reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?id=6d26064a464a6f8ace90a2176a17bd6f853825e0 git remote add brauner-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-vfs b4/vfs-bdev-file git checkout 6d26064a464a6f8ace90a2176a17bd6f853825e0 # 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 fs/nilfs2/