reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git/commit/?id=b50bec771c0c06fc04539f5291e849ee844e7ddf git remote add djwong-xfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git git fetch --no-tags djwong-xfs timestats-hoist git checkout b50bec771c0c06fc04539f5291e849ee844e7ddf # 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