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diff --git a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
index add26da2faeb..00c9d688d7b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@
* This function is called by the low-level tty driver to signal
* that line discpline should try to send more characters to the
* low-level driver for transmission. If the line discpline does
- * not have any more data to send, it can just return.
+ * not have any more data to send, it can just return. If the line
+ * discipline does have some data to send, please arise a tasklet
+ * or workqueue to do the real data transfer. Do not send data in
+ * this hook, it may leads to a deadlock.
*
* int (*hangup)(struct tty_struct *)
*