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function::user_string_n_quoted

FUNCTION:(3stap)					  String and data retrieving fun					  FUNCTION:(3stap)

NAME
       function::user_string_n_quoted - Retrieves and quotes string from user space

SYNOPSIS
	   user_string_n_quoted:string(addr:long,n:long)

ARGUMENTS
       addr
	   the user space address to retrieve the string from

       n
	   the maximum length of the string (if not null terminated)

DESCRIPTION
       Returns up to n characters of a C string from the given user space memory address where any ASCII characters that are not printable are
       replaced by the corresponding escape sequence in the returned string. Reports "NULL" for address zero. Returns "<unknown>" on the rare
       cases when userspace data is not accessible at the given address.

SystemTap Tapset Reference					     May 2013							  FUNCTION:(3stap)