reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public/commit/6ebb91ca8c107df651ecd668673761c860351f42 git remote add xinli-intel-fred-public https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public.git git fetch --no-tags xinli-intel-fred-public fix_sp_calculation git checkout 6ebb91ca8c107df651ecd668673761c860351f42 # save the config file make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=i386