code: def _get_scalar_ptr(a, dtype):
      if isinstance(a, cupy.ndarray):
          if a.dtype != dtype:
              a = cupy.array(a, dtype=dtype)
          a_ptr = a.data.ptr
      else:
          if not (isinstance(a, numpy.ndarray) and a.dtype == dtype):
              a = numpy.array(a, dtype=dtype)
          a_ptr = a.ctypes.data
      return a, a_ptr
  
imports: import numpy
  from numpy import linalg
  import warnings
  import cupy
  from cupy import _core
  from cupy_backends.cuda.libs import cublas
  from cupy.cuda import device
  from cupy.linalg import _util
label_desc: Use image node_id 17 for calling a global function with example usage: _get_scalar_ptr(a, dtype) and returns: a,  a_ptr