reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=c812cc42f92d3d0b17c01b5db9a1dee5793a1491
        git remote add linux-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
        git fetch --no-tags linux-next master
        git checkout c812cc42f92d3d0b17c01b5db9a1dee5793a1491
        # 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