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Fix mvhgfs (Shared Folders) on Linux Kernel 4.7 #103

Closed pduldig-at-tw closed 7 years ago

pduldig-at-tw commented 7 years ago

This patch fixes the shared folders module in Linux Kernel 4.7 The kernel module now compiles and works on VMWare Fusion 8.1.1

It fixes:

Use inode_lock() rather than compat_mutex_unlock() in dir.c
remove macro 'CACHE' from PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, PAGE_CACHE_MASK and PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT as these preprocessor macros have been removed. Also fix page_cache_get() and page_cache_release() to get_page()/put_page() respectively.
New function HgfsGetlink() to use new get_link() API over follow_link() {now depreciated in 4.7}

Outstanding bugs:

readlink_copy is no longer exported in 4.7 and so taint the kernel when loaded. PR to fix soon.

pduldig-at-tw commented 7 years ago

I fixed a problem where compat_mutex_t *mtx was not defined < 4.7 breaking older kernel compilation. now fixed