reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?id=55198ec5ef32fc5ac9fe0165cecc9d3b42e38bc4 git remote add brauner-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-vfs work.i_state git checkout 55198ec5ef32fc5ac9fe0165cecc9d3b42e38bc4 # 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