ne_enclave_poll(9)

💅 ne_enclave_poll — a kernel API manual moment

okay so bestie, we're in the ne_enclave_poll(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it is exactly what it says on the tin: this is the poll functionality used for enclave out-of-band events. tiny page, iconic energy, let's go ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ne_enclave_poll — poll functionality used for enclave out-of-band events 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__poll_t ne_enclave_poll (struct file *file , poll_table *wait );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file — the file associated with this poll function, bestie. that's its whole job 💅
• wait — the poll table data structure. yes queen, that's the one 🫶

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💜 CONTEXT 💜

Process context. that's it, that's the vibe ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• Poll mask. 👑

no cap, that's the entire return section — a poll mask and nothing else, so don't go looking for extra lore 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, the whole friend group shows up here, fr fr 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c — Enclave lifetime management driver for Nitro Enclaves (NE).(9)
• NE_CPUS_SIZE(9)
• NE_EIF_LOAD_OFFSET(9)
• NE_MIN_ENCLAVE_MEM_SIZE(9)
• NE_MIN_MEM_REGION_SIZE(9)
• NE_PARENT_VM_CID(9)
• struct ne_cpu_pool(9)
• struct ne_phys_contig_mem_regions(9)
• ne_check_enclaves_created(9)
• ne_setup_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_teardown_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_set_kernel_param(9)
• ne_donated_cpu(9)
• ne_get_unused_core_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_set_enclave_threads_per_core(9)
• ne_get_cpu_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_get_vcpu_core_from_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_check_cpu_in_cpu_pool(9)
• ne_add_vcpu_ioctl(9)
• ne_sanity_check_user_mem_region(9)
• ne_sanity_check_user_mem_region_page(9)
• ne_sanity_check_phys_mem_region(9)
• ne_merge_phys_contig_memory_regions(9)
• ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl(9)
• ne_start_enclave_ioctl(9)
• ne_enclave_ioctl(9)
• ne_enclave_remove_all_mem_region_entries(9)
• ne_enclave_remove_all_vcpu_id_entries(9)
• ne_pci_dev_remove_enclave_entry(9)
• ne_enclave_release(9)
• ne_create_vm_ioctl(9)
• ne_ioctl(9)

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okay that's the whole page, and honestly? short, sweet, and it ate 💅✨

little sign-off moment: this one lives under ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves, dated October 2026, and it's the ne_enclave_poll(9) page — ily, go read your poll masks bestie 🎀🦋