reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git/commit/?id=4b45dca90f4195528bf70a893ee3ff76ed5579b0 git remote add tj-sched-ext https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext.git git fetch --no-tags tj-sched-ext sub-cid-sched git checkout 4b45dca90f4195528bf70a893ee3ff76ed5579b0 git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse: v0.6.5-rc1 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc SHELL=/bin/bash