reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        git remote add tytso-ext4 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git
        git fetch tytso-ext4 dev
        git checkout tytso-ext4/dev
        b4 shazam https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251008171614.12129-1-vnranganath.20@gmail.com
        # 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=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/ext4/