From 70ebc3b5989991140812fbc3c99fbec4e3d1305e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheng <git@zcbenz.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:17:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Return const ref in array::data_shared_ptr (#2100)

---
 mlx/array.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlx/array.h b/mlx/array.h
index d690dcd97..66a4702a6 100644
--- a/mlx/array.h
+++ b/mlx/array.h
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ class array {
     return allocator::allocator().size(buffer());
   }
 
-  // Return a copy of the shared pointer
-  // to the array::Data struct
-  std::shared_ptr<Data> data_shared_ptr() const {
+  // Return the shared pointer to the array::Data struct
+  const std::shared_ptr<Data>& data_shared_ptr() const {
     return array_desc_->data;
   }
+
   // Return a raw pointer to the arrays data
   template <typename T>
   T* data() {