reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit/?id=d1be8ca79490c7d6d61fa36a6f05537ecc1f2edb git remote add dhowells-fs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git git fetch --no-tags dhowells-fs netfs-crypt git checkout d1be8ca79490c7d6d61fa36a6f05537ecc1f2edb # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/netfs/