FUNCT...STRIN(3stap) String and data retrieving funFUNCT...STRIN(3stap)function::user_string_quoted - Retrieves and quotes string from user space
user_string_quoted:string(addr:long)
addr the user space address to retrieve the string from
Returns the null terminated C string from a given user space 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. On the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible at the given address, the address itself is returned as a string, without double quotes.
tapset::uconversions(3stap)
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