Make start address of `osReserveHeapMemory` tunable via command line -xb

Summary:
We stumbled upon a case where an external library (OpenCL) does not work
if a specific address (0x200000000) is taken.

It so happens that `osReserveHeapMemory` starts trying to mmap at 0x200000000:

```
        void *hint = (void*)((W_)8 * (1 << 30) + attempt * BLOCK_SIZE);
        at = osTryReserveHeapMemory(*len, hint);
```

This makes it impossible to use Haskell programs compiled with GHC 8
with C functions that use OpenCL.

See this example ​https://github.com/chpatrick/oclwtf for a repro.

This patch allows the user to work around this kind of behavior outside
our control by letting the user override the starting address through an
RTS command line flag.

Reviewers: bgamari, Phyx, simonmar, erikd, austin

Reviewed By: Phyx, simonmar

Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2513

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