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NAME

       function::user_string_warn - Retrieves string from user space

SYNOPSIS

       1) user_string_warn:string(addr:long)

       2) user_string_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

DESCRIPTION

       1) 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.

       2) 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.

SEE ALSO

       tapset::uconversions(3stap)