def broadcast_tensors(
    tensors: Optional[List[torch.Tensor]],
    src_rank: int,
    group: object,
    dist_device: Optional[torch.device] = None,
) -> List[torch.Tensor]:
    """
    Broadcasts a list of tensors without other (non-src) ranks needing to know
    the dtypes/shapes of the tensors.
    """
    if dist_device is None:
        if torch.distributed.get_backend(group) == "nccl":
            dist_device = torch.device("cuda")
        else:
            dist_device = torch.device("cpu")

    # share metadata first to simplify transfer
    is_src_rank = get_rank(group) == src_rank
    if is_src_rank:
        metadata = [
            {"size": t.size(), "dtype": t.dtype, "device": t.device} for t in tensors
        ]
        metadata = _broadcast_object_slow(metadata, src_rank, group, dist_device)
    else:
        metadata = _broadcast_object_slow(None, src_rank, group, dist_device)

    out_tensors = []
    for i, meta in enumerate(metadata):
        if is_src_rank:
            tensor = tensors[i]
            broadcast(tensors[i].to(dist_device), src=src_rank, group=group)
        else:
            tensor = torch.zeros(
                [meta["size"].numel()], dtype=meta["dtype"], device=dist_device
            )
            broadcast(tensor, src=src_rank, group=group)
        tensor = tensor.view(meta["size"]).to(meta["device"])
        out_tensors.append(tensor)
    return out_tensors

    Broadcasts a list of tensors without other (non-src) ranks needing to know
    the dtypes/shapes of the tensors.
    
understand_icl/fairseq/fairseq/distributed/utils.py