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[FIX] ShardedGradScaler should only be set for FP16 #12915

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Closes #12914

When running with sharded training + bf16, I noticed that the ShardedGradScaler was being passed. This is incorrect as BF16 does not require any scaling logic. Fixed this and added a unit test!

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@carmocca carmocca added bug Something isn't working strategy: fairscale sharded (removed) Sharded Data Parallel precision: amp Automatic Mixed Precision labels Apr 28, 2022
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ShardedGradScaler should not be used in BF16
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