std::unique_ptr<ParallelTensor> t, TF_Status* status) {
  // The resulting TensorHandle owns an opaque pointer to "device memory", which
  // for a ParallelDevice is really a ParallelTensor. When the TensorHandle is
  // deleted, it will call ParallelTensorDeallocator to free the struct.
  ParallelTensor* t_released = t.release();
  TFE_CustomDeviceTensorHandleMethods handle_methods;

      // and hence expect the input to be forwarded to the return tensor.
      EXPECT_EQ(orig_ptr, TF_TensorData(t));
    } else {
      // In sync mode, forwarding can't really happen since the client code will
      // have a reference count on the input tensor while the kernel is being
      // executed and thus it cannot be re-used for the return tensor.
      EXPECT_NE(orig_ptr, TF_TensorData(t));