reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git remote add linux-nvme git://git.infradead.org/nvme.git git fetch --no-tags linux-nvme nvme-6.19 git checkout 8d9937531a4d3cb6d2d352c46dd807bfa52988b6 # 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/nvme/host/