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| author | Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com> | 2026-02-12 20:57:17 +0100 |
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diff --git a/llama.cpp/examples/gguf-hash/README.md b/llama.cpp/examples/gguf-hash/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9871651 --- /dev/null +++ b/llama.cpp/examples/gguf-hash/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ + +# llama-gguf-hash + +CLI to hash GGUF files to detect difference on a per model and per tensor level. + +**Command line options:** + +- `--help`: display help message +- `--xxh64`: use xhash 64bit hash mode (default) +- `--sha1`: use sha1 +- `--uuid`: use uuid +- `--sha256`: use sha256 +- `--all`: use all hash +- `--no-layer`: exclude per layer hash +- `--uuid`: generate UUIDv5 ID +- `-c`, `--check <manifest>`: verify against a manifest + +## About + +While most POSIX systems already have hash checking programs like sha256sum, it +is designed to check entire files. This is not ideal for our purpose if we want +to check for consistency of the tensor data even if the metadata content of the +gguf KV store has been updated. + +This program is designed to hash a gguf tensor payload on a 'per tensor layer' +in addition to a 'entire tensor model' hash. The intent is that the entire +tensor layer can be checked first but if there is any detected inconsistencies, +then the per tensor hash can be used to narrow down the specific tensor layer +that has inconsistencies. + +For Maintainers: +- Detection of tensor inconsistency during development and automated tests + - This is served by xxh64 which is fast + - This is also served by having per tensor layer to assist in narrowing down + the location of the faulty tensor layer + - This is also served by sha1 which is much slower but more widely supported + +For Model Creators: +- Optional consistent UUID generation based on model tensor content + - This is served by UUIDv5 which is useful for databases keys + - llama.cpp UUIDv5 Namespace: `ef001206-dadc-5f6d-a15f-3359e577d4e5` + - Made via UUIDv5 URL namespace of `en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama.cpp` + +For Model Users: +- Assurance of tensor layer integrity even if metadata was updated + - This is served by sha256 which is still considered very secure as of 2024 + +### Design Note + +- The default behavior of this program if no arguments is provided is to hash + using xxhash's xxh32 mode because it is very fast and is primarily targeted + towards maintainers who may want to use this in automated tests. +- xxhash support xxh32 and xxh128 for 32bit hash and 128bit hash respectively + however we picked 64bit xxhash as most computers are 64bit as of 2024 and thus + would have a better affinity to calculating hash that is 64bit in size. + +## Compile Example + +```bash +cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON +make -C build clean +make -C build llama-gguf-hash VERBOSE=1 +./build/bin/llama-gguf-hash test.gguf +./build/bin/llama-gguf-hash --xxh64 test.gguf +./build/bin/llama-gguf-hash --sha1 test.gguf +./build/bin/llama-gguf-hash --uuid test.gguf +./build/bin/llama-gguf-hash --sha256 test.gguf +``` + +## Generation and Verification Example + +To generate we may use this command + +```bash +./llama-gguf-hash --all test.gguf > test.gguf.manifest +``` + +Which would generate a manifest that looks like below, which contains multiple hash type and per tensor layer hashes as well +(This excludes UUID as that is an ID not a hash) + +```bash +xxh64 f66e9cd66a4396a0 test.gguf:tensor_0 +sha1 59f79ecefd8125a996fdf419239051a7e99e5f20 test.gguf:tensor_0 +sha256 c0510d38fa060c46265e0160a85c7243096b01dd31c2f355bdbb5516b20de1bd test.gguf:tensor_0 +xxh64 7d3a1f9ac04d0537 test.gguf:tensor_1 +sha1 4765f592eacf096df4628ba59476af94d767080a test.gguf:tensor_1 +sha256 8514cbcc73692a2c56bd7a33a022edd5ff819614bd23b19915d7224387f397a7 test.gguf:tensor_1 +xxh64 a0af5d700049693b test.gguf:tensor_2 +sha1 25cbfbad4513cc348e2c95ebdee69d6ff2fd8753 test.gguf:tensor_2 +sha256 947e6b36e20f2cc95e1d2ce1c1669d813d574657ac6b5ac5196158d454d35180 test.gguf:tensor_2 +xxh64 e83fddf559d7b6a6 test.gguf:tensor_3 +sha1 a9cba73e2d90f2ee3dae2548caa42bef3fe6a96c test.gguf:tensor_3 +sha256 423b044e016d8ac73c39f23f60bf01bedef5ecb03c0230accd824c91fe86f1a1 test.gguf:tensor_3 +xxh64 1257733306b7992d test.gguf:tensor_4 +sha1 d7bc61db93bb685ce9d598da89717c66729b7543 test.gguf:tensor_4 +sha256 79737cb3912d4201384cf7f16a1a37ff7823f23ea796cb205b6ca361ab9e3ebf test.gguf:tensor_4 +xxh64 d238d16ba4711e58 test.gguf:tensor_5 +sha1 0706566c198fe1072f37e0a5135b4b5f23654c52 test.gguf:tensor_5 +sha256 60949be8298eced0ecdde64487643d018407bd261691e061d9e9c3dbc9fd358b test.gguf:tensor_5 +xxh64 3fbc3b65ab8c7f39 test.gguf:tensor_6 +sha1 73922a0727226a409049f6fc3172a52219ca6f00 test.gguf:tensor_6 +sha256 574f4c46ff384a3b9a225eb955d2a871847a2e8b3fa59387a8252832e92ef7b0 test.gguf:tensor_6 +xxh64 c22021c29854f093 test.gguf:tensor_7 +sha1 efc39cece6a951188fc41e354c73bbfe6813d447 test.gguf:tensor_7 +sha256 4c0410cd3c500f078ae5b21e8dc9eb79e29112713b2ab58a882f82a3868d4d75 test.gguf:tensor_7 +xxh64 936df61f5d64261f test.gguf:tensor_8 +sha1 c2490296d789a4f34398a337fed8377d943d9f06 test.gguf:tensor_8 +sha256 c4401313feeba0261275c3b25bd2d8fe40ce04e0f440c2980ed0e9674c30ff01 test.gguf:tensor_8 +xxh64 93fd20c64421c081 test.gguf:tensor_9 +sha1 7047ce1e78437a6884337a3751c7ee0421918a65 test.gguf:tensor_9 +sha256 23d57cf0d7a6e90b0b3616b41300e0cd354781e812add854a5f95aa55f2bc514 test.gguf:tensor_9 +xxh64 5a54d3aad816f302 test.gguf +sha1 d15be52c4ff213e823cb6dd13af7ee2f978e7042 test.gguf +sha256 7dd641b32f59b60dbd4b5420c4b0f6321ccf48f58f6ae201a3dbc4a58a27c6e4 test.gguf +``` + +We can then use the normal check command which will by default check for the highest security strength hash and verify against that: + +```bash +$ ./llama-gguf-hash --check test.gguf.manifest test.gguf +manifest test.gguf.manifest sha256 sha1 xxh64 +sha256 c0510d38fa060c46265e0160a85c7243096b01dd31c2f355bdbb5516b20de1bd test.gguf:tensor_0 - Ok +sha256 8514cbcc73692a2c56bd7a33a022edd5ff819614bd23b19915d7224387f397a7 test.gguf:tensor_1 - Ok +sha256 947e6b36e20f2cc95e1d2ce1c1669d813d574657ac6b5ac5196158d454d35180 test.gguf:tensor_2 - Ok +sha256 423b044e016d8ac73c39f23f60bf01bedef5ecb03c0230accd824c91fe86f1a1 test.gguf:tensor_3 - Ok +sha256 79737cb3912d4201384cf7f16a1a37ff7823f23ea796cb205b6ca361ab9e3ebf test.gguf:tensor_4 - Ok +sha256 60949be8298eced0ecdde64487643d018407bd261691e061d9e9c3dbc9fd358b test.gguf:tensor_5 - Ok +sha256 574f4c46ff384a3b9a225eb955d2a871847a2e8b3fa59387a8252832e92ef7b0 test.gguf:tensor_6 - Ok +sha256 4c0410cd3c500f078ae5b21e8dc9eb79e29112713b2ab58a882f82a3868d4d75 test.gguf:tensor_7 - Ok +sha256 c4401313feeba0261275c3b25bd2d8fe40ce04e0f440c2980ed0e9674c30ff01 test.gguf:tensor_8 - Ok +sha256 23d57cf0d7a6e90b0b3616b41300e0cd354781e812add854a5f95aa55f2bc514 test.gguf:tensor_9 - Ok +sha256 7dd641b32f59b60dbd4b5420c4b0f6321ccf48f58f6ae201a3dbc4a58a27c6e4 test.gguf - Ok + +Verification results for test.gguf.manifest - Success +``` + +Or we may explicitly ask for a faster hash like: + +```bash +$ ./llama-gguf-hash --check test.gguf.manifest --xxh64 test.gguf +manifest test.gguf.manifest sha256 sha1 xxh64 +xxh64 f66e9cd66a4396a0 test.gguf:tensor_0 - Ok +xxh64 7d3a1f9ac04d0537 test.gguf:tensor_1 - Ok +xxh64 a0af5d700049693b test.gguf:tensor_2 - Ok +xxh64 e83fddf559d7b6a6 test.gguf:tensor_3 - Ok +xxh64 1257733306b7992d test.gguf:tensor_4 - Ok +xxh64 d238d16ba4711e58 test.gguf:tensor_5 - Ok +xxh64 3fbc3b65ab8c7f39 test.gguf:tensor_6 - Ok +xxh64 c22021c29854f093 test.gguf:tensor_7 - Ok +xxh64 936df61f5d64261f test.gguf:tensor_8 - Ok +xxh64 93fd20c64421c081 test.gguf:tensor_9 - Ok +xxh64 5a54d3aad816f302 test.gguf - Ok + +Verification results for test.gguf.manifest - Success +``` + +Or maybe we want to just check that all the hash is valid: + +```bash +$./llama-gguf-hash --check test.gguf.manifest --all test.gguf.manifest +manifest test.gguf.manifest sha256 sha1 xxh64 +xxh64 f66e9cd66a4396a0 test.gguf:tensor_0 - Ok +sha1 59f79ecefd8125a996fdf419239051a7e99e5f20 test.gguf:tensor_0 - Ok +sha256 c0510d38fa060c46265e0160a85c7243096b01dd31c2f355bdbb5516b20de1bd test.gguf:tensor_0 - Ok +xxh64 7d3a1f9ac04d0537 test.gguf:tensor_1 - Ok +sha1 4765f592eacf096df4628ba59476af94d767080a test.gguf:tensor_1 - Ok +sha256 8514cbcc73692a2c56bd7a33a022edd5ff819614bd23b19915d7224387f397a7 test.gguf:tensor_1 - Ok +xxh64 a0af5d700049693b test.gguf:tensor_2 - Ok +sha1 25cbfbad4513cc348e2c95ebdee69d6ff2fd8753 test.gguf:tensor_2 - Ok +sha256 947e6b36e20f2cc95e1d2ce1c1669d813d574657ac6b5ac5196158d454d35180 test.gguf:tensor_2 - Ok +xxh64 e83fddf559d7b6a6 test.gguf:tensor_3 - Ok +sha1 a9cba73e2d90f2ee3dae2548caa42bef3fe6a96c test.gguf:tensor_3 - Ok +sha256 423b044e016d8ac73c39f23f60bf01bedef5ecb03c0230accd824c91fe86f1a1 test.gguf:tensor_3 - Ok +xxh64 1257733306b7992d test.gguf:tensor_4 - Ok +sha1 d7bc61db93bb685ce9d598da89717c66729b7543 test.gguf:tensor_4 - Ok +sha256 79737cb3912d4201384cf7f16a1a37ff7823f23ea796cb205b6ca361ab9e3ebf test.gguf:tensor_4 - Ok +xxh64 d238d16ba4711e58 test.gguf:tensor_5 - Ok +sha1 0706566c198fe1072f37e0a5135b4b5f23654c52 test.gguf:tensor_5 - Ok +sha256 60949be8298eced0ecdde64487643d018407bd261691e061d9e9c3dbc9fd358b test.gguf:tensor_5 - Ok +xxh64 3fbc3b65ab8c7f39 test.gguf:tensor_6 - Ok +sha1 73922a0727226a409049f6fc3172a52219ca6f00 test.gguf:tensor_6 - Ok +sha256 574f4c46ff384a3b9a225eb955d2a871847a2e8b3fa59387a8252832e92ef7b0 test.gguf:tensor_6 - Ok +xxh64 c22021c29854f093 test.gguf:tensor_7 - Ok +sha1 efc39cece6a951188fc41e354c73bbfe6813d447 test.gguf:tensor_7 - Ok +sha256 4c0410cd3c500f078ae5b21e8dc9eb79e29112713b2ab58a882f82a3868d4d75 test.gguf:tensor_7 - Ok +xxh64 936df61f5d64261f test.gguf:tensor_8 - Ok +sha1 c2490296d789a4f34398a337fed8377d943d9f06 test.gguf:tensor_8 - Ok +sha256 c4401313feeba0261275c3b25bd2d8fe40ce04e0f440c2980ed0e9674c30ff01 test.gguf:tensor_8 - Ok +xxh64 93fd20c64421c081 test.gguf:tensor_9 - Ok +sha1 7047ce1e78437a6884337a3751c7ee0421918a65 test.gguf:tensor_9 - Ok +sha256 23d57cf0d7a6e90b0b3616b41300e0cd354781e812add854a5f95aa55f2bc514 test.gguf:tensor_9 - Ok +xxh64 5a54d3aad816f302 test.gguf - Ok +sha1 d15be52c4ff213e823cb6dd13af7ee2f978e7042 test.gguf - Ok +sha256 7dd641b32f59b60dbd4b5420c4b0f6321ccf48f58f6ae201a3dbc4a58a27c6e4 test.gguf - Ok + +Verification results for test.gguf.manifest - Success +``` + + +## Crypto/Hash Libraries Used + +These micro c libraries dependencies was installed via the [clib c package manager](https://github.com/clibs) + +- https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash +- https://github.com/clibs/sha1/ +- https://github.com/jb55/sha256.c |
