/proc/cpuinfo length 0

To my surprise, I discovered this afternoon that /proc/cpuinfo is empty on my computer. It turns out that garuda-inxi includes the information I was looking for (instruction set support), but there may well be programs or scripts that look in /proc/cpuinfo, so I'd still like to have it populated. Any help is appreciated.

ls output:

.r--r--r-- 0 root 22 Dec 16:59  /proc/cpuinfo

garuda-inxi output:

System:
Kernel: 6.1.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=175bf059-bdac-45c1-a3c9-14741ad4fc89 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X300-ITX serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: P1.40 date: 08/02/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA50000C
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2092 high: 3900 min/max: 1400/4464 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3082 2: 1400
3: 1400 4: 3900 5: 1400 6: 1400 7: 3030 8: 1400 9: 1400 10: 1400 11: 1400
12: 3900 bogomips: 93423
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6600/6600 XT/6600M] vendor: Sapphire
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73ff
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.1 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6600 (navi23 LLVM
14.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.1-zen1-1-zen) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.1-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 1.2 TiB (26.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Smart Modular Tech.
model: SHGP31-2000GM size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 31060C20 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 045 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Smart Modular Tech.
model: SHGS31-500GS-2 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1.75 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 592.64 GiB (31.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 592.64 GiB (31.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 592.64 GiB (31.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 592.64 GiB (31.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.67 GiB used: 630.2 MiB (1.0%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
mem: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 2119 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0
gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 337 Uptime: 2d 23h 29m wakeups: 0 Memory: 62.67 GiB
used: 4.45 GiB (7.1%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1886 libs: 455 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.24
Garuda (2.6.12-1):
System install date:     2022-11-17
Last full system update: 2022-12-25 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       NetworkManager
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Snapshots:               Snapper
Failed units:
cat /proc/cpuinfo

?

https://linuxwiki.de/proc/cpuinfo

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cat does not come back empty, and strangely the ls output is unchanged. So all is well, and I was just surprised. Thanks.

/proc by default has a virtual filesystem mounted on it, which has no real concept of file sizes, as the data is generated by the kernel when requested.

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