Heap Lists and Heap Walking

A snapshot that includes the heap list for a specified process contains identification information for each heap associated with the specified process and detailed information about each heap. You can retrieve an identifier for the first heap of the heap list by using the Heap32ListFirst function. After retrieving the first heap in the list, you can traverse the heap list for subsequent heaps associated with the process by using the Heap32ListNext function. Heap32ListFirst and Heap32ListNext fill a HEAPLIST32 structure with the process identifier, the heap identifier, and flags describing the heap.

You can retrieve information about the first block of a heap by using the Heap32First function. After retrieving the first block of a heap, you can retrieve information about subsequent blocks of the same heap by using the Heap32Next function. Heap32First and Heap32Next fill a HEAPENTRY32 structure with information for the appropriate block of a heap.

You can retrieve an extended error status code for Heap32ListFirst, Heap32ListNext, Heap32First, and Heap32Next by using the GetLastError function.

Note  The heap identifier, which is specified in the th32HeapID member of the HEAPENTRY32 structure, has meaning only to the tool help functions. It is not a handle, nor is it usable by Win32 API elements.