reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git/commit/?id=2124d9e4207beb048693453df5a4ca8aa732ee7f git remote add jirislaby https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jirislaby devel git checkout 2124d9e4207beb048693453df5a4ca8aa732ee7f # 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 drivers/tty/