reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 git remote add drm-intel git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel git fetch --no-tags drm-intel for-linux-next-gt git checkout 05da7d9f717bcb03c457379fa8a61c1689dab86c # 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 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/