struct usb_hub_port {
        void                    *port_owner;
-       struct usb_device       *child;
 };
 
 struct usb_hub {
        return (hdev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol == USB_HUB_PR_SS);
 }
 
-/* Protect struct usb_device->state and struct usb_hub_port->child members
+/* Protect struct usb_device->state and ->children members
  * Note: Both are also protected by ->dev.sem, except that ->state can
  * change to USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED even when the semaphore isn't held. */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(device_state_lock);
 /* Note that hdev or one of its children must be locked! */
 static struct usb_hub *hdev_to_hub(struct usb_device *hdev)
 {
-       if (!hdev || !hdev->actconfig || !hdev->maxchild)
+       if (!hdev || !hdev->actconfig)
                return NULL;
        return usb_get_intfdata(hdev->actconfig->interface[0]);
 }
        struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
        int ret = 0;
 
-       if (hub->port_data[port1-1].child && set_state)
-               usb_set_device_state(hub->port_data[port1-1].child,
+       if (hdev->children[port1-1] && set_state)
+               usb_set_device_state(hdev->children[port1-1],
                                USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED);
        if (!hub->error && !hub_is_superspeed(hub->hdev))
                ret = clear_port_feature(hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_ENABLE);
         * which ports need attention.
         */
        for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
-               struct usb_device *udev = hub->port_data[port1-1].child;
+               struct usb_device *udev = hdev->children[port1-1];
                u16 portstatus, portchange;
 
                portstatus = portchange = 0;
        if (type != HUB_SUSPEND) {
                /* Disconnect all the children */
                for (i = 0; i < hdev->maxchild; ++i) {
-                       if (hub->port_data[i].child)
-                               usb_disconnect(&hub->port_data[i].child);
+                       if (hdev->children[i])
+                               usb_disconnect(&hdev->children[i]);
                }
        }
 
        dev_info (hub_dev, "%d port%s detected\n", hdev->maxchild,
                (hdev->maxchild == 1) ? "" : "s");
 
+       hdev->children = kzalloc(hdev->maxchild *
+                               sizeof(struct usb_device *), GFP_KERNEL);
        hub->port_data = kzalloc(hdev->maxchild * sizeof(struct usb_hub_port),
                        GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!hub->port_data) {
+       if (!hub->port_data || !hdev->children) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto fail;
        }
 static void hub_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
        struct usb_hub *hub = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
+       struct usb_device *hdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 
        /* Take the hub off the event list and don't let it be added again */
        spin_lock_irq(&hub_event_lock);
                highspeed_hubs--;
 
        usb_free_urb(hub->urb);
+       kfree(hdev->children);
        kfree(hub->port_data);
        kfree(hub->descriptor);
        kfree(hub->status);
 hub_ioctl(struct usb_interface *intf, unsigned int code, void *user_data)
 {
        struct usb_device *hdev = interface_to_usbdev (intf);
-       struct usb_hub *hub = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
        /* assert ifno == 0 (part of hub spec) */
        switch (code) {
                else {
                        info->nports = hdev->maxchild;
                        for (i = 0; i < info->nports; i++) {
-                               if (hub->port_data[i].child == NULL)
+                               if (hdev->children[i] == NULL)
                                        info->port[i] = 0;
                                else
                                        info->port[i] =
-                                               hub->port_data[i].child->devnum;
+                                               hdev->children[i]->devnum;
                        }
                }
                spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock);
 
 static void recursively_mark_NOTATTACHED(struct usb_device *udev)
 {
-       struct usb_hub  *hub = hdev_to_hub(udev);
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < udev->maxchild; ++i) {
-               if (hub->port_data[i].child)
-                       recursively_mark_NOTATTACHED(
-                               hub->port_data[i].child);
+               if (udev->children[i])
+                       recursively_mark_NOTATTACHED(udev->children[i]);
        }
        if (udev->state == USB_STATE_SUSPENDED)
                udev->active_duration -= jiffies;
 void usb_disconnect(struct usb_device **pdev)
 {
        struct usb_device       *udev = *pdev;
-       struct usb_hub  *hub = hdev_to_hub(udev);
        int                     i;
 
        /* mark the device as inactive, so any further urb submissions for
 
        /* Free up all the children before we remove this device */
        for (i = 0; i < udev->maxchild; i++) {
-               if (hub->port_data[i].child)
-                       usb_disconnect(&hub->port_data[i].child);
+               if (udev->children[i])
+                       usb_disconnect(&udev->children[i]);
        }
 
        /* deallocate hcd/hardware state ... nuking all pending urbs and
        for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; port1++) {
                struct usb_device       *udev;
 
-               udev = hub->port_data[port1-1].child;
+               udev = hdev->children [port1-1];
                if (udev && udev->can_submit) {
                        dev_warn(&intf->dev, "port %d nyet suspended\n", port1);
                        if (PMSG_IS_AUTO(msg))
 
        remaining = hdev->bus_mA - hub->descriptor->bHubContrCurrent;
        for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
-               struct usb_device       *udev = hub->port_data[port1 - 1].child;
+               struct usb_device       *udev = hdev->children[port1 - 1];
                int                     delta;
 
                if (!udev)
 #endif
 
        /* Try to resuscitate an existing device */
-       udev = hub->port_data[port1-1].child;
+       udev = hdev->children[port1-1];
        if ((portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_CONNECTION) && udev &&
                        udev->state != USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED) {
                usb_lock_device(udev);
 
        /* Disconnect any existing devices under this port */
        if (udev)
-               usb_disconnect(&hub->port_data[port1-1].child);
+               usb_disconnect(&hdev->children[port1-1]);
        clear_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
 
        /* We can forget about a "removed" device when there's a physical
                                && highspeed_hubs != 0)
                        check_highspeed (hub, udev, port1);
 
-               /* Store the hub port's child pointer.  At this point
+               /* Store the parent's children[] pointer.  At this point
                 * udev becomes globally accessible, although presumably
                 * no one will look at it until hdev is unlocked.
                 */
                if (hdev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
                        status = -ENOTCONN;
                else
-                       hub->port_data[port1-1].child = udev;
+                       hdev->children[port1-1] = udev;
                spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock);
 
                /* Run it through the hoops (find a driver, etc) */
                        status = usb_new_device(udev);
                        if (status) {
                                spin_lock_irq(&device_state_lock);
-                               hub->port_data[port1-1].child = NULL;
+                               hdev->children[port1-1] = NULL;
                                spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock);
                        }
                }
        int ret;
 
        hdev = hub->hdev;
-       udev = hub->port_data[port - 1].child;
+       udev = hdev->children[port-1];
        if (!hub_is_superspeed(hdev)) {
                if (!(portchange & USB_PORT_STAT_C_SUSPEND))
                        return 0;
                                 */
                                if (!(portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_ENABLE)
                                    && !connect_change
-                                   && hub->port_data[i-1].child) {
+                                   && hdev->children[i-1]) {
                                        dev_err (hub_dev,
                                            "port %i "
                                            "disabled by hub (EMI?), "
        schedule_work(&iface->reset_ws);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_queue_reset_device);
-
-struct usb_device *usb_get_hub_child_device(struct usb_device *hdev,
-       int port1)
-{
-       struct usb_hub *hub = hdev_to_hub(hdev);
-
-       if (!hub || port1 > hdev->maxchild || port1 < 1)
-               return NULL;
-       return hub->port_data[port1 - 1].child;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_get_hub_child_device);
-