libnvmf_lookup_keyring(9)

💅 libnvmf_lookup_keyring(9) — like, the keyring serial number lookup, bestie

okay so real talk, this one lives in the libnvme API manual and it's genuinely so straightforward, you're gonna slay this. it's a function from libnvme and its whole personality is: find the serial number of a keyring. that's it. that's the vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

libnvmf_lookup_keyring — look up a keyring serial number 🔑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int libnvmf_lookup_keyring (struct libnvme_global_ctx *ctx , const char
*keyring , long *key );

like yes, it's int, it returns stuff, we love that for it 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — your struct libnvme_global_ctx object, the main character of literally every libnvme call ngl
• keyring — the keyring name, aka what you're looking up 🧚
• key — the key serial number, and this is where the answer gets handed back to you 🫶

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

it looks up the serial number of the keyring keyring. lowkey that's the whole plot 😭 no cap, no secret extra steps, it just goes and finds that serial number for you. iconic.

💀 RETURN 💀

• 0 on success 🎉
• a negative error code otherwise 🙈

so like, heads up: if you get anything negative back, that's not a win, bestie. check it. fr fr.

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and that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 👑 mwah 💜

signing off from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026, section libnvmf_lookup_keyring(9) 🎀✨