reproduce: git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git/commit/?id=7388d97bfc3c63bc8bd9aa32ef8cbd78c7fdf135 git remote add paulmck-rcu https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git git fetch --no-tags paulmck-rcu dev.2025.04.09a git checkout 7388d97bfc3c63bc8bd9aa32ef8cbd78c7fdf135 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-14.2.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arc olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-14.2.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arc SHELL=/bin/bash security/integrity/ima/