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diff --git a/stapprobes.5.in b/stapprobes.5.in index f1a4451b..d457f260 100644 --- a/stapprobes.5.in +++ b/stapprobes.5.in @@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ allows limited traversal of structures, pointers, and arrays. .TP $var refers to an in-scope variable "var". If it's an integer-like type, -it will be cast to a 64-bit int for systemtap script use. If it's -a string-like type (char *), it will be copied into a systemtap -string. +it will be cast to a 64-bit int for systemtap script use. String-like +pointers (char *) may be copied to systemtap string values using the +.IR kernel_string " or " user_string +functions. .TP $var->field traversal to a structure's field. The indirection operator |