hostif.c

static int
HostIFGetUserPages(void *uvAddr,          // IN
                   struct page **ppages,  // OUT
                   unsigned int numPages) // IN
{
   int retval;

   down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 9, 0)
   unsigned int flags = 0;
   flags |= 1;
   retval = get_user_pages_remote(current, current->mm, (unsigned long)uvAddr,
                           numPages, flags, ppages, NULL);
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0)
   retval = get_user_pages((unsigned long)uvAddr, numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
#else
   retval = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, (unsigned long)uvAddr,
                           numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
#endif
   up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);

   return retval != numPages;
}

orig_hostif.c

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0)
   retval = get_user_pages((unsigned long)uvAddr, numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
#else
   retval = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, (unsigned long)uvAddr,
                           numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL);
#endif

orig_userif.c

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0)
   retval = get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
#else
   retval = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr,
                           1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
#endif

repack_files.sh

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.bak
cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar.bak
tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/

# The row below usually works, however on some computers we had 
# to run 'vmware' as root in order to trigger module installation
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

unpack_files.sh

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
tar xfv vmmon.tar
tar xfv vmnet.tar

userif.c

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0)
   retval = get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 9, 0)
   unsigned int flags = 0;
   flags |= 1;

   retval = get_user_pages_remote(current, current->mm, addr, 1, flags, &page, NULL);
#else
   retval = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr,
                           1, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
#endif