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Problem

device/cdc_msc_throughput fails on every HIL run for nanoch32v203-usbfs (CDC dd read failed), while nanoch32v203-fsdev and ch32v307v_r1_1v0-usbfs (same dcd_ch32_usbfs.c) pass. ch32v103r_r1_1v0 fails that test intermittently (1 of 7 recent master runs); see Not changed below. On Windows the CDC port of the same firmware cannot even be opened (ERROR_GEN_FAILURE).

Root cause

During a host-to-device control transfer, if an IN transaction completes on any other endpoint between the SETUP and the next EP0 stage, the CH32V203 USBFS SIE treats it as the status stage. From then until the next SETUP it gives EP0 no handshake at all, not even a NAK. EP0's RX/TX control registers stay correctly armed (read back in the ISR) and no EP0 interrupt is raised. The host gives up after three tries.

cdc_msc_throughput hits this on every run: it streams bulk IN as soon as DTR rises, while the host is still sending SET_LINE_CODING / SET_CONTROL_LINE_STATE.

Evidence (USBPV wire captures plus an on-target ISR trace, nanoCH32V203, USBFS port):

Host-to-device request	IN completions on other EPs before the EP0 stage	Result
SET_LINE_CODING, OUT data stage	1+ (EP2)	silent ×3, every time
SET_LINE_CODING, status IN (data stage passed with EP2 held)	1+ after the data stage	silent ×3
SET_CONTROL_LINE_STATE, status IN	1+	silent, 40/40
same requests, only EP0 busy-NAKs (INT_BUSY) in between	0	OK

Not affected:

• device-to-host requests (GET_LINE_CODING), even with up to 11 IN completions on EP2/EP3 in between;
• bulk OUT completions on other endpoints inside a control transfer (468 stages, 0 failures).

INT_BUSY itself works: with the transfer ISR stretched by ~120 µs, every token in the pending window was NAKed. Bulk data stays intact in both directions: 4 MiB IN and 3 MiB OUT carried a running byte counter with 0 breaks.

CH32V305 USBFS is not affected. It took 163 host-to-device stages that had IN completions in between, including the exact V203 failing sequence, without losing EP0.

Changes

• ch32_usbfs_reg.h: new quirk flag CH32_USBFS_H2D_IN_HOLD, set for CH32V20x only.
• dcd_ch32_usbfs.c, when the flag is set:
  • At a host-to-device SETUP, hold every non-iso IN endpoint at NAK. This is done in the SETUP ISR before UIF_TRANSFER is cleared, so INT_BUSY covers the window.
  • Release the hold when the status IN completes, when EP0 is stalled (before the STALL is written), or on bus reset. Only the endpoints the hold itself parked are re-armed, and only while still NAK with a packet loaded. Open, stall and clear-stall take their endpoint back with the IRQ masked, so the release never undoes them. A cancelled transfer that clear-stall leaves marked valid is not resent; the first revision did resend it, and HIL device/mtp early_rejection caught that.
  • Packets loaded while the hold is active stay at NAK.
• On parts without the flag, the hold state is absent and the helpers are empty inline stubs, so the hold code compiles out.

The hold costs bulk IN at most the duration of one host-to-device control transfer (about one or two frames).

Testing

Local bench, Windows host, cdc_msc_throughput, USBPV capturing the link:

	Port open	CDC write / read	RTS + baud changes while streaming	Silent EP0 stages
nanoch32v203 USBFS, master	fails 6/6	(cannot open)	(cannot open)	all host-to-device data/status stages with IN completions in between
nanoch32v203 USBFS, this PR	3/3	~941 / 953–962 kB/s	0 failures	0 of 1522
nanoch32v305 USBFS, master	3/3	~937 / ~960 kB/s	0 failures	0
nanoch32v305 USBFS, this PR (hold compiled out)	3/3	~940 / ~960 kB/s	0 failures	0

Builds (check_build.py):

• Full example sets pass on ch32f205r-r0, ch32v103r_r1_1v0, nanoch32v203, ch32v307v_r1_1v0, weact_ch32x035_core_board and ch582m_evt.
• Also nanoch32v203 with RHPORT_DEVICE=1, and ch32v307v_r1_1v0 / nanoch32v305 with SPEED=full.
• The hold is linked in on nanoch32v203-usbfs only, and absent on V103/V307/V305/X035/F205.

Code size (code_size.py diff, local base):

• With the hold forced on (ch32v103r_r1_1v0 cdc_msc_throughput, before it left the guard): +436 B flash, 0 B RAM, all in dcd_ch32_usbfs.c.
• Every part outside the guard (ch32v103r_r1_1v0, weact_ch32x035_core_board): 0. The nanoch32v203-usbfs figure is in CI's code-size comment.

HIL (CI, hil-tinyusb (tinyusb.json), b4de529)

Board	cdc_msc_throughput	mtp	usbtest
nanoch32v203-usbfs	✅ C 660/610 kB/s (fails 7/7 on master)	✅	✅ 30/30
ch32v103r_r1_1v0	❌ attempt 1, ✅ attempt 2 (507/508 kB/s)	✅	✅ 30/30

The first revision broke mtp early_rejection on both boards: its release re-sent a transfer that clear-stall had cancelled. b4de529 fixed it. ch582m_evt fails to flash on the rig, as on master.

Not changed: CH32V103

CH32V103 was in the guard at first, because it fails the same throughput test intermittently. With the hold it still failed once and passed on the re-run, so that failure is not shown to share the V20x cause. f0a5b52 dropped it, and V103 builds are identical to master again.

Not tested

• CH32X035, CH58x, CH32F20x USBFS: untested, so not in the guard.
• Isochronous IN endpoints are not held: no failure involving them was seen, but none were exercised.
• Local pre-commit: the content hooks pass (yaml, whitespace, codespell, example PIDs, reference docs). The unit tests and the other script suites could not run on the Windows dev host (no ceedling, Windows path and codepage issues), so they rely on CI.

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Walkthrough

The CH32 USBFS driver conditionally holds non-isochronous IN endpoints at NAK during host-to-device control transfers. It starts the hold on host-to-device SETUP and releases it after EP0 IN completion, bus reset, or before an EP0 stall. Endpoint operations update IN responses with interrupts masked. The feature is enabled for CH32V20X builds.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant USBHost
  participant EP0
  participant CH32_USBFS_DCD
  participant INEndpoints
  USBHost->>EP0: Send host-to-device SETUP
  EP0->>CH32_USBFS_DCD: Report SETUP
  CH32_USBFS_DCD->>INEndpoints: Park eligible IN endpoints at NAK
  USBHost->>EP0: Complete IN status stage
  EP0->>CH32_USBFS_DCD: Report IN completion
  CH32_USBFS_DCD->>INEndpoints: Re-arm eligible transfers and release hold

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The identified release-order defect is addressed. The remaining silicon-timing question warrants targeted testing but does not establish a reason to block this merge.

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hfp.json

Skipped by PR selection: no affected boards on this rig.

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tinyusb.json

Scoped run: 4 board(s) — ch32v103r_r1_1v0, ch32v307v_r1_1v0, ch582m_evt, nanoch32v203. Boards/tests not listed were not run.

✅ 59 passed · ❌ 13 failed · ⚪ 12 skipped · blank not run

Board	usbtest	cdc_msc_throughput	audio_test_freertos	cdc_dual_ports	cdc_msc	cdc_msc_freertos	dfu	dfu_runtime	hid_boot_interface	hid_generic_inout	midi_test	msc_dual_lun	mtp	printer_to_cdc	duration
ch32v103r_r1_1v0	✅ 30/30	❌	⚪	✅	✅	⚪	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	142s
ch582m_evt	❌	❌	⚪	❌	❌	⚪	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	141s
nanoch32v203-fsdev	✅ 30/30	✅ C 608/474k M 603/591k	⚪	✅	✅	⚪	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	101s
nanoch32v203-usbfs	✅ 30/30	✅ C 509/456k M 511/511k	⚪	✅	✅	⚪	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	79s
ch32v307v_r1_1v0-usbhs	✅ 30/30	✅ C 7.1/5.1M M 17.3/16.7M	⚪	✅	✅	⚪	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	112s
ch32v307v_r1_1v0-usbfs	✅ 30/30	✅ C 507/510k M 331/355k	⚪	✅	✅	⚪	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	115s

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Summary

Adds a CH32V20x-only workaround that pauses non-iso IN endpoints during host-to-device control transfers.

• CH32V20x USBFS pauses other IN endpoints during host-to-device control transfers.

The earlier canceled-transfer finding is fixed. No new actionable issues were found. No tests were run during this review.

Diagram

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[SETUP received] --> B{CH32V20x and host-to-device?}
  B -->|Yes| C[Pause non-iso IN endpoints]
  B -->|No| D[Continue without a hold]
  C --> E[EP0 data and status stages]
  E --> F{Status completed, EP0 IN stalled, or reset?}
  F -->|Yes| G[Release eligible paused endpoints]
  C --> H[Endpoint opened, stalled, or clear-stalled]
  H --> I[Remove endpoint from resume list]

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Pushed 304c55c: the IN hold is now released only in the EP0 IN stall, after TX is set to STALL (usbd stalls EP0 OUT first, usbd.c:769-770), and the leftover (void)rhport casts are gone. HIL on ci.lan: nanoch32v203 (fsdev, usbfs) and ch32v307v_r1_1v0 (usbhs, usbfs) pass, usbtest 30/30 each.

Still open, needs your silicon knowledge:

• After the release, a parked IN can still complete before the host's next EP0 token meets the STALL. CH32FV2x_V3xRM rev 2.2 §23.2 does not say whether a programmed STALL ends the SIE's control-transfer state, and there is no STALL-sent flag to release on. Can you check rejected H2D requests under continuous non-EP0 IN traffic on the V203?
• An abandoned or timed-out H2D control transfer keeps the hold until the next SETUP or bus reset. Left as a known limitation.

Dismissed because a newer commit was pushed; Greptile will re-review the current head.

[hathach]

• The EP0 IN hold set at src/portable/wch/dcd_ch32_usbfs.c:464 is only released by the status ZLP completing, dcd_edpt_stall(EP0) or a bus reset, so a cancelled or abandoned control transfer can leave non-iso IN endpoints parked at NAK until the next SETUP or bus reset.
• Nit: stale (void)rhport; remains in functions that now use rhport.

Reviewed the whole change at 4d3bd14: 4 new finding(s) (4 open); open thread claims: 1 confirmed.

Confirmed from existing threads:

• @coderabbitai[bot] on src/portable/wch/dcd_ch32_usbfs.c:661: In the host-to-device EP0 stall path, ep_in_hold(false) re-arms queued IN packets while EP0 still NAKs, so the EP0 STALL should be written (IRQ still masked) before releasing the hold, otherwise a completing IN packet can make the controller ignore later EP0 tokens and the host times out instead of seeing STALL.

CI: red.

Board	HIL	Regression
nanoch32v203	pass	none
ch32v307v_r1_1v0	pass	none

src/portable/wch/dcd_ch32_usbfs.c:653: nit: (void)rhport; is stale now that rhport is used.

• src/portable/wch/dcd_ch32_usbfs.c:653: rhport is passed to dcd_int_disable(rhport) and ep_in_claim_begin(rhport, ep). Same leftover at lines 555 and 682.
• Impact: cosmetic; it suggests the parameter is unused. Drop the casts.

Update: the stall ordering and the (void)rhport nit are fixed in 304c55c; the abandoned-transfer case stays a known limitation.

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low: The IN hold can outlive an abandoned control transfer.

• src/portable/wch/dcd_ch32_usbfs.c:464: only the status ZLP completing, an EP0 stall or a bus reset releases ep_in_hold(true); a host timeout or cancel triggers none.
• Impact: non-iso IN endpoints stay NAKed until the next SETUP or bus reset. Kept as a known limitation, see the PR comment.