reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit/?id=337b2692901cf0b9e8a951acb48a8bac964dff6d
        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-writeback
        git checkout 337b2692901cf0b9e8a951acb48a8bac964dff6d
        # 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=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/netfs/