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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/driver.xml7
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver.xml
index 006a6160de..db455312ec 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/driver.xml
@@ -196,11 +196,14 @@ static ErlDrvData start(ErlDrvPort port, char *command)
<p>We call disconnect to log out from the database.
(This should have been done from Erlang, but just in case.)</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
- static int do_disconnect(our_data_t* data, ei_x_buff* x);
+static int do_disconnect(our_data_t* data, ei_x_buff* x);
static void stop(ErlDrvData drv_data)
{
- do_disconnect((our_data_t*)drv_data, NULL);
+ our_data_t* data = (our_data_t*)drv_data;
+
+ do_disconnect(data, NULL);
+ driver_free(data);
}
]]></code>
<p>We use the binary format only to return data to the emulator;
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>