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=3675d8a1726337bd1e839a185e0a7ce0bc459b6b git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 3675d8a1726337bd1e839a185e0a7ce0bc459b6b # 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 drivers/gpu/drm/tests/ drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/ fs/ntfs3/ kernel/trace/ mm/kasan/