[issue40611] Add MAP_POPULATE to the mmap library

STINNER Victor added the comment: Thanks Ethan Steinberg, the constant is added to 3.10. Sadly, adding a new constant is a new feature, and we don't add new features to stable branches. The 3.9 branch no longer accept new features past the feature freeze which is over. In the meanwhile, you

[issue40611] Add MAP_POPULATE to the mmap library

Change by STINNER Victor : -- versions: +Python 3.10 -Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue40611] Add MAP_POPULATE to the mmap library

STINNER Victor added the comment: New changeset 21fda91f8da96406e6a912f7c312424209c19bef by Ethan Steinberg in branch 'master': bpo-40611: Adds MAP_POPULATE to the mmap module (GH-20061) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/21fda91f8da96406e6a912f7c312424209c19bef -- nosy:

[issue40611] Add MAP_POPULATE to the mmap library

Change by Roundup Robot : -- keywords: +patch nosy: +python-dev nosy_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 pull_requests: +19369 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/20061 ___ Python tracker

[issue40611] Add MAP_POPULATE to the mmap library

New submission from Ethan Steinberg : This issue (and corresponding pull request) adds MAP_POPULATE to the set of flags exported by the mmap module. This flag is incredibly handy for speeding up data processing and is available on most Linux systems. -- components: Library (Lib)