reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit/?id=489782b46f83f343c2449bbc797ef390816163bd 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 489782b46f83f343c2449bbc797ef390816163bd # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=um olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=um SHELL=/bin/bash