reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/brauner/linux/commit/0baa0e13da423236a61c9006cf8ebcdcdc5d6a6e
        git remote add brauner-github https://github.com/brauner/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags brauner-github vfs.file
        git checkout 0baa0e13da423236a61c9006cf8ebcdcdc5d6a6e
        # 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 block/ fs/