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FUNCT...L_STR(3stap) String and data retrieving fun FUNCT...L_STR(3stap)

NAME         top

       function::kernel_string_quoted - Retrieves and quotes string from
       kernel memory

SYNOPSIS         top

           kernel_string_quoted:string(addr:long)

ARGUMENTS         top

       addr
           the kernel memory address to retrieve the string from

DESCRIPTION         top

       Returns the null terminated C string from a given kernel memory
       address where any ASCII characters that are not printable are
       replaced by the corresponding escape sequence in the returned
       string. Note that the string will be surrounded by double quotes.
       If the kernel memory data is not accessible at the given address,
       the address itself is returned as a string, without double
       quotes.

SEE ALSO         top

       tapset::conversions(3stap)

COLOPHON         top

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