# proc_pid_stat - status information - man(5) - [phpMan] [_proc_pid_stat_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/procpidstat/5/markdown) File Formats Manual [_proc_pid_stat_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/procpidstat/5/markdown) ## NAME /proc/pid/stat - status information ## DESCRIPTION _/proc/_pid_/stat_ Status information about the process. This is used by [**ps**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ps/1/markdown). It is defined in the kernel source file _fs/proc/array.c_. The fields, in order, with their proper [**scanf**(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/scanf/3/markdown) 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ptrace/2/markdown)). 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/times/2/markdown).) 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/schedsetscheduler/2/markdown)), this is the negated scheduling pri‐ ority, 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/setpriority/2/markdown)) 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/setpriority/2/markdown)), 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/getrlimit/2/markdown). (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, be‐ cause it does not provide information on real-time signals; use _/proc/_pid_/sta‐_ _tus_ instead. (32) _blocked_ %lu The bitmap of blocked signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, be‐ cause it does not provide information on real-time signals; use _/proc/_pid_/sta‐_ _tus_ instead. (33) _sigignore_ %lu The bitmap of ignored signals, displayed as a decimal number. Obsolete, be‐ cause it does not provide information on real-time signals; use _/proc/_pid_/sta‐_ _tus_ 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_ in‐ stead. (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 sym‐ bolic 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/schedsetscheduler/2/markdown)). (41) _policy_ %u (since Linux 2.5.19) Scheduling policy (see [**sched_setscheduler**(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/schedsetscheduler/2/markdown)). Decode using the SCHED_* con‐ stants 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 operat‐ ing 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/brk/2/markdown). (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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/waitpid/2/markdown). ## SEE ALSO [**proc**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proc/5/markdown), [**proc_pid_status**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/procpidstatus/5/markdown) Linux man-pages 6.7 2023-08-15 [_proc_pid_stat_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/procpidstat/5/markdown)