reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/linux.git/commit/?id=280d6f20bf3968dd188012e8a061a752d88ef96f git remote add rppt https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/linux.git git fetch --no-tags rppt hugetlb-init/v0 git checkout 280d6f20bf3968dd188012e8a061a752d88ef96f # 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 mm/