reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=ab00acfcfc62ade16f642841d8807816b27b8944 git remote add tytso-ext4 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git git fetch --no-tags tytso-ext4 dev git checkout ab00acfcfc62ade16f642841d8807816b27b8944 # 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 fs/ext4/