reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=11e36b0f7c2150a6453872b79555767b43c846d0
        git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git
        git fetch --no-tags tip x86/boot
        git checkout 11e36b0f7c2150a6453872b79555767b43c846d0
        # 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=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/events/ arch/x86/kernel/