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NAME
/proc/pid/stat - status information
DESCRIPTION
/proc/pid/stat
Status information about the process. This is used by ps(1). It is defined in the kernel source
file fs/proc/array.c.
The fields, in order, with their proper scanf(3) format specifiers, are listed below. Whether or
not certain of these fields display valid information is governed by a ptrace access mode
PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS | PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT check (refer to ptrace(2)). If the check denies
access, then the field value is displayed as 0. The affected fields are indicated with the
marking [PT].
(1) pid %d
The process ID.
(2) comm %s
The filename of the executable, in parentheses. Strings longer than TASK_COMM_LEN (16)
characters (including the terminating null byte) are silently truncated. This is visible
whether or not the executable is swapped out.
(3) state %c
One of the following characters, indicating process state:
R Running
S Sleeping in an interruptible wait
D Waiting in uninterruptible disk sleep
Z Zombie
T Stopped (on a signal) or (before Linux 2.6.33) trace stopped
t Tracing stop (Linux 2.6.33 onward)
W Paging (only before Linux 2.6.0)
X Dead (from Linux 2.6.0 onward)
x Dead (Linux 2.6.33 to 3.13 only)
K Wakekill (Linux 2.6.33 to 3.13 only)
W Waking (Linux 2.6.33 to 3.13 only)
P Parked (Linux 3.9 to 3.13 only)
I Idle (Linux 4.14 onward)
(4) ppid %d
The PID of the parent of this process.
(5) pgrp %d
The process group ID of the process.
(6) session %d
The session ID of the process.
(7) tty_nr %d
The controlling terminal of the process. (The minor device number is contained in the
combination of bits 31 to 20 and 7 to 0; the major device number is in bits 15 to 8.)
(8) tpgid %d
The ID of the foreground process group of the controlling terminal of the process.
(9) flags %u
The kernel flags word of the process. For bit meanings, see the PF_* defines in the Linux
kernel source file include/linux/sched.h. Details depend on the kernel version.
The format for this field was %lu before Linux 2.6.
(10) minflt %lu
The number of minor faults the process has made which have not required loading a memory
page from disk.
(11) cminflt %lu
The number of minor faults that the process's waited-for children have made.
(12) majflt %lu
The number of major faults the process has made which have required loading a memory page
from disk.
(13) cmajflt %lu
The number of major faults that the process's waited-for children have made.
(14) utime %lu
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in user mode, measured in clock ticks
(divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)). This includes guest time, guest_time (time spent running
a virtual CPU, see below), so that applications that are not aware of the guest time field
do not lose that time from their calculations.
(15) stime %lu
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in kernel mode, measured in clock ticks
(divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
(16) cutime %ld
Amount of time that this process's waited-for children have been scheduled in user mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)). (See also times(2).) This
includes guest time, cguest_time (time spent running a virtual CPU, see below).
(17) cstime %ld
Amount of time that this process's waited-for children have been scheduled in kernel mode,
measured in clock ticks (divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
(18) priority %ld
(Explanation for Linux 2.6) For processes running a real-time scheduling policy (policy
below; see sched_setscheduler(2)), this is the negated scheduling priority, minus one; that
is, a number in the range -2 to -100, corresponding to real-time priorities 1 to 99. For
processes running under a non-real-time scheduling policy, this is the raw nice value
(setpriority(2)) as represented in the kernel. The kernel stores nice values as numbers in
the range 0 (high) to 39 (low), corresponding to the user-visible nice range of -20 to 19.
Before Linux 2.6, this was a scaled value based on the scheduler weighting given to this
process.
(19) nice %ld
The nice value (see setpriority(2)), a value in the range 19 (low priority) to -20 (high
priority).
(20) num_threads %ld
Number of threads in this process (since Linux 2.6). Before Linux 2.6, this field was hard
coded to 0 as a placeholder for an earlier removed field.
(21) itrealvalue %ld
The time in jiffies before the next SIGALRM is sent to the process due to an interval
timer. Since Linux 2.6.17, this field is no longer maintained, and is hard coded as 0.
(22) starttime %llu
The time the process started after system boot. Before Linux 2.6, this value was expressed
in jiffies. Since Linux 2.6, the value is expressed in clock ticks (divide by
sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
The format for this field was %lu before Linux 2.6.
(23) vsize %lu
Virtual memory size in bytes.
(24) rss %ld
Resident Set Size: number of pages the process has in real memory. This is just the pages
which count toward text, data, or stack space. This does not include pages which have not
been demand-loaded in, or which are swapped out. This value is inaccurate; see
/proc/pid/statm below.
(25) rsslim %lu
Current soft limit in bytes on the rss of the process; see the description of RLIMIT_RSS in
getrlimit(2).
(26) startcode %lu [PT]
The address above which program text can run.
(27) endcode %lu [PT]
The address below which program text can run.
(28) startstack %lu [PT]
The address of the start (i.e., bottom) of the stack.
(29) kstkesp %lu [PT]
The current value of ESP (stack pointer), as found in the kernel stack page for the
process.
(30) kstkeip %lu [PT]
The current EIP (instruction pointer).
(31) signal %lu
The bitmap of pending signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, because it does
not provide information on real-time signals; use /proc/pid/status instead.
(32) blocked %lu
The bitmap of blocked signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, because it does
not provide information on real-time signals; use /proc/pid/status instead.
(33) sigignore %lu
The bitmap of ignored signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, because it does
not provide information on real-time signals; use /proc/pid/status instead.
(34) sigcatch %lu
The bitmap of caught signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, because it does not
provide information on real-time signals; use /proc/pid/status instead.
(35) wchan %lu [PT]
This is the "channel" in which the process is waiting. It is the address of a location in
the kernel where the process is sleeping. The corresponding symbolic name can be found in
/proc/pid/wchan.
(36) nswap %lu
Number of pages swapped (not maintained).
(37) cnswap %lu
Cumulative nswap for child processes (not maintained).
(38) exit_signal %d (since Linux 2.1.22)
Signal to be sent to parent when we die.
(39) processor %d (since Linux 2.2.8)
CPU number last executed on.
(40) rt_priority %u (since Linux 2.5.19)
Real-time scheduling priority, a number in the range 1 to 99 for processes scheduled under
a real-time policy, or 0, for non-real-time processes (see sched_setscheduler(2)).
(41) policy %u (since Linux 2.5.19)
Scheduling policy (see sched_setscheduler(2)). Decode using the SCHED_* constants in
linux/sched.h.
The format for this field was %lu before Linux 2.6.22.
(42) delayacct_blkio_ticks %llu (since Linux 2.6.18)
Aggregated block I/O delays, measured in clock ticks (centiseconds).
(43) guest_time %lu (since Linux 2.6.24)
Guest time of the process (time spent running a virtual CPU for a guest operating system),
measured in clock ticks (divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
(44) cguest_time %ld (since Linux 2.6.24)
Guest time of the process's children, measured in clock ticks (divide by
sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
(45) start_data %lu (since Linux 3.3) [PT]
Address above which program initialized and uninitialized (BSS) data are placed.
(46) end_data %lu (since Linux 3.3) [PT]
Address below which program initialized and uninitialized (BSS) data are placed.
(47) start_brk %lu (since Linux 3.3) [PT]
Address above which program heap can be expanded with brk(2).
(48) arg_start %lu (since Linux 3.5) [PT]
Address above which program command-line arguments (argv) are placed.
(49) arg_end %lu (since Linux 3.5) [PT]
Address below program command-line arguments (argv) are placed.
(50) env_start %lu (since Linux 3.5) [PT]
Address above which program environment is placed.
(51) env_end %lu (since Linux 3.5) [PT]
Address below which program environment is placed.
(52) exit_code %d (since Linux 3.5) [PT]
The thread's exit status in the form reported by waitpid(2).
SEE ALSO
proc(5), proc_pid_status(5)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_pid_stat(5)