### Log ORTModule initialization overhead
When profiling some model for example
```
torchrun --nproc_per_node=1 examples/onnxruntime/training/language-modeling/run_mlm.py --model_name_or_path microsoft/deberta-v3-large --dataset_name wikitext --dataset_config_name wikitext-2-raw-v1 --num_train_epochs 10 --per_device_train_batch_size 1 --per_device_eval_batch_size 1 --do_train --overwrite_output_dir --output_dir ./outputs/ --seed 1137 --fp16 --report_to none --optim adamw_ort_fused --max_steps 200 --logging_steps 1 --use_module_with_loss
{'train_runtime': 303.8711, 'train_samples_per_second': 0.658, 'train_steps_per_second': 0.658, 'train_loss': 6.569518616199494, 'epoch': 0.09}
100%|200/200 [05:03<00:00, 1.52s/it]
***** train metrics *****
epoch = 0.09
train_loss = 6.5695
train_runtime = 0:05:03.87
train_samples = 2223
train_samples_per_second = 0.658
train_steps_per_second = 0.658
```
The end to end time is 303s (train_runtime=0:05:03.87), but the
ORTModule first step initialization (including export, graph build, etc)
takes about 255s, so when we compare the end to end time for a baseline
ORT with an improved version of ORT, there is no perf gains, since the
x% gains over (303-255) is diluted out among the overall 303s. This is
misleading!
So this PR outputs the ORTModule initialization overhead in the output,
then we can manually compute the real compte time and get the perf
gains.
If the log level is >= WARNING, then only the total end to end time +
export time is logged, otherwise, more details of break down is logged:


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ONNX Runtime is a cross-platform inference and training machine-learning accelerator.
ONNX Runtime inference can enable faster customer experiences and lower costs, supporting models from deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow/Keras as well as classical machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, etc. ONNX Runtime is compatible with different hardware, drivers, and operating systems, and provides optimal performance by leveraging hardware accelerators where applicable alongside graph optimizations and transforms. Learn more →
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