reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git/commit/?id=2d4cde60596e5113f58afbb253423ffcabc891ac git remote add thomas-weissschuh https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git git fetch --no-tags thomas-weissschuh b4/auxclock-nanosleep git checkout 2d4cde60596e5113f58afbb253423ffcabc891ac # apt-get install sparse # sparse: v0.6.5-rc1 # 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=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/acpi/pmic/ kernel/time/