reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/a019ce409199e1e097a19d1a66adac4be70e068a
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Srujana-Challa/vhost-vdpa-introduce-module-parameter-for-no-IOMMU-mode/20240920-220751
        git checkout a019ce409199e1e097a19d1a66adac4be70e068a
        # 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/vhost/