reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/kkdwivedi/linux/commit/79cfafda75fd6890e5c21a07a2c3d90f21cbe85e git remote add kkdwivedi https://github.com/kkdwivedi/linux git fetch --no-tags kkdwivedi xdp-tcp-round4-backup git checkout 79cfafda75fd6890e5c21a07a2c3d90f21cbe85e # 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=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/bpf/ net/