reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic.git/commit/?id=afa7c814bff3a9aae82ebd8316d421eb9653e375
        git remote add arnd-asm-generic https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic.git
        git fetch --no-tags arnd-asm-generic master
        git checkout afa7c814bff3a9aae82ebd8316d421eb9653e375
        # 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=um olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=um SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/watchdog/