reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git/commit/?id=7443f4ccb9e360cd50e991db81d27e3514f1be65 git remote add tj-sched-ext https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git git fetch --no-tags tj-sched-ext scx-hier-prototype git checkout 7443f4ccb9e360cd50e991db81d27e3514f1be65 # 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 kernel/