reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public/commit/d5ef033653748ddab562afec7917735cee02dc42 git remote add xinli-intel-fred-public https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public.git git fetch --no-tags xinli-intel-fred-public fred-kvm-v10 git checkout d5ef033653748ddab562afec7917735cee02dc42 # 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 arch/x86/kvm/