Source: https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches/

--- a/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c
+++ b/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #endif
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 11, 0)
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#endif

 #include "compat_cred.h"
 #include "compat_fs.h"
@@ -1890,7 +1893,11 @@
 #endif
                            &inode->i_dentry,
                            d_alias) {
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 11, 0)
+         int dcount = d_count(dentry);
+#else
          int dcount = dentry->d_count;
+#endif
          if (dcount) {
             LOG(4, ("Found %s %d \n", dentry->d_name.name, dcount));
             return HgfsAccessInt(dentry, mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC));
@@ -1943,10 +1950,12 @@
       list_for_each(pos, &inode->i_dentry) {
          int dcount;
          struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(pos, struct dentry, d_alias);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 38)
-         dcount = atomic_read(&dentry->d_count);
-#else
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 11, 0)
+         dcount = d_count(dentry);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 38)
          dcount = dentry->d_count;
+#else
+         dcount = atomic_read(&dentry->d_count);
 #endif
          if (dcount) {
             LOG(4, ("Found %s %d \n", (dentry)->d_name.name, dcount));