reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thomas.weissschuh/linux.git/commit/?id=2b26a679c2fe1852afbbe25c9916d43c3136d0c8 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/kunit-kselftests git checkout 2b26a679c2fe1852afbbe25c9916d43c3136d0c8 git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # apt-get install sparse # sparse: v0.6.5-rc1-1-gc4640450 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-8.5.0 ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=mips olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$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=mips SHELL=/bin/bash