@@ -1264,16 +1264,19 @@ static void xhci_handle_cmd_stop_ep(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, int slot_id,
* Stopped state, but it will soon change to Running.
*
* Assume this bug on unexpected Stop Endpoint failures.
- * Keep retrying until the EP starts and stops again, on
- * chips where this is known to help. Wait for 100ms.
+ * Keep retrying until the EP starts and stops again.
*/
- if (time_is_before_jiffies(ep->stop_time + msecs_to_jiffies(100)))
- break;
fallthrough;
case EP_STATE_RUNNING:
/* Race, HW handled stop ep cmd before ep was running */
xhci_dbg(xhci, "Stop ep completion ctx error, ctx_state %d\n",
GET_EP_CTX_STATE(ep_ctx));
+ /*
+ * Don't retry forever if we guessed wrong or a defective HC never starts
+ * the EP or says 'Running' but fails the command. We must give back TDs.
+ */
+ if (time_is_before_jiffies(ep->stop_time + msecs_to_jiffies(100)))
+ break;
command = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!command) {