[Bug 1254931] Re: open-vm-tools-dkms 2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build [error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’]

[Michael Bienia]

Here is a patch I use to compile the open-vm-tools modules on trusty
(linux 3.12). It's a mix of a patch I found on the internet [0] and some
changes for uid_t -> kuid_t and gid_t -> kgid_t based on information I
found in the linux headers. So it would be good if someone familiar with
the kernel took a look on this patch.

I mostly use the vmhgfs module to mount the shared folders from VMWare
and didn't have an problems with this patch yet.


0: http://dominator008.com/constructionyard/2013/10/03/vmware-9-0-2-vmblock-patch-for-linux-kernel-3-12/

** Patch added: "open-vm-tools-linux-3.12.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1254931/+attachment/3931681/+files/open-vm-tools-linux-3.12.diff

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Title:
  open-vm-tools-dkms 2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2: open-vm-tools kernel
  module failed to build [error: incompatible types when assigning to
  type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’]

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