diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
index aa23dea7d3c..000ca5042b0 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ impl Semaphore {
             return;
         }
 
+        // MEMO: ここでlockを取るのか.
         // Assign permits to the wait queue
         self.add_permits_locked(added, self.waiters.lock());
     }
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ impl Semaphore {
         Acquire::new(self, num_permits)
     }
 
+    // MEMO: この関数は、単純にpermitを増やすだけじゃなくて、permitふよによってwaiterを起こすこともやっている
+    //       この逆の関数を実行するときは、waiterを起こすことはないので、多少これよりは実装が楽になると思われる.
     /// Release `rem` permits to the semaphore's wait list, starting from the
     /// end of the queue.
     ///
@@ -307,12 +310,16 @@ impl Semaphore {
         let mut lock = Some(waiters);
         let mut is_empty = false;
         while rem > 0 {
+            // TODO: これなにしてる？どうして引数のwaiterをわざわざ使ってるの？(毎回self.waiters.lock()をせずに)
             let mut waiters = lock.take().unwrap_or_else(|| self.waiters.lock());
+            // MEMO: wakersに空きがあるかぎり
             'inner: while wakers.can_push() {
                 // Was the waiter assigned enough permits to wake it?
                 match waiters.queue.last() {
                     Some(waiter) => {
+                        // MEMO: このwaiterにpermitsを割り当てて、queueからpopすることを試みる
                         if !waiter.assign_permits(&mut rem) {
+                            // MEMO: waiterをpopできずに、permitを使い切った. この関数からreturnする.
                             break 'inner;
                         }
                     }
@@ -323,6 +330,7 @@ impl Semaphore {
                         break 'inner;
                     }
                 };
+                // MEMO: popできたwaiterをwakersにpushする.
                 let mut waiter = waiters.queue.pop_back().unwrap();
                 if let Some(waker) =
                     unsafe { waiter.as_mut().waker.with_mut(|waker| (*waker).take()) }
@@ -331,6 +339,7 @@ impl Semaphore {
                 }
             }
 
+            // MEMO: もしpermitが余ったら、Semaphoreのpermitの更新
             if rem > 0 && is_empty {
                 let permits = rem;
                 assert!(
@@ -368,6 +377,29 @@ impl Semaphore {
         assert_eq!(rem, 0);
     }
 
+    /// try to decrease at most `n` permits of this semaphore.
+    /// If the number of "permits" is negative, returns the number of "permits" that were reduced.
+    /// TODO: Doesn't that conflict with other places looking at self.permits?
+    pub(crate) fn decrease_permit(&self, n: usize) -> usize {
+        let mut curr_bit;
+        loop {
+            curr_bit = self.permits.load(Acquire);
+            let curr = curr_bit >> Self::PERMIT_SHIFT;
+            let new = curr.saturating_sub(n);
+            match self.permits.compare_exchange(
+                curr_bit,
+                new << Self::PERMIT_SHIFT,
+                AcqRel,
+                Acquire,
+            ) {
+                Ok(_) => break,
+                Err(_) => continue,
+            };
+        }
+        std::cmp::min(curr_bit >> Self::PERMIT_SHIFT, n)
+    }
+
+    // MEMO: async version
     fn poll_acquire(
         &self,
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
@@ -398,9 +430,11 @@ impl Semaphore {
                 .checked_add(acquired)
                 .expect("number of permits must not overflow");
             let (next, acq) = if total >= needed {
+                // MEMO: 現在availableなpermitの方が、必要とされるpermitよりも多い
                 let next = curr - (needed - acquired);
                 (next, needed >> Self::PERMIT_SHIFT)
             } else {
+                // MEMO: permitが不足している
                 remaining = (needed - acquired) - curr;
                 (0, curr >> Self::PERMIT_SHIFT)
             };
@@ -519,6 +553,7 @@ impl Waiter {
         }
     }
 
+    // MEMO: このWaiterのpermit(実装上ではpermit)を減らして行って, 0になったらtrueを返す
     /// Assign permits to the waiter.
     ///
     /// Returns `true` if the waiter should be removed from the queue
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
index 25e4134373c..61917695296 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ impl Semaphore {
         self.ll_sem.release(n);
     }
 
+    /// docs
+    pub fn decrease_permit(&self, n: usize) -> usize {
+        self.ll_sem.decrease_permit(n)
+    }
+
     /// Acquires a permit from the semaphore.
     ///
     /// If the semaphore has been closed, this returns an [`AcquireError`].