[Python-Dev] mlockall() in Python?

[Jesus Cea]

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Evgeni Golov wrote:
> I'd like to write a small daemon in Python, which should never be
> swapped out (on Linux, this daemon will be Linux specific, so no need
> in a platform-independent solution).
> 
> In C I'd do:
> #include <sys/mman.h>
> mlockall(MCL_FUTURE);
> //do stuff here
> munlockall();
> 
> Is there anything similar in Python?

I would like things like this added to core python, but since you are
restricting yourself to linux, you can use a (trivial) ctypes wrapper.

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