reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=fab6dd07b7371cff689427db19d85a874ed32a32
        git remote add ardb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-pie-v4-wip
        git checkout fab6dd07b7371cff689427db19d85a874ed32a32
        # 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 arch/x86/boot/startup/