VMware – 15.0.3 Released, Still Broken with Kernel 5.0..

VMware Workstation 15.0.3 has been released, and the details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-1503-release-notes.html

Not an impressive effort, as it still fails when compiled with Kernel 5.0, with multiple warnings, and errors (tested with 5.0.2):

.......................
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’:
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol
extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42:
./include/linux/mm.h:52:29: note: previous definition of ‘totalram_pages’ was here
static inline unsigned long totalram_pages(void)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1787:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘do_settimeofday64’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
do_gettimeofday(&tv);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
do_settimeofday64
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_MapUserMem’:
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:40: error: macro "access_ok" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:276: /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
.......................  etc....

Fortunately, the patched versions of vmmon and vmnet at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules still fix the problem.

Robert Gadsdon. March 16, 2019.

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VMware – 15.0.3 Released, Still Broken with Kernel 5.0.. — 16 Comments

Michal Kubeček on March 16, 2019 at 11:36 said:

To be precise, both vmmon and vmnet sources are exactly the same in versions 15.0.1 through 15.0.3 (and also in 14.1.3 through 14.1.6). According to the Release Notes, 15.0.3 and 14.1.6 should only fix two security bugs affecting installations on windows hosts and upgrade some embedded libraries (which seems to be the only change affecting linux hosts). Sigh… and in ~30 hours, we can expect two new issues with 5.1-rc1 (both easy to handle, fortunately).

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Abdelmalek Boumali on March 17, 2019 at 08:03 said:

dear sir
i have installed vmware-workstation-15.0.3 on linux5, in opensuse (thumbleweed) distribution, and the instalation is failed:
see comments files:
“””
“””
localhost:/home/quantumfields/Downloads # vmware
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
VM communication interface socket family done
Virtual machine communication interface done
Virtual machine monitor done
Blocking file system done
make : on entre dans le répertoire « /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only »
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/5.0.1-1-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1] : on entre dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1-obj/x86_64/default »
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:189: ================= WARNING ================
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:190: ‘SUBDIRS’ will be removed after Linux 5.3
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:191: Please use ‘M=’ or ‘KBUILD_EXTMOD’ instead
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:192: ==========================================
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:43:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:130: warning: “MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES” redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:661: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:43:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:466: warning: “MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK” redefined
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK 0x00000001ULL // Lock SMM environment

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:470: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:46:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78: warning: “CR3_PCID_MASK” redefined
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:47:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:130: warning: “MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES” redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:46,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:94,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/math_emu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait_bit.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/fs.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/highmem.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:661: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:47:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:466: warning: “MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK” redefined
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK 0x00000001ULL // Lock SMM environment

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:46,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:94,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/math_emu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait_bit.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/fs.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/highmem.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:470: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78: warning: “CR3_PCID_MASK” redefined
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/wait_bit.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/fs.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/highmem.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:986:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max – TSC min
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:130: warning: “MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES” redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:661: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:466: warning: “MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK” redefined
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK 0x00000001ULL // Lock SMM environment

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:68,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:470: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78: warning: “CR3_PCID_MASK” redefined
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/irqflags.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/rculist.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pid.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.o
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol
extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/mm.h:52:29: note: previous definition of ‘totalram_pages’ was here
static inline unsigned long totalram_pages(void)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1787:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘do_settimeofday64’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
do_gettimeofday(&tv);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
do_settimeofday64
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_MapUserMem’:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:40: error: macro “access_ok” passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3408:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/scripts/Makefile.build:278: /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Attente des tâches non terminées….
In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:7,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:70:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39: warning: “CR3_PCID_MASK” redefined
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:53:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:46,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:94,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/math_emu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:7,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:70:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:470: warning: “MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK” redefined
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:51:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:466: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK 0x00000001ULL // Lock SMM environment

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:46,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:94,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/math_emu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/preempt.h:78,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:7,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:70:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:661: warning: “MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES” redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.c:51:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:130: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.o: warning: objtool: Task_Switch()+0x4c0: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only/common/task.o: warning: objtool: .text: unexpected end of section
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:1568: _module_/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:152: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:15: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1-obj/x86_64/default »
make: *** [Makefile:110: vmmon.ko] Error 2
make : on quitte le répertoire « /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmmon-only »
make : on entre dans le répertoire « /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only »
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/5.0.1-1-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1] : on entre dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1-obj/x86_64/default »
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:189: ================= WARNING ================
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:190: ‘SUBDIRS’ will be removed after Linux 5.3
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:191: Please use ‘M=’ or ‘KBUILD_EXTMOD’ instead
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:192: ==========================================
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/netif.o
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.c: In function ‘VNetUserIfMapPtr’:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.c:145:52: error: macro “access_ok” passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (void *)uAddr, size) ||
^
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.c:145:9: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (void *)uAddr, size) ||
^~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.c:145:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/scripts/Makefile.build:278: /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/userif.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Attente des tâches non terminées….
In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pci.h:37,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2278: warning: “PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE” redefined
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/net.h:38,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD

In file included from /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pci.h:37,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2279: warning: “PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3” redefined
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/net.h:38,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:73: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07B0

make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1/Makefile:1568: _module_/tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:152: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:15: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-5.0.1-1-obj/x86_64/default »
make: *** [Makefile:110: vmnet.ko] Error 2
make : on quitte le répertoire « /tmp/modconfig-Tdp9v2/vmnet-only »
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor failed
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family done
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet failed
VMware Authentication Daemon done
localhost:/home/quantumfields/Downloads #
regards
Abdelmalek Boumali

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- RG on March 17, 2019 at 19:03 said:
  
  See previous article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2477 for info on patch availability. There is now a version for 15.0.3 as well.
  RG.
  
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  - ryan rudolf oba on March 25, 2019 at 05:21 said:
    
    I’ve upgraded to kernel 5.0.3 and now vmware-workstation 15.0.2 fails to run. I’ve updated to vmware-workstation 15.0.3 and I’ve used the 15.0.3 patch, it works OK but now everytime I open vmware-workstation it complains that the modules need to be rebuilt, even if they are rebuilt successfully from the last run. Its annoying though as i have to enter my admin password for it to rebuild the modules every time i run vmware-workstation. Im running Fedora29 kernel 5.0.3. any ideas how to solve this? im trying to uninstall / reinstall vmware-workstation and the patches hope it works.
    
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    - Truong Chuong Duong on April 4, 2019 at 03:05 said:
      
      I have same issue when install VMWare 15.0.2 on 5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64, I fixed by:
      
      1. Clone new module source from https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git by run:
      git clone -b workstation-15.0.2 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
      2. Create new tar files for vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar
      3. Replace the 2 original files on /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
      4. Then run sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
      
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jos on April 28, 2019 at 09:51 said:

vmware 14.1.1 here but I suspect the problem is the same with 15.x
fedora 28
kernel is 5.0.9-100.fc28.x86_64

I downloaded https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-14.1.1.tar.gz
but when compiling with make I got few errors in hostif.c :
Any help is welcomed as I am stucked. Anyone knows when vmware will officially support kernel 5.0.9+ ?

make -C vmmon-only
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only’
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/5.0.9-100.fc28.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[2]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/kernels/5.0.9-100.fc28.x86_64’
Makefile:207: ================= WARNING ================
Makefile:208: ‘SUBDIRS’ will be removed after Linux 5.3
Makefile:209: Please use ‘M=’ or ‘KBUILD_EXTMOD’ instead
Makefile:210: ==========================================
CC [M] /home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’:
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1502:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol
extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42:
./include/linux/mm.h:52:29: note: previous definition of ‘totalram_pages’ was here
static inline unsigned long totalram_pages(void)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1648:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘do_settimeofday64’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
do_gettimeofday(&tv);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
do_settimeofday64
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_MapUserMem’:
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3203:40: error: macro “access_ok” passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3203:9: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, p, size)) {
^~~~~~~~~
/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3203:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:277: /home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1580: _module_/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/kernels/5.0.9-100.fc28.x86_64’
make[1]: *** [Makefile:110: vmmon.ko] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/jos/Temp/vmware/patch/vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1/vmmon-only’
make: *** [Makefile:21: vmmon-only] Error 2

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- RG on April 29, 2019 at 17:31 said:
  
  The latest patches should work with Kernel 5.0 and 5.1. I have VMware 15.0.4 – patched – working with Kernel 5.1-rc7 now. I checked, and the 14.1.1 version of the patches is obsolete, and you should use the latest 14.1.7 version: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-14.1.7, which should compile OK
  RG.
  
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Pavel on May 17, 2019 at 13:46 said:

Thanks Truong Chuong Duong, it worked:
git clone -b workstation-15.0.2 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all

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- ayman on May 28, 2019 at 21:38 said:
  
  thank you to all
  i wounder when i see this post how to get this work
  i follow your instructions
  and finally vmware work on manjaro with kerner 5.1.4-1-MANJARO
  but when i try to install windows 7 for eg , its not start and got this message
  ‘
  Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 361.0, got 360.0.
  You have an incorrect version of the ‘vmmon’ kernel module.
  Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.
  ‘
  how to resolve
  
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ayman on May 28, 2019 at 21:34 said:

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 361.0, got 360.0.
You have an incorrect version of the ‘vmmon’ kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.

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Fernando on June 10, 2019 at 10:17 said:

Hi…
I was able to run and create a VM, but when I run I get the same error:
Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 361.0, got 360.0.
You have an incorrect version of the ‘vmmon’ kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Player.

Did anyone got it to run?

thanks

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- Tahder on August 11, 2019 at 22:44 said:
  
  for anyone got “Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 361.0, got 360.0.”
  
  what I did was uninstall but leave the configurations (as already have existing ones)
  
  To display the installed product (note the product name and xxx is the correct version you’ve downloaded)
  sudo bash VMware-Workstation-Full-15.1.0-xxx.x86_64.bundle -l
  Extracting VMware Installer…done.
  Product Name Product Version
  ==================== ====================
  vmware-workstation 15.1.0.xxx
  
  Uninstall using the command:
  sudo bash VMware-Workstation-Full-15.1.0-xxx.x86_64.bundle –uninstall-product vmware-workstation
  
  Reinstall back…
  sudo bash VMware-Workstation-Full-15.1.0-xxx.x86_64.bundle
  
  do the ff, based on the above comments:
  
  git clone -b workstation-15.1.0 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
  cd vmware-host-modules
  tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
  tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
  sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
  sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
  
  viola!
  vmware
  
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zacw on August 18, 2019 at 16:50 said:

The above steps worked for Ubuntu 19.04 with kernel (5.2.8-050208-generic – installed via ukuu app) using VMware-Workstation-Full-15.1.0-13591040.x86_64.bundle

git clone -b workstation-15.1.0 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all

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- KVAnton on August 31, 2019 at 12:51 said:
  
  Thanks, this works for me too (Ubuntu 18.04, Linux 5.2.8-050208-generic)
  
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David Nagy on November 26, 2019 at 05:00 said:

I just upgraded my Ubuntu 18.04.3 system to kernel version 5.4. Attempting to start VMWare Player 15.5.1 gives me the message about recompiling VMMon and VMNet and both fail to compile. I have previously used your process to rectify the install issues and create a running VMWare Player instance. I’ve downloaded and modified your script to match my version of Player but still are having errors trying to rebuild the two VMWare modules. Here’s a snapshot of the messages (I can download all of them but only show the messages up to and including the first errors):

[06:38:39 Scripts]$ ./VMWare_Fix.sh
Cloning into ‘vmware-host-modules’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 23, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (23/23), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (23/23), done.
remote: Total 1701 (delta 19), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 1678
Receiving objects: 100% (1701/1701), 887.90 KiB | 5.51 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1401/1401), done.
Branch ‘player-15.5.1’ set up to track remote branch ‘player-15.5.1’ from ‘origin’.
Switched to a new branch ‘player-15.5.1’
make -C vmmon-only
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only’
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/5.4.0-050400-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[2]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-050400-generic’
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from :0:0:
./arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h: In function ‘clear_page’:
././include/linux/compiler_types.h:210:24: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘__inline’
#define asm_inline asm __inline
^
./arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h:256:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘asm_inline’
asm_inline volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2(“call %P[old]”, “call %P[new1]”, feature1,\
^~~~~~~~~~
./arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h:49:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘alternative_call_2’
alternative_call_2(clear_page_orig,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Any suggestions on how I should proceed from here?

Many thanks for your assistance here and for the work you’ve done to get us all past the VMWare issues in the past.

Dave

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David Nagy on January 6, 2020 at 06:02 said:

Fixed! A full fix is described in the thread at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.1

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