reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fbd126f5a658b92c7f6af986a6d89cf5e5693268
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout fbd126f5a658b92c7f6af986a6d89cf5e5693268
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/gcov/