// Special-cased operation for packing per-device tensors into one parallel
    // tensor.
    if (inputs.size() != parallel_device.num_underlying_devices()) {
      std::string message(absl::StrCat(
          "The parallel device ", parallel_device_name, " expected ",
          parallel_device.num_underlying_devices(),
          " inputs to TPUReplicatedInput, but got ", inputs.size()));
      TF_SetStatus(status, TF_INVALID_ARGUMENT, message.c_str());