reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=664e6ea70ed0b9558e678dd5d293978eda4d642e git remote add ardb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-remove-absolute-percpu git checkout 664e6ea70ed0b9558e678dd5d293978eda4d642e # 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