RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] TPM: Let the tpm char device be openablemultiple times

[Peter.Huewe]

-----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 

> Using open/close is an interesting idea, but it wouldn't work. open()
> is coded to return EBUSY if another process has it open, rather than
> block, and spinning on open would be unacceptable.

Hmm, maybe write a small pass through program which opens /dev/tpm once and accepts its data via a socket or pipe?

Thanks,
Peter


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