reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git/commit/?id=8819d80f6f450d6e21212edc91d44554e4506df6 git remote add jfern https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jfern rcu/irq-exit-v2-no-task git checkout 8819d80f6f450d6e21212edc91d44554e4506df6 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/