reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhiramat/linux.git/commit/?id=d83c23ec2a39f1ae346bbce351cb004be5c58c1e git remote add mhiramat https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhiramat/linux.git git fetch --no-tags mhiramat topic/wprobe-v2 git checkout d83c23ec2a39f1ae346bbce351cb004be5c58c1e # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/trace/