reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git/commit/?id=b7294cacdfc054d1805af6c5e32a0104313a2f32
        git remote add tglx-devel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git
        git fetch --no-tags tglx-devel timers/posix
        git checkout b7294cacdfc054d1805af6c5e32a0104313a2f32
        # 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=x86_64 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/