reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?id=20ffe4b3330a8bde9e933e9ba2323d5e9386caa5 git remote add tty https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git git fetch --no-tags tty tty-next git checkout 20ffe4b3330a8bde9e933e9ba2323d5e9386caa5 # 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=um olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=um SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/tty/serial/