FUNCTION::KERNEL_STRING_UTF16(3stap)

💖 NAME 💖

function::kernel_string_utf16 — bestie, this one goes into kernel memory and pulls out a UTF-16 string for you. It's living in the String and data retrieving fun… corner of the SystemTap tapset reference, and honestly? It's giving translator energy. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

1) kernel_string_utf16:string(addr:long)

2) kernel_string_utf16:string(addr:long,err_msg:string)

Two whole flavors, pick your fighter. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• addr — the kernel address you wanna yank the string out of. That's the spot. 📍
• err_msg — the error message that gets returned when the data just… isn't available. Your custom little "oop" text. 😭

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

1) the one-arg version

So this function returns a null terminated UTF-8 string that's been converted from the UTF-16 string sitting at a given kernel memory address. Literally a whole glow-up from UTF-16 to UTF-8, no cap. ✨

Heads up though: if the string copy faults, or the conversion goes sideways, it reports an error. Not the vibe, but that's the deal. 💀

2) the two-arg version

Same situation, same conversion — it returns a null terminated UTF-8 string converted from the UTF-16 string at a given kernel memory address. 🫶

The difference? Instead of its own default complaint, it reports the error message you gave it when there's a string copy fault or a conversion error. Your words, your moment. 👑

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tapset::conversions(3stap) — go read this one too, it's iconic, iykyk. 🌈

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okay that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💜 This was pulled from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, and it's dated September 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, slay, periodt. 🎀✨