Here is the OS I am using:
Linux securecluster 4.9.8-moby #1 SMP Wed Feb 8 09:56:43 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When trying to attach gdb to hanging process as root user, I got the following:
Attaching to process 9636
Could not attach to process. If your uid matches the uid of the target
process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope, or try
again as the root user. For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
ptrace: Operation not permitted.
I modified /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf , resulting in:
kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0
However, I got the same error. I tried changing /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope :
echo 0 | tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
tee: /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope: Read-only file system
Hint is appreciated.
I modified /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
This will only take effect on next reboot.
Until then, just do sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0