reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git/commit/?id=0942e6ae35b60b8f67ac961637e734b9cc34f225 git remote add sysctl https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git git fetch --no-tags sysctl sysctl-testing git checkout 0942e6ae35b60b8f67ac961637e734b9cc34f225 # 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 fs/ kernel/