reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=7221fa63c070975edd88fa684e191cda37bf6c28 git remote add kvm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git git fetch --no-tags kvm queue git checkout 7221fa63c070975edd88fa684e191cda37bf6c28 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/kvm/