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/mst/vhost.git/commit/?id=92ec21878c59083a95c9fcf1a10f86d29350ce1b
        git remote add mst-vhost https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git
        git fetch --no-tags mst-vhost vhost
        git checkout 92ec21878c59083a95c9fcf1a10f86d29350ce1b
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-10.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arc olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-10.5.0 ~/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 drivers/virtio/