# Copyright 2023 ParaDiGMS authors and The HuggingFace Team. All rights reserved. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # DISCLAIMER: This file is strongly influenced by https://github.com/ermongroup/ddim import math from dataclasses import dataclass from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union import numpy as np import torch from ..configuration_utils import ConfigMixin, register_to_config from ..utils import BaseOutput, randn_tensor from .scheduling_utils import KarrasDiffusionSchedulers, SchedulerMixin @dataclass # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMSchedulerOutput class DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput(BaseOutput): """ Output class for the scheduler's step function output. Args: prev_sample (`torch.FloatTensor` of shape `(batch_size, num_channels, height, width)` for images): Computed sample (x_{t-1}) of previous timestep. `prev_sample` should be used as next model input in the denoising loop. pred_original_sample (`torch.FloatTensor` of shape `(batch_size, num_channels, height, width)` for images): The predicted denoised sample (x_{0}) based on the model output from the current timestep. `pred_original_sample` can be used to preview progress or for guidance. """ prev_sample: torch.FloatTensor pred_original_sample: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.betas_for_alpha_bar def betas_for_alpha_bar( num_diffusion_timesteps, max_beta=0.999, alpha_transform_type="cosine", ): """ Create a beta schedule that discretizes the given alpha_t_bar function, which defines the cumulative product of (1-beta) over time from t = [0,1]. Contains a function alpha_bar that takes an argument t and transforms it to the cumulative product of (1-beta) up to that part of the diffusion process. Args: num_diffusion_timesteps (`int`): the number of betas to produce. max_beta (`float`): the maximum beta to use; use values lower than 1 to prevent singularities. alpha_transform_type (`str`, *optional*, default to `cosine`): the type of noise schedule for alpha_bar. Choose from `cosine` or `exp` Returns: betas (`np.ndarray`): the betas used by the scheduler to step the model outputs """ if alpha_transform_type == "cosine": def alpha_bar_fn(t): return math.cos((t + 0.008) / 1.008 * math.pi / 2) ** 2 elif alpha_transform_type == "exp": def alpha_bar_fn(t): return math.exp(t * -12.0) else: raise ValueError(f"Unsupported alpha_tranform_type: {alpha_transform_type}") betas = [] for i in range(num_diffusion_timesteps): t1 = i / num_diffusion_timesteps t2 = (i + 1) / num_diffusion_timesteps betas.append(min(1 - alpha_bar_fn(t2) / alpha_bar_fn(t1), max_beta)) return torch.tensor(betas, dtype=torch.float32) class DDPMParallelScheduler(SchedulerMixin, ConfigMixin): """ Denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) explores the connections between denoising score matching and Langevin dynamics sampling. [`~ConfigMixin`] takes care of storing all config attributes that are passed in the scheduler's `__init__` function, such as `num_train_timesteps`. They can be accessed via `scheduler.config.num_train_timesteps`. [`SchedulerMixin`] provides general loading and saving functionality via the [`SchedulerMixin.save_pretrained`] and [`~SchedulerMixin.from_pretrained`] functions. For more details, see the original paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11239 Args: num_train_timesteps (`int`): number of diffusion steps used to train the model. beta_start (`float`): the starting `beta` value of inference. beta_end (`float`): the final `beta` value. beta_schedule (`str`): the beta schedule, a mapping from a beta range to a sequence of betas for stepping the model. Choose from `linear`, `scaled_linear`, `squaredcos_cap_v2` or `sigmoid`. trained_betas (`np.ndarray`, optional): option to pass an array of betas directly to the constructor to bypass `beta_start`, `beta_end` etc. variance_type (`str`): options to clip the variance used when adding noise to the denoised sample. Choose from `fixed_small`, `fixed_small_log`, `fixed_large`, `fixed_large_log`, `learned` or `learned_range`. clip_sample (`bool`, default `True`): option to clip predicted sample for numerical stability. clip_sample_range (`float`, default `1.0`): the maximum magnitude for sample clipping. Valid only when `clip_sample=True`. prediction_type (`str`, default `epsilon`, optional): prediction type of the scheduler function, one of `epsilon` (predicting the noise of the diffusion process), `sample` (directly predicting the noisy sample`) or `v_prediction` (see section 2.4 https://imagen.research.google/video/paper.pdf) thresholding (`bool`, default `False`): whether to use the "dynamic thresholding" method (introduced by Imagen, https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11487). Note that the thresholding method is unsuitable for latent-space diffusion models (such as stable-diffusion). dynamic_thresholding_ratio (`float`, default `0.995`): the ratio for the dynamic thresholding method. Default is `0.995`, the same as Imagen (https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11487). Valid only when `thresholding=True`. sample_max_value (`float`, default `1.0`): the threshold value for dynamic thresholding. Valid only when `thresholding=True`. timestep_spacing (`str`, default `"leading"`): The way the timesteps should be scaled. Refer to Table 2. of [Common Diffusion Noise Schedules and Sample Steps are Flawed](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08891) for more information. steps_offset (`int`, default `0`): an offset added to the inference steps. You can use a combination of `offset=1` and `set_alpha_to_one=False`, to make the last step use step 0 for the previous alpha product, as done in stable diffusion. """ _compatibles = [e.name for e in KarrasDiffusionSchedulers] order = 1 _is_ode_scheduler = False @register_to_config # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.__init__ def __init__( self, num_train_timesteps: int = 1000, beta_start: float = 0.0001, beta_end: float = 0.02, beta_schedule: str = "linear", trained_betas: Optional[Union[np.ndarray, List[float]]] = None, variance_type: str = "fixed_small", clip_sample: bool = True, prediction_type: str = "epsilon", thresholding: bool = False, dynamic_thresholding_ratio: float = 0.995, clip_sample_range: float = 1.0, sample_max_value: float = 1.0, timestep_spacing: str = "leading", steps_offset: int = 0, ): if trained_betas is not None: self.betas = torch.tensor(trained_betas, dtype=torch.float32) elif beta_schedule == "linear": self.betas = torch.linspace(beta_start, beta_end, num_train_timesteps, dtype=torch.float32) elif beta_schedule == "scaled_linear": # this schedule is very specific to the latent diffusion model. self.betas = ( torch.linspace(beta_start**0.5, beta_end**0.5, num_train_timesteps, dtype=torch.float32) ** 2 ) elif beta_schedule == "squaredcos_cap_v2": # Glide cosine schedule self.betas = betas_for_alpha_bar(num_train_timesteps) elif beta_schedule == "sigmoid": # GeoDiff sigmoid schedule betas = torch.linspace(-6, 6, num_train_timesteps) self.betas = torch.sigmoid(betas) * (beta_end - beta_start) + beta_start else: raise NotImplementedError(f"{beta_schedule} does is not implemented for {self.__class__}") self.alphas = 1.0 - self.betas self.alphas_cumprod = torch.cumprod(self.alphas, dim=0) self.one = torch.tensor(1.0) # standard deviation of the initial noise distribution self.init_noise_sigma = 1.0 # setable values self.custom_timesteps = False self.num_inference_steps = None self.timesteps = torch.from_numpy(np.arange(0, num_train_timesteps)[::-1].copy()) self.variance_type = variance_type # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.scale_model_input def scale_model_input(self, sample: torch.FloatTensor, timestep: Optional[int] = None) -> torch.FloatTensor: """ Ensures interchangeability with schedulers that need to scale the denoising model input depending on the current timestep. Args: sample (`torch.FloatTensor`): input sample timestep (`int`, optional): current timestep Returns: `torch.FloatTensor`: scaled input sample """ return sample # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.set_timesteps def set_timesteps( self, num_inference_steps: Optional[int] = None, device: Union[str, torch.device] = None, timesteps: Optional[List[int]] = None, ): """ Sets the discrete timesteps used for the diffusion chain. Supporting function to be run before inference. Args: num_inference_steps (`Optional[int]`): the number of diffusion steps used when generating samples with a pre-trained model. If passed, then `timesteps` must be `None`. device (`str` or `torch.device`, optional): the device to which the timesteps are moved to. custom_timesteps (`List[int]`, optional): custom timesteps used to support arbitrary spacing between timesteps. If `None`, then the default timestep spacing strategy of equal spacing between timesteps is used. If passed, `num_inference_steps` must be `None`. """ if num_inference_steps is not None and timesteps is not None: raise ValueError("Can only pass one of `num_inference_steps` or `custom_timesteps`.") if timesteps is not None: for i in range(1, len(timesteps)): if timesteps[i] >= timesteps[i - 1]: raise ValueError("`custom_timesteps` must be in descending order.") if timesteps[0] >= self.config.num_train_timesteps: raise ValueError( f"`timesteps` must start before `self.config.train_timesteps`:" f" {self.config.num_train_timesteps}." ) timesteps = np.array(timesteps, dtype=np.int64) self.custom_timesteps = True else: if num_inference_steps > self.config.num_train_timesteps: raise ValueError( f"`num_inference_steps`: {num_inference_steps} cannot be larger than `self.config.train_timesteps`:" f" {self.config.num_train_timesteps} as the unet model trained with this scheduler can only handle" f" maximal {self.config.num_train_timesteps} timesteps." ) self.num_inference_steps = num_inference_steps self.custom_timesteps = False # "linspace", "leading", "trailing" corresponds to annotation of Table 2. of https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08891 if self.config.timestep_spacing == "linspace": timesteps = ( np.linspace(0, self.config.num_train_timesteps - 1, num_inference_steps) .round()[::-1] .copy() .astype(np.int64) ) elif self.config.timestep_spacing == "leading": step_ratio = self.config.num_train_timesteps // self.num_inference_steps # creates integer timesteps by multiplying by ratio # casting to int to avoid issues when num_inference_step is power of 3 timesteps = (np.arange(0, num_inference_steps) * step_ratio).round()[::-1].copy().astype(np.int64) timesteps += self.config.steps_offset elif self.config.timestep_spacing == "trailing": step_ratio = self.config.num_train_timesteps / self.num_inference_steps # creates integer timesteps by multiplying by ratio # casting to int to avoid issues when num_inference_step is power of 3 timesteps = np.round(np.arange(self.config.num_train_timesteps, 0, -step_ratio)).astype(np.int64) timesteps -= 1 else: raise ValueError( f"{self.config.timestep_spacing} is not supported. Please make sure to choose one of 'linspace', 'leading' or 'trailing'." ) self.timesteps = torch.from_numpy(timesteps).to(device) # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler._get_variance def _get_variance(self, t, predicted_variance=None, variance_type=None): prev_t = self.previous_timestep(t) alpha_prod_t = self.alphas_cumprod[t] alpha_prod_t_prev = self.alphas_cumprod[prev_t] if prev_t >= 0 else self.one current_beta_t = 1 - alpha_prod_t / alpha_prod_t_prev # For t > 0, compute predicted variance βt (see formula (6) and (7) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf) # and sample from it to get previous sample # x_{t-1} ~ N(pred_prev_sample, variance) == add variance to pred_sample variance = (1 - alpha_prod_t_prev) / (1 - alpha_prod_t) * current_beta_t # we always take the log of variance, so clamp it to ensure it's not 0 variance = torch.clamp(variance, min=1e-20) if variance_type is None: variance_type = self.config.variance_type # hacks - were probably added for training stability if variance_type == "fixed_small": variance = variance # for rl-diffuser https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09991 elif variance_type == "fixed_small_log": variance = torch.log(variance) variance = torch.exp(0.5 * variance) elif variance_type == "fixed_large": variance = current_beta_t elif variance_type == "fixed_large_log": # Glide max_log variance = torch.log(current_beta_t) elif variance_type == "learned": return predicted_variance elif variance_type == "learned_range": min_log = torch.log(variance) max_log = torch.log(current_beta_t) frac = (predicted_variance + 1) / 2 variance = frac * max_log + (1 - frac) * min_log return variance # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler._threshold_sample def _threshold_sample(self, sample: torch.FloatTensor) -> torch.FloatTensor: """ "Dynamic thresholding: At each sampling step we set s to a certain percentile absolute pixel value in xt0 (the prediction of x_0 at timestep t), and if s > 1, then we threshold xt0 to the range [-s, s] and then divide by s. Dynamic thresholding pushes saturated pixels (those near -1 and 1) inwards, thereby actively preventing pixels from saturation at each step. We find that dynamic thresholding results in significantly better photorealism as well as better image-text alignment, especially when using very large guidance weights." https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11487 """ dtype = sample.dtype batch_size, channels, height, width = sample.shape if dtype not in (torch.float32, torch.float64): sample = sample.float() # upcast for quantile calculation, and clamp not implemented for cpu half # Flatten sample for doing quantile calculation along each image sample = sample.reshape(batch_size, channels * height * width) abs_sample = sample.abs() # "a certain percentile absolute pixel value" s = torch.quantile(abs_sample, self.config.dynamic_thresholding_ratio, dim=1) s = torch.clamp( s, min=1, max=self.config.sample_max_value ) # When clamped to min=1, equivalent to standard clipping to [-1, 1] s = s.unsqueeze(1) # (batch_size, 1) because clamp will broadcast along dim=0 sample = torch.clamp(sample, -s, s) / s # "we threshold xt0 to the range [-s, s] and then divide by s" sample = sample.reshape(batch_size, channels, height, width) sample = sample.to(dtype) return sample def step( self, model_output: torch.FloatTensor, timestep: int, sample: torch.FloatTensor, generator=None, return_dict: bool = True, ) -> Union[DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput, Tuple]: """ Predict the sample at the previous timestep by reversing the SDE. Core function to propagate the diffusion process from the learned model outputs (most often the predicted noise). Args: model_output (`torch.FloatTensor`): direct output from learned diffusion model. timestep (`int`): current discrete timestep in the diffusion chain. sample (`torch.FloatTensor`): current instance of sample being created by diffusion process. generator: random number generator. return_dict (`bool`): option for returning tuple rather than DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput class Returns: [`~schedulers.scheduling_utils.DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput`] or `tuple`: [`~schedulers.scheduling_utils.DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput`] if `return_dict` is True, otherwise a `tuple`. When returning a tuple, the first element is the sample tensor. """ t = timestep prev_t = self.previous_timestep(t) if model_output.shape[1] == sample.shape[1] * 2 and self.variance_type in ["learned", "learned_range"]: model_output, predicted_variance = torch.split(model_output, sample.shape[1], dim=1) else: predicted_variance = None # 1. compute alphas, betas alpha_prod_t = self.alphas_cumprod[t] alpha_prod_t_prev = self.alphas_cumprod[prev_t] if prev_t >= 0 else self.one beta_prod_t = 1 - alpha_prod_t beta_prod_t_prev = 1 - alpha_prod_t_prev current_alpha_t = alpha_prod_t / alpha_prod_t_prev current_beta_t = 1 - current_alpha_t # 2. compute predicted original sample from predicted noise also called # "predicted x_0" of formula (15) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf if self.config.prediction_type == "epsilon": pred_original_sample = (sample - beta_prod_t ** (0.5) * model_output) / alpha_prod_t ** (0.5) elif self.config.prediction_type == "sample": pred_original_sample = model_output elif self.config.prediction_type == "v_prediction": pred_original_sample = (alpha_prod_t**0.5) * sample - (beta_prod_t**0.5) * model_output else: raise ValueError( f"prediction_type given as {self.config.prediction_type} must be one of `epsilon`, `sample` or" " `v_prediction` for the DDPMScheduler." ) # 3. Clip or threshold "predicted x_0" if self.config.thresholding: pred_original_sample = self._threshold_sample(pred_original_sample) elif self.config.clip_sample: pred_original_sample = pred_original_sample.clamp( -self.config.clip_sample_range, self.config.clip_sample_range ) # 4. Compute coefficients for pred_original_sample x_0 and current sample x_t # See formula (7) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf pred_original_sample_coeff = (alpha_prod_t_prev ** (0.5) * current_beta_t) / beta_prod_t current_sample_coeff = current_alpha_t ** (0.5) * beta_prod_t_prev / beta_prod_t # 5. Compute predicted previous sample µ_t # See formula (7) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf pred_prev_sample = pred_original_sample_coeff * pred_original_sample + current_sample_coeff * sample # 6. Add noise variance = 0 if t > 0: device = model_output.device variance_noise = randn_tensor( model_output.shape, generator=generator, device=device, dtype=model_output.dtype ) if self.variance_type == "fixed_small_log": variance = self._get_variance(t, predicted_variance=predicted_variance) * variance_noise elif self.variance_type == "learned_range": variance = self._get_variance(t, predicted_variance=predicted_variance) variance = torch.exp(0.5 * variance) * variance_noise else: variance = (self._get_variance(t, predicted_variance=predicted_variance) ** 0.5) * variance_noise pred_prev_sample = pred_prev_sample + variance if not return_dict: return (pred_prev_sample,) return DDPMParallelSchedulerOutput(prev_sample=pred_prev_sample, pred_original_sample=pred_original_sample) def batch_step_no_noise( self, model_output: torch.FloatTensor, timesteps: List[int], sample: torch.FloatTensor, ) -> torch.FloatTensor: """ Batched version of the `step` function, to be able to reverse the SDE for multiple samples/timesteps at once. Also, does not add any noise to the predicted sample, which is necessary for parallel sampling where the noise is pre-sampled by the pipeline. Predict the sample at the previous timestep by reversing the SDE. Core function to propagate the diffusion process from the learned model outputs (most often the predicted noise). Args: model_output (`torch.FloatTensor`): direct output from learned diffusion model. timesteps (`List[int]`): current discrete timesteps in the diffusion chain. This is now a list of integers. sample (`torch.FloatTensor`): current instance of sample being created by diffusion process. Returns: `torch.FloatTensor`: sample tensor at previous timestep. """ t = timesteps num_inference_steps = self.num_inference_steps if self.num_inference_steps else self.config.num_train_timesteps prev_t = t - self.config.num_train_timesteps // num_inference_steps t = t.view(-1, *([1] * (model_output.ndim - 1))) prev_t = prev_t.view(-1, *([1] * (model_output.ndim - 1))) if model_output.shape[1] == sample.shape[1] * 2 and self.variance_type in ["learned", "learned_range"]: model_output, predicted_variance = torch.split(model_output, sample.shape[1], dim=1) else: pass # 1. compute alphas, betas self.alphas_cumprod = self.alphas_cumprod.to(model_output.device) alpha_prod_t = self.alphas_cumprod[t] alpha_prod_t_prev = self.alphas_cumprod[torch.clip(prev_t, min=0)] alpha_prod_t_prev[prev_t < 0] = torch.tensor(1.0) beta_prod_t = 1 - alpha_prod_t beta_prod_t_prev = 1 - alpha_prod_t_prev current_alpha_t = alpha_prod_t / alpha_prod_t_prev current_beta_t = 1 - current_alpha_t # 2. compute predicted original sample from predicted noise also called # "predicted x_0" of formula (15) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf if self.config.prediction_type == "epsilon": pred_original_sample = (sample - beta_prod_t ** (0.5) * model_output) / alpha_prod_t ** (0.5) elif self.config.prediction_type == "sample": pred_original_sample = model_output elif self.config.prediction_type == "v_prediction": pred_original_sample = (alpha_prod_t**0.5) * sample - (beta_prod_t**0.5) * model_output else: raise ValueError( f"prediction_type given as {self.config.prediction_type} must be one of `epsilon`, `sample` or" " `v_prediction` for the DDPMParallelScheduler." ) # 3. Clip or threshold "predicted x_0" if self.config.thresholding: pred_original_sample = self._threshold_sample(pred_original_sample) elif self.config.clip_sample: pred_original_sample = pred_original_sample.clamp( -self.config.clip_sample_range, self.config.clip_sample_range ) # 4. Compute coefficients for pred_original_sample x_0 and current sample x_t # See formula (7) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf pred_original_sample_coeff = (alpha_prod_t_prev ** (0.5) * current_beta_t) / beta_prod_t current_sample_coeff = current_alpha_t ** (0.5) * beta_prod_t_prev / beta_prod_t # 5. Compute predicted previous sample µ_t # See formula (7) from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239.pdf pred_prev_sample = pred_original_sample_coeff * pred_original_sample + current_sample_coeff * sample return pred_prev_sample # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.add_noise def add_noise( self, original_samples: torch.FloatTensor, noise: torch.FloatTensor, timesteps: torch.IntTensor, ) -> torch.FloatTensor: # Make sure alphas_cumprod and timestep have same device and dtype as original_samples alphas_cumprod = self.alphas_cumprod.to(device=original_samples.device, dtype=original_samples.dtype) timesteps = timesteps.to(original_samples.device) sqrt_alpha_prod = alphas_cumprod[timesteps] ** 0.5 sqrt_alpha_prod = sqrt_alpha_prod.flatten() while len(sqrt_alpha_prod.shape) < len(original_samples.shape): sqrt_alpha_prod = sqrt_alpha_prod.unsqueeze(-1) sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = (1 - alphas_cumprod[timesteps]) ** 0.5 sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.flatten() while len(sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.shape) < len(original_samples.shape): sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.unsqueeze(-1) noisy_samples = sqrt_alpha_prod * original_samples + sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod * noise return noisy_samples # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.get_velocity def get_velocity( self, sample: torch.FloatTensor, noise: torch.FloatTensor, timesteps: torch.IntTensor ) -> torch.FloatTensor: # Make sure alphas_cumprod and timestep have same device and dtype as sample alphas_cumprod = self.alphas_cumprod.to(device=sample.device, dtype=sample.dtype) timesteps = timesteps.to(sample.device) sqrt_alpha_prod = alphas_cumprod[timesteps] ** 0.5 sqrt_alpha_prod = sqrt_alpha_prod.flatten() while len(sqrt_alpha_prod.shape) < len(sample.shape): sqrt_alpha_prod = sqrt_alpha_prod.unsqueeze(-1) sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = (1 - alphas_cumprod[timesteps]) ** 0.5 sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.flatten() while len(sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.shape) < len(sample.shape): sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod = sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod.unsqueeze(-1) velocity = sqrt_alpha_prod * noise - sqrt_one_minus_alpha_prod * sample return velocity def __len__(self): return self.config.num_train_timesteps # Copied from diffusers.schedulers.scheduling_ddpm.DDPMScheduler.previous_timestep def previous_timestep(self, timestep): if self.custom_timesteps: index = (self.timesteps == timestep).nonzero(as_tuple=True)[0][0] if index == self.timesteps.shape[0] - 1: prev_t = torch.tensor(-1) else: prev_t = self.timesteps[index + 1] else: num_inference_steps = ( self.num_inference_steps if self.num_inference_steps else self.config.num_train_timesteps ) prev_t = timestep - self.config.num_train_timesteps // num_inference_steps return prev_t