diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c b/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c
index fb7fc4068fb66ccf96e39b076e5fdef99f658c6f..17fd8822d07f6a9735aa1329bdd33822f9ba73be 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c
@@ -38,17 +38,9 @@
 /* function prototypes for a handspring visor */
 static int  visor_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port);
 static void visor_close(struct usb_serial_port *port);
-static int  visor_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port,
-					const unsigned char *buf, int count);
-static int  visor_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static void visor_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
-static void visor_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 static int  visor_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
 					const struct usb_device_id *id);
 static int  visor_calc_num_ports(struct usb_serial *serial);
-static void visor_release(struct usb_serial *serial);
-static void visor_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
-static void visor_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 static void visor_read_int_callback(struct urb *urb);
 static int  clie_3_5_startup(struct usb_serial *serial);
 static int  treo_attach(struct usb_serial *serial);
@@ -196,16 +188,11 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver handspring_device = {
 	.num_ports =		2,
 	.open =			visor_open,
 	.close =		visor_close,
-	.throttle =		visor_throttle,
-	.unthrottle =		visor_unthrottle,
+	.throttle =		usb_serial_generic_throttle,
+	.unthrottle =		usb_serial_generic_unthrottle,
 	.attach =		treo_attach,
 	.probe =		visor_probe,
 	.calc_num_ports =	visor_calc_num_ports,
-	.release =		visor_release,
-	.write =		visor_write,
-	.write_room =		visor_write_room,
-	.write_bulk_callback =	visor_write_bulk_callback,
-	.read_bulk_callback =	visor_read_bulk_callback,
 	.read_int_callback =	visor_read_int_callback,
 };
 
@@ -221,16 +208,11 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver clie_5_device = {
 	.num_ports =		2,
 	.open =			visor_open,
 	.close =		visor_close,
-	.throttle =		visor_throttle,
-	.unthrottle =		visor_unthrottle,
+	.throttle =		usb_serial_generic_throttle,
+	.unthrottle =		usb_serial_generic_unthrottle,
 	.attach =		clie_5_attach,
 	.probe =		visor_probe,
 	.calc_num_ports =	visor_calc_num_ports,
-	.release =		visor_release,
-	.write =		visor_write,
-	.write_room =		visor_write_room,
-	.write_bulk_callback =	visor_write_bulk_callback,
-	.read_bulk_callback =	visor_read_bulk_callback,
 	.read_int_callback =	visor_read_int_callback,
 };
 
@@ -246,38 +228,16 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver clie_3_5_device = {
 	.num_ports =		1,
 	.open =			visor_open,
 	.close =		visor_close,
-	.throttle =		visor_throttle,
-	.unthrottle =		visor_unthrottle,
+	.throttle =		usb_serial_generic_throttle,
+	.unthrottle =		usb_serial_generic_unthrottle,
 	.attach =		clie_3_5_startup,
-	.release =		visor_release,
-	.write =		visor_write,
-	.write_room =		visor_write_room,
-	.write_bulk_callback =	visor_write_bulk_callback,
-	.read_bulk_callback =	visor_read_bulk_callback,
 };
 
-struct visor_private {
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	int bytes_in;
-	int bytes_out;
-	int outstanding_urbs;
-	unsigned char throttled;
-	unsigned char actually_throttled;
-};
-
-/* number of outstanding urbs to prevent userspace DoS from happening */
-#define URB_UPPER_LIMIT	42
-
-static int stats;
-
 /******************************************************************************
  * Handspring Visor specific driver functions
  ******************************************************************************/
 static int visor_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 {
-	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int result = 0;
 
 	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
@@ -288,26 +248,10 @@ static int visor_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-	priv->bytes_in = 0;
-	priv->bytes_out = 0;
-	priv->throttled = 0;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
 	/* Start reading from the device */
-	usb_fill_bulk_urb(port->read_urb, serial->dev,
-			   usb_rcvbulkpipe(serial->dev,
-					    port->bulk_in_endpointAddress),
-			   port->read_urb->transfer_buffer,
-			   port->read_urb->transfer_buffer_length,
-			   visor_read_bulk_callback, port);
-	result = usb_submit_urb(port->read_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (result) {
-		dev_err(&port->dev,
-			"%s - failed submitting read urb, error %d\n",
-							__func__, result);
+	result = usb_serial_generic_open(tty, port);
+	if (result)
 		goto exit;
-	}
 
 	if (port->interrupt_in_urb) {
 		dbg("%s - adding interrupt input for treo", __func__);
@@ -324,13 +268,12 @@ exit:
 
 static void visor_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 {
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
 	unsigned char *transfer_buffer;
 
 	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
 
 	/* shutdown our urbs */
-	usb_kill_urb(port->read_urb);
+	usb_serial_generic_close(port);
 	usb_kill_urb(port->interrupt_in_urb);
 
 	mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
@@ -347,192 +290,6 @@ static void visor_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
-
-	if (stats)
-		dev_info(&port->dev, "Bytes In = %d  Bytes Out = %d\n",
-			 priv->bytes_in, priv->bytes_out);
-}
-
-
-static int visor_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port,
-					const unsigned char *buf, int count)
-{
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
-	struct urb *urb;
-	unsigned char *buffer;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int status;
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-	if (priv->outstanding_urbs > URB_UPPER_LIMIT) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-		dbg("%s - write limit hit", __func__);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	priv->outstanding_urbs++;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
-	buffer = kmalloc(count, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!buffer) {
-		dev_err(&port->dev, "out of memory\n");
-		count = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_no_buffer;
-	}
-
-	urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!urb) {
-		dev_err(&port->dev, "no more free urbs\n");
-		count = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_no_urb;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(buffer, buf, count);
-
-	usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__, count, buffer);
-
-	usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, serial->dev,
-			   usb_sndbulkpipe(serial->dev,
-					    port->bulk_out_endpointAddress),
-			   buffer, count,
-			   visor_write_bulk_callback, port);
-
-	/* send it down the pipe */
-	status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (status) {
-		dev_err(&port->dev,
-		   "%s - usb_submit_urb(write bulk) failed with status = %d\n",
-							__func__, status);
-		count = status;
-		goto error;
-	} else {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-		priv->bytes_out += count;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-	}
-
-	/* we are done with this urb, so let the host driver
-	 * really free it when it is finished with it */
-	usb_free_urb(urb);
-
-	return count;
-error:
-	usb_free_urb(urb);
-error_no_urb:
-	kfree(buffer);
-error_no_buffer:
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-	--priv->outstanding_urbs;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-	return count;
-}
-
-
-static int visor_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-
-	/*
-	 * We really can take anything the user throws at us
-	 * but let's pick a nice big number to tell the tty
-	 * layer that we have lots of free space, unless we don't.
-	 */
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-	if (priv->outstanding_urbs > URB_UPPER_LIMIT * 2 / 3) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-		dbg("%s - write limit hit", __func__);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
-	return 2048;
-}
-
-
-static void visor_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port *port = urb->context;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	int status = urb->status;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/* free up the transfer buffer, as usb_free_urb() does not do this */
-	kfree(urb->transfer_buffer);
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-
-	if (status)
-		dbg("%s - nonzero write bulk status received: %d",
-		    __func__, status);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-	--priv->outstanding_urbs;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
-	usb_serial_port_softint(port);
-}
-
-
-static void visor_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port *port = urb->context;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	unsigned char *data = urb->transfer_buffer;
-	int status = urb->status;
-	struct tty_struct *tty;
-	int result;
-	int available_room = 0;
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-
-	if (status) {
-		dbg("%s - nonzero read bulk status received: %d",
-		    __func__, status);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__,
-						urb->actual_length, data);
-
-	if (urb->actual_length) {
-		tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port);
-		if (tty) {
-			tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data,
-						urb->actual_length);
-			tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
-			tty_kref_put(tty);
-		}
-		spin_lock(&priv->lock);
-		if (tty)
-			priv->bytes_in += available_room;
-
-	} else {
-		spin_lock(&priv->lock);
-	}
-
-	/* Continue trying to always read if we should */
-	if (!priv->throttled) {
-		usb_fill_bulk_urb(port->read_urb, port->serial->dev,
-				   usb_rcvbulkpipe(port->serial->dev,
-					   port->bulk_in_endpointAddress),
-				   port->read_urb->transfer_buffer,
-				   port->read_urb->transfer_buffer_length,
-				   visor_read_bulk_callback, port);
-		result = usb_submit_urb(port->read_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (result)
-			dev_err(&port->dev,
-			    "%s - failed resubmitting read urb, error %d\n",
-							__func__, result);
-	} else
-		priv->actually_throttled = 1;
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 }
 
 static void visor_read_int_callback(struct urb *urb)
@@ -576,41 +333,6 @@ exit:
 							__func__, result);
 }
 
-static void visor_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
-	priv->throttled = 1;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
-}
-
-
-static void visor_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
-	struct visor_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
-	int result, was_throttled;
-
-	dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
-	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
-	priv->throttled = 0;
-	was_throttled = priv->actually_throttled;
-	priv->actually_throttled = 0;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
-
-	if (was_throttled) {
-		port->read_urb->dev = port->serial->dev;
-		result = usb_submit_urb(port->read_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (result)
-			dev_err(&port->dev,
-				"%s - failed submitting read urb, error %d\n",
-							__func__, result);
-	}
-}
-
 static int palm_os_3_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
 						const struct usb_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -778,28 +500,6 @@ static int visor_calc_num_ports(struct usb_serial *serial)
 	return num_ports;
 }
 
-static int generic_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port **ports = serial->port;
-	struct visor_private *priv;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < serial->num_ports; ++i) {
-		priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!priv) {
-			while (i-- != 0) {
-				priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(ports[i]);
-				usb_set_serial_port_data(ports[i], NULL);
-				kfree(priv);
-			}
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
-		usb_set_serial_port_data(ports[i], priv);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int clie_3_5_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &serial->dev->dev;
@@ -850,7 +550,7 @@ static int clie_3_5_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	result = generic_startup(serial);
+	result = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(data);
 
@@ -868,7 +568,7 @@ static int treo_attach(struct usb_serial *serial)
 		(le16_to_cpu(serial->dev->descriptor.idVendor)
 						== KYOCERA_VENDOR_ID)) ||
 		(serial->num_interrupt_in == 0))
-		goto generic_startup;
+		return 0;
 
 	dbg("%s", __func__);
 
@@ -898,8 +598,7 @@ static int treo_attach(struct usb_serial *serial)
 	COPY_PORT(serial->port[1], swap_port);
 	kfree(swap_port);
 
-generic_startup:
-	return generic_startup(serial);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int clie_5_attach(struct usb_serial *serial)
@@ -922,20 +621,7 @@ static int clie_5_attach(struct usb_serial *serial)
 	serial->port[0]->bulk_out_endpointAddress =
 				serial->port[1]->bulk_out_endpointAddress;
 
-	return generic_startup(serial);
-}
-
-static void visor_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
-{
-	struct visor_private *priv;
-	int i;
-
-	dbg("%s", __func__);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < serial->num_ports; i++) {
-		priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(serial->port[i]);
-		kfree(priv);
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init visor_init(void)
@@ -1019,8 +705,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug enabled or not");
-module_param(stats, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(stats, "Enables statistics or not");
 
 module_param(vendor, ushort, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(vendor, "User specified vendor ID");