d_alias.patch

diff -ru vmhgfs-only.orig/inode.c vmhgfs-only/inode.c
--- vmhgfs-only.orig/inode.c	2014-11-18 03:07:13.000000000 +0100
+++ vmhgfs-only/inode.c	2014-12-23 22:47:15.783855237 +0100
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@
                            p,
 #endif
                            &inode->i_dentry,
-                           d_alias) {
+                           d_u.d_alias) {
          int dcount = hgfs_d_count(dentry);
          if (dcount) {
             LOG(4, ("Found %s %d \n", dentry->d_name.name, dcount));

patch-and-build

#!/bin/sh

help() {
cat <<EOF
Usage:
  $0 [-q|--quiet] </path/to/VMwareTools.tar.gz>
  $0 -h|--help

EOF
}

ALERT() {
   local pause
   printf '%s ' "$*"
   read pause
}

TASK() {
   [ "$SILENT" ] || printf '%s … ' "$*"
}

OK() {
   [ "$SILENT" ] || printf '[\e[32mOK\e[0m]\n'
}

FAILED() {
   [ "$SILENT" ] || printf '[\e[31mFAILED\e[0m]\n'
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   help
   exit 1
fi

case $1 in
   -h|--help) help; exit 0 ;;
   -q|--quiet) SILENT=yes; shift ;;
   -v|--version) printf 'No reportable version\n'; exit 0 ;;
esac

tools="$1"
canary='vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl'
source='vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source'
driver='vmhgfs'
tarfile="$driver.tar"
tardir="$driver-only"
patchfile='d_alias.patch'

[ -f "$tools" ] || { printf '%s: no such file\n' "$tools"; exit 1; }

# BSD mktemp requires a template
build="$(mktemp -d -t vmtools)" || exit 1

erase_temp() {
   [ -d "$build" ] && rm -rf "$build"
}

trap erase_temp exit # clean up after ourselves

TASK Extracting VMware Tools
# even BSD tar is smart enough to uncompress a tarfile without
# being explicitly told
tar -C "$build" -xf "$tools"
[ -f "$build/$canary" ] \
   || { FAILED; help; exit 1; }
OK

## The following three stanzas could be refactored to allow
## multiple drivers to be patched.
## Probably easiest to to unpack all drivers, apply all
## relevant patches, and pack them all up again.

TASK Extracting $driver driver
tar -C "$build/$source" -xf "$build/$source/$tarfile" \
   || { FAILED; exit 1; }
OK

TASK Patching $driver driver
#chmod +w vmhgfs-only/inode.c
patch --quiet -d "$build/$source" -p0 < "$patchfile" \
   || { FAILED; exit 1; }
#chmod -w vmhgfs-only/inode.c
OK

TASK Packing up $driver driver
tar -C "$build/$source" -cf "$build/$source/$tarfile" "$tardir" \
   || { FAILED; exit 1; }
OK

ALERT Press [return] to start VMware Tools installation
sudo "$build/$canary" -d