reproduce: git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8a6e40e1f68e9fc44497db88e0c0f21bb513c551 git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 8a6e40e1f68e9fc44497db88e0c0f21bb513c551 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 olddefconfig ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/arm64/kernel/pi/ drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/