// performed while holding this lock!
  //
  // Socket writes are guarded by frameWriter.
  //
  // Socket reads are unguarded but are only made by the reader thread.
  //
  // Certain operations (like SYN_STREAM) need to synchronize on both the frameWriter (to do
  // blocking I/O) and this (to create streams). Such operations must synchronize on 'this' last.