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David wrote:
> The nodemask passed to set_mempolicy() will always have exactly one
> meaning: the system nodes that the policy is intended for.

Ok - that makes the meaning of Choice C clearer to me.  Thank-you.

We've already got two Choices, one released and one in the oven.  Is
there an actual, real world situation, motivating this third Choice?

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