reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb4e9af0348dfeafd66c7e7f82e8a0983fe5390c git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout bb4e9af0348dfeafd66c7e7f82e8a0983fe5390c # 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/ arch/x86/kernel/apic/ arch/x86/mm/ drivers/ fs/ kernel/