TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(varhandle_op->SetAttrType("dtype", dtype));

  // Note that if shape is unknown rank, shape.dim_sizes() will be empty, and
  // shape.dims() will be -1.
  absl::InlinedVector<int64_t, 4UL> dim_sizes = shape.dim_sizes();
  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(varhandle_op->SetAttrShape(
      "shape", reinterpret_cast<const int64_t*>(dim_sizes.data()),
      shape.dims()));