ne_start_en...check_booted(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ne_start_enclave_check_booted — the glow-up page 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ne_start_enclave_check_booted(9) — yes that's the whole page title up there, no we're not retyping the truncated version, we're being classy about it. anyway. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's talk about waking up an enclave and asking it "u up?" 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ne_start_enclave_check_booted — start the enclave, then wait for a heartbeat from it over a brand-new vsock channel, all to check that it actually booted. like texting "you alive??" but for a security enclave 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ne_start_enclave_check_booted (int enclave_fd );

that's it. one fd. she's lowkey minimalist, we respect it ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • enclave_fd — the file descriptor associated with the enclave. your little handle to the whole thing. keep her safe, she's precious 🧚

🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Process context. that's the vibe check — no interrupt weirdness, no atomic panic, just plain process context, bestie 💜

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — on success. slay. the enclave booted, the heartbeat landed, everyone clapped 👑
  • Negative return value — on failure. 😭 something went sideways; a negative number is the kernel's way of saying "not me dealing with this rn" 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Kernel file ./samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c — the sample flow of using the ioctl interface provided by the Nitro Enclaves (NE)(9). literally the tutorial bestie, go read it 📖

and the whole friend group, in order, no cap:

💅 reminder: this page is part of the kernel API docs, so the facts above are locked in. the vibes are mine, the flags are not.

aaaand that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 sign-off time: this little gem comes from ./samples/nitro_enclaves, dated October 2026, and lives under ne_start_en...check_booted(9) — iconic, no notes, periodt ✨💖🦋

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