reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git/commit/?id=5af8f3c38651eaf87992cca4eb2ddc2b19e6acf6 git remote add djwong-xfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git git fetch --no-tags djwong-xfs report-refcounts git checkout 5af8f3c38651eaf87992cca4eb2ddc2b19e6acf6 # 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