reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-46-gadceff0a-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/b2e5852793b6eb4da1fba9cac363421858b62a95 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Mina-Almasry/vsock-virtio-use-skb_frag_-helpers/20231222-164637 git checkout b2e5852793b6eb4da1fba9cac363421858b62a95 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash net/core/ net/ethtool/