import torch import torch.nn.functional as F class SMCCFGCtrl: """ Implements SMC-CFG (Sliding Mode Control CFG) from the paper: "CFG-Ctrl: A Control-Theoretic Perspective on Classifier-Free Guidance" (CVPR 2026) https://github.com/hanyang-21/CFG-Ctrl Replaces standard linear CFG with a nonlinear sliding mode controller that prevents instability, overshooting, and artifacts at high guidance scales. """ @classmethod def INPUT_TYPES(s): return { "required": { "model": ("MODEL",), "smc_cfg_lambda": ("FLOAT", { "default": 5.0, "min": 0.0, "max": 50.0, "step": 0.01, "tooltip": "Sliding surface coefficient. Controls how much the controller weights previous error magnitude vs error derivative. Paper recommended: 5.0", }), "smc_cfg_K": ("FLOAT", { "default": 0.2, "min": 0.0, "max": 5.0, "step": 0.01, "tooltip": "Switching gain. Bounds the correction to [-K, +K] per element. Higher = stronger correction but may introduce chattering. Paper recommended: 0.2", }), "warmup_steps": ("INT", { "default": 0, "min": 0, "max": 100, "tooltip": "Number of initial steps with no guidance (pure conditional prediction). Lets the model establish structure before guidance kicks in.", }), } } RETURN_TYPES = ("MODEL",) FUNCTION = "patch" CATEGORY = "sampling/custom_sampling" def patch(self, model, smc_cfg_lambda, smc_cfg_K, warmup_steps): state = {"prev_eps": None, "step": 0, "prev_sigma": None} lam = smc_cfg_lambda K = smc_cfg_K def smc_cfg_function(args): cond = args["cond"] uncond = args["uncond"] cond_scale = args["cond_scale"] sigma = args["sigma"] # Detect new generation (sigma jumps up = new sampling run) curr_sigma = sigma.max().item() if torch.is_tensor(sigma) else float(sigma) if state["prev_sigma"] is not None and curr_sigma > state["prev_sigma"] * 1.1: state["prev_eps"] = None state["step"] = 0 state["prev_sigma"] = curr_sigma step = state["step"] state["step"] = step + 1 if warmup_steps > 0 and step < warmup_steps: return cond # Normalize to noise-prediction space (divide out sigma). sigma_val = max(curr_sigma, 1e-8) guidance_eps = (cond - uncond) / sigma_val if state["prev_eps"] is None: state["prev_eps"] = guidance_eps.detach().clone() prev_eps = state["prev_eps"] # Sliding surface: s_t = (e_t - e_{t-1}) + lambda * e_{t-1} s = (guidance_eps - prev_eps) + lam * prev_eps # Scale K so the output correction (cond_scale * K_eff) stays # in the range the paper tested (0.5–1.5). The paper only # tested up to cfg=7.5; at cfg=12, full K gives cond_scale*K=2.4 # which corrupts the image. sqrt scaling keeps the output # correction growing sub-linearly with cfg. K_eff = K / max(cond_scale, 1.0) ** 0.5 # Smooth switching via tanh instead of sign to avoid # salt-and-pepper artifacts in ComfyUI's latent space. phi = s.std().clamp(min=1e-6) u_sw = -K_eff * torch.tanh(s / phi) # Spatial blur to smooth grid artifacts at VAE patch boundaries. if u_sw.ndim == 4: u_sw = F.avg_pool2d(u_sw, kernel_size=5, stride=1, padding=2) # Store RAW guidance (before correction) to prevent correction # accumulation through the lambda * prev_eps term. state["prev_eps"] = guidance_eps.detach().clone() return uncond + cond_scale * (guidance_eps + u_sw) * sigma_val m = model.clone() m.set_model_sampler_cfg_function(smc_cfg_function, disable_cfg1_optimization=True) return (m,) NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = { "SMCCFGCtrl": SMCCFGCtrl, } NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = { "SMCCFGCtrl": "SMC-CFG Ctrl", }