function::user_string_n_warn3stap
Retrieves string from user space
Usage
1) user_string_n_warn:string(addr:long,n:long)
2) user_string_n_warn:string(addr:long,n:long,warn_msg:string)
Arguments
addr
the user space address to retrieve the string from
n
the maximum length of the string (if not null terminated)
warn_msg
the warning message to return when data isn't available
Overview
1) Returns up to n characters of a C string from a given user space memory address. Reports“<unknown>” on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible and warns (but does not abort) about the failure.
2) Returns up to n characters of a 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.
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Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 7 times.