Kernel: Make the purge() syscall superuser-only

I don't think we need to give unprivileged users access to what is
essentially a kernel testing mechanism.
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Andreas Kling 2020-01-02 13:37:23 +01:00
parent 907b090ddf
commit 7f843ef3b2
Notes: sideshowbarker 2024-07-19 10:25:48 +09:00
2 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ If no options are specified, all possible memory is released.
## Examples
```sh
$ purge
# purge
Purged page count: 744
```

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@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ int Process::sys$madvise(void* address, size_t size, int advice)
int Process::sys$purge(int mode)
{
if (!is_superuser())
return -EPERM;
int purged_page_count = 0;
if (mode & PURGE_ALL_VOLATILE) {
NonnullRefPtrVector<PurgeableVMObject> vmobjects;