diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/common.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/common.h
index 7ef80a47..ba2cef0c 100755
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/common.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/common.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <functional>
+#include <optional>
 
 #include "../include/ggml-cann.h"
 #include "../include/ggml.h"
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ const ggml_cann_device_info& ggml_cann_info();
 void ggml_cann_set_device(int32_t device);
 int32_t ggml_cann_get_device();
 
+std::optional<std::string> get_env(const std::string& name);
+bool parse_bool(const std::string& value);
+
 /**
  * @brief Abstract base class for memory pools used by CANN.
  */
@@ -354,7 +358,8 @@ struct ggml_backend_cann_context {
         : device(device), name("CANN" + std::to_string(device)), task_queue(1024, device) {
         ggml_cann_set_device(device);
         description = aclrtGetSocName();
-        async_mode = (getenv("GGML_CANN_ASYNC_MODE") != nullptr);
+
+        bool async_mode = parse_bool(get_env("GGML_CANN_ASYNC_MODE").value_or(""));
         GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: device %d async operator submission is %s\n", __func__,
             device, async_mode ? "ON" : "OFF");
     }
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/ggml-cann.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/ggml-cann.cpp
index c0ea2600..d1a0ad37 100755
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/ggml-cann.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/ggml-cann.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <queue>
 #include <chrono>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <optional>
 
 #include "ggml-impl.h"
 #include "ggml-backend-impl.h"
@@ -93,6 +95,26 @@ int32_t ggml_cann_get_device() {
     return id;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get the value of the specified environment variable (name).
+ *        if not empty, return a std::string object
+ */
+std::optional<std::string> get_env(const std::string& name) {
+    const char* val = std::getenv(name.c_str());
+    if (!val) return std::nullopt;
+    std::string res = std::string(val);
+    std::transform(res.begin(), res.end(), res.begin(), ::tolower);
+    return res;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Verify whether the environment variable is a valid value.
+ */
+bool parse_bool(const std::string& value) {
+    std::unordered_set<std::string> valid_values = {"on", "1", "yes", "y", "enable", "true"};
+    return valid_values.find(value) != valid_values.end();
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Initialize the CANN device information.
  *
@@ -214,7 +236,7 @@ struct ggml_cann_pool_buf_prio : public ggml_cann_pool {
      * @param device The device ID to associate with this buffer pool.
      */
     explicit ggml_cann_pool_buf_prio(int device) : device(device) {
-        disable_clean = getenv("GGML_CANN_DISABLE_BUF_POOL_CLEAN") != nullptr;
+        disable_clean = parse_bool(get_env("GGML_CANN_DISABLE_BUF_POOL_CLEAN").value_or(""));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -410,7 +432,7 @@ struct ggml_cann_pool_buf : public ggml_cann_pool {
      * @param device The device ID to associate with this buffer pool.
      */
     explicit ggml_cann_pool_buf(int device) : device(device) {
-        disable_clean = getenv("GGML_CANN_DISABLE_BUF_POOL_CLEAN") != nullptr;
+        disable_clean = parse_bool(get_env("GGML_CANN_DISABLE_BUF_POOL_CLEAN").value_or(""));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -731,16 +753,18 @@ struct ggml_cann_pool_vmm : public ggml_cann_pool {
  */
 std::unique_ptr<ggml_cann_pool> ggml_backend_cann_context::new_pool_for_device(
     int device) {
-    bool disable_vmm = (getenv("GGML_CANN_DISABLE_VMM_POOL") != nullptr);
-    if (!disable_vmm && ggml_cann_info().devices[device].vmm) {
-        GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: device %d use vmm pool\n", __func__, device);
-        return std::unique_ptr<ggml_cann_pool>(new ggml_cann_pool_vmm(device));
-    }
-    bool enable_buf_prio = (getenv("GGML_CANN_ENABLE_BUF_PRIO_POOL") != nullptr);
-    if (enable_buf_prio) {
+    std::string mem_pool_type = get_env("GGML_CANN_MEM_POOL").value_or("");
+
+    if (mem_pool_type == "prio") {
         GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: device %d use buffer pool with priority queue\n", __func__, device);
         return std::unique_ptr<ggml_cann_pool>(new ggml_cann_pool_buf_prio(device));
     }
+
+    if (ggml_cann_info().devices[device].vmm && mem_pool_type != "leg") {
+        GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: device %d use vmm pool\n", __func__, device);
+        return std::unique_ptr<ggml_cann_pool>(new ggml_cann_pool_vmm(device));
+    }
+
     GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: device %d use buffer pool\n", __func__, device);
     return std::unique_ptr<ggml_cann_pool>(new ggml_cann_pool_buf(device));
 }