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Hey guys,
I updated my installation today and it looks like vmware workstation doesn't support the kernel version we're running at.
Running 'pacman -Q | grep "linux "' tells me I'm currently running Linux 4.9.8-1, and the documentation at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … el_modules tells me vmware supports up to kernel 4.8, so I'm guessing that's the problem.
I'm getting the following errors:
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function 'HostIFGetUserPages':
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1166:67: error: passing argument 5 of 'get_user_pages' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
retval = get_user_pages((unsigned long)uvAddr, numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
^~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
./include/linux/mm.h:1280:6: note: expected 'struct vm_area_struct **' but argument is of type 'struct page **'
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1166:13: error: too many arguments to function 'get_user_pages'
retval = get_user_pages((unsigned long)uvAddr, numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
./include/linux/mm.h:1280:6: note: declared here
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:293: /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
And also
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.c: In function 'UserifLockPage':
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.c:117:43: error: passing argument 5 of 'get_user_pages' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
retval = get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
^
In file included from ./include/linux/highmem.h:7:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.c:26:
./include/linux/mm.h:1280:6: note: expected 'struct vm_area_struct **' but argument is of type 'struct page **'
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.c:117:13: error: too many arguments to function 'get_user_pages'
retval = get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./include/linux/highmem.h:7:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.c:26:
./include/linux/mm.h:1280:6: note: declared here
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:294: /tmp/modconfig-lYx5O6/vmnet-only/userif.o] Error 1
due to desperation I applied the fix I found at the following link since it appeared to be the same error about get_user_pages
https://communities.vmware.com/thread/536705?tstart=0
But it didn't work so I ended up backing out.
Is there a known fix for this issue?
If not, where do I need to look to learn how to
a) downgrade my kernel, and
b) pin my kernel
so I can avoid this issue in the future?
Last edited by mreiland (2017-02-09 07:49:33)
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Using the forum search, I've found this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=222520
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That worked perfectly, thanks!
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