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/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=17b655759e83fd5e28931a0ece96fa9c2ab718e7
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout 17b655759e83fd5e28931a0ece96fa9c2ab718e7
        # save the config file
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=arc olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' ARCH=arc