reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-52-g1cf3d98c-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/commit/?id=b93eb80bcbfcc83c8be426db0890d2afb73dcc95
        git remote add jic23-iio https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git
        git fetch --no-tags jic23-iio testing
        git checkout b93eb80bcbfcc83c8be426db0890d2afb73dcc95
        # 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/iio/adc/ drivers/pinctrl/nuvoton/