reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/harry/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4fd024c798fbeff0b5a3c5f55cdcf710367c59 git remote add harry https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/harry/linux.git git fetch --no-tags harry kvfree-rcu-improvements-rfc-v2r1-wip git checkout 1e4fd024c798fbeff0b5a3c5f55cdcf710367c59 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash mm/