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Expand Up @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ In the usual [RAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory) model, we

The stack grows downwards, from higher memory addresses to lower ones. So, when we refer to `top of the stack`, we actually mean the memory location with the lowest address in the current stack. In other words, the top of the stack is a pointer to the element with the lowest address. The general purpose register `rsp` should point to the top of the stack.

In the [system call](#system-call) section, we saw that the first six arguments of a system call are passed in the general purpose registers. According to the calling conventions document:
In the [system call](#system-calls) section, we saw that the first six arguments of a system call are passed in the general purpose registers. According to the calling conventions document:

> System-calls are limited to six arguments, no argument is passed directly on the stack.

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