It's basically this: attach with GDB, get GIL, run commands (your session), release GIL. This is pretty dangerous as the GIL release is not guaranteed. This is

It's basically this: attach with GDB, get GIL, run commands (your session), release GIL. This is pretty dangerous as the GIL release is not guaranteed. This is why I wrote https://pypi.python.org/pypi/manhole https://pypi.python.org/pypi/manhole - I couldn't afford hosing up (deadlocking) my processes, and it happen pretty often with pyrasite in my usecases. Have in mind that manhole is not that flexible as it uses different technique.