reproduce: git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-61-g09411a7a-dirty # https://github.com/jimc/linux/commit/f8d052f79bf3d7d6a368d0618852557817f74b4a git remote add jimc https://github.com/jimc/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jimc dyndbg_trace_v4_2 git checkout f8d052f79bf3d7d6a368d0618852557817f74b4a # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc olddefconfig ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc SHELL=/bin/bash