reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c5b331d4f550fb78bf1a553b2517616a5ea913d6 git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout c5b331d4f550fb78bf1a553b2517616a5ea913d6 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash