reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/liam/linux.git/commit/?id=ff58b13f4f7886645f07ec9b542536362d4b230c
        git remote add liam https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/liam/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags liam maple_marks_v7.2
        git checkout ff58b13f4f7886645f07ec9b542536362d4b230c

        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=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=nios2 olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/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=nios2 SHELL=/bin/bash lib/