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On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 03:59:09PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> ChangeSet 1.1608.84.16, 2004/03/15 14:39:18-08:00, greg@kroah.com
> 
> kref: add kref structure to kernel tree.
> 
> Based on the kobject structure, but much smaller and simpler to use.

Didn't everyone who reviewed this say it's useless bloat.  Andi even got
so far as calling it obsfucation, given that hides simple things behind
an overly complex and wastefull abstraction.