reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=7699fe82442a62ea29a3745b29dbb8ef8c42d8db
        git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git
        git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-unstable
        git checkout 7699fe82442a62ea29a3745b29dbb8ef8c42d8db
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-73-gfbdde312

        # 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=x86_64 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash net/core/