reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/jgunthorpe/linux/commit/5edee2389776fc5b4fe77680d0b6658bb038454d git remote add jgunthorpe https://github.com/jgunthorpe/linux git fetch --no-tags jgunthorpe iommu_pt_vtd git checkout 5edee2389776fc5b4fe77680d0b6658bb038454d # 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=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 drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/