reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git/commit/?id=d7d079c200a4080868f14be2c429bb8a81f71f44 git remote add jlayton https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jlayton dir-deleg git checkout d7d079c200a4080868f14be2c429bb8a81f71f44 # 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 fs/nfs/