reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=82b7a620962b18edb7cb6eaca34fd0bd06073611 git remote add ardb git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-remove-absolute-percpu git checkout 82b7a620962b18edb7cb6eaca34fd0bd06073611 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/