1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ggml-backend-impl.h b/ggml-backend-impl.h
index e475e20e..f121e1de 100644
--- a/ggml-backend-impl.h
+++ b/ggml-backend-impl.h
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ extern "C" {
         // check if the backend supports an operation
         bool (*GGML_CALL supports_op)(ggml_backend_t backend, const struct ggml_tensor * op);
 
+        // check if the backend wants to run an operation, even if the weights are allocated in a CPU buffer
+        // these should be expensive operations with large batch sizes that may benefit from running on this backend
+        // even if the weight has to be copied from the CPU temporarily
+        bool (*GGML_CALL offload_op)(ggml_backend_t backend, const struct ggml_tensor * op);
+
         // (optional) event synchronization
         ggml_backend_event_t (*GGML_CALL event_new)         (ggml_backend_t backend);
         void                 (*GGML_CALL event_free)        (ggml_backend_event_t event);