Merge commit 'e121edc4324a640be11b7e567edd39b721b0f8e4' into concedo_experimental

# Conflicts:
#	.github/workflows/release.yml
#	common/CMakeLists.txt
#	docs/function-calling.md
#	ggml/src/ggml-sycl/binbcast.cpp
#	models/templates/README.md
#	scripts/tool_bench.py
#	src/llama-kv-cache.cpp
#	tests/CMakeLists.txt
#	tests/test-chat.cpp
#	tools/mtmd/clip.h
#	tools/rpc/rpc-server.cpp
#	tools/server/README.md

Author: LostRuins

common/arg.cpp

@@ -2849,15 +2849,24 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
     ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_MAIN}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_JINJA"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--reasoning-format"}, "FORMAT",
-        "reasoning format (default: deepseek; allowed values: deepseek, none)\n"
-        "controls whether thought tags are extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned. 'none' leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`, 'deepseek' puts them in `message.reasoning_content` (for DeepSeek R1 & Command R7B only).\n"
-        "only supported for non-streamed responses",
+        "controls whether thought tags are allowed and/or extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned; one of:\n"
+        "- none: leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`\n"
+        "- deepseek: puts thoughts in `message.reasoning_content` (except in streaming mode, which behaves as `none`)\n"
+        "(default: deepseek)",
         [](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
             /**/ if (value == "deepseek") { params.reasoning_format = COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_DEEPSEEK; }
             else if (value == "none") {     params.reasoning_format = COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_NONE; }
-            else { std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
+            else { throw std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
         }
     ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_MAIN}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_THINK"));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--reasoning-budget"}, "N",
+        "controls the amount of thinking allowed; currently only one of: -1 for unrestricted thinking budget, or 0 to disable thinking (default: -1)",
+        [](common_params & params, int value) {
+            if (value != 0 && value != -1) { throw std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
+            params.reasoning_budget = value;
+        }
+    ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_MAIN}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_THINK_BUDGET"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--chat-template"}, "JINJA_TEMPLATE",
         string_format(
@@ -2956,7 +2965,7 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         [](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
             /**/ if (value == "jsonl") { params.batched_bench_output_jsonl = true; }
             else if (value == "md") { params.batched_bench_output_jsonl = false; }
-            else { std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
+            else { throw std::invalid_argument("invalid value"); }
         }
     ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_BENCH}));
     add_opt(common_arg(