reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git/commit/?id=324fd33218537bb2677ac1923229719abc51b966 git remote add peterz-queue https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git git fetch --no-tags peterz-queue unwind/cleanup git checkout 324fd33218537bb2677ac1923229719abc51b966 # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash