FUNCTION::KERNEL_STRING_UTF32(3stap)

💖 function::kernel_string_utf32 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the 3stap manual — that's the SystemTap Tapset Reference, the string-and-data-retrieving corner of the universe, and today we're hyperfixating on ONE little function. she's niche, she's specific, she's lowkey iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::kernel_string_utf32 — retrieves a UTF-32 string from kernel memory. yes. from kernel memory. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

two whole flavors, pick your fighter:

1) kernel_string_utf32:string(addr:long)

2) kernel_string_utf32:string(addr:long,err_msg:string)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• addr — the kernel address you're yanking the string out of 🫶
• err_msg — the error message to hand back when the data just... isn't available 😭

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so, two versions, and the tea is:

1. this one returns a null terminated UTF-8 string, converted from the UTF-32 string sitting at a given kernel memory address. and if there's a string copy fault or a conversion error? it reports an error. no cap. 💅
2. this one does the exact same glow-up — returns a null terminated UTF-8 string converted from the UTF-32 string at a given kernel memory address — except when there's a string copy fault or a conversion error, it reports the given error message instead. so you get to pick the words. so you get to be the narrator. slay 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tapset::conversions(3stap)

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie 🧚💜 this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version (the September 2026 edition, periodt ⭐), and you just read the function::kernel_string_utf32(3stap) page. go convert something. iykyk 💅🍓