if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) return nullptr;
    TFE_OpSetDevice(const_op.get(), underlying_devices_[device_index].c_str(),
                    status);
    if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) return nullptr;
    TFE_OpSetAttrTensor(const_op.get(), "value", tensor.get(), status);
    if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) return nullptr;
    TFE_OpSetAttrType(const_op.get(), "dtype", datatype_enum);

// 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).
//

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern const char* TF_GetNumberAttrForOpListInput(
    const char* op_name, int input_index, TF_Status* status);

// Returns 1 if the op is stateful, 0 otherwise. The return value is undefined
// if the status is not ok.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern int TF_OpIsStateful(const char* op_type,
                                          TF_Status* status);

// Platform specific initialization routine. Very few platforms actually require

      // Release all backprop functions
      for (const auto& pair : state.op_tape) {
        pair.second.backward_function_deleter(pair.second.backward_function);
      }
    }
  });
  if (!s.ok()) {
    return s;
  }

  std::unordered_map<int64_t, int64_t> gradients_size;
  // TODO(apassos) multiple threads could be dequeuing from op_stack at the same
  // time, for better CPU backprop performance.

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern const char* TFE_TensorHandleBackingDeviceName(
    TFE_TensorHandle* h, TF_Status* status);

// Return a pointer to a new TFE_TensorHandle that shares the underlying tensor
// with `h`. On success, `status` is set to OK. On failure, `status` reflects
// the error and a nullptr is returned.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TFE_TensorHandle* TFE_TensorHandleCopySharingTensor(
    TFE_TensorHandle* h, TF_Status* status);

  /// be fetched from the backing filesystem. This callback is provided when the
  /// cache is constructed. It returns total bytes read ( -1 in case of errors
  /// ). The `status` should be `TF_OK` as long as the read from the remote
  /// filesystem succeeded (similar to the semantics of the read(2) system
  /// call).
  typedef std::function<int64_t(const std::string& filename, size_t offset,