reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/f10a317a1ceef01a643ea36d75e063e51ab1ccbe
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Selvin-Xavier/RDMA-bnxt_re-Add-support-for-optimized-modify-QP/20241011-133536
        git checkout f10a317a1ceef01a643ea36d75e063e51ab1ccbe
        # 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 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/