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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/10] On inode::i_count and the usage vs reference
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Usage counts are common and useful, so for now they should stay as-is
and if people can came up with a useful primitive for them we can
consider implementing it.

Trying to shoe-horn everything into refcount_t is a horrible idea.