reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/snitzer/linux.git/commit/?id=a1e7c508e48a2e4d269fb94f89e0282add3a6cdf git remote add snitzer https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/snitzer/linux.git git fetch --no-tags snitzer nfs-localio-for-next git checkout a1e7c508e48a2e4d269fb94f89e0282add3a6cdf # 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