Module mlock

Wrapper around mlockall(2).

Functions

Mlockall(_ctypes=ctypes)
Lock current process' virtual address space into RAM.

source code

Variables

ctypes = None
hash(x)

_MCL_CURRENT = 1

_MCL_FUTURE = 2

Imports: os, logging, errors

Function Details

Lock current process' virtual address space into RAM.

This is equivalent to the C call mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE). See mlockall(2) for more details. This function requires the ctypes module.

Raises: