reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit/?id=0f9876e25f620d361808d41f0ffac234ad3712ab git remote add dhowells-fs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git git fetch --no-tags dhowells-fs cifs-next git checkout 0f9876e25f620d361808d41f0ffac234ad3712ab # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/smb/client/