ne_wait_for_reply(9)

💖 ne_wait_for_reply(9) — the "pls reply" era 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and today's main character is ne_wait_for_reply from section 9. yes it's a kernel function, yes it's iconic, yes we're gonna get through this together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ne_wait_for_reply — literally just sitting there waiting for a reply from a PCI device command. that's the whole vibe. patience is a virtue, etc etc 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ne_wait_for_reply (struct pci_dev *pdev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pdev — the PCI device you're waiting on a reply from. like yes king, answer the phone 📞

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Process context, babes. and listen — this function is called with the ne_pci_dev mutex held. so don't be out here doing anything weird with that lock, ok? iykyk 🔒

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success. slay 💅✨
• Negative return value on failure. not slay 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, no cap:

• Kernel file ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_pci_dev.c Nitro Enclaves (NE) PCI device driver.(9)
• NE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MSECS(9)
• ne_submit_request(9)
• ne_retrieve_reply(9)
• ne_reply_handler(9)
• ne_event_work_handler(9)
• ne_event_handler(9)
• ne_setup_msix(9)
• ne_teardown_msix(9)
• ne_pci_dev_enable(9)
• ne_pci_dev_disable(9)
• ne_pci_probe(9)
• ne_pci_remove(9)
• ne_pci_shutdown(9)

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fr fr: don't call this without holding that ne_pci_dev mutex. that's not a suggestion, that's the contract 💀

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and that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by ./drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves, the October 2026 edition, ne_wait_for_reply(9). go forth and wait for your replies responsibly 🧚💜