reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/87082229a1fad68bb7fcc327838157ebcd030c9f git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/l1tf_mitigation_mitigation git checkout 87082229a1fad68bb7fcc327838157ebcd030c9f # 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 arch/x86/kvm/