reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=a4841d91a7f57d38d3a63c18b4ce68ee5e06829b git remote add tytso-ext4 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git git fetch --no-tags tytso-ext4 dev git checkout a4841d91a7f57d38d3a63c18b4ce68ee5e06829b # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash