reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/ec214c291e2994e01d458dc93a69625a48dae3dc git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review David-Kaplan/x86-bugs-Add-X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2_USER/20241106-060512 git checkout ec214c291e2994e01d458dc93a69625a48dae3dc # 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 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/