On 16.03.2012 17:49, victor martinez wrote:
Example 4. ReactOS project. Incorrect calculation of a string length ( vbe.c 57 )
static const PCHAR Nv11Board = "NV11 (GeForce2) Board";
static const PCHAR Nv11Chip = "Chip Rev B2";
static const PCHAR Nv11Vendor = "NVidia Corporation";
BOOLEAN
IsVesaBiosOk(...)
{
  ...
  if (!(strncmp(Vendor, Nv11Vendor, sizeof(Nv11Vendor))) &&
      !(strncmp(Product, Nv11Board, sizeof(Nv11Board))) &&
      !(strncmp(Revision, Nv11Chip, sizeof(Nv11Chip))) &&
      (OemRevision == 0x311))
  ...
}
Reason: The error here is this: the sizeof() operator, absolutely inappropriate in this situation, is used to calculate string lengths. The sizeof() operator actually calculates the pointer size instead of the number of bytes in a string.

In this case Abragin said this is not a bug.
I said it is, but you left IRC too early. Rafal really confirmed by testing.

[17:31] <@rafalh> abragin, vicmarcal sizeof returns 4 for me
[17:32] <@abragin> then it should be defined as
[17:32] <@rafalh> it would work for l    static const CHAR Nv11Board[]
[17:32] <@abragin> static const CHAR Nv11Board[] = "NV11 (GeForce2) Board";
[17:33] <@abragin> yeah