reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=915c1d9df1f757b0979283b6e50da9b3ccc4d826 git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git fetch --no-tags tip timers/vdso git checkout 915c1d9df1f757b0979283b6e50da9b3ccc4d826 # 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 arch/x86/entry/vdso/