StartThreadpoolIo function (threadpoolapiset.h)

Notifies the thread pool that I/O operations may possibly begin for the specified I/O completion object. A worker thread calls the I/O completion object's callback function after the operation completes on the file handle bound to this object.

Syntax

void StartThreadpoolIo(
  [in, out] PTP_IO pio
);

Parameters

[in, out] pio

A pointer to a TP_IO structure that defines the I/O completion object. The CreateThreadpoolIo function returns this pointer.

Return value

None

Remarks

You must call this function before initiating each asynchronous I/O operation on the file handle bound to the I/O completion object. Failure to do so will cause the thread pool to ignore an I/O operation when it completes and will cause memory corruption.

If the I/O operation fails, call the CancelThreadpoolIo function to cancel this notification.

If the file handle bound to the I/O completion object has the notification mode FILE_SKIP_COMPLETION_PORT_ON_SUCCESS and an asynchronous I/O operation returns immediately with success, the object's I/O completion callback function is not called and threadpool I/O notifications must be canceled. For more information, see CancelThreadpoolIo.

To compile an application that uses this function, define _WIN32_WINNT as 0x0600 or higher.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header threadpoolapiset.h (include Windows.h on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2)
Library Kernel32.lib
DLL Kernel32.dll

See also

CancelThreadpoolIo

CloseThreadpoolIo

CreateThreadpoolIo

Thread Pools

WaitForThreadpoolIoCallbacks