Using an ordering mechanism better than rw-locks for write/flush
means we can wait for pending write in batch mode, and coalesce
data from more than one mutation into a chunk.
It also means we can wait for a specific read+flush pair (based on
file position).
Downside is that we will not do parallel writes in batch mode (unless
we run out of buffer), which might underutilize the disk bandwidth.
Upside is that running in batch mode (i.e. per-write consistency)
now has way better bandwidth, and also, at least with high mutation
rate, better average latency.
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