reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/leon/linux-rdma.git/commit/?id=0684cc9ca5294ac5d587d8288d73928b7e2eca2f
        git remote add leon-rdma https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/leon/linux-rdma.git
        git fetch --no-tags leon-rdma rdma-next
        git checkout 0684cc9ca5294ac5d587d8288d73928b7e2eca2f
        # 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 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/