reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=79276c254b6ca4e064431027eb3d62dd62e26d19 git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-nonmm-unstable git checkout 79276c254b6ca4e064431027eb3d62dd62e26d19 # 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=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash lib/math/