This is kinda old now, 2013, but I found it a useful quick read that's related to some of these issues, at least on Linux. Many of the comments are also interes

This is kinda old now, 2013, but I found it a useful quick read that's related to some of these issues, at least on Linux. Many of the comments are also interesting. Atomic I/O operations in Linux https://lwn.net/Articles/552095/ https://lwn.net/Articles/552095/