reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?id=48f1b954dad483121e9e096cc8e9c99eec26bb89 git remote add brauner-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-vfs b4/vfs-pidfd_fs.v1 git checkout 48f1b954dad483121e9e096cc8e9c99eec26bb89 # 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 fs/