reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=01a871852b1133fc5f611ad7c0c072870c90aede git remote add linux-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git git fetch --no-tags linux-next master git checkout 01a871852b1133fc5f611ad7c0c072870c90aede # 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