reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-52-g1cf3d98c-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/1c7c3007ba3a3a40b3fae9fb688632d794e24846 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Christian-Brauner/tracefs-port-to-kernfs/20240131-214120 git checkout 1c7c3007ba3a3a40b3fae9fb688632d794e24846 # 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=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/tracefs/