reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/commit/?id=ffe8cd49f291ab710573616ae1d9ff762405287e git remote add jpoimboe https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jpoimboe objtool-diff git checkout ffe8cd49f291ab710573616ae1d9ff762405287e # 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 prepare