reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git/commit/?id=e7f0b27fbbf1115d93bd108f00ebe7a0428e7e38 git remote add thomas-weissschuh https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git git fetch --no-tags thomas-weissschuh b4/kbuild-error-propagation git checkout e7f0b27fbbf1115d93bd108f00ebe7a0428e7e38 # apt-get install llvm-dev # save the config file make W=1 ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 ARCH=i386 make W=1 headers_install make W=1 -C tools/testing/selftests