debian man page for function::user_string

function::user_string

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

NAME
       function::user_string - Retrieves string from user space

SYNOPSIS
	   user_string:string(addr:long)

ARGUMENTS
       addr
	   the user space address to retrieve the string from

DESCRIPTION
       Returns the null terminated C string from a given user space memory address. Reports "<unknown>" on the rare cases when userspace data is
       not accessible.

SystemTap Tapset Reference					     May 2013							  FUNCTION:(3stap)