proc_show_stat(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… proc_show_stat(9) β€” from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's about one tiny little function in the megaraid driver. she's short, she's sweet, she shows you stats. let's get into it 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

proc_show_stat β€” and that's it. literally that's the whole vibe. the original page just says the function name and then a dash and then... nothing else 😭 no description in the NAME section, no cap. she's mysterious. she's giving main character energy with zero backstory πŸ’€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int proc_show_stat (struct seq_file *m , void *v );

that's the whole signature, copied exactly, character for character, because we do NOT mess with code in this house πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • m β€” the synthetic file construction data πŸ› οΈ this is the struct seq_file * situation, i.e. the thing that's building the fake file you're reading from. she's the stage manager, she sets everything up.
  • v β€” the file iterator πŸ” the void * that's like "okay which position in the file are we at right now". lowkey just a cursor with a job.

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so what does she actually do? she displays statistical information about the I/O activity πŸ“Šβœ¨ that's it, that's the whole plot. she's the one who pulls up the numbers on all the I/O happening out there so you can see them. iconic behaviour, honestly. no drama, no side quests, just stats πŸ‘‘


πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

okay bestie, buckle up, because this list is LONG and we are NOT skipping a single one of them πŸ™ˆ every single reference, right here, in order:

like I said. she has a lot of friends. iykyk πŸ’…


ngl the whole megaraid family is a whole ecosystem and proc_show_stat(9) is just one little butterfly in it πŸ¦‹ go read the others if you want the full lore.

and that's the page, bestie 🌈 this little gem lives in ./drivers/scsi, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under proc_show_stat(9) in the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go forth and read your stats πŸ’–πŸŽ€βœ¨

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