PyTorch: [Test] Enable test/profiler/test_profiler.py on XPU (#196466)

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Executive Summary

Enables the device-generic tests in test/profiler/test_profiler.py on XPU. Most of the hardware classification this PR used to carry landed upstream in #198321 - #198324 . What is left, reviewable in order: Classify the inline-annotation tests as generic (they need no CUDA) and name the CUDA-gated metadata test class for its gate. Prime Kineto with the current accelerator instead of CUDA only.

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