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

From: Selvarasu Ganesan

Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 10:31:54 EST


This commit fixes the below warning that occurs when a StartTransfer
command is issued for bulk or interrupt endpoints in
`dwc3_gadget_ep_enable` while a previous transfer 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 gadget 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

Change-Id: Id292265a34448e566ef1ea882e313856423342dc
Fixes: a97ea994605e ("usb: dwc3: gadget: offset Start Transfer latency for bulk EPs")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Selvarasu Ganesan <selvarasu.g@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 f95d1369bbc6..23e5c111da7c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
@@ -951,8 +951,9 @@ 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