From f96dbd1bbeeea82f07bc71c695fb17e8d7c9f1aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Sanders <gsanders87@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:09:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] gdb attaching to process during tests has non-sudo solution

---
 test/README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index b5cbe1aff3..a6fb9c9d73 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ cat /tmp/user/1000/testo9vsdjo3/node1/regtest/bitcoind.pid
 gdb /home/example/bitcoind <pid>
 ```
 
-Note: gdb attach step may require `sudo`
+Note: gdb attach step may require ptrace_scope to be modified, or `sudo` preceding the `gdb`.
+See this link for considerations: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/security/Yama.txt
 
 ### Util tests