reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-61-g09411a7a-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/linux.git/commit/?id=8f3b3550b6d09f88b11b9d89eb1d6a215c48bf98
        git remote add vbabka https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags vbabka slub-percpu-caches-v4r1-BROKEN
        git checkout 8f3b3550b6d09f88b11b9d89eb1d6a215c48bf98
        # 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 mm/