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+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
+
+#ifndef CEPH_CLIENT_INODEREF_H
+#define CEPH_CLIENT_INODEREF_H
+
+#include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
+class Inode;
+void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(Inode *in);
+void intrusive_ptr_release(Inode *in);
+typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<Inode> InodeRef;
+#endif