reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=4e6f3b85892327c973fb5e7bf4633dce9ea63ec5 git remote add kvm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git git fetch --no-tags kvm kvm-mbec git checkout 4e6f3b85892327c973fb5e7bf4633dce9ea63ec5 # 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=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/kvm/