from mmap import mmap, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE import os # dummy syscall to print "close(12345)" in strace def strace_printf(): try: os.close(12345) except OSError: pass size = 4096 shared_memory = mmap(-1, size, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) strace_printf() shared_memory.close() strace_printf()