For every valid ARRAY_SIZE() use sparse warns about "cannot size expression". This is somewhat annoying, because code is OK. $ cat 1.c #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(e)]) - 1) #define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(&a[0]))) #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr)) int f(void) { int a[42]; return ARRAY_SIZE(a); } $ sparse 1.c 1.c:9:9: error: cannot size expression - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html