Commit 45bce27b8f

Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
2020-05-02 05:17:15
cleanup and fixes. behavior tests passing with evented I/O
1 parent 988031c
lib/std/fs/file.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const windows = os.windows;
 const Os = builtin.Os;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
-const need_async_thread = std.fs.need_async_thread;
 
 pub const File = struct {
     /// The OS-specific file descriptor or file handle.
@@ -17,15 +16,14 @@ pub const File = struct {
     /// On some systems, such as Linux, file system file descriptors are incapable of non-blocking I/O.
     /// This forces us to perform asynchronous I/O on a dedicated thread, to achieve non-blocking
     /// file-system I/O. To do this, `File` must be aware of whether it is a file system file descriptor,
-    /// or, more specifically, whether the I/O is blocking.
-    io_mode: io.Mode,
+    /// or, more specifically, whether the I/O is always blocking.
+    capable_io_mode: io.ModeOverride = io.default_mode,
 
-    /// Even when 'std.io.mode' is async, it is still sometimes desirable to perform blocking I/O, although
-    /// not by default. For example, when printing a stack trace to stderr.
-    async_block_allowed: @TypeOf(async_block_allowed_no) = async_block_allowed_no,
-
-    pub const async_block_allowed_yes = if (io.is_async) true else {};
-    pub const async_block_allowed_no = if (io.is_async) false else {};
+    /// Furthermore, even when `std.io.mode` is async, it is still sometimes desirable to perform blocking I/O,
+    /// although not by default. For example, when printing a stack trace to stderr.
+    /// This field tracks both by acting as an overriding I/O mode. When not building in async I/O mode,
+    /// the type only has the `.blocking` tag, making it a zero-bit type.
+    intended_io_mode: io.ModeOverride = io.default_mode,
 
     pub const Mode = os.mode_t;
 
@@ -36,9 +34,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
 
     pub const OpenError = windows.CreateFileError || os.OpenError || os.FlockError;
 
-    pub const Lock = enum {
-        None, Shared, Exclusive
-    };
+    pub const Lock = enum { None, Shared, Exclusive };
 
     /// TODO https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/3802
     pub const OpenFlags = struct {
@@ -62,15 +58,16 @@ pub const File = struct {
 
         /// Sets whether or not to wait until the file is locked to return. If set to true,
         /// `error.WouldBlock` will be returned. Otherwise, the file will wait until the file
-        /// is available to proceed. In async I/O mode, non-blocking at the OS level is always
-        /// used, and `true` means `error.WouldBlock` is returned, and `false` means
-        /// `error.WouldBlock` is handled by the event loop.
+        /// is available to proceed.
+        /// In async I/O mode, non-blocking at the OS level is
+        /// determined by `intended_io_mode`, and `true` means `error.WouldBlock` is returned,
+        /// and `false` means `error.WouldBlock` is handled by the event loop.
         lock_nonblocking: bool = false,
 
-        /// This prevents `O_NONBLOCK` from being passed even if `std.io.is_async`.
-        /// It allows the use of `noasync` when calling functions related to opening
-        /// the file, reading, writing, as well as locking functionality.
-        always_blocking: bool = false,
+        /// Setting this to `.blocking` prevents `O_NONBLOCK` from being passed even
+        /// if `std.io.is_async`. It allows the use of `noasync` when calling functions
+        /// related to opening the file, reading, writing, and locking.
+        intended_io_mode: io.ModeOverride = io.default_mode,
     };
 
     /// TODO https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/3802
@@ -104,17 +101,25 @@ pub const File = struct {
         /// Sets whether or not to wait until the file is locked to return. If set to true,
         /// `error.WouldBlock` will be returned. Otherwise, the file will wait until the file
         /// is available to proceed.
+        /// In async I/O mode, non-blocking at the OS level is
+        /// determined by `intended_io_mode`, and `true` means `error.WouldBlock` is returned,
+        /// and `false` means `error.WouldBlock` is handled by the event loop.
         lock_nonblocking: bool = false,
 
         /// For POSIX systems this is the file system mode the file will
         /// be created with.
         mode: Mode = default_mode,
+
+        /// Setting this to `.blocking` prevents `O_NONBLOCK` from being passed even
+        /// if `std.io.is_async`. It allows the use of `noasync` when calling functions
+        /// related to opening the file, reading, writing, and locking.
+        intended_io_mode: io.ModeOverride = io.default_mode,
     };
 
     /// Upon success, the stream is in an uninitialized state. To continue using it,
     /// you must use the open() function.
     pub fn close(self: File) void {
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             std.event.Loop.instance.?.close(self.handle);
         } else {
             os.close(self.handle);
@@ -297,11 +302,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     pub const PReadError = os.PReadError;
 
     pub fn read(self: File, buffer: []u8) ReadError!usize {
-        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-            const enable_async_io = std.io.is_async and !self.async_block_allowed;
-            return windows.ReadFile(self.handle, buffer, null, enable_async_io);
-        }
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.read(self.handle, buffer);
         } else {
             return os.read(self.handle, buffer);
@@ -321,11 +322,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn pread(self: File, buffer: []u8, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
-        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-            const enable_async_io = std.io.is_async and !self.async_block_allowed;
-            return windows.ReadFile(self.handle, buffer, offset, enable_async_io);
-        }
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.pread(self.handle, buffer, offset);
         } else {
             return os.pread(self.handle, buffer, offset);
@@ -345,7 +342,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn readv(self: File, iovecs: []const os.iovec) ReadError!usize {
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.readv(self.handle, iovecs);
         } else {
             return os.readv(self.handle, iovecs);
@@ -379,7 +376,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn preadv(self: File, iovecs: []const os.iovec, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.preadv(self.handle, iovecs, offset);
         } else {
             return os.preadv(self.handle, iovecs, offset);
@@ -416,11 +413,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     pub const PWriteError = os.PWriteError;
 
     pub fn write(self: File, bytes: []const u8) WriteError!usize {
-        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-            const enable_async_io = std.io.is_async and !self.async_block_allowed;
-            return windows.WriteFile(self.handle, bytes, null, enable_async_io);
-        }
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.write(self.handle, bytes);
         } else {
             return os.write(self.handle, bytes);
@@ -435,11 +428,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn pwrite(self: File, bytes: []const u8, offset: u64) PWriteError!usize {
-        if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-            const enable_async_io = std.io.is_async and !self.async_block_allowed;
-            return windows.WriteFile(self.handle, bytes, offset, enable_async_io);
-        }
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.pwrite(self.handle, bytes, offset);
         } else {
             return os.pwrite(self.handle, bytes, offset);
@@ -454,7 +443,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn writev(self: File, iovecs: []const os.iovec_const) WriteError!usize {
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.writev(self.handle, iovecs);
         } else {
             return os.writev(self.handle, iovecs);
@@ -480,7 +469,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn pwritev(self: File, iovecs: []os.iovec_const, offset: usize) PWriteError!usize {
-        if (need_async_thread and self.io_mode == .blocking and !self.async_block_allowed) {
+        if (self.capable_io_mode != self.intended_io_mode) {
             return std.event.Loop.instance.?.pwritev(self.handle, iovecs, offset);
         } else {
             return os.pwritev(self.handle, iovecs, offset);
lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ test "open file with exclusive nonblocking lock twice" {
 }
 
 test "open file with lock twice, make sure it wasn't open at the same time" {
-    if (builtin.single_threaded) return;
+    if (builtin.single_threaded) return error.SkipZigTest;
+
+    if (std.io.is_async) {
+        // This test starts its own threads and is not compatible with async I/O.
+        return error.SkipZigTest;
+    }
 
     const filename = "file_lock_test.txt";
 
@@ -58,6 +63,11 @@ test "open file with lock twice, make sure it wasn't open at the same time" {
 test "create file, lock and read from multiple process at once" {
     if (builtin.single_threaded) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
+    if (std.io.is_async) {
+        // This test starts its own threads and is not compatible with async I/O.
+        return error.SkipZigTest;
+    }
+
     if (true) {
         // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/5006
         return error.SkipZigTest;
lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub const OpenFileOptions = struct {
     share_access: ULONG = FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
     share_access_nonblocking: bool = false,
     creation: ULONG,
-    enable_async_io: bool = std.io.is_async,
+    io_mode: std.io.ModeOverride,
 };
 
 /// TODO when share_access_nonblocking is false, this implementation uses
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub fn OpenFile(sub_path_w: []const u16, options: OpenFileOptions) OpenError!HAN
 
     var delay: usize = 1;
     while (true) {
-        const blocking_flag: ULONG = if (!options.enable_async_io) FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT else 0;
+        const blocking_flag: ULONG = if (options.io_mode == .blocking) FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT else 0;
         const rc = ntdll.NtCreateFile(
             &result,
             options.access_mask,
@@ -451,11 +451,11 @@ pub const ReadFileError = error{
 
 /// If buffer's length exceeds what a Windows DWORD integer can hold, it will be broken into
 /// multiple non-atomic reads.
-pub fn ReadFile(in_hFile: HANDLE, buffer: []u8, offset: ?u64, enable_async_io: bool) ReadFileError!usize {
-    if (std.event.Loop.instance != null and enable_async_io) {
+pub fn ReadFile(in_hFile: HANDLE, buffer: []u8, offset: ?u64, io_mode: std.io.ModeOverride) ReadFileError!usize {
+    if (io_mode != .blocking) {
         const loop = std.event.Loop.instance.?;
-        // TODO support async ReadFile with no offset
-        const off = if (offset == null) 0 else offset.?;
+        // TODO make getting the file position non-blocking
+        const off = if (offset) |o| o else try SetFilePointerEx_CURRENT_get(in_hFile);
         var resume_node = std.event.Loop.ResumeNode.Basic{
             .base = .{
                 .id = .Basic,
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ pub fn ReadFile(in_hFile: HANDLE, buffer: []u8, offset: ?u64, enable_async_io: b
                 else => |err| return unexpectedError(err),
             }
         }
+        if (offset == null) {
+            // TODO make setting the file position non-blocking
+            const new_off = off + bytes_transferred;
+            try SetFilePointerEx_CURRENT(in_hFile, @bitCast(i64, new_off));
+        }
         return @as(usize, bytes_transferred);
     } else {
         var index: usize = 0;
@@ -525,11 +530,16 @@ pub const WriteFileError = error{
     Unexpected,
 };
 
-pub fn WriteFile(handle: HANDLE, bytes: []const u8, offset: ?u64, enable_async_io: bool) WriteFileError!usize {
-    if (std.event.Loop.instance != null and enable_async_io) {
+pub fn WriteFile(
+    handle: HANDLE,
+    bytes: []const u8,
+    offset: ?u64,
+    io_mode: std.io.ModeOverride,
+) WriteFileError!usize {
+    if (std.event.Loop.instance != null and io_mode != .blocking) {
         const loop = std.event.Loop.instance.?;
-        // TODO support async WriteFile with no offset
-        const off = if (offset == null) 0 else offset.?;
+        // TODO make getting the file position non-blocking
+        const off = if (offset) |o| o else try SetFilePointerEx_CURRENT_get(handle);
         var resume_node = std.event.Loop.ResumeNode.Basic{
             .base = .{
                 .id = .Basic,
@@ -562,6 +572,11 @@ pub fn WriteFile(handle: HANDLE, bytes: []const u8, offset: ?u64, enable_async_i
                 else => |err| return unexpectedError(err),
             }
         }
+        if (offset == null) {
+            // TODO make setting the file position non-blocking
+            const new_off = off + bytes_transferred;
+            try SetFilePointerEx_CURRENT(handle, @bitCast(i64, new_off));
+        }
         return bytes_transferred;
     } else {
         var bytes_written: DWORD = undefined;
lib/std/child_process.zig
@@ -433,26 +433,17 @@ pub const ChildProcess = struct {
         // we are the parent
         const pid = @intCast(i32, pid_result);
         if (self.stdin_behavior == StdIo.Pipe) {
-            self.stdin = File{
-                .handle = stdin_pipe[1],
-                .io_mode = std.io.mode,
-            };
+            self.stdin = File{ .handle = stdin_pipe[1] };
         } else {
             self.stdin = null;
         }
         if (self.stdout_behavior == StdIo.Pipe) {
-            self.stdout = File{
-                .handle = stdout_pipe[0],
-                .io_mode = std.io.mode,
-            };
+            self.stdout = File{ .handle = stdout_pipe[0] };
         } else {
             self.stdout = null;
         }
         if (self.stderr_behavior == StdIo.Pipe) {
-            self.stderr = File{
-                .handle = stderr_pipe[0],
-                .io_mode = std.io.mode,
-            };
+            self.stderr = File{ .handle = stderr_pipe[0] };
         } else {
             self.stderr = null;
         }
@@ -835,8 +826,8 @@ const ErrInt = std.meta.Int(false, @sizeOf(anyerror) * 8);
 fn writeIntFd(fd: i32, value: ErrInt) !void {
     const file = File{
         .handle = fd,
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = File.async_block_allowed_yes,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = .blocking,
     };
     file.outStream().writeIntNative(u64, @intCast(u64, value)) catch return error.SystemResources;
 }
@@ -844,8 +835,8 @@ fn writeIntFd(fd: i32, value: ErrInt) !void {
 fn readIntFd(fd: i32) !ErrInt {
     const file = File{
         .handle = fd,
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = File.async_block_allowed_yes,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = .blocking,
     };
     return @intCast(ErrInt, file.inStream().readIntNative(u64) catch return error.SystemResources);
 }
lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ pub fn openSelfDebugInfo(allocator: *mem.Allocator) anyerror!DebugInfo {
 /// TODO resources https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4353
 fn openCoffDebugInfo(allocator: *mem.Allocator, coff_file_path: [:0]const u16) !ModuleDebugInfo {
     noasync {
-        const coff_file = try std.fs.openFileAbsoluteW(coff_file_path.ptr, .{});
+        const coff_file = try std.fs.openFileAbsoluteW(coff_file_path, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
         errdefer coff_file.close();
 
         const coff_obj = try allocator.create(coff.Coff);
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ fn openMachODebugInfo(allocator: *mem.Allocator, macho_file_path: []const u8) !M
 fn printLineFromFileAnyOs(out_stream: var, line_info: LineInfo) !void {
     // Need this to always block even in async I/O mode, because this could potentially
     // be called from e.g. the event loop code crashing.
-    var f = try fs.cwd().openFile(line_info.file_name, .{ .always_blocking = true });
+    var f = try fs.cwd().openFile(line_info.file_name, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
     defer f.close();
     // TODO fstat and make sure that the file has the correct size
 
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ const MachoSymbol = struct {
 
 fn mapWholeFile(path: []const u8) ![]align(mem.page_size) const u8 {
     noasync {
-        const file = try fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{ .always_blocking = true });
+        const file = try fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
         defer file.close();
 
         const file_len = try math.cast(usize, try file.getEndPos());
lib/std/fs.zig
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const math = std.math;
 
+const is_darwin = std.Target.current.os.tag.isDarwin();
+
 pub const path = @import("fs/path.zig");
 pub const File = @import("fs/file.zig").File;
 
@@ -597,8 +599,11 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
 
         // Use the O_ locking flags if the os supports them
         // (Or if it's darwin, as darwin's `open` doesn't support the O_SYNC flag)
-        const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os, "O_EXLOCK") and !builtin.os.tag.isDarwin();
-        const nonblocking_lock_flag = if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking) (os.O_NONBLOCK | os.O_SYNC) else @as(u32, 0);
+        const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os, "O_EXLOCK") and !is_darwin;
+        const nonblocking_lock_flag = if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking)
+            os.O_NONBLOCK | os.O_SYNC
+        else
+            @as(u32, 0);
         const lock_flag: u32 = if (has_flock_open_flags) switch (flags.lock) {
             .None => @as(u32, 0),
             .Shared => os.O_SHLOCK | nonblocking_lock_flag,
@@ -612,7 +617,7 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
             @as(u32, os.O_WRONLY)
         else
             @as(u32, os.O_RDONLY);
-        const fd = if (need_async_thread and !flags.always_blocking)
+        const fd = if (flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
             try std.event.Loop.instance.?.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_flags, 0)
         else
             try os.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_flags, 0);
@@ -629,11 +634,8 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
 
         return File{
             .handle = fd,
-            .io_mode = .blocking,
-            .async_block_allowed = if (flags.always_blocking)
-                File.async_block_allowed_yes
-            else
-                File.async_block_allowed_no,
+            .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+            .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
         };
     }
 
@@ -648,19 +650,16 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
                     (if (flags.read) @as(u32, w.GENERIC_READ) else 0) |
                     (if (flags.write) @as(u32, w.GENERIC_WRITE) else 0),
                 .share_access = switch (flags.lock) {
-                    .None => @as(?w.ULONG, null),
+                    .None => w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                     .Shared => w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                     .Exclusive => w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                 },
                 .share_access_nonblocking = flags.lock_nonblocking,
                 .creation = w.FILE_OPEN,
-                .enable_async_io = std.io.is_async and !flags.always_blocking,
+                .io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
             }),
-            .io_mode = .blocking,
-            .async_block_allowed = if (flags.always_blocking)
-                File.async_block_allowed_yes
-            else
-                File.async_block_allowed_no,
+            .capable_io_mode = std.io.default_mode,
+            .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
         });
     }
 
@@ -687,8 +686,11 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
 
         // Use the O_ locking flags if the os supports them
         // (Or if it's darwin, as darwin's `open` doesn't support the O_SYNC flag)
-        const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os, "O_EXLOCK") and !builtin.os.tag.isDarwin();
-        const nonblocking_lock_flag = if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking) (os.O_NONBLOCK | os.O_SYNC) else @as(u32, 0);
+        const has_flock_open_flags = @hasDecl(os, "O_EXLOCK") and !is_darwin;
+        const nonblocking_lock_flag: u32 = if (has_flock_open_flags and flags.lock_nonblocking)
+            os.O_NONBLOCK | os.O_SYNC
+        else
+            0;
         const lock_flag: u32 = if (has_flock_open_flags) switch (flags.lock) {
             .None => @as(u32, 0),
             .Shared => os.O_SHLOCK,
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
             (if (flags.truncate) @as(u32, os.O_TRUNC) else 0) |
             (if (flags.read) @as(u32, os.O_RDWR) else os.O_WRONLY) |
             (if (flags.exclusive) @as(u32, os.O_EXCL) else 0);
-        const fd = if (need_async_thread)
+        const fd = if (flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
             try std.event.Loop.instance.?.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os_flags, flags.mode)
         else
             try os.openatZ(self.fd, sub_path_c, os_flags, flags.mode);
@@ -715,7 +717,11 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
             });
         }
 
-        return File{ .handle = fd, .io_mode = .blocking };
+        return File{
+            .handle = fd,
+            .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+            .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
+        };
     }
 
     /// Same as `createFile` but Windows-only and the path parameter is
@@ -739,9 +745,10 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
                     @as(u32, w.FILE_OVERWRITE_IF)
                 else
                     @as(u32, w.FILE_OPEN_IF),
-                .enable_async_io = std.io.is_async,
+                .io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
             }),
-            .io_mode = .blocking,
+            .capable_io_mode = std.io.default_mode,
+            .intended_io_mode = flags.intended_io_mode,
         });
     }
 
@@ -1257,7 +1264,7 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
             @as(u32, os.W_OK)
         else
             @as(u32, os.F_OK);
-        const result = if (need_async_thread)
+        const result = if (need_async_thread and flags.intended_io_mode != .blocking)
             std.event.Loop.instance.?.faccessatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_mode, 0)
         else
             os.faccessatZ(self.fd, sub_path, os_mode, 0);
@@ -1399,8 +1406,8 @@ pub fn openFileAbsoluteZ(absolute_path_c: [*:0]const u8, flags: File.OpenFlags)
 }
 
 /// Same as `openFileAbsolute` but the path parameter is WTF-16 encoded.
-pub fn openFileAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: [*:0]const u16, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
-    assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsW(absolute_path_w));
+pub fn openFileAbsoluteW(absolute_path_w: []const u16, flags: File.OpenFlags) File.OpenError!File {
+    assert(path.isAbsoluteWindowsWTF16(absolute_path_w));
     return cwd().openFileW(absolute_path_w, flags);
 }
 
@@ -1617,7 +1624,7 @@ pub fn selfExePathAlloc(allocator: *Allocator) ![]u8 {
 /// been deleted, the file path looks something like `/a/b/c/exe (deleted)`.
 /// TODO make the return type of this a null terminated pointer
 pub fn selfExePath(out_buffer: *[MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8) SelfExePathError![]u8 {
-    if (comptime std.Target.current.isDarwin()) {
+    if (is_darwin) {
         var u32_len: u32 = out_buffer.len;
         const rc = std.c._NSGetExecutablePath(out_buffer, &u32_len);
         if (rc != 0) return error.NameTooLong;
lib/std/io.zig
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ else
     Mode.blocking;
 pub const is_async = mode != .blocking;
 
+/// This is an enum value to use for I/O mode at runtime, since it takes up zero bytes at runtime,
+/// and makes expressions comptime-known when `is_async` is `false`.
+pub const ModeOverride = if (is_async) Mode else enum { blocking };
+pub const default_mode: ModeOverride = if (is_async) Mode.evented else .blocking;
+
 fn getStdOutHandle() os.fd_t {
     if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
         return os.windows.peb().ProcessParameters.hStdOutput;
@@ -42,12 +47,13 @@ fn getStdOutHandle() os.fd_t {
     return os.STDOUT_FILENO;
 }
 
-// TODO: async stdout on windows (https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/4816#issuecomment-604521023)
+/// TODO: async stdout on windows without a dedicated thread.
+/// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/4816#issuecomment-604521023
 pub fn getStdOut() File {
     return File{
         .handle = getStdOutHandle(),
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) File.async_block_allowed_yes else File.async_block_allowed_no,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = default_mode,
     };
 }
 
@@ -63,11 +69,13 @@ fn getStdErrHandle() os.fd_t {
     return os.STDERR_FILENO;
 }
 
+/// This returns a `File` that is configured to block with every write, in order
+/// to facilitate better debugging. This can be changed by modifying the `intended_io_mode` field.
 pub fn getStdErr() File {
     return File{
         .handle = getStdErrHandle(),
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = File.async_block_allowed_yes,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = .blocking,
     };
 }
 
@@ -83,12 +91,13 @@ fn getStdInHandle() os.fd_t {
     return os.STDIN_FILENO;
 }
 
-// TODO: async stdin on windows (https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/4816#issuecomment-604521023)
+/// TODO: async stdin on windows without a dedicated thread.
+/// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/4816#issuecomment-604521023
 pub fn getStdIn() File {
     return File{
         .handle = getStdInHandle(),
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) File.async_block_allowed_yes else File.async_block_allowed_no,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = default_mode,
     };
 }
 
lib/std/net.zig
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ pub fn tcpConnectToAddress(address: Address) !fs.File {
     errdefer os.close(sockfd);
     try os.connect(sockfd, &address.any, address.getOsSockLen());
 
-    return fs.File{ .handle = sockfd, .io_mode = std.io.mode };
+    return fs.File{ .handle = sockfd };
 }
 
 /// Call `AddressList.deinit` on the result.
@@ -1381,10 +1381,7 @@ pub const StreamServer = struct {
         var adr_len: os.socklen_t = @sizeOf(Address);
         if (os.accept4(self.sockfd.?, &accepted_addr.any, &adr_len, accept_flags)) |fd| {
             return Connection{
-                .file = fs.File{
-                    .handle = fd,
-                    .io_mode = std.io.mode,
-                },
+                .file = fs.File{ .handle = fd },
                 .address = accepted_addr,
             };
         } else |err| switch (err) {
lib/std/os.zig
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ fn getRandomBytesDevURandom(buf: []u8) !void {
 
     const file = std.fs.File{
         .handle = fd,
-        .io_mode = .blocking,
-        .async_block_allowed = std.fs.File.async_block_allowed_yes,
+        .capable_io_mode = .blocking,
+        .intended_io_mode = .blocking,
     };
     const stream = file.inStream();
     stream.readNoEof(buf) catch return error.Unexpected;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ pub const ReadError = error{
 /// For POSIX the limit is `math.maxInt(isize)`.
 pub fn read(fd: fd_t, buf: []u8) ReadError!usize {
     if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-        return windows.ReadFile(fd, buf, null, false);
+        return windows.ReadFile(fd, buf, null, std.io.default_mode);
     }
 
     if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ pub const PReadError = ReadError || error{Unseekable};
 /// used to perform the I/O. `error.WouldBlock` is not possible on Windows.
 pub fn pread(fd: fd_t, buf: []u8, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
     if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-        return windows.ReadFile(fd, buf, offset, false);
+        return windows.ReadFile(fd, buf, offset, std.io.default_mode);
     }
 
     while (true) {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ pub const WriteError = error{
 /// The corresponding POSIX limit is `math.maxInt(isize)`.
 pub fn write(fd: fd_t, bytes: []const u8) WriteError!usize {
     if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
-        return windows.WriteFile(fd, bytes, null, false);
+        return windows.WriteFile(fd, bytes, null, std.io.default_mode);
     }
 
     if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi and !builtin.link_libc) {
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ pub const PWriteError = WriteError || error{Unseekable};
 /// The corresponding POSIX limit is `math.maxInt(isize)`.
 pub fn pwrite(fd: fd_t, bytes: []const u8, offset: u64) PWriteError!usize {
     if (std.Target.current.os.tag == .windows) {
-        return windows.WriteFile(fd, bytes, offset, false);
+        return windows.WriteFile(fd, bytes, offset, std.io.default_mode);
     }
 
     // Prevent EINVAL.
lib/std/pdb.zig
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ pub const Pdb = struct {
     msf: Msf,
 
     pub fn openFile(self: *Pdb, coff_ptr: *coff.Coff, file_name: []u8) !void {
-        self.in_file = try fs.cwd().openFile(file_name, .{ .always_blocking = true });
+        self.in_file = try fs.cwd().openFile(file_name, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
         self.allocator = coff_ptr.allocator;
         self.coff = coff_ptr;