reproduce:
git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests
# apt-get install sparse
# sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=753e2836d139b43ab535718c5f17c73c284bb299
git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
git fetch --no-tags linus master
git checkout 753e2836d139b43ab535718c5f17c73c284bb299
# save the config file
mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=s390 olddefconfig
~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=s390 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/