reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-52-g1cf3d98c-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-integrator.git/commit/?id=8615ebf1370a798c403b4495f39de48270ad48f9 git remote add arm-integrator https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-integrator.git git fetch --no-tags arm-integrator b4/arm32-lpae-pan git checkout 8615ebf1370a798c403b4495f39de48270ad48f9 # 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 fs/