server : enable continuous batching by default (ggerganov#6231)

common/common.h

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
  bool interactive_first = false; // wait for user input immediately
  bool multiline_input = false; // reverse the usage of `\`
  bool simple_io = false; // improves compatibility with subprocesses and limited consoles
- bool cont_batching = false; // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
+ bool cont_batching = true;  // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
 
  bool input_prefix_bos = false; // prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding input_prefix
  bool ignore_eos = false; // ignore generated EOS tokens

examples/server/server.cpp

@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ struct server_context {
  }
 
  // process in chunks of params.n_batch
- int32_t n_batch = llama_n_batch(ctx);
+ int32_t n_batch  = llama_n_batch(ctx);
  int32_t n_ubatch = llama_n_ubatch(ctx);
 
  // next, batch any pending prompts without exceeding n_batch
@@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ static void server_print_usage(const char * argv0, const gpt_params & params, co
  printf(" -to N, --timeout N server read/write timeout in seconds (default: %d)\n", sparams.read_timeout);
  printf(" --embeddings enable embedding vector output (default: %s)\n", params.embedding ? "enabled" : "disabled");
  printf(" -np N, --parallel N number of slots for process requests (default: %d)\n", params.n_parallel);
- printf(" -cb, --cont-batching enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: disabled)\n");
+ printf(" -cb, --cont-batching enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: enabled)\n");
  printf(" -spf FNAME, --system-prompt-file FNAME\n");
  printf(" set a file to load a system prompt (initial prompt of all slots), this is useful for chat applications.\n");
  printf(" -ctk TYPE, --cache-type-k TYPE\n");