**Here's why we have this policy:** We want to focus on the work that benefits
the whole community, e.g., fixing bugs and adding features. Individual support
should be sought on Stack Overflow or other non-GitHub channels. It helps us to

//
// This method uses a temporary buffer to hold contents.
int CopyFileContents(int dst_fd, int src_fd, off_t size) {
  // Use a copy buffer of 128KB but don't store it on the stack.
  constexpr static size_t kPosixCopyFileBufferSize = 128 * 1024;
  std::unique_ptr<char[]> buffer(new char[kPosixCopyFileBufferSize]);

  off_t offset = 0;
  int bytes_transferred = 0;
  int rc = 1;

                                                        TF_Status* status);

// Some TF ops need a step container to be set to limit the lifetime of some
// resources (mostly TensorArray and Stack, used in while loop gradients in
// graph mode). Calling this on a context tells it to start a step.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TFE_ContextStartStep(TFE_Context* ctx);

          NodeDef* const node_def = graph_def.add_node();
          *node_def = node->def();
        }
      }
      *graph_def.mutable_library() = graph.flib_def().ToProto();
      if (flags::Global().more_stack_traces.value()) {
        *graph_def.mutable_debug_info() = graph.BuildDebugInfo();
      }
      session->graph->mu.unlock();
      status->status = session->session->Extend(std::move(graph_def));

  tensorflow::StackTracesMap stack_traces;
  for (const Node* n : fn_body->graph.nodes()) {
    stack_traces[n->name()] = n->GetStackTrace();
  }

  TF_Function* tf_function = new TF_Function();
  tf_function->record = new tensorflow::FunctionRecord(
      std::move(fdef), std::move(stack_traces), false);

  return tf_function;
}

typedef struct TF_StringStream TF_StringStream;
typedef struct TF_Thread TF_Thread;

typedef struct TF_ThreadOptions {
  // Thread stack size to use (in bytes), zero implies that the system default
  // will be used.
  size_t stack_size;

  // Guard area size to use near thread stacks to use (in bytes), zero implies
  // that the system default will be used.
  size_t guard_size;

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discussion, and please direct specific questions to
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The TensorFlow project strives to abide by generally accepted best practices in
open-source software development.

## Patching guidelines

  CancellationManager* cancellation_manager_ TF_GUARDED_BY(execution_mutex_);
  //   Outputs:
  std::vector<TensorHandlePtr> op_outputs_ TF_GUARDED_BY(execution_mutex_);
  // TF_Status is an incomplete type and so can't be stack allocated. To avoid
  // unnecessary allocations each Execute call, we keep one heap-allocated
  // version for the thread.
  StatusPtr status_ TF_GUARDED_BY(execution_mutex_);

  const std::string device_;

  std::vector<int64_t> tensor_stack;
  tensor_stack.reserve(target.size());
  for (auto t : target) {
    tensor_stack.push_back(t);
  }
  BackpropInitialState<BackwardFunction, TapeTensor> result;
  while (!tensor_stack.empty()) {
    int64_t tensor_id = tensor_stack.back();
    tensor_stack.pop_back();
    auto op_id_it = tensor_tape.find(tensor_id);

  virtual Status InputLength(const char* input_name, int* length) = 0;
  virtual Status OutputLength(const char* output_name, int* length) = 0;

  // Set stack trace to be used for potential async error reporting.
  virtual void SetStackTrace(ManagedStackTrace stack_trace) = 0;

  virtual const tensorflow::AbstractOpAttrs* GetOpAttrs() const = 0;
  virtual void AddAttrs(const AbstractOpAttrs* op_attrs) = 0;