BRK(2)

NAME
brk - set data segment break

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int brk(void *end_datasegment);

DESCRIPTION
brk() sets the data segment break to the value specified by end_datasegment. end_datasegment must be greater than end of TEXT, and be before 16K of end of stack. The new end of data segment is returned by brk()

FILES
linux/kernel/sys.c, /usr/include/linux/sys.h, /usr/include/unistd.h

SEE ALSO
sbrk(3)