Getting the start address of the current process's heap?

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Hey, I am exploring the lower level workings of the system, and was wondering how malloc determines the start address of the heap. Is the heap a constant offset or is there a call of some sort to get the start address? Does the stack effect the start address of the heap?

Thanks, Braden McDorman

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