if (forward_input) {
      // Since the input was forwarded, we released the input handle right away
      // and hence expect the input to be forwarded to the return tensor.
      EXPECT_EQ(orig_ptr, TF_TensorData(t));
    } else {
      // In async mode we expect forwarding to work without releasing the input
      // handle since by the time the kernel is executed we have released the
      // handle in the client code.