gentoo-overlay/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/304-4.2-01-inode.patch

--- vmblock-only/linux/inode.c.orig	2015-09-28 01:11:08.000000000 +0300
+++ vmblock-only/linux/inode.c	2015-09-28 01:14:32.318043465 +0300
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 static int InodeOpReadlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 #endif
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 2, 0)
+static const char *InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)
 static void *InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 #else
 static int InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
@@ -221,13 +223,15 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)
-static void *
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 2, 0)
+static const char *InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie)
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)
+static void * InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,  // IN : dentry of symlink
+                  struct nameidata *nd)   // OUT: stores result
 #else
-static int
-#endif
-InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,  // IN : dentry of symlink
+static int InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,  // IN : dentry of symlink
                   struct nameidata *nd)   // OUT: stores result
+#endif
 {
    int ret;
    VMBlockInodeInfo *iinfo;
@@ -244,7 +248,11 @@
       goto out;
    }
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 2, 0)
+    return *cookie = (char *)(iinfo->name);
+#else
    nd_set_link(nd, iinfo->name);
+#endif
 
 out:
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)