reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-71-g610d841d # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=riscv olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=riscv SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/md/dm-pcache/