proc_pid_wchan(5) File Formats Manual proc_pid_wchan(5) NAME /proc/pid/wchan - wait channel DESCRIPTION /proc/pid/wchan (since Linux 2.6.0) The symbolic name corresponding to the location in the kernel where the process is sleeping. Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS check; see ptrace(2). SEE ALSO proc(5) Linux man-pages 6.19 2026-02-08 proc_pid_wchan(5)