function::user_string_n2(3stap)

function::user_string_n23stap

Retrieves string of given length from user space

Usage

    user_string_n2:string(addr:long,n:long,err_msg:string)

Arguments

addr

the user space address to retrieve the string from

n

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

err_msg

the error message to return when data isn't available

Overview

Returns the C string of a maximum given length from a given user space address. Returns the given error message string on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible at the given address.

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.