reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=5ea0a2206b58356779cc686630b6548a3402991c git remote add tiwai-sound https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git git fetch --no-tags tiwai-sound for-next git checkout 5ea0a2206b58356779cc686630b6548a3402991c # 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