[Offload] Copy loaded images into managed storage (#158748) Summary: Currently we have this `__tgt_device_image` indirection which just takes a reference to some pointers. This was all find and good when the only usage of this was from a section of GPU code that came from an ELF constant section. However, we have expanded beyond that and now need to worry about managing lifetimes. We have code that references the image even after it was loaded internally. This patch changes the implementation to instaed copy the memory buffer and manage it locally. This PR reworks the JIT and other image handling to directly manage its own memory. We now don't need to duplicate this behavior externally at the Offload API level. Also we actually free these if the user unloads them. Upside, less likely to crash and burn. Downside, more latency when loading an image.
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