General cleanup principles:
* Use override when applicable.
* Remove static when redundant (methods and  globals in anonymous
  namespaces).
* Use const on class members where possible.
* Standardize on "status" for Status local variables.
* Renames where clarity can be improved.
* Qualify standard library names with std:: when possible, to
  distinguish from POSIX names.
* Qualify POSIX names with the global namespace (::) when possible, to
  distinguish from standard library names.

This also refactors the background thread synchronization logic so that
it's statically analyzable.

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