nvme_lookup_key(2)

✨ nvme_lookup_key — bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, you're in section 2 of the libnvme API manual and we're about to go find a key. not like a house key. a kernel keyring key. stay with me, it's giving very main character 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme_lookup_key — lookup key serial number 🔑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

long nvme_lookup_key (const char *type , const char *identity );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• type — the key type. what kind of key we're looking for, bestie 🧚
• identity — the key description. like, which key, specifically 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically this function goes and looks up the serial number of the key identity with type type in the current session keyring. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap 🌈

You hand it a type and an identity, and it goes digging through your current session keyring to find the matching key's serial number. iconic behaviour fr fr 👑

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💜 RETURN 💜

• the key serial number of the key ✨
• or 0 with errno set otherwise 😭

ngl, if you get 0 back it's not a mystery, bestie — check errno, it literally told you what happened 🙈

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this gorgeous lil manpage came to you from the libnvme API manual, dated July 2026 — go forth and look up keys, you absolute icon 🫶🌸✨