code: def patch_prepare_ipex(self, *args):
      return tuple(args)
  
file_path: BigDL/python/llm/src/bigdl/llm/transformers/training_patch.py
imports: from transformers.utils import requires_backends, is_sagemaker_mp_enabled, is_accelerate_available, is_torch_xpu_available, is_sagemaker_dp_enabled, is_torch_tpu_available, is_torch_npu_available
  from transformers.utils.generic import strtobool
  from transformers.utils import cached_property
  from transformers.training_args import logger, ParallelMode, DistributedType
  import torch
  import torch.distributed
  import os
  import warnings
  from datetime import timedelta
  from accelerate import Accelerator
  from transformers import TrainingArguments
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: patch_prepare_ipex() and returns: tuple