reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/c7de2d2c0cab7d890294b5437faf1bccb6bc978d git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/cleanup_smp_nmi_shootdown git checkout c7de2d2c0cab7d890294b5437faf1bccb6bc978d # 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 arch/x86/kernel/