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NAME
function::user_string - Retrieves string from user space
SYNOPSIS
user_string: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 an error on the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible.