reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        git remote add drm-misc git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
        git fetch --no-tags drm-misc topic/rust-drm
        git checkout 6f60fd0a4eca6108d590543d3ce3707706dedaa2
        # 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