struct coresight_connection *conn;
 
        for (i = 0; i < parent->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
-               conn = &parent->pdata->conns[i];
+               conn = &parent->pdata->out_conns[i];
                if (conn->child_dev == csdev)
                        return conn->child_port;
        }
        struct coresight_connection *conn;
 
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
-               conn = &csdev->pdata->conns[i];
+               conn = &csdev->pdata->out_conns[i];
                if (conn->child_dev == child)
                        return conn->outport;
        }
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
                struct coresight_device *child_dev;
 
-               child_dev = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child_dev = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child_dev)
                        sink = coresight_find_enabled_sink(child_dev);
                if (sink)
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
                struct coresight_device *child;
 
-               child  = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child && child->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER)
                        if (!coresight_get_ref(child))
                                goto err;
        for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
                struct coresight_device *child;
 
-               child  = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child && child->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER)
                        coresight_put_ref(child);
        }
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
                struct coresight_device *child;
 
-               child  = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child && child->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER)
                        coresight_put_ref(child);
        }
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
                struct coresight_device *child_dev;
 
-               child_dev = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child_dev = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child_dev &&
                    _coresight_build_path(child_dev, sink, path) == 0) {
                        found = true;
                struct coresight_device *child_dev, *sink = NULL;
                int child_depth = curr_depth;
 
-               child_dev = csdev->pdata->conns[i].child_dev;
+               child_dev = csdev->pdata->out_conns[i].child_dev;
                if (child_dev)
                        sink = coresight_find_sink(child_dev, &child_depth);
 
         * an orphan connection whose name matches @csdev, link it.
         */
        for (i = 0; i < i_csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
-               conn = &i_csdev->pdata->conns[i];
+               conn = &i_csdev->pdata->out_conns[i];
 
                /* Skip the port if FW doesn't describe it */
                if (!conn->child_fwnode)
        int i, ret = 0;
 
        for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
-               struct coresight_connection *conn = &csdev->pdata->conns[i];
+               struct coresight_connection *conn = &csdev->pdata->out_conns[i];
 
                if (!conn->child_fwnode)
                        continue;
         * a connection whose name matches @csdev, remove it.
         */
        for (i = 0; i < iterator->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
-               conn = &iterator->pdata->conns[i];
+               conn = &iterator->pdata->out_conns[i];
 
                if (conn->child_dev == NULL || conn->child_fwnode == NULL)
                        continue;
                                     struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
 {
        int i;
-       struct coresight_connection *conns = pdata->conns;
+       struct coresight_connection *conns = pdata->out_conns;
 
        for (i = 0; i < pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
                /* If we have made the links, remove them now */
                 */
                if (conns[i].child_fwnode) {
                        fwnode_handle_put(conns[i].child_fwnode);
-                       pdata->conns[i].child_fwnode = NULL;
+                       conns[i].child_fwnode = NULL;
                }
        }
        if (csdev)
 
                                 struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
 {
        if (pdata->nr_outport) {
-               pdata->conns = devm_kcalloc(dev, pdata->nr_outport,
-                                           sizeof(*pdata->conns), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!pdata->conns)
+               pdata->out_conns = devm_kcalloc(dev, pdata->nr_outport,
+                                           sizeof(*pdata->out_conns), GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!pdata->out_conns)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
                        break;
                }
 
-               conn = &pdata->conns[endpoint.port];
+               conn = &pdata->out_conns[endpoint.port];
                if (conn->child_fwnode) {
                        dev_warn(dev, "Duplicate output port %d\n",
                                 endpoint.port);
                int port = conns[i].outport;
 
                /* Duplicate output port */
-               WARN_ON(pdata->conns[port].child_fwnode);
-               pdata->conns[port] = conns[i];
+               WARN_ON(pdata->out_conns[port].child_fwnode);
+               pdata->out_conns[port] = conns[i];
        }
 
        devm_kfree(&adev->dev, conns);