[Big-Modeling] Harmonize device check to handle corner cases (#2254)

* harmonize device check

* make style

* oops

* oops again

src/accelerate/utils/modeling.py

@@ -47,6 +47,33 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def check_device_same(first_device, second_device):
+    """
+    Utility method to check if two `torch` devices are similar. When dealing with CUDA devices, torch throws `False`
+    for `torch.device("cuda") == torch.device("cuda:0")` whereas they should be the same
+
+    Args:
+        first_device (`torch.device`):
+            First device to check
+        second_device (`torch.device`):
+            Second device to check
+    """
+    if first_device.type != second_device.type:
+        return False
+
+    if first_device.type == "cuda" and first_device.index is None:
+        # In case the first_device is a cuda device and have
+        # the index attribute set to `None`, default it to `0`
+        first_device = torch.device("cuda", index=0)
+
+    if second_device.type == "cuda" and second_device.index is None:
+        # In case the second_device is a cuda device and have
+        # the index attribute set to `None`, default it to `0`
+        second_device = torch.device("cuda", index=0)
+
+    return first_device == second_device
+
+
 def convert_file_size_to_int(size: Union[int, str]):
     """
     Converts a size expressed as a string with digits an unit (like `"5MB"`) to an integer (in bytes).
@@ -324,7 +351,7 @@ def set_module_tensor_to_device(
             device = device_quantization
         if is_buffer:
             module._buffers[tensor_name] = new_value
-        elif value is not None or torch.device(device) != module._parameters[tensor_name].device:
+        elif value is not None or not check_device_same(torch.device(device), module._parameters[tensor_name].device):
             param_cls = type(module._parameters[tensor_name])
             kwargs = module._parameters[tensor_name].__dict__
             if param_cls.__name__ in ["Int8Params", "FP4Params"]: