<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>function::kernel_pointer</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SystemTap Tapset Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="conversions.stp.html" title="Chapter 24. String and data retrieving functions Tapset"><link rel="prev" href="API-kernel-long.html" title="function::kernel_long"><link rel="next" href="API-kernel-short.html" title="function::kernel_short"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span>function::kernel_pointer</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-kernel-long.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 24. String and data retrieving functions Tapset</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-kernel-short.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" title="function::kernel_pointer"><a name="API-kernel-pointer"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>function::kernel_pointer —
Retrieves a pointer value stored in kernel memory
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kernel_pointer:long(addr:long)
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The kernel address to retrieve the pointer from
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Returns the pointer value from a given kernel memory
address. Reports an error when reading from the given address
fails.
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