reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git/commit/?id=a0965582e0a49944224cef0b8ea6dd3f961630fd git remote add thomas-weissschuh https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git git fetch --no-tags thomas-weissschuh b4/sysfs-const-attr git checkout a0965582e0a49944224cef0b8ea6dd3f961630fd # 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/ata/pata_parport/