reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi.git/commit/?id=04f7516ab70f7b82aae1d2830af2ee6f17f3fe98 git remote add broonie-spi https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi.git git fetch --no-tags broonie-spi for-6.20 git checkout 04f7516ab70f7b82aae1d2830af2ee6f17f3fe98 git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse: v0.6.5-rc1 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-10.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=sh olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-10.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=sh SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/spi/