starry_kernel/mm/aspace/

mod.rs

use alloc::{
    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
    sync::Arc,
    vec::Vec,
};
use core::{fmt, sync::atomic::AtomicUsize};

use ax_fs_ng::file::CachedPagePin;
use ax_memory_addr::{
    MemoryAddr, PAGE_SIZE_4K, PageIter4K, PhysAddr, VirtAddr, VirtAddrRange, is_aligned_4k,
};
#[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "aarch64", target_arch = "loongarch64")))]
use ax_mm::RootEntryShare;
use ax_runtime::hal::{
    mem::phys_to_virt,
    paging::{
        InstalledHugeSplit, MappingFlags, PageTable, PageTableEntry, PageTableMapDeposit,
        PageTableMapPlan, PageTableMovePlan, PagingAllocator, PagingError,
    },
    trap::PageFaultFlags,
};

use crate::{
    StarryError, StarryResult,
    config::USER_HEAP_BASE,
    mm::{ProcessVmStat, ProcessVmStatSnapshot, UserVirtualAddressLayout},
    sync::{IrqMutex, LockdepMutexExt, Mutex, try_reserve_irq_vec},
};

#[cfg(test)]
fn complete_page_fault_with(
    handled: bool,
    vaddr: VirtAddr,
    update_mmu_cache: impl FnOnce(VirtAddr),
) -> bool {
    if handled {
        update_mmu_cache(vaddr);
    }
    handled
}

mod accounting;
mod backend;
pub(crate) mod domain;
pub mod lifecycle;
pub(crate) mod mutation;
pub(crate) mod objects;
pub(crate) mod reclaim;
pub(crate) mod vma;

pub(crate) use self::domain::PageTableDomain;
// These are intentionally exported as the new ownership/transaction surface;
// they are consumed by the migration work as call sites leave the legacy
// `MappingOperation` facade.
pub use self::mutation::{
    AppliedMutation, EvictionResult, MappingDelta, MutationError, MutationGate, MutationReceipt,
    MutationState, PreparedMutation, PteDelta, PublishEvent, PublishedMutation,
    PublishedPendingTlb, QuarantineError, QuarantineFailure, ResidentDelta, TlbQuarantine,
    TlbRange, TlbRequest, VmaDelta,
};
use self::{
    accounting::ResidentWatermark,
    backend::{
        FaultFallback, FaultMaterialization, FaultPteSnapshot, PopulateRequest, PreparedPteOwner,
        ProviderPublication, PteMaterialization, PteOwnerTransition,
    },
};
pub use self::{
    backend::*,
    lifecycle::*,
    objects::{
        EvictionError, EvictionLease, FrameLease, MappingGraphError, MappingSlot, MappingSlotKey,
        PageId, PageObject, PageState, RmapSet, SlotState, WritebackError, WritebackLease,
    },
    reclaim::*,
    vma::*,
};

#[cfg(all(test, axtest))]
static MAPPING_GRAPH_SNAPSHOT_CALLS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);

#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
enum MovedPageDestination {
    /// The destination PTE was empty and now names the source PageObject.
    SourceOwner,
    /// An eager target backend had already materialized the destination PTE.
    TargetOwner { slot_va: VirtAddr },
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct MovedPage {
    src_va: VirtAddr,
    dst_va: VirtAddr,
    paddr: PhysAddr,
    page_size: usize,
    destination: MovedPageDestination,
}

enum PreparedMovedSlot {
    Relocate {
        source_key: MappingSlotKey,
        target_key: MappingSlotKey,
        source: Arc<MappingSlot>,
        replacement: Arc<MappingSlot>,
    },
    DetachSource {
        source_key: MappingSlotKey,
        target_key: MappingSlotKey,
        source: Arc<MappingSlot>,
    },
}
const CLONED_ADDR_SPACE_LOCK_SUBCLASS: u32 = 1;

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct ForkParentPteProtection {
    va: VirtAddr,
    paddr: PhysAddr,
    page_size: usize,
    original_flags: MappingFlags,
    protected_flags: MappingFlags,
}

struct PreparedForkParentMutation {
    mutation: PreparedMutation,
    ptes: Vec<ForkParentPteProtection>,
    ranges: Vec<VirtAddrRange>,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub(crate) struct ResidentPageCounts {
    pub anon: u64,
    pub file: u64,
    pub shmem: u64,
}

impl ResidentPageCounts {
    pub const fn total(self) -> u64 {
        self.anon
            .saturating_add(self.file)
            .saturating_add(self.shmem)
    }

    fn checked_delta_to(self, after: Self) -> StarryResult<ResidentDelta> {
        fn delta(before: u64, after: u64) -> StarryResult<i64> {
            let value = i128::from(after) - i128::from(before);
            i64::try_from(value).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)
        }

        Ok(ResidentDelta {
            anon: delta(self.anon, after.anon)?,
            file: delta(self.file, after.file)?,
            shmem: delta(self.shmem, after.shmem)?,
        })
    }

    fn checked_apply(&mut self, delta: ResidentDelta) -> StarryResult {
        fn apply(current: u64, delta: i64) -> StarryResult<u64> {
            if delta >= 0 {
                current
                    .checked_add(u64::try_from(delta).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)
            } else {
                current
                    .checked_sub(delta.unsigned_abs())
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)
            }
        }

        self.anon = apply(self.anon, delta.anon)?;
        self.file = apply(self.file, delta.file)?;
        self.shmem = apply(self.shmem, delta.shmem)?;
        Ok(())
    }

    fn checked_add_pages(&mut self, kind: Option<RssKind>, pages: u64) -> StarryResult {
        let bucket = match kind {
            Some(RssKind::Anon) => &mut self.anon,
            Some(RssKind::File) => &mut self.file,
            Some(RssKind::Shmem) => &mut self.shmem,
            None => return Ok(()),
        };
        *bucket = bucket.checked_add(pages).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        Ok(())
    }

    fn checked_negated_delta(self) -> StarryResult<ResidentDelta> {
        Ok(ResidentDelta {
            anon: -i64::try_from(self.anon).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            file: -i64::try_from(self.file).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            shmem: -i64::try_from(self.shmem).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
        })
    }

    fn checked_positive_delta(self) -> StarryResult<ResidentDelta> {
        Ok(ResidentDelta {
            anon: i64::try_from(self.anon).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            file: i64::try_from(self.file).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            shmem: i64::try_from(self.shmem).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
        })
    }
}

impl ResidentDelta {
    fn for_pages(kind: Option<RssKind>, pages: i64) -> Self {
        match kind {
            Some(RssKind::Anon) => Self {
                anon: pages,
                ..Self::default()
            },
            Some(RssKind::File) => Self {
                file: pages,
                ..Self::default()
            },
            Some(RssKind::Shmem) => Self {
                shmem: pages,
                ..Self::default()
            },
            None => Self::default(),
        }
    }

    fn checked_add_assign(&mut self, other: Self) -> StarryResult {
        self.anon = self
            .anon
            .checked_add(other.anon)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        self.file = self
            .file
            .checked_add(other.file)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        self.shmem = self
            .shmem
            .checked_add(other.shmem)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        Ok(())
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
struct PteOwnerPublication {
    satisfied_pages: usize,
    mapping_delta: MappingDelta,
    resident_delta: ResidentDelta,
}

struct PreparedSlotPublication {
    key: MappingSlotKey,
    previous: Option<Arc<MappingSlot>>,
    replacement: Option<Arc<MappingSlot>>,
    resident_kind: Option<RssKind>,
    provider_publication: ProviderPublication,
    mapping_delta: MappingDelta,
    resident_delta: ResidentDelta,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
struct MappingSlotFingerprint {
    key: MappingSlotKey,
    mapping: MappingId,
    page: PageId,
    page_order: PageOrder,
}

/// Pre-apply facts used to derive one receipt from the published mapping
/// graph.  This snapshot owns no page or frame reference; transaction
/// preimages retain the actual objects needed for rollback.
struct MappingGraphSnapshot {
    slots: Vec<MappingSlotFingerprint>,
    resident: ResidentPageCounts,
}

impl MappingGraphSnapshot {
    fn delta_to(&self, after: &Self) -> StarryResult<(MappingDelta, ResidentDelta)> {
        let mut before_index = 0usize;
        let mut after_index = 0usize;
        let mut attached = 0usize;
        let mut detached = 0usize;
        while before_index < self.slots.len() && after_index < after.slots.len() {
            match self.slots[before_index].cmp(&after.slots[after_index]) {
                core::cmp::Ordering::Less => {
                    detached = detached.checked_add(1).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    before_index += 1;
                }
                core::cmp::Ordering::Equal => {
                    before_index += 1;
                    after_index += 1;
                }
                core::cmp::Ordering::Greater => {
                    attached = attached.checked_add(1).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    after_index += 1;
                }
            }
        }
        detached = detached
            .checked_add(self.slots.len() - before_index)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        attached = attached
            .checked_add(after.slots.len() - after_index)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        Ok((
            MappingDelta {
                attached: u32::try_from(attached).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
                detached: u32::try_from(detached).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            },
            self.resident.checked_delta_to(after.resident)?,
        ))
    }
}

/// Permission views carried by one mapping operation. Keeping current,
/// user-visible and maximum rights together prevents a caller from
/// accidentally treating a lowered permission as the immutable VM envelope.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub struct MappingPermissions {
    pub current: MappingFlags,
    pub reported: MappingFlags,
    pub maximum: MappingFlags,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub(crate) struct MappingPublication {
    replace: bool,
    huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
    lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
    advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy,
    memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
}

/// Per-syscall view of Linux `RLIMIT_MEMLOCK` and `CAP_IPC_LOCK`.
///
/// The limit is only an authorization input. Charged pages are always derived
/// from the immutable VMA root, so rollback, split, merge and unmap cannot
/// leave a second counter out of sync.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub(crate) struct MemlockLimit {
    page_limit: u64,
    bypass_limit: bool,
    may_lock: bool,
    exceeded_error: MemlockLimitError,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
enum MemlockLimitError {
    NoMemory,
    WouldBlock,
}

impl MemlockLimit {
    pub(crate) const fn for_mlock(byte_limit: u64, bypass_limit: bool) -> Self {
        Self {
            page_limit: byte_limit / PAGE_SIZE_4K as u64,
            bypass_limit,
            may_lock: byte_limit != 0 || bypass_limit,
            exceeded_error: MemlockLimitError::NoMemory,
        }
    }

    pub(crate) const fn for_mapping(byte_limit: u64, bypass_limit: bool) -> Self {
        Self {
            page_limit: byte_limit / PAGE_SIZE_4K as u64,
            bypass_limit,
            may_lock: byte_limit != 0 || bypass_limit,
            exceeded_error: MemlockLimitError::WouldBlock,
        }
    }

    pub(crate) const fn can_lock(self) -> bool {
        self.may_lock
    }

    fn validate(self, locked_pages: u64) -> StarryResult {
        if self.bypass_limit || locked_pages <= self.page_limit {
            return Ok(());
        }
        Err(match self.exceeded_error {
            MemlockLimitError::NoMemory => StarryError::NoMemory,
            MemlockLimitError::WouldBlock => StarryError::WouldBlock,
        })
    }
}

impl MappingPublication {
    const fn new(replace: bool) -> Self {
        Self {
            replace,
            huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice::Default,
            lock_mode: VmaLockMode::Unlocked,
            advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy::DEFAULT,
            memlock_limit: None,
        }
    }

    pub(crate) const fn mmap(
        replace: bool,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            replace,
            huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice::Default,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy::DEFAULT,
            memlock_limit,
        }
    }

    const fn mremap(
        replace: bool,
        huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            replace,
            huge_page_advice,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy,
            memlock_limit,
        }
    }
}

/// Publication result of one address-space mutation.
///
/// A pending TLB acknowledgement is a published mutation: metadata and the
/// matching scalar state must remain visible while the receipt owns the
/// detached resources.  Keeping it distinct from an unpublished error avoids
/// reconstructing publication state by comparing epochs at syscall call sites.
pub(crate) enum AddressSpaceMutationOutcome {
    Complete,
    PublishedPendingTlb(StarryError),
}

impl AddressSpaceMutationOutcome {
    fn into_result(self) -> StarryResult {
        match self {
            Self::Complete => Ok(()),
            Self::PublishedPendingTlb(error) => Err(error),
        }
    }
}

/// Linux keeps `start_brk` and `brk` in `mm_struct`, under `mmap_lock`.
/// Keeping the equivalent values inside `AddrSpace` gives `CLONE_VM` one
/// shared fact and makes a forked MM receive a snapshot with its VMA tree.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
struct HeapState {
    start: usize,
    current: usize,
}

impl HeapState {
    const fn new(start: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            start,
            current: start,
        }
    }
}

/// Linux `mm->start_data`/`mm->end_data` metadata for the main executable.
///
/// The ELF loader publishes this once while the MM is still unreachable.  It
/// is then copied with fork and read by both `brk` and procfs, preventing the
/// resource-limit calculation and its observable metadata from diverging.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
struct ExecutableDataLayout {
    start: usize,
    end: usize,
}

impl ExecutableDataLayout {
    fn try_new(start: usize, end: usize) -> StarryResult<Self> {
        if start == 0 || end < start {
            return Err(StarryError::MalformedExecutable);
        }
        Ok(Self { start, end })
    }

    fn size(self) -> Option<usize> {
        self.end.checked_sub(self.start)
    }
}

fn checked_page_align_up(value: usize) -> StarryResult<usize> {
    value
        .checked_add(PAGE_SIZE_4K - 1)
        .map(|rounded| rounded & !(PAGE_SIZE_4K - 1))
        .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)
}

struct ResidentLeafPreimage {
    va: VirtAddr,
    paddr: PhysAddr,
    page_size: usize,
    flags: MappingFlags,
    backend: MappingOperation,
    page: Arc<PageObject>,
    slot: Arc<MappingSlot>,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct OccupiedPteLeaf {
    range: VirtAddrRange,
    paddr: PhysAddr,
    flags: MappingFlags,
}

struct MappingPreimage {
    vma_root: Arc<VmaMap>,
    vm_stat: ProcessVmStatSnapshot,
    leaves: Vec<ResidentLeafPreimage>,
}

struct AppliedHugeSplit {
    installed: InstalledHugeSplit,
    old_slot: Arc<MappingSlot>,
    child_keys: Vec<MappingSlotKey>,
    child_slots: Vec<Arc<MappingSlot>>,
    previous_mapping_slots: BTreeMap<MappingSlotKey, Arc<MappingSlot>>,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct ProtectionLeafPreimage {
    va: VirtAddr,
    paddr: PhysAddr,
    page_size: usize,
    flags: MappingFlags,
}

/// Ownership retained after a PTE is detached and before its TLB receipt is
/// acknowledged.  Each vector has a distinct ownership role: backend clones
/// retain shared/device anchors, page objects retain anonymous frames, and
/// cache pins retain file frames whose PageObject lease is intentionally
/// non-owning.
#[derive(Default)]
struct RetiredMappingOwners {
    backends: Vec<MappingOperation>,
    pages: Vec<Arc<PageObject>>,
    cache_pins: Vec<CachedPagePin>,
    /// File pages whose eviction stopped after PTE publication but before
    /// every target CPU acknowledged the receipt.  Releasing this owner marks
    /// the existing EvictionLease resumable; it must never make the page
    /// Present again.
    deferred_evictions: Vec<Arc<PageObject>>,
}

impl RetiredMappingOwners {
    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
        self.backends.is_empty()
            && self.pages.is_empty()
            && self.cache_pins.is_empty()
            && self.deferred_evictions.is_empty()
    }
}

struct RetiredMappingBatch {
    epoch: VmEpoch,
    owners: RetiredMappingOwners,
}

#[derive(Debug)]
enum CommitMutationError {
    /// The epoch/VMA root was not published.  A caller that retained an exact
    /// preimage may restore it and return the original error.
    Unpublished(StarryError),
    /// Publication already advanced the epoch and retained the receipt.  The
    /// visible mapping must not be rolled back while a remote CPU may still
    /// hold the preimage translation.
    PublishedPendingTlb(StarryError),
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
enum MutationPublication {
    Complete,
    PendingTlb,
}

struct PageFaultPlan {
    base_epoch: VmEpoch,
    space_id: AddressSpaceId,
    vaddr: VirtAddr,
    range: VirtAddrRange,
    vma_flags: MappingFlags,
    access_flags: MappingFlags,
    operation: MappingOperation,
    request: PopulateRequest,
    preimage: FaultPteSnapshot,
    map_plans: Option<PageFaultMapPlans>,
}

struct PageFaultMapPlans {
    preferred: PageTableMapPlan,
    fallback: Option<PageTableMapPlan>,
}

fn prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(
    gate: &MutationGate,
    space_id: AddressSpaceId,
    active_targets: &Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    start: VirtAddr,
    size: usize,
    replaces_existing: bool,
) -> PreparedMutation {
    // A non-replacing mmap publishes into a range whose current VMA and PTE
    // preimage are empty. It can use Linux's fresh-PTE fast path only if no
    // older shootdown for that VA is still pending. MAP_FIXED-style
    // replacement retains the live target source until commit so a CPU
    // activated during apply is still included in the shootdown receipt.
    let mut mutation = if replaces_existing {
        gate.begin_with_active_targets(space_id, active_targets.clone())
    } else {
        gate.begin_fresh_mapping(space_id)
    };
    if let Some(range) = TlbRange::new(start, size) {
        mutation.add_tlb_range(range);
    }
    mutation
}

struct PreparedPageFault {
    plan: PageFaultPlan,
    materialization: FaultMaterialization,
    map_deposit: Option<PageTableMapDeposit>,
}

impl PreparedPageFault {
    fn into_apply_attempt(self) -> PageFaultApplyAttempt {
        PageFaultApplyAttempt {
            prepared: Some(self),
            orphaned_map_deposit: None,
        }
    }

    fn cancel(self) -> StarryResult {
        self.plan
            .operation
            .cancel_prepared_fault_publication(self.materialization)
    }
}

/// Retains ownership of a prepared fault while the address-space lock is held.
///
/// Cancellation leaves the token populated so the caller can release backend
/// reservations after dropping the address-space lock. Successful publication
/// consumes it before returning, keeping the apply result small without adding
/// a heap allocation to every page fault.
struct PageFaultApplyAttempt {
    prepared: Option<PreparedPageFault>,
    /// An internally duplicated deposit is retained here so even a corrupted
    /// state never releases page-table frames below the address-space mutex.
    orphaned_map_deposit: Option<PageTableMapDeposit>,
}

impl PageFaultApplyAttempt {
    fn prepared(&self) -> &PreparedPageFault {
        self.prepared
            .as_ref()
            .expect("page-fault apply attempt must retain its prepared token")
    }

    fn take_prepared(&mut self) -> PreparedPageFault {
        self.prepared
            .take()
            .expect("page-fault apply attempt must consume its prepared token once")
    }

    fn take_map_deposit(&mut self) -> Option<PageTableMapDeposit> {
        self.prepared.as_mut()?.map_deposit.take()
    }

    fn restore_map_deposit(&mut self, deposit: PageTableMapDeposit) {
        if let Some(prepared) = self.prepared.as_mut()
            && prepared.map_deposit.is_none()
        {
            prepared.map_deposit = Some(deposit);
            return;
        }
        // This slot is reachable only if the internal prepared-token invariant
        // was already violated. Retain the extra owner for lock-free release
        // instead of dropping either page-table path here.
        debug_assert!(self.orphaned_map_deposit.is_none());
        self.orphaned_map_deposit = Some(deposit);
    }

    fn cancel(self) -> StarryResult {
        let Self {
            prepared,
            orphaned_map_deposit,
        } = self;
        drop(orphaned_map_deposit);
        prepared
            .expect("cancelled page-fault apply attempt must retain its prepared token")
            .cancel()
    }

    /// Releases only the caller-side token after an indeterminate apply.
    ///
    /// A Pending backend publication remains the explicit quarantine owner:
    /// CowPageIndex retains the allocated PageObject and FilePageDomain retains
    /// both the PageObject and CachedPagePin. The map deposit, if any, is still
    /// unreachable and is deliberately dropped here after the address-space
    /// mutex and every PTE stripe have been released.
    fn release_to_repair_state(self) {
        debug_assert!(self.prepared.is_some());
        drop(self);
    }
}

enum PageFaultApplyOutcome {
    Complete(FaultResult),
    Cancel(FaultResult),
    NeedsRepair(FaultResult),
    /// No PTE or owner was published. Cancel the prepared candidate before
    /// servicing this older obligation, then plan the fault again.
    CancelPendingTlb {
        request: TlbRequest,
        targets: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    },
    PendingTlb {
        request: TlbRequest,
        targets: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    },
}

/// Result of revoking one file-cache reverse mapping.  A pending TLB result is
/// successful publication, not a rollback-safe error.  `NeedsRepair` likewise
/// keeps the page in Evicting so it cannot be reused from an unproved state.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub(crate) enum EvictMappingOutcome {
    Complete,
    PublishedPendingTlb,
    NeedsRepair,
}

/// The virtual memory address space.
pub struct AddrSpace {
    id: AddressSpaceId,
    /// Immutable ABI and hardware address limits captured at MM creation.
    layout: UserVirtualAddressLayout,
    /// The sole VMA metadata and executable-operation publication owner.
    /// Readers receive metadata-only snapshots; mutations path-copy a complete
    /// successor before any PTE apply phase begins.
    vma_root: Arc<VmaMap>,
    /// Heap boundaries owned by this MM and protected by the same lock as its
    /// VMA/PTE mutation.  This is the Rust equivalent of Linux `mm->start_brk`
    /// and `mm->brk`, not a process-side mirror.
    heap: HeapState,
    executable_data: ExecutableDataLayout,
    pt: PageTable,
    /// Fixed-order PTE/structure lock domains.  The page-table root remains a
    /// materialized view; ownership is carried by VMA/page records.
    pte_domain: PageTableDomain,
    /// Monotonic publication epoch for VMA/PTE mutations.
    mutation_gate: MutationGate,
    /// Lock-free scheduler view of the last published mutation epoch.  It is
    /// shared with `MmInner`; every commit updates it before returning so an
    /// activation cannot install a stale generation.
    published_epoch: Arc<core::sync::atomic::AtomicU64>,
    /// All VmX counters for this address space.  Maintained automatically by
    /// `map`, `unmap`, `clear`, and `try_clone`; never touch from outside mm/.
    pub vm_stat: ProcessVmStat,
    /// Current Linux RSS buckets. This value changes only when one published
    /// mutation receipt is committed; MappingSlot remains the corresponding
    /// installed-page ownership fact and rollback never touches these counters.
    resident_pages: ResidentPageCounts,
    resident_watermark: ResidentWatermark,
    /// Frames detached by a mutation remain here until every TLB obligation
    /// acknowledges the corresponding `(space_id, epoch)` request.
    tlb_quarantine: TlbQuarantine,
    /// Shared with the typed MM lifecycle object.  It is a materialized
    /// active-CPU mask used only to form shootdown targets; ownership remains
    /// in `MmInner`, and no lock is taken on the scheduler hot path.
    tlb_targets: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    /// Authoritative per-address-space resident mapping records.  Legacy
    /// backends still perform the hardware write, then this index publishes
    /// the corresponding `MappingSlot`/rmap record in the same mutation path.
    mapping_slots: BTreeMap<MappingSlotKey, Arc<MappingSlot>>,
    /// Mapping owners detached by published mutations.  A batch is removed
    /// only after the matching epoch's active-CPU shootdown completes.  An
    /// uncommitted mutation that entered NeedsRepair deliberately leaves its
    /// batch here, preventing teardown from fabricating a successful retire.
    retired_mapping_batches: IrqMutex<Vec<RetiredMappingBatch>>,
}

impl AddrSpace {
    /// Returns the address space base.
    pub const fn base(&self) -> VirtAddr {
        self.layout.range().start
    }

    /// Returns the address space end.
    pub const fn end(&self) -> VirtAddr {
        self.layout.task_size()
    }

    /// Returns the address space size.
    pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
        self.layout.range().size()
    }

    /// Returns the initial-stack ceiling captured by this MM.
    pub const fn stack_top(&self) -> VirtAddr {
        self.layout.stack_top()
    }

    /// Returns the immutable heap start recorded for `/proc/[pid]/stat` and
    /// resource-limit calculations.
    pub(crate) const fn heap_start(&self) -> usize {
        self.heap.start
    }

    /// Returns the current program break while the address-space lock is held.
    pub(crate) const fn heap_break(&self) -> usize {
        self.heap.current
    }

    /// Publishes the main executable's Linux `start_data`/`end_data` pair.
    /// This is only called for an unpublished loader-owned address space.
    pub(crate) fn set_executable_data_layout(&mut self, start: usize, end: usize) -> StarryResult {
        let layout = ExecutableDataLayout::try_new(start, end)?;
        if start < self.base().as_usize() || end > self.end().as_usize() {
            return Err(StarryError::MalformedExecutable);
        }
        self.executable_data = layout;
        Ok(())
    }

    pub(crate) const fn executable_data_bounds(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
        (self.executable_data.start, self.executable_data.end)
    }

    pub(crate) fn executable_data_size(&self) -> Option<usize> {
        self.executable_data.size()
    }

    /// Applies one Linux-style `brk` VMA change and publishes the scalar break
    /// under the same address-space lock.
    ///
    /// Unpublished mapping failures leave both values unchanged.  A mutation
    /// whose VMA/PTE epoch is already published also publishes `brk` before
    /// returning [`AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::PublishedPendingTlb`]; its
    /// retained receipt prevents reuse until shootdown acknowledgement.
    pub(crate) fn resize_heap_break(
        &mut self,
        requested: usize,
        initial_mapping_end: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<AddressSpaceMutationOutcome> {
        let old_break = self.heap.current;
        let old_aligned = checked_page_align_up(old_break)?;
        let new_aligned = checked_page_align_up(requested)?;

        let outcome = if new_aligned > old_aligned {
            let map_start = initial_mapping_end.max(old_aligned);
            let map_size = new_aligned.saturating_sub(map_start);
            if map_size == 0 {
                AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete
            } else {
                let start = VirtAddr::from(map_start);
                let flags = MappingFlags::READ | MappingFlags::WRITE | MappingFlags::USER;
                self.map_with_permissions_mode_classified(
                    start,
                    map_size,
                    MappingPermissions {
                        current: flags,
                        reported: flags,
                        maximum: flags,
                    },
                    false,
                    MappingOperation::new_alloc(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, "[heap]"),
                    MappingPublication::new(false),
                )?
            }
        } else if new_aligned < old_aligned {
            let unmap_start = initial_mapping_end.max(new_aligned);
            let unmap_size = old_aligned.saturating_sub(unmap_start);
            if unmap_size == 0 {
                AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete
            } else {
                self.unmap_classified(VirtAddr::from(unmap_start), unmap_size)?
            }
        } else {
            AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete
        };

        // Linux preserves the exact unaligned user request while VMA changes
        // use page-aligned boundaries.
        self.heap.current = requested;
        Ok(outcome)
    }

    /// Translates one materialized user address without exposing the page
    /// table implementation to callers.
    pub(crate) fn translate(&self, vaddr: VirtAddr) -> StarryResult<PhysAddr> {
        self.pt
            .query(vaddr)
            .map(|(paddr, ..)| paddr)
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }

    /// Returns the size of the resident leaf containing `vaddr`.
    ///
    /// Absence means the VMA is lazy or has been reclaimed; callers must use
    /// the immutable VMA snapshot to distinguish that from an invalid VA.
    pub(crate) fn resident_span(&self, vaddr: VirtAddr) -> Option<usize> {
        self.pt.query(vaddr).ok().map(|(_, _, size)| size)
    }

    /// Returns resident bytes from an address to its owning leaf's end,
    /// including permissionless leaves. This is a residency snapshot, not an
    /// access capability; callers must validate VMA coverage separately.
    pub(crate) fn resident_bytes_from(&self, vaddr: VirtAddr) -> Option<usize> {
        let key = MappingSlotKey {
            space_id: self.id,
            va: vaddr,
        };
        let (_, slot) = self.mapping_slots.range(..=key).next_back()?;
        if slot.state() != SlotState::Present {
            return None;
        }
        let bytes = PAGE_SIZE_4K.checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())?;
        let end = slot.va.checked_add(bytes)?;
        (vaddr >= slot.va && vaddr < end).then(|| end.as_usize() - vaddr.as_usize())
    }

    /// Iterates only MappingSlots that can overlap `range`.
    ///
    /// A huge leaf may begin before `range.start`, so the ordered walk includes
    /// the immediate predecessor before visiting keys whose start lies inside
    /// the range. No earlier slot can overlap because published slots within
    /// one address space never overlap each other.
    fn mapping_slots_overlapping(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&MappingSlotKey, &Arc<MappingSlot>)> {
        let start = MappingSlotKey {
            space_id: self.id,
            va: range.start,
        };
        let end = MappingSlotKey {
            space_id: self.id,
            va: range.end,
        };
        let predecessor = self
            .mapping_slots
            .range(..start)
            .next_back()
            .filter(move |(key, slot)| key.space_id == self.id && slot.overlaps(range));
        let inside = self
            .mapping_slots
            .range(start..end)
            .filter(move |(key, slot)| key.space_id == self.id && slot.overlaps(range));
        predecessor.into_iter().chain(inside)
    }

    fn mapping_slot_summary(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
    ) -> StarryResult<(usize, usize, ResidentPageCounts)> {
        let mut slots = 0usize;
        let mut materialized_pages = 0usize;
        let mut resident = ResidentPageCounts::default();
        for (_, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range) {
            if slot.state() != SlotState::Present {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let pages = 1usize
                .checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            slots = slots.checked_add(1).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            materialized_pages = materialized_pages
                .checked_add(pages)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            resident.checked_add_pages(
                slot.resident_kind(),
                u64::try_from(pages).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
            )?;
        }
        Ok((slots, materialized_pages, resident))
    }

    fn resident_counts_from_all_slots(&self) -> StarryResult<ResidentPageCounts> {
        let mut resident = ResidentPageCounts::default();
        for slot in self.mapping_slots.values() {
            if slot.state() != SlotState::Present {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let pages = 1u64
                .checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            resident.checked_add_pages(slot.resident_kind(), pages)?;
        }
        Ok(resident)
    }

    /// Returns occupied page-table leaves overlapping any requested range.
    ///
    /// This includes retained non-present leaves: protection may remove
    /// hardware access without releasing the PTE's frame ownership. Walking
    /// allocated page-table frames keeps sparse transactions proportional to
    /// materialized state instead of the virtual address span.
    fn occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(
        &self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<OccupiedPteLeaf>> {
        let mut leaves = Vec::new();
        for range in ranges {
            for entry in self.pt.walk_occupied_range(range.start, range.end) {
                let leaf_start = entry.vaddr;
                let page_size = self
                    .pt
                    .mapping_size_for_level(entry.level)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                let leaf_end = leaf_start
                    .checked_add(page_size)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                if leaf_start >= range.end || leaf_end <= range.start {
                    continue;
                }
                if leaf_start < range.start || leaf_end > range.end {
                    return Err(StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
                }
                let is_directory_level = entry.level > 1;
                leaves.try_reserve(1).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
                leaves.push(OccupiedPteLeaf {
                    range: VirtAddrRange::new(leaf_start, leaf_end),
                    paddr: entry.pte.paddr(is_directory_level),
                    flags: entry.pte.config(is_directory_level),
                });
            }
        }
        Ok(leaves)
    }

    /// Retains the published ownership records matching the occupied PTE
    /// leaves in the requested ranges. Both directions are verified so neither
    /// a PTE without a MappingSlot nor a Present slot without a PTE can enter a
    /// transaction preimage.
    fn materialized_slots_overlapping(
        &self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<(MappingSlotKey, Arc<MappingSlot>, OccupiedPteLeaf)>> {
        let leaves = self.occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(ranges)?;
        let mut slots = Vec::new();
        slots
            .try_reserve(leaves.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for leaf in leaves {
            let key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va: leaf.range.start,
            };
            let slot = self
                .mapping_slots
                .get(&key)
                .cloned()
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let expected_size = PAGE_SIZE_4K
                .checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if slot.state() != SlotState::Present
                || slot.mm_id != self.id
                || slot.va != key.va
                || expected_size != leaf.range.size()
                || slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(leaf.paddr)
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            slots.push((key, slot, leaf));
        }
        let overlapping_slots = ranges
            .iter()
            .map(|range| self.mapping_slots_overlapping(*range).count())
            .sum::<usize>();
        if overlapping_slots != slots.len() {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        Ok(slots)
    }

    /// Rejects an operation that would carve only part of a materialized
    /// huge-page leaf.  Until the typed THP split receipt is wired through all
    /// four architectures, moving or replacing such a leaf must fail before
    /// either source or destination metadata changes.
    pub(crate) fn validate_materialized_leaf_boundaries(
        &self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        for (key, slot, leaf) in self.materialized_slots_overlapping(&[range])? {
            let page_size = leaf.range.size();
            let leaf_end = slot
                .va
                .checked_add(page_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if slot.va < range.start || leaf_end > range.end {
                return Err(StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
            }
            if key.va != slot.va
                || slot.mm_id != self.id
                || slot.state() != SlotState::Present
                || slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(leaf.paddr)
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Splits only huge leaves crossed by a mutation boundary.  Allocation of
    /// child MappingSlots and the replacement BTreeMap happens before the PTE
    /// stripe is acquired; apply itself consumes the leaf's deposited table and
    /// publishes one rmap/refcount cardinality change.
    fn apply_partial_huge_splits(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>> {
        let mut candidates = Vec::new();
        candidates
            .try_reserve(2)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (key, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range) {
            if slot.page_order == PageOrder::BASE || !slot.overlaps(range) {
                continue;
            }
            let slot_size = PAGE_SIZE_4K
                .checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let slot_end = slot
                .va
                .checked_add(slot_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if range.start <= slot.va && slot_end <= range.end {
                continue;
            }
            candidates
                .try_reserve(1)
                .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
            candidates.push((*key, slot.clone()));
        }

        let mut applied = Vec::new();
        applied
            .try_reserve(candidates.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (key, slot) in candidates {
            match self.apply_one_partial_huge_split(key, slot) {
                Ok(split) => applied.push(split),
                Err(error) => {
                    if !self.rollback_applied_huge_splits(applied) {
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                    return Err(error);
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(applied)
    }

    /// Applies boundary splits for several already-validated, disjoint
    /// mutation ranges.  Earlier ranges are rolled back if a later range
    /// cannot consume its deposit, so callers either receive every split
    /// receipt or observe the original huge-leaf graph.
    fn apply_partial_huge_splits_for_ranges(
        &mut self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>> {
        let capacity = ranges.len().checked_mul(2).ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut applied = Vec::new();
        applied
            .try_reserve_exact(capacity)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for range in ranges {
            match self.apply_partial_huge_splits(*range) {
                Ok(mut splits) => applied.append(&mut splits),
                Err(error) => {
                    if !self.rollback_applied_huge_splits(applied) {
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                    return Err(error);
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(applied)
    }

    fn apply_one_partial_huge_split(
        &mut self,
        old_key: MappingSlotKey,
        old_slot: Arc<MappingSlot>,
    ) -> StarryResult<AppliedHugeSplit> {
        // Starry's first THP implementation is order-9.  A larger block needs
        // another deposited level and must not be represented as 4 KiB slots.
        if old_slot.page_order != PageOrder::new(9)
            || old_slot.state() != SlotState::Present
            || !self
                .mapping_slots
                .get(&old_key)
                .is_some_and(|slot| Arc::ptr_eq(slot, &old_slot))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
        }
        let block_size = PAGE_SIZE_4K
            .checked_shl(old_slot.page_order.get().into())
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let block_range = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(old_slot.va, block_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let (mapped_paddr, _, mapped_size) = self.pt.query(old_slot.va)?;
        if old_slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(mapped_paddr)
            || mapped_size != block_size
            || old_slot.page.frame().size() < block_size
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let child_count = block_size / PAGE_SIZE_4K;
        let mut child_keys = Vec::new();
        let mut child_slots = Vec::new();
        child_keys
            .try_reserve_exact(child_count)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        child_slots
            .try_reserve_exact(child_count)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for index in 0..child_count {
            let offset = index
                .checked_mul(PAGE_SIZE_4K)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let va = old_slot
                .va
                .checked_add(offset)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va,
            };
            let child = MappingSlot::new_with_frame_offset(
                old_slot.mapping,
                self.id,
                va,
                PageOrder::BASE,
                old_slot.page.clone(),
                old_slot
                    .frame_offset()
                    .checked_add(offset)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?,
                old_slot.resident_kind(),
            )
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            child_keys.push(key);
            child_slots.push(Arc::new(child));
        }

        // Build the published slot root before touching the materialized page
        // table. BTreeMap has no fallible reserve API on this toolchain.
        let mut next_mapping_slots = self.mapping_slots.clone();
        let removed = next_mapping_slots
            .remove(&old_key)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if !Arc::ptr_eq(&removed, &old_slot) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for (key, slot) in child_keys.iter().copied().zip(child_slots.iter().cloned()) {
            if next_mapping_slots.insert(key, slot).is_some() {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
        }

        // THP split grows one rmap entry into 512. Reserve any replacement
        // backing store and claim capacity before taking the PTE stripe; apply
        // below only changes keys under the IRQ-saving graph lock.
        let old_keys = [old_key];
        let mut graph_reservation = old_slot
            .page
            .prepare_mapping_graph_replace(&old_keys, &child_keys)
            .map_err(|error| match error {
                MappingGraphError::ResourceExhausted | MappingGraphError::RefOverflow => {
                    StarryError::NoMemory
                }
                _ => StarryError::BadState,
            })?;

        let deposit = old_slot
            .take_huge_split_deposit()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let mutation_gate = &self.mutation_gate;
        let pte_domain = &self.pte_domain;
        let pt = &mut self.pt;
        let stripe = pte_domain.lock_range(block_range);
        let installed = match pt.try_split_huge_page_with(deposit) {
            Ok(installed) => installed,
            Err(failure) => {
                let (error, deposit) = failure.into_parts();
                match old_slot.restore_huge_split_deposit(deposit) {
                    Ok(()) => {
                        drop(stripe);
                        drop(graph_reservation);
                        return Err(error.into());
                    }
                    Err(orphaned) => {
                        // The detached table is unreachable, but releasing its
                        // frame while IRQs are disabled would nest the global
                        // allocator below the PTE stripe.
                        drop(stripe);
                        drop(graph_reservation);
                        drop(orphaned);
                        mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                }
            }
        };

        if let Err(graph_error) = old_slot.page.replace_mapping_graph_reserved(
            &old_keys,
            &child_keys,
            &mut graph_reservation,
        ) {
            let restored = pt.restore_huge_split(installed);
            match restored {
                Ok(deposit) => match old_slot.restore_huge_split_deposit(deposit) {
                    Ok(()) => {
                        drop(stripe);
                        drop(graph_reservation);
                        return Err(match graph_error {
                            MappingGraphError::ResourceExhausted
                            | MappingGraphError::RefOverflow => StarryError::NoMemory,
                            _ => StarryError::BadState,
                        });
                    }
                    Err(orphaned) => {
                        drop(stripe);
                        drop(graph_reservation);
                        drop(orphaned);
                    }
                },
                Err(_) => {
                    drop(stripe);
                    drop(graph_reservation);
                }
            }
            mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let mut published_children = 0usize;
        for child in &child_slots {
            if !child.publish_after_graph_replace() {
                break;
            }
            published_children += 1;
        }
        let old_detached =
            published_children == child_slots.len() && old_slot.detach_after_graph_replace();
        if !old_detached {
            for child in child_slots[..published_children].iter().rev() {
                let _ = child.reserve_after_graph_replace();
            }
            let graph_restored = old_slot
                .page
                .replace_mapping_graph_reserved(&child_keys, &old_keys, &mut graph_reservation)
                .is_ok();
            let restored = pt.restore_huge_split(installed);
            let (deposit_restored, orphaned) = match restored {
                Ok(deposit) => match old_slot.restore_huge_split_deposit(deposit) {
                    Ok(()) => (true, None),
                    Err(orphaned) => (false, Some(orphaned)),
                },
                Err(_) => (false, None),
            };
            drop(stripe);
            drop(graph_reservation);
            drop(orphaned);
            if graph_restored && deposit_restored {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        drop(stripe);
        drop(graph_reservation);
        let previous_mapping_slots =
            core::mem::replace(&mut self.mapping_slots, next_mapping_slots);
        Ok(AppliedHugeSplit {
            installed,
            old_slot,
            child_keys,
            child_slots,
            previous_mapping_slots,
        })
    }

    fn rollback_applied_huge_splits(&mut self, mut splits: Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>) -> bool {
        while let Some(split) = splits.pop() {
            let block_range = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(
                split.installed.block_vaddr(),
                split.installed.block_size(),
            );
            let Some(block_range) = block_range else {
                return false;
            };
            let old_key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va: split.old_slot.va,
            };
            let old_keys = [old_key];
            let mut graph_reservation = match split
                .old_slot
                .page
                .prepare_mapping_graph_replace(&split.child_keys, &old_keys)
            {
                Ok(reservation) => reservation,
                Err(_) => return false,
            };
            let pte_domain = &self.pte_domain;
            let pt = &mut self.pt;
            let stripe = pte_domain.lock_range(block_range);
            let Ok(deposit) = pt.restore_huge_split(split.installed) else {
                drop(stripe);
                drop(graph_reservation);
                return false;
            };
            if split
                .old_slot
                .page
                .replace_mapping_graph_reserved(
                    &split.child_keys,
                    &old_keys,
                    &mut graph_reservation,
                )
                .is_err()
            {
                let orphaned = split.old_slot.restore_huge_split_deposit(deposit).err();
                drop(stripe);
                drop(graph_reservation);
                drop(orphaned);
                return false;
            }
            let slots_restored = !split
                .child_slots
                .iter()
                .any(|slot| !slot.detach_after_graph_replace())
                && split.old_slot.restore_after_graph_replace();
            let orphaned = split.old_slot.restore_huge_split_deposit(deposit).err();
            let deposit_restored = orphaned.is_none();
            drop(stripe);
            drop(graph_reservation);
            drop(orphaned);
            if !slots_restored || !deposit_restored {
                return false;
            }
            self.mapping_slots = split.previous_mapping_slots;
        }
        true
    }

    fn capture_protection_leaf_preimage(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<ProtectionLeafPreimage>> {
        let occupied = self.occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(&[range])?;
        let mut leaves = Vec::new();
        leaves
            .try_reserve(occupied.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for leaf in occupied {
            leaves.push(ProtectionLeafPreimage {
                va: leaf.range.start,
                paddr: leaf.paddr,
                page_size: leaf.range.size(),
                flags: leaf.flags,
            });
        }
        Ok(leaves)
    }

    fn restore_protection_leaf_preimage(&mut self, leaves: &[ProtectionLeafPreimage]) -> bool {
        for leaf in leaves.iter().rev() {
            let Ok((paddr, _, page_size)) = self.pt.query(leaf.va) else {
                return false;
            };
            if paddr != leaf.paddr || page_size != leaf.page_size {
                return false;
            }
            if self.pt.protect_page(leaf.va, leaf.flags) != Ok(leaf.page_size) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        true
    }

    fn abort_unpublished_protection(
        &mut self,
        vma_root: Arc<VmaMap>,
        vm_stat: ProcessVmStatSnapshot,
        leaves: &[ProtectionLeafPreimage],
        splits: Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let ptes_restored = self.restore_protection_leaf_preimage(leaves);
        self.vma_root = vma_root;
        self.vm_stat.restore(vm_stat);
        let splits_restored = self.rollback_applied_huge_splits(splits);
        if ptes_restored && splits_restored {
            self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
            Err(original_error)
        } else {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            Err(StarryError::BadState)
        }
    }

    /// Installs the kernel root entries required by architectures that share a
    /// single hardware root between kernel and userspace.
    ///
    /// This intent-specific operation deliberately does not expose a mutable
    /// page-table reference to callers.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// `source` and every shared intermediate node must outlive this address
    /// space, and the capability's range must not overlap its user-owned range.
    #[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "aarch64", target_arch = "loongarch64")))]
    pub(crate) unsafe fn share_kernel_root_entries_from(
        &mut self,
        source: RootEntryShare<'_>,
    ) -> Result<(), PagingError> {
        // SAFETY: the caller provides the lifetime and non-overlap proof stated
        // by this method's contract.
        unsafe { source.install_into(&mut self.pt) }
    }

    /// Returns the materialized hardware root for lifecycle publication.
    const fn materialized_root(&self) -> PhysAddr {
        self.pt.root_paddr()
    }

    /// Checks if the address space contains the given address range.
    pub fn contains_range(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> bool {
        let Some(range) = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size) else {
            return false;
        };
        range.start >= self.base() && range.end <= self.end()
    }

    /// Creates a new empty address space.
    pub fn new_empty(base: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult<Self> {
        Self::new_with_layout(UserVirtualAddressLayout::from_range(base, size)?)
    }

    /// Creates a user MM from one already validated immutable layout.
    pub(crate) fn new_user(layout: UserVirtualAddressLayout) -> StarryResult<Self> {
        Self::new_with_layout(layout)
    }

    fn new_with_layout(layout: UserVirtualAddressLayout) -> StarryResult<Self> {
        Ok(Self {
            id: AddressSpaceId::allocate(),
            layout,
            vma_root: Arc::new(VmaMap::default()),
            heap: HeapState::new(USER_HEAP_BASE),
            executable_data: ExecutableDataLayout::default(),
            pt: PageTable::new(PagingAllocator).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?,
            pte_domain: PageTableDomain::new(),
            mutation_gate: MutationGate::new(),
            published_epoch: Arc::new(core::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(0)),
            vm_stat: ProcessVmStat::new(),
            resident_pages: ResidentPageCounts::default(),
            resident_watermark: ResidentWatermark::new(),
            tlb_quarantine: TlbQuarantine::default(),
            tlb_targets: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
            mapping_slots: BTreeMap::new(),
            retired_mapping_batches: IrqMutex::new(Vec::new()),
        })
    }

    /// Returns the stable identity used by scheduler activation and TLB
    /// obligations. It is independent of the page-table root address.
    pub const fn address_space_id(&self) -> AddressSpaceId {
        self.id
    }

    /// Returns the current VMA/PTE publication epoch.
    pub fn vm_epoch(&self) -> VmEpoch {
        self.mutation_gate.current_epoch()
    }

    pub(crate) fn tlb_targets(&self) -> Arc<AtomicUsize> {
        self.tlb_targets.clone()
    }

    pub(crate) fn published_epoch_source(&self) -> Arc<core::sync::atomic::AtomicU64> {
        self.published_epoch.clone()
    }

    fn publish_mutation_classified(
        &mut self,
        mutation: PreparedMutation,
    ) -> Result<MutationPublication, CommitMutationError> {
        let mut next_resident = self.resident_pages;
        next_resident
            .checked_apply(mutation.receipt().resident_delta)
            .map_err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished)?;
        match self.mutation_gate.commit(mutation) {
            Ok(receipt) => {
                self.resident_pages = next_resident;
                self.published_epoch.store(
                    receipt.new_epoch.get(),
                    core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Release,
                );
                self.resident_watermark
                    .observe_resident_total(self.resident_pages.total());
                Ok(MutationPublication::Complete)
            }
            Err(MutationError::TlbPending) => {
                self.resident_pages = next_resident;
                self.published_epoch.store(
                    self.mutation_gate.current_epoch().get(),
                    core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Release,
                );
                // The epoch and mapping graph are already published even
                // though old translations and owners remain quarantined.
                // Linux likewise records RSS high-water before reclaiming the
                // old page-table view; a TLB timeout must not hide the new RSS.
                self.resident_watermark
                    .observe_resident_total(self.resident_pages.total());
                Ok(MutationPublication::PendingTlb)
            }
            Err(error) => Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(
                Self::map_unpublished_mutation_error(error),
            )),
        }
    }

    fn map_unpublished_mutation_error(error: MutationError) -> StarryError {
        match error {
            MutationError::ResourceExhausted => StarryError::NoMemory,
            MutationError::PendingTlbOverlap => StarryError::ResourceBusy,
            MutationError::NeedsRepair
            | MutationError::EpochExhausted
            | MutationError::EpochConflict
            | MutationError::WrongState
            | MutationError::ApplyFailed
            | MutationError::TlbPending => StarryError::BadState,
        }
    }

    fn commit_mutation_classified(
        &mut self,
        mutation: PreparedMutation,
    ) -> Result<(), CommitMutationError> {
        match self.publish_mutation_classified(mutation)? {
            MutationPublication::Complete => Ok(()),
            MutationPublication::PendingTlb => {
                // Compatibility callers still use the synchronous service.
                // Faults use `publish_mutation_classified` directly, drop the
                // address-space mutex, and complete this platform operation
                // outside every VMA/PTE/rmap lock.
                self.service_pending_tlb()
                    .map(|_| ())
                    .map_err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb)
            }
        }
    }

    fn commit_mutation(&mut self, mutation: PreparedMutation) -> StarryResult {
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                // Most compatibility callers have already applied a
                // backend/PTE delta and do not retain an inverse.  They must
                // remain quarantined.  Transactional callers such as fault
                // use `commit_mutation_classified` directly and restore their
                // preimage before returning.
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                Err(error)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Completes outstanding address-space-tagged TLB obligations.
    ///
    /// The request snapshot and active-CPU source can outlive the address-space
    /// mutex. Platform shootdown therefore runs without a VMA, PTE, rmap, or
    /// page-cache lock, after which the short acknowledgement phase retires the
    /// matching receipts and quarantined owners.
    pub fn service_pending_tlb(&self) -> StarryResult<usize> {
        let requests = self
            .mutation_gate
            .pending_requests()
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        Self::flush_tlb_requests(&requests, &self.tlb_targets)?;
        self.acknowledge_tlb_requests(&requests)
    }

    fn flush_tlb_requests(requests: &[TlbRequest], tlb_targets: &AtomicUsize) -> StarryResult {
        for request in requests {
            let pending_targets = request.pending();
            // `tlb_targets` is the full-flush fallback's equivalent of
            // Linux's loaded-mm footprint. A bit can only be cleared after
            // another root is installed and the local TLB is flushed.
            let live_targets =
                pending_targets & tlb_targets.load(core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire);
            if request.ranges.is_empty() && live_targets != 0 {
                ax_runtime::hal::cache::flush_tlb_all_on_cpus(live_targets)
                    .map_err(Self::map_tlb_shootdown_error)?;
            } else if live_targets != 0 {
                for range in &request.ranges {
                    ax_runtime::hal::cache::flush_tlb_range_on_cpus(
                        live_targets,
                        range.start,
                        range.size,
                    )
                    .map_err(Self::map_tlb_shootdown_error)?;
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn map_tlb_shootdown_error(error: ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError) -> StarryError {
        match error {
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError::Timeout => StarryError::TimedOut,
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError::Unsupported
            | ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError::CpuOffline => StarryError::Unsupported,
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError::GenerationExhausted => {
                StarryError::Errno(syscalls::Errno::EOVERFLOW)
            }
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::TlbShootdownError::Platform => StarryError::Io,
        }
    }

    fn acknowledge_tlb_requests(&self, requests: &[TlbRequest]) -> StarryResult<usize> {
        let mut completed = 0;
        for request in requests {
            let pending_targets = request.pending();
            // Every target now has either a shootdown proof or a root-switch
            // proof. A later activation installs the published epoch and
            // performs its required local tag/full flush before use.
            for cpu in 0..usize::BITS as usize {
                if pending_targets & (1usize << cpu) == 0 {
                    continue;
                }
                match self.mutation_gate.acknowledge(self.id, request.epoch, cpu) {
                    Ok(_) | Err(MutationError::WrongState) | Err(MutationError::TlbPending) => {}
                    Err(_) => return Err(StarryError::BadState),
                }
                self.tlb_quarantine
                    .acknowledge(self.id, request.epoch, cpu)
                    .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
            }
            if self
                .mutation_gate
                .pending_request(self.id, request.epoch)
                .is_none()
            {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(request.epoch);
            }
            completed += 1;
        }
        Ok(completed)
    }

    fn prepare_mutation(&self) -> PreparedMutation {
        self.mutation_gate
            .begin_with_active_targets(self.id, self.tlb_targets.clone())
    }

    /// Begins a metadata-only publication that cannot leave stale hardware
    /// translations.  Unlike a PTE mutation, it deliberately captures no
    /// active CPU targets and therefore cannot manufacture a full-flush
    /// obligation for a VMA advice-bit change.
    fn prepare_metadata_mutation(&self) -> PreparedMutation {
        self.mutation_gate.begin(self.id, 0)
    }

    fn prepare_mutation_range(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> PreparedMutation {
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation();
        if let Some(range) = TlbRange::new(start, size) {
            mutation.add_tlb_range(range);
        }
        mutation
    }

    /// Begins a fresh-PTE publication that cannot invalidate an older present
    /// translation. Linux installs a previously-none fault PTE under the PTL
    /// and returns through `update_mmu_cache()` without a remote shootdown;
    /// only permission changes and page replacement require an active-CPU TLB
    /// obligation. The range remains in the receipt for auditability.
    fn prepare_fresh_pte_mutation_range(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> PreparedMutation {
        prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(
            &self.mutation_gate,
            self.id,
            &self.tlb_targets,
            start,
            size,
            false,
        )
    }

    /// Reserves and captures every owner that may become unreachable when a
    /// materialized mapping in `range` is detached.  This runs before the PTE
    /// mutation, so allocation or cache-identity failure leaves the published
    /// state untouched.
    /// Records one VMA's backend, and the file-cache pins its shared lease
    /// keeps alive, into the retired-mapping owners.
    fn collect_retired_mapping_owner(
        &self,
        entry: &Arc<VmaEntry>,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        owners: &mut RetiredMappingOwners,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        owners
            .backends
            .try_reserve(1)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let backend = entry.operation_clone();

        if backend.shared_file_lease().is_some() {
            let start = entry.start().max(range.start).align_down_4k();
            let end = entry.end().min(range.end);
            let file_range = VirtAddrRange::new(start, end);
            let count = self.mapping_slots_overlapping(file_range).count();
            owners
                .cache_pins
                .try_reserve(count)
                .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
            for (_, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(file_range) {
                if slot.state() != SlotState::Present
                    || slot.mapping != backend.mapping_id()
                    || slot.page_order != PageOrder::BASE
                {
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                let paddr = slot.mapped_paddr().ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                let (installed, _, page_size) = self.pt.query(slot.va)?;
                if installed != paddr || page_size != PAGE_SIZE_4K {
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                let pin = backend
                    .pin_file_cache_owner_for_mapping(slot.va, paddr)?
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                owners.cache_pins.push(pin);
            }
        }
        owners.backends.push(backend);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn prepare_retired_mapping_owners(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
    ) -> StarryResult<RetiredMappingOwners> {
        try_reserve_irq_vec(&self.retired_mapping_batches, 1).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;

        let mut owners = RetiredMappingOwners::default();
        // Only the VMAs the range covers matter here. Breaking out of a
        // full-map iteration saved nothing: `iter_entries` builds the entire
        // vector before the loop reads its first entry.
        let mut failure = None;
        self.vma_root.for_each_overlapping_entry(range, |entry| {
            match self.collect_retired_mapping_owner(entry, range, &mut owners) {
                Ok(()) => true,
                Err(err) => {
                    failure = Some(err);
                    false
                }
            }
        });
        if let Some(err) = failure {
            return Err(err);
        }

        let matching_slots = self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range).count();
        owners
            .pages
            .try_reserve(matching_slots)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (_, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range) {
            if slot.state() != SlotState::Present {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            owners.pages.push(slot.page.clone());
        }
        Ok(owners)
    }

    /// Reserves the post-publication owner used by rmap-driven file eviction.
    /// Both allocations happen before the PTE is detached, so an allocation
    /// failure is an ordinary retry with no visible state change.
    fn prepare_deferred_eviction_owner(
        &self,
        page: &Arc<PageObject>,
    ) -> StarryResult<RetiredMappingOwners> {
        try_reserve_irq_vec(&self.retired_mapping_batches, 1).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut owners = RetiredMappingOwners::default();
        owners
            .deferred_evictions
            .try_reserve(1)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        owners.deferred_evictions.push(page.clone());
        Ok(owners)
    }

    fn park_retired_mapping_owners(&self, epoch: VmEpoch, owners: RetiredMappingOwners) {
        if owners.is_empty() {
            return;
        }
        // Capacity was reserved by `prepare_retired_mapping_owners` before
        // any PTE changed, so this publication cannot allocate or fail.
        self.retired_mapping_batches
            .lock()
            .push(RetiredMappingBatch { epoch, owners });
    }

    fn release_retired_mapping_owners(&self, epoch: VmEpoch) {
        loop {
            let batch = {
                let mut batches = self.retired_mapping_batches.lock();
                batches
                    .iter()
                    .position(|batch| batch.epoch == epoch)
                    .map(|index| batches.swap_remove(index))
            };
            let Some(batch) = batch else {
                break;
            };
            debug_assert!(!batch.owners.is_empty());
            for page in &batch.owners.deferred_evictions {
                page.complete_eviction_tlb();
            }
            // Cache pins may take the page-cache lock in Drop.  Release them
            // only after the IRQ-safe batch lock is gone.
            drop(batch);
        }
    }

    fn pending_retired_mapping_batches(&self) -> usize {
        self.retired_mapping_batches.lock().len()
    }

    /// Number of mutations whose remote TLB obligations are not complete.
    pub fn pending_tlb_obligations(&self) -> usize {
        self.mutation_gate.pending_count()
    }

    /// Snapshot of outstanding shootdown requests.  The caller may submit
    /// these to the platform IPI layer without retaining an address-space
    /// metadata lock.
    pub fn pending_tlb_requests(&self) -> StarryResult<Vec<TlbRequest>> {
        self.mutation_gate
            .pending_requests()
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)
    }

    /// Records one remote acknowledgement and returns frames that became safe
    /// to reclaim from the quarantine.
    pub fn acknowledge_tlb(
        &self,
        space_id: AddressSpaceId,
        epoch: VmEpoch,
        cpu: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<FrameLease>> {
        match self.mutation_gate.acknowledge(space_id, epoch, cpu) {
            Ok(_) | Err(MutationError::TlbPending) => {}
            Err(MutationError::WrongState)
                if self.tlb_quarantine.contains_request(space_id, epoch) =>
            {
                // The last gate acknowledgement may have removed the receipt
                // just before this caller drained the frame quarantine.  The
                // frame-level obligation is still authoritative, so accept
                // this idempotent late acknowledgement.
            }
            Err(_) => return Err(StarryError::ResourceBusy),
        }
        let released = self
            .tlb_quarantine
            .acknowledge(space_id, epoch, cpu)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        if self
            .mutation_gate
            .pending_request(space_id, epoch)
            .is_none()
        {
            self.release_retired_mapping_owners(epoch);
        }
        Ok(released)
    }

    pub fn quarantine_frame(
        &self,
        frame: FrameLease,
        request: TlbRequest,
    ) -> Result<(), QuarantineFailure> {
        self.tlb_quarantine.try_defer(frame, request)
    }

    fn validate_region(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        if self.mutation_gate.needs_repair() {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        if size == 0 || !self.contains_range(start, size) {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        if !start.is_aligned_4k() || !is_aligned_4k(size) {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Retains the exact materialized leaves and their frame owners before a
    /// mapping replacement starts.  The immutable VMA root is deliberately
    /// not changed here; it remains the publication preimage until commit.
    fn capture_mapping_preimage(&self, range: VirtAddrRange) -> StarryResult<MappingPreimage> {
        self.capture_mapping_preimage_ranges(&[range])
    }

    /// Retains one coherent metadata and resident-leaf preimage for several
    /// disjoint ranges.  `mremap` uses this before publishing its destination
    /// so a later PTE or metadata failure can restore both the source and a
    /// replaced fixed target, rather than merely deleting the new target.
    fn capture_mapping_preimage_ranges(
        &self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult<MappingPreimage> {
        for (index, range) in ranges.iter().enumerate() {
            self.validate_region(range.start, range.size())?;
            if ranges[..index]
                .iter()
                .any(|previous| previous.overlaps(*range))
            {
                return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
            }
        }
        let resident_slots = self.materialized_slots_overlapping(ranges)?;
        let mut leaves = Vec::new();
        leaves
            .try_reserve(resident_slots.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (key, slot, occupied_leaf) in resident_slots {
            let page_size = occupied_leaf.range.size();
            let end = slot
                .va
                .checked_add(page_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let range = ranges
                .iter()
                .find(|range| slot.overlaps(**range))
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            // A partial huge-leaf replacement needs the THP split receipt.
            // Reject it before mutation until that typed split path is active;
            // restoring only part of a block descriptor would be unsound.
            if slot.va < range.start || end > range.end {
                return Err(StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
            }
            let paddr = occupied_leaf.paddr;
            let backend = self
                .vma_root
                .lookup_entry(slot.va)
                .map(|entry| entry.operation_clone())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let page = slot.page.clone();
            let frame_start = page.frame().paddr().as_usize();
            let frame_end = frame_start
                .checked_add(page.frame().size())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let leaf_start = paddr.as_usize();
            let leaf_end = leaf_start
                .checked_add(page_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if key.va != slot.va
                || slot.state() != SlotState::Present
                || slot.mm_id != self.id
                || slot.mapping != backend.mapping_id()
                || slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(paddr)
                || leaf_start < frame_start
                || leaf_end > frame_end
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            leaves.push(ResidentLeafPreimage {
                va: slot.va,
                paddr,
                page_size,
                flags: occupied_leaf.flags,
                backend,
                page,
                slot,
            });
        }
        Ok(MappingPreimage {
            vma_root: self.vma_root.clone(),
            vm_stat: self.vm_stat.snapshot(),
            leaves,
        })
    }

    /// Reverts a not-yet-published mapping using the retained materialized
    /// preimage.  Returning an error means the caller must enter NeedsRepair;
    /// it must never report the original syscall error as if state were old.
    fn restore_mapping_preimage(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.restore_mapping_preimage_ranges(&[range], preimage)
    }

    /// Aborts an unpublished mapping mutation by restoring its exact software
    /// and materialized-page-table preimage.  `MemorySet` deliberately reports
    /// `NeedsRepair` after a partial PTE apply because it cannot prove its own
    /// metadata-only rollback repaired the page table.  At this layer we own
    /// the retained frame/backend references and can make that proof; only a
    /// complete restore is allowed to clear the repair latch and return the
    /// original syscall error.
    fn abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, None, original_error)
    }

    /// Restores a file-eviction delta that failed before epoch publication.
    /// The caller may cancel its EvictionLease only when this returns `Err`:
    /// `NeedsRepair` means restoration could not be proved and deliberately
    /// leaves the page pinned in Evicting.
    fn abort_file_eviction_mutation(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        parked_epoch: Option<VmEpoch>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> Result<EvictMappingOutcome, StarryError> {
        match self.restore_mapping_preimage(range, preimage) {
            Ok(()) => {
                if let Some(epoch) = parked_epoch {
                    self.release_retired_mapping_owners(epoch);
                }
                self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
                Err(original_error)
            }
            Err(_) => {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                Ok(EvictMappingOutcome::NeedsRepair)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Variant of [`Self::abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation`] for an unmap
    /// or replacement whose detached owners were already parked for the next
    /// epoch.  The batch is released only after the old PTE/rmap graph has
    /// been proved restored; an indeterminate restore deliberately keeps the
    /// extra owners alive for a repair worker.
    fn abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        parked_epoch: Option<VmEpoch>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation_ranges(
            &[range],
            preimage,
            parked_epoch,
            original_error,
        )
    }

    fn abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation_ranges(
        &mut self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        parked_epoch: Option<VmEpoch>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        match self.restore_mapping_preimage_ranges(ranges, preimage) {
            Ok(()) => {
                if let Some(epoch) = parked_epoch {
                    self.release_retired_mapping_owners(epoch);
                }
                self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
                Err(original_error)
            }
            Err(_) => {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                Err(StarryError::BadState)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Aborts an unpublished mapping mutation that first materialized one or
    /// two THP boundary splits.  The exact leaf/slot preimage is restored
    /// before collapsing the deposited child table back into the original
    /// huge descriptor; only then may parked owners be released.
    fn abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        parked_epoch: Option<VmEpoch>,
        splits: Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
            &[range],
            preimage,
            parked_epoch,
            splits,
            original_error,
        )
    }

    /// Multi-range form used by mremap.  Resident source/target preimages are
    /// restored before deposited child tables are collapsed, matching the
    /// inverse of prepare/apply ordering.
    fn abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
        &mut self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
        parked_epoch: Option<VmEpoch>,
        splits: Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        if self
            .restore_mapping_preimage_ranges(ranges, preimage)
            .is_ok()
            && self.rollback_applied_huge_splits(splits)
        {
            if let Some(epoch) = parked_epoch {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(epoch);
            }
            self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
            Err(original_error)
        } else {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            Err(StarryError::BadState)
        }
    }

    /// Reverts a prepared boundary split when no mapping leaf has otherwise
    /// changed.  This is used for allocation/capture failures between split
    /// apply and the first backend unmap.
    fn abort_unpublished_huge_splits(
        &mut self,
        splits: Vec<AppliedHugeSplit>,
        original_error: StarryError,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        if self.rollback_applied_huge_splits(splits) {
            self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
            Err(original_error)
        } else {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            Err(StarryError::BadState)
        }
    }

    fn restore_mapping_preimage_ranges(
        &mut self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
        preimage: MappingPreimage,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let mut current_memfds = Vec::new();
        for range in ranges {
            current_memfds.extend(crate::syscall::memfd_collect_metas_touching_mprotect_range(
                self,
                range.start,
                range.size(),
            ));
        }
        let MappingPreimage {
            vma_root,
            vm_stat,
            leaves,
        } = preimage;
        if self.detach_current_materialized_ranges(ranges).is_err() {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for range in ranges {
            self.detach_mapping_slots(*range)?;
        }
        self.vma_root = vma_root.clone();
        for leaf in leaves {
            if leaf
                .backend
                .restore_resident_preimage(
                    ResidentLeafRestore {
                        va: leaf.va,
                        paddr: leaf.paddr,
                        page_size: leaf.page_size,
                        flags: leaf.flags,
                        page: Some(&leaf.page),
                    },
                    &mut self.pt,
                )
                .is_err()
            {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va: leaf.va,
            };
            if self.mapping_slots.contains_key(&key)
                || !leaf.slot.restore()
                || self.mapping_slots.insert(key, leaf.slot).is_some()
            {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            leaf.page.set_resident_kind(
                self.mapping_slots
                    .get(&key)
                    .and_then(|slot| slot.resident_kind()),
            );
        }
        self.vma_root = vma_root;
        self.vm_stat.restore(vm_stat);
        crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(self, &current_memfds);
        for range in ranges {
            let restored_memfds = crate::syscall::memfd_collect_metas_touching_mprotect_range(
                self,
                range.start,
                range.size(),
            );
            crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(
                self,
                &restored_memfds,
            );
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Finds a free area that can accommodate the given size.
    ///
    /// The search starts from the given hint address, and the area should be
    /// within the given limit range.
    ///
    /// Returns the start address of the free area. Returns None if no such area
    /// is found.
    pub fn find_free_area(
        &self,
        hint: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        limit: VirtAddrRange,
        align: usize,
    ) -> Option<VirtAddr> {
        self.vma_root.find_free_area(hint, size, limit, align)
    }

    /// Returns immutable VMA metadata that can cross a lock or I/O boundary.
    pub fn find_area_snapshot(&self, vaddr: VirtAddr) -> Option<Arc<VmaSnapshot>> {
        self.vma_root.lookup(vaddr)
    }

    /// Publishes an immutable VMA index snapshot for procfs and fault readers.
    pub fn vma_map_snapshot(&self) -> Arc<VmaMap> {
        self.vma_root.clone()
    }

    /// Returns owned VMA snapshots intersecting a checked range.
    pub fn vma_snapshots_in_range(
        &self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<Arc<VmaSnapshot>>> {
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        if range.is_empty() {
            return Ok(Vec::new());
        }
        Ok(self.vma_root.lookup_range(range))
    }

    pub(crate) fn vma_inspection_records(&self) -> StarryResult<Vec<VmaInspectionRecord>> {
        let mut records = Vec::new();
        records
            .try_reserve(self.vma_root.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
            records.push(entry.inspection_record()?);
        }
        Ok(records)
    }

    pub(crate) fn max_mapped_end(&self) -> Option<VirtAddr> {
        self.vma_root.iter().last().map(|vma| vma.range.end)
    }

    pub(crate) fn next_advice_fragment(
        &self,
        cursor: VirtAddr,
        end: VirtAddr,
    ) -> Option<VmaAdviceFragment> {
        self.vma_root
            .iter_entries()
            .find(|entry| entry.end() > cursor && entry.start() < end)
            .and_then(|entry| entry.advice_fragment(cursor, end))
    }

    pub(crate) fn validate_mprotect_mapping_capabilities(
        &self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<SharedFileMappingLease>> {
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let operations = self.mapping_operation_fragments(range, true)?;
        let mut files = Vec::new();
        files
            .try_reserve(operations.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (_, operation) in operations {
            operation.check_mprotect_flags(flags)?;
            if let Some(file) = operation.shared_file_lease() {
                files.push(file);
            }
        }
        Ok(files)
    }

    pub(crate) fn shared_futex_identity(&self, address: VirtAddr) -> Option<SharedFutexIdentity> {
        self.vma_root
            .lookup_entry(address)
            .and_then(|entry| entry.operation().shared_futex_identity(address))
    }

    pub(crate) fn mincore_probe(&self, address: VirtAddr) -> Option<VmaResidencyProbe> {
        self.vma_root
            .lookup_entry(address)
            .map(|entry| entry.residency_probe())
    }

    pub(crate) fn mremap_source(&self, address: VirtAddr) -> Option<VmaMremapSource> {
        self.vma_root
            .lookup_entry(address)
            .map(|entry| entry.mremap_source())
    }

    pub(crate) fn shared_file_vma_at(&self, address: VirtAddr) -> Option<SharedFileVmaRecord> {
        self.vma_root
            .lookup_entry(address)
            .and_then(|entry| entry.shared_file_record())
    }

    pub(crate) fn shared_file_vmas(&self) -> Vec<SharedFileVmaRecord> {
        self.vma_root
            .iter_entries()
            .filter_map(|entry| entry.shared_file_record())
            .collect()
    }

    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
    pub(crate) fn mremap_move_from_source(
        &mut self,
        source: &VmaMremapSource,
        src: VirtAddr,
        src_size: usize,
        target: VirtAddr,
        target_size: usize,
        huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
        dontunmap: bool,
        source_offset: usize,
        replace_target: bool,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let operation = source.relocated_operation(target, source_offset, target_size)?;
        self.mremap_move_transaction(
            src,
            src_size,
            target,
            target_size,
            MappingPermissions {
                current: source.rights(),
                reported: source.reported_rights(),
                maximum: source.max_rights(),
            },
            operation,
            huge_page_advice,
            source.lock_mode(),
            source.advice_policy(),
            dontunmap,
            replace_target,
            memlock_limit,
        )
    }

    pub(crate) fn duplicate_shared_mremap_source(
        &mut self,
        source: &VmaMremapSource,
        target: VirtAddr,
        target_size: usize,
        source_offset: usize,
        replace_target: bool,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let object = source.shared_object().ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let backend_start = target
            .as_usize()
            .checked_sub(source_offset)
            .map(VirtAddr::from_usize)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        self.map_mremap_duplicate(
            target,
            target_size,
            MappingPermissions {
                current: source.rights(),
                reported: source.reported_rights(),
                maximum: source.rights(),
            },
            MappingOperation::new_shared(backend_start, object),
            MappingPublication::mremap(
                replace_target,
                source.huge_page_advice(),
                source.lock_mode(),
                source.advice_policy(),
                memlock_limit,
            ),
        )
    }

    fn validate_memlock_successor(
        &self,
        successor: &VmaMap,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let previous_locked = self.vma_root.locked_pages().ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let successor_locked = successor.locked_pages().ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if successor_locked <= previous_locked {
            return Ok(());
        }
        memlock_limit
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?
            .validate(successor_locked)
    }

    fn publish_vma_metadata_successor(
        &mut self,
        previous_root: Arc<VmaMap>,
        successor: VmaMap,
        operation: &'static str,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let before_vmas = previous_root.len();
        let after_vmas = successor.len();
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_metadata_mutation();
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            split: u32::try_from(after_vmas.saturating_sub(before_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            merged: u32::try_from(before_vmas.saturating_sub(after_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(successor);
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                self.vma_root = previous_root;
                Err(error)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                // Metadata-only receipts have an empty target mask. Reaching
                // this branch is an invariant failure, not a recoverable TLB
                // timeout that a syscall may report as partially committed.
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                warn!(
                    "metadata-only {operation} unexpectedly required TLB acknowledgement: {error}"
                );
                Err(StarryError::BadState)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Publishes Linux-compatible transparent-huge-page advice for a mapped
    /// VMA range without changing any materialized PTE.
    ///
    /// The immutable root is the sole owner of this per-VMA policy.  A failed
    /// metadata commit restores the previous root; because no translation is
    /// changed, the receipt carries no TLB target or retirement obligation.
    pub fn advise_huge_pages(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        advice: HugePageAdvice,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let previous_root = self.vma_root.clone();
        let affected = previous_root.lookup_range(range);
        if affected.is_empty() || !previous_root.contains_range(start, size) {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        if affected.iter().all(|vma| vma.huge_page_advice == advice) {
            return Ok(());
        }

        let successor = previous_root
            .with_huge_page_advice(range, advice)
            .ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        self.publish_vma_metadata_successor(previous_root, successor, "VMA THP advice")
    }

    /// Publishes one Linux access, fork-inheritance or dump policy update.
    /// The immutable VMA root is both the current state and rollback preimage.
    pub(crate) fn advise_vma_policy(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        update: VmaAdviceUpdate,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let previous_root = self.vma_root.clone();
        let affected = previous_root.lookup_range(range);
        if affected.is_empty() || !previous_root.contains_range(start, size) {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        if affected
            .iter()
            .all(|vma| vma.advice_policy.apply(update) == vma.advice_policy)
        {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let successor = previous_root
            .with_advice_update(range, update)
            .ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        self.publish_vma_metadata_successor(previous_root, successor, "VMA madvise policy")
    }

    /// Publishes Linux `VM_LOCKED`/`VM_LOCKONFAULT` policy for a fully mapped
    /// range. The policy is part of the immutable VMA root, so split, merge,
    /// `mprotect`, `mremap`, `msync`, and proc readers observe one coherent
    /// fact. Page population is deliberately a separate operation: Linux
    /// publishes the lock policy before `__mm_populate`, and a later populate
    /// failure does not undo the VMA flags.
    fn set_vma_lock_mode(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let previous_root = self.vma_root.clone();
        let affected = previous_root.lookup_range(range);
        if affected.is_empty() || !previous_root.contains_range(start, size) {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        if affected.iter().all(|vma| vma.lock_mode == lock_mode) {
            return Ok(());
        }

        let successor = previous_root
            .with_lock_mode(range, lock_mode)
            .ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        self.validate_memlock_successor(&successor, memlock_limit)?;
        self.publish_vma_metadata_successor(previous_root, successor, "VMA lock update")
    }

    pub(crate) fn lock_vma_range(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        memlock_limit: MemlockLimit,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        if !lock_mode.is_locked() {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        self.set_vma_lock_mode(start, size, lock_mode, Some(memlock_limit))
    }

    pub(crate) fn unlock_vma_range(&mut self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        self.set_vma_lock_mode(start, size, VmaLockMode::Unlocked, None)
    }

    /// Publishes the exact PageObject owners returned by one backend PTE
    /// operation.
    ///
    /// Linux fault paths carry a referenced folio into the PTL critical
    /// section, recheck the PTE, establish the new rmap and only then publish
    /// or replace the PTE. Starry's backend currently applies the PTE before
    /// returning to this outer mutation gate, so this method performs the
    /// corresponding identity recheck and publishes the MappingSlot/rmap
    /// before the mutation receipt can become visible. The PTE's raw physical
    /// address is validation data only; it is never used to discover or create
    /// a PageObject.
    fn publish_prepared_pte_owners(
        &mut self,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        materialization: &PteMaterialization,
    ) -> StarryResult<PteOwnerPublication> {
        let owners = materialization.owners();
        let mut publications = Vec::new();
        publications
            .try_reserve(owners.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut seen = Vec::new();
        seen.try_reserve(owners.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut mapping_delta = MappingDelta::default();
        let mut resident_delta = ResidentDelta::default();

        // Bulk populate may carry multiple leaves. Prepare every fallible slot
        // and rmap owner before publishing the first one so rollback retains a
        // complete inverse operation.
        for owner in owners {
            let publication = self.prepare_slot_publication(operation, range, owner)?;
            if seen.contains(&publication.key) {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            seen.push(publication.key);
            mapping_delta.attached = mapping_delta
                .attached
                .checked_add(publication.mapping_delta.attached)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            mapping_delta.detached = mapping_delta
                .detached
                .checked_add(publication.mapping_delta.detached)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            resident_delta.checked_add_assign(publication.resident_delta)?;
            publications.push(publication);
        }

        for publication in publications {
            self.apply_slot_publication(operation, publication)?;
        }
        Ok(PteOwnerPublication {
            satisfied_pages: materialization.satisfied_pages(),
            mapping_delta,
            resident_delta,
        })
    }

    fn publish_prepared_fault_owner(
        &mut self,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        materialization: &FaultMaterialization,
    ) -> StarryResult<PteOwnerPublication> {
        let Some(owner) = materialization.owner() else {
            return Ok(PteOwnerPublication {
                satisfied_pages: materialization.satisfied_pages(),
                ..PteOwnerPublication::default()
            });
        };
        // A hardware fault carries one owner inline, so neither preparation
        // nor publication needs a temporary Vec.
        let publication = self.prepare_slot_publication(operation, range, owner)?;
        let mapping_delta = publication.mapping_delta;
        let resident_delta = publication.resident_delta;
        self.apply_slot_publication(operation, publication)?;
        Ok(PteOwnerPublication {
            satisfied_pages: materialization.satisfied_pages(),
            mapping_delta,
            resident_delta,
        })
    }

    fn prepare_slot_publication(
        &mut self,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        owner: &PreparedPteOwner,
    ) -> StarryResult<PreparedSlotPublication> {
        let va = owner.va;
        let paddr = owner.paddr;
        let page_size = owner.page_size;
        let page = &owner.page;
        let resident_kind = owner.resident_kind;
        let transition = owner.transition;
        let provider_publication = owner.provider_publication;
        if page_size < PAGE_SIZE_4K || !page_size.is_power_of_two() || !va.is_aligned(page_size) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let leaf_range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(va, page_size).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if !range.contains_range(leaf_range) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let frame_start = page.frame().paddr().as_usize();
        let frame_end = frame_start
            .checked_add(page.frame().size())
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let leaf_start = paddr.as_usize();
        let leaf_end = leaf_start
            .checked_add(page_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if leaf_start < frame_start || leaf_end > frame_end {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        match self.pt.query(va) {
            Ok((installed, _, installed_size))
                if installed == paddr && installed_size == page_size => {}
            Ok(_) | Err(_) => return Err(StarryError::BadState),
        }
        if !matches!(page.state(), PageState::Present | PageState::LazyFree) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let key = MappingSlotKey {
            space_id: self.id,
            va,
        };
        let previous = self.mapping_slots.get(&key).cloned();
        let order = page_size
            .trailing_zeros()
            .checked_sub(PAGE_SIZE_4K.trailing_zeros())
            .and_then(|order| u8::try_from(order).ok())
            .map(PageOrder::new)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let same_owner = previous.as_ref().is_some_and(|slot| {
            slot.state() == SlotState::Present
                && slot.mapping == operation.mapping_id()
                && slot.page_order == order
                && slot.mapped_paddr() == Some(paddr)
                && Arc::ptr_eq(&slot.page, page)
                && (order == PageOrder::BASE || slot.has_huge_split_deposit())
        });
        match transition {
            PteOwnerTransition::Updated if !same_owner => return Err(StarryError::BadState),
            PteOwnerTransition::Replaced if previous.is_none() || same_owner => {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            PteOwnerTransition::Installed
            | PteOwnerTransition::Replaced
            | PteOwnerTransition::Updated => {}
        }

        let replacement = if same_owner {
            None
        } else {
            let split_deposit = if order == PageOrder::BASE {
                None
            } else {
                Some(self.pt.prepare_huge_split(va)?)
            };
            let frame_offset = paddr
                .as_usize()
                .checked_sub(page.frame().paddr().as_usize())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let slot = MappingSlot::new_with_frame_offset(
                operation.mapping_id(),
                self.id,
                va,
                order,
                page.clone(),
                frame_offset,
                resident_kind,
            )
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let slot = match split_deposit {
                Some(deposit) => slot
                    .attach_huge_split_deposit(deposit)
                    .map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?,
                None => slot,
            };
            Some(Arc::new(slot))
        };
        let mut mapping_delta = MappingDelta::default();
        let mut resident_delta = ResidentDelta::default();
        if !same_owner {
            mapping_delta.attached = 1;
            mapping_delta.detached = u32::from(previous.is_some());
        }
        if let Some(previous) = &previous {
            let pages = 1i64
                .checked_shl(previous.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            resident_delta
                .checked_add_assign(ResidentDelta::for_pages(previous.resident_kind(), -pages))?;
        }
        let pages = 1i64
            .checked_shl(order.get().into())
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        resident_delta.checked_add_assign(ResidentDelta::for_pages(resident_kind, pages))?;
        Ok(PreparedSlotPublication {
            key,
            previous,
            replacement,
            resident_kind,
            provider_publication,
            mapping_delta,
            resident_delta,
        })
    }

    fn apply_slot_publication(
        &mut self,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        publication: PreparedSlotPublication,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let PreparedSlotPublication {
            key,
            previous,
            replacement,
            resident_kind,
            provider_publication,
            mapping_delta: _,
            resident_delta: _,
        } = publication;
        let Some(replacement) = replacement else {
            let current = self.mapping_slots.get(&key).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if previous
                .as_ref()
                .is_none_or(|previous| !Arc::ptr_eq(previous, current))
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            current.set_resident_kind(resident_kind);
            current.page.set_resident_kind(resident_kind);
            if provider_publication == ProviderPublication::Pending {
                operation.finish_page_publication(key.va, &current.page)?;
            }
            return Ok(());
        };

        if let Some(previous) = &previous {
            let Some(current) = self.mapping_slots.remove(&key) else {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            };
            if !Arc::ptr_eq(previous, &current) || !current.detach() {
                self.mapping_slots.insert(key, current);
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
        } else if self.mapping_slots.contains_key(&key) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        if !replacement.publish() {
            if let Some(previous) = previous
                && (!previous.restore() || self.mapping_slots.insert(key, previous).is_some())
            {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            }
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        if provider_publication == ProviderPublication::Pending
            && let Err(error) = operation.finish_page_publication(key.va, &replacement.page)
        {
            let replacement_detached = replacement.detach();
            let previous_restored = previous.is_none_or(|previous| {
                previous.restore() && self.mapping_slots.insert(key, previous).is_none()
            });
            if !replacement_detached || !previous_restored {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            return Err(error);
        }
        if self.mapping_slots.insert(key, replacement).is_some() {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn detach_mapping_slots(&mut self, range: VirtAddrRange) -> StarryResult {
        let keys: Vec<_> = self
            .mapping_slots_overlapping(range)
            .map(|(key, _)| *key)
            .collect();
        for key in keys {
            if let Some(slot) = self.mapping_slots.remove(&key)
                && !slot.detach()
            {
                self.mapping_slots.insert(key, slot);
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Revokes one file-cache reverse mapping.  The PageObject and MappingSlot
    /// identities are checked before the PTE is touched, then the remote TLB is
    /// acknowledged before the backend's mapping reference is released.
    pub(crate) fn evict_file_mapping_slot(
        &mut self,
        key: MappingSlotKey,
        page: &Arc<PageObject>,
    ) -> Result<EvictMappingOutcome, StarryError> {
        if key.space_id != self.id {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let slot = self
            .mapping_slots
            .get(&key)
            .cloned()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if !Arc::ptr_eq(&slot.page, page) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        let preimage = self.capture_mapping_preimage(range)?;
        let retired_owner = self.prepare_deferred_eviction_owner(page)?;
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            unmapped: 1,
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
            detached: 1,
            ..MappingDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_resident_delta(ResidentDelta::for_pages(slot.resident_kind(), -1));

        let unmap_plan = self.pt.plan_unmap_page(key.va)?;
        if slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(unmap_plan.paddr()) || unmap_plan.page_size() != PAGE_SIZE_4K
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let apply_result = (|| -> StarryResult {
            let unmapped = {
                let pte_domain = &self.pte_domain;
                let pt = &mut self.pt;
                let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K);
                let _structure = pte_domain.lock_structure();
                let _stripe = pte_domain.lock_range(range);
                pt.try_unmap_page_with(unmap_plan)?
            };
            if slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(unmapped.0) || unmapped.2 != PAGE_SIZE_4K {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            // `page` and the caller's EvictionLease keep the frame owned until
            // this receipt is acknowledged.  No independent all-CPU flush is
            // allowed here: the receipt is the sole retirement obligation.
            let removed = self
                .mapping_slots
                .remove(&key)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if !Arc::ptr_eq(&removed, &slot) || !removed.detach() {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            Ok(())
        })();
        if let Err(error) = apply_result {
            return self.abort_file_eviction_mutation(range, preimage, None, error);
        }

        self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, retired_owner);
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                Ok(EvictMappingOutcome::Complete)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(_)) => {
                Ok(EvictMappingOutcome::PublishedPendingTlb)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                self.abort_file_eviction_mutation(range, preimage, Some(retire_epoch), error)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Write-protects one dirty file-cache reverse mapping for a writeback
    /// generation.  No file/cache lock is held by this operation.
    pub(crate) fn protect_file_mapping_slot(
        &mut self,
        key: MappingSlotKey,
        page: &Arc<PageObject>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        if key.space_id != self.id {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let slot = self.mapping_slots.get(&key).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if !Arc::ptr_eq(&slot.page, page) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let (paddr, flags, page_size) = self.pt.query(key.va)?;
        if slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(paddr) || page_size != PAGE_SIZE_4K {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        if !flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE) {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            protected: 1,
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        {
            let pt = &mut self.pt;
            let _stripe = self
                .pte_domain
                .lock_range(VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K));
            // Disjoint field borrows retain stripe exclusion without aliasing
            // the mutable page-table owner through a raw pointer.
            pt.remap_page(key.va, paddr, flags - MappingFlags::WRITE)?;
        }
        // `commit_mutation` publishes the PTE delta and synchronously services
        // its tagged TLB request.  The WritebackLease is completed only after
        // this method returns, so dirty-page snapshotting cannot race ahead of
        // the acknowledgement.
        self.commit_mutation(mutation)
    }

    pub fn resident_mapping_slots(&self) -> Vec<Arc<MappingSlot>> {
        self.mapping_slots.values().cloned().collect()
    }

    fn capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(
        &self,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult<MappingGraphSnapshot> {
        #[cfg(all(test, axtest))]
        MAPPING_GRAPH_SNAPSHOT_CALLS.fetch_add(1, core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
        let slot_count = ranges
            .iter()
            .map(|range| self.mapping_slots_overlapping(*range).count())
            .sum();
        let mut slots = Vec::new();
        slots
            .try_reserve(slot_count)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut seen = BTreeSet::new();
        let mut resident = ResidentPageCounts::default();
        for range in ranges {
            for (key, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(*range) {
                if slot.state() != SlotState::Present || !seen.insert(*key) {
                    continue;
                }
                slots.push(MappingSlotFingerprint {
                    key: *key,
                    mapping: slot.mapping,
                    page: slot.page.id,
                    page_order: slot.page_order,
                });
                let pages = 1u64
                    .checked_shl(u32::from(slot.page_order.get()))
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                match slot.resident_kind() {
                    Some(RssKind::Anon) => {
                        resident.anon = resident
                            .anon
                            .checked_add(pages)
                            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    }
                    Some(RssKind::File) => {
                        resident.file = resident
                            .file
                            .checked_add(pages)
                            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    }
                    Some(RssKind::Shmem) => {
                        resident.shmem = resident
                            .shmem
                            .checked_add(pages)
                            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    }
                    None => {}
                }
            }
        }
        slots.sort_unstable();
        Ok(MappingGraphSnapshot { slots, resident })
    }

    fn set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(
        &self,
        mutation: &mut PreparedMutation,
        before: &MappingGraphSnapshot,
        ranges: &[VirtAddrRange],
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let after = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(ranges)?;
        let (mapping_delta, resident_delta) = before.delta_to(&after)?;
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(mapping_delta);
        mutation.set_resident_delta(resident_delta);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Returns the current resident set published by mutation receipts.
    pub(crate) fn resident_page_counts(&self) -> ResidentPageCounts {
        self.resident_pages
    }

    #[cfg(all(test, axtest))]
    fn reset_mapping_graph_snapshot_calls_for_test(&self) {
        MAPPING_GRAPH_SNAPSHOT_CALLS.store(0, core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

    #[cfg(all(test, axtest))]
    fn mapping_graph_snapshot_calls_for_test(&self) -> usize {
        MAPPING_GRAPH_SNAPSHOT_CALLS.load(core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
    }

    pub(crate) fn resident_hiwater_pages(&self) -> u64 {
        self.resident_watermark.hiwater_pages()
    }

    /// Collects executable operations for every VMA intersection in virtual
    /// order.  The returned values are owned, so no persistent-tree node is
    /// borrowed while a backend touches page tables or enters file I/O.
    fn mapping_operation_fragments(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        require_full_coverage: bool,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<(VirtAddrRange, MappingOperation)>> {
        let mut fragments = Vec::new();
        fragments
            .try_reserve(self.vma_root.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut covered = range.start;
        for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
            if entry.start() >= range.end {
                break;
            }
            if entry.end() <= range.start {
                continue;
            }
            let fragment =
                VirtAddrRange::new(entry.start().max(range.start), entry.end().min(range.end));
            if require_full_coverage && fragment.start > covered {
                return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
            }
            covered = covered.max(fragment.end);
            fragments.push((fragment, entry.operation_clone()));
        }
        if require_full_coverage && covered < range.end {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        Ok(fragments)
    }

    /// Detaches only leaves that are actually materialized for `operation`.
    /// This is used to clean a backend that reported failure after installing
    /// a prefix; unlike a whole-range unmap it is valid when the remaining
    /// addresses never acquired PTEs.
    fn detach_materialized_operation(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
    ) -> bool {
        let Ok(occupied) = self.occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(&[range]) else {
            return false;
        };
        let leaves: Vec<_> = occupied.into_iter().map(|leaf| leaf.range).collect();
        if leaves
            .iter()
            .any(|leaf| !operation.validate_unmap_range(*leaf, &self.pt))
        {
            return false;
        }
        leaves
            .into_iter()
            .all(|leaf| operation.unmap_range(leaf, &mut self.pt).is_ok())
    }

    /// Detaches every occupied leaf covered by the currently unpublished VMA
    /// root. The page-table walk visits allocated tables only, so rollback of
    /// a sparse multi-gigabyte mapping does not scan every virtual base page.
    fn detach_current_materialized_ranges(&mut self, ranges: &[VirtAddrRange]) -> StarryResult {
        let leaves = self.occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(ranges)?;
        let mut operations = Vec::new();
        operations
            .try_reserve(leaves.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for leaf in leaves {
            let operation = self
                .vma_root
                .lookup_entry(leaf.range.start)
                .map(|entry| entry.operation_clone())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            operations.push((leaf.range, operation));
        }
        if operations
            .iter()
            .any(|(leaf, operation)| !operation.validate_unmap_range(*leaf, &self.pt))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for (leaf, operation) in operations {
            operation.unmap_range(leaf, &mut self.pt)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
    fn prepare_mapping_successor(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy,
        replace: bool,
    ) -> StarryResult<VmaMap> {
        let entry = self
            .vma_root
            .prepare_mapping_entry(
                range,
                permissions.current,
                permissions.reported,
                permissions.maximum,
                huge_page_advice,
                lock_mode,
                advice_policy,
                operation.clone(),
            )
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let successor = self.vma_root.with_mapping_entry(entry, replace).ok_or(
            if self.vma_root.overlaps(range) && !replace {
                StarryError::AlreadyExists
            } else {
                StarryError::BadState
            },
        )?;
        Ok(successor)
    }

    /// Applies only the materialized PTE half of a prepared mapping. The
    /// caller owns the successor root and publishes it only after this phase
    /// has completed.
    fn apply_mapping_pages_unpublished(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        replace: bool,
    ) -> StarryResult<PteMaterialization> {
        let replaced = if replace {
            self.mapping_operation_fragments(range, false)?
        } else {
            Vec::new()
        };
        if replaced
            .iter()
            .any(|(fragment, old)| !old.validate_unmap_range(*fragment, &self.pt))
            || (!replace && !operation.validate_map_range(range, &self.pt))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for (fragment, old) in &replaced {
            old.unmap_range(*fragment, &mut self.pt)?;
        }
        match operation.map_range(range, permissions.current, &mut self.pt) {
            Ok(materialization) => Ok(materialization),
            Err(error) => {
                if !self.detach_materialized_operation(range, operation) {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                Err(error)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Applies a fresh mapping or a `MAP_FIXED` replacement while keeping the
    /// immutable successor unpublished until every backend step succeeds.
    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
    fn apply_mapping_unpublished(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        operation: &MappingOperation,
        huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
        replace: bool,
    ) -> StarryResult<PteMaterialization> {
        let successor = self.prepare_mapping_successor(
            range,
            permissions,
            operation,
            huge_page_advice,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy,
            replace,
        )?;
        self.validate_memlock_successor(&successor, memlock_limit)?;
        let materialization =
            self.apply_mapping_pages_unpublished(range, permissions, operation, replace)?;
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(successor);
        Ok(materialization)
    }

    fn apply_unmap_pages_unpublished(&mut self, range: VirtAddrRange) -> StarryResult {
        let operations = self.mapping_operation_fragments(range, false)?;
        if operations
            .iter()
            .any(|(fragment, operation)| !operation.validate_unmap_range(*fragment, &self.pt))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for (fragment, operation) in operations {
            operation.unmap_range(fragment, &mut self.pt)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Applies VMA/PTE removal from one precomputed persistent-tree successor.
    /// Holes are accepted, matching Linux `munmap`; every intersecting backend
    /// is validated before the first PTE is detached.
    fn apply_unmap_unpublished(&mut self, range: VirtAddrRange) -> StarryResult {
        let successor = self
            .vma_root
            .without_range(range)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        self.apply_unmap_pages_unpublished(range)?;
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(successor);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Applies a complete mprotect carve from one immutable successor.
    fn apply_protection_unpublished(
        &mut self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        flags: MappingFlags,
        reported_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let successor = self
            .vma_root
            .with_permissions(range, flags, reported_flags)
            .ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let operations = self.mapping_operation_fragments(range, true)?;
        if operations
            .iter()
            .any(|(fragment, operation)| !operation.validate_protect_range(*fragment, &self.pt))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        for (fragment, operation) in operations {
            operation.protect_range(fragment, flags, &mut self.pt)?;
        }
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(successor);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn apply_extend_unpublished(
        &mut self,
        address: VirtAddr,
        additional_size: usize,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult<(VirtAddrRange, MappingOperation, PteMaterialization)> {
        let entry = self
            .vma_root
            .lookup_entry(address)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let suffix = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(entry.end(), additional_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let operation = entry.operation_clone();
        let flags = entry.rights();
        let successor = self
            .vma_root
            .with_extended_right(address, additional_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::AlreadyExists)?;
        self.validate_memlock_successor(&successor, memlock_limit)?;
        if !operation.validate_map_range(suffix, &self.pt) {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        let materialization = match operation.map_range(suffix, flags, &mut self.pt) {
            Ok(materialization) => materialization,
            Err(error) => {
                if !self.detach_materialized_operation(suffix, &operation) {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                return Err(error);
            }
        };
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(successor);
        Ok((suffix, operation, materialization))
    }

    /// Add a new linear mapping.
    ///
    /// See [`MappingOperation`] for more details about the mapping backends.
    ///
    /// The `flags` parameter indicates the mapping permissions and attributes.
    ///
    /// Returns an error if the address range is out of the address space or not
    /// aligned.
    pub fn map_linear(
        &mut self,
        start_vaddr: VirtAddr,
        start_paddr: PhysAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start_vaddr, size)?;
        let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(start_vaddr, size);
        let preimage = self.capture_mapping_preimage(range)?;
        let graph_preimage = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(&[range])?;
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start_vaddr, size);

        if !start_paddr.is_aligned_4k() {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        if start_paddr.checked_add(size).is_none() {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }

        let operation = MappingOperation::new_linear(start_vaddr, start_paddr, false);
        let materialization = match self.apply_mapping_unpublished(
            range,
            MappingPermissions {
                current: flags,
                reported: flags,
                maximum: flags,
            },
            &operation,
            HugePageAdvice::Default,
            VmaLockMode::Unlocked,
            VmaAdvicePolicy::default(),
            None,
            false,
        ) {
            Ok(materialization) => materialization,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, error);
            }
        };
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            inserted: 1,
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            mapped: u32::try_from(size / PAGE_SIZE_4K).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        self.vm_stat.on_map((size / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64);
        if let Err(error) = self.publish_prepared_pte_owners(&operation, range, &materialization) {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, error);
        }
        if let Err(error) =
            self.set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(&mut mutation, &graph_preimage, &[range])
        {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, error);
        }
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, error)
            }
        }
    }

    pub fn map(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_reported_flags(start, size, flags, flags, populate, backend)
    }

    /// Applies a mapping and preserves the distinction between an unpublished
    /// failure and a published mutation whose TLB obligation is still
    /// pending.  Syscalls that also update an external ownership index (for
    /// example SysV SHM) must use this outcome-aware entry point so they can
    /// finish that bookkeeping even when the hardware shootdown cannot be
    /// acknowledged synchronously.
    pub(crate) fn map_outcome(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
    ) -> StarryResult<AddressSpaceMutationOutcome> {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode_classified(
            start,
            size,
            MappingPermissions {
                current: flags,
                reported: flags,
                maximum: flags,
            },
            populate,
            backend,
            MappingPublication::new(false),
        )
    }

    pub fn map_with_reported_flags(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
        reported_flags: MappingFlags,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions(
            start,
            size,
            MappingPermissions {
                current: flags,
                reported: reported_flags,
                maximum: flags,
            },
            populate,
            backend,
        )
    }

    /// Maps a region and, when `replace` is true, atomically replaces any
    /// overlapping VMAs (the `MAP_FIXED` operation).  The replacement bit is
    /// deliberately explicit instead of making callers unmap first: an
    /// allocation, permission, or backend failure must leave the old mapping
    /// untouched.  [`MemorySet::map`] owns the preimage/rollback of the
    /// overlapping page-table fragments.
    pub fn map_with_permissions_replace(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
        replace: bool,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode(
            start,
            size,
            permissions,
            populate,
            backend,
            MappingPublication::new(replace),
        )
    }

    /// Maps a region with one prepared metadata publication policy. Keeping
    /// replacement, huge-page advice, and VMA lock policy in one value avoids
    /// independently publishing fields that describe the same mapping.
    pub(crate) fn map_with_permissions_publication(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
        publication: MappingPublication,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode(start, size, permissions, populate, backend, publication)
    }

    /// Installs the duplicate created by Linux's `mremap(old_size == 0)`
    /// special case while preserving the source VMA's THP advice in the same
    /// mapping receipt.
    pub(crate) fn map_mremap_duplicate(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        backend: MappingOperation,
        publication: MappingPublication,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode(start, size, permissions, false, backend, publication)
    }

    /// Maps a region while retaining the maximum permission envelope allowed
    /// by the original file/VM policy.  `mprotect` may lower permissions and
    /// later restore them only inside this envelope; the current PTE flags
    /// alone are not sufficient to express that Linux invariant.
    pub fn map_with_permissions(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode(
            start,
            size,
            permissions,
            populate,
            backend,
            MappingPublication::new(false),
        )
    }

    fn map_with_permissions_mode(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
        publication: MappingPublication,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.map_with_permissions_mode_classified(
            start,
            size,
            permissions,
            populate,
            backend,
            publication,
        )?
        .into_result()
    }

    fn map_with_permissions_mode_classified(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        populate: bool,
        backend: MappingOperation,
        publication: MappingPublication,
    ) -> StarryResult<AddressSpaceMutationOutcome> {
        let MappingPublication {
            replace,
            huge_page_advice,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy,
            memlock_limit,
        } = publication;
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        if !permissions.maximum.contains(permissions.current) {
            return Err(StarryError::PermissionDenied);
        }
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let mut mutation = prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(
            &self.mutation_gate,
            self.id,
            &self.tlb_targets,
            start,
            size,
            replace,
        );
        self.mutation_gate
            .validate_publish_preconditions(&mutation)
            .map_err(Self::map_unpublished_mutation_error)?;
        // Count the old VSS before the persistent root performs replacement. This is
        // metadata only and therefore cannot make a failed map visible.
        let removed_pages = if replace {
            self.vma_root
                .iter_entries()
                .filter(|entry| entry.start() < range.end && entry.end() > range.start)
                .try_fold(0u64, |pages, entry| {
                    let lo = entry.start().max(range.start);
                    let hi = entry.end().min(range.end);
                    let fragment = hi.checked_sub_addr(lo).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
                    pages
                        .checked_add((fragment / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)
                })?
        } else {
            0
        };
        let mapping_preimage = self.capture_mapping_preimage(range)?;
        let graph_preimage = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(&[range])?;
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let retired_owners = replace
            .then(|| self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(range))
            .transpose()?;

        // Keep the identities of shared memfd VMAs so their writable-count
        // side band can be recomputed only after the replacement commits.  A
        // event before the VMA/PTE apply would make an allocation failure
        // externally visible despite the old mapping being restored.
        let touched_memfds = if replace {
            crate::syscall::memfd_collect_metas_touching_mprotect_range(self, start, size)
        } else {
            Vec::new()
        };

        let map_materialization = match self.apply_mapping_unpublished(
            range,
            permissions,
            &backend,
            huge_page_advice,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy,
            memlock_limit,
            replace,
        ) {
            Ok(materialization) => materialization,
            Err(error) => {
                return self
                    .abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, mapping_preimage, error)
                    .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
            }
        };
        if let Some(owners) = retired_owners {
            self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, owners);
        }
        if removed_pages != 0
            && let Err(error) = self.detach_mapping_slots(range)
        {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    mapping_preimage,
                    replace.then_some(retire_epoch),
                    error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        if let Err(error) = self.publish_prepared_pte_owners(&backend, range, &map_materialization)
        {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    mapping_preimage,
                    replace.then_some(retire_epoch),
                    error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        if populate
            && let Err(populate_error) = self.apply_populate_area(start, size, permissions.current)
        {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    mapping_preimage,
                    replace.then_some(retire_epoch),
                    populate_error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            inserted: 1,
            removed: u32::try_from(removed_pages).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        self.vm_stat.on_map((size / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64);
        if removed_pages != 0 {
            self.vm_stat.on_unmap(removed_pages);
        }
        if let Err(error) =
            self.set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(&mut mutation, &graph_preimage, &[range])
        {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    mapping_preimage,
                    replace.then_some(retire_epoch),
                    error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                if replace {
                    self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                    crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(
                        self,
                        &touched_memfds,
                    );
                } else {
                    crate::syscall::memfd_on_after_map(self, start);
                }
                Ok(AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                if replace {
                    crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(
                        self,
                        &touched_memfds,
                    );
                } else {
                    crate::syscall::memfd_on_after_map(self, start);
                }
                Ok(AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::PublishedPendingTlb(error))
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    mapping_preimage,
                    replace.then_some(retire_epoch),
                    error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete),
        }
    }

    /// Applies backend population and its typed MappingSlot/rmap owners without
    /// publishing an epoch or external event. The caller owns the retained
    /// mapping preimage until the surrounding mutation commits.
    fn apply_populate_area(
        &mut self,
        mut start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        access_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult<usize> {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let end = start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let mut populated = 0usize;

        loop {
            let area_end = {
                let Some(entry) = self.vma_root.lookup_entry(start) else {
                    break;
                };
                let entry_end = entry.end();
                let range = VirtAddrRange::new(start, entry_end.min(end));
                let flags = entry.rights();
                let backend = entry.operation_clone();
                let request = PopulateRequest::area(range, backend.page_size())?;
                let materialization =
                    backend.populate(self.id, request, flags, access_flags, &mut self.pt)?;
                let publication =
                    self.publish_prepared_pte_owners(&backend, range, &materialization)?;
                populated = populated
                    .checked_add(publication.satisfied_pages)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::NoMemory)?;
                entry_end
            };
            start = area_end;
            assert!(start.is_aligned_4k());
            if start >= end {
                break;
            }
        }

        if start < end {
            // If the area is not fully mapped, we return ENOMEM.
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }

        Ok(populated)
    }

    /// Returns whether every materialized leaf in `range` already permits the
    /// requested user access.
    ///
    /// This is a software page-table check under the address-space mutex, so it
    /// is the architecture-independent fallback for CPUs without a cheap user
    /// translation probe.  It deliberately requires `USER` even though
    /// `UserAccessIntent` only carries read/write intent.  A present supervisor
    /// mapping must never make a user-copy preparation succeed.
    fn materialized_range_satisfies_access(
        &self,
        range: VirtAddrRange,
        access_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> bool {
        let required = access_flags | MappingFlags::USER;
        let mut cursor = range.start;
        while cursor < range.end {
            let Ok((_, flags, leaf_size)) = self.pt.query(cursor) else {
                return false;
            };
            if leaf_size < PAGE_SIZE_4K || !leaf_size.is_power_of_two() || !flags.contains(required)
            {
                return false;
            }
            let Some(leaf_end) = cursor.align_down(leaf_size).checked_add(leaf_size) else {
                return false;
            };
            if leaf_end <= cursor {
                return false;
            }
            cursor = leaf_end.min(range.end);
        }
        true
    }

    /// Populates an already-published area with physical frames.
    pub fn populate_area(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        access_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        let range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        if self.can_access_range(start, size, access_flags)
            && self.materialized_range_satisfies_access(range, access_flags)
        {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let preimage = self.capture_mapping_preimage(range)?;
        let graph_preimage = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(&[range])?;
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start, size);
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let retired_owners = (!graph_preimage.slots.is_empty())
            .then(|| self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(range))
            .transpose()?;
        let populated = match self.apply_populate_area(start, size, access_flags) {
            Ok(populated) => populated,
            Err(populate_error) => {
                if self.restore_mapping_preimage(range, preimage).is_err() {
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                return Err(populate_error);
            }
        };

        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            mapped: u32::try_from(populated).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        if let Err(error) =
            self.set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(&mut mutation, &graph_preimage, &[range])
        {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, error);
        }
        if let Some(owners) = retired_owners {
            self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, owners);
        }
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self
                .abort_unpublished_parked_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    preimage,
                    Some(retire_epoch),
                    error,
                ),
        }
    }

    /// Discards the physical pages backing `[start, start+size)` while keeping
    /// the VMA metadata intact (Linux `MADV_DONTNEED` semantics).
    pub fn discard_range(&mut self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let retired_range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(start, size);
        let end = start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;

        let mut frags: alloc::vec::Vec<(VirtAddrRange, MappingOperation)> = alloc::vec::Vec::new();
        frags
            .try_reserve(self.vma_root.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut covered = start;
        for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
            if entry.start() >= end {
                break;
            }
            if entry.end() <= start {
                continue;
            }
            let frag_start = entry.start().max(start);
            let frag_end = entry.end().min(end);
            if frag_start > covered {
                return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
            }
            let backend = entry.operation_clone();
            // Device/linear mappings cannot reconstruct a discarded PTE.
            // External huge-page providers reject a partial-page carve before
            // any split or PTE mutation is published.
            backend.validate_discard_fragment(VirtAddrRange::new(frag_start, frag_end))?;
            frags.push((VirtAddrRange::new(frag_start, frag_end), backend));
            covered = frag_end;
        }
        if covered < end {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }

        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start, size);
        mutation
            .try_reserve_tlb_ranges(2)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let splits = self.apply_partial_huge_splits(retired_range)?;
        for index in 0..splits.len() {
            let split = &splits[index];
            let Some(tlb_range) =
                TlbRange::new(split.installed.block_vaddr(), split.installed.block_size())
            else {
                return self.abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::BadState);
            };
            mutation.add_tlb_range(tlb_range);
        }
        if frags
            .iter()
            .any(|(range, backend)| !backend.validate_unmap_range(*range, &self.pt))
        {
            return self.abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
        }

        let preimage = match self.capture_mapping_preimage(retired_range) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => return self.abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, error),
        };
        let retired_owners = match self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(retired_range) {
            Ok(owners) => owners,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                    retired_range,
                    preimage,
                    None,
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        };
        let Ok((detached_slots, retired_pages, retired_resident)) =
            self.mapping_slot_summary(retired_range)
        else {
            return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                retired_range,
                preimage,
                None,
                splits,
                StarryError::BadState,
            );
        };
        let split_slots = splits.iter().try_fold(0usize, |slots, split| {
            slots.checked_add(split.child_slots.len().saturating_sub(1))
        });
        let Some(split_slots) = split_slots else {
            return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                retired_range,
                preimage,
                None,
                splits,
                StarryError::BadState,
            );
        };

        let deferred_tlb = DeferredTlbRetireGuard::enter();
        for (range, backend) in frags {
            if let Err(error) = backend.unmap_range(range, &mut self.pt) {
                drop(deferred_tlb);
                if let Err(flush_error) = crate::mm::flush_tlb_range_sync(start, size) {
                    warn!("discard repair could not invalidate {start:?}+{size:#x}: {flush_error}");
                }
                return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                    retired_range,
                    preimage,
                    None,
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        }
        drop(deferred_tlb);
        if let Err(error) = self.detach_mapping_slots(retired_range) {
            return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                retired_range,
                preimage,
                None,
                splits,
                error,
            );
        }
        self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, retired_owners);
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            unmapped: u32::try_from(retired_pages).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
            attached: u32::try_from(split_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            detached: u32::try_from(detached_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
        });
        mutation.set_resident_delta(retired_resident.checked_negated_delta()?);

        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self
                .abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                    retired_range,
                    preimage,
                    Some(retire_epoch),
                    splits,
                    error,
                ),
        }
    }

    /// Marks exclusive private-anonymous PageObjects as lazily free.
    ///
    /// The PageObject is the sole mark owner.  Writable leaves are protected
    /// in the same receipt so a later store faults and changes `LazyFree` back
    /// to `Present` before write permission is republished.  COW-shared pages
    /// are intentionally skipped: a mapping-local hint must not mark another
    /// process's shared PageObject reclaimable.
    pub fn mark_lazy_free(&mut self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let end = start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let mut covered = start;
        for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
            if entry.start() >= end {
                break;
            }
            if entry.end() <= start {
                continue;
            }
            let fragment_start = entry.start().max(start);
            if fragment_start > covered {
                return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
            }
            if !entry.operation().is_private_anonymous() {
                return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
            }
            covered = entry.end().min(end);
        }
        if covered < end {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }

        let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(start, size);
        let mut candidates = Vec::new();
        candidates
            .try_reserve(self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range).count())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (_, slot) in self.mapping_slots_overlapping(range) {
            if slot.page_order != PageOrder::BASE || slot.page.mapping_refs() != 1 {
                continue;
            }
            match slot.page.state() {
                PageState::LazyFree => continue,
                PageState::Present => {}
                PageState::Reserved
                | PageState::Evicting
                | PageState::Writeback
                | PageState::Retired => return Err(StarryError::ResourceBusy),
            }
            let (paddr, flags, page_size) = self.pt.query(slot.va)?;
            if slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(paddr) || page_size != PAGE_SIZE_4K {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            candidates.push((slot.va, paddr, flags, slot.page.clone()));
        }
        if candidates.is_empty() {
            return Ok(());
        }

        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start, size);
        let pt = &mut self.pt;
        let stripes = self.pte_domain.lock_range(range);
        let mut protected = 0usize;
        for &(va, paddr, flags, _) in &candidates {
            if !flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE) {
                continue;
            }
            // The ordered stripe cursor borrows only the lock domain; the
            // page table remains exclusively borrowed throughout apply.
            if pt
                .remap_page(va, paddr, flags - MappingFlags::WRITE)
                .is_err()
            {
                for &(old_va, old_paddr, old_flags, _) in candidates.iter().rev() {
                    if old_flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE) {
                        // Covered by the same stripe cursor.
                        let _ = pt.remap_page(old_va, old_paddr, old_flags);
                    }
                }
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            protected += 1;
        }
        drop(stripes);

        for (marked, (_, _, _, page)) in candidates.iter().enumerate() {
            if !page.mark_lazy_free() {
                for (_, _, _, marked_page) in candidates[..marked].iter().rev() {
                    let _ = marked_page.clear_lazy_free();
                }
                let pt = &mut self.pt;
                let _stripes = self.pte_domain.lock_range(range);
                for &(va, paddr, flags, _) in &candidates {
                    if flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE) {
                        // Covered by the ordered stripe cursor.
                        let _ = pt.remap_page(va, paddr, flags);
                    }
                }
                return Err(StarryError::ResourceBusy);
            }
        }

        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            protected: u32::try_from(protected).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                lifecycle::request_lazy_free_reclaim();
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                // The LazyFree state is already visible even though detached
                // owners remain quarantined for the outstanding shootdown.
                lifecycle::request_lazy_free_reclaim();
                Err(error)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                for (_, _, _, page) in candidates.iter().rev() {
                    if !page.clear_lazy_free() {
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                }
                let pt = &mut self.pt;
                let _stripes = self.pte_domain.lock_range(range);
                for &(va, paddr, flags, _) in &candidates {
                    if flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE)
                        && pt.remap_page(va, paddr, flags).is_err()
                    {
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                }
                Err(error)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Reclaims up to `limit` exclusive anonymous pages previously marked by
    /// `MADV_FREE`.  Each detached PTE uses the ordinary discard receipt, so
    /// the PageObject cannot reach `Retired` until the active-CPU TLB request
    /// has completed and its reverse mapping is gone.
    pub(crate) fn reclaim_lazy_free_pages(&mut self, limit: usize) -> StarryResult<usize> {
        if limit == 0 {
            return Ok(0);
        }
        let mut reclaimed = 0;
        let mut cursor = None;
        while reclaimed < limit {
            let eligible = |(key, slot): (&MappingSlotKey, &Arc<MappingSlot>)| {
                (slot.page_order == PageOrder::BASE
                    && slot.page.state() == PageState::LazyFree
                    && slot.page.mapping_refs() == 1)
                    .then(|| (*key, slot.page.clone()))
            };
            let candidate = if let Some(after) = cursor {
                self.mapping_slots
                    .range((
                        core::ops::Bound::Excluded(after),
                        core::ops::Bound::Unbounded,
                    ))
                    .find_map(eligible)
            } else {
                self.mapping_slots.iter().find_map(eligible)
            };
            let Some((key, page)) = candidate else {
                break;
            };
            cursor = Some(key);
            let Some(entry) = self.vma_root.lookup_entry(key.va) else {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            };
            if !entry.operation().is_private_anonymous() {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let still_reclaimable = self.mapping_slots.get(&key).is_some_and(|slot| {
                Arc::ptr_eq(&slot.page, &page)
                    && page.state() == PageState::LazyFree
                    && page.mapping_refs() == 1
            });
            if !still_reclaimable {
                continue;
            }
            self.discard_range(key.va, PAGE_SIZE_4K)?;
            if !page.rmap.is_empty()
                || page.mapping_refs() != 0
                || !page.transition(PageState::LazyFree, PageState::Retired)
            {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            reclaimed += 1;
        }
        Ok(reclaimed)
    }

    /// Removes mappings within the specified virtual address range.
    ///
    /// Returns an error if the address range is out of the address space or not
    /// aligned.
    pub fn unmap(&mut self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        self.unmap_classified(start, size)?.into_result()
    }

    /// Outcome-aware counterpart to [`Self::unmap`].  The returned pending
    /// error means that the VMA/PTE/rmap removal is already published; callers
    /// must not restore the old mapping or skip their corresponding ownership
    /// index update.
    pub(crate) fn unmap_outcome(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<AddressSpaceMutationOutcome> {
        self.unmap_classified(start, size)
    }

    fn unmap_classified(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<AddressSpaceMutationOutcome> {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(start, size);
        let before_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        // Memfd's writable-map counter is a side-band fact derived from the
        // VMA tree.  Prepare its delta while the old metadata is still
        // visible, but publish it only after the VMA/PTE transaction below.
        let memfd_deltas = crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_unmap_deltas(self, start, size);
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start, size);
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        mutation
            .try_reserve_tlb_ranges(2)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let splits = self.apply_partial_huge_splits(range)?;
        for index in 0..splits.len() {
            let split = &splits[index];
            let Some(tlb_range) =
                TlbRange::new(split.installed.block_vaddr(), split.installed.block_size())
            else {
                return self
                    .abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::BadState)
                    .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
            };
            mutation.add_tlb_range(tlb_range);
        }
        let preimage = match self.capture_mapping_preimage(range) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => {
                return self
                    .abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, error)
                    .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
            }
        };
        let retired_owners = match self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(range) {
            Ok(owners) => owners,
            Err(error) => {
                return self
                    .abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, error)
                    .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
            }
        };
        let Ok((detached_slots, detached_resident_pages, detached_resident)) =
            self.mapping_slot_summary(range)
        else {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::BadState)
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        };
        let split_slots = splits.iter().try_fold(0usize, |slots, split| {
            slots.checked_add(split.child_slots.len().saturating_sub(1))
        });
        let Some(split_slots) = split_slots else {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::BadState)
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        };

        // Compute the actual mapped bytes being removed (unmap is already O(n)).
        let end = start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let removed_pages: u64 = self
            .vma_root
            .iter_entries()
            .filter(|entry| entry.start() < end && entry.end() > start)
            .map(|entry| {
                let lo = entry.start().max(start);
                let hi = entry.end().min(end);
                ((hi - lo) / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64
            })
            .sum();

        let deferred_tlb = DeferredTlbRetireGuard::enter();
        if let Err(error) = self.apply_unmap_unpublished(range) {
            drop(deferred_tlb);
            if let Err(flush_error) = crate::mm::flush_tlb_range_sync(start, size) {
                warn!("unmap repair could not invalidate {start:?}+{size:#x}: {flush_error}");
            }
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, None, splits, error)
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        drop(deferred_tlb);
        if let Err(error) = self.detach_mapping_slots(range) {
            return self
                .abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(range, preimage, None, splits, error)
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete);
        }
        self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, retired_owners);
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            unmapped: u32::try_from(detached_resident_pages).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
            attached: u32::try_from(split_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            detached: u32::try_from(detached_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
        });
        mutation.set_resident_delta(detached_resident.checked_negated_delta()?);
        self.vm_stat.on_unmap(removed_pages);
        let after_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            removed: u32::try_from(before_vmas.saturating_sub(after_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            split: u32::try_from(after_vmas.saturating_sub(before_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
                Ok(AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
                Ok(AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::PublishedPendingTlb(error))
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self
                .abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation(
                    range,
                    preimage,
                    Some(retire_epoch),
                    splits,
                    error,
                )
                .map(|()| AddressSpaceMutationOutcome::Complete),
        }
    }

    fn prepare_moved_slots(
        &mut self,
        moved_pages: &[MovedPage],
        target_mapping: MappingId,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<PreparedMovedSlot>> {
        let mut prepared = Vec::new();
        prepared
            .try_reserve(moved_pages.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;

        for moved in moved_pages {
            let source_key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va: moved.src_va,
            };
            let target_slot_va = match moved.destination {
                MovedPageDestination::SourceOwner => moved.dst_va,
                MovedPageDestination::TargetOwner { slot_va } => slot_va,
            };
            let target_key = MappingSlotKey {
                space_id: self.id,
                va: target_slot_va,
            };
            if matches!(moved.destination, MovedPageDestination::SourceOwner)
                && prepared.iter().any(|entry| {
                    matches!(
                        entry,
                        PreparedMovedSlot::Relocate {
                            target_key: existing,
                            ..
                        } if *existing == target_key
                    )
                })
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let source = self
                .mapping_slots
                .get(&source_key)
                .cloned()
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let page_order = moved
                .page_size
                .trailing_zeros()
                .checked_sub(PAGE_SIZE_4K.trailing_zeros())
                .and_then(|order| u8::try_from(order).ok())
                .map(PageOrder::new)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let frame_start = source.page.frame().paddr().as_usize();
            let frame_end = frame_start
                .checked_add(source.page.frame().size())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let leaf_start = moved.paddr.as_usize();
            let leaf_end = leaf_start
                .checked_add(moved.page_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if source.state() != SlotState::Present
                || source.mm_id != self.id
                || source.va != moved.src_va
                || source.page_order != page_order
                || source.mapped_paddr() != Some(moved.paddr)
                || leaf_start < frame_start
                || leaf_end > frame_end
                || (page_order != PageOrder::BASE && !source.has_huge_split_deposit())
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }

            match moved.destination {
                MovedPageDestination::SourceOwner => {
                    let replacement = MappingSlot::new_with_frame_offset(
                        target_mapping,
                        self.id,
                        moved.dst_va,
                        page_order,
                        source.page.clone(),
                        source.frame_offset(),
                        source.resident_kind(),
                    )
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    let replacement = if page_order == PageOrder::BASE {
                        replacement
                    } else {
                        replacement
                            .attach_huge_split_deposit(self.pt.prepare_huge_split(moved.dst_va)?)
                            .map_err(|_| StarryError::BadState)?
                    };
                    prepared.push(PreparedMovedSlot::Relocate {
                        source_key,
                        target_key,
                        source,
                        replacement: Arc::new(replacement),
                    });
                }
                MovedPageDestination::TargetOwner { .. } => {
                    prepared.push(PreparedMovedSlot::DetachSource {
                        source_key,
                        target_key,
                        source,
                    });
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(prepared)
    }

    fn publish_moved_slots(&mut self, prepared: Vec<PreparedMovedSlot>) -> StarryResult {
        for entry in prepared {
            match entry {
                PreparedMovedSlot::Relocate {
                    source_key,
                    target_key,
                    source,
                    replacement,
                } => {
                    if self.mapping_slots.contains_key(&target_key) {
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                    let removed = self
                        .mapping_slots
                        .remove(&source_key)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    if !Arc::ptr_eq(&removed, &source) {
                        self.mapping_slots.insert(source_key, removed);
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                    if let Err(error) = source.relocate_to(&replacement) {
                        let restored = source.state() == SlotState::Present
                            && self
                                .mapping_slots
                                .insert(source_key, source.clone())
                                .is_none();
                        if !restored || error == MappingGraphError::RollbackFailed {
                            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        }
                        return Err(match error {
                            MappingGraphError::ResourceExhausted => StarryError::NoMemory,
                            _ => StarryError::BadState,
                        });
                    }
                    if self.mapping_slots.insert(target_key, replacement).is_some() {
                        // `&mut self` and the pre-insertion check make this
                        // unreachable unless the map itself was already corrupt.
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                }
                PreparedMovedSlot::DetachSource {
                    source_key,
                    target_key,
                    source,
                } => {
                    let target = self
                        .mapping_slots
                        .get(&target_key)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    if target.state() != SlotState::Present {
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                    let removed = self
                        .mapping_slots
                        .remove(&source_key)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    if !Arc::ptr_eq(&removed, &source) || !removed.detach() {
                        self.mapping_slots.insert(source_key, removed);
                        return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Applies only the materialized PTE portion of a relocation. Metadata,
    /// MappingSlot publication and the epoch receipt belong to the outer
    /// transaction. Pages already materialized at `dst` (shared backends) are
    /// kept, while an empty destination receives the exact source PTE owner.
    fn apply_move_pages(
        &mut self,
        src: VirtAddr,
        dst: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<Vec<MovedPage>> {
        let move_range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(src, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let dst_range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(dst, size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        if move_range.overlaps(dst_range) {
            // The low-level mover walks source leaves while writing the
            // destination.  Overlapping intervals would make a later source
            // lookup observe an already moved leaf (and can duplicate or
            // destroy data), so callers must first perform the explicit
            // overlap-aware mremap preparation.
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        self.validate_materialized_leaf_boundaries(src, size)?;
        let source_slots = self.materialized_slots_overlapping(&[move_range])?;
        let mut mapped_pages = alloc::vec::Vec::new();
        mapped_pages
            .try_reserve(source_slots.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        for (key, slot, occupied_leaf) in source_slots {
            let offset = key.va.checked_sub_addr(src).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let dst_va = dst.checked_add(offset).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
            let paddr = occupied_leaf.paddr;
            let flags = occupied_leaf.flags;
            let page_size = occupied_leaf.range.size();
            let expected_size = PAGE_SIZE_4K
                .checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            if slot.state() != SlotState::Present
                || slot.va != key.va
                || slot.mm_id != self.id
                || slot.mapped_paddr() != Some(paddr)
                || page_size != expected_size
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            if !key.va.is_aligned(page_size) || !dst_va.is_aligned(page_size) {
                return Err(StarryError::OperationNotSupported);
            }
            mapped_pages.push((key.va, dst_va, paddr, flags, page_size));
        }

        let mut moved_pages = alloc::vec::Vec::new();
        moved_pages
            .try_reserve(mapped_pages.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let mut move_plans = Vec::<PageTableMovePlan>::new();
        move_plans
            .try_reserve(mapped_pages.len())
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;

        // Linux allocates destination PTE/PMD directories before taking the
        // leaf PTL.  Publish the same kind of empty structural deposit here:
        // allocation and loser destruction happen outside every IRQ-saving
        // page-table lock, and no materialized mapping is visible yet.
        for &(_, dst_va, _, _, page_size) in &mapped_pages {
            match self.pt.query_occupied(dst_va) {
                Ok(_) => {}
                Err(PagingError::NotMapped) => {
                    let plan = self.pt.plan_map_page(dst_va, page_size)?;
                    if let Some(deposit) = plan.prepare_path()? {
                        let apply_result = {
                            let _structure = self.pte_domain.lock_structure();
                            self.pt.try_install_map_path(deposit)
                        };
                        if let Err(failure) = apply_result {
                            let (error, deposit) = failure.into_parts();
                            // The deposit owns page-table frames.  It is
                            // intentionally destroyed after the IRQ-saving
                            // structure guard above has gone out of scope.
                            drop(deposit);
                            return Err(error.into());
                        }
                    }
                }
                Err(error) => return Err(error.into()),
            }
        }

        for &(src_va, dst_va, paddr, flags, page_size) in &mapped_pages {
            let plan = self.pt.plan_move_page(src_va, dst_va)?;
            if plan.source_vaddr() != src_va
                || plan.destination_vaddr() != dst_va
                || plan.paddr() != paddr
                || plan.config() != flags
                || plan.page_size() != page_size
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            let destination = if plan.destination_is_occupied() {
                let target_size = plan.destination_page_size();
                if target_size < PAGE_SIZE_4K || !target_size.is_power_of_two() {
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                MovedPageDestination::TargetOwner {
                    slot_va: dst_va.align_down(target_size),
                }
            } else {
                MovedPageDestination::SourceOwner
            };
            moved_pages.push(MovedPage {
                src_va,
                dst_va,
                paddr,
                page_size,
                destination,
            });
            move_plans.push(plan);
        }

        // Every fallible allocation and all path publication completed before
        // these IRQ-saving guards.  The generic batch first revalidates every
        // source/destination preimage and only then performs infallible leaf
        // stores, so rollback never allocates or waits for an IPI under PTL.
        let pte_domain = &self.pte_domain;
        let cursor = &mut self.pt;
        let apply_result = {
            let _structure = pte_domain.lock_structure();
            let pte_stripes = pte_domain.lock_ranges(&[move_range, dst_range]);
            debug_assert!(!pte_stripes.stripe_indices().is_empty());
            cursor.try_move_pages_with(&move_plans)
        };
        let applied = apply_result?;
        if applied != moved_pages.len() {
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }
        Ok(moved_pages)
    }

    /// Relocates one complete logical mapping under a single epoch receipt.
    /// The target VMA, source metadata, PTEs, rmap slots, RSS and memfd side
    /// bands are prepared from one preimage and become visible together.
    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
    pub(crate) fn mremap_move_transaction(
        &mut self,
        src: VirtAddr,
        src_size: usize,
        target: VirtAddr,
        target_size: usize,
        permissions: MappingPermissions,
        target_backend: MappingOperation,
        huge_page_advice: HugePageAdvice,
        lock_mode: VmaLockMode,
        advice_policy: VmaAdvicePolicy,
        dontunmap: bool,
        replace_target: bool,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(src, src_size)?;
        self.validate_region(target, target_size)?;
        if !permissions.maximum.contains(permissions.current) {
            return Err(StarryError::PermissionDenied);
        }
        let source_range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(src, src_size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let target_range = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(target, target_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        if source_range.overlaps(target_range) {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        let move_size = src_size.min(target_size);
        let moved_source_range =
            VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(src, move_size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;

        let source_page_size = self
            .vma_root
            .lookup_entry(src)
            .map(|entry| entry.operation().page_size())
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadAddress)?;
        let source_replacement =
            dontunmap.then(|| MappingOperation::new_alloc(src, source_page_size, ""));
        let rollback_ranges = [source_range, target_range];
        let tail_range = if src_size > move_size {
            Some(
                VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(
                    src.checked_add(move_size)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?,
                    src_size - move_size,
                )
                .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?,
            )
        } else {
            None
        };

        let target_removed_pages = if replace_target {
            self.vma_root
                .iter_entries()
                .filter(|entry| {
                    entry.start() < target_range.end && entry.end() > target_range.start
                })
                .try_fold(0u64, |pages, entry| {
                    let lo = entry.start().max(target_range.start);
                    let hi = entry.end().min(target_range.end);
                    let bytes = hi.checked_sub_addr(lo).ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                    pages
                        .checked_add((bytes / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64)
                        .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)
                })?
        } else {
            0
        };
        // Allocate and validate the complete target/source VMA successor
        // before any huge split or PTE mutation. This is the metadata prepare
        // phase of the mremap receipt.
        let target_successor = self.prepare_mapping_successor(
            target_range,
            permissions,
            &target_backend,
            huge_page_advice,
            lock_mode,
            advice_policy,
            replace_target,
        )?;
        let mut final_successor = target_successor.clone();
        if dontunmap {
            final_successor = final_successor
                .without_range(moved_source_range)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let replacement = source_replacement.as_ref().ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            let replacement_entry = final_successor
                .prepare_mapping_entry(
                    moved_source_range,
                    permissions.current,
                    permissions.reported,
                    permissions.maximum,
                    huge_page_advice,
                    // Linux keeps the copied target locked but always clears
                    // VM_LOCKED and VM_LOCKONFAULT on the source VMA after a
                    // successful MREMAP_DONTUNMAP move.
                    VmaLockMode::Unlocked,
                    advice_policy,
                    replacement.clone(),
                )
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            final_successor = final_successor
                .with_mapping_entry(replacement_entry, false)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        } else {
            if let Some(tail) = tail_range {
                final_successor = final_successor
                    .without_range(tail)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            }
            final_successor = final_successor
                .without_range(moved_source_range)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        }
        self.validate_memlock_successor(&final_successor, memlock_limit)?;
        let before_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        let graph_preimage = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(&rollback_ranges)?;

        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(src, src_size);
        mutation
            .try_reserve_tlb_ranges(5)
            .map_err(|error| match error {
                MutationError::ResourceExhausted => StarryError::NoMemory,
                _ => StarryError::BadState,
            })?;
        mutation
            .add_tlb_range(TlbRange::new(target, target_size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?);
        let retire_epoch = mutation
            .receipt()
            .base_epoch
            .checked_next()
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;

        // Linux moves a complete PMD leaf directly, but splits a PMD when
        // either the moved source extent or the replacement target cuts only
        // part of it.  Consume every deposited table before capturing the
        // rollback preimage, and bind the full PMD invalidations to this same
        // mremap receipt.
        let split_ranges = [moved_source_range, target_range];
        let splits = self.apply_partial_huge_splits_for_ranges(&split_ranges)?;
        for index in 0..splits.len() {
            let split = &splits[index];
            let Some(tlb_range) =
                TlbRange::new(split.installed.block_vaddr(), split.installed.block_size())
            else {
                return self.abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, StarryError::BadState);
            };
            mutation.add_tlb_range(tlb_range);
        }

        let preimage = match self.capture_mapping_preimage_ranges(&rollback_ranges) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => return self.abort_unpublished_huge_splits(splits, error),
        };
        let target_owners = match replace_target
            .then(|| self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(target_range))
            .transpose()
        {
            Ok(owners) => owners,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
                    &rollback_ranges,
                    preimage,
                    None,
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        };
        let tail_owners = match tail_range
            .map(|range| self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(range))
            .transpose()
        {
            Ok(owners) => owners,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
                    &rollback_ranges,
                    preimage,
                    None,
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        };

        let mut memfd_deltas = crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_replace_deltas(
            self,
            target,
            target_size,
            permissions.current,
            &target_backend,
        );
        if dontunmap {
            if let Some(replacement) = source_replacement.as_ref() {
                memfd_deltas.extend(crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_replace_deltas(
                    self,
                    src,
                    move_size,
                    permissions.current,
                    replacement,
                ));
            }
        } else {
            memfd_deltas.extend(crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_unmap_deltas(
                self, src, src_size,
            ));
        }

        let apply_result = (|| -> StarryResult<usize> {
            let target_materialization = self.apply_mapping_pages_unpublished(
                target_range,
                permissions,
                &target_backend,
                replace_target,
            )?;
            self.vma_root = Arc::new(target_successor.clone());

            let moved_pages = self.apply_move_pages(src, target, move_size)?;
            let prepared_moved_slots =
                self.prepare_moved_slots(&moved_pages, target_backend.mapping_id())?;
            if !dontunmap && let Some(tail) = tail_range {
                self.apply_unmap_pages_unpublished(tail)?;
            }

            if replace_target {
                self.detach_mapping_slots(target_range)?;
            }
            self.publish_prepared_pte_owners(
                &target_backend,
                target_range,
                &target_materialization,
            )?;
            self.publish_moved_slots(prepared_moved_slots)?;
            if !dontunmap && let Some(tail) = tail_range {
                self.detach_mapping_slots(tail)?;
            }
            if self
                .mapping_slots_overlapping(moved_source_range)
                .next()
                .is_some()
            {
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            self.vma_root = Arc::new(final_successor.clone());

            self.vm_stat.on_map((target_size / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64);
            if target_removed_pages != 0 {
                self.vm_stat.on_unmap(target_removed_pages);
            }
            if !dontunmap {
                self.vm_stat.on_unmap((src_size / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64);
            }
            Ok(moved_pages.len())
        })();

        let moved_leaves = match apply_result {
            Ok(moved) => moved,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
                    &rollback_ranges,
                    preimage,
                    None,
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        };
        if let Some(owners) = target_owners {
            self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, owners);
        }
        if let Some(owners) = tail_owners {
            self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, owners);
        }

        let after_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            inserted: u32::try_from(after_vmas.saturating_sub(before_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            removed: u32::try_from(before_vmas.saturating_sub(after_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            mapped: u32::try_from(moved_leaves).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            unmapped: u32::try_from(moved_leaves).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        if let Err(error) =
            self.set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(&mut mutation, &graph_preimage, &rollback_ranges)
        {
            return self.abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
                &rollback_ranges,
                preimage,
                Some(retire_epoch),
                splits,
                error,
            );
        }

        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
                Err(error)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self
                .abort_unpublished_split_mapping_mutation_ranges(
                    &rollback_ranges,
                    preimage,
                    Some(retire_epoch),
                    splits,
                    error,
                ),
        }
    }

    /// Grows the mapping containing `addr` by `additional_size` at its end.
    pub fn extend_area(&mut self, addr: VirtAddr, additional_size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        self.extend_area_with_memlock(addr, additional_size, None)
    }

    pub(crate) fn extend_area_with_memlock(
        &mut self,
        addr: VirtAddr,
        additional_size: usize,
        memlock_limit: Option<MemlockLimit>,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        if additional_size == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let entry = self
            .vma_root
            .lookup_entry(addr)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        if !additional_size.is_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE_4K) {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        let old_end = entry.end();
        let grown = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(old_end, additional_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let preimage = self.capture_mapping_preimage(grown)?;
        let graph_preimage = self.capture_mapping_graph_snapshot(&[grown])?;
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(old_end, additional_size);
        if entry
            .end()
            .checked_add(additional_size)
            .is_none_or(|new_end| new_end > self.end())
        {
            return Err(StarryError::NoMemory);
        }
        let (materialized_range, operation, materialization) =
            match self.apply_extend_unpublished(addr, additional_size, memlock_limit) {
                Ok(applied) => applied,
                Err(error) => {
                    return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(grown, preimage, error);
                }
            };
        if materialized_range != grown {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(grown, preimage, StarryError::BadState);
        }
        self.vm_stat.on_map((additional_size / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64);
        if let Err(error) = self.publish_prepared_pte_owners(&operation, grown, &materialization) {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(grown, preimage, error);
        }
        if let Err(error) =
            self.set_mapping_graph_receipt_delta(&mut mutation, &graph_preimage, &[grown])
        {
            return self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(grown, preimage, error);
        }
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                self.abort_unpublished_mapping_mutation(grown, preimage, error)
            }
        }
    }

    /// To process data in this area with the given function.
    ///
    /// Now it supports reading and writing data in the given interval.
    fn process_area_data<F>(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize, mut f: F) -> StarryResult
    where
        F: FnMut(VirtAddr, usize, usize),
    {
        if size == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }
        if !self.contains_range(start, size) {
            return Err(StarryError::InvalidInput);
        }
        let end = start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        // Aligning with the low-level helper can wrap at `usize::MAX`; use a
        // checked addition so user-copy never turns an invalid end into a
        // low address.
        let end_align_up = end
            .as_usize()
            .checked_add(PAGE_SIZE_4K - 1)
            .map(|value| VirtAddr::from_usize(value & !(PAGE_SIZE_4K - 1)))
            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let page_start = start.align_down_4k();
        let pages = PageIter4K::new(page_start, end_align_up).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        let mut copied = 0usize;
        for vaddr in pages {
            let (paddr, ..) = self.pt.query(vaddr).map_err(|_| StarryError::BadAddress)?;
            let page_offset = if vaddr == page_start {
                start.align_offset_4k()
            } else {
                0
            };
            let copy_size = (PAGE_SIZE_4K - page_offset).min(size - copied);
            if copy_size == 0 {
                break;
            }
            let paddr = paddr
                .checked_add(page_offset)
                .ok_or(StarryError::BadAddress)?;
            f(phys_to_virt(paddr), copied, copy_size);
            copied = copied
                .checked_add(copy_size)
                .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        }
        (copied == size)
            .then_some(())
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadAddress)
    }

    pub fn read(&self, start: VirtAddr, buf: &mut [u8]) -> StarryResult {
        self.process_area_data(start, buf.len(), |src, offset, read_size| unsafe {
            core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src.as_ptr(), buf.as_mut_ptr().add(offset), read_size);
        })
    }

    /// To write data to the address space.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
    ///
    /// * `start_vaddr` - The start virtual address to write.
    /// * `buf` - The buffer to write to the address space.
    pub fn write(&self, start: VirtAddr, buf: &[u8]) -> StarryResult {
        self.process_area_data(start, buf.len(), |dst, offset, write_size| unsafe {
            core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(buf.as_ptr().add(offset), dst.as_mut_ptr(), write_size);
        })
    }

    /// Synchronizes instruction fetch after modifying executable memory through this address space.
    pub fn sync_modified_text(&self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize) -> StarryResult {
        if size == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }

        self.process_area_data(start, size, |dst, _offset, sync_size| {
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::clean_dcache_to_pou(dst, sync_size);
        })?;
        ax_runtime::hal::cache::flush_icache_all();
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Updates mapping within the specified virtual address range.
    ///
    /// Returns an error if the address range is out of the address space or not
    /// aligned.
    pub fn protect(&mut self, start: VirtAddr, size: usize, flags: MappingFlags) -> StarryResult {
        self.protect_with_reported_flags(start, size, flags, flags)
    }

    pub fn protect_with_reported_flags(
        &mut self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        flags: MappingFlags,
        reported_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> StarryResult {
        self.validate_region(start, size)?;
        let range = VirtAddrRange::from_start_size(start, size);

        // Validate against the immutable permission envelope before touching
        // any PTE or VMA fragment.  This is intentionally done here (rather
        // than in one backend) because a range can span several fragments and
        // the envelope belongs to the VMA record itself.
        start.checked_add(size).ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?;
        // The bounds check reads only the VMAs the range covers. Walking the
        // whole map and breaking out of it saved nothing: `iter_entries` builds
        // the entire vector before the loop gets to look at the first entry.
        let mut denied = false;
        self.vma_root.for_each_overlapping_entry(range, |entry| {
            if entry.max_rights().contains(flags) {
                return true;
            }
            denied = true;
            false
        });
        if denied {
            return Err(StarryError::PermissionDenied);
        }

        let vma_preimage = self.vma_root.clone();
        let vm_stat_preimage = self.vm_stat.snapshot();
        let before_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(start, size);
        mutation
            .try_reserve_tlb_ranges(2)
            .map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
        let splits = self.apply_partial_huge_splits(range)?;
        for split in &splits {
            let Some(tlb_range) =
                TlbRange::new(split.installed.block_vaddr(), split.installed.block_size())
            else {
                return self.abort_unpublished_protection(
                    vma_preimage,
                    vm_stat_preimage,
                    &[],
                    splits,
                    StarryError::BadState,
                );
            };
            mutation.add_tlb_range(tlb_range);
        }
        let protection_preimage = match self.capture_protection_leaf_preimage(range) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => {
                return self.abort_unpublished_protection(
                    vma_preimage,
                    vm_stat_preimage,
                    &[],
                    splits,
                    error,
                );
            }
        };
        let protected_leaves = protection_preimage.len();
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            protected: u32::try_from(protected_leaves).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        let split_slots = splits
            .iter()
            .map(|split| split.child_slots.len().saturating_sub(1))
            .sum::<usize>();
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
            attached: u32::try_from(split_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..MappingDelta::default()
        });
        let touched_memfds =
            crate::syscall::memfd_collect_metas_touching_mprotect_range(self, start, size);
        if let Err(error) = self.apply_protection_unpublished(range, flags, reported_flags) {
            return self.abort_unpublished_protection(
                vma_preimage,
                vm_stat_preimage,
                &protection_preimage,
                splits,
                error,
            );
        }
        let after_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            split: u32::try_from(after_vmas.saturating_sub(before_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            merged: u32::try_from(before_vmas.saturating_sub(after_vmas)).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });

        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => {
                crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(
                    self,
                    &touched_memfds,
                );
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                // Publication is already externally visible; side-band
                // accounting follows it even while old frame ownership stays
                // quarantined behind the outstanding TLB receipt.
                crate::syscall::memfd_resync_shared_writable_counts_after_mprotect(
                    self,
                    &touched_memfds,
                );
                Err(error)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => self.abort_unpublished_protection(
                vma_preimage,
                vm_stat_preimage,
                &protection_preimage,
                splits,
                error,
            ),
        }
    }

    fn ensure_quiescent_for_content_clear(&self) -> StarryResult {
        if self.tlb_targets.load(core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire) != 0
            || self.mutation_gate.pending_count() != 0
            || self.pending_retired_mapping_batches() != 0
        {
            return Err(StarryError::ResourceBusy);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Removes every user mapping after the caller has proved that this page
    /// table cannot be installed on a CPU.  This is the shared apply step for
    /// unpublished-image abort and retired-MM reclaim; it deliberately does
    /// not publish an epoch or side-band event by itself.
    fn clear_quiescent_contents(&mut self) -> StarryResult {
        self.ensure_quiescent_for_content_clear()?;
        let range = self.layout.range();
        let operations = self.mapping_operation_fragments(range, false)?;
        if operations
            .iter()
            .any(|(fragment, operation)| !operation.validate_unmap_range(*fragment, &self.pt))
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let deferred_tlb = DeferredTlbRetireGuard::enter();
        // A retired MM has no users, pins, activations, pending receipts or
        // page-table walkers.  An unpublished loader image is likewise held by
        // one `&mut AddrSpace`.  Linux uses the same isolation proof to run
        // `free_pgtables()` without a PTL after VMAs have been detached.  Do
        // not acquire the IRQ-saving structure lock here: backend validation,
        // occupied-leaf vectors, page-table frame release and Arc destruction
        // are all allowed to allocate or enter the allocator's reclaim path.
        let clear_result = operations
            .into_iter()
            .try_for_each(|(fragment, operation)| operation.unmap_range(fragment, &mut self.pt));
        drop(deferred_tlb);
        if let Err(error) = clear_result {
            if let Err(flush_error) = crate::mm::flush_tlb_range_sync(range.start, range.size()) {
                warn!(
                    "quiescent address-space clear could not invalidate {:?}+{:#x}: {flush_error}",
                    range.start,
                    range.size()
                );
            }
            self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            return Err(error);
        }
        let slots = core::mem::take(&mut self.mapping_slots);
        for slot in slots.into_values() {
            slot.detach();
        }
        self.resident_watermark.reset();
        self.vm_stat.on_clear();
        self.vma_root = Arc::new(VmaMap::default());
        // Once every materialized and software owner is empty, a prior repair
        // bit belonging solely to this unpublished/retired image is resolved.
        self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Aborts an address-space image that has never been registered in
    /// [`MmHandle`] or installed by the scheduler.
    ///
    /// Linux drops `bprm->mm` through `mmput()` before `begin_new_exec`; it does
    /// not publish an externally visible VMA mutation for a failed ELF or
    /// interpreter attempt.  Starry keeps the allocated root so the loader may
    /// reuse its borrowed kernel entries, but the discard has the same
    /// unpublished semantics: no [`MutationReceipt`] and no epoch advance.
    pub(crate) fn reset_uninstalled_for_loader(&mut self) -> StarryResult {
        self.ensure_quiescent_for_content_clear()?;
        let range = self.layout.range();
        let memfd_deltas =
            crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_unmap_deltas(self, range.start, range.size());
        self.clear_quiescent_contents()?;
        self.resident_pages = ResidentPageCounts::default();
        self.heap = HeapState::new(USER_HEAP_BASE);
        self.executable_data = ExecutableDataLayout::default();
        crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Clears a retired, formerly published MM and records that teardown in
    /// the ordinary mutation protocol before page-table frames are detached.
    fn clear_retired_contents(&mut self) -> StarryResult {
        self.ensure_quiescent_for_content_clear()?;
        let base_epoch = self.vm_epoch();
        base_epoch.checked_next().ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let range = self.layout.range();
        let removed_vmas = self.vma_root.len();
        let detached_slots = self.mapping_slots.len();
        let materialized_pages = self
            .mapping_slots
            .values()
            .try_fold(0usize, |pages, slot| {
                pages.checked_add(1usize.checked_shl(slot.page_order.get().into())?)
            })
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        let memfd_deltas =
            crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_unmap_deltas(self, range.start, range.size());
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation_range(range.start, range.size());
        mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
            removed: u32::try_from(removed_vmas).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..VmaDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            unmapped: u32::try_from(materialized_pages).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
            detached: u32::try_from(detached_slots).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..MappingDelta::default()
        });
        mutation.set_resident_delta(self.resident_pages.checked_negated_delta()?);
        self.clear_quiescent_contents()?;
        let result = self.commit_mutation(mutation);
        if self.vm_epoch() != base_epoch {
            crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&memfd_deltas);
        }
        result
    }

    /// Reclaims all mappings after lifecycle quiescence.
    pub(crate) fn try_reclaim_contents(&mut self) -> StarryResult {
        // A retired permit is only valid after every CPU has switched away
        // and every earlier shootdown receipt has been acknowledged.  Keep
        // this check in the owning address-space object as a second line of
        // defence: callers must not be able to clear a root merely because an
        // `Arc` happened to be the last strong reference.
        if self.tlb_targets.load(core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire) != 0
            || self.mutation_gate.pending_count() != 0
            || self.pending_retired_mapping_batches() != 0
        {
            return Err(StarryError::ResourceBusy);
        }
        self.clear_retired_contents()?;
        let epoch = self.vm_epoch();

        // Detach page-table frames from the materialized tree before allocator
        // release. Lifecycle quiescence is the zero-target form of Linux's
        // mmu-gather contract: no CPU can still walk this root, so the typed
        // allocator capability may be consumed immediately. Published
        // mutations with remote observers take the ordinary TLB quarantine
        // path before an MM can reach Retired.
        let targets = self.tlb_targets.load(core::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire);
        let request = TlbRequest::new(self.id, epoch, targets);
        debug_assert!(request.is_complete());
        // SAFETY: lifecycle only calls this after all user/kernel references
        // and scheduler activations are quiescent.  `PageTable::detach` leaves
        // the owning table inert and transfers each frame to a token. The
        // completed zero-target request proves that consuming each token in
        // the callback cannot race an architectural page-table walk.
        unsafe {
            self.pt.detach(|token| token.reclaim());
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Checks whether an access to the specified memory region is valid.
    ///
    /// Returns `true` if the memory region given by `range` is all mapped and
    /// has proper permission flags (i.e. containing `access_flags`).
    pub fn can_access_range(
        &self,
        start: VirtAddr,
        size: usize,
        access_flags: MappingFlags,
    ) -> bool {
        let Some(range) = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(start, size) else {
            return false;
        };
        if range.is_empty() {
            return false;
        }
        // This sits under every user-pointer check, so it must not allocate or
        // touch a reference count per VMA: an ordinary `clock_gettime` writing
        // one `timespec` was flattening the whole VMA tree.
        let mut cursor = range.start;
        let mut permitted = false;
        self.vma_root.for_each_overlapping(range, |vma| {
            if vma.range.end <= cursor {
                return true;
            }
            if vma.range.start > cursor || !vma.rights.contains(access_flags) {
                return false;
            }
            cursor = vma.range.end.min(range.end);
            if cursor >= range.end {
                permitted = true;
                return false;
            }
            true
        });
        permitted
    }

    /// Chooses the materialized leaf size for one fault without changing the
    /// MappingGroup's long-term THP policy.
    ///
    /// A missing PTE inside a split PMD must be faulted as one base page.  It
    /// is safe to retry the policy-sized mapping only when the complete policy
    /// unit belongs to this VMA and no sibling PTE is still installed.  This
    /// is the same distinction Linux makes between a none PMD eligible for a
    /// new THP and a deposited PTE table containing a split folio.
    fn fault_transaction_page_size(
        &self,
        vaddr: VirtAddr,
        vma_range: VirtAddrRange,
        policy_size: usize,
    ) -> StarryResult<usize> {
        match self.pt.query(vaddr) {
            Ok((_, _, leaf_size)) => return Ok(leaf_size),
            Err(PagingError::NotMapped) => {}
            Err(error) => return Err(error.into()),
        }
        if policy_size == PAGE_SIZE_4K {
            return Ok(PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        }
        if policy_size < PAGE_SIZE_4K
            || !policy_size.is_power_of_two()
            || !policy_size.is_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE_4K)
        {
            return Err(StarryError::BadState);
        }

        let policy_start = vaddr.align_down(policy_size);
        let policy_range = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(policy_start, policy_size)
            .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
        if !vma_range.contains_range(policy_range) {
            return Ok(PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        }

        // Any occupied sibling proves that this policy unit already owns a
        // base-page table. Replacing it with a huge leaf would overwrite live
        // or retained mappings and their rmap ownership. Follow allocated
        // page-table paths instead of issuing 512 base-page queries.
        if self
            .pt
            .walk_occupied_range(policy_range.start, policy_range.end)
            .next()
            .is_some()
        {
            return Ok(PAGE_SIZE_4K);
        }
        Ok(policy_size)
    }

    fn plan_page_fault(
        &self,
        vaddr: VirtAddr,
        access_flags: PageFaultFlags,
        thp_mode: TransparentHugePageMode,
    ) -> Result<PageFaultPlan, FaultResult> {
        if self.mutation_gate.needs_repair() {
            // An indeterminate publication retains its owners in quarantine.
            // Neither a present PTE nor another allocation proves it usable.
            return Err(FaultResult::Sigbus(BusCode::ObjErr));
        }
        if !self.layout.range().contains(vaddr) {
            return Err(FaultResult::Unmapped);
        }
        let access_flags = MappingFlags::from(access_flags);
        let Some(entry) = self.vma_root.lookup_entry(vaddr) else {
            return Err(FaultResult::Unmapped);
        };
        let vma = entry.snapshot().clone();
        let flags = vma.rights;
        if !flags.contains(access_flags) {
            return Err(FaultResult::PermissionDenied);
        }
        let backend = entry.operation_clone();
        let Some(policy_size) = vma
            .group
            .page_policy
            .fault_leaf_size(vma.huge_page_advice, thp_mode)
        else {
            return Err(FaultResult::Unmapped);
        };
        let page_size = match self.fault_transaction_page_size(vaddr, vma.range, policy_size) {
            Ok(page_size) => page_size,
            Err(error) => {
                warn!("could not classify page-fault leaf for {vaddr:?}: {error}");
                return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
        };
        let page_start = vaddr.align_down(page_size);
        let Some(range) = VirtAddrRange::try_from_start_size(page_start, page_size) else {
            return Err(FaultResult::Unmapped);
        };
        let fault_fallback = if vma.group.page_policy.permits_fault_fallback() {
            FaultFallback::BasePage
        } else {
            FaultFallback::Forbidden
        };
        let request = match PopulateRequest::fault(range, page_size, vaddr, fault_fallback) {
            Ok(request) => request,
            Err(_) => return Err(FaultResult::Unmapped),
        };
        let preimage = match FaultPteSnapshot::capture(&self.pt, page_start) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => {
                warn!("could not capture page-fault PTE at {page_start:?}: {error}");
                return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
        };
        let map_plans = if preimage == FaultPteSnapshot::NotMapped {
            let preferred = match self.pt.plan_map_page(page_start, page_size) {
                Ok(plan) => plan,
                Err(error) => {
                    warn!("could not plan page-table path for {page_start:?}: {error}");
                    return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                }
            };
            let fallback = if page_size > PAGE_SIZE_4K && fault_fallback == FaultFallback::BasePage
            {
                let fallback_start = vaddr.align_down_4k();
                match self.pt.plan_map_page(fallback_start, PAGE_SIZE_4K) {
                    Ok(plan) => Some(plan),
                    Err(error) => {
                        warn!(
                            "could not plan fallback page-table path for {fallback_start:?}: \
                             {error}"
                        );
                        return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                None
            };
            Some(PageFaultMapPlans {
                preferred,
                fallback,
            })
        } else {
            None
        };
        Ok(PageFaultPlan {
            base_epoch: self.vm_epoch(),
            space_id: self.id,
            vaddr,
            range,
            vma_flags: flags,
            access_flags,
            operation: backend,
            request,
            preimage,
            map_plans,
        })
    }

    fn classify_fault_error(file_backed: bool, error: StarryError) -> FaultResult {
        if matches!(
            error,
            StarryError::NoMemory
                | StarryError::Paging(PagingError::NoMemory)
                | StarryError::Vfs(axfs_ng_vfs::VfsError::NoMemory)
        ) {
            return FaultResult::NoMemory;
        }
        if matches!(error, StarryError::ResourceBusy) {
            return FaultResult::Retry;
        }
        if !file_backed {
            return FaultResult::Unmapped;
        }
        match error {
            StarryError::ResourceBusy | StarryError::Vfs(axfs_ng_vfs::VfsError::ResourceBusy) => {
                FaultResult::Retry
            }
            StarryError::BadAddress => FaultResult::Sigbus(BusCode::AdrErr),
            StarryError::Io | StarryError::Vfs(_) => FaultResult::Sigbus(BusCode::ObjErr),
            _ => FaultResult::Unmapped,
        }
    }

    fn prepare_fault_materialization(
        plan: &PageFaultPlan,
        request: PopulateRequest,
    ) -> Result<FaultMaterialization, FaultResult> {
        match plan.operation.prepare_fault(
            plan.space_id,
            request,
            plan.vma_flags,
            plan.access_flags,
            plan.preimage,
        ) {
            Ok(materialization) => Ok(materialization),
            Err(error) => {
                warn!(
                    "failed to prepare page fault for {:?} ({:?}): {error}",
                    plan.vaddr, plan.vma_flags
                );
                Err(Self::classify_fault_error(
                    plan.operation.is_file_backed(),
                    error,
                ))
            }
        }
    }

    fn cancel_fault_materialization(
        plan: &PageFaultPlan,
        materialization: FaultMaterialization,
    ) -> Result<(), FaultResult> {
        plan.operation
            .cancel_prepared_fault_publication(materialization)
            .map_err(|error| {
                warn!(
                    "failed to cancel prepared page fault for {:?}: {error}",
                    plan.vaddr
                );
                FaultResult::Retry
            })
    }

    fn prepare_page_fault(mut plan: PageFaultPlan) -> Result<PreparedPageFault, FaultResult> {
        let mut materialization = Self::prepare_fault_materialization(&plan, plan.request)?;
        let installed_owner = materialization.owner().and_then(|owner| {
            (owner.transition == PteOwnerTransition::Installed).then_some((
                owner.va,
                owner.paddr,
                owner.page_size,
            ))
        });
        let map_deposit = if let Some((owner_va, owner_paddr, owner_page_size)) = installed_owner {
            let Some(plans) = plan.map_plans.take() else {
                Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
            };
            let PageFaultMapPlans {
                preferred,
                mut fallback,
            } = plans;
            let preferred_selected =
                preferred.vaddr() == owner_va && preferred.page_size() == owner_page_size;
            let fallback_selected = fallback.as_ref().is_some_and(|fallback| {
                fallback.vaddr() == owner_va && fallback.page_size() == owner_page_size
            });
            if !preferred_selected && !fallback_selected {
                Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
            let Some(flags) = materialization.pte_flags() else {
                Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
            };

            if fallback_selected {
                let Some(fallback_request) = plan.request.into_base_page_fallback() else {
                    Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                    return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                };
                plan.request = fallback_request;
                plan.range = fallback_request.range();
                let Some(fallback) = fallback.take() else {
                    Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                    return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                };
                match fallback.prepare(owner_paddr, flags) {
                    Ok(deposit) => Some(deposit),
                    Err(error) => {
                        warn!(
                            "could not prepare fallback page-table path for {owner_va:?}: {error}"
                        );
                        Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                        return Err(Self::classify_fault_error(false, error.into()));
                    }
                }
            } else {
                match preferred.prepare(owner_paddr, flags) {
                    Ok(deposit) => Some(deposit),
                    Err(PagingError::NoMemory) if fallback.is_some() => {
                        // Releasing the huge PageObject first can make enough
                        // memory available for the base page plus its deeper
                        // table path. This matches Linux's preallocate, recheck,
                        // and retry boundary without allocating under the PTL.
                        Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                        let Some(fallback_request) = plan.request.into_base_page_fallback() else {
                            return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                        };
                        plan.request = fallback_request;
                        plan.range = fallback_request.range();
                        materialization =
                            Self::prepare_fault_materialization(&plan, fallback_request)?;
                        let Some(owner) = materialization.owner() else {
                            Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                            return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                        };
                        let Some(fallback) = fallback.take() else {
                            Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                            return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                        };
                        if owner.transition != PteOwnerTransition::Installed
                            || owner.va != fallback.vaddr()
                            || owner.page_size != fallback.page_size()
                        {
                            Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                            return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                        }
                        let Some(flags) = materialization.pte_flags() else {
                            Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                            return Err(FaultResult::Retry);
                        };
                        match fallback.prepare(owner.paddr, flags) {
                            Ok(deposit) => Some(deposit),
                            Err(error) => {
                                warn!(
                                    "could not prepare base-page table path for {:?}: {error}",
                                    owner.va
                                );
                                Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                                return Err(Self::classify_fault_error(false, error.into()));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    Err(error) => {
                        warn!("could not prepare page-table path for {owner_va:?}: {error}");
                        Self::cancel_fault_materialization(&plan, materialization)?;
                        return Err(Self::classify_fault_error(false, error.into()));
                    }
                }
            }
        } else {
            None
        };
        Ok(PreparedPageFault {
            plan,
            materialization,
            map_deposit,
        })
    }

    fn page_fault_plan_is_current(&self, plan: &PageFaultPlan) -> bool {
        if self.vm_epoch() != plan.base_epoch || !plan.preimage.matches(plan.range.start, &self.pt)
        {
            return false;
        }
        self.vma_root.lookup_entry(plan.vaddr).is_some_and(|entry| {
            entry.snapshot().rights == plan.vma_flags
                && entry.snapshot().range.contains_range(plan.range)
                && entry.operation().mapping_id() == plan.operation.mapping_id()
        })
    }

    fn apply_prepared_page_fault(
        &mut self,
        attempt: &mut PageFaultApplyAttempt,
    ) -> PageFaultApplyOutcome {
        if !self.page_fault_plan_is_current(&attempt.prepared().plan) {
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
        }

        let (pages, file_backed, vaddr, vma_flags, range, access_flags, fault_preimage) = {
            let prepared = attempt.prepared();
            (
                prepared.materialization.satisfied_pages(),
                prepared.plan.operation.is_file_backed(),
                prepared.plan.vaddr,
                prepared.plan.vma_flags,
                prepared.plan.range,
                prepared.plan.access_flags,
                prepared.plan.preimage,
            )
        };
        if pages == 0 {
            let result = if file_backed {
                FaultResult::Sigbus(BusCode::AdrErr)
            } else {
                warn!("no pages prepared for {vaddr:?} ({vma_flags:?})");
                FaultResult::Unmapped
            };
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(result);
        }
        if attempt.prepared().materialization.owner().is_none() {
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Handled);
        }
        let (owner_va, owner_paddr, owner_page_size, owner_transition, desired_flags) = {
            let prepared = attempt.prepared();
            let owner = prepared
                .materialization
                .owner()
                .expect("checked fault owner must remain present");
            let Some(desired_flags) = prepared.materialization.pte_flags() else {
                return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
            };
            (
                owner.va,
                owner.paddr,
                owner.page_size,
                owner.transition,
                desired_flags,
            )
        };
        let mapping_preimage = match self.capture_mapping_preimage(range) {
            Ok(preimage) => preimage,
            Err(error) => {
                warn!("could not retain page-fault preimage for {vaddr:?}: {error}");
                return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
        };
        let replaces_owner = attempt
            .prepared()
            .materialization
            .owner()
            .is_some_and(|owner| owner.transition == PteOwnerTransition::Replaced);
        let retired_owners = if replaces_owner {
            match self.prepare_retired_mapping_owners(range) {
                Ok(owners) => Some(owners),
                Err(error) => {
                    warn!("could not reserve page-fault retire owners for {vaddr:?}: {error}");
                    return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
                }
            }
        } else {
            None
        };
        let lazy_free_page = access_flags
            .contains(MappingFlags::WRITE)
            .then(|| {
                self.mapping_slots
                    .get(&MappingSlotKey {
                        space_id: self.id,
                        va: owner_va,
                    })
                    .filter(|slot| slot.page.state() == PageState::LazyFree)
                    .map(|slot| slot.page.clone())
            })
            .flatten();
        let fresh_install = matches!(fault_preimage, FaultPteSnapshot::NotMapped)
            && attempt
                .prepared()
                .materialization
                .owner()
                .is_some_and(|owner| owner.transition == PteOwnerTransition::Installed);
        let mut mutation = if fresh_install {
            self.prepare_fresh_pte_mutation_range(range.start, range.size())
        } else {
            self.prepare_mutation_range(range.start, range.size())
        };
        // A software-empty PTE can still have an older cached translation
        // after a failed discard shootdown. Check before touching the PTE or
        // publishing its new owner; commit repeats the non-cancellable check.
        // The outer MM mutex excludes new publishers until this apply ends.
        if let Some(request) = self.mutation_gate.pending_overlap_request(&mutation) {
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::CancelPendingTlb {
                request,
                targets: self.tlb_targets(),
            };
        }
        let Some(retire_epoch) = mutation.receipt().base_epoch.checked_next() else {
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
        };

        let mut map_deposit = if owner_transition == PteOwnerTransition::Installed {
            match attempt.take_map_deposit() {
                Some(deposit) => Some(deposit),
                None => return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry),
            }
        } else {
            None
        };
        let apply_result = {
            let _structure = (owner_transition == PteOwnerTransition::Installed)
                .then(|| self.pte_domain.lock_structure());
            let _stripe = self.pte_domain.lock_range(range);
            let pt = &mut self.pt;
            let preimage_matches = fault_preimage.matches(range.start, pt);
            let result = if !preimage_matches {
                Err(PagingError::stale_map_deposit(owner_va))
            } else {
                match owner_transition {
                    PteOwnerTransition::Installed => {
                        let deposit = map_deposit
                            .take()
                            .expect("fresh page fault must retain its map deposit");
                        match pt.try_map_page_with(deposit) {
                            Ok(()) => Ok(owner_page_size),
                            Err(failure) => {
                                let (error, deposit) = failure.into_parts();
                                map_deposit = Some(deposit);
                                Err(error)
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    PteOwnerTransition::Replaced | PteOwnerTransition::Updated => {
                        pt.remap_page(owner_va, owner_paddr, desired_flags)
                    }
                }
            };
            result.and_then(|installed_size| {
                (installed_size == owner_page_size)
                    .then_some(installed_size)
                    .ok_or(PagingError::NotMapped)
            })
        };
        if let Some(deposit) = map_deposit.take() {
            attempt.restore_map_deposit(deposit);
        }
        if let Err(error) = apply_result {
            warn!("could not apply prepared page fault for {vaddr:?}: {error}");
            if fault_preimage.matches(range.start, &self.pt) {
                return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
            if self
                .restore_mapping_preimage(range, mapping_preimage)
                .is_ok()
            {
                return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
            } else {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            }
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::NeedsRepair(FaultResult::Retry);
        }

        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            mapped: u32::try_from(pages).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        let publication = match self.publish_prepared_fault_owner(
            &attempt.prepared().plan.operation,
            range,
            &attempt.prepared().materialization,
        ) {
            Ok(publication) => publication,
            Err(error) => {
                warn!("could not publish prepared page owner for {vaddr:?}: {error}");
                if self
                    .restore_mapping_preimage(range, mapping_preimage)
                    .is_err()
                {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return PageFaultApplyOutcome::NeedsRepair(FaultResult::Retry);
                }
                return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(FaultResult::Retry);
            }
        };
        let PreparedPageFault {
            plan: _,
            materialization: _,
            map_deposit,
        } = attempt.take_prepared();
        debug_assert!(map_deposit.is_none());
        mutation.set_mapping_delta(publication.mapping_delta);
        mutation.set_resident_delta(publication.resident_delta);
        if let Some(page) = &lazy_free_page
            && !page.clear_lazy_free()
        {
            if self
                .restore_mapping_preimage(range, mapping_preimage)
                .is_err()
            {
                self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
            }
            return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(FaultResult::Retry);
        }
        if let Some(owners) = retired_owners {
            self.park_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch, owners);
        }
        match self.publish_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(MutationPublication::Complete) => {
                self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(FaultResult::Handled)
            }
            Ok(MutationPublication::PendingTlb) => {
                let Some(request) = self.mutation_gate.pending_request(self.id, retire_epoch)
                else {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(FaultResult::Retry);
                };
                PageFaultApplyOutcome::PendingTlb {
                    request,
                    targets: self.tlb_targets(),
                }
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                warn!("page-fault publication for {vaddr:?} failed before publish: {error}");
                if self
                    .restore_mapping_preimage(range, mapping_preimage)
                    .is_err()
                {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                } else {
                    self.release_retired_mapping_owners(retire_epoch);
                    if let Some(page) = &lazy_free_page
                        && !page.mark_lazy_free()
                    {
                        self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    }
                }
                PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(FaultResult::Retry)
            }
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => {
                warn!("unexpected synchronous TLB result for page fault {vaddr:?}: {error}");
                let Some(request) = self.mutation_gate.pending_request(self.id, retire_epoch)
                else {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(FaultResult::Retry);
                };
                PageFaultApplyOutcome::PendingTlb {
                    request,
                    targets: self.tlb_targets(),
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Test-only synchronous wrapper. Production faults are orchestrated by
    /// `MmPin`, which drops the address-space mutex around prepare and TLB IPI.
    #[cfg(all(test, axtest))]
    fn handle_page_fault_result(
        &mut self,
        vaddr: VirtAddr,
        access_flags: PageFaultFlags,
    ) -> FaultResult {
        let plan =
            match self.plan_page_fault(vaddr, access_flags, TransparentHugePageMode::default()) {
                Ok(plan) => plan,
                Err(result) => return result,
            };
        let prepared = match Self::prepare_page_fault(plan) {
            Ok(prepared) => prepared,
            Err(result) => return result,
        };
        let mut attempt = prepared.into_apply_attempt();
        let result = match self.apply_prepared_page_fault(&mut attempt) {
            PageFaultApplyOutcome::Complete(result) => result,
            PageFaultApplyOutcome::Cancel(result) => {
                if attempt.cancel().is_ok() {
                    result
                } else {
                    FaultResult::Retry
                }
            }
            PageFaultApplyOutcome::NeedsRepair(result) => {
                attempt.release_to_repair_state();
                result
            }
            PageFaultApplyOutcome::CancelPendingTlb { request, targets } => {
                if attempt.cancel().is_ok()
                    && Self::flush_tlb_requests(core::slice::from_ref(&request), &targets).is_ok()
                {
                    let _ = self.acknowledge_tlb_requests(core::slice::from_ref(&request));
                }
                FaultResult::Retry
            }
            PageFaultApplyOutcome::PendingTlb { request, targets } => {
                if Self::flush_tlb_requests(core::slice::from_ref(&request), &targets).is_ok()
                    && self
                        .acknowledge_tlb_requests(core::slice::from_ref(&request))
                        .is_ok()
                {
                    FaultResult::Handled
                } else {
                    FaultResult::Retry
                }
            }
        };
        complete_page_fault_with(
            matches!(result, FaultResult::Handled),
            vaddr,
            ax_runtime::hal::cache::update_mmu_cache,
        );
        result
    }

    /// Captures every resident parent PTE that fork must make read-only.
    ///
    /// This is a pure prepare phase: all vectors and TLB ranges are reserved
    /// before either the parent or child page table is changed. The outer
    /// address-space lock keeps the captured leaf identity stable until apply.
    fn prepare_fork_parent_mutation(&self) -> StarryResult<Option<PreparedForkParentMutation>> {
        let mut mutation = self.prepare_mutation();
        let mut ptes = Vec::new();
        let mut ranges = Vec::new();

        for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
            if entry.snapshot().advice_policy.dont_fork() {
                continue;
            }
            if !entry.operation().requires_fork_write_protect() {
                continue;
            }
            let mut range_changed = false;
            for leaf in self.occupied_pte_leaves_overlapping(&[entry.range()])? {
                let page_size = leaf.range.size();
                if page_size < PAGE_SIZE_4K || !page_size.is_power_of_two() {
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                let protected_flags = leaf.flags - MappingFlags::WRITE;
                if protected_flags != leaf.flags {
                    ptes.try_reserve(1).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
                    ptes.push(ForkParentPteProtection {
                        va: leaf.range.start,
                        paddr: leaf.paddr,
                        page_size,
                        original_flags: leaf.flags,
                        protected_flags,
                    });
                    range_changed = true;
                }
            }
            if range_changed {
                ranges.try_reserve(1).map_err(|_| StarryError::NoMemory)?;
                ranges.push(entry.range());
                mutation
                    .try_add_tlb_range(
                        TlbRange::new(entry.start(), entry.size())
                            .ok_or(StarryError::InvalidInput)?,
                    )
                    .map_err(|error| match error {
                        MutationError::ResourceExhausted => StarryError::NoMemory,
                        _ => StarryError::BadState,
                    })?;
            }
        }

        if ptes.is_empty() {
            return Ok(None);
        }
        mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
            protected: u32::try_from(ptes.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
            ..PteDelta::default()
        });
        Ok(Some(PreparedForkParentMutation {
            mutation,
            ptes,
            ranges,
        }))
    }

    fn rollback_fork_parent_ptes(
        cursor: &mut PageTable,
        applied: &[ForkParentPteProtection],
    ) -> bool {
        let mut complete = true;
        for protection in applied.iter().rev() {
            let current_matches =
                cursor
                    .query(protection.va)
                    .is_ok_and(|(paddr, flags, page_size)| {
                        paddr == protection.paddr
                            && flags == protection.protected_flags
                            && page_size == protection.page_size
                    });
            if !current_matches
                || cursor
                    .protect_page(protection.va, protection.original_flags)
                    .is_err()
            {
                complete = false;
            }
        }
        complete
    }

    /// Applies and publishes the parent half of fork after the child is fully
    /// prepared but still unreachable by the scheduler.
    fn apply_fork_parent_mutation(&mut self, prepared: PreparedForkParentMutation) -> StarryResult {
        let PreparedForkParentMutation {
            mutation,
            ptes,
            ranges,
        } = prepared;
        let pt = &mut self.pt;
        let pte_stripes = self.pte_domain.lock_ranges(&ranges);
        // The outer `&mut self` excludes other address-space mutations,
        // and `pte_stripes` covers every captured parent leaf in ascending
        // stripe order.
        let cursor = pt;
        for (applied, protection) in ptes.iter().enumerate() {
            let preimage_matches =
                cursor
                    .query(protection.va)
                    .is_ok_and(|(paddr, flags, page_size)| {
                        paddr == protection.paddr
                            && flags == protection.original_flags
                            && page_size == protection.page_size
                    });
            if !preimage_matches
                || cursor
                    .protect_page(protection.va, protection.protected_flags)
                    .is_err()
            {
                if !Self::rollback_fork_parent_ptes(cursor, &ptes[..applied]) {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
        }
        drop(pte_stripes);

        // Publication freezes the live active-CPU mask and does not return
        // success until every CPU that could have cached a writable parent
        // translation has acknowledged the shootdown.  A failure before
        // publication consumes the retained PTE preimage; a post-publication
        // shootdown failure must keep the read-only state visible.
        match self.commit_mutation_classified(mutation) {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(CommitMutationError::PublishedPendingTlb(error)) => Err(error),
            Err(CommitMutationError::Unpublished(error)) => {
                let pt = &mut self.pt;
                let _pte_stripes = self.pte_domain.lock_ranges(&ranges);
                // Disjoint field borrows exclude competing address-space
                // mutations and the ordered stripe cursor covers every leaf
                // whose preimage is restored below.
                let restored = Self::rollback_fork_parent_ptes(pt, &ptes);
                if restored {
                    self.mutation_gate.clear_repair();
                    Err(error)
                } else {
                    self.mutation_gate.mark_needs_repair();
                    Err(StarryError::BadState)
                }
            }
        }
    }

    fn abort_unpublished_clone(child: &mut Self) -> StarryResult {
        match child.reset_uninstalled_for_loader() {
            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
            Err(error)
                if child.vma_root.is_empty()
                    && child.mapping_slots.is_empty()
                    && child.pending_retired_mapping_batches() == 0 =>
            {
                // A prior child-only bookkeeping failure can leave its gate in
                // NeedsRepair, causing the final epoch bump to fail after clear
                // already removed every owned mapping. The object is still
                // safe to drop because it was never installed or published.
                warn!(
                    "unpublished fork child cleared all mappings but could not publish cleanup \
                     epoch: {error}"
                );
                Ok(())
            }
            Err(error) => Err(error),
        }
    }

    /// Attempts to clone the current address space into a new one.
    ///
    /// This method creates a new empty address space with the same base and
    /// size, then iterates over all memory areas in the original address
    /// space to copy or share their mappings into the new one.
    ///
    /// Memfd shared-writable deltas are prepared while the unpublished child
    /// is built and applied only after the child's receipt is published.
    /// (`CLONE_VM` shares one address space and does not duplicate VMAs here.)
    pub fn try_clone(&mut self) -> StarryResult<Arc<Mutex<Self>>> {
        // Capture every fallible parent-side allocation and PTE preimage before
        // constructing the child. No published parent state changes in this
        // phase, so a child preparation failure is a true abort.
        let parent_mutation = self.prepare_fork_parent_mutation()?;
        let new_aspace = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Self::new_with_layout(self.layout)?));

        // The caller holds the source AddrSpace lock while this fresh AddrSpace
        // is being populated. The new lock is not published yet, so this is a
        // structured source -> cloned-address-space nesting.
        let mut guard = new_aspace.lock_nested(CLONED_ADDR_SPACE_LOCK_SUBCLASS);
        guard.heap = self.heap;
        guard.executable_data = self.executable_data;
        let mut child_memfd_deltas = Vec::new();
        let mut child_vss_pages = 0u64;

        let child_preparation = (|| -> StarryResult {
            let self_modify = &mut self.pt;
            for entry in self.vma_root.iter_entries() {
                if entry.snapshot().advice_policy.dont_fork() {
                    continue;
                }
                let (new_backend, materialization) = entry.operation().clone_map(
                    entry.range(),
                    entry.rights(),
                    self_modify,
                    &mut guard.pt,
                )?;
                let start = entry.start();
                child_memfd_deltas.extend(crate::syscall::memfd_prepare_aspace_replace_deltas(
                    &guard,
                    start,
                    entry.size(),
                    entry.rights(),
                    &new_backend,
                ));

                let child_entry = guard
                    .vma_root
                    .prepare_mapping_entry(
                        entry.range(),
                        entry.rights(),
                        entry.reported_rights(),
                        entry.max_rights(),
                        entry.snapshot().huge_page_advice,
                        VmaLockMode::Unlocked,
                        entry.snapshot().advice_policy,
                        new_backend.clone(),
                    )
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                let child_root = guard
                    .vma_root
                    .with_mapping_entry(child_entry, false)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
                guard.vma_root = Arc::new(child_root);
                guard.publish_prepared_pte_owners(&new_backend, entry.range(), &materialization)?;
                child_vss_pages = child_vss_pages
                    .checked_add((entry.size() / PAGE_SIZE_4K) as u64)
                    .ok_or(StarryError::BadState)?;
            }

            // VM_DONTCOPY areas are absent from the child, so derive both
            // total_vm and hiwater_vm from the root that was actually built.
            guard.vm_stat.seed_clone(child_vss_pages);
            Ok(())
        })();

        if let Err(error) = child_preparation {
            if let Err(cleanup_error) = Self::abort_unpublished_clone(&mut guard) {
                warn!(
                    "fork child preparation failed ({error}); unpublished cleanup also failed \
                     ({cleanup_error})"
                );
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            return Err(error);
        }

        // Only now may the published parent lose write permission. A failed
        // shootdown leaves the parent mutation receipt pending and the child
        // unreachable; it is never returned with a stale writable parent TLB.
        if let Some(parent_mutation) = parent_mutation
            && let Err(error) = self.apply_fork_parent_mutation(parent_mutation)
        {
            if let Err(cleanup_error) = Self::abort_unpublished_clone(&mut guard) {
                warn!(
                    "fork parent publication failed ({error}); unpublished child cleanup also \
                     failed ({cleanup_error})"
                );
                return Err(StarryError::BadState);
            }
            return Err(error);
        }

        // The child has no CPU activations, but its complete VMA/PTE/RSS/rmap
        // view still receives one auditable mutation receipt before the Arc is
        // handed to the caller.
        if !guard.vma_root.is_empty() {
            let mut child_mutation = guard.prepare_mutation();
            child_mutation.set_vma_delta(VmaDelta {
                inserted: u32::try_from(guard.vma_root.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
                ..VmaDelta::default()
            });
            child_mutation.set_pte_delta(PteDelta {
                mapped: u32::try_from(guard.mapping_slots.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
                ..PteDelta::default()
            });
            child_mutation.set_mapping_delta(MappingDelta {
                attached: u32::try_from(guard.mapping_slots.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
                ..MappingDelta::default()
            });
            child_mutation.set_resident_delta(
                guard
                    .resident_counts_from_all_slots()?
                    .checked_positive_delta()?,
            );
            if let Err(error) = guard.commit_mutation(child_mutation) {
                if let Err(cleanup_error) = Self::abort_unpublished_clone(&mut guard) {
                    warn!(
                        "fork child publication failed ({error}); unpublished cleanup also failed \
                         ({cleanup_error})"
                    );
                    return Err(StarryError::BadState);
                }
                return Err(error);
            }
        }
        crate::syscall::memfd_apply_shared_writable_deltas(&child_memfd_deltas);
        drop(guard);

        Ok(new_aspace)
    }
}

#[cfg(all(test, not(axtest)))]
fn page_fault_completion_updates_only_success_for_test() -> bool {
    use core::cell::Cell;

    let calls = Cell::new(0);
    let observed = Cell::new(VirtAddr::from(0));
    let success = complete_page_fault_with(true, VirtAddr::from(0x4567), |vaddr| {
        calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
        observed.set(vaddr);
    });
    let rejected = complete_page_fault_with(false, VirtAddr::from(0x89ab), |_| {
        calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
    });

    success && !rejected && calls.get() == 1 && observed.get() == VirtAddr::from(0x4567)
}

impl fmt::Debug for AddrSpace {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        f.debug_struct("AddrSpace")
            .field("id", &self.id)
            .field("layout", &self.layout)
            .field("page_table_root", &self.pt.root_paddr())
            .field("vma_root", &self.vma_root)
            .field("vm_epoch", &self.vm_epoch())
            .finish()
    }
}

impl Drop for AddrSpace {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        // Destruction is not a recovery context: it cannot report a partial
        // page-table/backend failure and may run while an allocator lock is
        // held.  Normal owners must pass through `RetirePermit::reclaim`,
        // which performs the fallible clear/detach protocol.  A direct drop
        // therefore only records a diagnostic; `PageTable`'s own Drop handles
        // its frame bookkeeping, while any remaining mapping ownership stays
        // visible to the repair/leak detector instead of being half-freed.
        let has_retired_batches = self.pending_retired_mapping_batches() != 0;
        if !self.vma_root.is_empty() || !self.mapping_slots.is_empty() || has_retired_batches {
            warn!(
                "address space {} dropped before retire/reclaim; mappings intentionally retained",
                self.id.get()
            );
            // Do not let `PageTable`'s destructor recursively free
            // intermediate frames while a stale PTE/VMA or resident slot is
            // still observable.  The lifecycle repair path owns any later
            // reclamation decision; this destructor has no fallible return
            // channel and therefore leaks conservatively.
            self.pt.leak();
            if has_retired_batches {
                let batches = core::mem::take(&mut *self.retired_mapping_batches.lock());
                for batch in batches {
                    core::mem::forget(batch);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use alloc::sync::Arc;
    use core::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;

    use ax_memory_addr::{PAGE_SIZE_4K, VirtAddr};

    use super::{
        AddressSpaceId, MutationError, MutationGate, TlbRange, VmEpoch,
        prepare_mapping_publication_mutation,
    };

    #[cfg(all(test, not(axtest)))]
    #[test]
    fn page_fault_completion_updates_only_success() {
        assert!(super::page_fault_completion_updates_only_success_for_test());
    }

    #[cfg_attr(axtest, axtest::axtest)]
    #[cfg_attr(not(axtest), test)]
    fn fresh_mapping_publication_has_no_tlb_targets() {
        let gate = MutationGate::new();
        let id = AddressSpaceId::allocate();
        let targets = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0b1110));
        let start = VirtAddr::from(0x20_0000);

        let fresh =
            prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(&gate, id, &targets, start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, false);
        assert_eq!(fresh.receipt().tlb_obligation.targets(), 0);

        let replacement =
            prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(&gate, id, &targets, start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, true);
        assert_eq!(replacement.receipt().tlb_obligation.targets(), 0b1110);
    }

    #[cfg_attr(axtest, axtest::axtest)]
    #[cfg_attr(not(axtest), test)]
    fn fresh_mapping_cannot_reuse_range_with_pending_shootdown() {
        let gate = MutationGate::new();
        let id = AddressSpaceId::allocate();
        let targets = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0b1));
        let start = VirtAddr::from(0x20_0000);
        let mut unmap = gate.begin(id, 0b1);
        unmap.add_tlb_range(TlbRange::new(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K).unwrap());
        assert_eq!(gate.commit(unmap).unwrap_err(), MutationError::TlbPending);

        let nonoverlapping = prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(
            &gate,
            id,
            &targets,
            start + PAGE_SIZE_4K * 2,
            PAGE_SIZE_4K,
            false,
        );
        gate.validate_publish_preconditions(&nonoverlapping)
            .unwrap();
        gate.commit(nonoverlapping).unwrap();

        let fresh =
            prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(&gate, id, &targets, start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, false);
        assert_eq!(
            gate.validate_publish_preconditions(&fresh),
            Err(MutationError::PendingTlbOverlap)
        );
        assert_eq!(
            gate.commit(fresh).unwrap_err(),
            MutationError::PendingTlbOverlap
        );
        assert_eq!(gate.current_epoch(), VmEpoch::new(2));

        gate.acknowledge(id, VmEpoch::new(1), 0).unwrap().unwrap();
        let retry =
            prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(&gate, id, &targets, start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, false);
        gate.validate_publish_preconditions(&retry).unwrap();
        gate.commit(retry).unwrap();
    }

    #[cfg_attr(axtest, axtest::axtest)]
    #[cfg_attr(not(axtest), test)]
    fn pending_full_flush_blocks_every_fresh_mapping_range() {
        let gate = MutationGate::new();
        let id = AddressSpaceId::allocate();
        let targets = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0b1));
        assert_eq!(
            gate.commit(gate.begin(id, 0b1)).unwrap_err(),
            MutationError::TlbPending
        );

        let fresh = prepare_mapping_publication_mutation(
            &gate,
            id,
            &targets,
            VirtAddr::from(0x40_0000),
            PAGE_SIZE_4K,
            false,
        );
        assert_eq!(
            gate.commit(fresh).unwrap_err(),
            MutationError::PendingTlbOverlap
        );
        assert_eq!(gate.current_epoch(), VmEpoch::new(1));
    }

    #[cfg(axtest)]
    fn refault_waits_for_discard_shootdown(full_flush: bool) {
        use ax_runtime::hal::trap::PageFaultFlags;

        use super::{AddrSpace, FaultResult, MappingFlags, MappingOperation, PagingError};

        let start = VirtAddr::from(0x7200_0000);
        let mut aspace = AddrSpace::new_empty(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K).unwrap();
        let flags = MappingFlags::READ | MappingFlags::WRITE | MappingFlags::USER;
        aspace
            .map(
                start,
                PAGE_SIZE_4K,
                flags,
                true,
                MappingOperation::new_alloc(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K, "[discard-refault]"),
            )
            .unwrap();
        aspace.discard_range(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K).unwrap();
        // Deterministically retain an unacknowledged discard obligation. The
        // page table is real, but no hardware CPU uses this test-only MM.
        let mut discard = aspace.mutation_gate.begin(aspace.id, 1);
        if !full_flush {
            discard.add_tlb_range(TlbRange::new(start, PAGE_SIZE_4K).unwrap());
        }
        assert_eq!(
            aspace.mutation_gate.commit(discard).unwrap_err(),
            MutationError::TlbPending
        );
        let epoch = aspace.vm_epoch();
        let plan = aspace
            .plan_page_fault(
                start,
                PageFaultFlags::READ | PageFaultFlags::USER,
                Default::default(),
            )
            .ok()
            .unwrap();
        let prepared = AddrSpace::prepare_page_fault(plan).ok().unwrap();
        let mut attempt = prepared.into_apply_attempt();
        let outcome = aspace.apply_prepared_page_fault(&mut attempt);
        let unpublished = matches!(aspace.pt.query(start), Err(PagingError::NotMapped))
            && aspace.vm_epoch() == epoch
            && aspace.mapping_slots.is_empty()
            && attempt.prepared.is_some()
            && !aspace.mutation_gate.needs_repair();
        drop(outcome);
        if attempt.prepared.is_some() {
            attempt.cancel().unwrap();
        }
        aspace
            .mutation_gate
            .acknowledge(aspace.id, epoch, 0)
            .unwrap()
            .unwrap();
        let retry =
            aspace.handle_page_fault_result(start, PageFaultFlags::READ | PageFaultFlags::USER);
        let recovered = matches!(retry, FaultResult::Handled) && aspace.pt.query(start).is_ok();
        aspace.reset_uninstalled_for_loader().unwrap();
        assert!(
            unpublished,
            "refault must leave the PTE, epoch and owner graph untouched until discard is \
             acknowledged"
        );
        assert!(
            recovered,
            "acknowledged discard must allow refault to make progress"
        );
    }

    #[cfg(axtest)]
    #[axtest::axtest]
    fn refault_waits_for_pending_discard_range() {
        refault_waits_for_discard_shootdown(false);
    }

    #[cfg(axtest)]
    #[axtest::axtest]
    fn refault_waits_for_pending_discard_full_flush() {
        refault_waits_for_discard_shootdown(true);
    }
}