Debugging of CPython processes with gdb

pdb has been, is and probably always will be the bread and butter of Python programmers, when they need to find the root cause of a problem in their applications, as it’s a built-in and easy to use debugger. But there are cases, when pdb can’t help you, e.g. if your app has got stuck somewhere, and you need to attach to a running process to find out why, without restarting it. This is where gdb shines.

http://podoliaka.org/2016/04/10/debugging-cpython-gdb/