Preallocated disk-slab file per (payload_kind, drive); a page = one contiguous blob
(64B header + gathered payload + pad) in a 4K-aligned slot. O_DIRECT single-transfer
write/read (measured best vs vectored), buffered+fdatasync fallback for FS without O_DIRECT.
write_slot/read_slot convenience + write_aligned/read_into zero-copy (the QD>1 spill/reload
path gathers/scatters straight into the aligned slot buffer). verify-on-read: absent/torn/
foreign slot -> None (a MISS to recompute + reclaim), never a crash. posix_fallocate preallocate.
9/9 unit tests (real temp FS).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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