reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/amir73il/linux/commit/f602365f9bbe01bd2faf490e801fe35368fbde98 git remote add amir73il https://github.com/amir73il/linux git fetch --no-tags amir73il fsnotify-perf git checkout f602365f9bbe01bd2faf490e801fe35368fbde98 # 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/configfs/