NtRemoveIoCompletion function

Removes an entry from an I/O completion object. If there are currently no entries available, then the calling thread waits for an entry.

Syntax

NTSTATUS NtRemoveIoCompletion (
    __in HANDLE IoCompletionHandle,
    __out PVOID *KeyContext,
    __out PVOID *ApcContext,
    __out PIO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock,
    __in_opt PLARGE_INTEGER Timeout
    )

Parameters

IoCompletionHandle [in]

A handle to an I/O completion object.

KeyContext [out]

A pointer to a variable that receives the key context that was specified when the I/O completion object was associated with a file object.

ApcContext [out]

A pointer to a variable that receives the context that was specified when the I/O operation was issued.

IoStatusBlock [out]

A pointer to a variable that receives the I/O completion status.

Timeout [in, optional]

A pointer to an optional time out value.

Return value

An NTSTATUS code. For more information, see Using NTSTATUS values.

Remarks

IO_STATUS_BLOCK has the following definition.

typedef struct _IO_STATUS_BLOCK {  
    union {  
        NTSTATUS Status;  
        PVOID Pointer;  
    } DUMMYUNIONNAME;  
  
    ULONG_PTR Information;  
} IO_STATUS_BLOCK, *PIO_STATUS_BLOCK;  

This function has no associated import library or header file; you must call it using the LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress functions. The API is exported from ntdll.dll.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
DLL	ntdll.dll