PyTorch: [inductor] Extend partitioned scatter to additional ops (#194078)

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Key Architectural Takeaway

The partitioned scatter pass only matched aten.index_put / aten.index_put_ , so it missed ops that emit the exact same contended atomic_add store.

Executive Summary

The partitioned scatter pass only matched aten.index_put / aten.index_put_ , so it missed ops that emit the exact same contended atomic_add store. This extends the pass to cover them and tightens the partition cap so the rewrite cannot cost more memory traffic than the scatter it replaces. Adds support for: _unsafe_masked_index_put_accumulate lowering aten.scatter_add , aten.scatter_reduce.two , aten.scatter.reduce lowering Traffic-aware partition cap.** The old cap was P <= 4 * writes_per_slot , justified as diminishing returns.

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