*/
 int usb_deauthorize_device(struct usb_device *usb_dev)
 {
-       unsigned cnt;
        usb_lock_device(usb_dev);
        if (usb_dev->authorized == 0)
                goto out_unauthorized;
+
        usb_dev->authorized = 0;
        usb_set_configuration(usb_dev, -1);
+
+       kfree(usb_dev->product);
        usb_dev->product = kstrdup("n/a (unauthorized)", GFP_KERNEL);
+       kfree(usb_dev->manufacturer);
        usb_dev->manufacturer = kstrdup("n/a (unauthorized)", GFP_KERNEL);
+       kfree(usb_dev->serial);
        usb_dev->serial = kstrdup("n/a (unauthorized)", GFP_KERNEL);
-       kfree(usb_dev->config);
-       usb_dev->config = NULL;
-       for (cnt = 0; cnt < usb_dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations; cnt++)
-               kfree(usb_dev->rawdescriptors[cnt]);
+
+       usb_destroy_configuration(usb_dev);
        usb_dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations = 0;
-       kfree(usb_dev->rawdescriptors);
+
 out_unauthorized:
        usb_unlock_device(usb_dev);
        return 0;
 int usb_authorize_device(struct usb_device *usb_dev)
 {
        int result = 0, c;
+
        usb_lock_device(usb_dev);
        if (usb_dev->authorized == 1)
                goto out_authorized;
-       kfree(usb_dev->product);
-       usb_dev->product = NULL;
-       kfree(usb_dev->manufacturer);
-       usb_dev->manufacturer = NULL;
-       kfree(usb_dev->serial);
-       usb_dev->serial = NULL;
+
        result = usb_autoresume_device(usb_dev);
        if (result < 0) {
                dev_err(&usb_dev->dev,
                        "authorization: %d\n", result);
                goto error_device_descriptor;
        }
+
+       kfree(usb_dev->product);
+       usb_dev->product = NULL;
+       kfree(usb_dev->manufacturer);
+       usb_dev->manufacturer = NULL;
+       kfree(usb_dev->serial);
+       usb_dev->serial = NULL;
+
        usb_dev->authorized = 1;
        result = usb_enumerate_device(usb_dev);
        if (result < 0)
                }
        }
        dev_info(&usb_dev->dev, "authorized to connect\n");
+
 error_enumerate:
 error_device_descriptor:
+       usb_autosuspend_device(usb_dev);
 error_autoresume:
 out_authorized:
        usb_unlock_device(usb_dev);     // complements locktree
 
                struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)               \
 {                                                                      \
        struct usb_device *udev;                                        \
+       int retval;                                                     \
                                                                        \
        udev = to_usb_device(dev);                                      \
-       return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", udev->name);                        \
+       usb_lock_device(udev);                                          \
+       retval = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", udev->name);                      \
+       usb_unlock_device(udev);                                        \
+       return retval;                                                  \
 }                                                                      \
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_##name, NULL);