Bug 128347

Summary: Workaround REGRESSION(r163195-r163227): Crash beneath NSErrorUserInfoFromJSException when installing AppleInternal.mpkg
Product: WebKit Reporter: Michael Saboff <msaboff>
Component: JavaScriptCoreAssignee: Michael Saboff <msaboff>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: Normal Keywords: InRadar
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Michael Saboff 2014-02-06 17:23:48 PST
The issue is that stack checks are failing when running on a different thread than the thread that created the VM.  Disabling stack checking when we call JavaScript by creating a VM via JSGlobalContextCreate() and JSContextGroupCreate().

<rdar://problem/15979363>
Comment 1 Michael Saboff 2014-02-06 17:32:23 PST
Created attachment 223409 [details]
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Comment 2 Geoffrey Garen 2014-02-06 17:35:05 PST
Comment on attachment 223409 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=223409&action=review

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> Source/JavaScriptCore/ChangeLog:11
> +        Added a flag to VM class called m_ignoreStackLimit that disables stack limit checks.
> +        We set this flag in JSContextGroupCreate() and JSGlobalContextCreateInGroup().
> +
> +        Disabled stack overflow tests in testapi.js since it uses these paths.

You should explain that this is a temporary work-around, which we will remove once we have a proper fix. Otherwise, someone who's not you or me will think that we've removed stack checking from JavaScriptCore, and they will be reasonably alarmed.
Comment 3 Michael Saboff 2014-02-06 17:58:37 PST
Committed r163595: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/163595>