diff --git a/src/metrics.rs b/src/metrics.rs
index 3e8c54d63..fd99642ea 100644
--- a/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/metrics.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl Metrics {
             + self.tree_cas.count()
             + self.tree_scan.count()
             + self.tree_reverse_scan.count();
-        let loop_pct = total_loops * 100 / total_ops;
+        let loop_pct = total_loops * 100 / (total_ops + 1);
         println!(
             "tree contention loops: {} ({}% retry rate)",
             total_loops, loop_pct
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ impl Metrics {
             lat("page_out", &self.page_out),
         ]);
         let hit_ratio = (self.get_page.count() - self.pull.count()) * 100
-            / std::cmp::max(1, self.get_page.count());
+            / (self.get_page.count() + 1);
         println!("hit ratio: {}%", hit_ratio);
 
         println!("{}", std::iter::repeat("-").take(134).collect::<String>());
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ impl Metrics {
             self.log_reservation_attempts.load(Acquire);
         let log_reservation_retry_rate =
             (log_reservation_attempts - log_reservations) * 100
-                / log_reservations;
+                / (log_reservations + 1);
         println!("log reservations: {}", log_reservations);
         println!(
             "log res attempts: {}, ({}% retry rate)",
diff --git a/src/pagecache/iobuf.rs b/src/pagecache/iobuf.rs
index 58dd333ff..77fe6259a 100644
--- a/src/pagecache/iobuf.rs
+++ b/src/pagecache/iobuf.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     alloc::{alloc, dealloc, Layout},
+    cell::UnsafeCell,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicPtr},
 };
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ impl Drop for AlignedBuf {
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct IoBuf {
-    buf: Arc<AlignedBuf>,
+    buf: Arc<UnsafeCell<AlignedBuf>>,
     header: CachePadded<AtomicU64>,
     base: usize,
     pub offset: LogOffset,
@@ -75,15 +76,45 @@ pub(crate) struct IoBuf {
 #[allow(unsafe_code)]
 unsafe impl Sync for IoBuf {}
 
+#[allow(unsafe_code)]
+unsafe impl Send for IoBuf {}
+
 impl IoBuf {
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This operation provides access to a mutable buffer of
+    /// uninitialized memory. For this to be correct, we must
+    /// ensure that:
+    /// 1. overlapping mutable slices are never created.
+    /// 2. a read to any subslice of this slice only happens
+    ///    after a write has initialized that memory
+    ///
+    /// It is intended that the log reservation code guarantees
+    /// that no two `Reservation` objects will hold overlapping
+    /// mutable slices to our io buffer.
+    ///
+    /// It is intended that the `write_to_log` function only
+    /// tries to write initialized bytes to the underlying storage.
+    ///
+    /// It is intended that the `write_to_log` function will
+    /// initialize any yet-to-be-initialized bytes before writing
+    /// the buffer to storage. #1040 added logic that was intended
+    /// to meet this requirement.
+    ///
+    /// The safety of this method was discussed in #1044.
     pub(crate) fn get_mut_range(
         &self,
         at: usize,
         len: usize,
     ) -> &'static mut [u8] {
-        assert!(self.buf.1 >= at + len);
+        let buf_ptr = self.buf.get();
+
         unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.buf.0.add(self.base + at), len)
+            assert!((*buf_ptr).1 >= at + len);
+            std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
+                (*buf_ptr).0.add(self.base + at),
+                len,
+            )
         }
     }
 
@@ -121,7 +152,7 @@ impl IoBuf {
         unsafe {
             std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
                 header_bytes.as_ptr(),
-                self.buf.0,
+                (*self.buf.get()).0,
                 SEG_HEADER_LEN,
             );
         }
@@ -295,7 +326,7 @@ impl IoBufs {
             );
 
             let mut iobuf = IoBuf {
-                buf: Arc::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size)),
+                buf: Arc::new(UnsafeCell::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size))),
                 header: CachePadded::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
                 base: 0,
                 offset: lid,
@@ -319,7 +350,7 @@ impl IoBufs {
             );
 
             IoBuf {
-                buf: Arc::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size)),
+                buf: Arc::new(UnsafeCell::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size))),
                 header: CachePadded::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
                 base,
                 offset: next_lid,
@@ -573,7 +604,10 @@ impl IoBufs {
             let header_bytes = header.serialize();
 
             // initialize the remainder of this buffer (only pad_len of this will be part of the Cap message)
-            let padding_bytes = vec![MessageKind::Corrupted.into(); unused_space - header_bytes.len()];
+            let padding_bytes = vec![
+                MessageKind::Corrupted.into();
+                unused_space - header_bytes.len()
+            ];
 
             #[allow(unsafe_code)]
             unsafe {
@@ -1040,7 +1074,7 @@ pub(in crate::pagecache) fn maybe_seal_and_write_iobuf(
     // its entire life cycle as soon as we do that.
     let next_iobuf = if maxed {
         let mut next_iobuf = IoBuf {
-            buf: Arc::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size)),
+            buf: Arc::new(UnsafeCell::new(AlignedBuf::new(segment_size))),
             header: CachePadded::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
             base: 0,
             offset: next_offset,