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diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
index 9eb01edbd89d..37145637d7d8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ extern int xfs_refcount_recover_cow_leftovers(struct xfs_mount *mp,
* log (plus any key updates) so we'll conservatively assume 32 bytes
* per record. We must also leave space for btree splits on both ends
* of the range and space for the CUD and a new CUI.
+ *
+ * Each EFI that we attach to the transaction is assumed to consume ~32 bytes.
+ * This is a low estimate for an EFI tracking a single extent (16 bytes for the
+ * EFI header, 16 for the extent, and 12 for the xlog op header), but the
+ * estimate is acceptable if there's more than one extent being freed.
+ * In the worst case of freeing every other block during a refcount decrease
+ * operation, we amortize the space used for one EFI log item across 16
+ * extents.
*/
#define XFS_REFCOUNT_ITEM_OVERHEAD 32