function::user_string2(3stap)

function::user_string23stap

Retrieves string from user space with alternative error string

Usage

    user_string2:string(addr:long,err_msg:string)

Arguments

addr

the user space address to retrieve the string from

err_msg

the error message to return when data isn't available

Overview

Returns the null terminated C string from a given user space memory address. Reports the given error message on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8

From systemtap-doc 2.6-0.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.