vmware modversion is wrong #2

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T13:54:38Z

Help me save my job please :)

I am using 4.13.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-1 (2017-10-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux and bumped into the memory bug:
The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

applying your patches I get

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 329.0, got 308.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.

Failed to initialize monitor device.

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T13:58:03Z

vmmon.zip

mkubecek · 2017-10-20T13:59:26Z

VMMOD_VERSION is 329 in 14.0.0 and 308 in 12.5.7. So my guess would be that you built the module from workstation-12.5.7 branch but are trying to use it with Workstation 14.0.0.

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:06:09Z

I have uninstalled completely vmware and reinstalled it from scratch .... same issue
just after your patch. When I start the vm I get just the

The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

the version error comes up when I apply your patches

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:07:45Z

as you can see I even tried to remove the tars before reinstalling so ...

cd source/
root@azrael:/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source# ls -la
totale 5448
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ott 20 15:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 ott 20 15:52 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 ott 20 15:52 vmblock.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1341440 ott 20 15:52 vmci.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1443840 ott 20 15:52 vmmon.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768000 ott 20 15:52 vmnet.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1136640 ott 20 15:52 vsock.tar

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:08:10Z

the patch installs an old version I guess

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:09:52Z

if you want I can give you the whole zipped tarball of the source dir

mkubecek · 2017-10-20T14:10:10Z

For 14.0.0, you need the module source from branch workstation-14.0.0, not workstation-12.5.7.

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:11:22Z

source.zip

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:12:07Z

Those sources reappeared right after I removed them and reinstalled vmware workstation from scratch

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:12:32Z

the error is now

The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:13:30Z

if I install the ones from your git the version error appears

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:13:38Z

please help

xevilstar · 2017-10-20T14:16:29Z

cannot even close even pressing cancel

mkubecek · 2017-10-20T14:18:14Z

Flooding me with more and more comments doesn't help anything. Please read what I already wrote to you and use the source from the branch matching your VMware version.

rubyjedi · 2017-10-23T05:12:38Z

Try downloading the 14.0.0 sources as a zipfile instead, using this link:

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-14.0.0.zip

.. Or have a look at the one-step installer script in the pull-request section, set VMWARE_PRODUCT="workstation-14.0.0" to make it match your product, and run that.

mrf2357 · 2017-12-25T02:57:25Z

Hi @rubyjedi

  I am experiencing the exact error messages viz

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 329.0, got 308.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.

Failed to initialize monitor device.

Only I am using VMware WS 14.1 which was recently released. My host is Debian Sid but with kernel 4.12.

I'm wondering if you have made a zipfile of the sources for this release or can provide me a link to the one step installer you mentioned.

TIA

Marty Felker

mkubecek · 2017-12-25T09:19:42Z

Branches for Workstation and Player 14.1.0 are available now (tested against 4.9, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 4.15-rc5).

stefanbaur · 2018-01-13T02:38:14Z

Hi, I am using Workstation 12.5.9 on Ubuntu Xenial with Kernel 4.13.0-26-generic.

I tried to apply the patches from the 12.5.8 branch, as there is no 12.5.9 yet, but end up with the same

The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

error message as the original poster.

This is after cloning and checking out the branch, and running

tar -cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
tar -cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only/
vmware # automatically starts and completes the build process

The error only appears when trying to start a VM.

If I try to build the modules manually, make throws these warnings for vmmon, but builds seemingly just fine.

Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1288:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
 LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max - TSC min
 ^
/root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Ioctl':
/root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1983:1: warning: the frame size of 1168 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
 }
 ^
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
  LD [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
  LD [M]  /root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/vmwarepatch/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o

when, after building manually, I rmmod vmmon and insmod ./vmmon.ko, then try to start a VM, I get

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 309.0, got 308.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.

Searching for 308 in the source, I found the file include/iocontrols.h
changing #define VMMON_VERSION (308 << 16 | 0) to #define VMMON_VERSION (309 << 16 | 0) in that file, followed by

make clean
make
rmmod vmmon
./vmmon.ko

gives me

The initialization of the VMware Workstation device driver has failed. Execution of this virtual machine cannot continue.

Please check the system log for details of the failure.

Failure code: -1

when trying to start a VM.

Any chance of getting this resolved in the near future, maybe in a 12.5.9 branch? Or do I need to fall back to 12.5.8 (or shell out the $$$ for WS Pro 14, which seems to work out of the box)?

Kind Regards,
Stefan Baur

stefanbaur · 2018-01-13T02:50:17Z

err, of course that's "insmod ./vmmon.ko" in the last code block, not "./vmmon.ko".

mkubecek · 2018-01-13T07:14:53Z

I'll prepare a branch for 12.5.9 this weekend but I can't test it (except for build) as don't have 12.5.9 installed anywhere.

stefanbaur · 2018-01-13T07:42:59Z

12.5.9 is a free upgrade to previous 12.5 releases; but if you don't have any 12.5 around, I'm willing and able to test. :)

mkubecek · 2018-01-18T07:41:29Z

Branches workstation-12.5.9 and player-12.5.9 are ready now. It seems VMware is not going to fix build against recent kernels in 12.5.x as the only differences between 12.5.8 seem to be related to Meltdown/Spectre (and cleanup of unused files). In other words, unpatched 12.5.9 modules are broken with >= 4.13 (in less severe form since 4.9) and do not build with >= 4.14.

Note: 12.5.9 branches are only build tested (I'm using only 14.x on my machines) but as the changes between 12.5.8 and 12.5.9 are unrelated, I'm quite confident there should be no problems (or at least no new problems).

freddyflintstone · 2018-01-18T10:55:38Z

Hi

I have the same problem with 12.5.9 and 4.13.0-26-generic

(4.13.0-26-generic #29~16.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 9 22:00:44 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux)

"Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 309.0, got 308.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation."

So I followed the steps:

I took hostif.c from here:

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/blob/workstation-12.5.9/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c

Replaced the vmmon-only/linux/host_if.c
here is the diff:

$ diff -pu vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c  vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c.orig
--- vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c	2018-01-18 10:06:31.000000000 +0000
+++ vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c.orig	2017-06-20 03:54:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -99,37 +99,6 @@
 #include "vmmonInt.h"
 #include "versioned_atomic.h"
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)
-#   define global_zone_page_state global_page_state
-#endif
-
-static unsigned long get_nr_slab_unreclaimable(void)
-{
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 13, 0)
-   return global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE);
-#else
-   return global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE);
-#endif
-}
-
-static unsigned long get_nr_unevictable(void)
-{
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
-   return global_node_page_state(NR_UNEVICTABLE);
-#else
-   return global_page_state(NR_UNEVICTABLE);
-#endif
-}
-
-static unsigned long get_nr_anon_mapped(void)
-{
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
-   return global_node_page_state(NR_ANON_MAPPED);
- #else
-   return global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES);
- #endif
-}
-
 /*
  * Determine if we can use high resolution timers.
  */
@@ -1625,11 +1594,16 @@ HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit(const VMD
    unsigned int reservedPages = MEMDEFAULTS_MIN_HOST_PAGES;
    unsigned int hugePages = (vm == NULL) ? 0 :
       BYTES_2_PAGES(vm->memInfo.hugePageBytes);
-   unsigned int lockedPages = global_zone_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE) +
-                              get_nr_slab_unreclaimable() +
-                              get_nr_unevictable() +
+   unsigned int lockedPages = global_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE) +
+                              global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE) +
+                              global_page_state(NR_UNEVICTABLE) +
                               hugePages + reservedPages;
-   unsigned int anonPages = get_nr_anon_mapped();
+   unsigned int anonPages =
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
+      global_page_state(NR_ANON_MAPPED);
+#else
+      global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES);
+#endif
    unsigned int swapPages = BYTES_2_PAGES(linuxState.swapSize);
 
    if (anonPages > swapPages) {

4 Tarred it up and reran:

 sudo tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
 sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Output (it's rather long)

$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
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: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:6,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/task.c:67:
./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:37:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/task.c:53:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:65:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK  0xFFF
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:6,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/task.c:67:
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:569:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/task.c:51:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:109:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140
 ^
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:43:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:109:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:40,
                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:4,
                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:13,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:569:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:46:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:65:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK  0xFFF
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:4:0,
                 from ./include/linux/irqflags.h:15,
                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:39,
                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:4,
                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:13,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:37:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull
 ^
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:83:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:109:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
                 from ./include/linux/gfp.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/mm.h:9,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:569:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:31,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:48:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:109:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./include/linux/wait.h:8,
                 from ./include/linux/wait_bit.h:7,
                 from ./include/linux/fs.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/highmem.h:4,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:569:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:83:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:65:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK  0xFFF
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
                 from ./include/linux/gfp.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/mm.h:9,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/compat_page.h:23,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:37:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:50:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:65:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK  0xFFF
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                 from ./include/linux/wait.h:8,
                 from ./include/linux/wait_bit.h:7,
                 from ./include/linux/fs.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/highmem.h:4,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:37:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull
 ^
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1291:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
 LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max - TSC min
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:35:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:109:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES            0x140
 ^
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63,
                 from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80,
                 from ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:40,
                 from ./include/linux/rculist.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/pid.h:4,
                 from ./include/linux/sched.h:13,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:31:
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:569:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
 ^
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1986:1: warning: the frame size of 1168 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
 }
 ^
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/userif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/bridge.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/procfs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/smac.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/netif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2260:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE  0x15ad
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE                    0x15AD
 ^
In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2261:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:73:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3            0x07B0
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE                    0x15AD
 ^
In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/bridge.c:51:
./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2260:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE  0x15ad
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:73:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3            0x07B0
 ^
In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/bridge.c:51:
./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2261:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0
 ^
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-nDKQVy/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                done
   Virtual ethernet                                                    done
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
   Shared Memory Available                                             done

At this point i rebooted but still get the version error
Incidentally (just mention for completeness) I also had to patch bridge.c according to this post: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/568089. (I am guessing this is unrelated)


diff -Naur vmnet-only.orig/bridge.c vmnet-only/bridge.c
--- vmnet-only/bridge.c 2017-06-26 22:08:39.148034785 +1000
+++ vmnet-only/bridge.c 2017-07-16 11:37:01.325802125 +1000
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
         unsigned long flags;
         int i;
 
-        atomic_inc(&clone->users);
+        clone = skb_get(clone);
 
         clone->dev = dev;
         clone->protocol = eth_type_trans(clone, dev);

Update:

I've downgraded to 12.5.7 and applied your hostif.c patch for 12.5.7. vmware workstation starts up now. will report back if this solves my out of memory issue

mkubecek · 2018-02-04T21:07:08Z

Picking one file from patched sources is rarely a good idea, I don't understand why some people give this kind of advice on various webs. Eiter pick a particular commit fixing your issue and apply it to the original sources from VMware or use complete patched sources from here. I added (into all active branches) a top level makefile and file INSTALL explaining how to use the repository.

Anyway... if anyone sees this message, it means he/she built their modules from wrong sources (based on module for a different version of Workstation / Player). It's possible, in theory, that I used wrong source tarball as a base for some branch but then everyone using that branch would encounter this kind of problem, not only some users.

wcdeich4 · 2023-08-22T13:10:39Z

This issue is happening again. I think b/c the linux modules update soooo fast

mkubecek · 2023-08-22T13:19:51Z

This is not an actual issue, this error message means the user used wrong module version meant for different Workstation/Player version. In other words, pure user mistake, not something to report here as an issue.

wcdeich4 · 2023-08-22T13:38:04Z

ohhhhh your make file does not download the correct version of vmmon and vmnet, they have to be downloaded separately.

mkubecek · 2023-08-22T15:53:07Z

No, you just need to checkout the right branch depending on your Workstation/Player version. Please read the README and INSTALL files, it's all explained there.

wcdeich4 · 2023-08-22T16:24:28Z

Well, I have VMware-Player-Full-17.0.2-21581411.x86_64.bundle and I switched to branch tmp/workstation-17.0.2-k6.5 but I still get an error.

I guess I need to switch to a newer version of VMWare :)

rubyjedi · 2023-08-22T16:50:00Z

There seems to be a disconnect here. Try the one-step bash installer script I submitted a while ago

ec63749

Set the vmware_product to "workstation-17.0.2" (this sets your branch) and run the script as root.

wcdeich4 · 2023-08-22T20:02:27Z

@rubyjedi Thank you, that worked. Strange thing is, I had previously checked out branch workstation-17.0.2 before I tried tmp/workstation-17.0.2-k6.5. I do not really know why workstation-17.0.2 worked this time, but not before. But, thank you.

wcdeich4 · 2023-08-22T20:03:11Z

I wish VMWare would release a flatpak version. Since I have Fedora, every single update breaks VMWare :(

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