---
name: "proc_diskstats"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/proc_diskstats"
---

# proc\_diskstats(5)

disk I/O statistics

## NAME

/proc/diskstats - disk I/O statistics

## DESCRIPTION

- */proc/diskstats* (since Linux 2.5.69)

  This file contains disk I/O statistics for each disk device. See the Linux kernel source file *Documentation/admin-guide/iostats.rst* for further information.

## SEE ALSO

[**proc**(5)](/proc/5.md)