reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git/commit/?id=8f5893b867907f2e6d6451cca3b397e655f7c094 git remote add viro-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags viro-vfs work.misc git checkout 8f5893b867907f2e6d6451cca3b397e655f7c094 # 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 fs/