reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/6e842da15a5a575a869cbb1d1dfecd0f7c50546a git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/nested_ept_exit_qual git checkout 6e842da15a5a575a869cbb1d1dfecd0f7c50546a # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/kvm/