[BUG] circular import on `DeepSpeedTransformerInference`

Describe the bug

I am getting this circular import error in CI with deepspeed==0.15.4, triton==0.3.2, and torch==2.6.0:

    from deepspeed import DeepSpeedEngine
.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/__init__.py:25: in <module>
    from . import ops
.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/__init__.py:11: in <module>
    from . import transformer
.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/__init__.py:8: in <module>
    from ...model_implementations.transformers.ds_transformer import DeepSpeedTransformerInference
.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/model_implementations/transformers/ds_transformer.py:18: in <module>
    from deepspeed.ops.transformer.inference.triton.mlp import TritonMLP
.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/__init__.py:7: in <module>
    from ....model_implementations.transformers.ds_transformer import DeepSpeedTransformerInference
E   ImportError: cannot import name 'DeepSpeedTransformerInference' from partially initialized module 'deepspeed.model_implementations.transformers.ds_transformer' (most likely due to a circular import) (/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/model_implementations/transformers/ds_transformer.py)

To Reproduce

from deepspeed import DeepSpeedEngine

Expected behavior

Not to have a circular import.

ds_report output

uv run python -m deepspeed.env_report crashes:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 18[9](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/13976826925/job/39132580550?pr=322#step:5:10), in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 112, in _get_module_details
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/__init__.py", line 25, in <module>
    from . import ops
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from . import transformer
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .inference.config import DeepSpeedInferenceConfig
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from ....model_implementations.transformers.ds_transformer import DeepSpeedTransformerInference
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/model_implementations/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .transformers.ds_transformer import DeepSpeedTransformerInference
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/model_implementations/transformers/ds_transformer.py", line 18, in <module>
    from deepspeed.ops.transformer.inference.triton.mlp import TritonMLP
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/triton/__init__.py", line [10](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/13976826925/job/39132580550?pr=322#step:5:11), in <module>
    from .ops import *
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/triton/ops.py", line 6, in <module>
    import deepspeed.ops.transformer.inference.triton.matmul_ext as matmul_ext
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.[12](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/13976826925/job/39132580550?pr=322#step:5:13)/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/triton/matmul_ext.py", line 10, in <module>
    import deepspeed.ops.transformer.inference.triton.triton_matmul_kernel as triton_matmul_kernel
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/deepspeed/ops/transformer/inference/triton/triton_matmul_kernel.py", line 51, in <module>
    @triton.autotune(
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/triton/runtime/autotuner.py", line 368, in decorator
    return Autotuner(fn, fn.arg_names, configs, key, reset_to_zero, restore_value, pre_hook=pre_hook,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/triton/runtime/autotuner.py", line [13](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/13976826925/job/39132580550?pr=322#step:5:14)0, in __init__
    self.do_bench = driver.active.get_benchmarker()
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/triton/runtime/driver.py", line 23, in __getattr__
    self._initialize_obj()
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/triton/runtime/driver.py", line 20, in _initialize_obj
    self._obj = self._init_fn()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/runner/work/repo/repo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/triton/runtime/driver.py", line 8, in _create_driver
    raise RuntimeError(f"{len(actives)} active drivers ({actives}). There should only be one.")
RuntimeError: 0 active drivers ([]). There should only be one.

Screenshots

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System info (please complete the following information):

In GitHub Actions' ubuntu-latest runner as of 3/20/2025 with Python 3.12.3

deepspeed==0.15.4
torch==2.6.0
triton==0.3.2

Docker context

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