Windows异步I/O读文件的缓存限制？

本文仅对系统的极端情况进行测试和描述，不考虑一般的替代方案。

 

在Windows下，使用OVERLAPPED方式，读取一个大文件(TEST.DAT, 200MB)，示例代码如下（缩减）：

 

HANDLE     file_handle   = 0;
DWORD      numb_of_bytes = 0;
CHAR *     file_buffer   = new CHAR[1024 * 1024 * 128];
DWORD      bytes_to_read = 1024 * 1024 * 64;
OVERLAPPED overlapped;     

file_handle = CreateFile(
  _T("D://TEST.DAT"),
  GENERIC_READ,
  FILE_SHARE_READ,
  NULL,
  OPEN_ALWAYS,
  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED
  NULL);

overlapped.Internal     = 0;
overlapped.InternalHigh = 0;
overlapped.Offset       = 0;
overlapped.OffsetHigh   = 0;
overlapped.hEvent       = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);

BOOL result = ReadFile(file_handle, (void*)file_buffer, bytes_to_read, NULL, &overlapped);
result = GetOverlappedResul