This document tracks what is implemented in procfs. Refer to Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt in the Linux project for information about procfs generally. **NOTE**: This document is not guaranteed to be up to date. If you find an inconsistency, please file a bug. [TOC] ## Kernel data The following files are implemented: | File /proc/ | Content | | :------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------- | | [cpuinfo](#cpuinfo) | Info about the CPU | | [filesystems](#filesystems) | Supported filesystems | | [loadavg](#loadavg) | Load average of last 1, 5 & 15 minutes | | [meminfo](#meminfo) | Overall memory info | | [stat](#stat) | Overall kernel statistics | | [sys](#sys) | Change parameters within the kernel | | [uptime](#uptime) | Wall clock since boot, combined idle time of all cpus | | [version](#version) | Kernel version | ### cpuinfo ```bash $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 45 model name : unknown stepping : unknown cpu MHz : 1234.588 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx xsaveopt bogomips : 1234.59 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ... ``` Notable divergences: Field name | Notes :--------------- | :--------------------------------------- model name | Always unknown stepping | Always unknown fpu | Always yes fpu_exception | Always yes wp | Always yes bogomips | Bogus value (matches cpu MHz) clflush size | Always 64 cache_alignment | Always 64 address sizes | Always 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management | Always blank Otherwise fields are derived from the sentry configuration. ### filesystems ```bash $ cat /proc/filesystems nodev 9p nodev devpts nodev devtmpfs nodev proc nodev sysfs nodev tmpfs ``` ### loadavg ```bash $ cat /proc/loadavg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0 0 ``` Column | Notes :------------------------------------ | :---------- CPU.IO utilization in last 1 minute | Always zero CPU.IO utilization in last 5 minutes | Always zero CPU.IO utilization in last 10 minutes | Always zero Num currently running processes | Always zero Total num processes | Always zero TODO: Populate the columns with accurate statistics. ### meminfo ```bash $ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 2097152 kB MemFree: 2083540 kB MemAvailable: 2083540 kB Buffers: 0 kB Cached: 4428 kB SwapCache: 0 kB Active: 10812 kB Inactive: 2216 kB Active(anon): 8600 kB Inactive(anon): 0 kB Active(file): 2212 kB Inactive(file): 2216 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 0 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 8600 kB Mapped: 4428 kB Shmem: 0 kB ``` Notable divergences: Field name | Notes :---------------- | :----------------------------------------------------- Buffers | Always zero, no block devices SwapCache | Always zero, no swap Inactive(anon) | Always zero, see SwapCache Unevictable | Always zero TODO Mlocked | Always zero TODO SwapTotal | Always zero, no swap SwapFree | Always zero, no swap Dirty | Always zero TODO Writeback | Always zero TODO MemAvailable | Uses the same value as MemFree since there is no swap. Slab | Missing SReclaimable | Missing SUnreclaim | Missing KernelStack | Missing PageTables | Missing NFS_Unstable | Missing Bounce | Missing WritebackTmp | Missing CommitLimit | Missing Committed_AS | Missing VmallocTotal | Missing VmallocUsed | Missing VmallocChunk | Missing HardwareCorrupted | Missing AnonHugePages | Missing ShmemHugePages | Missing ShmemPmdMapped | Missing HugePages_Total | Missing HugePages_Free | Missing HugePages_Rsvd | Missing HugePages_Surp | Missing Hugepagesize | Missing DirectMap4k | Missing DirectMap2M | Missing DirectMap1G | Missing ### stat ```bash $ cat /proc/stat cpu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cpu7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 intr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ctxt 0 btime 1504040968 processes 0 procs_running 0 procs_blokkcked 0 softirq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ``` All fields except for `btime` are always zero. TODO: Populate with accurate fields. ### sys ```bash $ ls /proc/sys kernel vm ``` Directory | Notes :-------- | :---------------------------- abi | Missing debug | Missing dev | Missing fs | Missing kernel | Contains hostname (only) net | Missing user | Missing vm | Contains mmap_min_addr (only) ### uptime ```bash $ cat /proc/uptime 3204.62 0.00 ``` Column | Notes :------------------------------- | :---------------------------- Total num seconds system running | Time since procfs was mounted Number of seconds idle | Always zero ### version ```bash $ cat /proc/version Linux version 3.11.10 #1 SMP Fri Nov 29 10:47:50 PST 2013 ``` ## Process-specific data The following files are implemented: File /proc/PID | Content :---------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------- [auxv](#auxv) | Copy of auxiliary vector for the process [cmdline](#cmdline) | Command line arguments [comm](#comm) | Command name associated with the process [environ](#environ) | Process environment [exe](#exe) | Symlink to the process's executable [fd](#fd) | Directory containing links to open file descriptors [fdinfo](#fdinfo) | Information associated with open file descriptors [gid_map](#gid_map) | Mappings for group IDs inside the user namespace [io](#io) | IO statistics [maps](#maps) | Memory mappings (anon, executables, library files) [mounts](#mounts) | Mounted filesystems [mountinfo](#mountinfo) | Information about mounts [ns](#ns) | Directory containing info about supported namespaces [stat](#stat) | Process statistics [statm](#statm) | Process memory statistics [status](#status) | Process status in human readable format [task](#task) | Directory containing info about running threads [uid_map](#uid_map) | Mappings for user IDs inside the user namespace ### auxv TODO ### cmdline TODO ### comm TODO ### environment TODO ### exe TODO ### fd TODO ### fdinfo TODO ### gid_map TODO ### io Only has data for rchar, wchar, syscr, and syscw. TODO: add more detail. ### maps TODO ### mounts TODO ### mountinfo TODO ### ns TODO ### stat Only has data for pid, comm, state, ppid, utime, stime, cutime, cstime, num_threads, and exit_signal. TODO: add more detail. ### statm Only has data for vss and rss. TODO: add more detail. ### status Contains data for Name, State, Tgid, Pid, Ppid, TracerPid, FDSize, VmSize, VmRSS, Threads, CapInh, CapPrm, CapEff, CapBnd, Seccomp. TODO: add more detail. ### task TODO ### uid_map TODO