reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-46-gadceff0a-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f7e01ab828fd4bf6d25b1f143a3994241e8572bf git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout f7e01ab828fd4bf6d25b1f143a3994241e8572bf # 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 arch/x86/mm/ drivers/acpi/apei/ drivers/video/fbdev/ kernel/ lib/ mm/ net/caif/