1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index 9deeac855240..ecdaeb98b293 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
  *
  *      This routine is called synchronously when a particular tty device
  *      is closed for the last time freeing up the resources.
+ *      Note that tty_shutdown() is not called if ops->shutdown is defined.
+ *      This means one is responsible to take care of calling ops->remove (e.g.
+ *      via tty_driver_remove_tty) and releasing tty->termios.
  *
  *
  * void (*cleanup)(struct tty_struct * tty);