Add a function for waiting for linters to complete, and add a test which checks that linting updates the loclist.

.eslintrc.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = {
+    parserOptions: {
+        ecmaVersion: 6,
+        sourceType: "module",
+    },
+    rules: {
+        semi: 'error',
+        'space-infix-ops': 'warn',
+        radix: 'error',
+    }
+}

autoload/ale/engine.vim

@@ -254,3 +254,39 @@ function! ale#engine#Invoke(buffer, linter) abort
         endif
     endif
 endfunction
+
+" This function can be called with a timeout to wait for all jobs to finish.
+" If the jobs to not finish in the given number of milliseconds,
+" an exception will be thrown.
+"
+" The time taken will be a very rough approximation, and more time may be
+" permitted than is specified.
+function! ale#engine#WaitForJobs(deadline) abort
+    let l:time_ticked = 0
+    let l:job_list = []
+
+    for l:job_id in keys(s:job_info_map)
+        call add(l:job_list, s:job_info_map[l:job_id].linter.job)
+    endfor
+
+    let l:should_wait_more = 1
+
+    while l:should_wait_more
+        let l:should_wait_more = 0
+
+        for l:job in l:job_list
+            if job_status(l:job) ==# 'run'
+                if l:time_ticked > a:deadline
+                    " Stop waiting after a timeout, so we don't wait forever.
+                    throw 'Jobs did not complete on time!'
+                endif
+
+                " Wait another 10 milliseconds
+                let l:time_ticked += 10
+                let l:should_wait_more = 1
+                sleep 10ms
+                break
+            endif
+        endfor
+    endwhile
+endfunction

test/test_linting_updates_loclist.vader

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+Given javascript (Some JavaScript with problems):
+  var y = 3+3;
+  var y = 3
+
+Before:
+  let g:ale_buffer_loclist_map = {}
+  let g:expected_data = {bufnr('%'): [{'lnum': 1, 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), 'vcol': 0, 'linter_name': 'eslint', 'nr': -1, 'type': 'W', 'col': 10, 'text': 'Infix operators must be spaced. (space-infix-ops)'}, {'lnum': 2, 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), 'vcol': 0, 'linter_name': 'eslint', 'nr': -1, 'type': 'E', 'col': 10, 'text': 'Missing semicolon. (semi)'}]}
+
+After:
+  let g:ale_buffer_loclist_map = {}
+  unlet g:expected_data
+
+Execute(The loclist should be updated after linting is done):
+  call ale#Lint()
+  call ale#engine#WaitForJobs(2000)
+
+  AssertEqual g:expected_data, g:ale_buffer_loclist_map