Assertion: write barrier | /r/HasProperty | mechanism
Facets:
value: in operating systems
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In operating systems, write barrier is a mechanism for enforcing a particular ordering in a sequence of writes to a storage system in a computer system.
text: For example, a write barrier in a file system is a mechanism (program logic) that ensures that in-memory file system state is written out to persistent storage in the correct order.