reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/paulmckrcu/linux/commit/88b0a38dd85e2d8a633c78ad39dd82168b9b4e94
        git remote add paulmckrcu https://github.com/paulmckrcu/linux
        git fetch --no-tags paulmckrcu dev.2025.01.07a
        git checkout 88b0a38dd85e2d8a633c78ad39dd82168b9b4e94
        # 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/tty/serial/8250/ kernel/rcu/