Scope the scalar cache in the context.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 168065417

tensorflow/python/eager/context.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def __init__(self):
     self.mode = _default_mode
     self.scope_name = ""
     self.recording_summaries = False
+    self.scalar_cache = {}
 
 
 # TODO(agarwal): rename to EagerContext / EagerRuntime ?
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ def in_eager_mode(self):
     """Returns True if current thread is in EAGER mode."""
     return self._eager_context.mode == EAGER_MODE
 
+  def scalar_cache(self):
+    """Per-device cache for scalars."""
+    return self._eager_context.scalar_cache
+
   @property
   def scope_name(self):
     """Returns scope name for the current thread."""

tensorflow/python/framework/constant_op.py

@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ def _eager_fill(dims, value):
   return result
 
 
-# Rely on the GIL for thread-safety.
-_scalar_cache = {}
-
-
 def convert_to_eager_tensor(t, dtype=None):
   """Converts the given `value` to an `EagerTensor`."""
   if isinstance(ag_core.getval(t), ops.EagerTensor):
@@ -88,13 +84,15 @@ def convert_to_eager_tensor(t, dtype=None):
     # Use a scalar cache. This will put each scalar of each type only once on
     # each device. Scalars don't use much device memory but copying scalars can
     # trigger memcpys which are slow.
-    device = context.context().device_name
+    ctx = context.context()
+    device = ctx.device_name
     cache_key = device, t, dtype, type(t)
-    tensor = _scalar_cache.get(cache_key, None)
+    scalar_cache = ctx.scalar_cache()
+    tensor = scalar_cache.get(cache_key, None)
     if tensor is not None:
       return tensor
     value = ops.EagerTensor(t, dtype=dtype)
-    _scalar_cache[cache_key] = value
+    scalar_cache[cache_key] = value
     return value
   return ops.EagerTensor(t, dtype=dtype)