proc_pid_syscall(5)           File Formats Manual          proc_pid_syscall(5)

NAME
       /proc/pid/syscall - currently executed system call

DESCRIPTION
       /proc/pid/syscall (since Linux 2.6.27)
              This file exposes the system call number and argument registers
              for the system call currently being executed by the process,
              followed by the values of the stack pointer and program counter
              registers.  The values of all six argument registers are
              exposed, although most system calls use fewer registers.

              If the process is blocked, but not in a system call, then the
              file displays -1 in place of the system call number, followed by
              just the values of the stack pointer and program counter.  If
              process is not blocked, then the file contains just the string
              "running".

              This file is present only if the kernel was configured with
              CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK.

              Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access
              mode PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS check; see ptrace(2).

SEE ALSO
       proc(5)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1             2024-05-02               proc_pid_syscall(5)