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.TH "FUNCTION::MODNAME" "3stap" "October 2018" "SystemTap Tapset Reference" "Context Functions"
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.SH "NAME"
function::modname \- Return the kernel module name loaded at the address
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
    modname:string(addr:long)
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIaddr\fR
.RS 4
The address to map to a kernel module name
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Returns the module name associated with the given address if known\&. If not known it will raise an error\&. If the address was not in a kernel module, but in the kernel itself, then the string
\(lqkernel\(rq
will be returned\&.
.SH SEE ALSO\n 
.IR tapset::context-symbols (3stap)