!profiling.sampling --- Statistical profiler — Platform requirements
The profiler reads the target process's memory to capture stack traces.
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The profiler reads the target process's memory to capture stack traces. This requires elevated permissions on most operating systems.
On Linux, the profiler uses ptrace or process_vm_readv to read the target process's memory. This typically requires one of
Running as root Having the CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability Adjusting the Yama ptrace scope: /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
The default ptrace_scope of 1 restricts ptrace to parent processes only. To allow attaching to any process owned by the same user, set it to 0
echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
On macOS, the profiler uses task_for_pid() to access the target process. This requires one of
Running as root The profiler binary having the com.apple.security.cs.debugger entitlement System Integrity Protection (SIP) being disabled (not recommended)
On Windows, the profiler requires administrative privileges or the S
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