reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/bac6bf1a9360d8301e58c5ea06be70c71a665b75 git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/svm_handler_nospec git checkout bac6bf1a9360d8301e58c5ea06be70c71a665b75 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/kvm/