reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git remote add xfs git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux git fetch --no-tags xfs xfs-7.4-merge git checkout 1e4c3089ab63d3afee702243630d9c3c919a046b # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/xfs/