reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git/commit/?id=abee7c863f6c7d310f7234ad80e117444ff08cf9 git remote add thomas-weissschuh https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git git fetch --no-tags thomas-weissschuh b4/kunit-kselftests git checkout abee7c863f6c7d310f7234ad80e117444ff08cf9 # 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 lib/kunit/