Asynchronous read/write tests in ntdll/tests/file.c

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

Thomas Faber <thfabba at gmx.de> wrote:

> I noticed a couple of tests structured like this:
> 
> status = pNtWriteFile(hfile, 0, NULL, NULL, &iob, contents,
> sizeof(contents), &offset, NULL);
> ok(status == STATUS_PENDING || broken(status == STATUS_SUCCESS) /* see
> below */, "expected STATUS_PENDING, got %#x\n", status);
> ok(iob.Status == STATUS_SUCCESS, "expected STATUS_SUCCESS, got %#x\n",
> iob.Status);
> ok(iob.Information == sizeof(contents), "expected sizeof(contents), got
> %lu\n", iob.Information);
> ...
> ret = WaitForSingleObject(hfile, 3000);
> 
> 
> Technically, the IO_STATUS_BLOCK (hence also the OVERLAPPED) structure
> is only filled once the I/O Manager completes the read/write IRP --
> meaning its contents should only be read _after_ the wait.

Contents of IO_STATUS_BLOCK/OVERLAPPED are tested only in the cases
known to not contain STATUS_PENDING of a being executed operation,
which means that the operation has already finished and waiting would
return immediately and therefore is not necessary and redundant.

-- 
Dmitry.