reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git/commit/?id=30beac287e56cba2668a905e56b9879f23972ae2 git remote add jfern https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jfern tick/keep-tick-on-hrt git checkout 30beac287e56cba2668a905e56b9879f23972ae2 # 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 kernel/time/