reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=ca3aec453d64d2ad89156c10a2e1b15a93b9fe50
        git remote add linux-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
        git fetch --no-tags linux-next master
        git checkout ca3aec453d64d2ad89156c10a2e1b15a93b9fe50
        # 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 kernel/