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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml index e71b48bd92..dd949d4048 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { added to the driver list.) The driver should return 0, or if the driver can't initialize, -1.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="start"/>int (*start)(ErlDrvPort port, char* command)</tag> + <tag><marker id="start"/>ErlDrvData (*start)(ErlDrvPort port, char* command)</tag> <item> <p>This is called when the driver is instantiated, when <c>open_port/2</c> is called. The driver should return a @@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { <p>This is called when the port is closed, with <c>port_close/1</c> or <c>Port ! {self(), close}</c>. Note that terminating the port owner process also closes the - port.</p> + port. If <c>drv_data</c> is a pointer to memory allocated in + <c>start</c>, then <c>stop</c> is the place to deallocate that + memory.</p> </item> <tag><marker id="output"/>void (*output)(ErlDrvData drv_data, char *buf, int len)</tag> <item> |