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what are the meaning of values at proc/[pid]/stat?


From man proc(5):

   /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 speci‐          fiers, 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.                    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)          (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 con‐                    trolling terminal of the process.          (9) flags  %u                    The kernel flags word of the process.  For bit mean‐                    ings, 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 chil‐                    dren 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 chil‐                    dren 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 schedul‐                    ing priority, minus one; that is, a number in the                    range -2 to -100, corresponding to real-time priori‐                    ties 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 kernel 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 ker‐                    nel 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.  In                    kernels 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.          (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 deci‐                    mal 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 deci‐                    mal 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 deci‐                    mal 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 wait‐                    ing.  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 main‐                    tained).          (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 vir‐                    tual 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 unini‐                    tialized (BSS) data are placed.          (46) end_data  %lu  (since Linux 3.3)  [PT]                    Address below which program initialized and unini‐                    tialized (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).


There are enough information on its man page. Try to read it and look for /proc/[pid]/stat in it.

man 5 proc

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You can get everything from here http://brokestream.com/procstat.htmland See the following explanation:-  int           pid;                      /** The process id. **/  char          exName [_POSIX_PATH_MAX]; /** The filename of the executable **/  char          state; /** 1 **/          /** R is running, S is sleeping,                D is sleeping in an uninterruptible wait,               Z is zombie, T is traced or stopped **/  unsigned      euid,                      /** effective user id **/                egid;                      /** effective group id */                           int           ppid;                     /** The pid of the parent. **/  int           pgrp;                     /** The pgrp of the process. **/  int           session;                  /** The session id of the process. **/  int           tty;                      /** The tty the process uses **/  int           tpgid;                    /** (too long) **/  unsigned int  flags;                    /** The flags of the process. **/  unsigned int  minflt;                   /** The number of minor faults **/  unsigned int  cminflt;                  /** The number of minor faults with childs **/  unsigned int  majflt;                   /** The number of major faults **/  unsigned int  cmajflt;                  /** The number of major faults with childs **/  int           utime;                    /** user mode jiffies **/  int           stime;                    /** kernel mode jiffies **/  int       cutime;                   /** user mode jiffies with childs **/  int           cstime;                   /** kernel mode jiffies with childs **/  int           counter;                  /** process's next timeslice **/  int           priority;                 /** the standard nice value, plus fifteen **/  unsigned int  timeout;                  /** The time in jiffies of the next timeout **/  unsigned int  itrealvalue;              /** The time before the next SIGALRM is sent to the process **/  int           starttime; /** 20 **/     /** Time the process started after system boot **/  unsigned int  vsize;                    /** Virtual memory size **/  unsigned int  rss;                      /** Resident Set Size **/  unsigned int  rlim;                     /** Current limit in bytes on the rss **/  unsigned int  startcode;                /** The address above which program text can run **/  unsigned int  endcode;                  /** The address below which program text can run **/  unsigned int  startstack;               /** The address of the start of the stack **/  unsigned int  kstkesp;                  /** The current value of ESP **/  unsigned int  kstkeip;                 /** The current value of EIP **/  int       signal;                   /** The bitmap of pending signals **/  int           blocked; /** 30 **/       /** The bitmap of blocked signals **/  int           sigignore;                /** The bitmap of ignored signals **/  int           sigcatch;                 /** The bitmap of catched signals **/  unsigned int  wchan;  /** 33 **/        /** (too long) **/  int       sched,        /** scheduler **/                sched_priority;       /** scheduler priority **/