diff --git a/Makefile.BSD.Py25 b/Makefile.BSD.Py25
index 23bf5244..8eb2bc40 100644
--- a/Makefile.BSD.Py25
+++ b/Makefile.BSD.Py25
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PROGRAM=uwsgi
 
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o main.o
-	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 utils.o: utils.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ utils.o: utils.c
 socket.o: socket.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
 
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
 main.o:	uwsgi.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
 	
 clean:
-	rm -f utils.o socket.o main.o
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/Makefile.FreeBSD.Py25 b/Makefile.FreeBSD.Py25
index 4eeff1e2..f34d99bc 100644
--- a/Makefile.FreeBSD.Py25
+++ b/Makefile.FreeBSD.Py25
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PROGRAM=uwsgi
 
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o main.o
-	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 utils.o: utils.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ utils.o: utils.c
 socket.o: socket.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
 
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
 main.o:	uwsgi.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
 	
 clean:
-	rm -f utils.o socket.o main.o
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/Makefile.Linux.Py24 b/Makefile.Linux.Py24
index 76f368cf..fa7ed1e4 100644
--- a/Makefile.Linux.Py24
+++ b/Makefile.Linux.Py24
@@ -5,7 +5,27 @@ PYTHON_LIBS=`python2.4-config --libs`
 XML_CFLAGS=`xml2-config --cflags`
 XML_LIBS=`xml2-config --libs`
 
+CFLAGS=$(PYTHON_CFLAGS) $(XML_CFLAGS)
+LD_FLAGS=$(PYTHON_LIBS) $(XML_LIBS)
+
+PROGRAM=uwsgi24
+
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:
-	$(CC) -o uwsgi24 $(PYTHON_CFLAGS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(XML_CFLAGS) $(XML_LIBS) utils.c socket.c uwsgi.c
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+
+utils.o: utils.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
+
+socket.o: socket.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
+
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
+main.o:	uwsgi.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
+	
+clean:
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/Makefile.Linux.Py25 b/Makefile.Linux.Py25
index ceff1a07..969c656a 100644
--- a/Makefile.Linux.Py25
+++ b/Makefile.Linux.Py25
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PROGRAM=uwsgi
 
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o main.o
-	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 utils.o: utils.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ utils.o: utils.c
 socket.o: socket.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
 
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
 main.o:	uwsgi.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
 	
 clean:
-	rm -f utils.o socket.o main.o
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/Makefile.Linux.Py26 b/Makefile.Linux.Py26
index 09717ebf..36c8d44a 100644
--- a/Makefile.Linux.Py26
+++ b/Makefile.Linux.Py26
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PROGRAM=uwsgi26
 
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o main.o
-	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 utils.o: utils.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ utils.o: utils.c
 socket.o: socket.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
 
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
 main.o:	uwsgi.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
 	
 clean:
-	rm -f utils.o socket.o main.o
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/Makefile.ROCK_SOLID.Py26 b/Makefile.ROCK_SOLID.Py26
index 0c0e03b0..604d46a1 100644
--- a/Makefile.ROCK_SOLID.Py26
+++ b/Makefile.ROCK_SOLID.Py26
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ PROGRAM=uwsgi26_rs
 
 all:	uwsgi
 
-uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o main.o
-	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
+uwsgi:	utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
+	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 utils.o: utils.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) utils.c
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ utils.o: utils.c
 socket.o: socket.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) socket.c
 
+pymodule.o: uwsgi_pymodule.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o pymodule.o uwsgi_pymodule.c
+
 main.o:	uwsgi.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o main.o uwsgi.c
 	
 clean:
-	rm -f utils.o socket.o main.o
+	rm -f utils.o socket.o pymodule.o main.o
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index cb960eba..db6cdc34 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ struct wsgi_request wsgi_req;
 
 struct timeval start_of_uwsgi ;
 
-char *sharedarea ;
+extern PyMethodDef *uwsgi_methods ;
+extern PyMethodDef *null_methods ;
 
 #ifndef UNBIT
 #ifndef ROCK_SOLID
@@ -578,12 +579,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 	int socket_type; 
 	socklen_t socket_type_len; 
 
+	sharedareasize = 0 ;
+
 	gettimeofday(&start_of_uwsgi, NULL) ;
 
 	setlinebuf(stdout);
 
 	cwd = uwsgi_get_cwd();
-	binary_path = malloc(strlen(argv[0])) ;
+	binary_path = malloc(strlen(argv[0])+1) ;
 	if (binary_path == NULL) {
 		perror("malloc()");
 		exit(1);
@@ -603,12 +606,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 
 #ifndef UNBIT
 	#ifndef ROCK_SOLID
-        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "s:p:t:x:d:l:O:v:b:mcaCTPiMhrR:z:w:j:H:")) != -1) {
+        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "s:p:t:x:d:l:O:v:b:mcaCTPiMhrR:z:w:j:H:A:")) != -1) {
 	#else
-        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "s:p:t:d:l:v:b:aCMhrR:z:j:H:")) != -1) {
+        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "s:p:t:d:l:v:b:aCMhrR:z:j:H:A:")) != -1) {
 	#endif
 #else
-        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "p:t:mTPiv:b:rMR:Sz:w:C:j:H:")) != -1) {
+        while ((i = getopt (argc, argv, "p:t:mTPiv:b:rMR:Sz:w:C:j:H:A:")) != -1) {
 #endif
                 switch(i) {
 			case 'j':
@@ -617,6 +620,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 			case 'H':
 				pyhome = optarg;
 				break;
+			case 'A':
+				sharedareasize = atoi(optarg);	
+				break;
 #ifdef UNBIT
                         case 'S':
                                 single_interpreter = 1;
@@ -779,16 +785,60 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 #else
 	Py_SetProgramName("uWSGI");
 #endif
-        Py_Initialize() ;
 
+        Py_Initialize() ;
 
 
         wsgi_spitout = PyCFunction_New(uwsgi_spit_method,NULL) ;
         wsgi_writeout = PyCFunction_New(uwsgi_write_method,NULL) ;
 
+	if (sharedareasize > 0) {
+		sharedareamutex = mmap(NULL, sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t) + sizeof(pthread_mutex_t), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE , MAP_SHARED|MAP_ANONYMOUS , -1, 0);
+		if (!sharedareamutex) {
+			perror("mmap()");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sharedarea = mmap(NULL, getpagesize() * sharedareasize, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE , MAP_SHARED|MAP_ANONYMOUS , -1, 0);
+		if (sharedarea) { 
+			fprintf(stderr,"shared area mapped at %p, you can access it with uwsgi.sharedarea_read(ptr,[len])\n", sharedarea);
+			if (pthread_mutexattr_init((pthread_mutexattr_t *)sharedareamutex)) {
+				fprintf(stderr,"unable to allocate mutexattr structure\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			if (pthread_mutexattr_setpshared((pthread_mutexattr_t *)sharedareamutex, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED)) {
+				fprintf(stderr,"unable to share mutex\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			if (pthread_mutex_init((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t), (pthread_mutexattr_t *)sharedareamutex)) {
+				fprintf(stderr,"unable to initialize mutex\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+				
+		}
+		else {
+			perror("mmap()");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		uwsgi_module = Py_InitModule("uwsgi", uwsgi_methods);
+        	if (uwsgi_module == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr,"could not initialize the uwsgi python module\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		uwsgi_module = Py_InitModule("uwsgi", null_methods);
+        	if (uwsgi_module == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr,"could not initialize the uwsgi python module\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+
 
 #ifdef ROCK_SOLID
 
+
 	wi = malloc(sizeof(struct uwsgi_app));
 	if (wi == NULL) {
 		perror("malloc()");
@@ -874,6 +924,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
         }
 #endif
 
+
+
 #ifndef ROCK_SOLID
 	if (single_interpreter == 1) {
 		init_uwsgi_vars();
@@ -936,6 +988,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]) {
 
 	fprintf(stderr,"request/response buffer (%d bytes) allocated.\n", buffer_size);
 
+	
+
         /* preforking() */
 	if (master_process == 0) {
         	fprintf(stderr, "spawned uWSGI worker 0 (pid: %d)\n", mypid);
diff --git a/uwsgi.class b/uwsgi.class
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be15f4d6
Binary files /dev/null and b/uwsgi.class differ
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 9a209364..15d9a3ee 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
 
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #ifdef UNBIT
 #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
@@ -154,3 +157,9 @@ void uwsgi_xml_config(void);
 #ifndef ROCK_SOLID
 void uwsgi_wsgi_config(void);
 #endif
+
+
+char *sharedarea ;
+void *sharedareamutex ;
+int sharedareasize ;
+PyObject *uwsgi_module;
diff --git a/uwsgi.java b/uwsgi.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abf1973b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uwsgi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import javax.servlet.http.*;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import org.apache.catalina.util.IOTools;
+
+public class uwsgi extends HttpServlet {
+
+	private String mountpoint = null;
+
+	public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
+		super.init(config);
+
+		String servletName = getServletConfig().getServletName();
+		if (servletName == null)
+			servletName = "";
+		if (servletName.startsWith("org.apache.catalina.INVOKER."))
+			throw new UnavailableException
+				("Cannot invoke uWSGIServlet through the invoker");
+
+		if (getServletConfig().getInitParameter("mountpoint") != null) {
+			mountpoint = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("mountpoint");
+			if (mountpoint.length() <= 1) {
+				mountpoint = null ;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+	public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+	throws IOException, ServletException {
+		uWSGIHandler(request, response);
+	}
+
+	public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+	throws IOException, ServletException {
+		uWSGIHandler(request, response);
+	}
+
+	
+	private void uWSGIHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+	throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+		Socket client = new Socket("localhost",3017);
+		ByteArrayOutputStream uwsgi_request = new ByteArrayOutputStream() ;
+		DataOutputStream wos = new DataOutputStream(uwsgi_request); 
+
+		DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
+		DataInputStream is = new DataInputStream( client.getInputStream() );
+
+	
+		ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
+
+		boolean hasBody = false;
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 14));
+		wos.writeBytes("REQUEST_METHOD");
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getMethod().length() ) );
+		wos.writeBytes( request.getMethod() );
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 12));
+		wos.writeBytes("QUERY_STRING");
+		if (request.getQueryString() != null) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getQueryString().length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getQueryString() );
+		}
+		else {
+			wos.writeShort(0);
+		}
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+		wos.writeBytes("SERVER_NAME");
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getServerName().length() ) );
+		wos.writeBytes( request.getServerName() );
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+		wos.writeBytes("SERVER_PORT");
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) Integer.toString(request.getServerPort()).length() ) );
+		wos.writeBytes( Integer.toString(request.getServerPort()) );
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 15));
+		wos.writeBytes("SERVER_PROTOCOL");
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getProtocol().length() ) );
+		wos.writeBytes( request.getProtocol() );
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+		wos.writeBytes("REQUEST_URI");
+		if (request.getQueryString() != null) {
+			if (request.getQueryString().length() > 0) {
+				wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) (request.getRequestURI().length()+1+request.getQueryString().length()) ) );
+				wos.writeBytes( request.getRequestURI()+"?"+request.getQueryString() );
+			}
+			else {
+				wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getRequestURI().length() ) );
+				wos.writeBytes( request.getRequestURI() );
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getRequestURI().length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getRequestURI() );
+		}
+
+
+		if (mountpoint != null) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+                	wos.writeBytes("SCRIPT_NAME");
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) mountpoint.length() ) ) ;
+			wos.writeBytes( mountpoint ) ;
+		}
+		
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 9));
+                wos.writeBytes("PATH_INFO");
+		if (mountpoint != null) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) (request.getRequestURI().length() - mountpoint.length()) ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getRequestURI().substring(mountpoint.length())  );
+		}
+		else {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getRequestURI().length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getRequestURI() );
+		}
+
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+		wos.writeBytes("REMOTE_ADDR");
+		wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getRemoteAddr().length() ) );
+		wos.writeBytes( request.getRemoteAddr() );
+
+		if (request.getRemoteUser() != null) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 11));
+			wos.writeBytes("REMOTE_USER");
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getRemoteUser().length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getRemoteUser() );
+		}
+
+		if (request.getContentType() != null) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 12));
+			wos.writeBytes("CONTENT_TYPE");
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getContentType().length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getContentType() );
+		}
+
+		if (request.getContentLength() > 0) {
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) 14));
+			wos.writeBytes("CONTENT_LENGTH");
+			String sContentLength = new Integer(request.getContentLength()).toString();
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) sContentLength.length() ) );
+			wos.writeBytes( sContentLength );
+			hasBody = true;
+		}
+
+		
+		// taken from CGI servlet
+
+		Enumeration headers = request.getHeaderNames();
+		String header = null;
+		while (headers.hasMoreElements()) {
+                	header = null;
+                	header = ((String) headers.nextElement()).toUpperCase();
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) ("HTTP_" + header.replace('-', '_')).length() ));
+			wos.writeBytes("HTTP_" + header.replace('-', '_'));
+			wos.writeShort(swapShort( (short) request.getHeader(header).length() ));
+			wos.writeBytes( request.getHeader(header) );
+		}
+
+
+		os.writeByte(0);
+		os.writeShort( swapShort( (short) wos.size() ) );
+		os.writeByte(0);
+
+		uwsgi_request.writeTo( os );
+
+
+		if (hasBody) {
+			IOTools.flow(request.getInputStream(), os);
+		}
+
+		boolean statusParsed = false ;
+		for(;;) {
+			String line = byte_readline(is) ;
+			if (line == "") {
+				break;
+			}
+			if (statusParsed == false) {
+				String[] status = line.split(" ",3);
+				response.setStatus( Integer.parseInt(status[1]) );
+				statusParsed = true ;
+			}
+			else {
+				String[] keyval = line.split(": ",2);
+				if (keyval.length == 2) {
+					response.addHeader(keyval[0], keyval[1]);
+				}
+				else {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		byte cb[] = new byte[4096];
+		int len = 0;
+		for(;;) {
+			len = is.read(cb,0,4096) ;
+			if ( len > 0) {
+				out.write(cb,0,len);	
+			}
+			else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+
+	}
+
+	private String byte_readline(DataInputStream is) throws IOException {
+
+		ByteArrayOutputStream line = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		for(;;) {
+			byte b = is.readByte();
+			if (b == 10) {
+				break ;
+			}
+			line.write(b) ;
+		}
+
+		return line.toString("ASCII").replaceAll("\\n","").replaceAll("\\r","");
+	}
+
+	private short swapShort(short x) {
+	
+		short tmp1 = (short) (x>>8) ;
+		short tmp2 = (short) (x<<8) ;
+		return (short) (tmp1 | tmp2)  ;
+	}	
+
+}
diff --git a/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/uwsgi_pymodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e0fa13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#include "uwsgi.h"
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_inclong(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *arg0 ;
+	int pos = 0 ;
+	long value ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+	if (pos+4 >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+	memcpy(&value, sharedarea+pos, 4);
+	value++;
+	memcpy(sharedarea+pos, &value,4);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+
+        return PyInt_FromLong(value);
+	
+}
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_writelong(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *arg0,*arg1 ;
+	int pos = 0 ;
+	long value ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+	if (pos+4 >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	arg1 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 1);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg1)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+        value = (long) PyInt_AsLong(arg1);
+	memcpy(sharedarea+pos, &value,4);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+
+        return PyInt_FromLong(value);
+	
+}
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_writebyte(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *arg0,*arg1 ;
+	int pos = 0 ;
+	char value ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+	if (pos >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	arg1 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 1);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg1)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        value = (char) PyInt_AsLong(arg1);
+	sharedarea[pos] = value;
+
+        return PyInt_FromLong(sharedarea[pos]);
+	
+}
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_readlong(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *arg0 ;
+	int pos = 0 ;
+	long value ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+	if (pos+4 >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+	memcpy(&value, sharedarea+pos, 4);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock((pthread_mutex_t *) sharedareamutex + sizeof(pthread_mutexattr_t));
+
+        return PyInt_FromLong(value);
+	
+}
+
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_readbyte(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *arg0 ;
+	int pos = 0 ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+	if (pos >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        return PyInt_FromLong(sharedarea[pos]);
+	
+}
+
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_sharedarea_read(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+        PyObject *arg0, *arg1;
+
+        int len = 1 ;
+        int pos = 0 ;
+
+        if (sharedareasize <= 0) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+        arg0 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 0);
+        if (!PyInt_Check(arg0)) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+        arg1 = PyTuple_GetItem(args, 1);
+        if (PyInt_Check(arg1)) {
+                len = PyInt_AsLong(arg1);
+        }
+
+        pos = PyInt_AsLong(arg0);
+
+        if (pos+len >= getpagesize()*sharedareasize) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+                return Py_None;
+        }
+
+	return PyString_FromStringAndSize(sharedarea+pos, len);
+}
+
+
+
+PyMethodDef uwsgi_methods[] = {
+  {"sharedarea_read", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_read, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {"sharedarea_readbyte", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_readbyte, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {"sharedarea_writebyte", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_writebyte, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {"sharedarea_readlong", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_readlong, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {"sharedarea_writelong", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_writelong, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {"sharedarea_inclong", py_uwsgi_sharedarea_inclong, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+  {NULL, NULL},
+};
+
+PyMethodDef null_methods[] = {
+  {NULL, NULL},
+};
+