// which is passed to the functions referenced in the TFE_CustomDevice struct
// `device` (execute, delete_device, etc.). It can for example contain the
// names of wrapped devices.
//
// There are currently no graph semantics implemented for registered custom
// devices, so executing tf.functions which contain operations placed on the
// custom devices will fail.
//
// `device_name` must not name an existing physical or custom device. It must

//           `inputs` cannot contain the same tensor twice.
//  noutputs - number of elements in `outputs` array
//  outputs - array of TF_Outputs that specify the outputs of the function.
//            If `noutputs` is zero (the function returns no outputs), `outputs`
//            can be null. `outputs` can contain the same tensor more than once.

// for ResourceMgr to clean up the resource. `status` will be set.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_CreatePluginResource(
    TF_OpKernelContext* ctx, const char* container_name,
    const char* plugin_resource_name, void* plugin_resource,
    void (*delete_func)(void*), TF_Status* status);

// If the ResourceMgr provided by the `ctx` has a resource

  virtual void ClearCachesAndThreadExecutors() = 0;

  // Initialize the step resource container for a training step. This is used
  // in current TF runtime. For tfrt, it is used by fallback op handler.
  virtual void StartStep() = 0;
  // Destroy the step resource container for a training step.
  virtual void EndStep() = 0;

  // Return the Eager Executor for current thread. Please note that Eager

      TF_GUARDED_BY(mu);
  bool delete_requested TF_GUARDED_BY(mu);  // set true by TF_DeleteGraph

  // Used to link graphs contained in TF_WhileParams to the parent graph that
  // will eventually contain the full while loop.
  TF_Graph* parent;
  TF_Output* parent_inputs;
};

struct TF_OperationDescription {
  TF_OperationDescription(TF_Graph* g, const char* op_type,

  // a tensor with the result.
  virtual Gradient* AggregateGradients(
      gtl::ArraySlice<Gradient*> gradient_tensors) const = 0;

  // Calls the passed-in backward function.
  //
  // `unneeded_gradients` contains sorted list of input indices for which a
  // gradient is not required.
  virtual Status CallBackwardFunction(
      const string& op_type, BackwardFunction* backward_function,