gentoo-overlay/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/308-4.05-00-vmblock-follow_link.patch

--- vmblock-only/linux/inode.c	2016-01-30 19:13:04.019947435 +0100
+++ vmblock-only/linux/inode.c.new	2016-01-30 19:13:56.226950354 +0100
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 static int InodeOpReadlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 #endif

-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 1, 99)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 99)
+static const char *InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, void **cookie);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 1, 99)
 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);
@@ -63,7 +65,11 @@
 struct inode_operations LinkInodeOps = {
 #endif
    .readlink    = InodeOpReadlink,
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 99)
+   .get_link = InodeOpFollowlink,
+#else
    .follow_link = InodeOpFollowlink,
+#endif
 };

 /*
@@ -231,6 +237,9 @@
 static int
 #endif
 InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,  // IN : dentry of symlink
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 99)
+                  struct inode *inode,
+#endif
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 1, 99)
                   void **cookie)          // OUT: stores opaque pointer
 #else
@@ -241,12 +250,20 @@
    VMBlockInodeInfo *iinfo;

    if (!dentry) {
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 99)
+      ret = -ECHILD;
+#else
       Warning("InodeOpReadlink: invalid args from kernel\n");
       ret = -EINVAL;
+#endif
       goto out;
    }

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 99)
+   iinfo = INODE_TO_IINFO(inode);
+#else
    iinfo = INODE_TO_IINFO(dentry->d_inode);
+#endif
    if (!iinfo) {
       ret = -EINVAL;
       goto out;