Public bug reported: The proc(5) man page only documents nine fields for the "cpu" line in /proc/stat:
... Since Linux 2.6.24, there is a ninth column, guest, which is the time spent running a virtual CPU for guest operatā ing systems under the control of the Linux kernel. ... On my Ubuntu 12.04 system with Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae there are ten fields: cpu 70741124 519708 27538725 1384358154 33244926 9450 248630 0 0 0 According to show_stat() function in fs/proc/stat.c in linux-3.2.0 source package, the tenth field is the "guest_nice" tick value. It would be nice if this would be documented in the man page. I'm not quite sure what the guest_nice value actually means, though. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: manpages 3.35-0.1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Aug 20 23:58:44 2012 Dependencies: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: manpages UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-14 (97 days ago) ** Affects: manpages (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039260 Title: proc(5) doesn't document all CPU values in /proc/stat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/manpages/+bug/1039260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs