call with the
.B MAP_SHARED
flag, regardless of the access type.
-The policy is only applied when a new page is allocated
+The policy is applied only when a new page is allocated
for the process.
For anonymous memory this is when the page is first
touched by the application.
bits.
The bit mask size is rounded to the next multiple of
.IR "sizeof(unsigned long)" ,
-but the kernel will only use bits up to
+but the kernel will use bits only up to
.IR maxnode .
A NULL value of
.I nodemask