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@@ -8,24 +8,41 @@ Here’s a quick and dirty patch I came up with after failing to find a solution
 
 ### Usage
 
-1. Go to vmware modules source directory
-`cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/`
+1. Go to vmware modules source directory 
 
-2. 
+        cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
 
-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9beae1ea89305a9667ceaab6d0bf46a045ad71e7
+2. Extract **vmmon** and **vmnet** sources
 
-- two variables(write, force) replaced with gup_flags
-- gup flags used like this
-unsigned int flags = 0;
+        tar xf vmnet.tar
+        tar xf vmmon.tar
+        
+3. In the same directory, move the patch files from this repo
+
+        cp <path_to_this_repo>/vmmon-hostif.c/hostif.patch .
+        cp <path_to_this_repo>/vmnet-user.c/userif.patch .
+        
+4. Apply patches
+
+        patch -s -p0 < hostif.patch
+        patch -s -p0 < userif.patch
+        
+5. Recreate archives
+
+        tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
+        tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
+        
+5. Recompile `sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all`
 
-flags |= FOLL_WRITE
-1, 0, pvec + pinned ---> flags, pvec + pinned
-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e9877902dc7e11d2be038371c6fbf2dfcd469d7#diff-e37c5ffd9b4db050c3f7eae7d74e64c3R1230
 
+### Resources
+Commits responsible for this error:
 
-write, force, pages --> flags(write=1,force=0)
+https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9beae1ea89305a9667ceaab6d0bf46a045ad71e7
+https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e9877902dc7e11d2be038371c6fbf2dfcd469d7#diff-e37c5ffd9b4db050c3f7eae7d74e64c3R1230
+
+Ths signature of get_user_pages_remote changed, instead of passing (write=1,force=0) they are passed in a flag ( 0 |= FOLL_WRITE) 
 
-flags: the flags must be write only and not force
-FOLL_WRITE
 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/6e5c8381d1db4c1cdd4b4e49d5f0d1255c2246fd/include/linux/mm.h#L227://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/6e5c8381d1db4c1cdd4b4e49d5f0d1255c2246fd/include/linux/mm.h#L2278
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