ne_free_mem_regions(9)

💖 ne_free_mem_regions(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual for ne_free_mem_regions — yes, that's a section 9 page, we're in the big leagues now 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ne_free_mem_regions — unmaps all the user space memory regions that were set aside for the enclave. like, every single one, no stragglers, we're clearing the whole group chat 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ne_free_mem_regions (struct ne_user_mem_region ne_user_mem_regions[] );

ngl this one's short and sweet — no return value to obsess over, it just Does The Thing 😌

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ne_user_mem_regions — the user space memory regions that are associated with an enclave. that's the whole squad of them, and they're getting unmapped. it's giving cleanup era 🧹✨

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✨ CONTEXT ✨

Process context. periodt. that's the context, that's the vibe, don't overthink it 🎀

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay this is the part where the manpage flexes its entire friend list and honestly? iconic. go read these next, fr fr:

• 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_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_add_vcpu(9)
• ne_start_enclave(9)
• ne_start_enclave_check_booted(9)

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lowkey a reminder from your girl: this page lives in the ./samples/nitro_enclaves source tree, and it's dated October 2026 🌸 that's the version/date flex, bestie, we're future-proofed 💜

stay hydrated, free your memory regions, and slay 💅✨🦋