ne_create_vm(9)

💅 ne_create_vm(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to ne_create_vm from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is literally the first step — it makes a slot for the enclave VM, like reserving the cutest table at the restaurant before anyone even shows up 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ne_create_vm — create a slot for the enclave VM 💖

yes that's it. that's the whole vibe. slot = created, enclave VM = has a home. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ne_create_vm (int ne_dev_fd , unsigned long *slot_uid , int *enclave_fd );

three args, one int coming back at you. no cap. 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ne_dev_fd — the file descriptor of the NE misc device. like, the NE misc device's fd. that's the one 🎀
• slot_uid — the generated slot uid for the enclave 🌟 it gets generated and you get it back through this pointer, iykyk
• enclave_fd — the generated file descriptor for the enclave 🧚 also generated, also handed back to you via pointer

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💜 CONTEXT 💜

Process context. that's the whole section, she's short and she knows it 💅

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success ✨ we LOVE a zero
• Negative return value on failure 😭 not zero, not happy. negative. handle it fr fr

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long and honestly iconic, so buckle up bestie:

• Kernel file ./samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c — 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_PORT(9)
• NE_IMAGE_LOAD_HEARTBEAT_VALUE(9)
• struct ne_user_mem_region(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 showed up to the function's birthday party 🎂 obsessed.

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ngl the safest move is to actually read that sample file before you start calling ioctls, bestie — it's literally the sample flow 🫶

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and that's the page!! 💖 this lil beauty comes from ./samples/nitro_enclaves and is dated October 2026, so go forth and create those VM slots, main character 🎀✨🦋