ne_poll_enclave_fd(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, meet ne_poll_enclave_fd — the thread function for polling the enclave fd. This cutie is documented as ne_poll_enclave_fd(9) in the Kernel API Manual, and yes, it’s giving kernel-thread realness. 🧚

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * ne_poll_enclave_fd (void *data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• data — the argument provided for the polling function. That’s the whole handoff, bestie. 🫶

🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Process context. No cap, that’s the context. 💅

💖 RETURN 💖

• NULL on success / failure. Yep — both. That’s literally the return vibe. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• 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_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)

Mwah 💋 — source/version ./samples/nitro_enclaves, date October 2026, and this is the ne_poll_enclave_fd(9) page. Bye bestie! 🫶