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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver
index ba64e4b892e9..c415b0ef4493 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/driver
+++ b/Documentation/serial/driver
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ The core driver uses the info->tmpbuf_sem lock to prevent multi-threaded
access to the info->tmpbuf bouncebuffer used for port writes.
The port_sem semaphore is used to protect against ports being added/
-removed or reconfigured at inappropriate times.
+removed or reconfigured at inappropriate times. Since v2.6.27, this
+semaphore has been the 'mutex' member of the tty_port struct, and
+commonly referred to as the port mutex (or port->mutex).
uart_ops
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ hardware.
Other flags may be used (eg, xon/xoff characters) if your
hardware supports hardware "soft" flow control.
- Locking: none.
+ Locking: caller holds port->mutex
Interrupts: caller dependent.
This call must not sleep