[Feature] remove an 'assert' statement in favor of a 'raise' statement to make MultiScaleDeformableAttention compatible with torch.compile()

[isaacfinberg]

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Motivation

The goal is to make MultiScaleDeformableAttention compatible with torch.compile().

Modification

The only modification is to change an assert statement to a raise statement and add an error message.

BC-breaking (Optional)

N/A

Use cases (Optional)

The use case is using torch.compile() to make training and inference faster.

Checklist

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• Bug fixes are covered by unit tests, the case that causes the bug should be added in the unit tests.
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[dinkarjuyal]

+1, this is a blocker for me as well

[CLAassistant]

All committers have signed the CLA.

[johnabel]

+1

[mgriffin1994]

+1, Would love for this to be fixed

[dtborders]

+1 would be great to see this fixed :)

[harshith2794]

+1 would be great to have this fixed!