nvme_describe_key_serial(2)
π nvme_describe_key_serial β it's giving "tell me who this key is" β¨
okay bestie, so this is a page from the libnvme API manual, section 2 β yes we're in the manual pages, we're fancy, we're in our documentation era π
πΈ NAME πΈ
nvme_describe_key_serial β bestie this one just returns a key description, that's the whole gig π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
char * nvme_describe_key_serial (long key_id );
that's it. that's the function. one (1) argument, one (1) vibe check π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
key_idβ the key serial number. literally just the serial number, that's what you're handing over, no notes π
π DESCRIPTION π
so what it does is, it fetches the description of the key β or the keyring, if that's what your serial number is pointing at β that's identified by the serial number key_id. like you give it the serial number and it tells you what that key actually is. no cap, that's the whole thing π§
π RETURN π
it hands you back the description of key_id β¨ β or NULL if it fails π plain and simple.
β οΈ okay important, do NOT forget this part bestie: the returned string needs to be freed by the caller. it's yours now. you asked for it, you clean it up. free() it. no leaking, we don't do that here π
and that's the page, bestie!! go forth and describe those keys π«Ά this little love letter came to you from the libnvme API manual, dated July 2026, section 2 ofc. mwah, bye πβ¨πΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- ubuntu stonking: libnvme-dev 1.16.2-1build1 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms