reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/97384c0c92280d58483a3fb7b3c1e0605c6d7bb1 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Jerome-Brunet/hwmon-pmbus-core-allow-drivers-to-override-WRITE_PROTECT/20241025-021525 git checkout 97384c0c92280d58483a3fb7b3c1e0605c6d7bb1 # 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=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/hwmon/pmbus/