code: def getProcStatStatus(self, threads=False, **kwargs):
          
          procs = self.getProcList(['stat',], threads=threads, **kwargs)
          status = dict(zip(procStatusNames.values(), 
                            [0,] * len(procStatusNames)))
          prio = {'high': 0, 'low': 0, 'norm': 0, 'locked_in_mem': 0}
          total = 0
          locked_in_mem = 0
          if procs is not None:
              for cols in procs['stats']:
                  col_stat = cols[0]
                  status[procStatusNames[col_stat[0]]] += 1
                  if '<' in col_stat[1:]:
                      prio['high'] += 1
                  elif 'N' in col_stat[1:]:
                      prio['low'] += 1
                  else:
                      prio['norm'] += 1
                  if 'L' in col_stat[1:]:
                      locked_in_mem += 1
                  total += 1
          return {'status': status, 
                  'prio': prio, 
                  'locked_in_mem': locked_in_mem, 
                  'total': total}
docs: Return process counts per status and priority.
          
          @param **kwargs: Keyword variables are used for filtering the results
                           depending on the values of the columns. Each keyword 
                           must correspond to a field name with an optional 
                           suffix:
                           field:          Field equal to value or in list of 
                                           values.
                           field_ic:       Field equal to value or in list of 
                                           values, using case insensitive 
                                           comparison.
                           field_regex:    Field matches regex value or matches
                                           with any regex in list of values.
                           field_ic_regex: Field matches regex value or matches
                                           with any regex in list of values 
                                           using case insensitive match.
          @return: Dictionary of process counters.