reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git/commit/?id=068e2e1754d7c9e92e07c8332b2b64673b4989cc git remote add groeck-staging https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git git fetch --no-tags groeck-staging testing git checkout 068e2e1754d7c9e92e07c8332b2b64673b4989cc # 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 lib/