Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] MR7797: ntdll: Wait for all pending operations to be cancelled in NtCancelIoFile[Ex]().

[Jinoh Kang (＠iamahuman)]

On Mon May  5 13:44:36 2025 +0000, Rémi Bernon wrote:
> Well, it's not really about the `signaled` meaning, but about resetting
> it arbitrarily just so that the cancelling thread can wait on it.
> After the async has been changed to one of the "signaled" state, it's
> probably not supposed to go back to a state where it's not signaled.
> Mapping this to your state machine it's not a valid state transition as
> it wasn't done anywhere.

I stand corrected.

For your original question, maybe this bit in server/async.c is relevant?

```
    /* FIXME: it would probably be nice to replace the "canceled" flag with a
     * single LIST_FOR_EACH_ENTRY_SAFE, but currently cancelling an async can
     * cause other asyncs to be removed via async_reselect() */
```