CLEAN_UP(4)

NAME
clean_up - periodically called in inactive objects

SYNOPSIS
int clean_up(int inheritted);

DESCRIPTION
The clean_up() function is called by the driver on a regular basis in all objects that have been inactive for the time specified for clean_up() in the runtime configuration file. One flag is passed to the function, specifying whether or not the object has been inheritted by anything. If clean_up() returns 0, clean_up() will never be called again on that object. If it returns 1, it will be called again when the object remains inactive for the specified clean_up() delay.

One thing that might be commonly done by an object in this function is destructing itself to conserve memory.