Re: [PATCH v2] usb: dwc3: gadget: Prevent EPs resource conflict during StartTransfer

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025, Selvarasu Ganesan wrote:

The below “No resource for ep” warning appears when a StartTransfer command is issued for bulk or interrupt endpoints in `dwc3_gadget_ep_enable` while a previous StartTransfer on the same endpoint is still in progress. The gadget functions drivers can invoke `usb_ep_enable` (which triggers a new StartTransfer command) before the earlier transfer has completed. Because the previous StartTransfer is still active, `dwc3_gadget_ep_disable` can skip the required `EndTransfer` due to `DWC3_EP_DELAY_STOP`, leading to the endpoint resources are busy for previous StartTransfer and warning ("No resource for ep") from dwc3 driver.

To resolve this, a check is added to `dwc3_gadget_ep_enable` that checks the `DWC3_EP_TRANSFER_STARTED` flag before issuing a new StartTransfer. By preventing a second StartTransfer on an already busy endpoint, the resource conflict is eliminated, the warning disappears, and potential kernel panics caused by `panic_on_warn` are avoided.

------------[ cut here ]------------ dwc3 13200000.dwc3: No resource for ep1out WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 700 at drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c:398 dwc3_send_gadget_ep_cmd+0x2f8/0x76c Call trace: dwc3_send_gadget_ep_cmd+0x2f8/0x76c __dwc3_gadget_ep_enable+0x490/0x7c0 dwc3_gadget_ep_enable+0x6c/0xe4 usb_ep_enable+0x5c/0x15c mp_eth_stop+0xd4/0x11c __dev_close_many+0x160/0x1c8 __dev_change_flags+0xfc/0x220 dev_change_flags+0x24/0x70 devinet_ioctl+0x434/0x524 inet_ioctl+0xa8/0x224 sock_do_ioctl+0x74/0x128 sock_ioctl+0x3bc/0x468 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xe4 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x10c el0_svc_common+0xa8/0xdc do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x38/0x88 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x70/0xbc el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac

Fixes: a97ea994605e ("usb: dwc3: gadget: offset Start Transfer latency for bulk EPs") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Selvarasu Ganesan selvarasu.g@samsung.com

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Changes in v2:

• Removed change-id.
• Updated commit message.

Link to v1: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20251117152812...

drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c index 1f67fb6aead5..8d3caa71ea12 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c @@ -963,8 +963,9 @@ static int __dwc3_gadget_ep_enable(struct dwc3_ep *dep, unsigned int action) * Issue StartTransfer here with no-op TRB so we can always rely on No * Response Update Transfer command. */

• if (usb_endpoint_xfer_bulk(desc) ||

• 	usb_endpoint_xfer_int(desc)) {
  

• if ((usb_endpoint_xfer_bulk(desc) ||

• 	usb_endpoint_xfer_int(desc)) &&
  

• 	!(dep->flags & DWC3_EP_TRANSFER_STARTED)) {
  

  struct dwc3_gadget_ep_cmd_params params; struct dwc3_trb *trb; dma_addr_t trb_dma;

-- 2.34.1

Thanks for the catch. The problem is that the "ep_disable" process should be completed after usb_ep_disable is completed. But currently it may be an async call.

This brings up some conflicting wording of the gadget API regarding usb_ep_disable. Here's the doc regarding usb_ep_disable:

/** * usb_ep_disable - endpoint is no longer usable * @ep:the endpoint being unconfigured. may not be the endpoint named "ep0". * * no other task may be using this endpoint when this is called. * any pending and uncompleted requests will complete with status * indicating disconnect (-ESHUTDOWN) before this call returns. * gadget drivers must call usb_ep_enable() again before queueing * requests to the endpoint. * * This routine may be called in an atomic (interrupt) context. * * returns zero, or a negative error code. */

It expects all requests to be completed and given back on completion. It also notes that this can also be called in interrupt context. Currently, there's a scenario where dwc3 may not want to give back the requests right away (ie. DWC3_EP_DELAY_STOP). To fix that in dwc3, it would need to "wait" for the right condition. But waiting does not make sense in interrupt context. (We could busy-poll to satisfy the interrupt context, but that doesn't sound right either)

This was updated from process context only to may be called in interrupt context:

b0d5d2a71641 ("usb: gadget: udc: core: Revise comments for USB ep enable/disable")

Hi Alan,

Can you help give your opinion on this?

Thanks, Thinh