reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea7caffedd011f7d40abe93a884ffbe46f122535 git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout ea7caffedd011f7d40abe93a884ffbe46f122535 git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arc olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=arc SHELL=/bin/bash lib/