[core] support device type device_maps to work with offloading.

src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 for library in LOADABLE_CLASSES:
     LIBRARIES.append(library)
 
-SUPPORTED_DEVICE_MAP = ["balanced"] + [get_device()]
+SUPPORTED_DEVICE_MAP = ["balanced"] + [get_device(), "cpu"]
 
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ def module_is_offloaded(module):
         pipeline_is_sequentially_offloaded = any(
             module_is_sequentially_offloaded(module) for _, module in self.components.items()
         )
-
-        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self.hf_device_map is not None and len(self.hf_device_map) > 1
+        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self._is_pipeline_device_mapped()
         if is_pipeline_device_mapped:
             raise ValueError(
                 "It seems like you have activated a device mapping strategy on the pipeline which doesn't allow explicit device placement using `to()`. You can call `reset_device_map()` to remove the existing device map from the pipeline."
@@ -1164,7 +1163,7 @@ def enable_model_cpu_offload(self, gpu_id: Optional[int] = None, device: Union[t
         """
         self._maybe_raise_error_if_group_offload_active(raise_error=True)
 
-        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self.hf_device_map is not None and len(self.hf_device_map) > 1
+        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self._is_pipeline_device_mapped()
         if is_pipeline_device_mapped:
             raise ValueError(
                 "It seems like you have activated a device mapping strategy on the pipeline so calling `enable_model_cpu_offload() isn't allowed. You can call `reset_device_map()` first and then call `enable_model_cpu_offload()`."
@@ -1286,7 +1285,7 @@ def enable_sequential_cpu_offload(self, gpu_id: Optional[int] = None, device: Un
             raise ImportError("`enable_sequential_cpu_offload` requires `accelerate v0.14.0` or higher")
         self.remove_all_hooks()
 
-        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self.hf_device_map is not None and len(self.hf_device_map) > 1
+        is_pipeline_device_mapped = self._is_pipeline_device_mapped()
         if is_pipeline_device_mapped:
             raise ValueError(
                 "It seems like you have activated a device mapping strategy on the pipeline so calling `enable_sequential_cpu_offload() isn't allowed. You can call `reset_device_map()` first and then call `enable_sequential_cpu_offload()`."
@@ -2171,6 +2170,21 @@ def _maybe_raise_error_if_group_offload_active(
                 return True
         return False
 
+    def _is_pipeline_device_mapped(self):
+        # We support passing `device_map="cuda"`, for example. This is helpful, in case
+        # users want to pass `device_map="cpu"` when initializing a pipeline. This explicit declaration is desirable
+        # in limited VRAM environments because quantized models often initialize directly on the accelerator.
+        device_map = self.hf_device_map
+        is_device_type_map = False
+        if isinstance(device_map, str):
+            try:
+                torch.device(device_map)
+                is_device_type_map = True
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+
+        return not is_device_type_map and isinstance(device_map, dict) and len(device_map) > 1
+
 
 class StableDiffusionMixin:
     r"""