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[Build] Fix CPU extension build on macOS ARM64#41538
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Fixes #41537

  • Bump C++ standard from 17 to 20 — the CPU attention code already uses C++20 structured bindings captured in lambdas, which GCC accepts in C++17 mode as an extension but Clang rejects
  • Add missing FP32Vec16(const BF16Vec32&, int) constructor to cpu_types_arm.hpp — this constructor exists in cpu_types_x86.hpp but was never ported to the ARM types header, causing a compilation error in load_b_pair_vec() for FP8 attention paths

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  • Build from source on macOS ARM64: uv pip install --editable . --torch-backend=auto
  • Verify existing Linux x86_64 builds are unaffected (C++20 is backward compatible with C++17)
  • Verify existing Linux aarch64 builds are unaffected

AI-assisted: This PR was developed with AI assistance. All changes have been reviewed and understood by the submitter. No existing open PR addresses this issue.

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Two issues prevent building vLLM's CPU backend on ARM with Clang:

1. C++ standard set to 17, but csrc/cpu/cpu_attn_vec.hpp uses C++20
   structured bindings captured in lambdas. GCC permits this as an
   extension in C++17 mode, but Clang rejects it. Bump to C++20.

2. FP32Vec16(const BF16Vec32&, int) constructor exists in x86 types
   but is missing from cpu_types_arm.hpp, causing a compilation error
   in load_b_pair_vec() for FP8 attention paths.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This pull request updates the C++ standard from C++17 to C++20 in the CMake configuration files and introduces a new constructor for the FP32Vec16 struct in the ARM CPU types to support conversions from BF16Vec32. I have no feedback to provide.

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@LucasWilkinson can you please review this PR. Was considering contributing to the codebase and as first step needed to build the code base locally but faced issue while compiling the code via clang. Checked the codebase and it seems even though c++ 20 features such as lambda is being used the cmake refers to c++ 17 leading to issues while compilation using clang due to stricter rule adherence while the same compilation passes when using gcc.

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Thanks @guru-meesho But the issue should be resolved by #41387

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[Build] CPU extension fails to compile on macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon)

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