reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sandeen/linux.git/commit/?id=cf7abe7ded8f2c97728ebb2655ca09970b4cdeb6 git remote add sandeen https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sandeen/linux.git git fetch --no-tags sandeen mount-api git checkout cf7abe7ded8f2c97728ebb2655ca09970b4cdeb6 # 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 fs/devpts/