reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=61f3a3cf6f5940319514b36400d7c994b163d8c5 git remote add ardb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-pie-v2 git checkout 61f3a3cf6f5940319514b36400d7c994b163d8c5 # 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