diff -r a42db4d56982 Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Fri Mar 12 15:30:26 2010 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Fri Mar 12 19:46:03 2010 +0100
@@ -1226,28 +1226,64 @@
     def __init__(self, methodName='runTest'):
         SocketConnectedTest.__init__(self, methodName=methodName)
 
-    def testRecvInto(self):
+    def testRecvIntoArray(self):
         buf = array.array('c', ' '*1024)
         nbytes = self.cli_conn.recv_into(buf)
         self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
         msg = buf.tostring()[:len(MSG)]
         self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
 
-    def _testRecvInto(self):
+    def _testRecvIntoArray(self):
         buf = buffer(MSG)
         self.serv_conn.send(buf)
 
-    def testRecvFromInto(self):
+    def testRecvIntoBytearray(self):
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes = self.cli_conn.recv_into(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+
+    _testRecvIntoBytearray = _testRecvIntoArray
+
+    def testRecvIntoMemoryview(self):
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes = self.cli_conn.recv_into(memoryview(buf))
+        self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+
+    _testRecvIntoMemoryview = _testRecvIntoArray
+
+    def testRecvFromIntoArray(self):
         buf = array.array('c', ' '*1024)
         nbytes, addr = self.cli_conn.recvfrom_into(buf)
         self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
         msg = buf.tostring()[:len(MSG)]
         self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
 
-    def _testRecvFromInto(self):
+    def _testRecvFromIntoArray(self):
         buf = buffer(MSG)
         self.serv_conn.send(buf)
 
+    def testRecvFromIntoBytearray(self):
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes, addr = self.cli_conn.recvfrom_into(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+
+    _testRecvFromIntoBytearray = _testRecvFromIntoArray
+
+    def testRecvFromIntoMemoryview(self):
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes, addr = self.cli_conn.recvfrom_into(memoryview(buf))
+        self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(MSG))
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+
+    _testRecvFromIntoMemoryview = _testRecvFromIntoArray
+
 
 TIPC_STYPE = 2000
 TIPC_LOWER = 200
diff -r a42db4d56982 Modules/socketmodule.c
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c	Fri Mar 12 15:30:26 2010 +0100
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c	Fri Mar 12 19:46:03 2010 +0100
@@ -2449,19 +2449,20 @@
 
 	int recvlen = 0, flags = 0;
         ssize_t readlen;
-	char *buf;
+	Py_buffer buf;
 	int buflen;
 
 	/* Get the buffer's memory */
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "w#|ii:recv_into", kwlist,
-					 &buf, &buflen, &recvlen, &flags))
-		return NULL;
-	assert(buf != 0 && buflen > 0);
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "w*|ii:recv_into", kwlist,
+					 &buf, &recvlen, &flags))
+		return NULL;
+	buflen = buf.len;
+	assert(buf.buf != 0 && buflen > 0);
 
 	if (recvlen < 0) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
 				"negative buffersize in recv_into");
-		return NULL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 	if (recvlen == 0) {
             /* If nbytes was not specified, use the buffer's length */
@@ -2472,19 +2473,24 @@
 	if (buflen < recvlen) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
 				"buffer too small for requested bytes");
-		return NULL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	/* Call the guts */
-	readlen = sock_recv_guts(s, buf, recvlen, flags);
+	readlen = sock_recv_guts(s, buf.buf, recvlen, flags);
 	if (readlen < 0) {
 		/* Return an error. */
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	PyBuffer_Release(&buf);
 	/* Return the number of bytes read.  Note that we do not do anything
 	   special here in the case that readlen < recvlen. */
 	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(readlen);
+
+error:
+	PyBuffer_Release(&buf);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(recv_into_doc,
@@ -2623,37 +2629,43 @@
 
 	int recvlen = 0, flags = 0;
         ssize_t readlen;
-	char *buf;
+	Py_buffer buf;
 	int buflen;
 
 	PyObject *addr = NULL;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "w#|ii:recvfrom_into",
-					 kwlist, &buf, &buflen,
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "w*|ii:recvfrom_into",
+					 kwlist, &buf,
 					 &recvlen, &flags))
 		return NULL;
-	assert(buf != 0 && buflen > 0);
+	buflen = buf.len;
+	assert(buf.buf != 0 && buflen > 0);
 
 	if (recvlen < 0) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
 				"negative buffersize in recvfrom_into");
-		return NULL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 	if (recvlen == 0) {
             /* If nbytes was not specified, use the buffer's length */
             recvlen = buflen;
 	}
 
-	readlen = sock_recvfrom_guts(s, buf, recvlen, flags, &addr);
+	readlen = sock_recvfrom_guts(s, buf.buf, recvlen, flags, &addr);
 	if (readlen < 0) {
 		/* Return an error */
-		Py_XDECREF(addr);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	PyBuffer_Release(&buf);
 	/* Return the number of bytes read and the address.  Note that we do
 	   not do anything special here in the case that readlen < recvlen. */
  	return Py_BuildValue("lN", readlen, addr);
+
+error:
+	Py_XDECREF(addr);
+	PyBuffer_Release(&buf);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(recvfrom_into_doc,