reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joel.granados/linux.git/commit/?id=3e97d1a775c38faac60cd694b1274d94b525a942
        git remote add joel-granados https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joel.granados/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags joel-granados jag/mv_ctltables
        git checkout 3e97d1a775c38faac60cd694b1274d94b525a942
        # save the config file
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=um olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=um