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+// Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/inference/anakin/convert/helper.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace inference {
+namespace anakin {
+
+std::unique_ptr<framework::LoDTensor> tensor_from_var(
+    const framework::Variable& var, const platform::Place& place) {
+  auto& src = var.Get<framework::LoDTensor>();
+  std::unique_ptr<framework::LoDTensor> dst(new framework::LoDTensor());
+  dst->Resize(src.dims());
+  TensorCopySync((src), place, dst.get());
+  return dst;
+}
+
+}  // namespace anakin
+}  // namespace inference
+}  // namespace paddle