Re: unable to resize mmap object
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Re: unable to resize mmap object

From: Serge Orlov <Serge.Orlov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun Apr 30 2006 - 21:06:33 CEST

Fabiano Sidler wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I created an mmap object like so:
> --- snip ---
> from mmap import mmap,MAP_ANONYMOUS,MAP_PRIVATE
> fl = file('/dev/zero','rw')
> mm = mmap(fl.fileno(), 1, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS)
> --- snap ---
>
> Now, when I try to resize mm to 10 byte
> --- snip ---
> mm.resize(10)
> --- snap ---
> I get an EnvironmentError:[Errno 22] Invalid argument.

Just a guess: try a new size argument that is multiple of page size.
Received on Mon May 1 00:47:47 2006