NE_IMAGE_LOA...ARTBEAT_PORT(9)

🦋 the manual page formerly known as NE_IMAGE_LOA...ARTBEAT_PORT(9) 🦋

okay bestie so this lil page lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9, and yes the title is literally truncated with ... in the middle because apparently even kernel docs get a little dramatic ✨. anyway, it's a one-liner page and we're gonna make it iconic.

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💖 NAME 💖

NE_IMAGE_LOAD_HEARTBEAT_PORT — the Vsock port for the enclave image loading heartbeat logic, no cap 💅

like fr, that's the whole vibe. it's the port number the heartbeat logic uses while the enclave image is loading. that's it, that's the whole function. a little icon, a little main character, doing one job beautifully 🎀

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

NE_IMAGE_LOAD_HEARTBEAT_PORT

literally just the name itself, standing there looking cute. not me expecting a whole signature and getting a bare identifier 😭 — that's the whole synopsis though, bestie, don't come for me.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is where it gets GOOD, because this page is basically a little hub with a million connections 🫶. go read these next:

• the kernel file ./samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c — the sample flow of using the ioctl interface provided by the Nitro Enclaves (NE)(9) 👑
• NE_DEV_NAME(9)
• NE_POLL_WAIT_TIME(9)
• NE_POLL_WAIT_TIME_MS(9)
• NE_SLEEP_TIME(9)
• NE_DEFAULT_NR_VCPUS(9)
• NE_MIN_MEM_REGION_SIZE(9)
• NE_DEFAULT_NR_MEM_REGIONS(9)
• NE_IMAGE_LOAD_HEARTBEAT_CID(9)
• NE_IMAGE_LOAD_HEARTBEAT_VALUE(9)
• struct ne_user_mem_region(9)
• ne_create_vm(9)
• ne_poll_enclave_fd(9)
• ne_alloc_user_mem_region(9)
• ne_load_enclave_image(9)
• ne_set_user_mem_region(9)
• ne_free_mem_regions(9)
• ne_add_vcpu(9)
• ne_start_enclave(9)
• ne_start_enclave_check_booted(9)

like, the whole friend group is here 🌸. heartbeats, vcpus, memory regions — everybody showed up to the party 💜

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ngl this page is short, but that's the point — it's one constant, one job, one little heartbeat keeping the image load alive 🩷

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🧚✨ this cutie comes from ./samples/nitro_enclaves, dated October 2026, and it's filed under NE_IMAGE_LOA...ARTBEAT_PORT(9) — yes the truncated name again, we love a mystery 💀💖