reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git/commit/?id=0ec2293dc6f5526b57f0f431643dbfbbddc5cd51 git remote add jolsa-perf https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git git fetch --no-tags jolsa-perf bpf/optimized_usdt_5 git checkout 0ec2293dc6f5526b57f0f431643dbfbbddc5cd51 # 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 kernel/events/