reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/brauner/linux/commit/b50d39532fdab9126c794139babaec5798e79567 git remote add brauner-github https://github.com/brauner/linux.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-github vfs-6.19.iomap git checkout b50d39532fdab9126c794139babaec5798e79567 # 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 fs/iomap/