*/
 
 struct smd_channel_info;
+struct smd_channel_info_pair;
 struct smd_channel_info_word;
+struct smd_channel_info_word_pair;
 
 #define SMD_ALLOC_TBL_COUNT    2
 #define SMD_ALLOC_TBL_SIZE     64
  * @name:              name of the channel
  * @state:             local state of the channel
  * @remote_state:      remote state of the channel
- * @tx_info:           byte aligned outgoing channel info
- * @rx_info:           byte aligned incoming channel info
- * @tx_info_word:      word aligned outgoing channel info
- * @rx_info_word:      word aligned incoming channel info
+ * @info:              byte aligned outgoing/incoming channel info
+ * @info_word:         word aligned outgoing/incoming channel info
  * @tx_lock:           lock to make writes to the channel mutually exclusive
  * @fblockread_event:  wakeup event tied to tx fBLOCKREADINTR
  * @tx_fifo:           pointer to the outgoing ring buffer
        enum smd_channel_state state;
        enum smd_channel_state remote_state;
 
-       struct smd_channel_info *tx_info;
-       struct smd_channel_info *rx_info;
-
-       struct smd_channel_info_word *tx_info_word;
-       struct smd_channel_info_word *rx_info_word;
+       struct smd_channel_info_pair *info;
+       struct smd_channel_info_word_pair *info_word;
 
        struct mutex tx_lock;
        wait_queue_head_t fblockread_event;
        u32 head;
 };
 
+struct smd_channel_info_pair {
+       struct smd_channel_info tx;
+       struct smd_channel_info rx;
+};
+
 /*
  * Format of the smd_info smem items, for word aligned channels.
  */
        u32 head;
 };
 
+struct smd_channel_info_word_pair {
+       struct smd_channel_info_word tx;
+       struct smd_channel_info_word rx;
+};
+
 #define GET_RX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, param) \
-       (channel->rx_info_word ? \
-               channel->rx_info_word->param : \
-               channel->rx_info->param)
+       (channel->info_word ? \
+               channel->info_word->rx.param : \
+               channel->info->rx.param)
 
 #define SET_RX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, param, value) \
-       (channel->rx_info_word ? \
-               (channel->rx_info_word->param = value) : \
-               (channel->rx_info->param = value))
+       (channel->info_word ? \
+               (channel->info_word->rx.param = value) : \
+               (channel->info->rx.param = value))
 
 #define GET_TX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, param) \
-       (channel->tx_info_word ? \
-               channel->tx_info_word->param : \
-               channel->tx_info->param)
+       (channel->info_word ? \
+               channel->info_word->tx.param : \
+               channel->info->tx.param)
 
 #define SET_TX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, param, value) \
-       (channel->tx_info_word ? \
-               (channel->tx_info_word->param = value) : \
-               (channel->tx_info->param = value))
+       (channel->info_word ? \
+               (channel->info_word->tx.param = value) : \
+               (channel->info->tx.param = value))
 
 /**
  * struct qcom_smd_alloc_entry - channel allocation entry
        unsigned tail;
        size_t len;
 
-       word_aligned = channel->rx_info_word != NULL;
+       word_aligned = channel->info_word;
        tail = GET_RX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, tail);
 
        len = min_t(size_t, count, channel->fifo_size - tail);
        unsigned head;
        size_t len;
 
-       word_aligned = channel->tx_info_word != NULL;
+       word_aligned = channel->info_word;
        head = GET_TX_CHANNEL_INFO(channel, head);
 
        len = min_t(size_t, count, channel->fifo_size - head);
        int ret;
 
        /* Word aligned channels only accept word size aligned data */
-       if (channel->rx_info_word != NULL && len % 4)
+       if (channel->info_word && len % 4)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&channel->tx_lock);
         * use.
         */
        if (info_size == 2 * sizeof(struct smd_channel_info_word)) {
-               channel->tx_info_word = info;
-               channel->rx_info_word = info + sizeof(struct smd_channel_info_word);
+               channel->info_word = info;
        } else if (info_size == 2 * sizeof(struct smd_channel_info)) {
-               channel->tx_info = info;
-               channel->rx_info = info + sizeof(struct smd_channel_info);
+               channel->info = info;
        } else {
                dev_err(smd->dev,
                        "channel info of size %zu not supported\n", info_size);