reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-61-g09411a7a-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bd6f2fd5a1d52198468c5cdc3c2472362dff5aaa git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout bd6f2fd5a1d52198468c5cdc3c2472362dff5aaa # 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 LDFLAGS=-z max-page-size=0x200000