reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/commit/?id=873d254d7a3c15b60376b9cfcd8002a1943ffb1e git remote add jpoimboe https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jpoimboe objtool-diff git checkout 873d254d7a3c15b60376b9cfcd8002a1943ffb1e # 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