http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59850
--- Comment #6 from Tom Tromey <tromey at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Null pointer constants are treated specially, which makes sense, but only if they have type "void *" and are in address space 0. That is, this works: #define NULL ((__attribute__ ((address_space (0))) void *) 0) __attribute__((address_space (1))) int *p = NULL; But this gets a warning: #define NULL ((__attribute__ ((address_space (1))) void *) 0) __attribute__((address_space (0))) int *p = NULL; And so does this: #define NULL ((int *) 0) __attribute__((address_space (1))) int *p = NULL; I'm not sure whether that last one ought to be an error or not.