creating a shared_ptr<T> from a weak_ptr<T>

When creating a shared_ptr<T> from a weak_ptr<T>, I want the shared_ptr<T> to use the same count as the shared_ptr the weak_ptr was constructed from. I could create a new shared_ptr, based on the pointer I can get() from the weak_ptr. But in this case, this shared_ptr will keep its own count. Let me fill you in on my use-case. An object creates some big data-structure on request of its clients, taking into account some options specified by the client while making the request. Now I'd like the server-object to keep a weak_ptr to these big data-structure to provide quickly the same result once another client performs an identical request. The server should however not keep a shared_ptr because otherwise all datastructure will stay in memory. And therefor I need to create a shared_ptr from a weak_ptr. thanks, toon