reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-47-g365b9520-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683 git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683 # 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/ia32/ arch/x86/kernel/ drivers/gpu/drm/ drivers/net/ drivers/nvme/target/ drivers/remoteproc/ fs/squashfs/ kernel/ net/bluetooth/