reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/commit/?id=a86e2a52063aaf13992ddd8ba68a42798d6d1faf git remote add ebiggers https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ebiggers wip-rm-ldmxcsr git checkout a86e2a52063aaf13992ddd8ba68a42798d6d1faf # 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=um olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=um SHELL=/bin/bash lib/raid/xor/