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>>>> -        folio_remove_rmap_pte(folio, page, vma);
>>>> +        folio_remove_rmap_ptes(folio, page, nr, vma);
>>>> +
>>>> +        /* Only sanity-check the first page in a batch. */
>>>>            if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) < 0))
>>>>                print_bad_pte(vma, addr, ptent, page);
>>>
>>> Is there a case for either removing this all together or moving it into
>>> folio_remove_rmap_ptes()? It seems odd to only check some pages.
>>>
>>
>> I really wanted to avoid another nasty loop here.
>>
>> In my thinking, for 4k folios, or when zapping subpages of large folios, we
>> still perform the exact same checks. Only when batching we don't. So if there is
>> some problem, there are ways to get it triggered. And these problems are barely
>> ever seen.
>>
>> folio_remove_rmap_ptes() feels like the better place -- especially because the
>> delayed-rmap handling is effectively unchecked. But in there, we cannot
>> "print_bad_pte()".
>>
>> [background: if we had a total mapcount -- iow cheap folio_mapcount(), I'd check
>> here that the total mapcount does not underflow, instead of checking per-subpage]
> 
> All good points... perhaps extend the comment to describe how this could be
> solved in future with cheap total_mapcount()? Or in the commit log if you prefer?

I'll add more meat to the cover letter, thanks!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb