feat: add configurable conditioning cache for all models

docs/caching.md

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 Caching methods accelerate diffusion inference by reusing intermediate computations when changes between steps are small.
 
+### Conditioning Cache
+
+Conditioning results are cached per model context using an LRU cache. The default
+capacity is **0 (disabled) for `sd-cli`** and **4 entries for `sd-server` and the C
+API**. Set `--conditioning-cache-size N` to change the limit; `0` disables caching.
+For example, `sd-cli -m model.safetensors -p "a cat" --conditioning-cache-size 4`
+enables the cache in the CLI. The C API option is
+`sd_ctx_params_t::conditioning_cache_size`, initialized by `sd_ctx_params_init()`.
+This cache is independent of the diffusion-step `--cache-mode` options below.
+
 ### Cache Modes
 
 | Mode | Target | Description |

examples/cli/main.cpp

@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 
     SDCliParams cli_params;
     SDContextParams ctx_params;
+    ctx_params.conditioning_cache_size = 0;
     SDGenerationParams gen_params;
 
     sd_set_log_callback(sd_log_cb, (void*)&cli_params);

examples/common/common.cpp

@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ ArgOptions SDContextParams::get_options() {
          "number of threads to use during computation (default: -1). "
          "If threads <= 0, then threads will be set to the number of CPU physical cores",
          &n_threads},
+        {"",
+         "--conditioning-cache-size",
+         "maximum number of conditioning results cached per model context (default: " + std::to_string(conditioning_cache_size) + ", 0 disables caching)",
+         &conditioning_cache_size},
     };
 
     options.bool_options = {
@@ -822,6 +826,10 @@ bool SDContextParams::resolve(SDMode mode) {
 }
 
 bool SDContextParams::validate(SDMode mode) {
+    if (conditioning_cache_size < 0) {
+        LOG_ERROR("error: conditioning-cache-size must be non-negative");
+        return false;
+    }
     if (mode == CONVERT) {
         const bool has_convert_input = model_path.length() != 0 ||
                                        clip_l_path.length() != 0 ||
@@ -898,6 +906,7 @@ std::string SDContextParams::to_string() const {
     std::ostringstream oss;
     oss << "SDContextParams {\n"
         << "  n_threads: " << n_threads << ",\n"
+        << "  conditioning_cache_size: " << conditioning_cache_size << ",\n"
         << "  model_path: \"" << model_path << "\",\n"
         << "  clip_l_path: \"" << clip_l_path << "\",\n"
         << "  clip_g_path: \"" << clip_g_path << "\",\n"
@@ -992,6 +1001,7 @@ sd_ctx_params_t SDContextParams::to_sd_ctx_params_t(bool taesd_preview) {
     sd_ctx_params.pulid_weights_path              = pulid_weights_path.c_str();
     sd_ctx_params.tensor_type_rules               = tensor_type_rules.c_str();
     sd_ctx_params.n_threads                       = n_threads;
+    sd_ctx_params.conditioning_cache_size         = conditioning_cache_size;
     sd_ctx_params.wtype                           = wtype;
     sd_ctx_params.rng_type                        = rng_type;
     sd_ctx_params.sampler_rng_type                = sampler_rng_type;

examples/common/common.h

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ bool decode_base64_image(const std::string& encoded_input,
                          SDImageOwner& out_image);
 
 struct SDContextParams {
-    int n_threads = -1;
+    int n_threads               = -1;
+    int conditioning_cache_size = 4;
     std::string model_path;
     std::string clip_l_path;
     std::string clip_g_path;

include/stable-diffusion.h

@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ typedef struct {
     float attn_scale;                // Override flash-attention K/V scaling; 0 keeps the model default
     const char* tokenizer;           // tokenizer.json path or main=FILE,clip-l=FILE,clip-g=FILE assignments; required for PiD and Lens
     bool sage_attn;
+    int conditioning_cache_size;  // Maximum cached conditioning entries per context; 0 disables caching (default: 4)
 } sd_ctx_params_t;
 
 typedef struct {

src/conditioning/conditioner.hpp

@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ struct ConditionerParams {
     const std::vector<sd::Tensor<float>>* ref_images                    = nullptr;  // for qwen image edit
     const std::vector<MiniMaxH3PresentationItem>* minimax_h3_references = nullptr;
     RefImageParams ref_image_params;
-    bool allow_cache = false;
 };
 
 struct Conditioner {
@@ -1955,10 +1954,6 @@ struct LLMEmbedder : public Conditioner {
     std::shared_ptr<LLM::LLMRunner> llm;
     std::shared_ptr<T5Runner> byt5;
 
-    bool h3_text_cache_valid = false;
-    std::string h3_text_cache_text;
-    SDCondition h3_text_cache;
-
     LLMEmbedder(ggml_backend_t backend,
                 const String2TensorStorage& tensor_storage_map      = {},
                 SDVersion version                                   = VERSION_QWEN_IMAGE,
@@ -2303,25 +2298,6 @@ struct LLMEmbedder : public Conditioner {
 
     SDCondition get_learned_condition(int n_threads,
                                       const ConditionerParams& conditioner_params) override {
-        const bool h3_text_cacheable =
-            sd_version_is_minimax_h3(version) &&
-            conditioner_params.allow_cache &&
-            (conditioner_params.minimax_h3_references == nullptr ||
-             conditioner_params.minimax_h3_references->empty()) &&
-            (conditioner_params.ref_images == nullptr ||
-             conditioner_params.ref_images->empty());
-
-        if (sd_version_is_minimax_h3(version) && !h3_text_cacheable) {
-            h3_text_cache_valid = false;
-        }
-
-        if (h3_text_cacheable &&
-            h3_text_cache_valid &&
-            h3_text_cache_text == conditioner_params.text) {
-            LOG_INFO("H3 conditioning cache hit");
-            return h3_text_cache;
-        }
-
         std::string prompt;
         std::pair<int, int> prompt_attn_range;
         std::vector<std::string> extra_prompts;
@@ -3191,13 +3167,6 @@ struct LLMEmbedder : public Conditioner {
             result.c_token_types = sd::Tensor<int32_t>({tag_count}, std::move(tags));
         }
 
-        if (h3_text_cacheable) {
-            h3_text_cache_text  = conditioner_params.text;
-            h3_text_cache       = result;
-            h3_text_cache_valid = true;
-            LOG_INFO("H3 conditioning cache stored");
-        }
-
         return result;
     }
 };

src/conditioning/conditioning_cache.h

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#ifndef __SD_CONDITIONING_CONDITIONING_CACHE_H__
+#define __SD_CONDITIONING_CONDITIONING_CACHE_H__
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <list>
+#include <tuple>
+
+#include "conditioning/conditioner.hpp"
+
+class ConditioningCache {
+    struct Entry {
+        ConditionerParams params;
+        std::vector<sd::Tensor<float>> ref_images;
+        std::vector<MiniMaxH3PresentationItem> references;
+        SDCondition condition;
+
+        Entry(const ConditionerParams& input, const SDCondition& output)
+            : params(input), condition(output) {
+            // Request-owned reference pointers must not outlive the request.
+            if (input.ref_images != nullptr) {
+                ref_images        = *input.ref_images;
+                params.ref_images = &ref_images;
+            }
+            if (input.minimax_h3_references != nullptr) {
+                references                   = *input.minimax_h3_references;
+                params.minimax_h3_references = &references;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Entry(const Entry&)            = delete;
+        Entry& operator=(const Entry&) = delete;
+    };
+
+    size_t capacity_ = 4;
+    std::list<Entry> entries_;
+
+    static bool same_images(const std::vector<sd::Tensor<float>>& a,
+                            const std::vector<sd::Tensor<float>>& b) {
+        return std::equal(a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin(), b.end(),
+                          [](const sd::Tensor<float>& x, const sd::Tensor<float>& y) {
+                              return x.shape() == y.shape() && x.values() == y.values();
+                          });
+    }
+
+    static bool same_params(const ConditionerParams& a, const ConditionerParams& b) {
+        const auto fields = [](const ConditionerParams& p) {
+            const auto& r = p.ref_image_params;
+            return std::tie(p.text, p.clip_skip, p.width, p.height, p.zero_out_masked,
+                            r.pass_to_vlm, r.pass_to_dit, r.ref_index_mode,
+                            r.force_ref_timestep_zero, r.resize_before_vae, r.vae_input_max_pixels,
+                            r.vlm_resize_mode, r.vlm_min_size, r.vlm_max_size, r.resize_vae_to_target);
+        };
+        if (fields(a) != fields(b) ||
+            (a.ref_images == nullptr) != (b.ref_images == nullptr) ||
+            (a.minimax_h3_references == nullptr) != (b.minimax_h3_references == nullptr)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (a.ref_images != nullptr && !same_images(*a.ref_images, *b.ref_images)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (a.minimax_h3_references != nullptr &&
+            !std::equal(a.minimax_h3_references->begin(), a.minimax_h3_references->end(),
+                        b.minimax_h3_references->begin(), b.minimax_h3_references->end(),
+                        [](const MiniMaxH3PresentationItem& x, const MiniMaxH3PresentationItem& y) {
+                            return x.kind == y.kind && x.timestamps == y.timestamps && same_images(x.frames, y.frames);
+                        })) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+public:
+    void set_capacity(size_t capacity) {
+        capacity_ = capacity;
+        while (entries_.size() > capacity_) {
+            entries_.pop_back();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void clear() {
+        entries_.clear();
+    }
+
+    SDCondition get(Conditioner& conditioner, int n_threads, const ConditionerParams& params) {
+        if (capacity_ == 0) {
+            return conditioner.get_learned_condition(n_threads, params);
+        }
+        for (auto it = entries_.begin(); it != entries_.end(); ++it) {
+            if (same_params(it->params, params)) {
+                entries_.splice(entries_.begin(), entries_, it);
+                LOG_INFO("conditioning cache hit");
+                return entries_.front().condition;
+            }
+        }
+        auto condition = conditioner.get_learned_condition(n_threads, params);
+        if (!condition.empty()) {
+            if (entries_.size() == capacity_) {
+                entries_.pop_back();
+            }
+            entries_.emplace_front(params, condition);
+            LOG_VERBOSE("conditioning cache stored (%zu/%zu)", entries_.size(), capacity_);
+        }
+        return condition;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif  // __SD_CONDITIONING_CONDITIONING_CACHE_H__

src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "stable-diffusion.h"
 
 #include "conditioning/conditioner.hpp"
+#include "conditioning/conditioning_cache.h"
 #include "core/backend_fit.h"
 #include "extensions/generation_extension.h"
 #include "model/adapter/ip_adapter.hpp"
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ static_assert(std::atomic<sd_cancel_mode_t>::is_always_lock_free,
 
 StableDiffusionGGML::StableDiffusionGGML()
     : rng(std::make_shared<PhiloxRNG>()),
+      conditioning_cache_(std::make_unique<ConditioningCache>()),
       denoiser(std::make_shared<CompVisDenoiser>()) {}
 
 StableDiffusionGGML::~StableDiffusionGGML() = default;
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ void StableDiffusionGGML::end_runners() {
 }
 
 bool StableDiffusionGGML::reset_runners(const RunnerGroups& groups) {
+    conditioning_cache_->clear();
+    conditioning_loras_.clear();
     end_runners();
     clear_lora_adapters();
     runtime_lora_models.clear();
@@ -915,6 +919,11 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::init(const sd_ctx_params_t* sd_ctx_params) {
             return false;
         }
     }
+    if (sd_ctx_params->conditioning_cache_size < 0) {
+        LOG_ERROR("conditioning_cache_size must be non-negative");
+        return false;
+    }
+    conditioning_cache_->set_capacity(static_cast<size_t>(sd_ctx_params->conditioning_cache_size));
     auto configuration = std::make_unique<ModelConfig>(*sd_ctx_params);
     n_threads          = sd_ctx_params->n_threads;
     tensor_executor    = std::make_unique<sd::ParallelExecutor>(n_threads > 0 ? n_threads : sd_get_num_physical_cores());
@@ -1762,13 +1771,22 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::apply_loras(const sd_lora_t* loras, uint32_t lora_coun
         extension->collect_loras(all_loras);
     }
 
-    conditioning_cache_allowed_ = all_loras.empty();
-
     int64_t t0 = ggml_time_ms();
     end_runners();
     clear_lora_adapters();
-    if (!model_manager->prepare_lora_sources(all_loras))
+    if (!model_manager->prepare_lora_sources(all_loras)) {
+        conditioning_cache_->clear();
         return false;
+    }
+    if (!std::equal(all_loras.begin(), all_loras.end(),
+                    conditioning_loras_.begin(), conditioning_loras_.end(),
+                    [](const ModelManager::LoraSpec& a, const ModelManager::LoraSpec& b) {
+                        return a.file_id == b.file_id && a.file_revision == b.file_revision &&
+                               a.multiplier == b.multiplier && a.is_high_noise == b.is_high_noise &&
+                               a.tensor_name_prefix_filter == b.tensor_name_prefix_filter;
+                    })) {
+        conditioning_cache_->clear();
+    }
     runtime_lora_models.erase(std::remove_if(runtime_lora_models.begin(), runtime_lora_models.end(), [&](const RuntimeLora& entry) {
                                   return std::none_of(all_loras.begin(), all_loras.end(), [&](const ModelManager::LoraSpec& spec) {
                                       return entry.matches(spec);
@@ -1778,6 +1796,7 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::apply_loras(const sd_lora_t* loras, uint32_t lora_coun
     const bool success = apply_lora_immediately ? apply_loras_immediately(all_loras)
                                                 : apply_loras_at_runtime(all_loras);
     if (!success) {
+        conditioning_cache_->clear();
         clear_lora_adapters();
         runtime_lora_models.clear();
         return false;
@@ -1787,9 +1806,14 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::apply_loras(const sd_lora_t* loras, uint32_t lora_coun
     if (!all_loras.empty()) {
         LOG_INFO("apply_loras completed, taking %.2fs", (t1 - t0) * 1.0f / 1000);
     }
+    conditioning_loras_ = std::move(all_loras);
     return true;
 }
 
+SDCondition StableDiffusionGGML::get_learned_condition(const ConditionerParams& params) {
+    return conditioning_cache_->get(*cond_stage_model, n_threads, params);
+}
+
 void StableDiffusionGGML::reset_generation_extensions() {
     for (auto& extension : generation_extensions) {
         extension->reset_runtime_condition();

src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class RNG;
 struct Denoiser;
 struct LoraModel;
 struct ConditionerParams;
+class ConditioningCache;
 struct SDCondition;
 struct RefImageParams;
 namespace Wav2Vec2 {
@@ -178,8 +179,9 @@ class StableDiffusionGGML {
     std::recursive_mutex execution_mutex;
     std::unique_ptr<ModelConfig> config_;
     RunnerState runner_state_;
-    bool conditioning_cache_allowed_ = false;
-    bool executing_                  = false;
+    std::unique_ptr<ConditioningCache> conditioning_cache_;
+    std::vector<ModelManager::LoraSpec> conditioning_loras_;
+    bool executing_ = false;
 
     std::shared_ptr<Denoiser> denoiser;
     std::vector<float> file_alphas_cumprod;
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ class StableDiffusionGGML {
 
     bool apply_loras(const sd_lora_t* loras, uint32_t lora_count);
 
+    SDCondition get_learned_condition(const ConditionerParams& params);
+
     void reset_generation_extensions();
 
     void prepare_generation_extensions(const sd_pm_params_t& pm_params,

src/pipeline/image.cpp

@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ namespace sd::pipeline {
         sd->compute_ip_adapter_tokens(sd_img_gen_params->ip_adapter_image, sd_img_gen_params->ip_adapter_strength);
         int64_t prepare_start_ms         = ggml_time_ms();
         condition_params.zero_out_masked = false;
-        auto cond                        = sd->cond_stage_model->get_learned_condition(sd->n_threads,
-                                                                                       condition_params);
+        auto cond                        = sd->get_learned_condition(condition_params);
         if (cond.empty()) {
             LOG_ERROR("failed to encode prompt");
             return std::nullopt;
@@ -480,8 +479,7 @@ namespace sd::pipeline {
                     // LLaDA-Image CFG keeps the source latent but drops its SigVQ features.
                     condition_params.ref_images = nullptr;
                 }
-                uncond = sd->cond_stage_model->get_learned_condition(sd->n_threads,
-                                                                     condition_params);
+                uncond = sd->get_learned_condition(condition_params);
                 if (uncond.empty()) {
                     LOG_ERROR("failed to encode negative prompt");
                     return std::nullopt;
@@ -509,8 +507,7 @@ namespace sd::pipeline {
                 if (use_ref_latent_img_cfg) {
                     condition_params.ref_images = &empty_ref_images;
                 }
-                img_uncond = sd->cond_stage_model->get_learned_condition(sd->n_threads,
-                                                                         condition_params);
+                img_uncond = sd->get_learned_condition(condition_params);
                 if (img_uncond.empty()) {
                     LOG_ERROR("failed to encode image guidance prompt");
                     return std::nullopt;