[systemd-bugs] [Bug 65382] src/shared/dev-setup.c is creating /dev/core symlink without checking if /proc/kcore is present

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65382

--- Comment #8 from Coacher <itumaykin at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Oh, there is such a kernel config option available without gresecurity?
> What's its name?

As Michał already said it is CONFIG_PROC_KCORE.

> Well, the kernel maintains /proc/kcore, and if this cannot be turned off in
> normal kernels then I see no reasons to support not creating the symlink for
> it. We do not support patched kernels like this, that's all.
> 
> If disabling kcore is indeed available as an option in vanilla kernels, then
> this would change the story however.

Oh, I see your point now and it's rational. I thought you were aware that
/proc/kcore is optional in vanilla kernel.

Please add a fix.

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