reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git/commit/?id=003b9fd66c1eebaa2d362901c1907fe69e8fe2ca git remote add frederic-dynticks https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git git fetch --no-tags frederic-dynticks timers/core git checkout 003b9fd66c1eebaa2d362901c1907fe69e8fe2ca # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/time/