// make sure there is no information loss.
  if (proto_len > std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) {
    status->status = InvalidArgument(
        "proto_len (", proto_len,
        " bytes) is too large to be parsed by the protocol buffer library");
    return;
  }
  TensorShapeProto shape;
  if (shape.ParseFromArray(proto, static_cast<int>(proto_len))) {
    desc->node_builder.Attr(attr_name, shape);