reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cxl/cxl.git/commit/?id=12fb28ea6b1cf24bde27c406eb38ee3c108d73f9
        git remote add cxl https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cxl/cxl.git
        git fetch --no-tags cxl next
        git checkout 12fb28ea6b1cf24bde27c406eb38ee3c108d73f9
        # 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 drivers/acpi/apei/