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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_stat():
 """ Mocks read_stat as this is a Linux-specific operation. """

    return [
        {
            "times": {
                "user": random.randint(0, 999999999),
                "nice": random.randint(0, 999999999),
                "sys": random.randint(0, 999999999),
                "idle": random.randint(0, 999999999),
                "irq": random.randint(0, 999999999),
            }
        }
    ]