alamb commented on code in PR #7569: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/7569#discussion_r2118171609
########## arrow-buffer/src/buffer/immutable.rs: ########## @@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ impl Buffer { self.data.ptr() } + /// Returns the number of strong references to the buffer. + /// + /// This method is safe but if the buffer is shared across mulitple threads Review Comment: I looked around and could not find any way to avoid the potential race condition. The only thing I can think of is `into_inner()` that woudl return the inner `Arc<Bytes>` but confusingly I think the `Bytes` is an internal implementation detail that we shouldn't expose -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org