## nng_aio_stop

Stop asynchronous I/O operation.

### Synopsis

```c
#include <nng/nng.h>

void nng_aio_stop(nng_aio *aio);
```

### Description

The `nng_aio_stop` function stops the asynchronous I/O operation associated with _aio_ by aborting with `NNG_ECANCELED`, and then waits for it to complete or to be completely aborted, and for the callback associated with the _aio_ to have completed executing.

Further calls to
xref:../iop/nng_aio_begin.adoc[`nng_aio_begin`] using this _aio_ will return false.

It is safe to call this for an _aio_, even when no operation is currently pending for it.

TIP: When multiple asynchronous I/O handles are in use and need to be shut down, it is safest to stop all of them, before deallocating any of them with xref:nng_aio_free.adoc[`nng_aio_free`].
This is particularly true if the callbacks might attempt to reschedule additional operations.

### See Also

xref:nng_aio_cancel.adoc[nng_aio_cancel],
xref:nng_aio_free..adoc[nng_aio_free],
xref:../iop/nng_aio_begin.adoc[nng_aio_begin],
xref:nng_aio_wait.adoc[nng_aio_wait]