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authorfche <fche>2006-02-07 16:39:43 +0000
committerfche <fche>2006-02-07 16:39:43 +0000
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diff --git a/tapset/syscalls2.stp b/tapset/syscalls2.stp
index ab11860c..de79060c 100644
--- a/tapset/syscalls2.stp
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@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
// Public License (GPL); either version 2, or (at your option) any
// later version.
-/* Each syscall returns the calls parameters. In addition, the following
-* variables are set:
+/* Each syscall probe collects the call's standard parameters. Beyond that:
+*
+* User-space pointers, including chacter strings, are stored as
+* integer variables named "foo_uaddr", to which one might apply
+* user_string().
*
* name - generally the syscall name minus the "sys_".
*