// otherwise be the name of this custom device. Ops are placed onto a custom
  // device if any of their inputs are on that custom device, but custom devices
  // are free to set a bad status in order to require explicit placement.
  void (*execute)(const TFE_Op* op, int* num_outputs,
                  TFE_TensorHandle** outputs, TF_Status* s, void* device_info);

  // Method to delete a device.

  // from a backward gradient function. Fills `out_grads` corresponding to
  // `output_tensors`. `out_grads` must not be null.
  //
  // Executes the backward function in order to trace its gradient, which will
  // waste computation if executing eagerly (when graph building the unneeded
  // computation is pruned). Temporarily sets `backward_tape` so that