[BugFix] Fix SliceSampler for torch.compile compatibility

Convert seq_length to tensor before torch.where operations to avoid
torch.compile inductor C++ codegen bugs with mixed scalar/tensor int64
in blendv operations.


ghstack-source-id: 3ee8327
Pull-Request: #3298

Author: vmoens

torchrl/data/replay_buffers/samplers.py

@@ -1556,14 +1556,30 @@ def _get_index(
             out_of_traj = relative_starts < 0
             if out_of_traj.any():
                 # a negative start means sampling fewer elements
+                # Convert seq_length to tensor to avoid torch.compile inductor C++ codegen
+                # bug with mixed scalar/tensor int64 in blendv operations (see PyTorch #xyz)
+                seq_length_t = torch.as_tensor(
+                    seq_length,
+                    dtype=relative_starts.dtype,
+                    device=relative_starts.device,
+                )
                 seq_length = torch.where(
-                    ~out_of_traj, seq_length, seq_length + relative_starts
+                    ~out_of_traj, seq_length_t, seq_length_t + relative_starts
+                )
+                relative_starts = torch.where(
+                    ~out_of_traj, relative_starts, torch.zeros_like(relative_starts)
                 )
-                relative_starts = torch.where(~out_of_traj, relative_starts, 0)
         if self.span[1]:
             out_of_traj = relative_starts + seq_length > lengths[traj_idx]
             if out_of_traj.any():
                 # a negative start means sampling fewer elements
+                # Convert seq_length to tensor if it's still a scalar
+                if not isinstance(seq_length, torch.Tensor):
+                    seq_length = torch.as_tensor(
+                        seq_length,
+                        dtype=relative_starts.dtype,
+                        device=relative_starts.device,
+                    )
                 seq_length = torch.minimum(
                     seq_length, lengths[traj_idx] - relative_starts
                 )