reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git/commit/?id=bbc3f1e07924e420b74b4bf49f1c3b0a924db927 git remote add jolsa-perf https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git git fetch --no-tags jolsa-perf test git checkout bbc3f1e07924e420b74b4bf49f1c3b0a924db927 # 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