gentoo-overlay/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/304-4.2-00-inode_op.patch

diff -rupN vmblock-only/linux/inode.c vmblock-only.new/linux/inode.c
--- vmblock-only/linux/inode.c	2016-03-16 21:24:25.771034759 -0400
+++ vmblock-only.new/linux/inode.c	2016-03-16 21:26:22.697036311 -0400
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ static struct dentry *InodeOpLookup(stru
 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);
@@ -220,7 +222,9 @@ InodeOpReadlink(struct dentry *dentry,
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 2, 0)
+static const char *InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie)
+#else
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 13)
 static void *
 #else
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ static int
 #endif
 InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,  // IN : dentry of symlink
                   struct nameidata *nd)   // OUT: stores result
+#endif
 {
    int ret;
    VMBlockInodeInfo *iinfo;
@@ -244,7 +249,11 @@ InodeOpFollowlink(struct dentry *dentry,
       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)