Cannot compile Workstation 9.0.2 modules on kernel 3.9.2

[knobi]

Hi,

just updated to kernel 3.9.2 (from 3.8.9) and fail to compile vmci and vmblock modules, getting the following messages:

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[root@lbwjxqm1 modules]# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Stopping VMware services:

   VMware Authentication Daemon                            [  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family                [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]

   Blocking file system                                    [  OK  ]

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.9.2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/apic.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/comport.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/task.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/vmmon.o

  Building modules, stage 2.

  MODPOST 1 modules

  CC      /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild

make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only'

make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only'

cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmmon-only'

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.9.2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/driver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/hub.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/userif.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/netif.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/bridge.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/filter.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/procfs.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/smac.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/vmnet.o

  Building modules, stage 2.

  MODPOST 1 modules

  CC      /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild

make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only'

make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only'

cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmnet-only'

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.9.2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/block.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/control.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/file.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/module.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/super.o

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c: In function ‘InodeOpLookup’:

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:138: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:38: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ‘DentryOpRevalidate’:

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘actualDentry->d_op->d_revalidate’ makes integer from pointer without a cast

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104: note: expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct nameidata *’

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/control.c: In function ‘ExecuteBlockOp’:

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:285: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:296: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible pointer type

include/linux/fs.h:2040: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ but argument is of type ‘char *’

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmblock-only'

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.9.2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/linux/driver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:

/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:743: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘VMCIHostUser’ from type ‘kuid_t’

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-3.9.2'

make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-XyB8iW/vmci-only'

Unable to install all modules.  See log for details.

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I am running on CentOS-6.4 with "gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC) ". Any ideas?

Cheers

Martin

[damoiselle_111]

Simply remove the relative code. vmblcok and vmci is unused in kernel v3.9.2.

vmblock is needless because 9.0.2 use w/ vmblock-fuse instead in-kernel vmblock.ko.

vmci is upstreamed. you can enable kernel config there, and disable this one.

[knobi]

Hi,

OK, I see that VMCI can be build into the kernel. But what about vmblock. I do not see that in 3.9.2? And "how to remove the relativer code"?

Cheers

Martin

[knobi]

Hi,

OK, I was finally able to make it work on kernel-3.9.3. The following was needed for me:

In /etc/vmware/config:

VMBLOCK_CONFED = "no"

VMCI_CONFED = "yes" <== still needed to create the /dev/vmci device file. Otherwise I would have had to change /etc/init.d/vmware

VSOCK_CONFED = "no"

In /lib/modules:

cd /lib/modules/3.9.3/misc

ln -nsf ../kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko vmci.ko

Not sure whether these are the right things to do in this scenario though. I am open to suggestions.

Cheers

Martin