NAME

       keyctl_invalidate - invalidate a key

SYNOPSIS

       #include <keyutils.h>

       long keyctl_invalidate(key_serial_t key);

DESCRIPTION

       keyctl_invalidate()  invalidates a key.  The key is scheduled for immediate removal from all the keyrings
       that point to it, after which it will be deleted.  The key will be ignored  by  all  searches  once  this
       function is called even if it is not yet fully dealt with.

       The caller must have search permission on a key to be able to invalidate it.

RETURN VALUE

       On  success  keyctl_invalidate()  returns 0.  On error, the value -1 will be returned and errno will have
       been set to an appropriate error.

ERRORS

       ENOKEY The key specified is invalid.

       EKEYEXPIRED
              The key specified has expired.

       EKEYREVOKED
              The key specified had been revoked.

       EACCES The key exists, but is not searchable by the calling process.

LINKING

       This is a library function that can  be  found  in  libkeyutils.   When  linking,  -lkeyutils  should  be
       specified to the linker.

SEE ALSO

       keyctl(1), add_key(2), keyctl(2), request_key(2), keyctl(3), keyrings(7), keyutils(7)

Linux                                              29 Aug 2013                              KEYCTL_INVALIDATE(3)