std::unique_ptr<ParallelTensor> DeviceIDs(TFE_Context* context,
                                            TF_Status* status) const;

  // The number of devices operations run on.
  size_t num_underlying_devices() const { return underlying_devices_.size(); }

  // The devices operations run on.
  const std::vector<std::string>& underlying_devices() const {
    return underlying_devices_;

ParallelDevice::ParallelDevice(const std::vector<std::string>& devices,
                               bool is_async, int in_flight_nodes_limit)
    : underlying_devices_(devices),
      default_cancellation_manager_(absl::make_unique<CancellationManager>()) {
  device_threads_.reserve(devices.size());
  for (int device_index = 0; device_index < devices.size(); ++device_index) {
    device_threads_.emplace_back(new DeviceThread(

  underlying_devices_vector.reserve(num_underlying_devices);
  for (int device_index = 0; device_index < num_underlying_devices;
       ++device_index) {
    underlying_devices_vector.push_back(underlying_devices[device_index]);
  }
  std::unique_ptr<ParallelDevice> parallel_device(
      new ParallelDevice(underlying_devices_vector));
  *device_info =

                      send_device.size());
  TFE_OpSetAttrString(op, "recv_device", recv_device.c_str(),
                      recv_device.size());
  TFE_OpSetAttrInt(op, "send_device_incarnation", send_device_incarnation);

  return op;
}

bool GetDeviceName(TFE_Context* ctx, string* device_name,
                   const char* device_type) {

# Prepare fake disks with losetup
function prepare_block_devices() {
	set -e
	mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}/disks/ ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/
	sudo modprobe loop
	for i in 1 2 3 4; do
		dd if=/dev/zero of=${WORK_DIR}/disks/img.${i} bs=1M count=2000
		device=$(sudo losetup --find --show ${WORK_DIR}/disks/img.${i})
		sudo mkfs.ext4 -F ${device}
		mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk${i}/
		sudo mount ${device} ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk${i}/

jcifs-ng will be a proper choice for many users. 
There are a lot of SMB devices in the world.
Some of them only work with the old jcifs library.
If you want to support many SMB devices, CodeLibs jcifs library will be helpful.
For example, since [Fess](https://github.com/codelibs/fess) needs to support many SMB devices, it uses this library.

  // Remote device on `worker1`.
  const char remote_device[] = "/job:localhost/replica:0/task:1/device:CPU:0";
  // `ctx_0`, `ctx_1`, `ctx_2` contains `remote_device`.
  {
    const std::vector<std::string>& device_names = ListDeviceNames(ctx_0);
    ASSERT_TRUE(std::find(device_names.begin(), device_names.end(),
                          remote_device) != device_names.end());
  }

  {

//
// `device_name` must not name an existing physical or custom device. It must
// follow the format:
//
//    /job:<name>/replica:<replica>/task:<task>/device:<type>:<device_num>
//
// If the device is successfully registered, `status` is set to TF_OK. Otherwise
// the device is not usable. In case of a bad status, `device.delete_device` is
// still called on `device_info` (i.e. the caller does not retain ownership).

  virtual bool UsesTFRT() = 0;

  // List attributes of available devices
  virtual void ListDevices(std::vector<DeviceAttributes>* devices) = 0;

  // Add `devices` into context's device manager. Context's device manager
  // will take ownership and maintain devices' lifetime.
  virtual Status AddDevices(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Device>> devices) = 0;

  // Block until all pending nodes are finished.

  const char* first_device = "/job:worker/replica:0/task:1/device:CPU:0";
  const char* second_device = "/job:worker/replica:0/task:2/device:CPU:0";
  const char* device_name = "/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CUSTOM:0";
  std::array<const char*, 2> underlying_devices{first_device, second_device};
  RegisterParallelDevice(context.get(), device_name, underlying_devices,
                         status.get());