function::user_string_warn (3stap)

Retrieves string from user space

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SYNOPSIS

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