security: Moved cache dropping function

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/security/cache.go b/security/cache.go
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+/*
+ * cache.go - Handles cache clearing and management.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+ * Author: Joe Richey (joerichey@google.com)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package security
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// DropInodeCache instructs the kernel to clear the global cache of inodes and
+// dentries. This has the effect of making encrypted directories whose keys
+// are not present no longer accessible. Requires root privileges.
+func DropInodeCache() error {
+	log.Print("dropping page caches")
+	// See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+	file, err := os.OpenFile("/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_SYNC, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	// "2" just clears the inodes and dentries
+	_, err = file.WriteString("2")
+	return err
+}