Permanently fix VMWare kernel module sources for Kernel 4.6+ and (re-)build them (can be run multiple times)

fix.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi
KMAJ="$(uname -r | cut -d. -f1)"
KMIN="$(uname -r | cut -d. -f2)"
if [ "${KMAJ}" != "4" ]; then
  echo "This script has to be run on a 4.x kernel." 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

VM_SRC_DIR=/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

cd $VM_SRC_DIR

if [ ! -f vmmon.tar.bak ] ; then
       cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar.bak
else
       rm -rf vmmon.tar
       cp vmmon.tar.bak vmmon.tar
fi

if [ ! -f vmnet.tar.bak ] ; then
       cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.bak
else
       rm -rf vmnet.tar
       cp vmnet.tar.bak vmnet.tar
fi

tar -xf vmmon.tar
tar -xf vmnet.tar

# if running on a 4.8 kernel
if [ "${KMIN}" -ge "8" ]; then
  echo "Detected 4.8 Kernel. Patching NR_ANON_PAGES->NR_ANON_MAPPED..." 1>&2
  sed -i -e 's/NR_ANON_PAGES/NR_ANON_MAPPED/g' vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
else
  echo "Detected NO 4.8 Kernel. Will not apply 4.8 patches" 1>&2
fi

# if running on a 4.7 kernel
if [ "${KMIN}" -ge "7" ]; then
  echo "Detected 4.7 Kernel. Patching 'dev->trans_start'..." 1>&2
  sed -i -e 's/dev->trans_start = jiffies/netif_trans_update\(dev\)/g' vmnet-only/netif.c
else
  echo "Detected NO 4.7 Kernel. Will not apply 4.7 patches" 1>&2
fi

# if running on a 4.6 kernel
if [ "${KMIN}" -ge "6" ]; then
  echo "Detected 4.6+ Kernel." 1>&2
  sed -i 's/get_user_pages(/get_user_pages_remote(/' vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
  sed -i 's/get_user_pages(/get_user_pages_remote(/' vmnet-only/userif.c
else
  echo "Detected NO 4.6 Kernel. Will not apply patches"  1>&2
fi

tar -cvf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
rm -rf vmmon-only
tar -cvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm -rf vmnet-only

# now (re-) build kernel modules with
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all