reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/commit/?id=da9b6bdc716b766da262998c114c86ebb1b96d43 git remote add kees https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git git fetch --no-tags kees dev/v7.0-rc2/strncpy git checkout da9b6bdc716b766da262998c114c86ebb1b96d43 # 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 drivers/misc/lkdtm/