reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/rgushchin/linux/commit/f811653ff6f0f0c1e8b85e1fe6a68724d2b707c6 git remote add rgushchin https://github.com/rgushchin/linux.git git fetch --no-tags rgushchin bpfoom.2.2 git checkout f811653ff6f0f0c1e8b85e1fe6a68724d2b707c6 # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-71-g610d841d # 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