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/geert/renesas-drivers.git/commit/?id=ea0b0c13af38da57a973b3c0f37e54595546ea2d git remote add geert-renesas-drivers https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geert/renesas-drivers.git git fetch --no-tags geert-renesas-drivers topic/msiof-fifo git checkout ea0b0c13af38da57a973b3c0f37e54595546ea2d # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 olddefconfig ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/spi/