reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?id=168c8d86d8ac87a04878717d8d13d6b63339db8d git remote add brauner-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-vfs work.procfs git checkout 168c8d86d8ac87a04878717d8d13d6b63339db8d # 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