diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
index 346fc03..5113ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
@@ -86,6 +86,28 @@
 
 	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
 
+config USB_PERSIST
+	bool "USB device persistence during system suspend (DANGEROUS)"
+	depends on USB && PM && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default n
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, USB device data structures will remain
+	  persistent across system suspend, even if the USB bus loses
+	  power.  (This includes software-suspend, also known as swsusp,
+	  or suspend-to-disk.)  The devices will reappear as if by magic
+	  when the system wakes up, with no need to unmount USB filesystems,
+	  rmmod host-controller drivers, or do anything else.
+
+	  	WARNING: This option can be dangerous!
+
+	  If a USB device is replaced by another of the same type while
+	  the system is asleep, there's a good chance the kernel won't
+	  detect the change.  Likewise if the media in a USB storage
+	  device is replaced.  When this happens it's almost certain to
+	  cause data corruption and maybe even crash your system.
+
+	  If you are unsure, say N here.
+
 config USB_OTG
 	bool
 	depends on USB && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index e8b447e..12dd986 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -824,8 +824,9 @@
 	struct usb_device_driver	*udriver;
 	int				status = 0;
 
-	if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED ||
-			udev->state != USB_STATE_SUSPENDED)
+	if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
+		goto done;
+	if (udev->state != USB_STATE_SUSPENDED && !udev->reset_resume)
 		goto done;
 
 	/* Can't resume it if it doesn't have a driver. */
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Caller has locked intf's usb_device's pm_mutex */
-static int usb_resume_interface(struct usb_interface *intf)
+static int usb_resume_interface(struct usb_interface *intf, int reset_resume)
 {
 	struct usb_driver	*driver;
 	int			status = 0;
@@ -902,21 +903,21 @@
 	}
 	driver = to_usb_driver(intf->dev.driver);
 
-	if (driver->resume) {
+	if (reset_resume && driver->post_reset)
+		driver->post_reset(intf, reset_resume);
+	else if (driver->resume) {
 		status = driver->resume(intf);
 		if (status)
 			dev_err(&intf->dev, "%s error %d\n",
 					"resume", status);
-		else
-			mark_active(intf);
-	} else {
+	} else
 		dev_warn(&intf->dev, "no resume for driver %s?\n",
 				driver->name);
-		mark_active(intf);
-	}
 
 done:
 	// dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "%s: status %d\n", __FUNCTION__, status);
+	if (status == 0)
+		mark_active(intf);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -1063,7 +1064,7 @@
 	if (status != 0) {
 		while (--i >= 0) {
 			intf = udev->actconfig->interface[i];
-			usb_resume_interface(intf);
+			usb_resume_interface(intf, 0);
 		}
 
 		/* Try another autosuspend when the interfaces aren't busy */
@@ -1162,20 +1163,21 @@
  		}
 	} else {
 
-		/* Needed only for setting udev->dev.power.power_state.event
-		 * and for possible debugging message. */
+		/* Needed for setting udev->dev.power.power_state.event,
+		 * for possible debugging message, and for reset_resume. */
 		status = usb_resume_device(udev);
 	}
 
 	if (status == 0 && udev->actconfig) {
 		for (i = 0; i < udev->actconfig->desc.bNumInterfaces; i++) {
 			intf = udev->actconfig->interface[i];
-			usb_resume_interface(intf);
+			usb_resume_interface(intf, udev->reset_resume);
 		}
 	}
 
  done:
 	// dev_dbg(&udev->dev, "%s: status %d\n", __FUNCTION__, status);
+	udev->reset_resume = 0;
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -1510,8 +1512,15 @@
 	if (!is_usb_device(dev))	/* Ignore PM for interfaces */
 		return 0;
 	udev = to_usb_device(dev);
-	if (udev->autoresume_disabled)
-		return -EPERM;
+
+	/* If autoresume is disabled then we also want to prevent resume
+	 * during system wakeup.  However, a "persistent-device" reset-resume
+	 * after power loss counts as a wakeup event.  So allow a
+	 * reset-resume to occur if remote wakeup is enabled. */
+	if (udev->autoresume_disabled) {
+		if (!(udev->reset_resume && udev->do_remote_wakeup))
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
 	return usb_external_resume_device(udev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
index 7cbf992..d363b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = usb_port_resume(udev);
+	if (udev->reset_resume)
+		rc = usb_reset_suspended_device(udev);
+	else
+		rc = usb_port_resume(udev);
 
 	/* Root hubs don't have upstream ports to resume or reset,
 	 * so the line above won't do much for them.  We have to
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 77a6627..51d2d30 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -553,45 +553,121 @@
 static int hub_port_disable(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1, int set_state)
 {
 	struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (hdev->children[port1-1] && set_state) {
+	if (hdev->children[port1-1] && set_state)
 		usb_set_device_state(hdev->children[port1-1],
 				USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED);
-	}
-	ret = clear_port_feature(hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_ENABLE);
+	if (!hub->error)
+		ret = clear_port_feature(hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_ENABLE);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_err(hub->intfdev, "cannot disable port %d (err = %d)\n",
-			port1, ret);
-
+				port1, ret);
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Disable a port and mark a logical connnect-change event, so that some
+ * time later khubd will disconnect() any existing usb_device on the port
+ * and will re-enumerate if there actually is a device attached.
+ */
+static void hub_port_logical_disconnect(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1)
+{
+	dev_dbg(hub->intfdev, "logical disconnect on port %d\n", port1);
+	hub_port_disable(hub, port1, 1);
+
+	/* FIXME let caller ask to power down the port:
+	 *  - some devices won't enumerate without a VBUS power cycle
+	 *  - SRP saves power that way
+	 *  - ... new call, TBD ...
+	 * That's easy if this hub can switch power per-port, and
+	 * khubd reactivates the port later (timer, SRP, etc).
+	 * Powerdown must be optional, because of reset/DFU.
+	 */
+
+	set_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
+ 	kick_khubd(hub);
+}
+
+static void disconnect_all_children(struct usb_hub *hub, int logical)
+{
+	struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
+	int port1;
+
+	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
+		if (hdev->children[port1-1]) {
+			if (logical)
+				hub_port_logical_disconnect(hub, port1);
+			else
+				usb_disconnect(&hdev->children[port1-1]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef	CONFIG_USB_PERSIST
+
+#define USB_PERSIST	1
+
+/* For "persistent-device" resets we must mark the child devices for reset
+ * and turn off a possible connect-change status (so khubd won't disconnect
+ * them later).
+ */
+static void mark_children_for_reset_resume(struct usb_hub *hub)
+{
+	struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
+	int port1;
+
+	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
+		struct usb_device *child = hdev->children[port1-1];
+
+		if (child) {
+			child->reset_resume = 1;
+			clear_port_feature(hdev, port1,
+					USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+
+#define USB_PERSIST	0
+
+static inline void mark_children_for_reset_resume(struct usb_hub *hub)
+{ }
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_USB_PERSIST */
 
 /* caller has locked the hub device */
 static void hub_pre_reset(struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	struct usb_hub *hub = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
-	struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
-	int port1;
 
-	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
-		if (hdev->children[port1 - 1]) {
-			usb_disconnect(&hdev->children[port1 - 1]);
-			if (hub->error == 0)
-				hub_port_disable(hub, port1, 0);
-		}
-	}
+	/* This routine doesn't run as part of a reset-resume, so it's safe
+	 * to disconnect all the drivers below the hub.
+	 */
+	disconnect_all_children(hub, 0);
 	hub_quiesce(hub);
 }
 
 /* caller has locked the hub device */
-static void hub_post_reset(struct usb_interface *intf)
+static void hub_post_reset(struct usb_interface *intf, int reset_resume)
 {
 	struct usb_hub *hub = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
-	hub_activate(hub);
 	hub_power_on(hub);
+	if (reset_resume) {
+		if (USB_PERSIST)
+			mark_children_for_reset_resume(hub);
+		else {
+			/* Reset-resume doesn't call pre_reset, so we have to
+			 * disconnect the children here.  But we may not lock
+			 * the child devices, so we have to do a "logical"
+			 * disconnect.
+			 */
+			disconnect_all_children(hub, 1);
+		}
+	}
+	hub_activate(hub);
 }
 
 
@@ -1054,32 +1130,63 @@
 #ifdef	CONFIG_PM
 
 /**
+ * usb_reset_suspended_device - reset a suspended device instead of resuming it
+ * @udev: device to be reset instead of resumed
+ *
+ * If a host controller doesn't maintain VBUS suspend current during a
+ * system sleep or is reset when the system wakes up, all the USB
+ * power sessions below it will be broken.  This is especially troublesome
+ * for mass-storage devices containing mounted filesystems, since the
+ * device will appear to have disconnected and all the memory mappings
+ * to it will be lost.
+ *
+ * As an alternative, this routine attempts to recover power sessions for
+ * devices that are still present by resetting them instead of resuming
+ * them.  If all goes well, the devices will appear to persist across the
+ * the interruption of the power sessions.
+ *
+ * This facility is inherently dangerous.  Although usb_reset_device()
+ * makes every effort to insure that the same device is present after the
+ * reset as before, it cannot provide a 100% guarantee.  Furthermore it's
+ * quite possible for a device to remain unaltered but its media to be
+ * changed.  If the user replaces a flash memory card while the system is
+ * asleep, he will have only himself to blame when the filesystem on the
+ * new card is corrupted and the system crashes.
+ */
+int usb_reset_suspended_device(struct usb_device *udev)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	dev_dbg(&udev->dev, "usb %sresume\n", "reset-");
+
+	/* After we're done the device won't be suspended any more.
+	 * In addition, the reset won't work if udev->state is SUSPENDED.
+	 */
+	usb_set_device_state(udev, udev->actconfig
+			? USB_STATE_CONFIGURED
+			: USB_STATE_ADDRESS);
+
+	/* Root hubs don't need to be (and can't be) reset */
+	if (udev->parent)
+		rc = usb_reset_device(udev);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
  * usb_root_hub_lost_power - called by HCD if the root hub lost Vbus power
  * @rhdev: struct usb_device for the root hub
  *
  * The USB host controller driver calls this function when its root hub
  * is resumed and Vbus power has been interrupted or the controller
- * has been reset.  The routine marks all the children of the root hub
- * as NOTATTACHED and marks logical connect-change events on their ports.
+ * has been reset.  The routine marks @rhdev as having lost power.  When
+ * the hub driver is resumed it will take notice; if CONFIG_USB_PERSIST
+ * is enabled then it will carry out power-session recovery, otherwise
+ * it will disconnect all the child devices.
  */
 void usb_root_hub_lost_power(struct usb_device *rhdev)
 {
-	struct usb_hub *hub;
-	int port1;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
 	dev_warn(&rhdev->dev, "root hub lost power or was reset\n");
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&device_state_lock, flags);
-	hub = hdev_to_hub(rhdev);
-	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= rhdev->maxchild; ++port1) {
-		if (rhdev->children[port1 - 1]) {
-			recursively_mark_NOTATTACHED(
-					rhdev->children[port1 - 1]);
-			set_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device_state_lock, flags);
+	rhdev->reset_resume = 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_root_hub_lost_power);
 
@@ -1513,29 +1620,6 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-/*
- * Disable a port and mark a logical connnect-change event, so that some
- * time later khubd will disconnect() any existing usb_device on the port
- * and will re-enumerate if there actually is a device attached.
- */
-static void hub_port_logical_disconnect(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1)
-{
-	dev_dbg(hub->intfdev, "logical disconnect on port %d\n", port1);
-	hub_port_disable(hub, port1, 1);
-
-	/* FIXME let caller ask to power down the port:
-	 *  - some devices won't enumerate without a VBUS power cycle
-	 *  - SRP saves power that way
-	 *  - ... new call, TBD ...
-	 * That's easy if this hub can switch power per-port, and
-	 * khubd reactivates the port later (timer, SRP, etc).
-	 * Powerdown must be optional, because of reset/DFU.
-	 */
-
-	set_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
- 	kick_khubd(hub);
-}
-
 #ifdef	CONFIG_PM
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND
@@ -3018,7 +3102,7 @@
 					cintf->dev.driver) {
 				drv = to_usb_driver(cintf->dev.driver);
 				if (drv->post_reset)
-					(drv->post_reset)(cintf);
+					(drv->post_reset)(cintf, 0);
 			}
 			if (cintf != iface)
 				up(&cintf->dev.sem);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
index 6f361df..1a48628 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 extern void usb_autosuspend_work(struct work_struct *work);
 extern int usb_port_suspend(struct usb_device *dev);
 extern int usb_port_resume(struct usb_device *dev);
+extern int usb_reset_suspended_device(struct usb_device *udev);
 extern int usb_external_suspend_device(struct usb_device *udev,
 		pm_message_t msg);
 extern int usb_external_resume_device(struct usb_device *udev);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index df5dc18..be4cd8f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 	mutex_lock(&us->dev_mutex);
 }
 
-static void storage_post_reset(struct usb_interface *iface)
+static void storage_post_reset(struct usb_interface *iface, int reset_resume)
 {
 	struct us_data *us = usb_get_intfdata(iface);
 
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@
 
 	/* FIXME: Notify the subdrivers that they need to reinitialize
 	 * the device */
-	mutex_unlock(&us->dev_mutex);
+
+	/* If this is a reset-resume then the pre_reset routine wasn't
+	 * called, so we don't need to unlock the mutex. */
+	if (!reset_resume)
+		mutex_unlock(&us->dev_mutex);
 }
 
 /*