function::user_string2_warn(3stap)

function::user_string2_warn3stap

Retrieves string from user space with alternative warning string

Usage

    user_string2_warn:string(addr:long,warn_msg:string)

Arguments

addr

the user space address to retrieve the string from

warn_msg

the warning 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 warning message on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible and warns (but does not abort) about the failure.

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