reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?id=3da08857bbcbd903db68fc36c7a2f79f8fecbadb git remote add axboe-block https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git git fetch --no-tags axboe-block rw_iter git checkout 3da08857bbcbd903db68fc36c7a2f79f8fecbadb # 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 arch/x86/kernel/