reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit/?id=ada115ace095d0356bbe99f34838822434d0f2df git remote add dhowells-fs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git git fetch --no-tags dhowells-fs netfs-writeback git checkout ada115ace095d0356bbe99f34838822434d0f2df # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/netfs/