reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/kkdwivedi/linux/commit/9cf0ff35d7d930f7d54bc29857ae0f820b208a09 git remote add kkdwivedi https://github.com/kkdwivedi/linux git fetch --no-tags kkdwivedi xdp-tcp git checkout 9cf0ff35d7d930f7d54bc29857ae0f820b208a09 # 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