reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next.git/commit/?id=64d7d5abe2160bba369b4a8f06bdf5630573bab0 git remote add netfilter-nf-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next.git git fetch --no-tags netfilter-nf-next for-netdev-nf-next-26-06-14 git checkout 64d7d5abe2160bba369b4a8f06bdf5630573bab0 # 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 net/netfilter/