration to an execution session. The Qwen Image allocation retry checks `has_cache_tensors()`.
Model-source registration and tensor handling `src/model_manager.h`, `src/model_manager.cpp`, `src/model_manager_files.cpp`	ModelManager registers auxiliary loaders and selects a loader by source file for tensor metadata and loading. It also validates parameter tensors and prevents removal of a source referenced by tensor state.
Image-upscale model and pipeline integration `src/pipeline/image_upscale.h`, `src/pipeline/image_upscale.cpp`, `src/pipeline/image.cpp`, `src/upscaler.h`, `src/upscaler.cpp`	The pipeline loads and runs an ImageUpscaleModel. The model handles tiled RGB/RGBA inputs and registers its weights with ModelManager. UpscalerGGML delegates model loading and tensor upscaling to the pipeline API.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Refactor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GGMLRunner
  participant ExecutionEngine
  participant ModelManager
  participant Scheduler
  GGMLRunner->>ExecutionEngine: submit ComputeTask
  ExecutionEngine->>ModelManager: inspect capacity and request eligible blocks
  ModelManager-->>ExecutionEngine: return capacity and eviction results
  ExecutionEngine->>Scheduler: execute planned graph segment
  Scheduler-->>ExecutionEngine: return compute status
  ExecutionEngine-->>GGMLRunner: return ComputeResult

Possibly related issues

[Bug] MiniMax-H3 Video VAE decoding extremely slow on AMD RX 7900 XTX (Vulkan) — 309s total, ~77s per iteration #2268 — The issue reports VAE decoding overhead. This PR changes runner execution and weight residency, but does not establish that it resolves the reported cause.
[Bug] Vulkan DEVICE_LOST on GTX 1080 with short prompts #2295 — The issue reports failure during first UNet graph execution. This PR refactors graph execution but does not establish that it fixes the reported Vulkan device-loss cause.
CUDA (Windows): Z-Image still fails "workspace capacity check" mid-sampling above ~768x432 on master-1053 (follow-up to #1989) #2304 — The issue reports workspace capacity-check failures and inaccurate memory estimates. This PR centralizes capacity checks and reclamation.
[Feature] Allow droping models between steps from memory altogether. #908 — The issue requests model unloading between phases. This PR changes residency management and session-end cleanup.

Possibly related PRs

leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp#2235 — Both changes affect GGMLRunner execution and workspace management; this PR moves those responsibilities into ExecutionEngine.
leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp#2240 — Both changes affect segmented execution, graph-cut caching, and weight residency.
leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp#2253 — Both changes affect graph access and segmented execution interfaces used by the execution engine.

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- Around line 912-943: Update ensure_capacity’s post-reclamation handling to
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+        auto available = capacity();
+        if (available.fits()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (sd_backend_is(request.compute_backend, "Vulkan") &&
+            available.required_budget_bytes <= available.available_budget_bytes) {
+            ggml_backend_synchronize(request.compute_backend);
+            sd_backend_clear_buffer_cache(request.compute_backend);
+            const auto deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(100);
+            do {
+                available = capacity();
+                if (available.fits()) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                if (available.required_budget_bytes > available.available_budget_bytes) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+            } while (std::chrono::steady_clock::now() < deadline);
+        }
+        available               = manager.inspect_compute_backend_capacity(request, required_params, true);
+        const auto device_bytes = available.available_device_bytes == SIZE_MAX
+                                      ? std::string("unknown")
+                                      : sd_format("%.2f MB", available.available_device_bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0));
+        const auto budget_bytes = available.available_budget_bytes == SIZE_MAX
+                                      ? std::string("unlimited")
+                                      : sd_format("%.2f MB", available.available_budget_bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0));
+        LOG_WARN("execution engine cannot make enough memory available on %s: need %.2f MB device / %.2f MB budget, available %s device / %s budget",
+                 ggml_backend_name(request.compute_backend),
+                 available.required_device_bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
+                 available.required_budget_bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0), device_bytes.c_str(), budget_bytes.c_str());
+        return false;


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Accept the tracked estimate after reclamation for wrapped iGPU reports.

With an upstream GGML backend that reports free memory above total, check_capacity sets requires_reclamation on every query. If the report persists after reclamation, ensure_capacity can reject the graph even when the tracked estimate fits.

Distinguish wrapped reports from exceeded budget limits. After reclamation, accept the tracked estimate only when the byte checks and configured limits pass.

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